Chapter 279: I beat the junior, and I still want to beat the senior

Pfft~

Just as he landed, He Huan spat out a mouthful of blood.

"My bones..."

When he tried to grab it, he only then discovered that his bones had actually been broken by Lu Xun's kick.

Over the past few months, He Huan had still been unable to break through to the Fourth Realm.

Even though he was at the peak of the Third Realm, with such a frail physique, a casual kick from Lu Xun was more than he could bear.

"Lu Xun, you dare break my bones—I'll kill you..."

"Slap~"

"Ah..."

Before He Huan could finish his sentence, Lu Xun slapped him across the face, swelling his face and knocking out several teeth.

After suffering such a heavy blow, He Huan finally realized his predicament and no longer dared to utter threatening words.

He covered his swollen half-face, his desire to kill Lu Xun intensifying to the extreme.

But with his current strength, he was nowhere near a match for Lu Xun.

Moreover, Lu Xun's recent move let him sense Lu Xun's realm.

He must have broken through to the Fourth Realm!

This made He Huan feel fear and resentment.

What he feared was Lu Xun's growth speed—he had broken through to the Fourth Realm so quickly.

What he resented was that, if his foundation hadn't been damaged, he would already have been at the Fourth Realm by now.

"Damn it!"

He Huan raged helplessly.

Isn't he just incompetent?

Now he dare not even speak harshly, nor even look at Lu Xun again, for fear of another slap.

"Fine, you win, Bai Ling—let's go."

Seeing how timid He Huan was, and being at the South Heaven Gate where it wouldn't do to strike too hard, Lu Xun gave a soft snort and left with Bai Ling.

We'll settle the score with the He Clan later, after we return to the capital.

"All right, boss!"

Bai Ling certainly wouldn't feel sorry for He Huan.

First of all, let's not talk about how disgusting He Huan's recent behavior was.

She knew about the grudge between the He Clan and Lu Xun, but she just hadn't realized that this He Huan was actually a member of the He Clan.

Lu Xun has been assassinated many times; anyone can tell something's off.

Lu Xun just vented his anger for her sake, and also for his own.

After Lu Xun and Bai Ling turned away, He Huan hurriedly pulled out his phone, preparing to call the He Clan members for revenge.

This guy is so petty, he didn't even call the guard squad responsible for order at the South Heaven Gate.

Even if he had called the guard squad, they would at most scold Lu Xun.

But if the He Clan people came, they could use Lu Xun's beating of him as an excuse to give Lu Xun a proper lesson.

"Huan'er!"

At that moment, He Huan's father and another Fourth Realm expert from the He Clan arrived.

He Huan's father is the younger brother of the He Clan leader, with strength in the late Fourth Realm.

Upon seeing He Huan in such agony, his father instantly flew into a rage.

"Huan'er, who did this to you?"

His father's eyes blazed with fury.

His Huan'er was originally the He Clan's most dazzling genius.

With the He Clan's resources, the probability of cultivating He Huan to above the Sixth Realm is extremely high.

But now, He Huan's foundation has just been damaged, and on top of that he's been beaten into this state!

How could he not be angry!

"Lu Xun, it's Lu Xun! Father, quickly call grandfather!"

He Huan pointed to Lu Xun not far away.

He Huan's father turned his head and saw Lu Xun's back.

"Lu Xun! Stop!"

He Huan's father roared in anger.

Lu Xun halted his steps and turned around.

"Hah, another one."

Lu Xun thought that on the South Heaven Gate, He Huan was the only He Clan member, but he hadn't expected there to be others.

"Lu Xun, you've repeatedly injured my son—do you really think the He Clan has no one?"

He Huan's father stepped toward Lu Xun step by step.

With each step, his aura grew a bit stronger.

This is one of his secret techniques for boosting his aura, called the Ascending Dragon Eight Steps.

After completing the eight steps, his aura will peak, which is when he launches his attack.

In battle, never underestimate the role of aura.

In battles between equals, the one with the stronger aura can seize the initiative.

Beside He Huan's father, another Fourth Realm cultivator of the He family likewise refused to show weakness, continually increasing his aura as he walked toward Lu Xun together with He Huan's father.

"Father, be careful, he has already broken through to the Fourth Realm!"

He Huan hurriedly reminded.

"Fourth Realm, so what? Today I will settle this score for you!"

He Huan's father was not afraid of Lu Xun.

His aura and breath were both rising.

Obviously, he had again employed a secret technique to boost his combat power.

These past months, they have mostly been in the Spirit Realm, knowing little about Lan Xing's situation.

But he knew that Lu Xun had won the Secret Realm trial championship and challenged Ten Thousand Willows Academy.

However, Lu Xun's opponents were at the early Fourth Realm, basically the first or second level of the Fourth Realm.

But he had already reached the ninth level of the Fourth Realm.

Moreover, they still had two Fourth Realm cultivators.

He also knew that Lu Xun had killed a Fifth Realm cultivator.

But people always believe what they want to believe.

He thought Lu Xun had killed them using some powerful trump cards.

Trump cards? He had them too.

He just didn't believe that Lu Xun would dare to use those powerful trump cards at the South Heaven Gate.

If Lu Xun really used them, then He Zhen would have even more justification to attack Lu Xun.

"It's Lu Xun."

"How did he get into a conflict with someone?"

"It seems to be someone from the He family."

"He family? Which He family?"

Around, cultivators noticed this conflict, and the number of onlookers began to increase.

"Huh? Fourth Realm?"

Soon, cultivators felt something was off.

Merely two Fourth Realm cultivators dare to provoke Lu Xun?

What kind of He family people are these? They must have gone mad.

Don't they know that Lu Xun has killed several Sixth Realm cultivators in Rong Cheng?

Those cultivators who knew just how terrifying Lu Xun was immediately found it amusing.

They looked at He Huan's two Fourth Realm cultivators with the eyes of someone watching a clown.

Nobody had good intentions to warn them.

Everyone just wanted to watch the show.

"Indeed, strike the young and the old comes."

These great families always do this.

Strike the young and the old comes; strike the old and the even older comes.

However,

Such a He family, compared to Lu Xun, is no longer considered a great family.

So today, Lu Xun will not only strike the young, but also the old.

"Do you want to make a move?"

Looking at the two He family Fourth Realm cultivators pressing toward him, Lu Xun finally spoke.

"Unless you kneel and apologize today, then cripple one of your legs, otherwise this matter won't end."

"If you don't kneel, that's fine; we will make you kneel!"

The two He family Fourth Realm cultivators pressed step by step.

"This..."

Many cultivators around looked at each other, thinking they had misheard.

This He family must be a bunch of clowns hired by monkeys.

Two Fourth Realm cultivators dare to speak so boldly before Lu Xun!

Is this the village internet?

"Kneel?"

Lu Xun's gaze turned cold.

"Exactly, kneel!"

Finally, He Huan's father completed his eighth step, his aura rising to its lowest point.

"Kneel for me!"

He launched a fierce attack, aiming to take down Lu Xun in one blow.

"Ah..."

What awaited him was a comminuted fracture.

He didn't even see Lu Xun's move clearly before his knee was broken, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

The other He family Fourth Realm cultivator, seeing the situation turn bad, was about to retreat.

Having come this far...

Not letting him kneel even once, how could they live up to these four words?

Plop!

That fourth-realm cultivator of the He family couldn't escape; a single slap from Lu Xun beat him into submission, and he knelt directly before Lu Xun.

All his secret arts, all his trump cards, were useless before absolute strength.

Don't look at Lu Xun's immortal martial realm being only fourth-realm now.

Yet Lu Xun killing fifth-realm cultivators is as easy as chopping vegetables.

Before him, fourth-realm cultivators have no room to struggle at all.

Only against sixth-realm cultivators does Lu Xun need Babala's spell to cooperate; this actually counts as turning on double cheats.

Hahaha!

I knew this would happen.

I'm dying of laughter; I declare today's biggest joke comes from the He family.

The surrounding cultivators now felt relieved, each feeling immensely gratified.

This Lu Xun is indeed terrifying; it seems the online rumor that he killed a fifth-realm cultivator is true!

Information gaps always exist.

Some cultivators still don't know what happened in Rong Cheng, and their understanding of Lu Xun remains stuck a few months ago.

That's also normal.

During this period, many cultivators spend most of their time in the Spirit Realm.

Naturally, their attention to the various events occurring on Lan Xing has greatly diminished.

It hasn't even been a few days since the events in Rong Cheng occurred.

Many cultivators who have just returned naturally don't know.

Father!! Uncle Three!!

This sight made He Huan's eyes almost burst with rage!

He never expected that his father and uncle, two powerful fourth-realm cultivators, would not last even a second against Lu Xun.

This isn't on a fighting stage!

Lu Xun, has he already become this strong?

I'll fight you to the death... ah...

He Huan's father could not bear the humiliation; wanting to fight desperately, he found his entire body's true qi restrained by Lu Xun, unable to move at all.

Even if his body trembled repeatedly and his true qi surged violently, he couldn't undo the restriction Lu Xun had placed.

He could only kneel there in resentful indignation.

Originally, in his imagination, he would have Lu Xun under his foot, forcing Lu Xun to kneel.

Lu Xun, you're bullying people too much!

At that moment, a violent shout rang out.

The He family's fifth-realm cultivator finally arrived.

This is He Zhen's younger brother, He Xiong.

The He family's two fifth-realm cultivators are both elders, older in age.

That's why they placed their hopes on He Huan.

Another one?

Lu Xun's eyes lit up.

In that case,

The He family is basically doing team-building on the South Heaven Gate.

Second Grandfather, quickly save Father!

Seeing He Xiong arrive, He Huan was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted.

This guy surely wouldn't like it, would he?

Now the three He family members have been beaten so badly by Lu Xun; if his second grandfather struck a bit harder and accidentally crippled Lu Xun's dantian or such in battle, that wouldn't be blameworthy of the He family, would it?

Receive death!

He Xiong, in his violent rage, moved in with a vicious strike right away.

He directly employed his strongest martial art, the Diamond Shattering Mountain Fist, aiming to kill Lu Xun in one blow.

While using the martial art, He Xiong also activated some secret techniques that boost his combat power.

His aura thus became extraordinarily fierce; nearby third- and fourth-realm cultivators who sensed it all felt a jolt of shock.

Even though this is on the South Heaven Gate, he couldn't care less about that.

Lu Xun's such oppression of the He family—this anger absolutely cannot be tolerated.

Kill him, then kill him.

If the War Office later wants to punish, at worst we'll lock him up for a few years.

Anyway, he's already old; in this lifetime it's hard for him to break through to the sixth realm.

Spending these few years of his to eliminate Lu Xun, this great hidden danger, is worth it!

In fact, even if we let him pay with his life, it's worth it!

Otherwise, given Lu Xun's monstrous talent, even if He Zhen breaks through to the sixth realm, the He family may still not be secure.

That's why He Xiong acted so decisively.

He actually went for a killing blow!

A grand master saw He Xiong's murderous intent.

This Grand Master didn't know what had happened in Rong Cheng, and was still preparing to strike if the situation turned unfavorable, hoping to form a good karmic bond with a genius like Lu Xun.

Want to kill me?

Across from him, Lu Xun likewise sensed He Xiong's killing intent.

These people of the He Clan are really behind on the news.

He no longer hesitated, raising his hand and unleashing several swords.

Break it for me!

Not good!

He Xiong had still been arrogant just a moment before, trying to shatter Lu Xun's sword qi with his overbearing fist intent.

But the next second he realized how terrifying Lu Xun's sword qi was.

Especially the sword intent contained within the sword qi, which could not possibly be only a few times stronger than his fist intent that had just reached the Entry Transformation Level.

He wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.

Trying to trigger a trump card like a spirit talisman was also too late.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Xun's sword qi swept across his body.

He Xiong's body was still charging forward.

Until just before he would crash into Lu Xun, Lu Xun flicked his finger, and his body instantly turned into several pieces.

A Five Realm Grand Master was just like that, killed in a single strike by Lu Xun.

Hiss...

My heavens!

A Five Realm Grand Master, just killed like that?

The surrounding cultivators were all dumbfounded.

Needless to say, the cultivators who didn't know about the events in Rong Cheng.

Even the cultivators who knew how heaven-defying Lu Xun was, upon personally witnessing a Five Realm Grand Master being so casually slain by Lu Xun, all gasped in shock.

I've heard, I've heard,

Nothing beats seeing it with your own eyes for shock.

Second Grandfather!

He Huan simply couldn't believe his own eyes.

Not only He Huan, but his father and uncle were all so shocked they couldn't speak.