Chapter 448: Great Earthquake

Not long after.

The three arrived once again above the Ice Star.

"Go, Little Gold."

"Gua~"

The golden toad jumped into the hole it had previously dug into, and continued digging downward.

Lu Xun threw out some formation devices and set up some formations.

After doing all that, Lu Xun swallowed a pill and began to recuperate his body.

On the other side,

Li Qingyang and the others flew to the passage leading back to Lan Xing.

"The entire land has been struck and collapsed..."

Everyone gazing at the scene near the passage couldn't help but draw a cold breath.

The passage that originally stood on the ground is now suspended alone in midair.

Looking around, with the passage as the center, the land within a hundred-li radius seemed to be forcibly pressed down by some terrifying force.

The once towering mountains all collapsed, forming a massive bottomless sinkhole.

Gazing into the distance, one could also see countless ferocious earth fissures spreading like spiderwebs toward the horizon, as if the land had been torn open with wound after wound.

"Is this what an Eighth Realm expert is like? How terrifying."

Among the three Seventh Realm families, the juniors who witnessed an Eighth Realm battle for the first time were all shocked and full of longing.

An Eighth Realm battle, merely involving the ground, already brings such terrifying destructive power.

Such power makes them all yearn for it with heart and mind.

"From now on, Lu Xun is an existence of big-shot level..."

The Tong family Seventh Realm realized this.

Originally, in his view, Lu Xun was merely a junior, still a sapling with infinite potential.

But now,

This sapling has already grown into a towering tree.

"No, it definitely won't be him..."

In the crowd, Li Chao still couldn't accept it, muttering to himself there.

His whole person seemed to have lost his soul.

"Chao'er, Lu Xun is no longer someone you can compare to; don't have any delusions anymore. When you go back, break up with Liu Mei."

Seeing his grandson like this, Li Qingyang furrowed his brows and said.

"Grandfather..."

"Chao'er, grandfather understands your feelings." Li Qingyang let out a light sigh, his eyes deep and gentle, "In this world, what matters most for people is not looking up at others' heights, but seeing your own position clearly. Walk step by step, climb the mountain tier by tier. Others' brilliance, no matter how dazzling, may be envied and admired, but must never blur your vision or disrupt your steps. Understand?"

Li Qingyang's words left Li Chao stunned, plunging him into a long silence.

Seeing this, Li Qingyang patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go."

After taking one last look at this Spirit Realm, he turned and entered the passage.

Soon, they appeared on the South Heaven Gate.

This time entering the Spirit Realm, they stayed there for less than a day.

But the feeling it gave them was extraordinarily long.

The shock they experienced in the Spirit Realm made them, upon seeing the azure Lan Xing below, involuntarily feel as if they had been separated from the world.

"Brother Qingyang, I'll first go to the War Manor to deliver a message for Lu Xun."

"Good."

The Tong family Seventh Realm certainly didn't forget Lu Xun's instructions.

As soon as he returned to the South Heaven Gate, he hurriedly flew toward the War Manor's garrison.

"What, the message Lu Xun brought back?"

On the War Manor's side, after receiving Lu Xun's jade slip, they attached great importance to it, passing it up layer by layer.

This jade slip was specially designated by Lu Xun to be handed to Director Xu.

Director Xu, as an Eighth Realm expert of the War Manor, did not enter the Spirit Realm but has been holding down the South Heaven Gate.

So, Director Xu soon received Lu Xun's jade slip.

He placed the jade slip on his forehead and thus read its contents.

"What?"

The contents inside gave Director Xu a start.

Because Lu Xun said that the West and Fusang Country dispatched two Eighth Realm experts and a bunch of Seventh Realm cultivators to kill him, but fortunately Lu Xun, together with Fu Yue and Fu Xue, relying on various trump cards, managed to turn the tables and kill them.

Lu Xun worried that the West might later turn the tables on him, so he first informed them of the matter.

After reading the contents, Director Xu, somewhat uncertain, placed the jade slip on his forehead again, read it once more, and confirmed the message was correct.

Director Xu furrowed his brows.

Perhaps the information inside was too shocking; Director Xu's first reaction was disbelief, and he suspected the origin of this jade slip.

"Where is the person who brought the message?"

Director Xu asked in a deep voice.

"Director, he's right outside."

"Alright, let him in."

"Yes."

Soon, Director Xu met the Tong family Seventh Realm.

Seeing that the other party was a Seventh Realm and an acquaintance, Director Xu's original doubts immediately lessened somewhat.

But the information in the jade slip still made Director Xu somewhat incredulous.

"Is this jade slip personally handed to you by Lu Xun?"

Director Xu asked.

The Tong family Seventh Realm nodded: "Yes, Director, this was personally given to me by Lu Xun."

"Did you see what happened back then?"

Director Xu asked again.

"Yes, Director, I saw it with my own eyes..."

The Tong family Seventh Realm then described what he had seen.

Moreover, he also produced some videos taken by juniors.

As soon as he saw Lu Xun's golden, radiant dharma form in the video, Director Xu's expression changed.

Lu Xun, he actually has a heaven-and-earth dharma form?

Heavens!

It's only been this long!

And as he saw more, the shock in his heart welled up uncontrollably.

This shock surged like waves, growing larger and fiercer, eventually turning into a towering flood.

Especially when he saw Lu Xun finally slay the Fusang Eighth Realm, even Director Xu couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.

Although the Tong family Seventh Realm said that killing the Fusang Eighth Realm hinged on Fu Xue's trump card,

without the opportunity created by Lu Xun suppressing the Fusang Eighth Realm, Fu Xue's trump card could not have achieved such a result.

An Eighth Realm is not so easily killed.

"This Lu Xun is truly formidable!"

After a while, Director Xu finally digested his emotions, and sharp light burst from his eyes.

"Those Western fellows really moved against Lu Xun—two Eighth Realms, eight Seventh Realms, what a grand scheme! Too bad they never imagined that such a mighty force would be turned back and slain by Lu Xun, hahaha!"

Director Xu burst into hearty laughter.

Although Lu Xun's counterattack was beyond his expectation, it also made Director Xu feel doubly refreshed.

Eighth Realms are indeed important to Lan Xing.

But to Director Xu, the Fusang Eighth Realms dying or not makes no difference.

"Good heavens! Good heavens! (Oh no, oh no)."

At the same time,

in the Fusang cabinet, an urgent voice rang out.

"What's the matter, so panicked?"

An Eighth Realm stationed in Fusang expressed displeasure.

"The soul lamps—Minister Kishida and Minister Watanabe's soul lamps have gone out!"

"What?"

The Fusang Eighth Realm's face changed.

He hurried to the largest shrine in Fusang's capital.

This place was once where old-era Fusang people worshipped ghosts and gods.

Now, however, it is used to place the soul lamps of powerful individuals.

In the shrine's innermost chamber are placed the soul lamps of Fusang Eighth Realm powerhouses.

When a soul lamp goes out, it means that the powerhouse is dead.

Since they are Eighth Realms, the possibility of death is very small.

Those who guard this place tend to slack off, often coming by only once a day.

Thus they discovered that two soul lamps had unexpectedly gone out.

"Impossible! (How could it be)"

The Fusang Eighth Realm's face changed dramatically.

He knew that Kishida and Watanabe had followed the Westerners to kill Lu Xun.

Now that the soul lamps are out, doesn't it mean that this mission met with an accident, and these two Eighth Realms actually lost their lives???

This, how could it be!

But the soul lamps are already out, leaving him no choice but to believe it.

"Quick, contact the Westerners."

The Fusang Eighth Realm could no longer hold back.

And as he contacted the Westerners, this matter quickly caused a major upheaval among the high ranks of both Fusang and the West.

Two Eighth Realms have died—this is too big a matter.

What's more, this time the two Eighth Realms died while attempting to assassinate Lu Xun.