Chapter 61: Slaying the Third Realm, Brother Xun Is a Real Man

"Dark Web assassin?"

Lu Xun's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression calm and unhurried as he sized up the newcomer, his right hand quietly resting on the sword hilt.

Given his demeanor, he was almost certainly a Dark Web assassin.

"Do you know about the Dark Web?"

The Dark Web assassin raised an eyebrow.

Lu Xun's composure took him somewhat by surprise.

Thus, while returning the question, he transformed into a bolt of startling thunder and lunged at Lu Xun.

Lu Xun shifted his footwork lightly, his form evading like a ghost, while his long sword left its sheath, a cold light flashing forth.

"Ding ding ding~"

In the crisscrossing sword shadows, they had already exchanged dozens of moves.

The collision of true qi with true qi caused the surrounding scenery to continually undulate.

Without the sealing talisman, a battle of this level would be enough to alarm the experts of Qingbei.

But now, the sealing talisman isolates all fluctuations; the outside world detects not even a hint of movement.

This is also why this Dark Web assassin dares to strike on Qingbei Street.

"How can he be this strong!"

Upon clashing, the Dark Web assassin's astonishment could not be contained.

According to the information he had received, Lu Xun was merely at the sixth layer of the Sea of Qi.

He himself had already reached the fourth layer of the Aperture Realm, equivalent to mid‑Third Realm.

The gap between them is not merely a few layers.

It is the difference between heaven and earth.

This gave him ample confidence to easily slay Lu Xun.

But now he realized he was mistaken.

Lu Xun's strength is outrageous.

"This is definitely not sixth‑layer Sea of Qi!"

In his perception, Lu Xun remained within the Sea of Qi realm, yet even a tenth‑layer Sea of Qi martial artist lacked Lu Xun's overbearing true qi and vigorous blood vitality.

He was uncertain exactly which Sea of Qi layer Lu Xun belonged to.

Only one thing was certain.

Lu Xun... absolutely not sixth‑layer Sea of Qi!

"Shrink Ground to an Inch!"

The Dark Web assassin could not help but employ a martial divine ability.

The martial Third Realm is the Aperture Realm; practitioners of this realm receive a comprehensive boost in strength and also gain some passive or active martial divine abilities.

For example, upon opening the nine ocular apertures at the first layer of the Aperture Realm, one gains passive martial divine abilities such as subtle perception in candlelight, condensing light through cracks, and observing patterns a hundred steps away.

There is also a slight chance to obtain greater martial divine abilities like the Heavenly Eye, the Eye that Destroys Illusions, or the Thousand‑Mile Eye, though the probability is extremely low.

The second layer opens the nine auditory apertures, granting martial divine abilities related to hearing.

The third layer is the nasal aperture realm, the fourth layer the foot aperture realm.

This Dark Web assassin's strength lies at the fourth layer of the Aperture Realm; he has opened dozens of secret apertures, greatly enhancing his power, and he has also acquired the martial divine ability Shrink Ground to an Inch.

Only to see his form flicker in and out, his speed suddenly increasing severalfold, allowing him to move freely on the battlefield.

Yet Lu Xun's Divine Trace Step is equally marvelous, always enabling him to skillfully evade just as the assassin is about to succeed.

"Clang clang dang~"

The clashes between the two continually escalated.

"Third Realm, nothing more."

The longer they fought, the more Lu Xun's confidence grew.

He spent less time dodging with the Divine Trace Step and opted more often to meet force with force.

"Myriad Calamity Formless Sword!"

"What sword technique is this!!"

The Dark Web assassin several times nearly got injured by Lu Xun.

If not for his Shrink Ground to an Inch, he would likely have been finished long ago.

This left him utterly shocked.

After awakening the Eye Aperture divine ability, a Third Realm martial artist can discern the enemy's weak points and anticipate their moves.

Yet he could not see through the weak point of the Myriad Calamity Formless Sword, nor predict its strikes.

"Damn it!"

"We can't drag this on any longer."

The Dark Web assassin decided to unleash his killing move.

He abruptly thrust forth an object, preparing to use it.

Suddenly.

He sensed danger, his eyelid twitched, and he suddenly dodged.

A pinpoint of cold light flashed past his afterimage.

"Flying sword!"

The Dark Web assassin's heart jolted.

As a Third Realm martial artist, he fears no ordinary flying sword, but Lu Xun's flying sword, in both speed and power, is sufficient to threaten him.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Another few flying swords swooped in, forcing the Darknet assassin into a frantic flurry, leaving him no time to use his killing move.

Oh no!

A deadly crisis struck again; he suddenly darted to the side, then darted again.

The ability Shrink Ground to an Inch is more effective than many movement techniques.

Just as he thought he had dodged Lu Xun's successive killing moves and prepared to use his own, he suddenly sensed something wrong.

He looked down.

His body had been reduced to only half.

In the next second, more sword light attacked, and several flying swords struck him simultaneously.

The Darknet assassin's half-body crashed to the ground, dead with eyes unclosed.

This powerful cultivator of the Third Realm Fourth Layer surely never imagined he would one day die at the hands of a Second Realm cultivator.

"Fourth-grade Thunderfire Talisman... heh."

Lu Xun took from his hand the talisman the Darknet assassin had not yet had time to activate.

This is an attack talisman, a Fourth-grade Thunderfire Talisman.

Fourth-grade corresponds to the Fourth Realm.

That is to say, this talisman poses a certain threat to Fourth Realm cultivators.

It is merely a threat.

The true purpose of a Fourth-grade talisman is to deal with cultivators below the Fourth Realm.

Below the Fourth Realm, unless one has corresponding defensive measures, encountering it means certain death.

This Darknet assassin was quite wealthy—first he used a barrier talisman to isolate Lu Xun, then he even prepared a Fourth-grade talisman as a big killer.

He never imagined Lu Xun would be this strong.

Strong enough to kill him without even using Babala's incantation.

Of course, the blame also lies with this guy himself for being too slow; if he had led with the Fourth-grade Thunderfire Talisman right away, Lu Xun would indeed have been in a bit of danger.

Villains die from talking too much.

So Lu Xun decided that from now on, when he kills, he'll do it properly, with no nonsense.

"Hey, Yaoyaoling, I want to call the police..."

"Teacher Fei, I've run into a situation..."

A few minutes later, when the barrier talisman expired, Lu Xun calmly took out his phone amid the screams of surrounding students, reported the incident, and also notified Fei Tai'a.

"Do you think Lu Xun will come?"

"Probably not; Lu Xun isn't stupid."

"Yeah, even I wouldn't—this is Third Realm, the gap is huge; only someone with a screw loose would come looking for abuse."

"Exactly, it's the He family bullying people."

"Shh... keep your voice down..."

At Beidou University, hundreds of students gathered beneath a dueling platform.

On the platform stood a man in white robes.

This is He Qiang of the He family.

After publicly issuing a challenge to Lu Xun, he has been waiting here.

And he declared he would wait for Lu Xun for three days.

If Lu Xun doesn't dare come within those three days, from then on he will curse Lu Xun as a coward whenever they meet.

This is something he learned from Lu Xun.

Originally, He Xiao was driven to collapse by this very move of Lu Xun's.

However, since He Qiang is a senior and still in the Third Realm, few students side with him.

Bullying the weak with strength has always been despised.

Moreover, most students come from ordinary backgrounds and have little goodwill toward the wealthy He family.

"Young Master He, Lu Xun probably won't dare accept."

"Hmph, I doubt he would."

Below the platform, Lin Yan and He Xiao were also present.

After He Qiang broke through to the Third Realm, hearing of He Xiao's ordeal, he rushed over to avenge He Xiao.

Although He Qiang's strength is greater, in the He family his status cannot compare to He Xiao's.

"Lu Xun is back, Lu Xun is back!"

At that moment, a student suddenly made a discovery.

"What?"

"Look at the challenge notice below—the ID called 'Schrodinger's Lu' is Lu Xun's account."

"You want to fight? Then fight! WOC, is this an acceptance?"

"Awesome, my brother Lu! He dares to take it?"

"With such a huge gap, can he win?"

"Win or lose, my brother Lu is truly a real man!"

The students erupted.

They never expected Lu Xun to actually accept the challenge.

"He actually dared to accept!"

Lin Yan also saw Lu Xun's reply, his eyes full of disbelief.

He, who had always been at odds with Lu Xun, simply could not understand why Lu Xun dared to accept.

That is the Third Realm; compared to a Second Realm cultivator, its strength undergoes a qualitative change.

Lu Xun is at most at the Qi Sea stage; how can he fight someone at the Third Realm!

"If he's looking for a beating, then I'll oblige him!"

He Xiao's eyes flickered, as if he could see Lu Xun being violently beaten by He Qiang.

Soon, the news that Lu Xun had accepted He Qiang's challenge spread like wildfire throughout Northern Dipper University.

Because today was the weekend, the news spread extremely fast, causing the number of students gathered below the fighting platform to keep rising, quickly surpassing a thousand.

Some students who had been cultivating abandoned their practice and came to watch the excitement.