Chapter 130: Slaughtering Yunshu

Lu Chen took the Empress out of the void and landed on the flying vessel below.

The next moment, the void vanished, and those two great hands disappeared with it.

Everyone finally caught their breath at that moment.

"What exactly was that just now? Could it be a legendary Heaven-peeking Realm expert? But how could such a cultivator appear in the Mo Realm?"

"How terrifying!"

Because of the pressure's presence, they didn't know what had just happened.

But what they could see was that everyone, like themselves, had dropped several levels in cultivation.

Elder Yunshu, who had just broken through, and Huang Jingxuan also fell back to the early Dao comprehension stage due to the pressure.

What they couldn't understand was that Lu Chen's cultivation level hadn't changed at all.

"I understand."

After hearing the Empress's idea, Lu Chen immediately went before Yunshu.

He might have been able to kill Huang Jingxuan by self-detonation or similar means earlier.

But now it's difficult.

His cultivation had dropped, while I have the aid of the Heavenly Dao's will; if he tried to self-destruct, only he would die.

The next moment, Lu Chen moved, and a burst of spiritual killing qi erupted around him.

A terrifying force instantly swept toward Yunshu.

"An attack backed by the Heavenly Dao's will?! Could he have just......!!"

Before Elder Yunshu's thought could fully form, his flesh was shattered the next moment.

A wisp of remnant soul tried to flee, but Lu Chen grabbed it and instantly sealed it inside the Chaos Heaven Banner.

"Elder Yunshu, do you still remember your obedient disciple Chu Lian?"

"She told me that if she got the chance, she wanted to kill you herself, so I'll keep this wisp of your remnant soul for now and later give it to her as firewood for her furnace; I imagine a soul of your level could burn for a long time."

"Chu Lian was indeed taken by you!" Inside the Chaos Heaven Banner, Yunshu's expression showed anger.

After Lu Chen finished speaking, he ignored her words and quickly put away the Chaos Heaven Banner.

Afterward, he turned his gaze to the Heaven Slaughter Elder nearby.

Turning back, he said to Huang Jingxuan and the others: "Kill him, leave the remnant soul."

After saying that, a thought moved him, and the Heavenly Dao's will instantly opened a special void for him.

Within it, using an evasion technique, his flight speed could increase a hundredfold or more.

Soon he arrived at the other side of the battlefield.

Because the Heavenly Dao's will disappeared, this place once again returned to the previous great battlefield scene.

However, Youxiang's combat strength was clearly somewhat greater than Sword Cloud Elder's; at this point he had already driven the latter into repeated retreat.

Sword Cloud Elder was fleeing when he suddenly appeared not far from Lu Chen.

"Get out of the way!"

Whether it was because he was too hurried to see Lu Chen clearly or for some other reason, Sword Cloud Elder's tone was extremely fierce.

But the next moment, Lu Chen grabbed him as easily as grabbing a chicken.

"You also have no need to exist; go in and have a chat with Yunshu."

Lu Chen spoke calmly.

Before Sword Cloud could react, his body shattered and his soul was sealed into the Chaos Heaven Banner.

Seeing this, the people of the Four Great Sects were dazed.

"He really is a demonic path practitioner! He actually killed Sword Cloud Elder!"

"Elder! Elder!!!"

Everyone thought Lu Chen was a demonic path practitioner, but the next moment he again fought Youxiang.

"Kid, it's only been a month since we last met, yet your cultivation has advanced leaps and bounds."

Youxiang sensed Lu Chen's aura, and his expression changed slightly.

"It's a shame; last time was your best chance to kill me." Lu Chen spoke calmly.

The next moment, both launched an attack simultaneously.

But this time, Lu Chen clearly had the upper hand.

"How could your attack contain even a trace of Heavenly Dao power?!"

"Where does this heavenly thunder come from?! Why are you unaffected at all?"

"Impossible? Could you be influencing the Heavenly Dao's will, or are you itself an incarnation of it?"

Youxiang's face suddenly changed, as if he had thought of something.

"Enough talk." Lu Chen drew the Blood Spirit Sword and performed the Black Prison Sword Canon.

The Black Prison instantly formed, but this time it contained a trace of Heavenly Dao's power compared to before.

Youxiang's expression turned grave, as he realized he seemed unable to do anything against Lu Chen.

"I never expected that in just a short month, your changes would be so great."

"If I had known, even dragging my injured body, I would have surely killed you back then!"

He spoke angrily.

The next moment, Lu Chen beheaded him.

After burning his body and sending his soul into the Chaos Heaven Banner, Lu Chen scanned his surroundings.

Those who had said he was a demonic path practitioner fell silent now.

And those who were truly demonic path practitioners saw the delight on their faces disappear.

Lu Chen suppressed the urge to throw them all into the Chaos Heaven Banner, then turned and left.

The reason he rushed to leave was that the empress had just made contact with the void, causing her soul power to continually drain; he had to restore her soul power quickly in a short time.

Then he borrowed the power of Heaven's Way, quickly used an escape technique, and returned to the Purple Imperial Palace.

Under the astonished gazes of many elders and the beautiful woman, he came to Chu Lian's side.

"Chu Lian, quickly refine two batches of Soul-Nurturing Pills."

Soul-Nurturing Pills are rare; Lu Chen had almost consumed them last time, so now he can only prepare them on the spot.

Fortunately, the Soul Jade is present, preventing the empress's soul from dissipating too quickly.

While refining the pills, Chu Lian looked at Lu Chen and asked about the border situation.

"Lu Chen, you didn't go to participate in the Demon-Subjugation War, did you?"

"Hmm, it's over." Lu Chen nodded.

"That's it?" Chu Lian flashed a hint of doubt in her eyes, "What was the outcome? Did we win?"

"Pretty much, in short, the demonic path shouldn't see any strong cultivators emerge for a while."

Lu Chen thought of the remnant soul of Yun Shu Laozu inside the Chaos Heaven Banner.

After Chu Lian finished refining the pills, he handed the Chaos Heaven Banner to her.

"This is what I promised you earlier."

Lu Chen took the Soul-Nurturing Pill and said.

Feeling the aura from the Chaos Heaven Banner, Chu Lian's expression twitched slightly.

"You really put her......"

Back then, Chu Lian had merely spoken offhand, never imagining that Lu Chen could one day actually resolve Yun Shu Laozu.

"Her life is left for you to decide—live or die."

Inside the Chaos Heaven Banner, Yun Shu seemed to hear their conversation and couldn't help shouting:

"Chu Lian! I am your master! All these years, how have I treated you poorly?"

Chu Lian could indeed hear her cries, but she was not affected by what she said.

"Master, it was you who taught me the first lesson of demonic cultivation."

"Now I return it in full."

Chu Lian circulated killing intent, crushing the last wisp of Yun Shu's remnant soul within the Chaos Heaven Banner.

Afterwards, she exhaled as if relieved of a heavy burden.

By now, her connection with the demonic sect had finally been completely severed.