Chapter 60: The Sage Era, Two Sages Are Born

Yang Wei’s movements have been traced. “He pointed to the overlapping blood-trace map: “Anomalous spiritual energy fluctuations have appeared in the Shanhai Pass direction—likely connected to the Peng Spirit Core.”

Wang Teng stared at the faint yin-yang fish pattern on his palm, then suddenly pressed his hand against the ground.

Faint blue talismanic runes spread outward; the gravity in the entire conference room vanished, then returned to normal a second later.

“Eight Yin-Yang Secret Charms: Reverse Life.” He gasped out, “It can briefly reverse an object’s state of life and death, but the side effect is...”

“It accelerates your aging,” Jiang Xia interjected, dark circles clearly visible under his right eye.

“My body technique’s current side effect has also dropped by about one-fifth compared to before.”

As they spoke, the sky suddenly tore open with a silver-purple crack, and several lightning calamities descended upon the Night Watch Headquarters.

Lu Wujiu stood at the center of the Night Watch’s specially crafted ice lake, surrounded by a hundred-meter-diameter sphere of lightning, each arc brimming with world-shattering power.

His hair stirred without wind, every strand entwined with purple lightning.

When the ninth thunderbolt struck the ceiling of the chamber, a spectral image of the Thunder Emperor appeared behind him.

“Thunder Emperor’s Nine Transformations—finally perfected.”

Lu Wujiu murmured to himself, and as he raised his hand, the gathered storm clouds vanished instantly.

At the same moment, the blood-red altar at the Demon God Cult’s headquarters erupted in blinding crimson light.

Shen Wenru sat cross-legged at the center of the blood pool, encircled by nine colossal blood dragons.

“He’s broken through!”

The Demon God Cultists prostrated themselves on the ground; they could feel this First Seat’s aura surging at a terrifying pace.

The nine blood dragons let out a deafening dragon roar, and Shen Wenru’s pupils snapped open.

“Blood Demon’s Nine Transformations... achieved!” His pupils split into nine crimson fragments, each reflecting a different scene of slaughter.

At the top of the Heaven’s Mechanism Pavilion, a shadow watched as sacred realm lights flared simultaneously in the east and west, and sighed.

“The Sage Era has finally arrived.” He whispered, then shot a secret order into a jade pendant.

The Night Watch Headquarters’ alarm blared. Su Changfeng stared at the skyrocketing spiritual energy readings on the monitor, his voice trembling: “Sage Realm... two Sage Realm experts have appeared at once!”

Jiang Xia and Wang Teng rushed into the command room just as Lu Wujiu’s image appeared on the holographic projection.

“Aren’t Itachi supposed to be a sword user, Commander Lu? Why are Itachi playing with lightning?” Wang Teng asked curiously.

Su Changfeng sighed and explained: “He’s a dual-ability user, and since his base strength is already formidable, he’s kept this Thunder Emperor ability as a hidden trump card.”

“Except during your Gaokao Mystery Realm incident, when he nearly exposed it, no one’s ever made him use this power for years—so the trump card’s been preserved until now.”

Jiang Xia looked at Su Changfeng with a strange expression: “Director Su, how do Itachi know everything? Weren’t Itachi just a Wang Hou not long ago?”

Shen Zhou jumped out, grinning: “He’s an original shareholder, after all. Not the strongest, but he’s got endurance!”

A vein throbbed on Su Changfeng’s forehead as he grabbed Shen Zhou’s ear, ready to scold him.

Mo Yuan and Jian Nan Zhu’s figures suddenly appeared simultaneously above the human realm, their overwhelming pressure instantly erasing the manifestations of the two new Sages.

“Shen Wenru, since Itachi’ve broken into the Sage Realm, take your Demon God Cult and leave human territory.”

Mo Yuan’s voice rang like a bronze bell; in his hand he held a Dao scripture glowing with golden light.

Shen Wenru opened his blood-red eyes and smirked: “Old man, now that we’re at the same level, do Itachi really think one sentence can drive me away? How arrogant!”

As he raised his hand, the nine blood dragons surged toward the Sage of Letters, shattering space into fragments wherever they passed.

Jian Nan Zhu snorted and struck first; his sword, Tinghuo, automatically unsheathed from his waist.

A crimson blade of light sliced across the sky, cleaving the blood dragons in two—but the severed heads dissolved into countless blood droplets, flying toward the Night Watch Headquarters.

“Lu Wujiu, our grudge must be settled now!”

Shen Wenru’s voice rang with madness; in an instant, he appeared on the rooftop of the Night Watch Headquarters.

Lu Wujiu had already been waiting there, purple lightning flickering in his eyes: “Shen Wenru, we’re both Sages. If Itachi want to fight, let’s go to the Far North.”

Lu Wujiu’s figure shot across the sky like a purple meteor, followed by Shen Wenru, now transformed into a crimson mist.

Their speeds were beyond human sight; the air behind them compressed violently, emitting deafening sonic booms.

“Shen Wenru, do Itachi dare fight me to the death on the Far North Ice Plain?” Lu Wujiu’s voice carried a taunt.

Shen Wenru sneered: “Perfectly agree!”

Their figures vanished into the clouds, then reappeared instantly above the Far North Ice Plain.

This place was Changnian shrouded in blizzards, with temperatures below minus a hundred degrees.

Lu Wujiu struck first, forming the Thunder Emperor Seal with both hands; the sky instantly darkened with storm clouds, and countless purple lightning bolts rained down on Shen Wenru.

Shen Wenru didn’t dodge—he swelled into a giant, and nine blood dragons burst from his body to meet the lightning.

“Boom!”

Lightning met blood dragons in a deafening explosion; the ice plain’s snow was blasted upward, revealing the hardened ice beneath.

Lu Wujiu seized the opening, rushing forward, his hand gripping the Exorcism Blade.

Shen Wenru refused to yield; his right hand formed a blood-red spear, clashing against Lu Wujiu’s lightning blade.

Their battle raged fiercely; every collision sent out violent shockwaves.

The ice beneath them shattered into countless fragments, forming massive craters.

“Is that all Itachi’ve got, Lu Wujiu?” Shen Wenru mocked.

Lu Wujiu sneered: “This is just the beginning!”

He formed hand seals; a colossal lightning sphere suddenly appeared in the sky, slowly rotating with a piercing electrical hum.

“Thunder Emperor’s Nine Transformations—Nine Heavens Cleansing Divine Thunder!”

With Lu Wujiu’s roar, the sphere exploded; countless purple lightning bolts rained down like a storm upon Shen Wenru.

Shen Wenru’s face paled; he instantly activated his Blood Demon ability, forming a crimson barrier before him.

The lightning struck the barrier with a deafening crash.

The crimson barrier shattered instantly; Shen Wenru was blasted backward, slamming into a glacier.

Shen Wenru spat out blood, shock flashing in his eyes—Lu Wujiu’s strength was far greater than he’d imagined.

“How about it? Yield?” Lu Wujiu asked.

Shen Wenru wiped blood from his lips and sneered: “Yield? I haven’t lost yet!”

A ruthless gleam flashed in his eyes as he formed a complex hand seal; a massive blood sphere suddenly appeared in the sky, rotating slowly, radiating a suffocating aura.

“Blood Demon’s Nine Transformations—Blood Sacrifice Heaven and Earth!”

With Shen Wenru’s roar, the blood sphere exploded; countless crimson beams shot toward Lu Wujiu.

Lu Wujiu’s face paled; he instantly activated his Thunder Emperor ability, forming a lightning barrier before him.

“Boom!”

Same outcome—the crimson beams struck the barrier with a deafening crash; the lightning barrier shattered instantly, and Lu Wujiu was blasted backward, crashing into another glacier.

Lu Wujiu spat blood, a flicker of surprise in his eyes—Shen Wenru’s strength was astonishingly powerful.

They locked eyes, both seeing shock in the other’s gaze.

Neither had expected the other’s power to be this terrifying.

“Lu Wujiu, it seems we can only end this in mutual ruin,” Shen Wenru sneered.

Lu Wujiu nodded: “Agreed. Let’s finish this!”

Both charged toward each other, their auras surging higher; the sky darkened with storm clouds, lightning flashing and thunder roaring.