Chapter 120

Half a month later, at high noon.

Inside a courtyard.

Lu Zhangsheng sat quietly on a stone chair in the courtyard, picked up the wine pot in his hand, and drank a mouthful of spiritual wine.

The fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth, and bursts of warm currents surged in his belly.

Listening to the continuous prompt sounds in his ears made him feel quite satisfied.

【Source Energy Points +1.】

【Source Energy Points +1.】

After half a month of hard digging, the resources in his hand were also rising rapidly; perhaps tonight he would be able to improve all his skills.

For these days, Lu Zhangsheng had been hibernating at home; even when his teammates Tong Yuhua and Yue Shulan invited him, he didn't go out of the city for action for the time being.

The next time he moved, it would be Miao Qingfeng's death date.

He had already made plans; after the skills were improved, he would go hunt this person.

Just then, the Fang siblings walked over slowly.

"Changsheng, the cellar at home has been built; everything is according to your requirements, built with refined iron..."

Fang Qing walked to the table and sat down, smiling as she spoke, her voice crisp like an oriole.

"Hmm, if the situation in the city changes, you must immediately go inside and hide."

Lu Zhangsheng's expression was indifferent, and he didn't explain too much.

According to his guess, chaos would break out in the city sooner or later; when that time came, this cellar would be a place to save their lives.

The Fang siblings looked at each other, a trace of worry appearing in their eyes.

Now that Lu Zhangsheng's status in the Demon Suppression Office was rising steadily, he would never speak without reason.

I fear there is some astonishing secret within.

If the city were to fall into chaos, I don't know how many people would die or be injured.

Thinking of this, bursts of chill rose in their hearts.

However, the two were also sensible and didn't ask too many questions; it was better not to know some secrets.

"Sister Qing must take Taozi to practice martial arts well; don't slack off."

Lu Zhangsheng smiled indifferently.

The two had been practicing martial arts for some time, and their martial path had already entered the door; next, they only needed to practice step by step.

"I will urge him."

Fang Qing nodded heavily; the world was becoming increasingly chaotic, and only by practicing martial arts could one live well in this troubled world.

Fang Tao, who was on the side, heard this and wore a bitter face.

Practicing martial arts was too difficult; he practiced hard every day, but his realm didn't rise much, as if he were practicing a fake one.

"I really don't know how Brother Changsheng practices..."

He muttered in a low voice.

Lu Zhangsheng smiled dumbly; this Fang Tao's talent was truly ordinary, not even reaching half of his sister Fang Qing's.

If it weren't for some resources, I fear he would never break through to Blood-Transmutation even if he practiced until death.

Night, stars dotted the sky.

Wisps of silver light fell into the courtyard, as if wrapping the surrounding green shade in a layer of silver sand.

Lu Zhangsheng stood in the center of the courtyard, his feet apart, emitting a sense of being as immovable as a mountain.

Open the panel.

Source Energy Points: 3500.

After half a month of digging, the resources in his hand were full again.

Moreover, the plus signs behind the skills were all lit up.

"Add points."

Lu Zhangsheng didn't hesitate anymore; a thought stirred, and he immediately clicked toward the three skills simultaneously.

As Source Energy Points decreased by three thousand, a vast sound instantly rang out from deep in his mind, as if morning bells and evening drums were striking.

The Qi and blood in his body surged frantically, and the body-protecting Qi also rotated spontaneously, forming a transparent Qi shield on his body surface.

【After your years of hard cultivation, the Soul-Severing Slash, Body-Protecting True Qi, and Snow-Treading No-Trace have finally been cultivated by you to the "Out of the Ordinary" stage.】

Several panel prompt sounds came from his mind again, and this improvement officially ended.

A moment later.

Lu Zhangsheng slowly opened his eyes, and a sharp light pierced the void.

After this skill breakthrough, his strength had reached the limit of blood transmutation; the next step was Skin-Refining.

He felt some anticipation in his heart about what kind of power the "Out of the Ordinary" skill level had.

According to the hints on the panel, "Out of the Ordinary" represented the limit of skills, surpassing the realm that countless predecessors could reach.

Lu Zhangsheng immediately began to verify.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As the Body-Protecting True Qi was stimulated with full force, a powerful pure white air current instantly enveloped his entire body.

The surrounding fallen leaves began to rotate around Lu Zhangsheng, the movement quite astonishing.

"Sizzle..."

Gradually, Lu Zhangsheng's legs actually left the ground, gently supported by the Qi.

Although it was less than an inch from the ground, it was also extremely miraculous.

In legends, Innate warriors could fly through the sky, and Lu Zhangsheng's astonishing body-protecting Qi had already initially possessed a trace of the power of Innate Qi.

One must know that a warrior's energy is limited, and almost no one could cultivate a supreme body-protecting technique to the "Out of the Ordinary" stage.

At this time, Lu Zhangsheng raised his long blade and slashed rapidly toward the Qi shield.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Bursts of roaring sounds resounded through the entire courtyard, the Qi shield still surrounded by fluorescence, as stable as Mount Tai.

"What a powerful defense."

Lu Zhangsheng's face was joyful.

For this strike, he had used more than half of his strength, yet he couldn't break his own defense.

After this breakthrough, his defensive power surged instantly by double; I fear some mid-stage Skin-Refining experts would also find it difficult to break his body-protecting Qi easily.

Having this body-protecting divine skill was enough to greatly increase his safety.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng slowly put away the Qi and began to verify his blade technique and footwork.

"Swish..."

Pushing off with his footsteps, only trails of afterimages remained in the void, and even his body was hard to see clearly.

At this time, countless blade lights shuttled through the courtyard, gradually forming a giant net, extremely sharp, and even the ground was cut with trails of marks by the blade Qi.

"Whoosh..."

A moment later, Lu Zhangsheng held the long blade and returned to his original spot, slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid air.

The power of his blade technique and footwork had also strengthened by a significant margin.

With his current strength, it was enough to kill Miao Qingfeng.

After verifying, Lu Zhangsheng turned and walked toward the bedroom.

Over the next few days.

Outside the city, it remained incomparably chaotic and bloody, with a large number of experts falling one after another, like a meat grinder.

The ten Guardians of the evil sect struck one after another, blood-sacrificing a large number of civilians, making many government warriors extremely hateful.

Lu Zhangsheng didn't move out immediately, but instead had been silently collecting information on Miao Qingfeng.

This person had been participating in the siege of small towns, his methods extremely bloody and cruel.

Three days later, early morning.

Lu Zhangsheng sat on a stone chair, holding a piece of information obtained from the Demon Suppression Office.

"Miao Qingfeng, tenth of the ten Guardians of the Wenxiang Sect, cruel by nature, likes to torture and kill young girls and children, Skin-Refining early-stage expert..."

"Five days ago, he appeared near Caolin Town..."

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the information in his hand quietly, pondering carefully.

This person was elusive, and hunting him down also had no small difficulty.

However, when he disguised himself as Zhang Ji and infiltrated the evil sect gathering that day, he accidentally heard the plan to attack Taoyuan Town next.

But what made him feel strange was that although there were Skin-Refining experts confronting each other in Taoyuan Town, this person's tracks didn't appear.

It clearly didn't match the news Miao Qingfeng said that day about besieging Taoyuan Town in ten days.

"It seems this person's plan might have changed, but it definitely has something to do with Taoyuan Town."

Lu Zhangsheng determined in an instant.

Afterward, he put away the information and stood up to walk outside the courtyard.

Three days later, the scorching sun was in the sky.

Taoyuan Town.

This town was located more than two hundred li northwest of the county city, relying on mountains and water, with quite a bit of fertile land outside the city, supporting thousands of people in the town.

At this moment, the entire small town revealed an extremely tense atmosphere.

A large number of evil sect experts gathered outside the city, surrounding the entire Taoyuan Town tightly; this situation had lasted for more than ten days.

Thousands of residents in the town were all plunged into panic.

The City Guard was also patrolling day and night, ready to welcome the attack of that group of cultists at any time.

However, fortunately, the county city had sent experts to support, which allowed the residents in the city to feel a trace of peace.

Atop the city wall.

A middle-aged man in white stood with his hands behind his back, his face stern, his eyes burning with divine light.

His body emitted bursts of incomparably powerful aura.

The other party was Jiang Chen, the expert sent by the government this time, with Skin-Refining early-stage strength, and also one of the foundations within the Demon Suppression Office.

A group of City Guards around all looked at the other party with awe.

"Woo..."

Just then, a heaven-shaking horn sound resounded through the sky, and a large number of black shadows rushed out from the forest outside the city, surging toward the city gate.

Endless fierce aura surged, a black mass, carrying powerful oppressive pressure.

The leader was in a blood-colored robe, his face sinister, his eyes filled with killing intent.

This person was the seventh Guardian of the evil sect, Ding Songyang, a Skin-Refining early-stage expert.

"Enemy attack." Countless City Guards reacted immediately, sounding the horn, and an extremely tense atmosphere permeated the entire field.

"Dare to come out of the city for a battle? This small town can't stop me."

Ding Songyang sneered, his tone extremely contemptuous.

He stood with his hands behind his back, quietly watching Jiang Chen on the city wall, feeling even more confident in his heart.

"Why wouldn't I dare!"

Killing intent erupted in Jiang Chen's eyes.

He knew the other party's words were not false; relying solely on this small city wall couldn't stop a Skin-Refining expert.

If the other party rushed into the city and fought him, I fear it would affect many civilians.

Now that the other party invited him to fight outside the city, it was just what he wanted.

"Kill."

Jiang Chen jumped up and rushed toward the outside of the city rapidly, like a giant bird gliding through the void.

His robe billowed frantically, making a flapping sound.

Within a few breaths, he arrived not far in front of Ding Songyang and landed steadily.

"Die for me."

Ding Songyang raised the blood-colored giant claw weapon in his hand and grabbed fiercely toward Jiang Chen ahead.

Bursts of blood-evil Qi surrounded him, as if countless ghost shadows were roaring in the void, and a nauseating bloody scent rushed toward him.

"Slash."

Jiang Chen didn't show weakness either, raised the long blade in his hand, and rushed up.

He slashed from top to bottom with one blade.

The sharp blade light flickered at the tip of the blade, as if to cut through everything; the momentum was fierce and peerless.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two sides collided violently, and intense energy waves swept in all directions, kicking up a cloud of dust on the field.

Under one strike, the two retreated several meters away; this exchange was evenly matched.

Jiang Chen's expression was very indifferent.

The two had fought no less than several times and were already extremely familiar with each other.

With his strength, he didn't fear Ding Songyang at all, which had already been verified half a month ago.

Ding Songyang's face, however, was somewhat weird, his eyes flickering uncertainly.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Then, the two rushed up again, fighting bloody battles on the open ground ahead, gradually approaching the edge of the distant forest.

With the fight between the experts of both sides, many warriors in the city also began to fight with a group of cultists.

For a time, the entire battlefield was filled with various shouts, weapon collision sounds, and bone-shattering sounds.

Thick fierce auras intertwined, forming clouds that shot straight into the sky.

Time passed slowly, and the entire battlefield became increasingly tragic.

A cup of tea's time later.

"Lord Jiang wins!"

Seeing Jiang Chen block the evil sect Guardian again, many warriors on the city wall cheered one after another.

Their momentum rose increasingly high, firmly blocking the evil sect experts outside the city.

Without accident, this small town was defended once again today.

Just when everyone's hearts were settled, an unexpected change occurred.

A blood-colored figure rushed out rapidly from the forest in the distance, like lightning, arrived in front of Jiang Chen, and slashed with his blade.

The giant blade light flickered in the void, carrying bursts of blood-evil Qi.

"Not good, there's an expert in ambush!"

Jiang Chen was full of shock and anger, immediately dodging to the side, but unfortunately, he was still a step too slow.

"Ah..."

Accompanied by a scream, a blood-stained arm was instantly slashed to the ground; the cut was smooth, and a large amount of fresh blood sprayed out.

"It's you, Miao Qingfeng!"

At this time, Jiang Chen saw who it was, his face full of anger, and the killing intent in his eyes was like substance.

"Your death date is approaching today; I will slaughter this small town."

Miao Qingfeng smiled cruelly and licked the corners of his mouth.

Only bloody slaughter could calm the anger in his heart.

Last time, because of the mysterious expert, he had been punished, which had long made him unable to hold back his desire for revenge.

As long as he could kill this Skin-Refining expert in front of him, the merit would be quite a lot, and he might even hope for the Innate in the future.

Thinking of this, he began to feel excited in his heart.

After his strength increased, he would go hunt that mysterious warrior.

"Not good."

Everyone in the city saw this and showed despair.

They didn't expect there to be evil sect experts hidden outside the city; they probably couldn't escape now.

An incomparably desperate atmosphere spread within the city.

"Hehe, slaughter this group of people quickly."

A large number of evil cultists were full of excitement.

They would definitely win this battle.

Just when many evil cultists were cheering, a snow-white blade light suddenly rushed out from the forest, slashing rapidly toward Miao Qingfeng.

The sharp blade light carried bursts of fierce aura, as if to cut through everything; the momentum was astonishing.

In an instant, the blade light approached Miao Qingfeng's chest.

The person who struck was Lu Zhangsheng.

Several days ago, he had been crouching in the forest; just now, when the other party ambushed Jiang Chen, he reacted in an instant and struck directly.

"It's you, Ye Chen!"

Sensing the familiar aura, Miao Qingfeng was full of horror and roared frantically.

A sense of death emerged from deep in his heart.

He didn't expect that in less than a month, the other party's strength would surge again.

This made him find it hard to believe.

Too late to think more, Miao Qingfeng immediately drew his blade and slashed forward.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Intense energy swept in all directions, and blade light traveled through the void.

Lu Zhangsheng directly swung away the long blade in Miao Qingfeng's hand and slashed toward the opponent's head.

This strike was meant to make him meet his end.

Miao Qingfeng was full of fear and immediately dodged to the side.

Although he dodged the fatal part, his left arm was still pierced by the blade light.

"Ah..."

A shrill scream rang out, a large amount of fresh blood sprayed out, and the blood-stained arm was thrown high into the air.

Immediately after, Lu Zhangsheng's second blade killed Miao Qingfeng's chest again.

He wore a white robe, walking through the crowd with his hands behind his back, like a peerless noble son, causing a group of aristocratic young ladies around to look at him frequently.

Miao Qingfeng felt incomparably aggrieved; he also needed a few breaths of time to stimulate his demon blood essence.

Under the other party's ambush, successive blade strikes left him with no time to react.

He had to barely draw his blade to block again.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Another loud sound came, and Lu Zhangsheng directly broke through the other party's long blade and slashed toward Miao Qingfeng's face.

"Ah... I am not reconciled..."

Miao Qingfeng dodged to the side in despair; the same thing happened again, another arm was thrown high into the air, and the long blade also fell to the ground.

Having lost both hands and his weapon, his combat power was greatly reduced.

Immediately after, Lu Zhangsheng's third blade had already arrived.

"For this blade, let's see what you use to block!"

Lu Zhangsheng's killing intent was chilling.

From Lu Zhangsheng's strike to the third blade, not even a breath of time had passed.

One can imagine how astonishing his speed was.

"You win unfairly..."

After a desperate shout, accompanied by a giant head flying into the sky, a large amount of fresh blood sprayed out.

As his consciousness blurred, Miao Qingfeng felt increasingly unwilling.

His various methods hadn't been used, his demon blood essence...

His Innate Martial Path...

Had all turned into illusion and bubbles.

Three blades, Miao Qingfeng died! With Lu Zhangsheng's strength, he couldn't normally cause such a shocking scene, but under his ambush, the other party didn't use many methods, which is why he was killed so aggrievedly; otherwise, the other party could have resisted for some time even if he fought to the death.

At this time, everyone on the field reacted and was full of shock.

"It's Lord Ye, Lord Ye has come to save us."

Countless City Guards had tears in their eyes, full of excitement.

Finding life in a desperate situation, they cheered one after another.

The name Ye Chen had long spread throughout the entire county city.

Jiang Chen was also full of joy, thinking he would definitely die today, but didn't expect an expert to come to support.

For this Ye Chen, he also had a great favorable impression; the other party was definitely a genius figure secretly cultivated within the government.

Many evil cultists, however, had their momentum paused, their faces full of fear.

That blade was too terrifying, scaring everyone out of their wits.

Ding Songyang, however, looked at Lu Zhangsheng quietly, the corners of his mouth curling into a weird smile.

"Not good, could it be a trap?"

Lu Zhangsheng saw this, his expression stern, and he prepared to retreat.

"Swish..."

Just then, four black figures suddenly darted out from the forest behind, surrounding Lu Zhangsheng and Jiang Chen from front, back, left, and right.

(End of chapter)