Chapter 136

At this moment, the entire city was already in chaos.

On both sides of the street, there were sounds of killing everywhere, corpses and blood scattered all over the ground, and bursts of evil aura filled the entire city.

"Swish..."

Lu Changsheng brandished his blade quickly, beheading the cultists blocking the road one by one, and then rushed into the intersection in front and disappeared under the awe-filled gazes of many Xuanjia Army soldiers.

Inside a large courtyard.

Fang Qing and Fang Tao hid in the northwest corner of the cellar, their faces still lingering with fear.

When the chaos in the city arose, the two ran into the cellar decisively.

If they hadn't run fast, I'm afraid they would have been beheaded by cultists long ago.

The two had to admire Lu Changsheng's foresight.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

At this moment, bursts of roaring sounds came from above their heads.

The top door built of refined iron was also shaking violently.

"Not good."

"An expert has discovered this place and is attacking the cellar iron door."

Fang Qing was scared out of her wits, directly losing her composure.

The two were only Meat Refining martial artists, and the movement above their heads was at least a Blood Transmutation expert.

With the strength of the two, they couldn't block even one move.

Her tone became somewhat desperate.

As a woman, after being caught by cult experts, I'm afraid it would be difficult even to die.

Fang Tao on the side was also full of despair.

For a Blood Transmutation expert, this iron door couldn't hold out for long.

The two were locked inside, already turtles in a jar.

Outside.

An old man in a black robe stood in the room with a group of men.

The old man was thin, his hands like chicken claws, and his aura was quite extraordinary.

"Immediately open the iron door, and I can spare your lives."

The old man's tone was grim.

While looting the entire city, he accidentally discovered the abnormality here and concluded that there must be people or property below.

A moment later.

Seeing that there was no answer.

Killing intent burst out in his eyes.

"Speed up, smash the iron door; I want to see what's inside."

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A group of cultists began to hack violently at the iron door.

"After the iron door is broken, I will stimulate my blood essence to cover your escape with all my might; find a chance to escape and find your Brother Changsheng..."

Fang Qing was determined; she naturally wouldn't believe the other party's ghost words.

Facing disaster, she chose to sacrifice herself to cover her younger brother's escape.

"I'm not leaving, I'll fight them."

Fang Tao gritted his teeth, his eyes fierce.

The long blade in his hand was gripped even tighter.

An elder sister is like a mother; the two had depended on each other since childhood, and he couldn't abandon his sister to escape alone.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Just as the two were talking, the iron door above their heads began to crack gradually.

Red light rose in the eyes of Fang Qing and the other, preparing to fight to the death.

"Ah..."

At this moment, bursts of shrill screams suddenly came from above their heads.

A few breaths later, there was no movement at all.

Making the two quite puzzled, they hurriedly stopped stimulating their blood essence.

"Come out."

A familiar voice sounded, making Fang Qing and the other instantly overjoyed.

"Brother Changsheng is back."

Surviving a disaster, the two were extremely excited.

They hurriedly inserted the key to the iron door, gave it a slow twist, and then pushed open the iron door and jumped out.

Seeing Lu Changsheng holding a golden Buddha, they couldn't help but be quite surprised.

Several corpses were already lying on the ground around, blood flowing all over the ground, extremely bloody.

Fang Qing and the other were very surprised; so many people didn't even hold on for a breath before being slaughtered by Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng's strength was likely extremely terrifying.

This made the two feel even more at ease.

After this disaster, the two realized the importance of strength even more.

If they had Lu Changsheng's strength, they would have wiped out this group of cultists above long ago.

"Clean up this place, don't run around."

Lu Changsheng smiled faintly, then held the golden Buddha and turned to walk toward the back.

Passing through the backyard, he arrived in his own room.

He placed the golden Buddha in the center of the room.

"Swish..."

Then he brandished his long blade quickly, slashing toward the golden Buddha.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter..."

After slashing continuously several times, this golden Buddha was slashed into several pieces, scattered all over the ground.

At this moment, a pitch-black ball rolled to the side, still glowing with traces of blood light.

An extremely evil aura permeated.

"This is?"

Lu Changsheng picked up the ball and rubbed it carefully with his fingers.

The surface of the ball was extremely smooth and had a cool touch.

He had long suspected that there was something inside the golden Buddha; otherwise, it couldn't have provided so many Source Energy Points.

After careful comparison, he discovered that this item had some connection with the demon heart in ancient books.

Although it was not a complete demon heart, it was also quite extraordinary.

No wonder that demoness Zhao Yuanjing wanted to get this item so desperately.

Now it had made a wedding dress for himself.

If the other party obtained this item and swallowed it, she might break through to the Innate realm, and then he would be in danger.

This time, he and the other party could be considered to have formed a deadly feud.

This woman was likely completely crazy, hiding in the dark and wanting to bite him at any time.

Coupled with the fact that the entire prefecture city was becoming increasingly chaotic, and Heavenly Demon Gate experts were stirring up trouble everywhere, the situation was also deteriorating day by day.

Then, Lu Changsheng didn't hesitate and directly began to break through his cultivation.

With a thought.

Clicked the plus sign behind the Indestructible Golden Body.

As the Source Energy Points decreased by ten thousand, a fluctuation from the underworld descended into the depths of his mind again.

As if a supreme expert was practicing in his own sea of consciousness day and night.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The blood energy around Lu Changsheng surged crazily, as if a great river was roaring in his body.

A powerful aura rushed into the sky, and the transparent gang energy all over his body was also operating spontaneously.

"Zzz..."

The sundries, books, and chairs in the room were all shaken away, and even his entire body gradually floated up.

Extremely miraculous.

According to legend, Innate martial artists can fly; at this moment, Lu Changsheng also somewhat believed it.

Gang energy covered his whole body, and even he had a trace of the power of an Innate martial artist.

【After your years of hard cultivation, you have finally cultivated the Indestructible Golden Body to the Perfected realm.】

Following a crisp prompt sound, this improvement officially ended.

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

He clenched his fists, and endless powerful strength surged in his body.

This force was so strong that it seemed to be able to break the void in front.

After this breakthrough, his own strength, speed, and defense were all improved in an all-around way, about twice as much as before.

He looked down at his whole body.

He saw golden brilliance all over his body, emitting a rounded and unified charm.

His skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and blood had all reached perfection, and even his meridians had become extremely wide.

As if endless blood energy was flowing in his body, in the deepest part of his heart, that drop of golden blood became increasingly strong and solid.

"After this level, it is not far from the Innate martial path."

Lu Changsheng felt somewhat surging in his heart.

After years of dormancy, he finally cultivated to the Perfected Body Refining stage.

As for the next level of perfection, I'm afraid it is the peak of all mortal martial artists throughout history.

According to what he knew, some people who failed to break through to the Innate realm and whose bodies began to transform were called pseudo-Innate, and in a true sense, they also belonged to Body Refining.

He naturally didn't need to take this step; as long as the resources were sufficient, he could pile it up to the Innate realm all the way.

... Just when Lu Changsheng was breaking through.

Somewhere underground outside the city.

A large blood pool stood in the center of the space, with a large number of blood bubbles emerging from the blood pool.

The entire space emitted a nauseating odor.

At the edge of the blood pool, a woman in red was entrenched, her figure extremely enchanting.

Only her expression was extremely crazy.

Astonishing killing intent burst out in her eyes.

"You are dead, dead..."

Zhao Yuanjing sat by the blood pool, feeling incomparably resentful.

She hadn't yet "woken up" from the matter of the demon crystal core being snatched.

The blood pool beside her was collected by her slaughtering 100,000 civilians over the years.

Coupled with that demon heart, she had a 100% certainty of breaking through to the Innate realm.

Now everything was over; relying on this blood pool alone, she only had a 30% certainty.

The hatred of blocking the path is irreconcilable.

Zhao Yuanjing prepared to take the risk to break through to the Innate realm, and then go to abuse and kill that mysterious martial artist.

"Bang, bang..."

Then, she stood up suddenly, took off her clothes, and jumped toward the center of the blood pool; her white-as-jade body collided with the blood, splashing bursts of blood flowers.

The whole person gradually submerged to the bottom of the blood pool.

The next few days.

As the Xuanjia Army and many Demon Subduing Office martial artists outside the city gradually returned to the county seat, the demons in the city also slowly retreated.

Lu Changsheng also took action one after another in the dark, killing a large number of cult experts.

His Killing True Meaning had been improving rapidly, only one step away from 30% true meaning.

Just when everything was slowly recovering.

Three days later, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the city: Deputy Hall Master HeChunlin had fallen.

After Qin Ruobing and Xiao Tiansi, the two Deputy Hall Masters, returned to the county seat safely, they did not find HeChunlin returning.

On an afternoon three days later, a man in black sent HeChunlin's head to the city gate.

This matter caused a great uproar in the city, and many martial artists were terrified.

They all knew that this was likely a war declaration from the other party.

Next time, they would lead many cultists to attack the city.

After some surviving civilians received the news, they were all extremely panicked.

In this turmoil, even the County Lord died, many martial arts experts were injured or killed, and the Xuanjia Army was even more severely damaged.

If the other party attacked in large numbers, the forces in the city simply couldn't block it.

This day, early morning.

Early in the morning, Lu Changsheng rushed toward the Demon Subduing Office.

Walking on the street, everything around was desolate, with broken walls everywhere, and white silk hanging in front of every household.

There were also many corpses of children and women that hadn't been cleaned up, lying casually in the corners.

Bursts of stench rushed toward them.

The entire city was filled with an atmosphere of sadness and panic.

"These cultists are truly damned."

Seeing this situation, Lu Changsheng's expression was extremely cold.

Passing through the dilapidated streets, he arrived in front of the Demon Subduing Office.

Even the area around the Demon Subduing Office was covered with bloodstains; one could imagine the tragic battle of the past two days.

When Lu Changsheng stepped into the deliberation hall, there were already many figures standing inside.

Qin Ruobing and Xiao Tiansi sat on the chairs in front, but their expressions were quite pale.

There were also many familiar figures around.

Tong Yuhua and Yue Shulan also luckily escaped back.

Only many people had suffered some injuries.

"We received intelligence that a large number of cult bandits are gathering, likely to attack the county seat."

Qin Ruobing's face was full of gravity.

After Wei Shaoxuan defected and HeChunlin fell, the strength of the high-end martial artists in the city was greatly reduced.

Coupled with the death of the two experts protecting the County Lord, the situation was increasingly not optimistic.

"Can we seek help from the Qingning Prefecture City?"

Tong Yuhua's eyes were full of fear.

Relying solely on the martial artists in the city, even if they barely held on in the end, I'm afraid they would suffer heavy casualties.

"Sigh... the situation in the entire Qingning Prefecture is somewhat rotten; not only our Changping County and many other county seats, but even outside the prefecture city, there are many experts peeking..."

Xiao Tiansi sighed softly.

Everyone heard this, and their hearts tightened.

Relying entirely on the prefecture city for support was no longer feasible; now everything had to rely on themselves.

"I will temporarily take over the Xuanjia Army and defend the city with all my might."

"You must cooperate with all your might and patrol the city defenses at all times."

Qin Ruobing's face was full of majesty.

"We obey your command."

The people below shouted in unison, the loud voice echoing in the main hall.

Subsequently, everyone discussed some details of defending the city and then left the main hall one after another.

"Changsheng, go to my office hall on the way."

Just when Lu Changsheng was about to leave, Qin Ruobing suddenly called him to stop.

Xiao Tiansi and the people around were all strange, not expecting the relationship between the two to be so "close".

Lu Changsheng smiled and nodded.

Then he followed behind Qin Ruobing and walked forward with big strides.

Soon he disappeared from everyone's eyes.

Before long.

The two arrived in a gorgeous main hall.

"Changsheng, if the county seat cannot be held, then retreat decisively."

As soon as she stepped in, Qin Ruobing couldn't help but speak, her face full of worry.

No longer having the majesty and composure in the main hall just now.

"Those hundreds of thousands of people in the city..."

Lu Changsheng's expression tightened upon hearing this.

He didn't expect the situation to have deteriorated to such a point.

If they fled, these people would likely be directly blood-sacrificed; just thinking of such a tragic scene made one's scalp tingle.

"Sigh... both Hall Master Xiao and I are injured; relying on you alone..."

Qin Ruobing sighed softly.

She had also witnessed Lu Changsheng's strength, and he wasn't much stronger than her.

She also didn't think Lu Changsheng could block several Perfected Body Refining experts.

The other party had three bandit leaders, plus Wei Shaoxuan and Ye Yunze, this Heavenly Demon Gate disciple...

With so many experts taking action at the same time, relying on the three of them, there was almost no possibility of winning.

So she didn't hold any hope and directly showed her cards to Lu Changsheng.

"I know, if things are impossible, I will retreat immediately."

Lu Changsheng nodded faintly.

He didn't explain anything, and no one knew that his strength had broken through again.

When that group of people came to attack the city, he was prepared to give the other party a big surprise.

It would be best to behead that demoness Zhao Yuanjing together.

Subsequently, the two exchanged words for a while, and Lu Changsheng got up and left.

Before long.

Lu Changsheng returned to his small courtyard.

At this moment, the Fang siblings immediately greeted him, their faces full of worry.

"Brother Changsheng, let's run."

Fang Tao directly opened his mouth to comfort him.

He also received wind that a large number of cult experts were going to attack the city.

Even his own Brother Lu was likely difficult to block.

Fang Qing on the side directly rolled her eyes at Fang Tao: "The government troops in the city haven't left, what does it mean for us to run directly?"

"Besides, the entire Qingning Prefecture is like this, where can we run? It's likely we'll be caught up by cult experts as soon as we go out."

Fang Tao smiled awkwardly upon hearing this, knowing he was too naive.

"Don't let your imagination run wild, just stay at home with peace of mind."

Lu Changsheng smiled faintly.

He prepared to take advantage of this time to dig for spiritual items with all his might to improve his strength in preparation for the future great battle.

Seeing this, the Fang siblings didn't speak anymore, but the worry in their eyes never dissipated.

The next ten days or so.

There were traces of cult bandits everywhere around Changping County, and a large number of experts surrounded the county seat.

However, this group of people seemed to be waiting for something and didn't choose to take action.

(End of chapter)