Chapter 138: Lord Lu's Divine Might! Instant Slash!

The next day.

When the news spread that the four great clans had been ordered to be slaughtered to the last by Lu Zhangsheng, countless people in the city were shocked.

Moreover, quite a few people secretly clapped and cheered.

The four great clans had long acted tyrannically in Changping County, also offending many people.

Who would have thought they would encounter this killing star, Lu Zhangsheng, and the entire clan would be washed in blood.

Of course, this also had to do with the other side wanting to flee the county, and at this critical moment they were caught red-handed.

However, Lu Zhangsheng's such cruel and bloody methods also fiercely deterred those with ulterior motives.

Some people who again thought of leaving the city at night to join the cult would now have to think twice.

At noon.

The warm sun shone high.

Lu Zhangsheng arrived at the outer hall of Qin Ruobing's office upon invitation.

He lifted his foot and stepped inside.

Only see Qin Ruobing wearing a purple long dress, her demeanor exceptionally tranquil, as she frowned tightly while examining the information in her hand.

Upon seeing Lu Zhangsheng arrive, Qin Ruobing smiled charmingly: "You were quite imposing last night, without hesitation slaughtering this group of clan youths."

However, these people have countless ties with the aristocratic families of the prefecture capital; Changping County cannot retain you, this dragon crossing the river, and then...

She also held considerable dissatisfaction with the youths of the four great clans, and in the critical moment of survival, they only thought of fleeing.

It's merely a case of meeting force with force.

Lu Zhangsheng gave a light smile.

He also understood the other's meaning: it was nothing more than the county clans having numerous marital ties with the prefecture capital's aristocratic families; when he goes to the capital later, some people will secretly act against him.

However, his appointment as FuduDianZhu will be issued soon, and openly he need not fear those few great clans of the capital.

As for covert moves, then each can only rely on their own methods.

"In a few days, that gang of cult bandits will likely attack the city."

"The capital has only sent one martial artist who has attained perfect rebirth, and he is still on the road."

Qin Ruobing's face showed some worry.

After she reported the situation of Changping County and repeatedly requested aid, only then did a strong person come to support her, leaving her quite helpless.

"Is the situation in Qingning Prefecture really this decadent?"

Lu Zhangsheng furrowed his brows.

He also had some understanding of the overall situation of Qingning Prefecture.

Besides Changping County, the other surrounding counties are largely the same, with beacon fires rising everywhere, giving a feeling that the Great Xia dynasty is about to collapse.

Now the capital being able to send a strong person to support is already not bad.

"With an additional reinforcement, we few still have a good chance of defending the county."

Qin Ruobing softly sighed.

Even she does not know how long the court can continue to hold out if this goes on.

If the Great Zhou dynasty collapses completely, its billions of territories will turn into a hell on earth.

Lu Zhangsheng also is not optimistic about the future situation.

He had better accumulate sufficient strength before the court collapses, so he can establish himself in this chaotic world.

"Qin Sister, do you know the specific information about the Tianyao Gate?"

He asked again, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes.

Now the entire Great Zhou's turmoil is clearly inseparable from the Tianyao Gate.

Even the Wenxiang Sect is merely a subordinate force of the Tianyao Gate.

Those Tianyao Gate disciples stir up wind and rain throughout the human realm's territories, always hiding in the shadows.

They have brought great trouble to the court.

Upon hearing this, Qin Ruobing's eyes burst with killing intent: "This infamous organization has existed for thousands of years."

"According to legend, there were no demons in ancient times; after one day when the phenomenon of double suns appearing in the sky occurred, a huge rift suddenly appeared in the heavens, and a great host of demons descended from the sky, thus opening the bloody tear-stained history of countless humans..."

"The ancient dragon court also collapsed in the great war, after which numerous dynasties arose."

"As for the Tianyao Gate, they are a group of human traitors who could not resist the temptation of the demons..."

Her tone was gloomy, as if also carrying a kind of sorrow.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhangsheng's heart turned cold.

This world hides too many dangers; he has yet to encounter a true demon.

Merely some demon servants are already quite troublesome.

However, the other side knowing so many secrets obviously indicates an identity unlike the ordinary.

He speculated that Qin Ruobing might be a concubine-born daughter of a certain prince from the Capital City.

As for a legitimate daughter, it's impossible; noble clan legitimate daughters enjoy the best cultivation resources, and no one would come to this godforsaken frontier.

"Strive in cultivation; with your talent, you could become a Heavenly Pride, and even have a slight hope of reaching the pinnacle of martial arts."

Qin Ruobing gave a graceful smile, myriad charms arising.

Since learning of Lu Zhangsheng's genius-level talent, she has grown close to him.

Talents born among commoners are especially precious; know that some Heavenly Pride of the Capital City rely on the finest cultivation resources to possess such talent.

If Lu Zhangsheng had been cultivated from birth according to imperial standards, he too would be a top-tier Heavenly Pride.

In the future, Lu Zhangsheng growing into a true Heavenly Pride is not impossible.

"Thank you, Qin Sister, for clearing up my doubts."

Lu Zhangsheng smiled slightly, his face full of kindness.

As for the Heavenly Pride mentioned by the other party, he also didn't think much of it.

As long as one's own resources are sufficient, any Capital City Heavenly Pride can only be suppressed.

His talent was merely ordinary; relying on the Attribute Panel, he reached genius level in just a few years.

In a few years, his strength will surely reach a terrifying state.

Afterwards, the two chatted a bit more, and Lu Zhangsheng then rose and left.

……

At the time when the whole Changping County was actively preparing for war.

Outside the city, underground, inside a huge blood pool.

"Goo goo goo..."

The entire blood pool boiled violently, large numbers of blood bubbles burst and re-formed, a strong bloody smell permeated the whole area.

The surroundings were filled with an extremely eerie atmosphere.

Just then.

A woman with a snow-white naked body slowly rose from the bottom of the blood pool.

The woman sat cross-legged, her skin like congealed fat, her face exceedingly charming.

Making people unable to help but sink deeply into it.

"Sigh... the breakthrough failed."

Zhao Yuanjing let out a soft sigh, her face full of reluctance.

Relying on the power of the blood pool, she barely preserved her life and also reached the false innate level.

That is, her fleshly body broke through to the innate, but she did not open the heaven-earth bridge, so she cannot be considered a true innate expert.

Martial artists who want to become powerful innate masters must face three gates.

They are "flesh", "blood and qi", and "martial dao true intent".

Only by using martial dao true intent to link blood and qi can one unleash the greatest power.

Opening the heaven-earth bridge at the Baihui acupoint allows one thereafter to absorb the wandering "qi" between heaven and earth.

Any martial artist who has achieved rebirth perfection can attempt to break through to the innate with just one-tenth of martial dao true intent.

However, such martial artists succeed by luck, and their strength is also the weakest.

Some Heavenly Pride-level experts only begin to break through when they have perfect martial dao true intent.

It is said that when breaking through to the innate, a "Dao essence" descends, which is extremely beneficial to martial dao true intent.

"It's time to go settle scores with the other party."

Zhao Yuanjing's eyes flashed with killing intent.

Her breakthrough failure was precisely because a mysterious martial artist seized her treasure; otherwise she would have already broken through to the innate.

At this moment, she only wants to beat the other party to a dead dog, crush their bones and scatter their ashes.

"I will blood-offer the whole Changping County; let's see how you can still hide."

An extremely cold voice echoed all around.

……

In the following days.

The situation around Changping County grew increasingly tense, with large numbers of cultists gathering each day.

The entire county city was completely sealed off.

At the same time, the experts sent as reinforcements from Qingning Prefecture also arrived.

That day, morning.

DemonSubduingOffice Deliberation Hall.

Numerous martial artists stood in the center of the hall, silently watching the three figures on the platform.

One of them, a middle-aged man in yellow robes, was exactly the expert who came from the prefecture city.

His name is Feng Tianrui; his strength is at rebirth perfection, and he officially took office as the third FuduDianZhu of Changping County.

"I have received intelligence that those cultists are preparing to attack the city."

"Everyone is divided into five-person teams, beginning day-and-night patrols on the city walls."

Qin Ruobing's eyes flashed like lightning as she scanned the whole venue, her expression extremely imposing.

"We obey your command."

The crowd repeatedly cupped their fists, and a loud voice rang through the hall.

Afterwards, the people began forming teams and rushed toward the four city gates.

Lu Zhangsheng was also assigned to the largest eastern gate direction.

This side had the most cultist experts. The next morning.

Black clouds covered the top, and the yin wind wailed.

"Woo woo..."

Wave after wave of low, deep horn sounds echoed through the clouds, as large numbers of cultist experts gathered toward the city gate.

All the martial artists inside the city also received the news and scrambled up onto the city walls.

Everyone knew that the other side was about to begin the siege.

A tense atmosphere instantly enveloped the whole Changping County.

Lu Zhangsheng stood silently on the city wall, raising his gaze to scan ahead.

All that could be seen were countless cultists, like ants, swarming around the vicinity of the city gate.

The leading few men in black were old acquaintances; Wei Shaoxuan, Ye Yunze and others were conspicuously listed.

Even the three Black Mountain thief chiefs also arrived here.

However, the three wore rather grim expressions, somewhat strange.

Zhao Yuanjing, the demoness, was not in the crowd, causing Lu Zhangsheng a hint of doubt.

At this moment, Qin Ruobing led a large number of DemonSubduingOffice strongmen to the top of the city wall.

XiaoTiansi and the two were also among them.

The crowd looked at the five fully-transcended cult strongmen ahead, their faces very grim.

Qin Ruobing saw this and felt a chill in her heart.

Including Lu Zhangsheng in the shadows, they had only four fully-transcended.

Moreover, the cult's sovereign had not yet appeared, making the gap between the sides somewhat too large.

This made many ordinary martial artists on the scene feel a bit desperate.

Many stared at Wei Shaoxuan with angry eyes.

This former guardian deity of Changping County had actually defected to demons.

It had to be said a huge irony.

"Open the city gates and surrender immediately; I may consider giving you a way out."

Outside the city, Ye Yunze's face was cold, his tone rather contemptuous.

To him, this city was already a turtle in a jar, easy to break at a touch.

On the city wall, some martial artists, hearing this, had flickering eyes, seeming somewhat stirred.

Facing a certain‑death situation, even many became timid.

"Hum… a bunch of evil demons and crooked paths, dare they make us surrender?"

Qin Ruobing let out a cold snort, murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

She naturally would not believe the other's lies.

After opening the gates, the people inside the city probably couldn't escape at all.

"Jie jie jie… after the city falls, I will personally enjoy you…"

Ye Yunze scanned Qin Ruobing's body at will, his eyes full of lewdness.

"Lord Lu, if the situation turns unfavorable, we should all escape together."

Beside them, Tong Yuhua and several others all wore worried faces.

Even the Fang Qing siblings were on the city wall, tightly leaning on Lu Zhangsheng.

Given the current situation, in their eyes the county town was already hard to hold.

Once the city fell, the two were ready to follow Lu Zhangsheng and begin the road of escape.

Lu Zhangsheng merely gave a faint smile, offering no explanation.

He crossed his arms behind his back, his whole body exuding a mountain‑range‑like aura.

"Kill."

At that moment, Ye Yunze swung his hand large, directly ordering an assault on the city.

"Boom boom boom…"

A huge crowd of cult strongmen surged like a tide, rushing quickly toward the city gate.

Each brandished weapons, faces full of killing intent, a massive killing aura intertwined, pressing the martial artists on the wall, making it hard to breathe.

In the high sky, countless arrow rain shot toward the wall, as if able to block the heavens.

Some weak martial artists, seeing this, trembled in fear.

Meanwhile.

The five major cult strongmen, under Ye Yunze's lead, surged forward, leapt up, and charged at Qin Ruobing and the others on the wall.

Qin Ruobing and the others forced up a hint of aura, suddenly meeting them.

"Bang bang bang…"

The two sides clashed fiercely in front of the city gate.

The five major cult strongmen tightly surrounded Qin Ruobing and the other two in the center.

The kinetic energy of their clash sprayed wildly, even the ground stones cracked repeatedly, dust and smoke billowed, a scene of ruin.

Only a moment later.

Qin Ruobing and the other two fell into disadvantage.

The five major cult strongmen were not inferior to Qin Ruobing and the others; with their numerical advantage, this way, the county side would eventually be defeated.

The many martial artists on the wall, seeing this, felt somewhat desperate.

A tragic atmosphere swirled throughout the city.

A group of cultists outside the city all wore excited faces.

This battle they were sure to win.

After breaking into the city, they would definitely enjoy it thoroughly.

Even Yue Shulan and the others wore desperate faces, eyes scanning the surroundings, ready to flee at any moment.

Just as the people inside the city fell into panic, an anomaly suddenly arose.

"Whoosh…"

A dazzling blade flash shimmered in the void, as if it could cut through everything, its aura ferociously unmatched.

The blade flash instantly reached Liu Shiqi.

"Clack…"

Before he could react, in Liu Shiqi's terrified gaze, his whole body was directly cut in half, blood spraying the void.

One strike, the Perfect Embryonic Transformation expert dies.

All of this happened in an instant, even the many martial artists on the field hadn't reacted yet.

They all looked shocked at the person who made the move.

Only see Lu Zhangsheng holding a sword in his right hand, standing near the city gate, his expression calm as water.

A breeze brushed his white robe, his whole figure like a 'banished immortal' descending to the mortal world.

After martial arts and skills were all perfected, it finally displayed its terrifying power.

At this moment, he already had a hint of the aura of an Innate expert.

"It was Lord Lu who made the move."

The many martial artists on the city wall all stared wide‑eyed, faces full of disbelief.

Even Qin Ruobing and the others were shocked on their faces.

I never expected Lu Zhangsheng to have such strength.

A few months ago, Qin Ruobing clearly saw Lu Zhangsheng make a move, but it was nowhere near this strong.

One move to slay a Perfect Embryonic Transformation expert—truly frightening; obviously the other side's cultivation has broken through again.

Although Lu Zhangsheng merely launched a sneak attack.

At this moment, the people on the city wall also came to their senses: Lu Zhangsheng is the mysterious expert who has been hiding in the shadows.

The genius martial artist undergoing the trial in the prefecture city is also Lu Zhangsheng.

This discovery left the city‑wall crowd utterly shocked, as if towering waves surged in their hearts.

"Lord Lu's divine might."

The loud shout rang through the clouds, and everyone's morale surged.

With Lu Zhangsheng, this top‑notch expert, the city is now completely impregnable.

Fang Qing and her brother looked at Lu Zhangsheng with faces full of surprise and joy.

The two were always ready to flee, never expecting their own Brother Changsheng to bring them such a great surprise.

With this strength, as long as no Innate expert intervenes, it is enough to run rampant throughout Qingning Prefecture.

Yue Wanting and her mother looked with growing awe, their hearts ever more grateful to have climbed this great heavenly tree.

On the contrary, the evil cult's experts were utterly silent.

Everyone stopped in their tracks, looking at Lu Zhangsheng with faces full of fear.

That scene just now directly refreshed everyone's understanding.

Liu Shiqi's corpse was still warm, lying on the ground like a dead dog.

It frightened many low-ranking martial artists so much that they trembled, not daring to stare at this killing star.

Even Ye Yunze and Wei Shaoxuan and a few others were all filled with fear.

Their bodies tensed up, as if they had been targeted by some natural enemy.

They dared not move at all, afraid to face Lu Zhangsheng's thunderous strike.

Lu Zhangsheng could kill Liu Shiqi with a single blade, so he could kill them too—there is no doubt about that.

"Run."

At this moment, Wei Shaoxuan directly broke the stalemate, quickly turning around and fleeing backward.

In a flash he was several meters away, like a sudden thunderclap.

This flight seemed like some kind of signal.

Su Qilong and a few others all turned and fled backward, paying no heed to their own opponents.

A group of people wished they could grow a few more legs.

Numerous cult martial artists near the city gate also fled backward en masse, like a tide.

(End of chapter)