Chapter 139: Full Power Unleashed! Reputation Echoes Everywhere!

Just as the many cultist warriors were preparing to retreat, an extremely powerful killing aura surged in from the distant jungle.

It made everyone on the scene feel a tightening in their hearts, some even struggling to breathe.

Next.

A red figure darted out of the forest as fast as lightning.

After a few flickers, it arrived near the city gate.

It revealed a woman with a charming, delicate face.

It was the demoness Zhao Yuanjing.

"Is this the power of innate might?"

The many warriors atop the city walls looked at the newcomer with faces full of terror.

This aura made one feel no desire to resist.

Some weaker warriors were even pressed to their knees by the opponent's presence, their faces extremely fearful.

"The revered lord has arrived."

The many cultist warriors abruptly halted their retreat, their aura suddenly surging, faces alight with joy.

"Haha… the revered lord's strength has increased greatly; this city will surely fall."

A group of people began discussing on the open ground, all wearing confident expressions.

This innate aura cannot be feigned; at the very least, it belongs to a top-tier physical‑breakthrough warrior.

It is certainly beyond what the people of this county town can withstand.

Lu Zhangsheng is doomed; the government losing a genius would be a great merit.

Wei Shaoxuan and Ye Yunze and several others all closed in on Zhao Yuanjing, their panic gradually fading.

Qin Ruobing and XiaoTiansi and the others, seeing this, wore extremely grim expressions.

"This woman has not successfully broken through the innate stage; she only possesses a pseudo‑innate physical breakthrough, yet it is still extremely terrifying."

Qin Ruobing's tone was very solemn.

Her gaze toward Lu Zhangsheng carried a trace of worry.

She feared Lu Zhangsheng could not handle this woman.

The gap between a completely transcended warrior and a physical‑breakthrough innate warrior is considerable; ordinary people find it hard to resist.

The many warriors atop the city walls also looked at Lu Zhangsheng with worried faces.

Now only Lu Zhangsheng can step forward, to confront this demoness; if he fails, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fang Qing and her siblings, along with Yue Shulan and several others, also wore faces full of worry.

The demoness's aura was truly astonishing.

A hint of innate might made the women feel sudden despair.

"Zhangsheng, you don't have to overexert yourself later."

Qin Ruobing, with a solemn expression, said to Lu Zhangsheng.

Even if the city falls and hundreds of thousands are slaughtered, it would still not compare to the loss of a genius warrior.

Lu Zhangsheng gave a faint smile, yet gave no reply.

He held his weapon, quietly watching Zhao Yuanjing ahead; a slight breeze lifted his white robe, and his whole body exuded an aura as towering as a mountain.

"Kid, you truly have guts, yet you don't flee when you meet me?"

Zhao Yuanjing flicked her hair and gave a coquettish smile.

Regarding Lu Zhangsheng, the genius, she felt a spark of admiration.

His rise from a commoner's body at lightning speed further amazed her.

After all, the only one who could repeatedly thwart her was him.

Seeing Lu Zhangsheng ignore her, Zhao Yuanjing was not annoyed; instead she smiled again and said, "If you return that Golden Buddha to me and pledge allegiance to the Holy Sect, I can let the matter pass and even recommend you to become Vice Patriarch."

"If we turn swords into silk and jade, wouldn't that be beautiful?"

Lu Zhangsheng sneered, "What if I refuse?"

The energy of the Demon-Devil Heart had long been fully absorbed by him, so it could not be returned.

Zhao Yuanjing heard this, her eyes turning cold, then she forcefully suppressed the anger within:

"If you return this item, I can even walk the Dual-Cultivation Path with you…"

As she spoke, she licked her mouth corner, her waist swaying slightly, and an astonishing allure radiated from her.

To completely break through the innate stage, she was willing to risk everything; that Demon-Devil Heart was far too important to her.

A group of nearby warriors, seeing this, gulped saliva furiously, their eyes burning as they stared at Zhao Yuanjing.

They wished they could devour the woman alive.

Even Lu Zhangsheng's lower abdomen felt a warm surge.

"After this demoness's breakthrough, her seductive power has become even more astonishing."

A hint of vigilance appeared on his face; a pseudo‑innate strongman is probably not so easy to deal with.

"Pah… damn demoness."

Fang Qing and the other women muttered under their breath.

Some nearby men exposed their lewd postures, making the women blush.

"I have already destroyed that Demon-Devil Heart; you may as well die with that heart."

Lu Zhangsheng spoke casually, directly shattering the other's illusion.

"You're courting death; I swear, I will crush your bones to dust."

Zhao Yuanjing's face turned extremely grim, and a terrifying killing intent erupted in her eyes.

Seeing hope completely vanished, it drove her into a frenzy.

Relying on her own martial will, it will probably take at least several years before she can attempt another breakthrough.

The venom of resentment in her heart has reached its peak.

With his own strength, today this person is undoubtedly doomed to die.

"I'll see how you try to escape? Kill!"

Zhao Yuanjing raised her weapon and charged straight at Lu Zhangsheng.

A spray of blood‑killing aura erupted around her, her might astonishingly overwhelming.

"Having angered the Lord, Lu Zhangsheng is certain to die."

The many cultists stared at Lu Zhangsheng as if watching a corpse.

Everyone on the ramparts sensed Zhao Yuanjing's striking aura and were filled with terror.

Among the many warriors on the ramparts, none could likely block a few strikes from this woman.

Even a pseudo‑precelestial strength would be considered strong within Qing Ning Fu.

Qin Ruobing and the others grew increasingly tense, ready to evacuate the county town at any moment.

At that moment, Lu Zhangsheng moved.

His body flashed, like a racing thunderbolt.

"Slash."

Lu Zhangsheng, unwilling to be outdone, brandished his sword and rushed forward.

With his footwork in motion, he flickered a few times and arrived before the woman.

He lifted his blade and slashed forward.

A blinding cold ray flickered in the void, like a mountain peak covering the sky, exuding an immensely oppressive pressure.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—…"

An earth‑shattering roar rang out, the ground's bricks and stones cracking in places, and dust and smoke billowed all around.

The blows collided.

Lu Zhangsheng stood steadily on the open ground, his surrounding stiff qi bursting, firmly keeping his force sealed off.

Not a single ripple disturbed the pure white stiff qi shield.

He quietly watched Zhao Yuanjing, his expression as calm as water.

Zhao Yuanjing stood rooted, feeling a wave‑like force emanating from her hand, her face utterly shocked.

"This is impossible! Your mortal body hasn't broken through, yet you achieved complete transformation."

She felt a hint of disbelief in her heart.

She unleashed a full‑force strike, yet the opponent repelled it without a single hair being damaged.

This caused a tidal wave of fury to surge within her.

This child is simply too uncanny; with each encounter, his strength skyrockets.

Cold chills rose from within her in waves.

At this rate, the opponent will likely break through the precelestial stage before long.

She could never accept that.

Outside the city, a group of cultists stared at Lu Zhangsheng with shocked faces.

"This… the opponent blocked the Lord's lethal strike?"

The scene they had anticipated never materialized, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"Good, well done."

The many members of the Mysterious Armor Army on the ramparts shouted loudly, their momentum suddenly surging.

No one expected Lu Zhangsheng to match this demoness evenly, fully capable of blocking her.

Even Qin Ruobing and the others had faces full of joy.

Lu Zhangsheng's strength once again gave Qin Ruobing a surprise.

Such strength already bore a trace of a precelestial strongman's aura.

The few women beside them, including Fang Qing, were even more excited, their faces flushed red.

They finally didn't have to embark on the path of escape.

While everyone's thoughts diverged on the field, the two resumed fighting.

"Give me death!"

Zhao Yuanjing let out a roar.

A surge of killing aura suddenly surged around her, her face covered with blood‑colored markings, and a pure white fox tail emerged from behind.

Seeing she could not suppress Lu Zhangsheng, she directly activated the demonic blood within her and fought desperately.

"Kill."

Lu Zhangsheng showed no weakness, his entire body's stiff qi bursting instantly.

"Sizzle…"

Extremely dense stiff qi enveloped his whole body, surrounded by a luminous halo, exceedingly wondrous.

His entire form began to float, leaves swirling around him. Immediately after,

Lu Zhangsheng lifted his sword and struck upward.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—…"

The two fought a relentless blood battle at the city gate.

The intense booming roars echoed to the heavens, the ground's bricks and stones cracking repeatedly, and the entire battlefield shrouded in rolling dust and smoke.

The surrounding crowd stared fixedly at the battlefield ahead.

Only a white and a red figure darted rapidly through the air, endless blade lights intertwining, their aura growing ever more terrifying.

Some low-ranking martial artists sensed this aura, some trembling with fear.

As time gradually passed.

The two continued to fight.

Lu Zhangsheng relied on his top-tier body-protecting gang qi, not falling behind in the slightest; his knife strikes grew increasingly violent, with no dodging, just head-on clashes.

Zhao Yuanjing's expression also grew increasingly solemn.

Even if she activated the demonic essence blood within her body, she could not affect Lu Zhangsheng in the slightest.

This caused a chill to rise in her heart.

Only at this moment did she have to admit that she could not possibly kill Lu Zhangsheng.

His strength actually was not inferior to hers.

With his Detached Embryon Perfection cultivation, he matched her, a pseudo-innate expert—this was simply unbelievable.

The eyes of the many cultists outside the city shifted from initially full of confidence to now extremely fearful, completely losing their previous arrogant vigor.

A group of people stared dumbfounded at the battlefield ahead.

Even many people clearly realized in their hearts that they might not be able to breach this city.

"Ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories."

The martial artists on the city walls all shouted loudly, their voices shaking the heavens.

This city was finally defended.

Lu Zhangsheng stood like a towering mountain, causing that pseudo-innate expert to hesitate and retreat.

A group of people looked at Lu Zhangsheng with faces full of reverence.

"Thud thud..."

At that moment, Zhao Yuanjing struck with all her strength, her blow landing on Lu Zhangsheng's body-protecting gang qi.

"Sizzle..."

The surface of the gang qi shield flowed with light, still as stable as Mount Tai, while also emitting a recoil force.

Then, relying on that force, she suddenly retreated backward.

After a few flashes, she disappeared from the battlefield.

"Retreat."

Seeing this, the many cultists fled backward in droves, like a tide.

The entire battlefield burst forth with clouds of smoke.

Lu Zhangsheng silently watched Zhao Yuanjing's retreating figure, also choosing not to pursue.

Their strengths were comparable; for now he could not kill an expert who had undergone bodily metamorphosis.

At this moment he felt greatly relieved, having ruined the opponent's years-long scheme; otherwise this woman would have truly broken through to innate.

Next, he leapt up and landed steadily on the city walls, walking toward his own cottage under the respectful gazes of the surrounding crowd.

"We respectfully see off Lord Lu."

Many martial artists clasped their hands, silently watching Lu Zhangsheng's back, a ripple stirring in their hearts.

They all knew that from now on, the entire Changping County would enter Lu Zhangsheng's era.

………………

In the coming days.

Regarding Lu Zhangsheng's instant slaying of a Detached Embryon Perfection cultivator and his blocking of the evil cult demoness, the news spread instantly throughout the Qingning Prefecture.

Countless martial artists were astonished, beginning heated discussions.

No one expected that in this remote corner of Changping County a veritable "true dragon" would be raised, a genius-level talent rarely seen even in the prefectural capital.

A few months earlier, those who had simultaneously taken the FuduDianZhu examination were even more shocked.

People had been searching for days for a genius, never expecting him to be in Changping County.

This prompted many martial artists to rush to Changping County, eager to catch a glimpse of Lu Zhangsheng's demeanor.

At the same time.

The cultists and bandits besieging Changping County retreated one after another, their hiding places becoming even deeper.

Under Lu Zhangsheng's garrison, Changping County saw for a time no one daring to attack the city again.

The hundreds of thousands of residents within the city all wept with joy, spontaneously erecting longevity tablets for Lu Zhangsheng and offering sacrifices day and night.

Everything seemed to be slowly developing toward the better.

Five days later.

Night, the moon bright and stars sparse.

At the foot of Black Mountain, in a dense forest.

Lu Zhangsheng walked with his hands behind his back, clad in white robes, strolling under the moonlight like a banished immortal descending to the mortal realm.

The pure moonlight filtered through the leaves, scattering onto his shoulders, casting down specks of mottled light.

After staying at home for a few days, he prepared to begin clearing the forces surrounding the county seat.

The Black Mountain bandits, this chronic ailment, naturally must be eradicated.

Lu Zhangsheng leapt upward, charging toward the mountaintop like lightning.

"Who is it? Is it a person or a ghost?"

A mountain guard discovered the abnormality, his face full of fear.

Before he could react,

A cold gleam instantly pierced his neck.

A large amount of blood suddenly spurted out, dyeing the blue stone beneath his feet red.

"Enemy attack…… wuu……"

The low horn echoed across Black Mountain; a band of bandits quickly reacted, grabbing their weapons and charging at Lu Zhangsheng.

"Whoosh——"

Lu Zhangsheng brandished his knife and moved through the crowd; each swing killed several people.

Blood-colored lotuses blossomed beneath his feet.

He slaughtered his way forward, rushing swiftly toward the mountaintop.

【Slaughter True Intent increasing……】

【Slaughter True Intent increasing……】

……

As the number of souls fallen under his blade grew, his Slaughter True Intent rose rapidly.

Lu Zhangsheng was like an merciless reaper, indiscriminately harvesting lives ahead.

After slaughtering this band of bandits, he felt no psychological discomfort.

Soon after, when Lu Zhangsheng reached the mountaintop, there were no living bandits ahead.

Blood dyed the entire mountain path red.

【Slaughter True Intent increased to forty percent.】

A clear prompt sound rang in his mind.

After his own extensive slaughter, his understanding of Slaughter True Intent grew ever clearer.

This breakthrough in Martial Dao True Intent further strengthened his power.

He intended to cultivate his Slaughter True Intent to perfection before breaking through to the Innate realm.

Then, relying on Heaven-Man Sympathy, he would transform his Martial Dao True Intent once more.

This is also the path taken by all top-tier Heavenly Pride.

Regarding his martial cultivation, Lu Zhangsheng always pursued perfection, tolerating no mistake.

This is also the confidence that allows him to fight above his rank.

At that moment, the two village chiefs Su Qilong walked out of the main hall ahead, their faces full of fear.

"Lord Lu, spare my life."

The two dropped to their knees directly.

They had long heard the commotion, yet dared not engage Lu Zhangsheng in the slightest.

The battle in the county seat a few days earlier had directly shattered their courage.

"Whoosh——"

The only reply to the two was a cold gleam.

Only the blade's gleam was seen, not the blade itself; the sword light instantly slit both throats.

As the two heads rolled to the ground, a large amount of blood spurted out.

Their eyes remained wide open, full of disbelief.

In their hearts, two subordinates who had achieved perfect transformation were still preferable to being killed.

Lu Zhangsheng's expression remained calm as water throughout.

He had no need for two time bombs beside him; killing the two settled everything and could even serve as nourishment for his Slaughter True Intent.

If the two fought desperately, they could still buy some time.

Unfortunately, the two had long lost the will to fight to the death.

This also gave Lu Zhangsheng a warning.

Even a martial artist on the brink of despair must not forget the blade in his hand.

Next, Lu Zhangsheng swept through the stronghold, placing a large amount of gold and silver into his interface space before heading down the mountain.

In the following days, Lu Zhangsheng repeatedly struck, clearing the nearby mountains of demonic bandits.

He slew many martial artists, causing the evil cult forces surrounding Changping County to tremble at the news.

For a time, Lu Zhangsheng's fame grew ever louder, shaking the entire Qingning Prefecture.

Within Changping County, hundreds of thousands felt as if the gloom over their heads had been lifted, the tense atmosphere vanishing completely.

(End of chapter)