Chapter 188: One Sword to Execute the Enemy, a Mountain of Corpses and a Sea of Blood!

At this moment, as countless Sunlight People knelt in panic and thousands of soldiers trembled with their morale shattered, the voice of Shenhua Tianyi drifted through the void, causing Lu Yuan, who had descended while stepping on immortal light, to lower his head and look down.

With immortal light as his ladder and surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, his figure slowly descended above the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion:

"Shenhua Tianyi. Are you the only Eighth Rank Practitioner in Sunlight Country?"

Facing the impossibly young-looking Lu Yuan above him, Shenhua Tianyi could not help but suppress the shock and wariness in his heart, lowering his head:

"That is indeed me."

Lu Yuan's gaze swept across the crowd behind him one by one:

"Where is your Yushen Emperor?"

Most of the Sunlight elite were well-versed in the culture of Shenzhou, so language was naturally not an issue; even those among the group who held high positions could not help but feel terrified at this moment, not daring to look directly at the unfathomable existence above them.

Only the Prime Minister braced himself and said:

"The Yushen Emperor is unwell and bedridden, which is why we have come to welcome the Immortal's arrival; we hope the Immortal will not take offense."

Lu Yuan sneered as he scanned the Sunlight soldiers surrounding the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion, who were acting as if facing a formidable enemy:

"Is this how you welcome me?"

Shenhua Tianyi immediately said: "Immortal, please do not misunderstand. These are merely the honor guards set up to welcome the Immortal. What are you all still standing there for?"

As his voice fell, following the sound of a whistle, many Sunlight soldiers throughout the plaza reacted as if waking from a dream, hurriedly raising their guns to fire into the air, then shouting in unison:

"Respectfully welcome the Immortal of Shenzhou—!"

Besides the gunfire, fireworks and salutes exploded in the sky, and Lu Yuan could not help but smile:

"It seems you knew in advance that I was coming to hold you accountable. Was it the people on Dawan Island who passed the message to you?"

Behind Shenhua Tianyi, the Prime Minister immediately said:

"To tell you the truth, we do not know what happened on Dawan Island, nor what Rixiang Tengfei did to provoke Your Excellency, causing you to cross the ocean to hold us accountable. But our entire nation is willing to do everything in our power to apologize and compensate, so as to appease the Immortal's anger!"

"Oh?"

The fact that the Sunlight People could endure so much was somewhat beyond Lu Yuan's expectations, and he could not help but say playfully:

"You are quite sensible. Since that is the case, bring out your Emperor."

Throughout the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion, the expressions of all the high-ranking officials and the experts of the martial arts world changed in unison, and Shenhua Tianyi, acting as the backbone, narrowed his eyes:

"If the Immortal has any instructions, please state them. I do not know what you mean by wanting the Emperor to appear?"

Lu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back and said indifferently:

"A long time ago, I had the New Country Parliament send you an ultimatum, yet you all turned a deaf ear, refused to withdraw from Dawan Island, and even dared to plot resistance. Added to the countless blood debts you have committed in the past, let us settle them all today.

I give you two choices: first, voluntarily hand over the Yushen Emperor, and I will take him back to Shenzhou to kneel in Fengying Hall, to repent and reflect for the countless innocent souls who have died under the aggression of the Rizhao Army over these years; after the three-month period expires, you may redeem him.

As for the second, I will take the person by force myself, and you will bear all the consequences that follow. I only give you half a stick of incense's time to consider."

The words fell.

It was like a thunderbolt from a clear sky; the entire scene was shocked, and all the Sunlight elite changed color:

"What, take His Majesty the Emperor back to Shenzhou to kneel and repent!?"

"Bastard, this is absolutely impossible! Your Excellency is simply being too bullying!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is the symbol of our Sunlight Empire. Doing this is an attempt to break our spine; the billions of citizens of the Empire will absolutely not allow such a thing to happen!"

The Heavenly Guardian Pavilion was filled with righteous indignation; even the ministers and experts who had prepared to endure humiliation broke their composure and hurled angry rebukes.

Only the leader, Shenhua Tianyi, suddenly raised his hand to stop them, and said slowly in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Your Excellency the Immortal, we truly cannot comply with the request you have made. Could you change the conditions? We are willing to pay reparations and apologize to the New Nation, and we can even provide support with some of the latest research data. Whether it is gold, silver, or resources, none of it is a problem. How about that?"

The so-called Emperor was claimed to be a descendant of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu from mythology, a lineage spanning ten thousand generations, with power granted by Heaven. Although the Yushen Emperor did not have a high level of cultivation, he was the symbol of the entire Sunlight Empire and the faith of billions of citizens.

If such a figure were truly abducted to another country to kneel and repent, it would be a devastating blow to the faith and conviction of the entire Sunlight nation; it would be no exaggeration to say that the country would cease to be a country!

However, facing Shenhua Tianyi's plea, Lu Yuan remained expressionless:

"You are not qualified to bargain with me. You have half a cup of tea's time left."

Seeing Lu Yuan being so aggressive, Shenhua Tianyi's eyes turned completely cold, and he emitted an extremely icy voice:

"Although Your Excellency is an Immortal, this approach is too bullying. Not only is it difficult for us to comply, but the entire Sunlight nation will never agree!"

"We have made the greatest possible concessions. If Your Excellency insists on this, then you can only step over our corpses, and the corpses of millions of Sunlight people!"

Ueda Masaaki, Miyamoto Shinichi, and even the top experts of the martial arts world glared at Lu Yuan in the sky at this moment and shouted sharply:

"Better to be a broken jade than a whole tile!"

"Swear to protect the Emperor to the death!"

At this scene.

Lu Yuan could not help but nod:

"Very well, then I will grant your wish. Shenhua Tianyi, is it? I will strike one sword; if you can take it and not die, your Emperor may stay."

Clang!

As soon as the words fell, the Seven Star Dragon Abyss appeared in his hand. With a wave, a grand and mighty sword light condensed and erupted, slashing out with the force to pierce the sky and shatter mountains.

The sword light was like a thunderbolt; the moment it appeared, it made Shenhua Tianyi, the many martial arts experts, and even everyone watching from further away feel as if everything before their eyes turned white, their minds roaring.

They felt that in this instant, it was as if all the colors, light, scents, sounds, and so on in the human world had completely disappeared.

All sight, all perception, was occupied by that single sword light with incomparable arrogance!

Shenhua Tianyi, who bore the brunt of it, felt at this moment that his eyes, his body, and even his soul were trembling and stinging, as if in the next second he would be reduced to ashes under this sword light, dying without a whole corpse!

"Hah!"

Under an unprecedented warning, he let out a violent roar. A short sword with a dark body flew out from his sleeve in an instant, emitting an extremely intense dark light and a trembling sound, and then it headed to meet the terrifying sword light descending from the sky.

It was the shrine artifact that his disciple Ueda Masaaki had used during the World Martial Arts Tournament: the Budu Mitama Sword!

At this moment, in the hands of the Eighth Rank expert Shenhua Tianyi, the Budu Mitama Sword erupted with unprecedented power. Wherever it passed, it instantly formed a dark, twisted rainbow of light, within which ghosts and demons appeared to be roaring and screaming, as if it wanted to devour all sentient beings in the world.

However. When the Budu Mitama Sword truly met the sword radiance unleashed by Lu Yuan in the blink of an eye.

Clang!

The Budu Mitama Sword shattered and broke in an instant; a deafening, thunder-like roar exploded, and for a moment, countless sharp energies carrying the sound of destruction swept out wildly, tearing the roof of the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion to shreds as if it were paper.

The Thunder Sound rolled like ten thousand galloping horses, and dazzling sword light flashed and crisscrossed, shooting out in all directions with a domineering ferocity that tore the sky apart. The air vibrated and churned like a raging sea, and the agitated air currents spread outward like transparent water ripples. Other high-level experts near the top of the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion let out miserable screams one after another, their bodies splattered with blood under the impact of the sharp energy, as they hurriedly retreated while protecting the various ministers.

As for Ueda Masaaki, who was closest, more than ten wounds erupted on his body in an instant, and he could only flee in a panic, drifting down to the ground.

However, when he landed, he was shocked to see that the entire roof of the magnificent Heavenly Guardian Pavilion had been leveled by the sword light, and at the same time, a bloodied figure fell powerlessly to the ground, making a heavy, dull thud.

Simultaneously, a sword hilt, shattered beyond recognition, also fell beside it.

Judging by the clothing, who else could it be but Shenhua Tianyi?

"Master!"

Ueda Masaaki's eyes were splitting with rage, and he rushed over in a frenzy, only to see that Shenhua Tianyi's chest had been pierced through, and there were countless other sword marks of varying sizes on his body.

Lying in a pool of blood, he stared wide-eyed at the god-like figure in the sky, his eyes filled with both the satisfaction of having fulfilled his wish and an unspeakable regret:

"To think that I couldn't even take a single move; is this the Sword Technique of an Immortal?"

"Amazing... truly amazing."

As his voice faded, his gaze became completely fixed, and he breathed his last.

The strongest person in the Sunlight Empire, the only Imperial Sovereign, the anchor of the martial arts and cultivation worlds, Shenhua Tianyi, had died on the spot without even surviving a single move. Ueda Masaaki let out a shrill cry, and the surrounding Sunlight high-ranking officials and martial arts experts who had escaped the disaster felt as if they had been struck by five thunderbolts; their bodies, minds, and souls all seemed to fall into a glacier, completely frozen.

Although they knew from research and judgment that Shenhua Tianyi, this sole Imperial Sovereign, was likely no match for the Immortal from Shenzhou, no one had expected that such a top-tier figure would fail to take even a single move.

All their schemes of containment and encirclement were so laughable when faced with such an unfathomable existence as an Immortal!

And regardless of what these people were thinking in their hearts.

Lu Yuan's figure slowly descended, drifting above the corpse of Shenhua Tianyi, and he said indifferently:

"To have taken one sword strike of mine while remaining whole, you may die with honor. Now, who will tell me where the Yushen Emperor is?"

During this year of seclusion, it was not just his cultivation that he had improved, but also the method of Refining Sword into Pellet within the 【Sword Technique】 he had been practicing.

Over the course of a year, the Seven Star Dragon Abyss had been continuously nourished by his Dharma Power in his hands, its material constantly transforming, already possessing some of the characteristics of a Dharma Artifact, which made his sword technique even more formidable, leaping to become his strongest means of slaughter.

And at this moment.

Faced with Lu Yuan's light inquiry, some of the Sunlight People present were pale and trembling, enveloped by unprecedented fear;

others had their hair standing on end and were gnashing their teeth; although they were also swept by fear and despair, their eyes were filled more with hatred, anger, and even the determination to perish together.

Ueda Masaaki belonged to this group, and he stood up with a miserable laugh:

"Demon, even if you possess world-defying power, the spirit of the Sunlight people is something you will never be able to defeat!"

"Activate the final plan, everyone, please fight the strong enemy with me!"

Having said this, his eye sockets split, and blood flowed from his eyes, as if he had activated some secret Daoist Arts; a sharp and violent invisible wave headed straight for Lu Yuan.

And at the very moment he roared, among the dozens of martial arts experts, at least twenty or more people of all kinds roared and charged at Lu Yuan from different directions with swords, spears, bows, and arrows, whether from afar or nearby.

At the same time, from walls, squares, gardens, and everywhere else, thousands of Sunlight soldiers emerged, firing their guns in unison, and even throwing Hand Grenades and firing Cannons.

"Your courage is commendable, but unfortunately, you are foolish beyond measure."

However, faced with such a fierce encirclement, Lu Yuan only sneered, his body radiating Immortal light, completely ignoring the hail of bullets, Hand Grenades, and Cannon fire, his figure flashing like a meteor.

Chi chi chi—!

As his figure flashed, the Seven Star Dragon Abyss in his hand also bloomed with vast sword light, and with a casual sweep, Sword Qi over ten zhang long swept out. Wherever it passed, whether it was flesh and blood or pavilions and towers, all obstacles were severed in the middle.

The sword light covered the main hall of the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion and the square like a tide. Amidst the shrill cries of pain and screams, whether it was the martial arts experts like Ueda Masaaki who dared to resist, or the thousands of Sunlight soldiers who launched the attack, they were all shredded into piles of severed limbs and broken arms by the vast sword light, and the smell of blood soared to the sky.

In just a few breaths, not only were the Great Famous Generals and Imperial God Generals who represented half of the martial arts world, including Ueda Masaaki, all slaughtered, but the thousands of Sunlight soldiers who kept rushing forward to attack regardless of their lives were also killed until blood flowed like a river, with corpses covering the ground, causing the inside and outside of the square to be almost dyed red with pools of blood.

No matter how fearless of death the soldiers were, they were terrified by such a scene of ants shaking a tree and a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and they began to turn and flee in panicked screams.

And at the same time, in the chaos, the Prime Minister and other high-ranking Sunlight officials, under the protection of another group of martial arts experts, had already rushed into a tunnel in the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion and entered an underground defense room made entirely of steel in the deepest part.

In the center of the defense room, an ignition device connected to a long wire was placed on a table. The Prime Minister and others rushed forward without any hesitation, slammed the button, and roared with ferocious expressions:

"Go to hell, monster!"

"Avenge Lord Shenhua!"

Boom!

As the words fell, it was as if a heaven-shaking explosion had occurred on the ground, causing the earth to roar and tremble violently. Even this underground defense room, built purely of special steel, vibrated incessantly, as if it were enduring an unprecedented impact.

Amidst the shaking and swaying, every high-ranking Sunlight official had a ferocious face, looking like a vengeful ghost.

In order to deal with Lu Yuan, this unprecedentedly terrifying enemy, the Sunlight high-ranking officials had urgently mobilized the remaining four 'Destruction King' weapons and deployed them in the main hall of the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion.

No one could have imagined that someone would deploy such a weapon of destruction in a national symbol like the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion, and the final plan formulated by the Sunlight high-ranking officials was that in the event of the worst-case scenario, the martial arts experts like Shenhua Tianyi and the thousands of soldiers deployed in the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion would contain Lu Yuan, and then detonate the four 'Destruction King' weapons to eliminate him.

This method could be called killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred, and it would bring immeasurable losses to the Empire, but faced with such a terrifying Immortal from Shenzhou, they had no other choice and could only bet everything on this final move!

Boom, boom, boom...

The terrifying sounds of vibration and collapse were endless. After waiting for more than ten breaths in this underground defense room, the high-ranking officials' eyes were full of tension, and the Prime Minister took a deep breath:

"With four 'Destruction King' weapons, that demon god should have been completely eliminated."

"Let's go, let's get out!"