Chapter 60: This Heaven-Sent Merit, I Shall Accept

The Demon Race.

An existence that would make anyone's heart skip a beat upon hearing the name, now appeared, plain as day, before everyone's eyes.

Black-gray snowflakes drifted down from the sky in a flurry, carrying a melting, boiling power, coiling around people like mist, as if they were an ominous omen.

The Old Ox was not merely a Spirit Beast, but a Divine Beast; the Heaven-Eye Divine Ox repelled all malice in the world.

He landed on the ground, his four hooves stained by the ashes on the surface.

In that instant, the ashes transformed by the snowflakes became like a raging fire, roaring up along his ox legs and winding upward.

"What the hell is this?"

The Old Ox hurriedly shook his legs, kicking and stomping frantically to shake off these flames, which, though painless, filled him with intense revulsion.

His entire body was overcome with a sense of severe discomfort.

The Old Ox was practically desperate to flee from the ground.

However, the source of the Heaven-Eye Divine Ox's power was the vast, gentle earth; if his four hooves left the ground, he would be greatly weakened.

While he was struggling, a hand suddenly scooped him up and grabbed him tightly, attempting to fly into mid-air.

"Don't be so squeamish at a time like this!"

It was Weisheng Yucheng; he cursed with a tone of frustrated expectation, dragged the Old Ox to look around the ruins, and rushed straight toward where Lu Ren was.

Weisheng Yucheng had originally intended to fly over.

But as it turned out...

Wanren City prohibits flight! Prohibits flight!

He could only grit his teeth and hover a few inches off the ground, testing the limits of the flight prohibition as he headed toward Lu Ren.

And the Old Ox absolutely must not touch the ground!

All his power came from the thick earth; if the ground were corrupted, the fate of the Old Ox as a Divine Beast went without saying.

Weisheng Yucheng's sixth sense was screaming a warning.

Only where Lu Ren was could barely be considered "safe."

Lu Ren watched the gradually forming Demon Race Teleportation Array with cold eyes, not foolish enough to try and destroy this thing.

Unlike the Human Race's teleportation arrays, the Demon Race's teleportation arrays could not be destroyed while being constructed; they simply required a massive amount of preparation time beforehand.

Yet he knew Wanren City like the back of his hand.

It was impossible for any member of the Demon Race to spend such a vast amount of time—stretching over several months—to build a teleportation array capable of transporting so many demons right under his nose.

Yet, the result was laid out right before his eyes.

Clearly.

Either he had been negligent.

That was impossible!

Or...

"The Demon Race's array techniques have seen new advancements and improvements," Lu Ren concluded.

This was certainly not good news for anyone.

When the auction house collapsed, the Lu Family and the other large and small families of Wanren City had already received the signal.

Now, they had all arrived.

Every one of them wore a solemn expression, standing ready for battle.

"Fall back."

Just as Lu Daoshuang and the others wanted to step forward to investigate, they suddenly heard Lu Ren's voice appear behind them.

Everyone hurriedly turned back, only to see him in white clothes whiter than snow, his robes fluttering wildly in the wind; he tore the jade accessory from his waist, which gradually grew larger, and threw it onto the ruined site of the auction house.

It was a Jade Pendant carved with a miniature pagoda-shaped palace.

But at this moment.

The miniature palace was clearly a mobile fortress; with every breath, it grew rapidly, and in just three breaths, it became a towering pagoda that stood firm.

Weisheng Yucheng was stunned; looking at the heavy wooden doors of the pagoda standing wide open, he didn't even think, simply tossing the Old Ox inside.

The Old Ox, with his four hooves pointing toward the sky, plunged into it with a yelp, looking like a roasted whole ox.

"Everyone, get inside," Lu Ren said in a deep voice, "The Demon Race here is not something you can deal with; the flying ash in the air is the Three-Turn Sun-Eroding Array."

"This array is of the eighth rank."

"In this battle, no one below the Saint Realm may enter!"

Upon hearing this, the Lu Family juniors, including Lu Daoshuang, turned and sprinted toward the pagoda without a second word.

They rounded up the ordinary mortals in the city and stuffed them all into the pagoda.

"I didn't expect you to have some insight."

On the slowly coalescing Demon Race teleportation array, four demons stood at four different points.

One of them heard Lu Ren's words, lifted their head with a smirk, curled their bright red lips, and looked down with utter contempt.

"But since you know this is the Three-Turn Sun-Eroding Array, why not flee? The Human Race will die a miserable death if they overestimate themselves!"

The Three-Turn Sun-Eroding Array shared a similar principle to the Nether Illusion Pear.

The difference was that the species converted by the Three-Turn Sun-Eroding Array were unstable and failed; whether a human was converted into a demon or a beast, they would face extreme agony, burning from the inside out. It was just like these dark, gray snowflakes in the sky.

Once the Three-Turn Sun-Eroding Array was deployed, it required ten thousand lives to be sacrificed before it could be activated.

Naturally, such a thing could not possibly happen in Wanren City.

One of the demons must have been carrying an Array Disk.

As long as the Array Disk was destroyed, the Three-Turn Sun-Eroding Array could be destroyed.

And these four demons were clearly wary of Lu Ren and the experts here, which was why they guarded the teleportation array, patiently waiting for it to be completed.

At that time.

The Demon Race will surely arrive with their armies.

Lu Ren's thoughts turned rapidly.

His gaze looked down from above Wanren City, sweeping over the people below one by one.

The vast majority of the young juniors had entered the Linglong Tower.

The Linglong Tower is a high-grade defensive mobile magical treasure; as long as no Demon Race above the Supreme Saint level attacks, it can protect the people inside safely for a time.

Yet, there were still some figures moving against the current.

Lu Ren recognized at a glance that those were the restless Children of Luck, and he withdrew his gaze.

He raised his hand slightly.

The white ape was incomparably fierce; it landed following Lu Ren's hand, its ferocious kite-like eyes releasing violent killing intent and battle intent without hesitation.

【There is a beast there, shaped like an ape, with a white head and red feet, named Zhu Yan; where it is seen, there is great war.】

The Zhu Yan is the most ferocious and bloodthirsty Fierce Beast, and there is only this one between heaven and earth.

The Three-Turn Sun-Eroding Array has no effect on it at all.

Even with the chaos in Wanren City, Lu Ren was not the least bit panicked; he was like a bystander indulging in everything, quietly watching the drama on the stage.

Only then did he seem to have some feeling, the smile on his lips deepening slightly as he raised his eyes to glance at the firmament, as if asking himself, and as if sighing.

"Is this what you want to see?"

Heavenly Dao.

There was a rumble of muffled thunder in the firmament, but Lu Ren turned a blind eye to it, his fingers lifting slightly as he gave a calm command.

"Kill Yu Ruowei."

As the words fell, the Zhu Yan, like a swift white gale, sprinted toward a direction in Wanren City.

The bloodthirstiness of a killing spree enveloped the giant ape, rising ever higher.

From the very beginning.

Lu Ren had never intended to let Yu Ruowei go.

The only reason he had kept her until now was for one thing.

He let out a soft sigh, his eyes, calm as a pool of cold spring water, reflecting the surging figures of the Demon Race.

The Demon Race Teleportation Array...

Is complete!

Overwhelming and sky-covering, the Demon Race poured out from within, like crowded sardines, jostling and competing, with a nature for destruction.

"Ding."

A bell rang.

"Old friend, it is time to wake up."

A huge humming sound vibrated through every corner of the city, rippling like water, returning under the guidance of the heavenly light, traversing infinite time and space, speeding through the Demon Race army, and stopping quietly in front of Lu Ren.

It was a sword.

An ancient, profound black longsword, hovering before its master, the sword body constantly emitting joyful vibrations.

Lu Ren chuckled and gripped the hilt.

"Long time no see, Ya Xie."

Hum—

Joyful ripples spread out, declaring the excitement of being reunited.

All the Spirit Swords within ten thousand miles were attracted, emitting the same vibrating hum to celebrate with it.

Lu Ren's Life-Bound Spirit Sword.

Wanren Sword, sword spirit Ya Xie.

Returned.

With one swing of his sword, he swept away the demon soldiers rushing toward him, and monstrous dual-colored Strange Fire rose up behind him.

After forty-two years.

It felt like an instant.

Lu Ren smiled, curled his lips, and whispered.

"I accept this heaven-sent Merit."

(End of chapter)