Chapter 246: This Is Reality

"Have you laughed enough? Have you not noticed that you look truly ugly when you laugh?"

"Is that so? But Lord Shen, seeing you clearly furious yet unable to do anything about it, I just can't help myself, what can I do? Hahaha!"

After laughing heartily for a while, the old man seemed to think of something, and his laughter stopped abruptly. That's not right; why hasn't the Thunder Fire of Thunderbolt exploded yet? It shouldn't be like this.

He looked back at his subordinates, who were also wearing blank expressions at this moment, completely unaware of what had happened. Could it be that the Thunder Fire of Thunderbolt they had gone to such lengths to obtain had failed?

"Are you very curious why the Thunder Fire of Thunderbolt you buried hasn't exploded? That is because the Thunder Fire of Thunderbolt you buried was never ignited at all!"

"Impossible, just a moment ago it clearly..."

"Clearly what?" His hand rested on the sword hilt, and he quickly drew his sword from its scabbard. In an instant, a terrifying streak of Sword Qi flashed and vanished, slicing across the sky like lightning, carrying endless killing intent.

This sword strike was too fast, so fast that people could not react at all. By the time those who saw it reacted, a sharp, searing pain was already coming from their necks.

"Bang, bang!" The sounds of bodies falling in succession rang out almost simultaneously; all the subordinates behind the old man collapsed. Under a single sword strike, not one of these Night Hawk elites survived!

"What a fast sword!" After this strike, a trace of cold sweat appeared on the old man's forehead.

The sword strike just now was too fast and too sudden; if it had been aimed at him, he might not have been able to take it unscathed. Let alone these subordinates behind him who hadn't even entered the Grandmaster realm.

This person's external martial arts had reached the pinnacle, and this swordsmanship was also breathtaking; he was indeed more terrifying than the rumors suggested. In that case, he could not be left alive!

"Shen Yu!" Staring coldly at the other party, at this moment the old man also sensed that something was wrong, and his entire body tensed up.

Not only had the Thunder Fire of Thunderbolt they buried failed to explode as expected, but even Shen Yu opposite him did not seem to be affected by any potent poison.

During that sword strike just now, he hadn't felt any sense of sluggishness at all; logically, that shouldn't be.

Having been struck by the Blood Gang Poison, even with the highest cultivation, one should still be affected. This influence, no matter how hard one tried to conceal or suppress it, should still show some differences.

"Why, why is it like this!"

"Mirror Flower Water Moon, it is merely an illusion!" Shen Yu smiled disdainfully and said indifferently, "You have entered an illusion without knowing it; it is truly laughable. The Northern Plains Night Hawks are nothing more than this!"

"An illusion? Impossible, even if it were an illusion, you should have already been poisoned. This Blood Gang is hidden within the surrounding blood Qi; there is no reason you could have discovered it in advance. Our plan was foolproof, and it is impossible for you to be unaffected!"

"No, an illusion? I understand now; the real is fake, and the fake is real—who can say whether what is before my eyes is an illusion or not!"

Looking up at Shen Yu, the old man seemed to have uncovered some secret, and a smug smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Lord Shen, good tactics. You think an illusion can deceive me? It is not that you haven't been poisoned, but that this illusion makes me feel you haven't been poisoned. In reality, you are already weak and exhausted, simply at the end of your tether!"

"If I haven't guessed wrong, that sword strike just now was nothing more than you bluffing!"

Seeming to understand everything, the old man felt he had regained his footing. He quietly clenched his fists, where terrifying Gang Qi had been gathering for a long time, and his whole person exuded a terrifying aura.

That invisible pressure rippled in all directions, making one tremble in fear at a single glance, as if a slight movement would cause the mountains to crumble and the earth to split.

The Great Overseer's order was to kill him at all costs, even if they were to be wiped out here, it would be worth it.

Today, having truly witnessed the other party's terror, the old man made the same choice in his heart.

This young man was too terrifying; given time, he would be their great enemy. Even according to the speed of his growth, it wouldn't even take ten or twenty years.

Therefore, they could die, but they must leave this young man behind. Now, this young man must be suffering from the potent poison; it was the best opportunity!

"Kill!" With a roar, the old man's aura condensed to its absolute peak, and then he leaped up, his entire body descending from mid-air like a mountain.

Yet Shen Yu opposite him was unhurried; his sword was drawn slowly, and his sword momentum surged into the sky in an instant, growing stronger and stronger.

The wind and clouds churned, and even the clouds on the horizon seemed to be split in two by this Sword Qi.

When the old man was about to close in, Shen Yu's Sword Qi was also slashed out. The two collided, stirring up terrifying ripples that were about to surge in all directions.

However, the terrifying power generated by this collision was firmly locked within a ten-meter radius by the Golden Bell Shield Shen Yu had erected, never affecting the commoners outside.

Those starving people in Weng City only felt the earth shake and the mountains sway, as if they were experiencing a strong earthquake.

It was just that this violent fluctuation came quickly and went quickly; other than causing them to accidentally fall, there was no other impact.

"Urgh, pfft!" The terrifying Sword Qi erupted in mid-air, instantly crushing the old man's fist Gang, and his body's defenses were as vulnerable as tattered cloth before this sword strike.

In just an instant, terrifying Sword Qi ravaged the old man's entire body, flesh and blood splattered and scattered, and he himself fell heavily from mid-air, no longer possessing his earlier high spirits.

"You, you!" Looking up at Shen Yu, as a Grandmaster, he actually couldn't even take a single sword strike.

Without facing it head-on, one would never know how terrifying this sword strike was; it was a strike that seemed to offer not a shred of hope, as unfathomable as an abyss.

"You, you weren't poisoned?" At this moment, the old man seemed to understand all at once: the other party hadn't been poisoned at all.

No one knew the Blood Gang Poison better than he did; if the other party had been poisoned, it would be absolutely impossible for them to still have such terrifying residual strength.

"I already told you just now, but you simply didn't believe me. What can I do, as an official!"

"This is impossible, how can this be!"

"I'm sorry, I have long been immune to all poisons; your poison cannot break my defense. This is reality!"

As he spoke, Shen Yu walked to the old man's side and thrust his sword down. The old man did not dodge; instead, a sharp glint flashed and vanished in his eyes.

"Great Overseer, you were right; such a person is indeed worth us sparing nothing for. This subordinate is incompetent and has no face to see you again!"

Exhausting his final strength, the old man rushed toward Shen Yu, and his body suddenly began to expand rapidly, as if he were a balloon being quickly inflated, growing larger and larger.

At the same time, the danger radiating from the old man also became more and more intense. It was as if his entire aura had undergone a leap in improvement.

"Not good! Golden Bell Shield!" The fourteenth-level Golden Bell Shield firmly guarded his front, and Shen Yu instantly channeled all his strength into his defense.

The power of a Grandmaster's final desperate self-detonation technique could be imagined. If he were not careful, even he would be injured, let alone the fact that he had to look after the tens of thousands of starving people behind him.

"Haha, Shen Yu, you really chose to take it head-on, how foolish!" At the very end of his life, a look of relief appeared on the old man's face.

If Shen Yu had chosen to retreat quickly at this moment regardless of the cost, he might have been able to avoid the majority of the power's impact. But for the sake of those starving people, he had actually chosen to take it head-on—how stupid.

A fatal blow exchanged by a Grandmaster burning everything he had—how could it be so easy to take? He was confident that as long as one did not exceed the Grandmaster realm, it was impossible to retreat unscathed.

He seemed to have already seen the scene of Shen Yu being severely injured and on the verge of death, or even obliterated, under this strike. However, he was destined not to see this scene.

"Bang! Clang!" A huge sound followed, stirring up massive smoke and dust. Dust flew, as if to blot out the sun and sky. The Night Hawk experts on the city walls were all watching below nervously.

They all wanted to know if this young man, Shen Yu, could still be alive under this terrifying strike.

The smoke and dust gradually settled, revealing the golden, bell-like Gang Qi inside. And Shen Yu was unscathed within this Gang Qi, not even his clothes were wrinkled.

"This, how is this possible!" Emitting his final unwilling sound, the old man collapsed completely, no trace of spirit left in his eyes.

"What a pity, even if you exhausted all your strength and didn't hesitate to burn everything, you couldn't harm me in the slightest. This is the gap, this is reality!"