Chapter 529: I Watch That Day Arrive

"Hum!"

Amidst the sound of sword humming that seemed to stir the heavens and earth, the terrifying sword light finally descended, the buzzing sound hammering against people's hearts like heavy blows.

The sword light traced a perfect arc; wherever it passed, the black rocks were all ground into powder, and the billowing dust kicked up completely obscured the sky.

A bottomless chasm followed the trail left by the Sword Qi, extending all the way to the opposite side and crashing straight into Lu Muyan.

And the World in front of Lu Muyan was covered in scars, just like a shattered mirror.

Wisps of Sword Qi were seeping through the cracks, and an invisible, terrifying force instantly permeated his entire body.

As the Sword Qi touched him, Lu Muyan's face turned pale, but it quickly regained its rosy hue. The space in front of him, which had been faintly shattering, also perfectly recovered.

It was just that Shen Yu keenly observed that as Lu Muyan recovered, a large swath of the Black Beetles around him died.

"So that's how it is!" As if realizing something, Shen Yu smiled lightly, his body suddenly radiating brilliant light, a scorching aura seemingly intent on burning everything.

With a light flick of his finger, a tiny flame dropped into the deep cavern filled with Black Beetles, and in an instant, flames shot into the sky.

The terrifying inferno that incinerated all things burned the layers of Black Beetles accumulated in the cavern until not even ashes remained.

This tiny bit of Great Sun True Fire, let alone a mere group of Black Beetles, would easily roast even copper skin and iron bones into nothing.

"You!" The sudden change caused Lu Muyan's expression to change drastically, and his entire person became hideous and terrifying due to rage.

A terrifying aura radiated from Lu Muyan's body; the mere aftershock of his power shattered all the hard rocks around him into slag.

With him as the center, a continuously expanding deep hole was forming; it was a terrifying scene created solely by the aftershock of his aura.

That terrifying aura, which seemed to want to destroy everything, appeared simultaneously with a killing intent like the biting cold of winter; it was the aura of destruction.

It was as if in the next moment, Lu Muyan would rush up and destroy everything blocking his path.

"Kid, you have truly angered me!"

But just as Shen Yu was on full alert, preventing the other party from acting like a cornered beast, Lu Muyan disappeared from where he stood.

"Ran away?" The sudden change almost threw Shen Yu off balance; he had been fully prepared for Lu Muyan to fight back with his life, but this guy had actually turned around and run.

The air of a senior expert was completely cast aside by him, his survival instinct fully maxed out.

No wonder he could survive; just based on this acting, this overflowing survival instinct, plus that shameless spirit, he had truly maxed out his life-saving skills.

Yet there was not a hint of anxiety on Shen Yu's face; instead, it was full of disdain as he looked up into mid-air with great interest.

"Run? Can you run away?"

As if responding to Shen Yu's words, the Rune Chain in mid-air suddenly lit up, and immediately after, a disheveled figure fell down heavily.

"How is this possible?" With bewilderment showing through his pale complexion, Lu Muyan frowned as he looked at the Golden Rune in mid-air, then back at Shen Yu.

"Wasn't it an attack-type Array of Runes? Why..."

How could an Array set up in such a rush balance both attack and suppression?

Even if the top Array masters could balance these, the power of an Array set up in a rush could never have stopped him.

Even if there had been a sealing Array before, he had charged at that sealing Array when he first revived and had felt its power; the power at that time was not too strong.

Just now, in order to break through this Array, he had burned his own soul power to obtain enough strength to break the Great Array, but in the end, he was still stopped.

Moreover, the backlash force caused him to suffer injury upon injury; it could be said that this scene before him completely overturned his understanding.

Looking again at the young man who was smiling at him, a sense of absurdity suddenly welled up in Lu Muyan's heart.

It was as if he were not facing a young man, but an old monster like himself who had lived for who knows how many years.

Which of the two of them had actually lived longer? Why did he feel like he had been played by a young junior?

"Does it feel incredible? Can't wrap your head around it?" Sword Intent gathered once more, and Shen Yu looked at the other party with a smile.

"Sorry, for over a year, I have been using the mountains and rivers of Xiaozhou to set up a Great Array. Although this Great Array is not yet complete, it does not hinder me from using the power within it."

"You shouldn't have done many things, but you especially shouldn't have hidden yourself in Xiaozhou. Very unfortunately, this place is also within the range of the Great Array."

"You thought I was setting up an Array in a rush before; in fact, I was outlining Runes to connect with that Great Array outside. So what you are facing is not a temporarily set-up sealing Array."

"So that's it. Good, very good. Each generation produces its own talents; I don't lose unjustly! But do you think you've won for sure?"

Giving Shen Yu a deep look, Lu Muyan seemed to have made some kind of decision, his complexion losing its color at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the aura on his body became increasingly powerful. It was as if he were not facing a person, but a storm sweeping through everything, the thunder covering the sky.

"What, still want to resist?" Sword Intent rose, piercing directly through the Void, as if to split the storm before him completely from the inside out.

"It seems my guess before was indeed correct; you are just putting on a show now, with only the form but no substance. How long can you last like this!"

"So give up, you can't run away!"

As he spoke, Shen Yu's sword descended suddenly, accompanied by a terrifying phenomenon; the terrifying Sword Qi, carrying the momentum of heaven and earth, crashed into Lu Muyan with a boom.

This sword strike directly split the space in front of him, along with the terrifying aura lingering around him. Amidst cracking sounds, the space in front of Lu Muyan shattered completely.

Sword Qi raged, enveloping Lu Muyan from head to toe. Such Sword Qi was definitely not something Lu Muyan's body could withstand.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Large mouthfuls of blood sprayed from his mouth, and Lu Muyan looked up at Shen Yu with difficulty.

"I think we can talk; if you let me go, I can give you all of my power!"

"Sorry, I don't need your power!" Sword Intent rose again, and heavy Runes surrounded Shen Yu, making his sword become even more terrifying.

"A person like you will only bring chaos to the world; if I let you leave, who knows how many people will be harmed!"

"Therefore, you must die!"

"I can give you my power, let you become stronger, I can offer you everything I have!"

"I said I don't need it! If you don't die, the common people of the world will be in danger, so you must die!"

As if hearing something ridiculous, Lu Muyan widened his eyes in disbelief.

"You, just for this? So the reason you want to kill me is merely to rid the people of a scourge?"

And the demeanor and expression of the young man opposite him were very sincere, without a hint of affectation, and it seemed he didn't need to lie now.

In other words, was he really being targeted for such an absurd reason? Are you kidding me!

"Hahaha, this is truly the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. To rid the people of a scourge, how laughable!"

As he spoke, Lu Muyan stared straight at Shen Yu, as if looking at a fool.

"A genius like you will surely survive the Spiritual Qi Surge. Believe me, as long as you can survive, one day, you will become the very thing you hate the most."

"Just like me, you will also become a target for others to eliminate evil. Believe me, that day is not far off!"

"Rest assured, I am not like you; I have a bottom line!"

"I also had a bottom line back then, and I was once called a hero; that was a very, very long time ago."

As if recalling events from long ago, Lu Muyan's eyes lost focus for a moment, only returning to his senses after a long while, looking at Shen Yu with a mocking expression.

"Young man, you have never seen true evil, which is why you are still confident and unafraid, but I have seen it!"

"Precisely because I have seen it, I must survive at any cost, even if it means living in such a wretched state as I do now!"

A curve appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Lu Muyan walked directly toward Shen Yu as if seeking death, stepping into the range covered by Shen Yu's Sword Intent.

Terrifying Sword Qi enveloped him directly; countless strands of fearsome Sword Qi instantly tore away large swathes of his flesh and blood, also draining away the last of his vitality.

As flesh and blood sprayed, Lu Muyan looked at him with a mocking expression once more, "I have seen many people like you, but look at them now; aren't those people just as unscrupulous as I am?"

"As long as you want to live, as long as you have the desire to survive. One day, you will become like me, becoming the very thing you once hated the most!"

"I truly wonder what it would be like if one day, someone like you who prides yourself on justice is also targeted by later generations in the name of eliminating evil for the people!"

"Rest assured, you will not see that day, and it will not come!"

"Is that so? You cannot escape it; I shall watch that day arrive!"