Chapter 24: Ming Tianqi!

A Golden Core phantom hovered a zhang above their heads, projecting onto Lu Tianyu.

A terrifying pressure locked onto Lu Tianyu, and three condensed Spirit Qi Palm Prints were launched almost simultaneously: "Kill!"

The three held nothing back, using eighty percent of their strength from the start, determined to kill Lu Tianyu in one strike and not give him the chance to use the Xuxu Mirror.

Lu Tianyu felt an unprecedented pressure.

But excitement flashed in his crimson eyes: "Finally, a worthy opponent has come. Kill!"

After a month of closed-door cultivation, Lu Tianyu's Body Refiner realm had broken through three consecutive layers, reaching the first layer of Vein Condensation, not yet at the Attachment Realm.

He wanted to test where the limit of his combat power lay, and if he couldn't hold on, he'd let Bahuang Laozu come out and deal with these people.

The astral qi within Lu Tianyu's Middle Dantian surged out wildly, pushing the astral qi shield to its absolute limit.

The long spear thrust out, piercing and exploding one of the Spirit Qi Palm Prints with a puff.

The remaining two palm prints slammed into his back and chest.

Bang bang!

The astral qi shield let out cracking sounds and shattered apart.

Lu Tianyu, however, was completely unscathed.

But he felt he was already near his limit; the attack power of Golden Core stage cultivators was indeed very strong.

The three Golden Core cultivators hadn't used their full strength.

Moreover, the highest cultivation among them was only Golden Core fourth layer.

The three Golden Core cultivators were instantly dumbfounded: "He actually withstood it? A turtle shell?"

"Kill!"

The three took out their Dharma Treasures, forming hand seals to channel Spiritual Energy into them.

Lu Tianyu snorted coldly: "Want to kill me? You lot die first!"

Hum!

A terrifying soul force enveloped the three Golden Core cultivators before they could even react.

The three Golden Core cultivators' faces changed drastically, their bodies suddenly stiffening and falling from the air.

Lu Tianyu, holding his spear in one hand, swiftly threw a punch that slammed into one Golden Core cultivator's head.

Boom!

That Golden Core cultivator's head burst open like a watermelon, dying on the spot.

Whoosh whoosh!

Lu Tianyu's figure moved rapidly, throwing two consecutive punches that blasted the heads of the other two Golden Core cultivators apart.

The three had wanted to kill him, so naturally he wouldn't hold back.

But after doing all this, his face turned slightly pale.

Killing three Golden Core cultivators had cost him one-third of his soul force.

Boom!

Lu Tianyu drove his long spear three chi into the ground, and his cold, stern voice echoed across the mountaintop: "Who else?"

Unrivaled domineering aura!

The five Nascent Soul Stage cultivators who had charged over abruptly retreated more than ten zhang, staring in stunned disbelief.

They had just felt a soul pressure equal to theirs, even purer than theirs, and were instantly startled.

Ouyang Zong, Luo Zhongchen, and the Great Elder of the Southwestern Wasteland were instantly dumbfounded: "This..."

"This is impossible!"

"Just now I felt an extremely powerful soul pressure—how can his soul force be this strong!"

They didn't know that Lu Tianyu had only just released Nascent Soul Stage soul pressure.

If he had fully unleashed Emperor Realm pressure, the three would probably have been scared into fainting on the spot.

In the eastern sky, Lu Jiuyuan and Luo Yunshang were beaming with joy:

"Our Yu'er has given us a huge surprise—completely unexpected."

"Yu'er still has hidden cards we don't know about. Looks like we don't need to rush into action!"

They had seen Lu Tianyu practice the Five Dragon Divine Fist, but they never expected Lu Tianyu's soul force to be this strong as well.

But then their expressions grew solemn again as they turned their heads to look.

On the western side overhead, the people of the Nether Sect had not made a move, unaware of what plot they were brewing.

On the Nether Sect's tower ship.

A black-robed youth with a sinister face narrowed his eyes slightly, looking down at the proudly standing Lu Tianyu:

"Last time I sent people and failed to kill you. I didn't expect you to have grown to this point."

His aura was cold and gloomy; black light flickered in his pitch-black eyes, and layers of strange, eerie patterns appeared and disappeared.

This person was the Young Sect Master of Kulu Zong, one of the Nether Three Sects—Ming Tianqi.

He was also the one who had sent people to ambush and kill Lu Tianyu in You An Mi Lin last time.

He had heard that a genius Saint Son had appeared in Bahuang, overpowering the other Saint Sons with a swift and fierce momentum.

So, he had very casually given his subordinates an order: kill Lu Tianyu.

As the overlord of the Dark Star Territory, the competition among the three sects of the Nether Sect was also very fierce.

Internally deadlocked, they could only expand outward.

Ming Tianqi had set his sights on what he considered the weakest Bahuang Star Domain; the other two sects disdained it and expanded their influence into other star domains.

When a formidable young man appeared in Bahuang, he would not allow such a situation to exist, and dispatched assassins to ambush Lu Tianyu.

However.

Ming Tianqi never imagined that Lu Tianyu, after being thrown into the Forbidden Abyss, not only survived but had his combat power surge dramatically.

He had rushed here to personally slay Lu Tianyu and, incidentally, pressure the Bahuang Clan into submission.

"Young Master, although this man is formidable, he could not possibly be a match for you."

The black-robed elder beside him said coolly, "The Young Master's Weeping Ghost Eye has already awakened — invincible within the same realm."

"There's no need for us to rush in. The Donghuang Clan people have also arrived; let them fight among themselves until both sides are badly weakened, and it won't be too late for us to act."

"Besides, with the two Xuanming Elders present, they are more than enough to suppress everyone here!"

Ming Tianqi gave a cold snort. "Though that's true, I still want to personally meet this boy. It's been a long time since I've come across a worthy opponent."

"Go bring me that woman down there, and kill the man beside her!"

His lecherous gaze fixed on the unconscious Liu Qingyan, sweeping over her again and again.

It had been a long time since he'd tasted such a flawless beauty. Once Lu Tianyu was dead, he could savor her slowly.

As for Li Yuanhao, naturally he would be killed.

Anyone who dared to stay close to a woman he wished to savor was absolutely intolerable.

Ming Tianqi had been cultivating in Kulu Zong all along, and the women he'd tasted were all from within the sect — already tasteless to him.

He had never expected to encounter one here. How could he possibly let her go!

"Yes!"

The black-robed elder responded.

Then his body gradually turned illusory, transforming into a wisp of black qi and vanishing, leaving not the slightest trace in the air.

In less than twenty breaths' time.

The black-robed elder appeared carrying the unconscious Liu Qingyan, threw her at Ming Tianqi's feet, and said, "Young Master, the person has been brought."

"This woman's spine is severely injured. Should we treat her?"

Ming Tianqi said nothing, using his foot to flip Liu Qingyan over, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth:

"This woman has a Water-Nature body, perfect for dual cultivation with a man of strong constitution — especially a man like me. Please trouble yourself, Ying, to treat her."

The black-robed elder took out a jade-green medicine vial, poured the liquid onto Liu Qingyan's back, pried open her mouth, and fed her a pill.

Just at this moment.

Liu Qingyan suddenly opened her eyes, meeting Ming Tianqi's sinister, bloodshot gaze, and immediately let out a scream: "Ah!"

"Who are you?"

"I am Liu Qingyan of the Liuli Sect in Zhuoliu Xingyu. Please conduct yourself with restraint!"

She felt as though she were being watched by a wild beast, goosebumps rising all over her body.

Especially that bloodless face — paler than a corpse's.