Chapter 136

At this moment, the entire city was already in chaos.

On both sides of the street, there were shouts of killing, corpses and blood scattered all over the ground, and waves of baleful aura filled the entire city.

"Shoo..."

Lu Zhangsheng swung his blade rapidly, beheading the heretic cultists blocking the road one by one, and then rushed into the intersection ahead and disappeared under the awe-filled gazes of the numerous Xuanjia Army soldiers.

Inside a large courtyard.

Fang Qing and Fang Tao hid in the northwest corner of the cellar, their expressions still lingering with fear.

When chaos arose in the city, the two ran into the cellar decisively.

If they hadn't run fast, they would likely have been beheaded by heretic cultists long ago.

The two had to admire Lu Zhangsheng's foresight.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

At this moment, waves of roaring sounds came from above their heads.

The top gate built of refined iron was also shaking violently.

"Not good."

"A powerhouse has discovered this place and is attacking the cellar iron gate."

Fang Qing was scared out of her wits, her mind completely in chaos.

The two were only Flesh Refining martial artists, and the movement above their heads was at least a Blood Exchange powerhouse.

With the strength of the two, they couldn't block a single move.

Her tone even became somewhat desperate.

As a woman, after being caught by a heretic cult powerhouse, it would likely be difficult even to die.

Fang Tao on the side was also full of despair.

For a Blood Exchange powerhouse, this iron gate couldn't block for long.

The two were locked inside, already turtles in a jar.

Outside.

An old man in black robes stood in the room with a group of men.

The old man was thin, his hands like chicken claws, his aura quite extraordinary.

"Immediately open the iron gate, and I can spare your lives."

The old man's tone was grim.

While looting the entire city, he accidentally discovered the abnormality here and concluded that there must be people or wealth below.

A moment later.

Seeing no answer.

Killing intent burst from his eyes.

"Speed up, smash the iron gate, I want to see what's inside."

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A group of heretic cultists began to hack fiercely at the iron gate.

"After the iron gate is broken, I will erupt my essence blood to cover you with all my might, find a chance to escape and find your Brother Changsheng..."

Fang Qing was determined; she naturally wouldn't believe the other party's ghost words.

Facing disaster, she chose to sacrifice herself to cover her little brother's escape.

"I'm not leaving, I'll fight them."

Fang Tao gritted his teeth, his eyes fierce.

He gripped his long blade even tighter.

The elder sister was like a mother, and the two had depended on each other since childhood; he couldn't abandon his sister and escape alone.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Just as the two were speaking, the iron gate above their heads began to crack gradually.

Red light rose in Fang Qing and the other's eyes, preparing to fight to the death.

"Ah..."

Just then, waves of shrill screams suddenly came from above their heads.

A few breaths later, there was no movement at all.

This made the two quite puzzled, and they hurriedly stopped erupting their essence blood.

"Come out."

A familiar voice sounded, making Fang Qing and the other instantly overjoyed.

"It's Brother Changsheng who has returned."

Surviving a disaster, the two were extremely excited.

They hurriedly inserted the iron gate key, twisted it slowly, and then pushed the iron gate open and jumped out.

Seeing Lu Zhangsheng holding a golden Buddha, they couldn't help but be quite surprised.

Several corpses were already lying on the ground around them, blood flowing all over the ground, extremely bloody.

Fang Qing and the other were very surprised in their hearts; so many people didn't even hold on for a breath before being slaughtered by Lu Zhangsheng.

Lu Zhangsheng's strength was likely extremely terrifying.

This made the two even more at ease.

After this disaster, the two knew the importance of strength even more.

If they had Lu Zhangsheng's strength, they would have wiped out this group of heretic cultists above long ago.

"Clean up this place, don't run around."

Lu Zhangsheng smiled faintly, then held the golden Buddha and turned to walk toward the back.

Passing through the backyard all the way, he arrived in his room.

He placed the golden Buddha in the center of the room.

"Shoo..."

Then he swung his long blade rapidly, slashing toward the golden Buddha.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

After slashing continuously several times, the golden Buddha was slashed into several sections, scattered all over the ground.

At this moment, a ball as black as ink rolled to the side, still emitting wisps of blood light.

A wisp of extremely evil aura permeated.

"This is?"

Lu Zhangsheng picked up the ball and rubbed it carefully with his fingers.

The surface of the ball was extremely smooth and had a cool touch.

He had long suspected that there was something inside the golden Buddha, otherwise it couldn't have provided so many Source Energy Points.

After careful comparison, he discovered that this object had some connection with the demon heart in ancient books.

Although it was not a complete demon heart, it was also quite extraordinary.

No wonder that demon witch Zhao Yuanjing tried her best to get this object.

Now it had all been done for him.

If the other party got this object and swallowed it, she might break through to the Innate realm, and then he would be in danger.

This time, he and the other party could be considered to have formed a deadly feud.

This woman was likely completely crazy, hiding in the shadows and wanting to bite him at any time.

Combined with the entire prefecture city becoming increasingly chaotic, and Heavenly Demon Sect powerhouses stirring up trouble everywhere, the situation was also deteriorating day by day.

Then, Lu Zhangsheng didn't hesitate and directly began to break through his cultivation.

With a thought.

Clicked the plus sign behind the Indestructible Golden Body.

As the Source Energy Points decreased by ten thousand, a fluctuation from the nether world descended into the depths of his mind again.

As if a supreme powerhouse was practicing in his own sea of consciousness day and night.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Lu Zhangsheng's Qi and blood surged crazily, as if a great river was roaring in his body.

A powerful aura rose into the sky, and the transparent Gang Qi all over his body was also operating spontaneously.

"Zzz..."

The sundries, books, and chairs in the room were all shaken away, and even his entire body gradually floated up.

Extremely miraculous.

In legend, Innate martial artists could fly in the air; at this moment, Lu Zhangsheng also believed it somewhat.

Gang Qi covered his whole body, and even he had a wisp of the power of an Innate martial artist.

【After years of hard cultivation, you have finally cultivated the Indestructible Golden Body to the Perfection realm.】

Following a crisp prompt, this improvement officially ended.

Lu Zhangsheng opened his eyes slowly, a sharp light piercing the void.

He clenched his fists, and endless powerful strength surged in his body.

This strength was so strong that it seemed to be able to break the void ahead.

After this breakthrough, his strength, speed, and defense were all improved in all directions, about twice as much as before.

He looked down at himself.

Seeing golden light covering his whole body, emitting a round and integrated charm.

His skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and blood had all reached perfection, and even his meridians had become extremely wide.

As if endless Qi and blood were flowing in his body, and deep in his heart, that drop of golden blood became increasingly strong and solid.

"After this level, it is not far from the Innate Martial Dao."

Lu Zhangsheng was somewhat excited.

After years of laying low, he finally cultivated to Tuotai Perfection.

As for the next level of Transcendent Mastery, it is likely the peak of all mortal martial artists throughout history.

According to what he knew, some people who failed to break through to the Innate realm and whose bodies began to transform were called Pseudo-Innate, and in a true sense, they also belonged to Tuotai.

He naturally didn't need to take this step; as long as the resources were sufficient, he could pile up to the Innate realm all the way.

... Just when Lu Zhangsheng was breaking through.

Somewhere underground outside the city.

A large blood pool stood in the center of the space, with a large number of blood bubbles emerging on the blood pool.

The entire space emitted a nauseating smell.

On the edge of the blood pool, a woman in red robes was entrenched, her figure extremely enchanting.

Only her expression was extremely crazy.

Amazing killing intent burst from her eyes.

"You are dead, dead..."

Zhao Yuanjing sat on the edge of the blood pool, incomparably resentful in her heart.

She hadn't "woken up" from the matter of the demon crystal core being snatched.

The blood pool beside her was collected by slaughtering a hundred thousand commoners over the years.

Combined with that demon heart, she had 100% certainty of breaking through to the Innate realm.

Now everything was over; relying solely on this blood pool, she only had 30% certainty.

The hatred of blocking the Dao was irreconcilable.

Zhao Yuanjing prepared to take the risk to start breaking through to the Innate realm, and then go to torture that mysterious martial artist.

"Bang, bang..."

Then, she stood up suddenly, took off her clothes, and jumped toward the center of the blood pool, her white-as-jade body colliding with the blood water, splashing waves of blood flowers.

The whole person gradually submerged to the bottom of the blood pool.

Over the next few days.

As the Xuanjia Army and the numerous Demon-Suppressing Division martial artists outside the city gradually returned to the county city, the demons and evils in the city also retreated slowly.

Lu Zhangsheng also took action in the shadows one after another, beheading a large number of heretic cult powerhouses.

His Killing True Intent had been rising rapidly, and he was only one step away from three-tenths True Intent.

Just when everything was recovering slowly.

Three days later, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the city: Deputy Hall Master He Chunlin had fallen.

After Qin Ruobing and Xiao Tianci, the two Deputy Hall Masters, returned to the county city safely, they didn't find He Chunlin returning.

On the afternoon of the third day, a man in black sent He Chunlin's head to the city gate.

This matter caused a huge uproar in the city, and numerous martial artists were terrified.

They all knew that this was likely a war letter from the other party.

The next time, they would lead a large number of heretic cultists to attack the city.

Some surviving commoners were terrified after receiving the news.

In this turmoil, even the County Magistrate died, many martial arts experts died or were injured, and the Xuanjia Army suffered heavy losses.

If the other party launched a large-scale attack, the forces in the city couldn't stop them at all.

This day, early morning.

Early in the morning, Lu Zhangsheng rushed toward the Demon-Suppressing Division Yamen.

Walking on the street, everything around was desolate, everywhere was full of broken walls, and every household was covered with white silk in front of their doors.

There were also many corpses of children and women that hadn't been cleaned up, lying randomly in the corners.

A wave of stench rushed toward them.

The entire city was filled with an atmosphere of sadness and panic.

"These heretic cultists really deserve to die."

Seeing this, Lu Zhangsheng's expression was extremely cold.

Passing through the dilapidated streets all the way, he arrived in front of the Demon-Suppressing Division Yamen.

Even near the Demon-Suppressing Division, it was covered with bloodstains, which showed the tragic battle of the past two days.

When Lu Zhangsheng stepped into the deliberative main hall, there were already many figures standing inside.

Qin Ruobing and Xiao Tianci sat on the chairs ahead, only their expressions were quite pale.

There were many familiar figures around.

Tong Yuhua and Yue Shulan also luckily escaped back.

Only many people had suffered some injuries.

"We received intelligence that a large number of heretic cult bandits are gathering, likely to attack the county city."

Qin Ruobing was full of gravity.

After Wei Shaoxuan defected and He Chunlin fell, the strength of the high-end martial artists in the city was greatly reduced.

Combined with the death of the two experts protecting the County Magistrate, the situation was increasingly not optimistic.

"Can we ask for help from the Qingning Prefecture City?"

Tong Yuhua's eyes were full of fear.

Relying solely on the martial artists in the city, even if they barely held on in the end, they would likely suffer heavy casualties.

"Sigh... the situation in the entire Qingning Prefecture is somewhat rotten; not only our Changping County and many other counties, but even outside the prefecture city, there are many powerhouses peeking..."

Xiao Tianci sighed softly.

Hearing this, everyone's hearts tightened.

Relying entirely on the prefecture city for support was no longer feasible; now everything could only rely on themselves.

"I will temporarily take over the Xuanjia Army and guard the city with all my might."

"You must cooperate with all your might and patrol the city defenses at all times."

Qin Ruobing was full of majesty.

"We obey your command."

The people below shouted in unison, the loud voice echoing in the main hall.

Subsequently, the crowd exchanged some details about guarding the city and then left the main hall one after another.

"Changsheng, stop by my office main hall on the way."

Just as Lu Zhangsheng was about to leave, Qin Ruobing suddenly called him to stop.

Xiao Tianci and the crowd around were all strange, not expecting the relationship between the two to be so "close".

Lu Zhangsheng nodded with a smile.

Then he followed behind Qin Ruobing and walked forward with big strides.

Soon he disappeared from everyone's eyes.

Not long after.

The two arrived in a gorgeous main hall.

"Changsheng, if the county city cannot be held, retreat decisively."

As soon as he stepped in, Qin Ruobing couldn't help but speak, full of worry.

No longer having the majesty and calmness in the main hall just now.

"Those tens of thousands of commoners in the city..."

Hearing this, Lu Zhangsheng's expression tightened.

He hadn't expected the situation to deteriorate to such a point.

If they fled, these people would likely be directly blood-sacrificed; thinking of such a tragic scene made one's scalp tingle.

"Sigh... Hall Master Xiao and I are both injured; relying on you alone..."

Qin Ruobing sighed softly.

She had also witnessed Lu Zhangsheng's strength, not much stronger than hers.

She didn't think Lu Zhangsheng could block several Tuotai Perfection experts.

The other party had three bandit leaders, plus Wei Shaoxuan and Ye Yunze, this Heavenly Demon Sect disciple...

With so many experts taking action at the same time, relying on the three of them, there was almost no possibility of winning.

So she didn't have any hope and directly showed her cards to Lu Zhangsheng.

"I know, if things are not feasible, I will retreat immediately."

Lu Zhangsheng nodded faintly.

He didn't explain anything, and no one knew that his strength had broken through again.

When that group of people came to attack the city, he was prepared to give the other party a big surprise.

It would be best to behead that demon witch Zhao Yuanjing together.

Subsequently, the two exchanged for a while, and Lu Zhangsheng stood up and left.

Not long after.

Lu Zhangsheng returned to his small courtyard.

At this moment, the Fang siblings immediately greeted him, their faces full of worry.

"Brother Changsheng, let's run."

Fang Tao directly opened his mouth to persuade.

He also received news that a large number of heretic cult powerhouses were going to attack the city.

Even his own Brother Lu likely couldn't block it.

Fang Qing on the side directly rolled her eyes at Fang Tao: "The government army in the city hasn't left, so what does it mean for us to run directly."

"Besides, the entire Qingning Prefecture is like this, where can we run? It's likely that we will be caught up by heretic cult powerhouses as soon as we go out."

Hearing this, Fang Tao smiled sheepishly, knowing he was too naive.

"Don't let your imagination run wild, just wait at home."

Lu Zhangsheng smiled faintly.

He prepared to take advantage of this time to dig for spiritual objects with all his might to improve his strength in preparation for the great battle in the future.

Seeing this, the Fang siblings didn't speak anymore, only the worry in their eyes never dissipated.

Over the next dozen days.

There were traces of heretic cult bandits everywhere around Changping County, and a large number of powerhouses surrounded the county city.

However, this group of people seemed to be waiting for something and didn't choose to take action.

(End of chapter)