Chapter 146

Lu Zhangsheng seemed to feel that Innate barrier within his own body.

As long as he wanted to, he could easily break through to the Innate realm.

However, his True Intent of Killing had not yet reached perfection; after breaking through, he would not be in a perfect state, which would likely affect his future Martial Dao path. He had walked all the way here with perfect breakthroughs in skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and blood, so he naturally would not be reckless this time.

Those Deputy Hall Masters were all polishing their own True Intent, seeking to become experts even in the Innate realm.

At this moment, only a small portion of demonic soldiers remained on the field, all looking at Lu Zhangsheng with fear on their faces.

This group of people hid behind the six City Lords, their bodies beginning to tremble; after Lu Zhangsheng's slaughter, they were directly scared out of their wits.

Fang Yanbin and the other City Lords had eyes full of anger, their baleful Qi soaring to the sky.

If looks could kill, they would have already hacked Lu Zhangsheng into eight pieces.

Six people went out together, yet they didn't even touch the other side's shadow, and instead, the subordinates they brought suffered heavy losses; this was something they found hard to accept.

"Immediately set up the formation to suppress and kill this person."

Fang Yanbin's tone was extremely cold, and killing intent erupted in his eyes.

While speaking, the six people immediately took action, their auras connecting together, and then they swallowed a blood-colored pill.

The auras of the few suddenly surged by a margin.

Endless blood-evil Qi surged in the void, forming a large ring that instantly enveloped the entire battlefield.

"Shoo..."

The six figures flashed, directly surrounding Lu Zhangsheng in the center, the baleful Qi like a vast ocean, suppressing toward Lu Zhangsheng.

From the moment the six people began to fight for their lives to the moment they took action to seal the battlefield and surround Lu Zhangsheng, it all happened in an instant.

Lu Zhangsheng saw this situation, his expression remaining as calm as water.

After his own True Intent of Killing broke through again, he had not yet struck with full force.

His heart was already eager to try, and the long blade in his hand seemed to sense its master's thoughts, gently humming.

"Kill."

Lu Zhangsheng slashed forward with full force.

The brilliant blade light flickered in the void, as if it wanted to slash through everything, its aura terrifying to the extreme.

This blade appeared in an arc shape, slashing toward the six City Lords simultaneously.

Under the blessing of sixty percent True Intent of Killing and transcendent blade technique, his attack power had already reached the limit.

At the same time, his body-protecting Mystic Gang Qi erupted suddenly.

"Zzz..."

A transparent Gang Qi shield instantly covered his entire body, with fluorescent light circling around it, quite miraculous.

Under his full eruption, his entire body actually floated up, supported by the thick Gang Qi, possessing the momentum of an Innate expert's strike.

"This demon is fierce, strike with full force!"

Fang Yanbin and the others were shocked; the momentum of the other side's strike was already extremely close to an Innate expert.

While speaking, they erupted their blood-evil Qi with full force, killing toward Lu Zhangsheng.

The remaining few did not dare to be negligent, waving their weapons with full force to kill Lu Zhangsheng.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

In an instant, the two sides collided together.

The huge roaring sound resounded through the clouds, and the fierce energy splashed wantonly, rolling up layers of smoke and clouds.

Even the living soldiers around were blown about by this Gang wind.

Their eyes were full of panic.

Under a single strike.

Lu Zhangsheng stood steadily on the sand, not even the Gang Qi around his body rippling in the slightest.

It was as if he were a towering, upright mountain, difficult to shake in the slightest.

Fang Yanbin and the other City Lords also stood in place, their eyes full of horror.

The six of them had long since stepped into the perfection of Tuotai, and for decades, their Martial Dao True Intent had mostly stepped into about sixty percent.

With the six of them joining forces, they still could not suppress the other side.

This caused a monstrous wave to rise in their hearts.

The people around were also full of fear.

"The strength of this demon is second only to the master who triggered the monstrous demon calamity that time..."

Several years ago, an invincible demon head descended, leaving countless people with fresh memories.

He did not expect that in just a few short years, another peerless demon head would descend.

Lu Zhangsheng did not stop in the slightest, raising his blade and charging up again.

Fang Yanbin and the other six City Lords were also not to be outdone, surrounding and killing Lu Zhangsheng.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two sides fought a bloody battle on the sand without stopping, fierce energy sweeping in all directions.

The smoke and dust on the field were rolled up dozens of feet high, the commotion extremely terrifying.

Relying on his own thick body-protecting Gang Qi, Lu Zhangsheng was not at a disadvantage at all against six.

As the blade light flickered, his offensive became increasingly astonishing, as if he were an invincible god of war, making people feel fear.

Fang Yanbin, Liu Moxue, and the others relied on the battle formation to barely resist Lu Zhangsheng's attack.

As time passed, half an hour later.

Liu Moxue and the others' expressions became increasingly gloomy.

Their hearts were even more terrified.

The six of them surrounded and killed with full force, yet the demon head opposite did not have the slightest sign of decline; it was simply terrifying to the extreme.

Under the long-term eruption of blood essence, even they had a trace of fatigue.

When they struck, they no longer possessed their previous momentum.

Just as the few were secretly harboring thoughts of retreat, a sudden change occurred.

"Shoo..."

Only to see an incomparably brilliant blade light slice through the void, killing toward Liu Moxue.

Even in the air, there were bursts of sonic booms, the momentum fierce and peerless.

"Not good."

Liu Moxue was full of fear; she could not block this blade.

She did not expect the other side to still be able to unleash a strike surpassing the peak.

"Xue'er, be careful."

Even Fang Yanbin and the others were full of panic and loss, unable to rescue her at all, only able to watch helplessly as the blade light slashed toward Liu Moxue.

This blade was naturally Lu Zhangsheng erupting the blood essence in his body to slash out.

The momentum had already initially reached the level of an Innate expert, and it could not be blocked unless one was a Heavenly Pride.

Before Liu Moxue could react, the blade light instantly sliced through her snow-white neck.

"Brother Fang, I'm... sorry, I cannot accompany you any further..."

Before dying, Liu Moxue issued her final farewell.

Her charming body fell toward the ground, her head rolling to the side, a large amount of blood gushing out.

The brilliance in her eyes also gradually dimmed.

With a peak blade, this expert who had roamed for decades died and vanished.

"Ah... return my Xue'er, I must kill you!"

Fang Yanbin roared in despair.

He and Liu Moxue had risen from humble beginnings, killing strong enemies all the way to reach this step today; the two had long since secretly developed feelings for each other.

A few days ago, they had even sworn together to escape this cage and go roam the Upper Realm together.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, they were separated by life and death.

Fang Yanbin's heart had long been swallowed by hatred, and he had directly gone mad.

"Kill."

He burned the "Holy Blood" in his body with full force, launching a suicidal charge toward Lu Zhangsheng.

Rolling blood-evil Qi soared straight into the clouds.

This commotion was simply earth-shattering.

Zhou Yitao and the other City Lords saw this and turned their heads to flee backward.

They were a bit afraid; the demon head in front of them was clearly not someone they could handle.

Even if Fang Yanbin burned his life, he probably could not kill this fiend.

Just the body-protecting Gang Qi around the other side's body was not something that could be broken below the Innate realm.

Seeing Fang Yanbin charge toward the other side, they directly chose to run away.

The few turned into streams of light, disappearing from the battlefield after a few flashes.

All of this happened in an instant.

The numerous demons around were all full of fear, their legs trembling.

Afterward, they all followed the few City Lords and fled backward.

Lu Zhangsheng ignored this group of fleeing people and killed straight toward Fang Yanbin.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two fought a bloody battle on the sand without stopping, fierce Gang Qi cracking the nearby sand and stones.

The ground seemed to have been plowed, with blade marks and gullies everywhere.

Fang Yanbin, this City Lord, relied on burning his life and blood essence, and for a time, he was not at a disadvantage at all.

As time passed.

The two sides continued to fight to the death.

Some demon servants watching from afar were all shocked.

This level of combat was already close to the legendary Innate experts.

Everyone did not expect that the strength of the demon head that descended this time would be so terrifying.

Just one hour after the two fought.

Fang Yanbin's aura suddenly weakened significantly.

Clearly, the blood essence in his body was about to be exhausted.

Lu Zhangsheng seized the opportunity and slashed forward quickly with his blade.

That brilliant blade light seemed to make the scorching sun in the high sky lose its color.

"Clatter..."

Before he could react, the blade light instantly penetrated his waist, directly slashing his body into two halves; blood and organs all gushed out, the surroundings a mess.

With such heavy injuries, it was impossible to survive.

Lu Zhangsheng put away his long blade and stood with his hands behind his back.

"Xue'er, I am coming..."

Fang Yanbin clawed at the sand with all his might, moving slowly toward Liu Moxue's corpse, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Before long.

He arrived in front of Liu Moxue's headless corpse and embraced her tightly.

The brilliance in his eyes gradually dimmed, and soon there was completely no movement.

For this demon servant who fought with his life, Lu Zhangsheng also felt a trace of respect.

Those who fight bloody battles for their own dreams are definitely worthy of being called heroes.

If it weren't for their different stances, perhaps they could have become friends.

However, as opponents, he could not have any pity.

If the human race outside were defeated, the outcome would likely be even more miserable.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts and walked forward.

Rolling yellow sand was swept up a thousand feet by the strong wind, gradually submerging Lu Zhangsheng within it.

Over the next few days.

The news about the "Blood Demon" from beyond the domain killing two major City Lords instantly spread throughout the entire world.

Countless people were shocked, monstrous waves rising in their hearts.

An army of ten thousand surrounded and suppressed, plus the six pseudo-Innate City Lords taking action, yet they were defeated.

This was something no one expected.

One must know that these City Lords were all killed out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and their Martial Dao True Intent was all at sixty percent.

Their strength was top-tier in the entire world.

One can imagine the terror of that Blood Demon.

When Lu Zhangsheng heard his own nickname "Blood Demon," he smiled dumbly.

This nickname is really not great.

Of course, this nickname is also related to his hunting of demon servants all over the world.

Countless martial artists were slashed and killed by him without mercy, setting off a storm of blood throughout the entire world.

Making numerous demon servants terrified, which is how this nickname came to be.

At the same time, the resources in his hand were also rapidly improving.

Three days later.

At dusk, the setting sun was like blood.

In the southeast of the world, in front of a giant city.

A man in white walked slowly with his hands behind his back, like a peerless noble young master, his temperament extremely free and easy.

"Is this one of the main cities?"

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the magnificent city in front, his expression shifting slightly.

According to the map's guidance, after entering the main city, one can teleport back.

At this moment, some demonic soldiers on the city wall who had not yet fled saw the person coming and were full of fear.

"It's the Blood Demon, he really came..."

A group of people were scared out of their wits, bumping around on the city wall like headless flies.

Lu Zhangsheng raised the long blade in his hand and quickly charged toward the city wall.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the city wall and leaped up.

"Shoo..."

The blade light traveled through the crowd, accompanied by streaks of residual shadows; a large number of demonic soldiers were slashed into several pieces, blood staining the entire city wall red, the scene extremely bloody.

Lu Zhangsheng walked forward all the way, pacing in the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.

Every blade could easily take away more than ten lives, as if a ruthless god of death had descended into the human world.

"Source Energy Points plus 1."

"Source Energy Points plus 1."

Along with his slaughter, he was also collecting crystal cores with full force.

Before long, he killed his way to a hall, and there were no living demons around.

The Source Energy Points in his hand surged again.

Open the panel.

A blue light screen appeared in the void in front.

Source Energy Points: twenty-two thousand.

After his bloody slaughter, he finally gathered the resources again.

The plus sign behind the True Intent of Killing lit up again.

Lu Zhangsheng did not hesitate and immediately clicked on it.

"Hum..."

A fluctuation from the netherworld instantly descended deep into his mind, as if a supreme expert was practicing day and night.

Making Lu Zhangsheng's insights into killing increasingly profound.

【After your years of hard cultivation, you have finally improved the True Intent of Killing to seventy percent.】

As a crisp prompt sounded, this improvement officially ended.

"Clatter..."

Lu Zhangsheng seemed to feel that he had broken through some kind of magical barrier.

He slashed forward with one blade.

It was like a mortal hacking, possessing a sense of returning to simplicity.

Not even the air transmitted any ripples.

At the same time, his control over his own strength had reached the extreme.

"Is this the strength of a Heavenly Pride?"

Brilliance flickered in Lu Zhangsheng's eyes.

Seventy percent True Intent and sixty percent are completely two different worlds.

At this moment, even if the three clones in the Tongtian Tower joined forces, they would not be a match for him after the breakthrough.

This is the deterrent power of a Heavenly Pride.

Invincible at the same level, enough to sweep away all ordinary geniuses; even encirclement or wheel battles are of no use.

"No wonder that Ye Wudi could suppress the younger generation of the entire Qingning Prefecture for decades, with no one daring to challenge him."

At this moment, he also understood the gap.

Lu Zhangsheng slowly closed his eyes.

The True Intent of Killing spread out, carefully sensing the surrounding environment.

Even the sound of the air flowing nearby and the sound of insects and ants crawling under his feet, he could clearly distinguish.

This kind of perception is also the terrifying amplification brought about after the Martial Dao True Intent breaks through.

It is said that after improving the True Intent to one hundred percent, there will be an astonishing transformation when breaking through to the Innate realm.

Those top-tier Heavenly Prides are all tempering their own Martial Dao True Intent.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts and took out his own credential.

Stimulated it with Qi and blood.

"Hum..."

Bursts of fluctuations actually came from the hall in front.

After Lu Zhangsheng confirmed the direction, he found a pocket in a residence in the city, put the remaining thousand-plus crystal cores into it, and walked toward the hall.

He prepared to exchange these crystal cores with the Demon-Suppressing Division.

As for the waste crystal cores after absorption, they were naturally disposed of cleanly.

Before long.

Lu Zhangsheng arrived in front of the hall and stepped inside.

Only to see four crystal pillars standing around, and one of them had a small groove.

It was exactly the shape of his own token.

He immediately put the token into the groove and gently urged it with Qi and blood.

"Hum..."

The surrounding void began to ripple gradually, and in the blink of an eye, the scenery in front changed drastically.

It was exactly the Demon-Suppressing Division Trial Hall.

After Lu Zhangsheng returned the token to the old man, he walked toward the outside of the hall.

After leaving the hall, he walked all the way toward the direction of the Tongtian Tower.

Under the puzzled gazes of the martial artists around, he arrived at the square in front of the Tongtian Tower.

Lu Zhangsheng ignored the crowd and stepped directly into the Tongtian Tower.

At the same time.

The news about Lu Zhangsheng challenging the Tongtian Tower again instantly spread throughout the entire Prefecture City.

Countless martial artists were surprised.

It had been less than half a month, and he was challenging again.

This made many martial artists not very optimistic.

If the Heavenly Pride level were so easy to break, then the entire Prefecture City would not have only that Hall Master Ye who broke through.

"This Hall Master Lu is too eager for quick success; if he had cultivated for a few more years, perhaps there would be some hope."

"Indeed, challenging again in a short period of time is fundamentally useless."

A group of people began to discuss on the square.

Even Qin Ruobing and the others received the news and were a bit puzzled.

In their eyes, Lu Zhangsheng is not a reckless person.

(End of chapter)