Chapter 84: Beheaded! Breakthrough to Bone-Forging Late Stage!

"Kill."

Lu Zhangsheng raised his slaughtering knife and rushed up like lightning.

In an instant, he arrived in front of the other party, pushed the Profound Origin Slash to the limit, and slashed forward again.

The blinding cold light seemed to want to slash through everything, with an extremely fierce momentum.

"Slash."

Duan Lingyun also raised his blade and met him.

After witnessing Lu Zhangsheng's astonishing speed, he directly dismissed the idea of escaping.

If he chose to escape now, he would likely die on the spot immediately.

He could only fight to the death.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two fought fiercely in the center of the official road, intense sparks splashed on the weapons, force crisscrossed on the ground, and dust and smoke rolled all around.

Many heretic cultists around hurriedly gave way, looking at the two fighting with faces full of horror.

This kind of scene was almost comparable to a battle between Blood Exchange experts.

Making everyone feel shocked.

Lu Zhangsheng wantonly swung the slaughtering knife in his hand, and strands of cold light shuttled through the void, fast as thunder.

His blade technique firmly suppressed the other party, leaving them without the slightest power to fight back.

"Ah..."

Duan Lingyun roared repeatedly, but under full eruption, he still couldn't reverse the battle situation.

And because of long-term defense, he gradually fell into a disadvantage, like a small boat in a storm, which could capsize at any time.

Seeing this, the crowd around felt incredible.

Seeing that Duan Lingyun, this Soul Envoy, could be defeated and killed at any time, everyone's legs trembled, wanting to run away immediately.

Fearing that the other party would escape and settle scores later, they had to stop in place with faces full of panic.

As time passed.

Duan Lingyun became increasingly dangerous.

"Ah..."

He no longer hesitated and immediately activated the essence blood secret technique.

The entire aura surged suddenly, blood mist shrouded his whole body, and malice rolled like smoke, which was very scary.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two sides fought bloody battles again.

Force splashed wantonly around the official road, rolling up bursts of smoke and dust, making it impossible to see the battle situation inside clearly.

After Duan Lingyun activated the essence blood secret technique, he actually became deadlocked with Lu Zhangsheng for a time.

The two fought fiercely, neither giving way, both wanting to put the other to death.

Lu Zhangsheng was not in a hurry either; the slaughtering knife was danced by him until it was airtight, and the endless cold light formed a sky net, shrouding the other party in it.

He knew that this person's activated essence blood could not last long; as long as he seized a trace of opportunity, he could immediately behead the other party.

He could also save some source energy points.

"Ah..."

Seeing that he still couldn't gain the upper hand after activating essence blood, Duan Lingyun became gradually crazy in his heart.

He knew very well that once the time was up, it would be his death date.

His own essence blood could not be endless either.

Under the threat of death, he was incomparably terrified.

Time passed slowly.

Half an hour passed.

Duan Lingyun had already fallen into an absolute disadvantage, his face full of despair.

He already knew that he would likely not be able to escape today.

He had roamed for decades, and he didn't expect to fall into the hands of a strange martial artist, which made him feel unwilling.

"Who exactly are you?"

Just at this time.

Lu Zhangsheng seized the flaw of the other party's weakening aura and slashed forward horizontally with his blade.

"Clatter..."

The blinding bright light flickered in the void, carrying the momentum of cutting through everything, and slashed fiercely toward Duan Lingyun's chest.

Before Duan Lingyun could react, in the other party's despairing eyes, the blade light directly sliced through this person's body.

"Sss..."

Duan Lingyun's entire body instantly turned into two halves and fell toward the ground, fresh blood sprayed out, staining the surrounding large patch of grass and trees red.

With such a serious injury, the other party definitely couldn't live.

Duan Lingyun's upper half of his body crawled on the grass, his face full of despair.

He didn't expect that a casual outing would lead to meeting a star of disaster, directly dying here.

"Run."

At this time, the onlookers reacted, and they rushed toward the surroundings with faces full of horror.

Seeing this, Lu Zhangsheng held the slaughtering knife and rushed toward the front quickly.

"Clatter..."

The blade light shuttled through the void, slashing whoever he saw, and every time he arrived in front of the enemy, he could take one person away instantly.

In just a few breaths, he killed more than ten people.

The ground was covered in blood, and it was filled with a large number of corpses.

Except for a few who fled in time, most were beheaded by Lu Zhangsheng on the spot.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng cleaned up the scene and turned to leave.

…………

The next few days.

The news about the tenth Soul Envoy of the Wenxiang Sect being strongly beheaded also spread.

Countless county martial artists cheered one after another, all inquiring about which strong person did it, and everyone felt it was very gratifying.

The anger of the Patrol Envoy being beheaded a few days ago was finally vented somewhat.

At the same time, even inside the Wenxiang Sect, they were inquiring everywhere about which strong person took action.

But strangely, after checking for several days, there was not even a clue, as if it were done by some strong person who suddenly popped up.

As time passed, a group of people became increasingly curious.

Some people guessed it was done by another Patrol Envoy under Xiao Tianci.

But it was quickly overturned; although the other party was Bone-Forging Perfection, it was almost impossible to behead Duan Lingyun.

Besides, the other party was also different from the intelligence provided by the Wenxiang Sect.

This matter also gradually became a mystery.

The culprit, Lu Zhangsheng, stayed at home these days, ignoring the disturbances outside at all.

Every day, besides practicing martial arts, he taught the two siblings to practice martial arts, and his days became increasingly moist.

At night, he ran to the lava river to mine.

Seeing his own resource points becoming abundant again, he was very satisfied.

Moreover, he did not expose the matter of himself beheading Duan Lingyun.

If this matter were known to everyone, the Wenxiang Sect would definitely target him, and the danger would increase greatly.

Before his strength could suppress everything, he would only use strength close to Bone-Forging Late Stage for the time being.

As for the merit points for beheading this person, it wouldn't be too late to exchange them later.

………………

At night, it was as quiet as water.

Lu Zhangsheng lay flat on the bed, separated a wisp of consciousness, and entered the exotic beast's body.

At the bottom of the volcano, inside a cave.

Lu Zhangsheng gently pushed aside the rock and drilled out.

He prepared to speed up the collection.

Now the situation was becoming increasingly tense, and no one knew when the great battle would break out, so he had to improve his strength as soon as possible. Although it was night, relying on the starlight and his own vision, he could still see the scenery around him clearly.

Lu Zhangsheng began to explore nearby.

"Sss..."

The surroundings were quiet, leaving only the sound of his running.

Before long, a red glimmer flashed by.

Lu Zhangsheng's expression was happy, and he ran quickly toward the light source point.

Before long, he arrived at this light source location.

Only to see a small pile of fire crystal stones lying quietly in the rock wall.

Lu Zhangsheng immediately began to excavate.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Before long, eight high-grade fire crystal stones were lying quietly on the ground.

"High-grade fire crystal stones discovered, absorb?"

A crisp prompt sound echoed in his mind.

"Absorb."

Lu Zhangsheng thought silently in his heart.

"Source energy points plus 10."

"Source energy points plus 10."

……

Soon, he absorbed all the fire crystal stones on the ground.

Just as he was preparing to set off to explore again, a sudden change occurred.

"Roar..."

A roar instantly came from the side of the lava river.

Immediately afterward, a giant fire toad jumped out of the lava, landed steadily on the shore, and a pair of eyeballs the size of copper bells stared fixedly at Lu Zhangsheng, full of anger.

"Is this a fourth-tier beast king?"

Sensing such pressure, Lu Zhangsheng's expression tightened.

He dared not stay too long and ran quickly toward the top of the volcano crater.

"Roar..."

The giant fire toad chased up quickly, its speed extremely astonishing.

At this speed, it wouldn't be long before it caught up with Lu Zhangsheng.

Lu Zhangsheng escaped while observing the movement behind him.

Seeing the other party getting closer and closer.

He dared not be negligent and immediately fired a 【Soul Strike】.

A bright ray of light flew out from his mind, rushed toward the depths of the fire toad's mind, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

For this talent skill strike, he directly activated a massive amount of mental power, equivalent to two consecutive soul strikes.

He knew that the other party was a fourth-tier beast king; if he consumed a small amount of mental power, it might not have an effect.

Sure enough, when the soul needle pierced into the fire toad's mind, the other party stopped directly, full of pain.

Lu Zhangsheng seized the opportunity, kicked his legs hard, and soon escaped the edge of the lava river.

Several hours later, after returning to the ant nest, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, he prepared to dispatch the ant colony to explore the side of the lava river.

That place had fourth-tier exotic beasts, and it was somewhat risky for himself, so it was safer to let the ant colony go.

The next few days.

Lu Zhangsheng was fully cultivating this ant queen; under the cultivation of a large amount of exotic beast meat and fire crystal stones, the ant queen finally ushered in a breakthrough opportunity.

This day, early morning.

Inside the ant queen's nest.

Boom, boom, boom...

A powerful aura came from the ant queen, and the surroundings suddenly flew with sand and stones, leaving a mess.

After a few breaths, the ant queen suppressed her aura.

Lu Zhangsheng looked carefully, only to see that the ant queen was more than twice as large, and the armor around her body was thicker.

After many days of feeding, the ant queen finally broke through to a third-tier exotic beast.

In the following days, without the ant queen's bloodline suppression, these ordinary Blazing Fire Ants broke through one after another.

The Blazing Fire Ants catalyzed by source energy points also all became top-tier second-tier exotic beasts.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at his ant army and was quite satisfied.

Then he moved his thoughts and gave the order to the ant queen.

Immediately afterward, the entire ant colony began to move, surging toward the outside world in a mighty manner.

After leaving the ant nest, they crawled quickly toward the volcano crater all the way.

After the ant queen broke through to the third tier, her spirituality was more sufficient.

Lu Zhangsheng's orders could also be completed accurately.

In the following days, Lu Zhangsheng had been holed up in the ant nest, and every once in a while, the ant colony would send fire crystal stones.

Among them, quite a few died on the edge of the lava.

However, because the base of the ant colony was very large, it could temporarily withstand it, which was much safer than going himself.

"Source energy points plus 10."

"Source energy points plus 10."

Lu Zhangsheng lay in the ant nest and began to absorb quickly.

…………

Seven days later.

Early morning, Changping County.

Inside the study, Lu Zhangsheng opened the panel.

A blue light screen appeared in the void.

Source energy points: 500.

The resources in his hand broke through the five hundred mark again, making him quite happy.

Now the plus sign behind 【Silver Arm Art】 lit up again.

It could continue to be improved.

Lu Zhangsheng no longer hesitated.

Immediately clicked toward the plus sign.

"Hum..."

A fluctuation from the void descended, as if a strong person was practicing the technique in his mind.

【After ten years of uninterrupted hard practice, Silver Arm Art has finally reached the great achievement realm...】

Strands of prompt sounds echoed in the depths of his mind.

This improvement was officially completed.

After a while.

Lu Zhangsheng opened his eyes, and a ray of essence pierced the void.

Finally broke through to great achievement.

This breakthrough caused his strength to surge directly.

Before breaking through, he could be comparable to ordinary Bone-Forging Perfection, then after this breakthrough, it was enough to behead the vast majority of Bone-Forging Perfection.

Unless it was some existence that had absorbed demonic power.

Lu Zhangsheng clenched his fists tightly, and a powerful sense of strength arose spontaneously.

At this moment, he was getting closer and closer to the real strong people in Changping County.

As long as he could break through to Blood Exchange, with his strength, it would be enough to come and go freely.

This day was not far off either.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 85 =====