Chapter 817: Chapter 541: Lu Chenzhou’s Death?
This man’s will is only average among the Six Realms.
Breaking through to Seventh Realm was completely due to the Evil God’s forceful interference.
"But even so, being Seventh Realm, to die like this is too careless. Not even a Law Realm or Divine Skill?"
Just as Lu Chenzhou finished that thought,
the corpse of the giant serpent burst into flames, the ashes sweeping into the sky with the hot wind, then drifting down like rain.
Piece after piece of leaves manifested in the void.
In an instant, they shrouded a corner of heaven and earth.
"Thousand Leaves Flow·Falling World."
The Blood Hidden Building Master appeared again.
Only now, his aura was much weaker than before.
He was still reeling from fear.
"This kid’s Spear Skill even has illusion effects. I was caught off guard, luckily I had a life-saving trump card."
If anyone learned that he, a dignified Seventh Realm, was counter-killed by a Sixth Realm, he wouldn’t die in peace.
Seeing Lu Chenzhou deceived by his death feint and now trapped in his Domain, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Trapped by my Domain, even with an Undying Body you’re bound to die. Under my endless Sword Qi, you’ll be sliced by a thousand blades, executed by dismemberment—can you imagine how that feels?"
The Blood Hidden Building Master struck down with a blade of light.
The Falling World tightened, countless leaves buzzing to form torrents of Sword Qi that surrounded Lu Chenzhou completely.
"Kill!"
The torrent crashed down. Lu Chenzhou, face grave, once again manifested the [Eastern Chanting] Domain to block.
Inside his mind, the Artifact Spirit’s voice echoed.
[Fox Woman: Young master, if you’re outmatched, don’t force it. My energy has long recovered, I can fight.]
[Second Lady, me too.]
"I’ll do it myself."
Lu Chenzhou pushed himself to the limit, unleashing his Spear Skill. Under the torrent of leaves, he rebounded on all sides, blood pouring wildly.
The torrent struck from above.
Lu Chenzhou swung his spear to block.
Boom!
He was slammed into the earth, layers of ground upheaving, cracks radiating for hundreds of miles, dust blanketing the night sky.
"Hoo..."
Lu Chenzhou lay on the ground, his body riddled with holes like a honeycomb, exposing raw flesh and bone. As a breeze swept by, he broke apart, scattering among the shattered stones.
"Lu Chenzhou, with your skills you shouldn’t have died, but you were too arrogant. At last, I’ve succeeded!"
Laughing maniacally, the Blood Hidden Building Master waved his hand.
The leaves gathered into a giant hammer and slammed down—Lu Chenzhou’s physical body was too strange, only after smashing it to dust could he be at ease.
Boom!
The earth collapsed, heaven and earth trembled.
From this blow, even the whole Yun Meng District was shaken. After a while, countless experts would be startled awake from their cultivation.
The Blood Hidden Building Master wanted to strike with a second hammer to finish the job.
Suddenly, a sense of foreboding hit him—a jade-like giant warrior wielding a Giant Sword was charging at top speed from afar.
"A Daoist Soldier—retreat!"
The Blood Hidden Building Master had no desire to linger.
He looked at the ravaged heaven and earth before him.
No trace of Lu Chenzhou’s Qi remained.
"Has his soul and spirit scattered?"
He couldn’t help but roar up at the sky:
"Beichen Ghost Sword, today I slay Lu Chenzhou here!"
Blade light carved grotesquely bleeding characters.
Satisfying—truly satisfying.
The Daoist Soldier’s Giant Sword slashed down, savage Sword Qi tearing the land apart. The Beiming Ghost Sword grunted and vanished into the void.
The giant Daoist Soldier scanned the area with his Perception.
Seeing no enemy, he left.
The world fell silent; the starry night stretched on.
Lu Chenzhou—gone.
...
Jiang City.
Chu Yu and Daoist Zi Long were still waiting calmly, looking in the direction where the Mo Yun Demon Emperor had fled. Violent waves of battle were rolling in from ten thousand miles away. This didn’t feel like a Heavenly King fight—more like a battle at the Absolute Peak.
They had to defend the city, unwilling to leave lightly.
"I wonder if Mo Yun is dead?"
"Obvious enough—Brother Lu is much faster. Jiang City is so far from Su City, yet he arrived in just two minutes. Even the Seventh Realm Daoist Soldier’s support speed was utterly outclassed by Brother Lu."
"I just hope Mo Yun was only bait. Now the enemy has at least three Seventh Realm. If they set an ambush..."
"Relax. Even if Brother Lu’s outmatched, he can keep himself safe. Don’t forget, he’s loaded with Spiritual Weapons, and let’s not mention he has the Aurora Palace." Chu Yu seemed untroubled. As someone ranked in the top 30 of the Heavenly Person List, his Eye Power was keener than most.
Soon.
The giant Daoist Soldier returned, projecting the battlefield at Lu Chenzhou’s last fight for Chu Yu and the others to watch.
The two of them finished watching, faces aghast.
"Was this caused by fighting the Mo Yun Demon Emperor?"
"Mo Yun by no means has this power. In a frontal fight, Mo Yun could handle ten moves at best against Brother Lu."
The two hurriedly reported to the Northern Guardian King.
The Northern Guardian King was busy lately. After a while, the Lighting Order flashed, and the Council President’s projection appeared.
"Chu Heavenly King, Jiang City’s held, yes?"
"For now, yes. But Lu Chenzhou left to hunt Mo Yun Demon Emperor, and hasn’t returned. Judging from the battlefield, the enemy seems to have sent a Seventh Realm expert?"
The Northern Guardian King’s brows furrowed.
"Seventh Realm?"
There were only three confirmed Seventh Realm in the Human World.
The Shadow Stream Dominator, Gu Yue Demon Venerable, and the Myriad-Spider Ghost Mother. All of them formidable, clashing with the Wanbang Council before.
But all three were under close watch—any movement would trigger the council’s Seventh Realm combat power to intercept.
In recent years, Li Xiuying, the Yellow River Old Ghost, Alcohol King, and other veteran top ten Heavenly Person, had advanced to Seventh Realm one by one. If he had waited for Lu Chenzhou to beat him and become the Heavenly Person List leader, advancing to the Heavenly Realm wouldn’t be hard.
Given the current special circumstances, these Seventh Realm would remain stationed in the Human World for the next few years, keeping the overall situation stable. Thus, even Gu Yue Demon Venerable and the rest dared not show themselves easily.
On Seventh Realm strength, Wanbang held the upper hand.
And more kept appearing.
The Demon Race’s destruction was just a matter of time.
"Could it be the Blood Hidden Building Master?"
After scanning the battlefield signs,
The Northern Guardian King was more certain.
"Never thought even an idiot like Beichen Ghost Sword could reach Seventh Realm. The Forbidden Zone must have paid a steep price."
Practicing Martial Arts, Beiming Ghost Sword should never have broken through Seven.
But the ’Heavenly Demon Six Transformations’ belonged to Demon Martial Arts—a Demon Transformation Technique. With the Evil God’s help, breaking through is not so hard.
"Lu Chenzhou chased Mo Yun and fell into the Blood Hidden Building Master’s ambush. After a fierce battle, he’s gone missing."
The Northern Guardian King maintained composure.
He came to a secret room, where tens of thousands of the Da Xia’s Grandmaster and above’s Soul Lamps were arranged in neat rows. The brighter the flame, the stronger its owner.
He found Lu Chenzhou’s.
"Soul Lamp’s fine, just somewhat unstable."
On the Lighting Order, there was still no reply from Lu Chenzhou. So the Northern Guardian King paid it no more mind and went back to his business.
...
Blood Hidden Tower.
"Lu Chenzhou is dead?"
The Witch Master’s gaze was full of disbelief.
There had been too many failures; His expectations were low.
The Blood Hidden Building Master chuckled, "My lord, it indeed took me great effort to kill Lu Chenzhou. He truly is tricky. I even used the Death Replacement Jade Plate you granted me. While he was careless, I struck with my Domain to kill him. With my [Falling World], even with an Undying Body, he was sliced to death by dismemberment—how could he possibly revive?"
"Was his soul and spirit utterly destroyed?"
"My Falling World can even cut the soul."
The Witch Master’s projection vanished.
The Blood Hidden Building Master was secretly expectant.
"Now, let’s see how Wanbang reacts."
...
Demon Palace.
Gu Yue and Qingtian looked thunderstruck.
"Lu Chenzhou, dead?"
They couldn’t believe it at first.
Someone the Demon Palace could never kill for so long, now finished off so easily by a half-baked Seventh Realm?
...
Nameless Planet.
The Blood Vine Demon Emperor looked disappointed.
"Just died like that?"
...
Eye of Truth.
"Highly unlikely."
The Old Mother said subconsciously.
She knew how tough Lu Chenzhou was.
Lord Toad chuckled, "Probably due to Youtong’s curse—the soul attack might not have killed him outright, but weakened his soul for the Blood Hidden Building Master to strike. Otherwise, killing Lu Chenzhou is nearly impossible."
Witch Master said, "Whether or not he’s dead, spread the news, watch the council’s response. Also send someone to probe at Su City—if Lu Chenzhou’s gone, there’s only the Old Man Hanshan left, easy pickings."
...
Soon after,
The rumor spread that Lu Chenzhou was slain by the newly promoted Seventh Realm Blood Hidden Building Master, quickly sweeping across All Nations.
"Impossible."
"Exactly! Even the Demon Saint couldn’t kill Lu Shanjun—Blood Hidden Building Master is just fooling himself."
The vast majority of people simply didn’t believe it.
...
Meanwhile.
This day—
Qingtian Demon Emperor led a late-stage Demon Emperor and a Heavenly Ghost, invading Su City under the lead of the Shadow Kill Clan.
The Old Man Hanshan went out to meet them.
Fighting alongside him were Heavenly Person List rank 36, Kunhai Dragon, transferred from Magic City Base City by Northern Guardian King, and rank 23 Yu Zhou, transferred from Hang City Base City.
Qingtian Demon Emperor and company retreated at light speed.
After a while, Demon Palace publicly declared Lu Chenzhou’s death, and in the hills and wilds, the demon hordes cheered like mad.
Wanbang Council, of course, officially denied this.
But Lu Chenzhou’s absence from the Su City defense, his disappearance since, all raised suspicions.
...
One month later.
The Northern Guardian King was in a meeting.
Suddenly, his Lighting Order chimed and he stepped out.
Back in the secret chamber, Lu Chenzhou’s projection appeared.
"Chenzhou, where are you?"
"President, I’m outside the Xia Realm. That day, I burned my Qi and Blood to battle the Blood Hidden Building Master, killed him once, but he had a Death Replacement treasure. Off guard, I was struck by his Domain and gravely wounded. At the crucial moment I shattered the void and fled Xia Realm—and now I’m in the Ruins Sea."
"Good, as long as you’re all right. Those Demon Palace types are spreading tales of your death, saying Su City’s under siege and you never showed. So now many buy their lies."
The Northern Guardian King was helpless.
Lu Chenzhou smiled faintly.
"Let them be. Let them think I’m dead—things will be quieter. If I remain in Su City, many demon ghosts won’t dare show, which actually makes rooting them out tougher. After that battle, I gained new insight. Now I plan to cultivate in the starry sky for a while, not returning to the Human World for now. President, I’d trouble the council to keep watch over Su City for me. And, please hide my Heavenly Person List ranking for now. Let’s play along with their game."
"Very well. The stars are good for secluded cultivation, but the Shadow Kill Clan is also active in the cosmos now. Be careful."
"If they come after me, even better. That way I can follow the trail and find their lairs."
Lu Chenzhou ended the projection.
The Northern Guardian King thought to himself, "The Blood Hidden Building Master’s [Falling World] can instantly strike with tens of millions of blades, grinding enemies to pulp. Lu Chenzhou took it head-on and still escaped. Just how far has his physique advanced? Is it truly an Undying Body?"