Chapter 169: The War Hall’s Edge (Part 2)
Zhao Lun stared at the arrogant faces of the Zhou Family cultivators. His eyes were cold enough to freeze water.
“So you admit it,” he said softly. “You released demon beasts into a mortal city. You watched them eat children. And now you demand compensation?”
The Zhou leader, a Late-Foundation Establishment cultivator, sneered. “They are just mortals. Fodder for our beasts. You killed my property. Pay me 50,000 Spirit Stones, or I’ll sell you all to the mines.”
He glanced dismissively at Zhao Lun’s team. Two Early-Foundation Establishment, three Qi Refining cultivators. Trash. He didn’t even bother to raise his guard.
“Fine,” Zhao Lun said. “I’ll pay you.”
He flew forward, closing the distance to a hundred meters.
Then, his aura exploded.
“Kill them all!”
The Zhou cultivators laughed. “You? Kill us? You’re dreaming!”
The leader opened his mouth to mock them further, but his words died in his throat.
SHING!
Five flying swords shot out of Zhao Lun’s body. They weren’t standard issue; they were Second-Rank, Ninth-Grade masterpieces, gleaming with cold, lethal light.
“Second-Rank Ninth-Grade?!” the leader gasped. Even he didn’t own such treasures.
“Five Gates: Open!”
Zhao Lun didn’t give them time to think. His True Qi surged, fueling the Five Elements Sword Art. The five swords spun, their energies merging into a single, blinding rainbow of destruction.
“Five Swords Union!”
The rainbow beam tore through the sky.
The Zhou leader panicked. He threw up a defensive disc, conjuring a thick shield of light. “You think an Early-stage ant can break my defense?”
CRACK!
The rainbow beam hit the shield. There was no resistance. The shield shattered like sugar glass.
The beam punched through the leader’s chest, sending him plummeting to the earth, screaming.
Before the Zhou team could process the shock, Zhao Lun vanished.
Wind Thunder Step.
He reappeared behind a Mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.
BAM!
A fist wreathed in lightning smashed the cultivator’s True Qi shield. Zhao Lun followed up with a golden sword strike that took the man’s head off.
It was a massacre.
Zhao Lun’s teammates joined the fray. The other Early-Foundation Establishment disciple unleashed his own Five Elements volley, shredding two enemies instantly. Even the Qi Refining disciples fought like demons, their superior techniques allowing them to overwhelm their opponents.
In ten seconds, nine of the ten Zhou cultivators were dead.
Only the leader survived, lying in the ruins of the city, bleeding from a chest wound. He watched the slaughter with eyes wide with terror.
How? They are lower realm… how are they so strong?
Zhao Lun descended, hovering over him like an executioner.
“You fed people to demon beasts,” Zhao Lun said, raising his sword. “You deserve death.”
“No! Wait!” The leader scrabbled backward in the dirt. “I am from the Zhou Family! We have three Golden Core Ancestors! If you kill me, they will hunt you down!”
“I don’t care who you are,” Zhao Lun said. “Today, you die.”
“STOP!”
A roar thundered from the horizon. A terrifying pressure descended—the aura of a Golden Core cultivator.
“Grandfather!” the leader screamed, hope flooding his face. “Save me! Kill this maniac!”
He looked at Zhao Lun with a twisted grin. “You’re dead now! My grandfather is here! I’ll make you suffer for—”
SPLAT.
Zhao Lun didn’t hesitate. He didn’t flinch. He simply dropped his sword.
The blade pierced the leader’s skull, pinning him to the ground. The smug grin froze on his dead face.
“I said you would die,” Zhao Lun muttered. “No matter who comes.”
“BASTARD!”
The approaching Golden Core Ancestor saw his grandson die. His roar shook the clouds. “I will skin you alive!”
Zhao Lun signaled his team. Go.
Then he turned to the oncoming streak of light and shouted, “Old dog! I killed your grandson! Catch me if you can!”
He slapped a high-grade speed talisman onto his chest.
ZOOOM!
Zhao Lun shot away like a meteor, leading the enraged Golden Core Ancestor away from the city and his teammates.
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