Chapter 189: Following (1)

The three death disciples didn’t even regard Lu Yu as a threat!

They had even stepped onto the ruins, with less than ten meters separating them from Lu Yu.

People outside the mountain villa overheard the words of the three individuals and immediately perked up!

“Deadly assassin!”

Someone frowned, suddenly feeling as if they had heard that name somewhere before!

“It’s them!”

The man suddenly cried out, staring at the three people in terror, as if he had just realized something!

The Deadwalkers were originally a group of death row inmates and hardened criminals. During the cataclysmic events of the apocalyptic era, these prisoners escaped from jail and fled to a county town hundreds of kilometers away from Nanjing City.

At first, there were only dozens of people there, but as these people grew stronger and gained more reputation, the numbers increased.

Later, an increasing number of notorious criminals flocked there, making it impossible for ordinary people to survive in that city.

The prisoners there engaged in arson, murder, robbery, and rape, turning a once-thriving city into a city of criminals!

There, there was no order, no law—only the strong could survive.

There was a time when several warriors, who considered themselves powerful in Nanjing, went there to hunt down an enemy. These warriors were ranked among the top twenty in Nanjing.

However, it took less than half an hour after entering that county town for the heads of these few people to be hung on a large tree outside the city gates.

One can imagine how powerful and lawless the people in that city must have been.

The warrior who dared not be provoked by many people in Nanjing City was wiped out in a small county town.

Moreover, it was rumored that the military had even sent people to secretly recruit them, but the attempt failed.

More than half a year ago, several of the most powerful death row inmates in that county town formed an organization called the Death Walkers, led by those condemned to death.

As soon as the Death Walkers were formed, they gathered all the death-row convicts and serious offenders in the city, taking control of the star-spirit stone mine in the county.

After several bloody battles and ruthless suppressions among other prisoners, the tens of thousands of criminals in that county town have all been completely controlled by the undead.

It can be said that the Dead Apostle is an organization, as well as a group of thugs!

A place even the military dares not easily occupy.

And now, the Deadwalker has arrived!

Someone exclaimed in alarm: “It’s said that several leaders of the Death Corps are notorious criminals each with over a dozen murders on their hands. Moreover, that person in the middle seems to be Lu Mingyuan, the second-in-command of the Death Corps!”

Someone trembled and said, “Luo Mingyuan, I recently heard that he is about to reach the peak of level five, and it seems he has obtained a level-five skill from the Celestial God System, which can boost his attack power fivefold, completely ignoring the star soul’s restrictions!”

“My goodness, a fivefold increase! Could it actually stand a chance against a sixth-level star soul?!”

Everyone’s hearts were tightly gripped with anxiety.

As they were discussing, standing before the ruins of the villa, Luo Mingyuan had already pointed his finger toward Lu Yu!

“There’s no need for you to say your last words,” Luo Mingyuan said, his eyes glancing past Lu Yu and greedily fixed on Lao Xiaoyu.

His gaze seemed as if it could strip away the clothes on Lou Xiaoyu’s body, carefully savoring the sight of a perfectly naked form.

“Tsk, such a beautiful girl by your side,” Luo Mingyuan muttered, swallowing hard as if impatient, suddenly stepping forward fiercely and snarling, “After you die, your woman will be mine!”

His steps were huge; with one leap, he jumped forward and stood before Lu Yu.

Boom!

Five times the power erupted from Luo Mingyuan’s body. The attack power of a sixth-level Star Soul surged from his fist, as if he were about to kill Lu Yu with a single punch.

Lu Yu pressed his hands against the ground and sprang up with his body.

Luo Mingyuan’s punch arrived, striking Lu Yu’s chest with tremendous speed.

“What good is a peak fifth-level Xinghun? I’ll kill him just the same!” Luo Mingyuan sneered coldly, his gaze never once leaving Lou Xiaoyu’s body.

The power erupted from Luo Mingyuan’s fist, yet in an instant, it seemed to encounter immense resistance, preventing it from advancing even an inch further.

His smile froze on his face as he saw Lu Yu’s palm pressing down toward Luo Mingyuan’s crown.

Luo Mingyuan’s expression flickered with alarm; he stomped his feet and shot backward in an instant.

“Your body—” Luo Mingyuan hadn’t finished speaking when he saw Lu Yu had already left the ruins and was chasing after them.

This attack power that could rival a demon warrior can’t even injure Lu Yu. How is that possible!

As Luo Mingyuan was greatly shocked, the two companions he had brought along also sprang into action.

Their goal was to kill Lu Yu.

Therefore, they just go ahead and kill!

As for how to kill, they didn’t care!

“Be careful!” Luo Mingyuan had already detected something wrong with Lu Yu’s body through a single punch, and shouted a warning loudly.

The two companions he brought along were also ruthless killers, each with multiple murders on their conscience and hands drenched in blood!

Without needing Lu Mingyuan’s reminder, the two of them had already seen it very clearly.

At the moment of striking, both of them held shiny daggers in their hands and stabbed toward Lu Yu’s ribs.

Lu Yu was in midair, and to an outside observer, there was no way he could avoid the attack in time.

Luo Mingyuan suddenly felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, as if sensing something, he shouted loudly, “Retreat! Fall back!”

The two companions froze instantly upon hearing Luo Mingyuan’s words, as the knife had already pierced Lu Yu’s ribcage.

“Clang!”

Two clanging sounds of metal striking metal rang out.

The expressions on both of their faces changed, and they exclaimed in unison, “How could this happen!”

The two people quickly stepped back at this moment.

The two people were quick to retreat, but Lu Yu’s hand shot out even faster!

Lu Yu’s two hands clamped down with extraordinary speed onto the crown of the heads of these two individuals.

“Let go!” Luo Mingyuan was taken aback for a moment, quickly regaining his composure. He shouted fiercely and threw another punch.

Lu Yu said coldly, “Let me go?”

As Lu Yu spoke, his hands suddenly tightened forcefully.

Bang, bang—

Two heads exploded beneath his palms.

Boom!

Luo Mingyuan’s fist had already landed on Lu Yu’s body once again.

Bang!

A deafening explosion echoed through the heavens and earth, yet Lu Yu’s figure did not even tremble.

With over 60% damage absorption, even if Luomingyuan deals five times the damage, it still cannot reduce it by half.

With the durability of a False Demon King-level body, this punch felt neither painful nor itchy.

“Damn it!” Luo Mingyuan muttered, his fists having failed to land a single effective blow despite using his utmost strength. The moment he realized the outcome remained unchanged, his heart sank and turned cold.

“Once you’re here, don’t even think about leaving,” Lu Yu said, stepping forward and throwing a punch straight at Luo Mingyuan.

Luo Mingyuan stepped back, unwilling to accept defeat, and gathered his strength once more for another attack.

In terms of strength, he is powerful. But his physical constitution hasn’t reached the peak of level five. If he were hit by Lu Yu’s punch at the peak of level five, his body would suffer significant damage.

Luo Mingyuan retreated, but only to seek the right moment to advance again!

Boom!

The same punch, the same spot, the result remains unchanged.

As Lu Yu’s fist moved, Luo Mingyuan retreated again, then launched a counterattack!

The repeated attacks left Luo Mingyuan’s heart chilled. He looked at Lu Yu in terror, no longer showing the arrogance he had at the beginning, only slight sweat appearing on his forehead as he sought an opportunity to attack again.

He had never seen a body so tough before—not even a Star Soldier’s blade could leave a mark, and not even his heavy punches could inflict any damage.

He came alone with just two people, which seemed a bit too casual.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Yu stared at Luo Mingyuan coldly and sneered, “If you want to kill me, why are you retreating?”

As soon as Lu Yu finished speaking, his fist suddenly quickened.

In an instant, a sky full of fist shadows enveloped Luo Mingyuan.

Luo Mingyuan’s body was instantly struck by hundreds of punches, and his bones were slowly being crushed to pieces!

As Lu Yu’s final punch landed, Luo Mingyuan was smashed to pieces like a kite with its string cut, spitting out organs in large mouthfuls. He fell to the ground and could not move again.

“Relying solely on such meager skills, you actually dare to come looking for me!” Lu Yu coldly scoffed, shaking off the blood from his hand as he calmly strode back toward the ruins.

All around was silent, people stared with wide eyes, breathing rapidly.

“What, what am I seeing!”

“The second-in-command of the Dead Walkers? The leader who can control tens of thousands of rioters must certainly be formidable. But how could he be so easily defeated!”

Someone stammered in fear, “I, I once witnessed the battle between Luo Mingyuan and the demon warrior. His ferocity was even more terrifying than the demons themselves; even the demon race turned and fled from him. But now… I must have seen wrong.”

“Pathetic! Not even worth a fight!”

On this night, Nanjing City once again became restless.

Because Luo Mingyuan’s arrival made them realize that the military was actually willing to hand over the Star Spirit Mine in Nanjing to someone else, just to have someone kill Lu Yu.

Such conditions are tantamount to handing Nanjing over to someone else.

Controlling the Starling Mine is like controlling a city!

Many people were eager to take action. However, faced with the crack in front of the mountain villa, all their desires vanished.

The bodies of Luo Mingyuan and his two companions lay quietly right in front of the mountain villa, their distorted forms sending chills down one’s spine!

As the dawn of the seventh day broke, a group of sixteen people approached from outside the city.

“It’s the Hu Bandits from the entire county, and this is their leader with his elite guards!”

Everyone gasped in astonishment.

The Hu Bandits, though named “bandits,” are not truly thieves. Rather, each of them is exceptionally fierce and formidable!

“Lu Yu, hand over your life!” The sixteen bandits of the Hu gang let out a chorus of loud howls as soon as they arrived at the villa.

Boom!

Within the mountain villa, a cyan-colored Heaven Saber was swung, its sharp blade cutting through the air as the cold light fell upon the heads of the sixteen bandits.

The sixteen people’s long howl was interrupted, the sound still rumbling in their throats.

An astonishing pressure had already descended, and all sixteen individuals felt an unprecedented sense of crisis, their faces turning pale.

“Ahh!”

Sixteen people immediately unleashed their skills, and dozens of techniques were released almost instantaneously.

However, the Azure Heaven Saber collided with the techniques, and all of these dozens of skills were crushed.

Then, the sixteen people were swallowed by the radiant light of Tian Dao.

Outsiders at the mountain villa gasped in awe, their breath caught in their throats as they watched the blade descend.

The earth split open once again, forming a chasm-like fissure.

They finally understood where that deep rift had come from and also came to realize where Lu Yu had gained the courage to challenge the military.

“This slash is invincible!” someone exclaimed deeply.

The Heaven’s Blade transformed into a beam of green light and vanished. Not a single one of the sixteen Hu bandits remained; even the fragments of their bones had disappeared without a trace.

More than thirty people from two other counties also appeared outside the mountain villa an hour after the Hu bandits died.

As soon as they stepped into the mountain villa, a figure darted toward them.

A massacre that was not on the same level!

Thirty-seven people, not one left behind. This mountain villa has become a forbidden zone.

After killing the last enemy, Lu Yu threw away the corpse and said coldly, “Has the military become so pathetic that they have to let outsiders come here to die? Are there really no one left?”