Chapter 381: To Develop or Not

The ruins of the royal city were filled with the stench of blood!

It is extremely chaotic here, with one or two priceless treasures often appearing.

It also carries a mysterious aura that sends chills down one’s spine!

Some people have even found the remains of dozens of supreme-level monsters that were slain with a single sword strike.

Some people saw a skeleton sitting atop a mountain of bones, and among the pile of bones below, there were nearly a thousand remains of Sovereign-level beings alone!

They didn’t know exactly what had happened here, but they were certain that what they wanted was within these ruins.

Someone has acquired a star treasure with a defense power as high as three million billion!

Someone managed to grab a corner of a shattered half-star artifact!

A 500-meter-high mine was discovered, and an American organization immediately deployed a large number of warriors who led enchanted apes to begin mining operations.

Rumors spread rapidly through the ruins, drawing countless people toward Huaxia and into the Demon Hunting Plains.

However, this was only the first day when many contenders entered the ruins of the royal city.

While people were still scrambling to search for treasures among the ruins, a piece of news spread, instantly igniting a storm of excitement within the ruins!

Someone who received the news immediately shouted loudly, “Someone has issued a challenge to India. Remember, it’s not a challenge to just one person in India, but to an entire country!”

This person wasn’t very old. After he shouted out those words, the people around him didn’t react very strongly.

No one knew how this person had obtained the information, nor could anyone verify its accuracy.

However, the news itself was astonishing enough!

Therefore, everyone had to be cautious in their assessment.

After all, it’s a single person challenging an entire nation. This news seems too incredible to be true, doesn’t it?

“Don’t spread rumors, boy,” said a man in his forties, frowning with dissatisfaction.

He looked to be in his forties, but if calculated properly, he should have been over sixty years old.

After the apocalypse, if a person is born, they can still grow. However, once everyone reaches their twenties, they stop aging altogether.

Meanwhile, some people in their forties became frozen in time on the very day the apocalypse arrived, showing no changes whatsoever since then.

Therefore, when a middle-aged man in his forties calls someone around twenty years old “kid,” that man is definitely over sixty.

The person who had announced the news, upon seeing the speaker, hurriedly said, “Master, I’m not spreading rumors! I heard this with my own ears.”

The old man’s face turned serious as he said, “Don’t call me ‘old man’—can’t you see I’m only in my forties?”

Someone nearby was already unhappy and flicked the young man hard on the forehead, saying, “Kid, don’t spread rumors like that. Not long ago, I even saw hundreds of Indians heading over aggressively. Five Zunzhe and more than ten Ban Zunzhe—such a force would be considered elite in any country. India has a population of over a billion; even if half of them died, there would still be hundreds of millions left. They must have at least a dozen Zunzhe by now. I bet even China is cautious about provoking them, and the Americans would think twice too. Who else would dare challenge those Indian fellows?”

The young man gave the other a disdainful look and said, “You watched those ‘Indians’ go by. Did you see them die?”

The other party was taken aback and said, “Huh, dead? That’s unlikely. It’s only been less than half an hour, right? He couldn’t have died that quickly!”

The young man continued, “Not a single Half-Zhizun was left! I saw it with my own eyes, so don’t you dare disbelieve me!”

Wide mouths all stretched open!

“Half-Zhizun, not one left?” The man called ‘Old Master’ had his face twitching.

The young man continued, “Even the Zun was cut down with a single slash!”

“Huh?”

One by one, mouths can swallow a large apple whole!

The young man looked a bit smug, shook his head slightly, and continued, “Three hundred people, all slaughtered!”

All that remained around were blank faces, each expression frozen into a statue.

A trembling voice asked, “Wh-who is so amazing? Kid, are you sure you didn’t see something fake?”

The young man shouted angrily, “I saw it with my own eyes! If it’s not true, you can gouge out my eyes!”

He became very angry and shouted loudly in a serious and earnest manner.

The people around finally fell silent.

Because the young man’s expressions, attitude, and tone didn’t seem fake at all.

“This, this is true!” one person exclaimed in shock. “Then did you see who did it?”

The young man’s voice became excited, and his expression turned arrogant as he said, “It was Lu Yu, Mr. Lu who did it!”

“What, what?”

“It’s Lu Yu!”

Lu Yu ——

The name exploded into the ears of the crowd, immediately causing a sensation.

“If Lu Yu were to take action, this would be absolutely possible!”

“If he takes action, I’ll truly believe it!”

The people around could no longer contain themselves and erupted into an uproar.

When Lu Yu reached the Half-Zhizun level, he was already capable of defeating Zhizun experts with nine Zun of power. Now, Lu Yu is undoubtedly the top expert in Huaxia. Who dares to challenge him now?

No one disbelieved anymore.

At this moment, the news began to spread rapidly.

More and more people came to know about this news.

Some people were excited, while others were thrilled.

India’s recent incursions into China’s border areas have become increasingly brazen, causing widespread discontent among many people.

However, some major organizations of the Huaxia merely established defenses in key cities along the border, and even the military showed no intention of taking action.

People like them, whether lone individuals or small groups, don’t even think about it.

They are dissatisfied but can do nothing about it!

Lu Yu decapitated five Indian Zunzhi, and even declared war. This is so exciting!

The initial news only spread through the young man’s account; naturally, there were believers, but also skeptics.

Therefore, everything was normal, and no sensation was caused.

When military representatives returned to the city of Sijiu and conveyed the news to several elderly individuals, the military surprisingly relayed Lu Yu’s words to India immediately.

At this time, the news was deliberately leaked by someone, indicating a real difference.

This time, China was in an uproar.

“Lu Yu is really going to war with India. This is so damn exciting. If the top expert of Huaxia meets the top expert of India, who will win?”

Someone exclaimed excitedly, “Lu Yu is the kind of person who dares to stand up to even the Chinese military—he won’t be afraid of those Indian fellows! There might actually be a big showdown this time!”

This is only the first day since Lu Yu left the ruins of the royal city!

When Lu Yu returned to Fanggang, eight other people followed him back closely.

These eight people came from different countries, and the only reason they followed was because they still owed Lu Yu something.

After Lu Yu beheaded the Demon Ancestor, not a single person dared to default on their debts!

The moment Lu Yu returned to Fanggang, he placed the mountain, which he had obtained from the ruins and which had the ability to condense evolutionary liquid, into his domain.

The people of Fanggang looked at the mountain that had suddenly appeared in the center of Fanggang City without the slightest hint of surprise.

This mountain is only a thousand meters high. Compared to the six-thousand-meter-tall Xingling Mountain, the latter is far more breathtaking!

When Lu Yu caused the mountain to collapse, Luo Haotian and the others immediately noticed.

These uncrowned kings make remarkable progress every day. Even after reaching the peak of their field, the knowledge they possess allows them to surpass others.

With the assistance of starlight, its rate of improvement far surpasses that of modern humans.

In just one short day without seeing each other, several more people have advanced to the peak of power.

Such speed even made Lu Yu exclaim in amazement. These people in front of him were practically superheroes!

“Evolution liquid?” Feng Huangwu ascended to the mountaintop, but after taking just one glance, she jumped back down with a strange expression and stared at Lu Yu, saying, “Mr. Lu, you… you—”

Phoenix was so astonished that she couldn’t speak.

Many people circled around the mountain, unable to help but gasp in astonishment, saying, “No way. This is the sacred mountain, the one that can condense evolution liquid?”

Even though these people were knowledgeable, they were all frightened by Lu Yu at this moment, and some were also astonished.

“I would go insane if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes!” A person grabbed his hair, swallowed hard, and said, “Mr. Lu, you’ve attained a Domain, possess a six-thousand-meter-tall star spirit mine, and also have a sacred mountain like this. In our time, one wouldn’t be able to keep such treasures without the strength of at least thousands of cultivators!”

“Giants!” someone exclaimed, shaking their head in utter disbelief!

Such powers were dominant forces in their time, feared and untouchable by all.

“Whoever needs the evolution liquid can go up the mountain to get a drop!” Lu Yu smiled and nodded, then went to find Liu Xing.

The stone bowl on the mountain could even be considered a small stone basin.

Inside were more than five hundred drops of evolutionary liquid, enough to evolve all his subordinates into Emperors with some left over.

Moreover, after receiving the resurrection mission, he had already obtained thirty drops of evolution liquid, which was more than enough.

Lu Yu’s words moved Luo Haotian and the others.

In their era, even the most gifted warriors had to achieve significant merits to obtain the evolution liquid from the leader.

This was to encourage the soldiers under his command to compete and challenge each other.

Every faction is like this.

Now they had never heard of a leader as bold as Lu Yu.

Feel free to take as much as you need.

Wow, this is incredibly generous!

Everyone looked at Lu Yu’s back, not only shocked, but also with a bit of admiration and respect!

Fang Hua stared at Lu Yu’s back and said, “I’ve heard that our leader’s wealth is far more than just this! Can everyone still remember the day we were resurrected?”

Everyone nodded and looked at Fang Hua!

“These past few days, since I had nothing to do and was getting restless, I just wandered around this city a bit,” Fang Hua said, pausing for a moment before continuing, “That day, our leader suddenly went crazy and started selling off massive quantities of items in exchange for Star Souls and Star Pearls. Grade-nine Star Souls, Supreme Star Weapons, and vast amounts of Star Essence—each of these was extremely valuable even in our time. Yet he slashed their prices by ten percent and sold them all at once. That very day, he managed to gather two billion Star Souls and Star Pearls! I think you all are smart enough to realize what a crazy price he paid that day!”

“Hiss!”

“Enough to be ruthless!”

“Two hundred billion star spirit stones and star spirit pearls were exchanged just like that.”

The expressions of surprise on everyone’s faces grew even more intense.

They naturally knew that day was the day of their resurrection.

Lu Yu is so crazy that the cost of reviving these people might exceed two hundred billion.

Lu Yu was willing to abandon so many benefits, even reducing prices by ten percent to sell large quantities of crucial supplies, all to bring them back to life.

Their leader really has some amazing charisma!

Lu Yu found Liu Xing and told him to notify all the warriors who were outside.

Those who wish to break through to the peak of Zhi Zun must return to that mountain and take a drop of the Evolutionary Liquid.

With the Evolution Serum, the possibility of becoming a Supreme is nearly one hundred percent. Among the four hundred Supremes, thirty-five are Uncrowned Kings, with limitless potential!

Powerful strength, powerful forces.

Challenging India is nothing; his goal is to stand at the pinnacle!

Liu Xing had also heard some rumors about the evolution liquid. When he heard that Lu Yu had moved a mountain from the ruins of the imperial city, he was greatly shocked.

After learning from Liu Xing about the recent situation and the transaction details, Lu Yu said, “Help me spread the word. In the next transaction meeting, I will be selling thirty drops of Evolution Liquid and five hundred Star Blossoms. As for the Supreme Star Weapons, I will offer five dual-attribute weapons priced at three quadrillion each!”

“Okay!”

Liu Xing was taken aback, but then nodded excitedly and said, “I understand now.”

Every time Lu Yu has a major deal, there will definitely be a big move.

The Evolution Liquid is crucial to the success rate of becoming a Supreme Being. To date, in the market, besides a few drops once sold by Qin Hai, only a few drops have been offered by several demon lords in Huaxia.

But those are all astronomical prices.

Since then, the market has been nothing but a seller’s market!

Many people are willing to spend their entire fortune to buy just a single drop.

Just one drop, take the most important step, and the path ahead will be smooth all the way!

At this moment, Lu Yu’s sale of thirty drops would surely create another sensation!

After Lu Yu finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

He now integrates the innate talent and knowledge of the Uncrowned King, and his insights and mastery of cultivation have become even more refined and precise.

However, up to now, after the part describing his talent was mentioned, there has been no further continuation.

Therefore, Lu Yu also didn’t know when the search would finally come to an end.

Lu Yu was preoccupied with both the matter of fusion and the issue of reviving Xue Ji.

His war mode is only activated up to the Zun level. There is no name “Xue Ji” here. However, as his power increases, name options for warriors below fifty Zuns become available!

Lu Yu speculated that reviving Xue Ji would require at least several thousand units of power, and only when approaching the strength of a king could one initiate the process.

Therefore, he asked Liu Xing to start collecting Star Spirit Stones and Star Spirit Beads.

Liu Xing looked at Lu Yu, who had just finished giving him instructions and seemed ready to leave. Liu Xing hesitated for a moment and then said, “Mr. Lu, perhaps there are some things I shouldn’t say. But I feel there’s something I should say about today’s events!”

Lu Yu stopped and smiled at Liu Xing, saying, “If there’s anything you want to say, go ahead and speak up?”

Liu Xing originally didn’t like getting involved in unnecessary matters. He could also tell that Lu Yu disliked trouble and was someone who preferred to avoid extra fuss as well.

But times are different now. Besides, he had also watched Lu Yu grow up step by step.

Liu Xing’s attitude toward Lu Yu has evolved from initial loyalty to admiration, and now to reverence. He hopes to see Lu Yu grow stronger and also wishes for Lu Yu’s influence to expand.

Therefore, Liu Xing had been thinking about it all along, and it wasn’t until today that he finally decided to share his thoughts with Lu Yu.

Lu Yu didn’t display any coldness or impatience, which eased Liu Xing’s tension. Liu Xing said, “Mr. Lu, are you really satisfied with the current situation—leading a group of hundreds and having the allegiance of an uncrowned king—and just end things here?”

Lu Yu’s face darkened, and his expression turned solemn. He spoke in a slow and heavy voice, saying, “No!”

“What is Mr. Lu waiting for then?” Liu Xing said seriously, “Although each of your subordinates is elite, and perhaps in terms of financial power, you rival entire nations, the number of people you have remains small. The resources in your possession, aside from the Star Spirit Mine, are only that sacred mountain and its domain—don’t you think that’s still far too little? Compared to major powers or even some countries, your financial strength might be formidable, but your resource reserves are certainly insufficient. If you want your influence to grow even stronger, you will need more resources, and a larger organization to support you—beyond just elite forces!”