Chapter 225: The First Strike!

Lu Tianming was extremely arrogant. From the moment he saw Lu Yu, he kept ridiculing and mocking him.

Lu Yu did not argue much in response.

This made Lu Tianming feel that Lu Yu hadn’t changed at all—he was still that little bastard who had always been beside him in the Lu family, enduring his bullying!

Repeated victories have also made Lu Tianming increasingly arrogant!

Lu Tianming sees Lu Yu as nothing!

But this time, Lu Yu actually beat him to the punch with ease and even turned around to mock him.

In an instant, Lu Tianming’s eyes flew open wide, and his whole body trembled violently.

Lu Yu’s disdain caused Lu Tianming to clench his steel teeth, his entire body trembling with golden light.

“Lu Yu, even with ten steps left, do you really think you can win?” Lu Tianming roared furiously, truly resembling a mighty dragon as he took his thirty-sixth step.

A compatibility rate of 87 percent, and given some time, he will definitely have the combat power to reach the Dragon King level. Why would he fear a mere Lu Yu?

Bang, bang, bang!

Lu Tianming took three consecutive steps forward, closing the distance to Lu Yu to within just two steps. With one more step, he would be close enough to grab Lu Yu by the neck.

Lu Yu sneered, shaking his head. “Lu Tianming, you’re not good enough! You’re too slow. How about I wait for you a couple more steps?”

“You little bastard, do you think you can actually win?”

Lu Tianming’s eyes turned completely red as he gritted his teeth and took another step forward.

With this step, his body instantly lowered by half, and his knees slightly bent.

The greater the pressure, the more intense it becomes.

Xie Ming and the others naturally knew that approaching forty steps was already the limit for a ninth-stage Star Soul.

Further ahead, it will be a test of explosive power and other abilities.

Lu Yu walked so calmly up to the fortieth step, which was far easier than Lu Tianming’s experience.

This caused several demon lords to exchange glances continuously and begin discussing among themselves.

“Lu Yu is only at the peak of the eighth stage. It’s impossible for him to cross the fortieth step so easily,” said Sha Lu. He had fought against Lu Yu within the overlapping space and clearly understood Lu Yu’s abilities.

Li Hun’s voice sank: “Could it be that Lu Yu is really waiting for this moment to embarrass Lu Tianming?”

The Sea of Blood is the most unnatural.

Lu Tianming clearly had the advantage in compatibility with his Dragon Clan transformation, and his strength far surpassed that of ordinary individuals. Based on the abilities Lu Yu has displayed, there’s no way he could have made it look this easy!

But, everything is just as it appears, far too abnormal.

When Lu Tianming took his fortieth step, he was clenching his teeth so hard they felt like they might shatter. He said in a deep voice, “You little brat, that’s forty steps already. If you’ve got the guts, keep walking.”

As Lu Tianming spoke, he took the forty-first step, and his knees bent more sharply in an instant.

Bang!

When Lu Tianming stepped forward, leaving a footprint nearly a foot deep, he suddenly let out a loud roar, and golden light shooting from his eyes trailed several meters in length.

At the same time, Lu Tianming took another step forward.

One step forward, and then another step.

Boom, boom, boom…

Lu Tianming took another three steps forward. Adding these to the initial one, he had now taken a total of forty-four steps.

“This—”

Several demon lords inhaled sharply in alarm.

Jinlong is not known for his explosive power. However, Lu Tianming’s explosive power is astonishing.

In that instant, he took three steps forward, a feat that only a ninth-rank Star Soul cultivator could accomplish.

Moreover, these three steps are already approaching the minimum combat power of the Demon Lord.

Even the Blood Sea involuntarily murmured, “Humans are indeed a race full of boundless potential.”

Just as several demonic lords were commenting on Lu Tianming, they saw Lu Yu very easily, even with his hands clasped behind his back, take five consecutive steps forward, once again surpassing Lu Tianming.

“I’ve said it before, you’re not good enough!” Lu Yu sneered, shaking his head like a giant gazing down at an ant struggling to keep up with his footsteps.

“This is impossible!”

“How could this happen!”

Massacre and Li Hun cried out in alarm!

Xie Ming’s aura stirred, finding the situation utterly incredible.

Even with the Dragon Soul, it wouldn’t be so easy for the Demon Lord to walk around like this.

What else could this human being possibly be hiding?

Lu Yu sneered at Lu Tianming, took another step forward with a cold smile, tilted his head, and said, “Want to know the reason? Wait until you’re standing there like a punching bag for me to beat, and I’ll tell you naturally.”

“Oh!”

Lu Yu sneered and burst into raucous laughter: “A genius? This is the so-called genius? All of Lu Yu’s people are dead, yet now even trash like this dares to call himself a genius.”

Lu Yu took his 47th step, once again creating a three-step distance between himself and Lu Tianming.

Lu Tianming’s eyes bled. His pride was trampled in an instant; he could not bear being mocked by someone once regarded as trash and a mere bastard.

“Lu Yu!” Lu Tianming spat out a mouthful of blood as the aura around him surged violently, transforming him into a terrifying dragon-like figure, with dragon scales all over his body nearly standing on end.

Boom!

Lu Tianming’s aura surged again as he suddenly took a step forward.

Bang!

At this moment, Lu Tianming knelt down on both knees, landing heavily on the ground!

Although his knees were as stiff and hard as iron, they now ached as if they were broken.

Lu Yu sneered, “So you’re already on your knees like this? What kind of genius are you?”

Lu Yu took another step forward, making it a total of forty-eight steps, which made the Sea of Blood feel extremely anxious.

Even the soul that had left the body couldn’t help but feel a surge of shock in its heart.

Because he was none other than Lu Tianming, the one known for his overpowering strength. If Lu Tianming were to lose and stand still to take three palm strikes, he would likely end up crippled.

Lu Yu was too dominant. He stepped out forty-eight steps so effortlessly, which had never happened before.

“Even the Demon Lord wouldn’t find this so easy!”

The various Demon Lords could not help but admit that Lu Yu was truly terrifying.

Lu Tianming’s teeth were shattered, his eyes bleeding as he stared at Luyu, who was just a few steps away. With his body trembling, he struggled to stand up, his anger surging.

“Lu Yu, you still have two steps left. This doesn’t mean I’ve lost yet!” Lu Tianming roared, like a terrifying beast bellowing in fury.

Lu Yu extended his index finger again, shaking his head with a mocking smile. “Lu Tianming, you’ve really come to this. When it comes to fighting me, this is as far as you can go.”

Lu Yu said, taking two consecutive steps forward, and stood in front of Baoshan. He smiled and said, “Can you still catch up with me?”

All the Demon Lords’ faces turned gloomy; no one knew how Lu Yu had arrived.

They couldn’t even detect the slightest fluctuation of power from Lu Yu—it was truly abnormal!

Never before had such a strange occurrence taken place, leaving the several devil monarchs feeling uneasy and suspecting that Lu Yu was hiding something!

Lu Tianming still refused to admit defeat and lifted his leg to take another step forward.

Step 45, this seems to have already reached his limit.

Lu Tianming took this step forward, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body began to sway slightly, as if a mountain were pressing down relentlessly on his shoulders.

“I want that eighth-grade Star Spirit Stone!” Lu Yu pointed toward a Star Spirit Stone in the treasure mountain, his eyes fixed on Huang Ying.

He has already reached the peak of the eighth level and only needs one final breakthrough.

What he lacked was a single Star Spirit Stone.

At this stage, the price of an eighth-tier spirit stone is definitely higher than the value of anything else.

A desolate shadow extended its aura, enveloping a Grade 8 Stellar Spirit Stone.

Lu Yu raised his hand, grabbed a piece of star spirit stone, and clenched his fingers tightly.

Bang!

The Star Soul Stone shattered, and countless beams of starlight surged into Lu Yu’s body.

Vroom!

Lu Yu’s flesh and blood quivered slightly as the limit of his eighth-level Star Soul was broken.

In the spaces between flesh and blood where no one could perceive, the black filaments extended from the Killing Star Soul had already spread densely throughout his veins and nerves.

These black lines kept extending, stretching endlessly before the flesh and nerve junctions, all the way until the skin.

Bang!

At this moment, Lu Yu’s heart gave a slight flutter.

This sudden pulse sent not only blood surging through, but also set into motion countless black threads that extended into Lu Yu’s body.

A slight tremor, and these black lines actually began vibrating, channeling boundless strength toward every limb and bone in the body.

A voice roared in Lu Yu’s mind, “The Kill Star Soul has been successfully unlocked. Congratulations, Heir of the Kill Star Soul! You are rewarded with a base attack power of 50 billion, a base maximum life of 50 billion, and a base tendon strength of 5 million!”

“Phase two of the Bloodthirsty Blade unlock completed!”

Lu Yu looked at the voice echoing in his mind and burst into laughter.

Two years, two years have passed. He didn’t know how much pain he had endured, how much he had suffered. It was all worth it.

It’s a ninth-grade Star Soul now.

Each of the three attributes increases by five thousand billion.

In the blink of an eye, just a fleeting moment, he had already drawn extremely close to the pinnacle of the ninth-level Star Soul.

Even the Demon Lord, the Demon Lord himself, is not beyond reach!

Lu Yu looked at Lu Tianming, who was still standing on the forty-fifth step, gasping for breath, and said coldly, “Do you see it now? You’re nothing but trash. You can’t do anything right!”

Lu Tianming’s steel teeth shattered, regenerated, and shattered again!

“It’s impossible! Absolutely impossible!” Lu Tianming roared in disbelief. “You’re just a brat with no talent and weak strength, someone who used to recklessly charge around the Lu family and get beaten up everywhere. How dare you surpass me!”

Lu Yu extended three fingers and sneered, “Nothing else matters anymore. What’s important is that I have defeated you. So now, will you withstand my next three moves, or will you change your surname!”

At this moment, everything became perfectly clear.

To those who knew Lu Yu through his acts of slaughter, his ferocity was evident, and it was feared that three moves alone would be enough to prove fatal.

The Sea of Blood roared angrily, “Lu Yu, what are you doing? If you truly kill Lu Tianming, do you really think you can walk out of here alive?”

Lu Yu’s expression turned cold as he said in a deep voice, “Blood Sea Demon Lord, either you make your move, or this person surnamed Lu must change his surname—otherwise, he won’t survive three moves! Furthermore, just now the Blood Sea Demon Lord seemed to agree; are you now going back on your word?”

The Sea of Blood fell silent at once, at a loss for words.

Having tacitly agreed to the matter earlier, opposing it now would be equivalent to going back on my word.

The Demon Lord has always been a man of his word.

Once you break your promise, where is your integrity?

Lu Tianming clenched his teeth and coldly said, “So what if it’s three moves? My Golden Dragon Body has unlimited time. If you can, break through the dragon clan’s defense!”

Lu Tianming stood still, not moving an inch, and stared at Lu Yu, his eyes gleaming with an intensity that seemed ready to devour!

“Break through?” Lu Yu said with a faint smile. “Not only will I break through, but I also want you to understand that your so-called genius isn’t even worth being called trash in my presence!”

“Eighty-seven percent compatibility?”

Lu Yu raised his hand and began walking toward Lu Tianming, saying, “First, I’m going to slap your face! If you can’t even block someone you frequently hit, what the hell do you have to be arrogant about?”

Vroom!

Lu Yu’s hand swung through the air, unleashing his full strength. The force was powerful enough to shatter mountains and even distort the very fabric of space.

First palm strike!

The sheer force of it shook the air, causing even the Demon Lord to cry out in alarm.

Entering the ninth-level Star Soul, this power has become even more abnormal!