The confrontation between Lu Yu and Shen Hai happened in the blink of an eye.
Just as the human eye began to keep up with Lu Yu’s speed, Shen Hai died!
The three people beside Shen Hai remained still. They wanted to take this opportunity to see what level of strength the person, who was so highly regarded by their leader, actually possessed.
However, I didn’t expect the outcome to be decided so quickly!
Shen Hai is a five-star soul.
Even if one’s strength is weak, it is impossible to lose too easily!
Moreover, the three of them were right there at the side. If they just slightly lifted a finger to help, could the four of them together really not handle Lu Yu?
Of course, this is the worst-case scenario.
Among the known martial arts experts on the northern shore, very few could truly withstand a joint attack by the four of them and still remain undefeated.
Shen Hai had just advanced to the fifth-level Star Soul, yet he couldn’t even withstand a single move!
“This… this…” The three men who came with Shen Hai widened their eyes, sensing the threat.
This strike not only caught the three of them off guard but also exceeded everyone’s expectations.
The Sunset Alliance – controls one-third of the Nanjing Star Spirit Mine!
The Sunset Alliance—an elite force of one thousand five hundred warriors, fifteen captains, three grand captains, one supreme commander, and the strongest leader!
A captain commanding a hundred men is equivalent to the leader of a small organization.
Being the captain under the setting sun’s energy, his strength is among the top warriors in Nanjing.
It was such a Shen Hai that he was killed in one move!
The metallic scent of blood spread rapidly, and the shattered chunks of flesh, on the verge of falling to the ground, suddenly converged toward the center.
Pieces of flesh and blood reassembled to take the form of Shen Hai once more.
In the moment of death, in the moment of rebirth, Shen Hai’s pale face revealed a cold anger.
One move does not signify the end.
“Only with the death of one side can there be a winner!” Shen Hai had never desired victory more than he did now.
He needed to regain his dignity for his own mistake.
So—he needed to kill the opponent instantly.
The moment Shen Hai was reborn, his skin instantly turned to stone, and his body began to swell. His height shot up from around six feet to nearly eight and a half feet. His petrified body resembled a statue, with every angle and every inch of his skin radiating the luster of rock.
An overwhelming pressure spread throughout the tavern.
The power of the five-star soul essence erupted completely, releasing a thunderous resonance that shook the tavern slightly.
Someone whispered softly, “Shen Hai is getting serious. This is one of the top ten strongest defenses within Nanjing City. It’s a defense that even a peak-level Grade 3 demon soldier cannot break through.”
Shen Hai, now petrified, looked at Lu Yu as if he were a tiny, helpless child.
“Die!” Shen Haishi shouted, as if trying to return everything Lu Yu had given him back, his large hand coming down heavily.
It’s like the paw of a black bear, thick and powerful!
Vroom!
The air seemed to compress and explode, causing vibrations.
A five-star soul, with a base attack power exceeding one million, slammed down with such force that it shattered the surrounding tables. Violent gusts of air surged wildly inside the tavern, whipping up a fierce wind.
“Is killing you once not enough?” Lu Yu glared angrily at Shen Hai and coldly shouted, “Then die again!”
Lu Yu’s right hand moved, and ten azure long swords suddenly erupted from the empty space before his fingers, colliding with Shen Hai’s palm.
Bang!
Several long swords shattered, and Shen Hai’s stone palm also sprang upward.
Shen Hai was slightly astonished, not expecting the ten long swords to possess such formidable power, capable of withstanding his strike of a million units of force.
The remaining few long swords entangled together, bearing no comparison to the sea of azure blades within the Domain of Unified Demons, like clouds and mud in contrast.
But to these people, such an attack was also extremely shocking.
The long sword was raised and slashed down onto Shen Hai’s body.
Clang, clang—
Flakes of stone fell continuously, sliced off by the sword’s edge; one slash after another carved marks into the stone’s surface, resembling numerous wounds covering one’s skin.
“Lu Yu, the advantage I gained just now was only because I was momentarily careless,” Shen Hai stepped forward, saying arrogantly, “Now, your attacks are ineffective against me. What else can you do?”
As soon as Shen Hai finished speaking, he saw the ten green swords in front of him begin to tremble slightly, emitting soft, low hums.
Suddenly, the low hum rapidly intensified.
The green blade began to split while trembling.
In the blink of an eye, ten green blades transformed into a hundred.
A hundred green blades slashed down, each strike embodying the full force of Lu Yu’s own attack power.
On Shen Hai’s body, the petrified skin turned into large patches of stone debris and fell off.
However, this attack still failed to break through Shen Hai’s petrified skin.
Shen Hai sneered, his voice filled with contempt, and took another arrogant step forward. “With skills like that,” he said, “I think you’d better give up.”
“If a hundred swords won’t do, then a thousand it shall be!” Lu Yu sneered, his expression growing even colder. Suddenly, his right hand pressed lightly downward toward the ground.
The Qingfeng swords surrounding Shen Hai began to vibrate once again.
This time it was not a slight tremor, but a full-blown quake!
Vroom!
Like the buzzing of a swarm of bees, a thousand emerald lights slashed down together.
A thousand strikes in an instant!
Each strike carried the force of hundreds of thousands, as if an entire mountain were crashing down. Even Shen Hai, with his million points of attack power, couldn’t help but feel his heart race in alarm.
Thousands of long swords gathered, pressing down until the surrounding air became heavy. The entire tavern trembled as if under the threat of an earthquake.
This was an aura even more terrifying than the full-power strike Shen Hai had just unleashed.
The three people who had come with Shen Hai had already been forced back more than ten steps by the sword’s air pressure. Their faces turned pale with shock, and they could no longer hide their astonishment.
“This, this is Lu Yu?”
“Heaven, this is a group attack skill!” someone finally recognized.
When these thousand swords combine, they form a single strike; if separated, they become a wide-area attack that can strike a thousand enemies simultaneously.
“With just this one skill, even if you gave me a hundred thousand star spirit stones, I still wouldn’t trade it!” someone said enviously.
“Who exactly is this person? How could they possibly have such powerful attack skills?”
The diners around were rubbing their eyes vigorously, watching as a thousand long swords shimmered with a bluish glow, blazing intensely like a cluster of dazzling blue suns.
In Nanjing, no one had ever heard of anyone possessing such a skill. This person seemed to have emerged out of nowhere.
…
Boom!
Thousands of long swords simultaneously slashed down on Shen Hai’s head and both shoulders.
Shen Hai’s over-two-meter-tall body actually lost balance, violently staggering backward for several steps. The petrified skin covering his body began to crack, and from these fissures flowed streams of crimson blood.
Shen Hai’s eyes revealed a flicker of terror, his petrified face beginning to twist as if he were afraid.
Lu Yu’s hand pressed down forcefully, and he shouted fiercely, “Die for me!”
Boom!
Above Shen Hai’s head and shoulders, the long sword suddenly pressed downward, shattering his petrified skin, cutting into his body, and then slicing downward.
Thousands of long swords once again cut Shen Hai into pieces.
Compared to the first time, this break was more complete, with no sign of rebirth remaining.
This strike brought everything back to calm, only intensifying the smell of blood.
“Dead!” The three men who came with Shen Hai wore expressions of shock, still somewhat disbelieving even now.
A diner gasped in shock and exclaimed, “Good heavens! Shen Hai’s petrification ability is ranked in the top ten for defense here in the Northern Shore. And he’s actually dead now.”
“Area attack skill!”
“Who is this person? I’ve never heard of them before.”
Those inside the tavern wanted to discuss loudly, but upon seeing that the Luoyu Alliance still had three people present, they all switched to murmuring quietly.
However, daring to recklessly kill a captain of the Sunset Alliance, they had initially thought it was mere arrogance.
Now that such strength is evident, who would dare to say he is arrogant!
With just this one skill, no one in this city could hold him back.
With just this single move, even a Level 3 demon soldier from the Southern Bank, at the peak of his cultivation, was utterly powerless against him!
Lu Yu looked at the pile of meat on the ground, snorted coldly, grabbed the invitation from the table, and threw it back at the feet of the person from the Luori Alliance who had delivered it. He said, “Go back and tell your leader that if he wants to find me, he should come himself! How dare he act so high and mighty, sending someone to deliver an invitation? Does he really think I’m inferior to him?”
Lu Yu, speaking as he went, lifted his foot to step over the carnage and walked out of the tavern.
The three members of the Sunset Alliance stood rooted to the spot, stunned and dazed.
“How arrogant!” One person picked up the invitation slip and exclaimed in surprise, “He actually has such strength. Even if the captain himself came, it might not be easy to catch it effortlessly.”
Food lovers are going crazy.
This guy is too arrogant. How dare he demand the leader of the Sunset Alliance to come and see him personally? Do you think anyone can just say something like that?
“Enough!” an elderly man and a young boy, sitting in the corner, looked at each other and smiled.
The two paid the bill and left the restaurant.
“This way, the blood on him is real enough,” the young man said, twitching his nose, then pointing toward the street on the left.
The two of them chased down and found out that Lu Yu had actually turned into a small alley.
“Oh, this is interesting!” the old man chuckled. “They’ve spotted us.”
“Well, let’s go in and take a look. I wonder how many more surprises he has for us.” The young man chuckled, following the trail of blood. However, much to his surprise, the scent abruptly vanished at a dead end.
Their expressions subtly shifted, and they turned around together.
Lu Yu stood at the entrance of the dead-end alley, his voice cold as he said, “Gentlemen, you’d better have a good reason for me not to take action.”
“Just now I heard that man call you Lu Yu, so I’ll address you as Brother Lu.” The young man spoke first with a smile: “My name is Zhang Qing, and this elder is Old Man Lou Wu. I’d like to ask, Brother Lu, your Star Soul is a Mutated one, right?”
“Isn’t theirs the same as well?” When Lu Yu entered the tavern, the Star Soul also slightly trembled.
This situation only occurred once before when Fang Gang encountered another mutated Star Soul, but this time it was even more sensitive.
It was something that couldn’t be hidden anyway, so he decided not to hide it anymore.
Zhang Qing said, “That’s great then. Just now, when we saw Brother Lu in action, we were impressed by your strength. As it happens, we have a place we need to enter, which can only be opened with several different mutated Star Souls working together. So, Brother Lu, are you interested in joining us?”
“Only those with a mutated Star Soul can enter?” Lu Yu said in mild surprise. “Then do tell me more.”
Lu Yu was well aware of how unique the mutated Star Souls were. Each mutated Star Soul was more like a special ability.
If entering requires special conditions such as a mutated Star Soul, then the place one enters would only be even more extraordinary.
Old Wang squinted his aged eyes and chuckled, “Little Brother Lu, have you ever heard of a Star Corpse?”
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