Lu Yu stood up. His gaunt, thin frame seemed so frail that a gentle breeze might carry him away.
Yet, from Lu Yu erupted an astonishing aura—one filled with tenacity, coldness, and an overwhelming arrogance that seemed to scorn all.
Lu Yu stood, then stepped down from the altar.
At that moment, many felt as though they were witnessing a god descending from the divine!
Boom!
As Lu Yu’s foot touched the ground, it felt as if the earth itself trembled slightly.
The ground beneath his foot sank by several centimeters, and chunks of stone were flung into the air.
“This—”
People from Fanggang were stunned.
They knew the ground beneath them was solid rock—how could human strength possibly shatter it?
Buzz!
Lu Yu shot like an arrow into the sea of white bones. The bones automatically parted, creating a path.
The moment Lu Yu landed among the bones, his other foot struck again, and the same thing happened.
The ground shattered beneath him, and he launched forward like an arrow once more.
Everyone saw only an afterimage.
That frail figure dragged a long trail through the air, just as fast as an arrow.
With just a few steps, he had already crossed nearly a kilometer.
The entire process lasted mere seconds.
At that moment, someone finally reacted.
Their first instinct wasn’t to fight back, but to scream, “He’s level three! He’s a level-three Star Soul!”
His voice echoed through the ruins.
Few from Fanggang truly understood what a level-three Star Soul meant.
But to these outsiders, they had already encountered level-two monsters in the wild—beings as strong as a level-three Star Soul cultivator.
Boom!
The crowd exploded into chaos.
“Scatter! Scatter!”
“Damn it, form the formation! Trap him!”
“Wang Feng, where is Wang Feng!”
Teams from ten cities fell into disarray, panic spreading.
They understood what reaching level-three Star Soul meant!
Buzz!
Lu Yu’s palm shot out, striking someone square in the chest.
The moment his palm connected, the man’s chest caved in, and he was sent flying.
His body soared like a cannonball, flying backward over a hundred meters.
When he landed, his body rolled across the ground before coming to a stop, motionless.
“What—what just happened?” The people from Fanggang were stunned. They had never seen someone struck so far with a single blow.
Such power defied common sense.
“Level-three Star Soul. As expected, the leader was right,” Zhao Long said grimly. “Everyone, listen—block the entrance. No one leaves until this massacre ends.”
“Chief, are you insane?” All of Zhao Long’s subordinates froze.
“This is declaring war against ten cities!”
“Chief, that man is clearly here to wipe us all out. We should be running, not staying!”
Lu Yu had barely begun, yet his enemies already felt the approach of death.
“It’s precisely because it’s him that we must block the entrance,” Zhao Long ordered coldly. “No one leaves until the slaughter begins. Anyone who lets even one person escape—I’ll kill them myself.”
With Zhao Long’s orders given, his men had no choice but to obey.
At this point, the battle had just begun, and no one noticed Zhao Long’s actions.
Now, everyone was certain of Lu Yu’s strength—level-three Star Soul.
Lu Yu had already struck. There was no reason not to fight back.
“Lu Yu, kill you, and I’d like to see how long the mine can hold.”
A team leader roared, no longer afraid, only filled with the will to fight!
Kill them all!
Boom! Lu Yu raised his hand and smashed his fist into someone’s skull. The impact shattered the skull and even cracked the skull of the person behind him.
“Didn’t I tell you to leave just now? Did you not hear?” Lu Yu roared, his sharp gaze sweeping across the crowd.
In his eyes, they were already dead men.
Buzz!
Two blades struck Lu Yu from behind, carving deep wounds into his back, even slicing into the bone.
In the next second, the wounds vanished instantly, and even the blood was reabsorbed.
“What the hell?” The two attackers froze.
One of them suddenly laughed wildly. “His maximum HP is only three thousand! He’s crippled!”
“Yeah! Three thousand HP! Killing him will be too easy!”
Hesitation on the battlefield was the greatest mistake.
Especially when facing Lu Yu.
The moment they hesitated, they met Lu Yu’s fists.
With the power of a level-three Star Soul unleashed, it wasn’t just an instant kill—it was a massacre with no chance to fight back.
“What? Only three thousand HP?”
“Damn it, I almost died from fear.”
“If we can’t kill him even with this, how can we call ourselves elite?”
Over a hundred warriors roared with laughter.
For a normal level-three Star Soul cultivator with over ten thousand HP, they would be afraid.
It would take a long time to wear them down, and many lives might be lost.
But with less than a third of that HP, the battle would be far easier, with far fewer casualties.
Compared to the warriors, the ten team leaders remained more composed.
Though the three thousand HP figure excited them, they dared not grow careless.
One leader shouted, “Stay sharp! Even with low HP, he’s still a level-three Star Soul. He can kill you in an instant.”
“A level-three Star Soul—someone actually reached level three?”
“Did he extract a level-two Star Stone?”
“Damn it, surround him!”
No one dared to slack off.
A level-three Star Soul was just as terrifying as a level-two monster.
It would be impossible to kill him easily.
The goal now was simply to minimize casualties.
“Brute Rush!” A warrior roared, his body radiating black light. His body rapidly expanded, tearing through his clothes.
In an instant, he transformed into a Blood Demon Bear.
Roar!
The Blood Demon Bear roared and charged toward Lu Yu, closing the distance to within a meter in an instant.
“Crush him!” Many shouted.
Among existing skills, few could fully unleash power.
Brute Rush was one such skill.
In the form of a Blood Demon Bear, the technique converted speed into raw power, unleashing nearly eleven thousand points of force in the charge.
That was over eleven thousand jin—enough to shatter walls and flip vehicles.
Yet, Lu Yu’s hand pressed down on the bear’s head.
“Get down!”
With a sharp cry, Lu Yu pressed down hard on the bear’s head, slamming it into the ground.
Boom!
The three-meter-tall Blood Demon Bear lost balance and crashed to the ground, its bear head buried into the earth, bloodied and mangled.
“His strength exceeds eleven thousand!” Someone screamed.
Countless eyes widened in shock.
“Heaven! That was a Blood Demon Bear!”
“That massive body was flipped so easily!”
“After reaching level-three Star Soul, the power that was once hidden and sealed within the body is unleashed. Attack power becomes pure strength.”
From the back, among the crowd, someone from Fanggang began explaining the changes brought by a level-three Star Soul.
Especially the unleashing of strength.
They had now witnessed the power of a level-three Star Soul.
Lu Yu had always been strong.
But now, with his strength unleashed, he was more than just strong.
Each punch, each strike, carried a suffocating burst of power.
The people of Fanggang were stunned.
Some might not understand.
But many were seasoned fighters.
Especially Zhao Long and his men, who stood frozen.
“Heaven! Our leader isn’t even this fierce.”
“Look at his legs! That sweeping kick aims straight for a fatal spot. His fists…”
As people discussed, the Blood Demon Bear’s body was already lifeless.
“Soul Devour!” Lu Yu roared, his voice like that of a demon god descending from the heavens.
The Blood Demon Bear’s body shrank, returning to human form.
A soul emerged from its forehead, drawn into Lu Yu’s body.
Soul Devour activated!
The soul flowed through Lu Yu’s body like nourishment.
His gaunt body gradually filled out, and his pale, emaciated face regained some color.
Most importantly, his already sharp eyes became even brighter.
“Three thousand HP?” Lu Yu, having absorbed the soul like gaining nourishment, regained his vitality.
He looked at the enemy’s smug, triumphant smiles and stepped forward boldly, allowing a Star Weapon to strike his shoulder.
“Now, is it still three thousand?” Lu Yu coldly roared. “Did you really think you were getting an easy kill?”
“Ten thousand, thirteen thousand HP!” The attacker stared in disbelief.
That wasn’t three thousand—it was clearly thirteen thousand!
“What? How is that possible?” Everyone froze.
They refused to believe their comrade’s earlier reading was wrong.
Boom!
Another attack landed.
The punch struck Lu Yu’s body, not even managing to crack a bone.
“Damn it! Fifteen thousand! Who said thirteen thousand?” The attacker screamed like he’d seen a ghost.
“Silver Armor? Impossible! Only level-four Silver Armor could have this effect.”
“Two thousand HP per strike—only level-four Silver Armor has that ability.”
Someone quickly realized, shouting in shock.
“He doesn’t just have a level-two Star Stone—he has a level-three one!”
Their eyes turned strange.
But the battle continued.
A moment of hesitation was enough to be fatal.
His HP had instantly jumped from three thousand to fifteen thousand—an increase of five times!
“Not just Silver Armor. His body was so frail before, but after absorbing the soul’s light from that head, he changed.”
“This… this is the real Lu Yu.”
“Soul Devour! Could it be that he gains strength by devouring others’ souls?”
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