Chapter 150 - 127: Void Manipulation
Chapter 150: Chapter 127: Void Manipulation
Just as the Seventh Prince and Prince Lie were both convinced that Zhang Ke would undoubtedly win this battle.
On the battlefield, however, Lu Yuan was attacking once again.
He advanced, his body following the Fist Gang.
Although Zhang Ke blocked the attack, the Innate Experts behind him couldn’t withstand Lu Yuan’s onslaught.
Dozens of Fist Seals nearly covered them completely.
They rained down from the sky with a terrifying whistle.
RUMBLE!
The ground looked as if it had been bombarded by meteors.
One after another, craters several meters in diameter appeared.
Mixed within was flesh and viscera. Over a dozen Innate Experts, along with several cultivators who had formed Gang Qi, were all killed under this one barrage of Fist Seals.
Everyone who witnessed this scene was aghast.
Even Zhang Ke’s expression turned grim. Lu Yuan’s strength had clearly surpassed his expectations.
He flicked his blade, and a dense, green mist billowed out, rushing toward Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan executed his Heart Shattering Fist, his movements almost blending into the night sky. He made no attempt to dodge, meeting the longsword head-on.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
When the longsword struck Lu Yuan’s arm, it actually rang out with the sound of metal on metal.
It even sent clusters of sparks flying.
Zhang Ke even found himself suppressed and at a disadvantage. Lu Yuan’s strength was simply too immense, and the violent Fist Gang forced him to retreat continuously.
Yet, despite his surprise, there was no panic on his face.
Because the poisonous mist from his blade was already enveloping Lu Yuan.
In the past, he had used this very move to eliminate many of his foes.
He had even killed Void Manipulation Realm experts with it, to say nothing of a mere Innate cultivator like Lu Yuan.
The Seventh Prince sat in his grand hall, watching the scene in the Profound Light Mirror. He covered his forehead and said, "It’s over. The Celestial King Stronghold is about to be completely wiped out. Zhang Ke’s Poison Sword really is something else.
Below the Gathering Pill realm, no one can withstand it."
It was as if he could already see the image of Lu Yuan collapsing to the ground.
On the battlefield, Zhang Ke decided the time was right. He leaped high into the air and roared, "Fall!"
Then, a beam of jade-green sword light shot toward the top of Lu Yuan’s head.
As it tore through the air, it gave off a thick, foul stench.
BANG!
Lu Yuan shattered it with a single punch.
WHOOSH! Then, he exhaled a breath of foul air, and all the green mist was instantly blown away.
Even if he had inhaled some of it, Lu Yuan was completely unconcerned.
In the region of his liver, a cyan light flickered.
Any poison that entered his body was instantly neutralized.
After all, Lu Yuan had achieved Five Viscera Containing Spirit. Faced with his ridiculously powerful liver, any poison in the world would be neutralized in an instant.
It was no exaggeration to say that from the moment he achieved Divine Containment, he had become almost completely immune to all poisons.
What’s more, his Body Refining Skill had been continuously Refining his physique ever since.
His physical body, internal organs, meridians, and even his blood were all now developing in an unpredictable direction.
This was beyond what any ordinary person could possibly imagine.
Thus, his figure flickered. After shattering the residual poison mist, his fist continued onward, aimed directly at Zhang Ke. If this punch landed, his opponent would be gravely injured, if not killed outright.
Sensing the power of Lu Yuan’s strike, Zhang Ke did not hesitate and immediately retreated.
After creating some distance, he shot straight into the sky, soaring to a height of several dozen meters. He held his longsword aloft, unleashing astonishing streams of Sword Qi.
He rained them down on the battlefield below.
In an instant, many Warriors from the Celestial King Stronghold were cut down, falling from their warhorses.
Zhang Ke stared at Lu Yuan and said, "Your Fist Skill is indeed impressive, and I don’t know how you neutralized my Sword Poison. But you must remember the greatest difference between the Void Manipulation and Innate Realms."
He hovered in midair, his hair unbound, an unconcealable gloom in his eyes.
To be forced into such a corner by an Innate Expert was, for him, a true disgrace.
Lu Yuan simply stared back at him without a word.
He let out a sharp whistle.
THUMP-THUMP!
The next moment, the sound of urgent hoofbeats rang out, and a warhorse could be seen galloping toward him.
Lu Yuan vaulted onto the horse, grabbing the Flood Dragon Bow that hung from its saddle. Standing on the horse’s back, he made a grasping motion with his right hand, and an armor-piercing heavy arrow forged entirely from Profound Iron flew into his grip and was nocked on the string.
This was a Treasure Bow that Wu Han had gone to great lengths to acquire for Lu Yuan. The bowstring was made from an Evil Flood Dragon Tendon, and the bow’s body was forged entirely from Meteorite Iron; its quality was superb.
After Lu Yuan drew the bow and nocked an arrow, he showed no hesitation.
He fired one feathered arrow after another.
Points of starlight condensed on the arrowheads.
They had actually locked onto Zhang Ke.
TING! TING! CLANG!
He raised his longsword to block them, but he quickly discovered that he had truly underestimated Lu Yuan. Every time he parried one of the heavy arrows, the impact made his palm ache with pain.
Yet Lu Yuan, down below, seemed tireless.
He just kept notching and loosing one feathered arrow after another.
Under his immense strength, the bowstring made of Evil Flood Dragon Tendon let out a creaking sound.
It seemed on the verge of snapping under the strain.
"Just who in the world are you!"
Zhang Ke had roamed the Jianghu for many years, but this was the first time he had ever seen an Innate Expert with such terrifying combat prowess.
It was downright freakish.
Especially this Arrow Skill of his—it was completely unheard of.
In the past, if someone had told him that a bow and arrow could shoot a Void Manipulation expert out of the sky, he would have scoffed at the idea.
Now, however, he no longer thought that way.
He had already risen several hundred meters into the air, yet the feathered arrows could still lock onto him and fly toward him with pinpoint accuracy.
And just as he shouted...
SHINK!
A feathered arrow finally broke through his Defense, piercing Zhang Ke’s arm.
The longsword fell from his hand, tumbling through the air.
His body became unsteady.
But Lu Yuan’s feathered arrows continued to fly, an uninterrupted stream.
SHINK! SHINK!
The sound of sharp points piercing flesh rang out again and again.
Feathered arrows now protruded from Zhang Ke’s leg, shoulder, and abdomen.
Finally unable to hold on any longer, his body plummeted from the sky.
THUD!
He crashed to the ground below, sending up an astonishing cloud of dust.
It was only because his cultivation was at the Void Manipulation Realm that he could desperately try to stabilize himself during the fall and slow his descent. Otherwise, the impact alone would have killed him instantly.
But even so, his internal organs had ruptured, and he couldn’t stop coughing up blood.
He lay on his back, looking up at Lu Yuan. He had just started to speak when he was choked by his own blood into a fit of endless coughing.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan’s face remained cold and indifferent.
He picked up a nearby longspear, viciously ran it through Zhang Ke’s chest, and single-handedly hoisted the man’s body over his head.
He roared to the entire battlefield, "Zhang Ke is dead! Surrender now and you will not be killed!"
The sound waves rolled out like a lion’s roar, infused with Innate True Essence.
Despite the unending din of battle, his voice carried clearly to everyone on the field.
These Village Soldiers from the Withered Leaf Plain had been recruited by Zhang Ke after he arrived in the buffer zone. They were originally just rabble from the Jianghu.
Although they had improved somewhat after a period of training, when faced with a powerful opponent, their true nature as a disorganized mob was revealed once more.
Those closest to Lu Yuan immediately threw their weapons to the ground.
Another contingent, seeing that the tide had turned, simply turned and fled.
Their leader was an Innate Realm expert, also from Prince Lie’s Mansion, who served as Zhang Ke’s aide.
’Seeing that the situation was hopeless, he planned to preserve some elite troops and take revenge later.’
’In any case, as long as they didn’t all perish in the Northern Border, the Prince would continue to support them.’
Lu Yuan glanced at the fleeing men but did not immediately order a pursuit.
’Now that they’ve lost their territory, they’ll most likely flee back toward the main pass. It won’t be too late to deal with them then.’
’It’s a good chance to test the strength of my own army.’
At that moment, the scouts from the various factions watching from the periphery were all shocked. They knew they had all underestimated the Celestial King Stronghold.
Then, those without a Profound Light Mirror began to send reports using their Sound Transmission Stones.
Those with a Profound Light Mirror all stared at their screens, beginning to contemplate the future of the buffer zone’s situation.
In an instant, their assessment of the Celestial King Stronghold’s strength rose to another level.