Chapter 1256: Hand Shen Yingxia over, and let me rip out her heart!

At this moment.

The scene returned to Gouchen Hall.

The deputy hall master of Gouchen Hall had taken Lu Ding’s full combo attack.

He had been so thoroughly wrecked that he could barely muster the strength to speak.

He was waiting to die.

But it hurt like hell!

The lingering pain from [Nipping Poison, Phoenix Piercing Flower] tortured him so badly that he kept slipping between life and death, forcibly dragging words out of him.

It was a final burst of energy!

“K-kill..... me........ It hurts..... it hurts......”

The timing of those words was no less surprising than a long-comatose patient waking up to say his back was unbearably itchy and ask someone to scratch it.

The people of Gouchen Hall instantly crowded around him. “Hall Master, are you all right?”

“Hall Master, how are you feeling?”

“Hall Master, you’re awake?”

They were all asking pointless questions.

How the hell could he be all right?

The veins in his neck were bulging so badly they looked ready to burst.

He was writhing in agony, and they were asking, “Are you all right?”

Are you all right?

Lu Ding’s voice rang out nearby. “Don’t try that act in front of me.”

“I came here today for two things. First, who was it that told me to come to Gouchen Hall and accept my death as atonement?”

“I’m in a very bad temper right now. Step forward on your own, or I’ll hold everyone here responsible!”

At those words, everyone looked toward the deputy hall master lying among them, hoping he would say something.

But then.

“K-kill..... me.......”

He was in so much pain he was about to die.

What else could he possibly say?

The mood fell into silence.

But Lu Ding hated it when his questions went unanswered.

He stepped forward.

With each step of the [Step of Embraced Immortality, Ascending the Throne], a lotus bloomed beneath his feet, while immortals gathered around him, as if unwilling to let the muddy ground of the mortal world soil his soles.

His aura rose with every step, bearing down from the heavens.

It was as if an ancient mountain had come crashing down upon the experts of Gouchen Hall.

As Lu Ding advanced, his aura grew stronger with each step. The people of Gouchen Hall struggled to resist. Those with weaker cultivation couldn’t hold on and fell straight to their knees, faces flushed red, veins bulging and splitting, blood seeping out.

Blood sprayed from their ears, noses, and eyes as they were crushed beneath the aura of Lu Ding’s [Step of Embraced Immortality, Ascending the Throne].

It was as if every step Lu Ding took landed directly on them, heavy and impossible to resist!

Since these people refused to cooperate,

he would crush them one step at a time, and trample them to death!

Lu Ding hadn’t been joking when he spoke just now.

Once no one left standing could withstand Lu Ding’s vast, ocean-like pressure,

a figure appeared deep within Gouchen Hall and came toward him, advancing with each step.

His pace was clearly slow.

Yet every step carried him a great distance, as if space itself were shrinking beneath his feet.

An expert!!!!

The newcomer wore plain robes and stood in Lu Ding’s path with a kindly smile.

“Young friend, why go this far? I’ve sensed the aura of a Lü Mountain token on you. We both serve the righteous path of the world and the people of Demon Province. Why press us so relentlessly? Whatever you want, just say it. Gouchen Hall is willing to discuss it.”

The moment he mentioned the Lü Mountain token,

the people, already shocked by Lu Ding’s strength, froze in place. No wonder he cared so little about Gouchen Hall. No wonder he had such cultivation and strength at such a young age!

So!

He was someone who had come down from Lü Mountain.

Wait, that didn’t make sense. They all knew the people of Lü Mountain, and none of them had ever seen this person. He was so young, too!

Could it be.....

Could he be a newly admitted disciple of Lü Mountain!?

Lü Mountain had actually taken on a new disciple!!!?

They couldn’t doubt their own Hall Master’s authority, so all they could do was guess that Lu Ding was a newcomer to Lü Mountain.

What kind of terrifying talent must he have to be admitted by Lü Mountain, the strongest power in Demon Province, which hadn’t taken in disciples for ages?

Lu Ding looked at the newcomer. The man could actually sense the Lü Mountain token he hadn’t even taken out. That meant they might be able to talk. “I’m the one pressing you relentlessly? Why don’t you mention how Gouchen Hall told me to come here and accept my death as atonement?”

“Wasn’t it you who killed my daughter, Xuecheng?”

Seeing his Hall Master arrive, Mu Feixiong finally dared to speak up. He’d kept quiet before, but now he was talking.

Lu Ding wasn’t going to indulge him.

The pitch-black [Human King’s Loose Hands] came crashing down on him. “Fuck off!”

The Hall Master of Gouchen Hall raised a hand and dispersed the attack. “Young friend, aren’t we talking this out? Don’t rush to attack.”

Lu Ding looked at him sternly. “I’m talking to you. I only struck him to teach him not to forget his place. What strength does he have, what standing does he have, to dare interrupt? If you insist on stopping me, then I’ll kill him today, no matter what.”

As he spoke, he raised one finger. “I’ll strike him once more to teach him a lesson. If you stop me again, then there’s nothing left to discuss. I’ll wipe out Gouchen Hall directly and leave not even ashes behind. You can judge whether I have the ability to do it, then make your decision.”

He used [Human King’s Loose Hands] again.

But this time, it was far more majestic than before.

Shadow instantly swallowed the heavens and earth.

That enormous black hand descended from the firmament, stars glittering in its palm and the Milky Way flowing through it.

Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, all four elements return to emptiness. The Human King’s wrath, a million corpses lie prone, blood sprays a thousand li!!!

In the end, the Hall Master of Gouchen Hall suppressed his urge to stop Lu Ding. He had seen Lu Ding’s strength clearly. He would be difficult to deal with, though not impossible. But the Lü Mountain behind him was beyond Gouchen Hall’s ability to oppose.

The palm came crashing down!!!

Boom!!!!!!!!

The ground sank, and the enormous palm print was driven deep into the land. Mu Feixiong lay in the middle of it like a porcelain doll, his entire body covered in blood-spurting cracks, nearly shattered.

He had suffered grievous injuries.

The fact that Lu Ding hadn’t killed him only meant that Lu Ding didn’t want him to die so easily.

As for letting him off?

Lu Ding had no obligation to do that.

Unless Mu Feixiong could produce a Great Han identity card. Then he might have a one-in-a-thousand chance.

Looking down at Mu Feixiong lying at the bottom of the palm-print crater, Lu Ding stuck to his usual habit of explaining after he’d already acted. “I killed him, and I’ll own up to it. You can say I killed him, but I didn’t kill your daughter. At most, Lei Xiao beat her up. The one who killed her was the Third Sovereign. And your daughter disrespected me first. I had every right to teach her a lesson, or even kill her!”

When Mu Feixiong, barely conscious, heard those words, he glared with furious hatred!!

He didn’t think Lu Ding was lying.

There had also been rumors outside that the Third Sovereign had killed her, though more people said Lu Ding was responsible.

Besides, Lu Ding had the upper hand now, and even the Hall Master had to negotiate with him. What reason would he have to lie?

Mu Feixiong hated it!

He hated that he hadn’t managed to kill the Third Sovereign!!!

The Hall Master of Gouchen Hall sighed. “Young friend, can we talk now?”

Lu Ding glanced sideways at him, refusing to look him in the eye. “I said I came here for two things. This is only the first.”

The Hall Master of Gouchen Hall continued, asking, “Then what’s the second?”

Lu Ding spoke, holding out his hand. “Hand Shen Yingxia over, and let me rip out her heart.”