Chapter 586. The True Bottom Line, Ready to Kill

Everyone knew how terrifyingly fast Lu Yuan's cultivation had advanced. He could reach in one or two years what others needed centuries, perhaps even a thousand years, to attain, and he often emerged stronger than those who had cultivated far longer. Within only a few years, he had become capable of slaying Immortals.

The races of the cosmos had suffered repeated losses at his hands. It was only because of Lu Yuan that Earth had remained independent after drawing the attention of starfields throughout the universe.

He was a man who created miracles.

His appearance therefore changed everyone's expectations once again. Yet hope alone could not erase the reality before them. Four Celestial Seat Immortals had come, each standing among the mightiest figures in the universe.

They represented the true depth of the Ji Clan and the Eternals' power. Now that experts of this level had appeared, matters would not unfold as they had before.

The despair on Zhu Qingyu and the others' faces gave way to joy. They had known Lu Yuan would return to Earth, but not when. They had held out because even if they died, enduring until King Lu's return would fulfill their duty and allow them to protect more people.

Now that he had returned, they were naturally overjoyed.

But that joy was accompanied by worry. Four Celestial Seat Immortals stood before him. No one knew the full extent of their strength, and the Celestial Court had already been helpless against them even before they revealed their true techniques.

If a battle began, no one present would be able to help Lu Yuan.

"I didn't expect you to return, much less at such an opportune moment." A Celestial Seat Immortal of the Eternals narrowed his eyes, unable to conceal his surprise.

"Could the people we sent have failed to destroy the Teleportation Dao Platforms?" a Ji Clan expert asked, his tone filled with uncertainty. ℯ

Their latest report had confirmed that three platforms were gone. Barring an accident, the fourth should have been destroyed long ago. If so, Lu Yuan could not possibly have returned to Earth so quickly.

"Put those pointless speculations aside," Lu Yuan said calmly. "I've already dealt with the people you sent."

Beneath his calm tone, killing intent surged.

Had he arrived even a little later, the Celestial Court would have been destroyed. The ordinary citizens of the five supercities, numbering in the hundreds of millions, would have followed. Lu Yuan was not imagining the danger. He had witnessed too many massacres on his journey home.

If he had been delayed any longer, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Everyone before him would die. The Eternals and the Ji Clan had crossed his bottom line.

"What?"

Shock swept through the two factions. A Celestial Seat Immortal had been among those dispatched to destroy the Teleportation Dao Platforms. How could Lu Yuan have dealt with him?

The Celestial Court and the other starfield beings did not know the full meaning behind Lu Yuan's words, but the alarm among the two factions told them enough. This was the first time they had seen those experts lose their composure.

"You think you're capable of dealing with the people we sent?" A Ji Clan Celestial Seat Immortal stepped forward. "Good. Today, we'll see just how much weight your words carry."

There was no point in further discussion. The enmity between Lu Yuan and the two factions had long since become irreconcilable. Only battle could decide who lived and who died.

In an instant, the man appeared before Lu Yuan. His aura erupted as terrifying power rolled outward, shaking Heaven and Earth.

"King Lu, be careful!" Zhu Qingyu and the others called out.

They had already experienced a Celestial Seat Immortal's strength, and they knew that what they had witnessed was far from his full power. This time, the Ji Clan expert appeared to be holding nothing back.

Even Jiang Huanyun feared that Lu Yuan might be overpowered.

"There's no need to worry. Just watch," Jiang Ningxian said as she descended, her expression calm and her eyes filled with confidence in Lu Yuan.

Zhu Qingyu and the others were baffled. "But King Lu is facing a Celestial Seat Immortal."

Everyone present had felt how powerful such an expert was. To them, a Celestial Seat Immortal was all but invincible. Lu Yuan was formidable, but compared to someone of that realm...

Jiang Ningxian understood their concern and smiled. "A Celestial Seat Immortal? Lu Yuan has killed them before. In fact, he's killed more than one."

Silence fell.

Disbelief showed on every face. What had Lu Yuan accomplished during his journey through the cosmos?

They looked up just as Lu Yuan attacked. Before the Ji Clan's Celestial Seat Immortal could reach him, crushing pressure forced the man backward and drained the color from his face.

Even he had not anticipated this.

"He's grown stronger again. Attack together!"

The other three Celestial Seat Immortals were alarmed. Lu Yuan's claim that he had killed the expert sent to destroy the last Teleportation Dao Platform was probably true.

That meant his strength had surpassed even their expectations. Lu Yuan had never been someone who could be judged by ordinary standards. To eliminate all uncertainty, they had to join forces and kill him.

Otherwise, he would obstruct their plans yet again.

None of them cared that four senior experts were joining forces against a younger opponent.