Chapter 189: Do You Think I Can Do It?

Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Do You Think I Can Do It?

This was an important stronghold that the Yanyue Sect had been operating for many years. Nearly a third of the women here were initiate disciples of the sect. They were fiercely loyal and possessed formidable martial arts. Even with Ge Yunfeng and his dozen men joining the fray, they could only hold off a portion of them. There were still many left. No matter how fast Lu Yuan was on his own, it was impossible for him to intercept everyone.

"Stop Lu Yuan!"

Two Seventh Grade Martial Artists appeared to intercept him. Both were beautiful women of the Yanyue Sect, possessing one-in-a-million looks—they had even been former Courtesans. Yet now, their eyes held nothing but killing intent as they glared at him.

"Lu Yuan..."

Nearby, Meiniang gnashed her teeth. Though she had been sent flying by Lu Yuan’s saber earlier, she hadn’t died, only sustaining heavy injuries. After treating her wounds with a Yanyue Sect Secret Technique, she had recovered quite a bit. Now, all three women locked onto Lu Yuan, preparing to besiege him.

"Join forces and hold him off! The Human Puppets will be up soon!" Meiniang ordered.

There were over a dozen Human Puppets, each possessing a combat prowess surpassing an ordinary Seventh Grade Peak. When they arrived, no matter how capable Lu Yuan was, he wouldn’t be able to resist and would be suppressed. That Sixth Grade expert would also be tied down. Then, capturing Lu Yuan and making their escape would be a simple matter.

"Understood!" The two Seventh Grade Martial Artists nodded.

Teaming up without hesitation, they charged. "Kill!"

"Thunder..."

The Wind Thunder Saber in Lu Yuan’s hand flashed wildly with electricity.

"...Flash!"

*SLASH!*

One of the Seventh Grade women was cleanly cleaved in half by Lu Yuan.

*SLASH!*

The second Seventh Grade fighter suffered the exact same fate. In the blink of an eye, two people were dead. He showed absolutely no mercy. Then, he pointed his saber at the last one remaining.

Meiniang stared blankly, her body freezing in shock. She never expected Lu Yuan to be this strong. This... this defied all logic!

"Thunder..." Lu Yuan gathered the power of thunder and lightning once more.

"Lu Yuan!" Hua Ruye waved her hand, sending countless pink petals flying toward him. In the blink of an eye, they transformed into Sword Qi. Each petal radiated a dazzling, razor-sharp edge as it slashed toward him.

She knew how formidable Lu Yuan was—ordinary Seventh Grade fighters were no match for him. She had to do it herself.

"Arrogant!" Su Mu was enraged. To think she had the audacity to attack someone else while engaged in a fierce battle with him. She was simply courting death!

"Vajra Non-Self!" Su Mu channeled his Profound Skill. The Primordial Qi within the entire hall suddenly stagnated, resonating with his Profound Skill and falling under his complete control. Golden light continuously flowed around him, his power rapidly surging to a terrifying level.

*BANG BANG BANG!*

Lu Yuan unleashed a Thunder Blade, obliterating all the incoming Sword Qi. "Fifth Young Master, can you handle this or not?"

"Watch and see!" Su Mu formed a Seal Technique with both hands.

*HUM!*

A Giant Palm several tens of feet wide materialized, shrouding half the hall and suppressing the entire space. "Suppress her!"

Hua Ruye’s expression turned grave. The power behind this palm strike was truly immense, reaching the Sixth Grade Peak. If it landed, the entire floor would collapse, smashing through the lower levels and potentially affecting Mr. Fifth and the Human Puppets.

"Let’s see who’s arrogant!" Hua Ruye flipped her hand, revealing a crystalline peach blossom. It was half the size of a palm and exquisitely translucent. She reached out and tapped one of its petals.

*SWISH!*

A strand of Sword Qi appeared. It wasn’t large, but it teemed with boundless Sword Intent, as if it could sever anything in the world.

Lu Yuan’s scalp instantly went numb. This was Hua Ruye’s trump card! It had been condensed by an expert above the Fifth Grade!

Su Mu raised an eyebrow. Changing the Seal Technique in his hands, he shrank the Giant Palm, making it denser and accelerating its descent.

*BOOM!*

"Slash!" Hua Ruye commanded the Sword Qi forward.

*SLASH!*

The Sword Qi easily cleaved the Vajra Giant Palm in two. Its momentum didn’t falter, continuing straight for Su Mu with over half its destructive power remaining.

*HUM!*

A Jade Talisman on Su Mu’s body activated automatically, transforming into a barrier of golden light that blocked the incoming Sword Qi.

*CRASH!*

The Sword Qi shattered, and the golden light vanished along with it.

"So you want to play it like this, huh?" Su Mu chuckled. As a member of the Su Family and the second most outstanding genius of their new generation, the patronage he received from his elders was beyond what ordinary Martial Artists could fathom. Even if Hua Ruye was a genuine Yanyue Sect Saintess with a Sixth Grade Cultivation, how many gifts from her elders could she possibly have? After all, the Yanyue Sect was no place for kindness!

*SWISH!*

Su Mu tapped his glabella, drawing out a strand of Sword Qi. Though only a sliver was revealed, it was ten times more powerful than what Hua Ruye had just unleashed.

Realizing the severity of the situation, Hua Ruye turned and fled. "I’m not playing with you anymore."

"Heh, where do you think you’re going?" Su Mu didn’t hold back, directly firing the Sword Qi at her.

*BOOM!*

With an earth-shattering explosion that seemed to split heaven and earth apart, the Moon Washing Tower was instantly cleaved cleanly in two.

"Pfft—" Hua Ruye spat out a mouthful of blood. Her body burst into a flurry of petals, abruptly burrowing into the ground below.

"There’s a secret passage underground!" Lu Yuan’s expression shifted.

"Ink Jade!"

*CRASH!*

A massive black snake smashed through the floorboards, dragging four rune-covered Human Puppets that were clinging to its body.

"That woman escaped!"

"Escaped?" Lu Yuan drew a sharp breath. He knew it wouldn’t be that easy. He couldn’t rely on a Snake Demon to outsmart a human. "Fifth Young Master, go after her!"

"I’m on it!" Su Mu didn’t hesitate. With a flash, he leaped down through the gaping hole Ink Jade had just created.

Lu Yuan couldn’t follow, for five Human Puppets had surrounded him. Each had blood-red eyes and a pillar-like physique, exuding a brutal and overbearing aura.

Human Puppets were created from Seventh Grade Martial Artists whose bodies had been tempered by Earth Qi, reinforced with metallic alloys, and inscribed with runes. Every single one possessed strength and defensive capabilities surpassing the Seventh Grade Peak. They were comparable to the Sixth Grade, capable of even fighting a Sixth Grade Martial Artist. The only thing they lacked was comprehension of the Martial Dao. However, they felt no pain, feared no injury, and were completely unafraid of death.

Facing five of them at once put an immense amount of pressure on Lu Yuan. Suddenly, an idea struck him. He flipped his hand, summoning the Seven Kills Zither. Propping it up on one raised leg, he began to play.

*STRUM...*

As the zither notes rang out, the very air seemed to distort, and all the Human Puppets were immediately affected. Lu Yuan was playing the Illusory Tribulation Heart Demon Song he had just learned from Hua Ruye. Although he had only recently comprehended it, his mastery was already nearing perfection, allowing him to play it effortlessly. Right from the start, he unleashed an aggressively lethal demonic melody, causing the power of the Heart Demon Song to rapidly erupt and funnel entirely toward the Human Puppets.

A Human Puppet’s greatest weakness was its Divine Soul. As long as their Divine Souls were interfered with and controlled, they ceased to be a threat.

*STRUM...*

Lu Yuan’s tempo accelerated, his proficiency in the song reaching full mastery as he played. The Human Puppets stiffened, grinding to a complete halt.

*THUMP THUMP!*

Ink Jade thrashed its massive body, sending the four Human Puppets clinging to it flying.

The situation was rapidly brought under control.

Nearby, Ge Yunfeng and the others frowned, looking rather uncomfortable. They had been caught in the crossfire of the zither music. It was particularly agonizing because Hua Ruye’s earlier playing had left Demon Seed marks on their Divine Souls, which were now being stimulated and agitated by Lu Yuan’s song.

"Settle down!" Now that his Heart Demon Song had reached full mastery, Lu Yuan planted a Demon Seed in the mind of every Human Puppet, thoroughly placing them under his control. Of course, this was only a rudimentary hold; if Mr. Fifth were present, Lu Yuan wouldn’t necessarily be able to outcompete him for dominance over the puppets.

*SWOOP!*

Ink Jade shrank down and coiled itself around Lu Yuan’s wrist.

The massive commotion had finally attracted the attention of the Imperial City Department.

*SWISH!*

The middle-aged man who guarded the tower suddenly appeared.

"To think the Yanyue Sect had such a massive stronghold here, operating so brazenly for so long..."

This was a gross dereliction of duty by every department in the Court!