"So this was your backing? I see. Then try this!"
A cold gleam flickered in Lu Chen's eyes. He lunged forward again without holding anything back. The power of lightning within him erupted abruptly with a boom, shrouding his body and covering him in a layer of lightning, as though he had suddenly transformed into a terrifying man of thunder.
Talent: Lightning Law King!
Clang!
Lu Chen hacked out with his saber again.
Saber qi carried lightning with it, like a blazing meteor.
"Activate the Seven Stars!" "Demonic Dragon Pierces the Sun!"
The seven Town Suppression Bureau experts shouted in unison and hurried into action. Terrifying auras erupted from their bodies as they moved swiftly, combining the strength of all seven to meet Lu Chen's attack head-on once more.
Yet, empowered by lightning, Lu Chen was even more terrifyingly strong than before.
Boom!
Just one slash.
The seven men before him spewed blood again. Even with the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array, they could not withstand Lu Chen at all. They screamed after a single exchange, their bodies engulfed by clusters of electric currents.
Two Town Suppression Bureau experts were electrocuted unconscious on the spot.
The other five vomited blood and flew backward.
With two men unconscious, the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array was completely shattered.
Lu Chen stepped on Grass on Flying, his figure blurred as he charged toward the remaining five.
"Town Suppression Bureau? You dared threaten me, so all of you can die!"
His saber rose and fell, swift beyond measure.
The five men had been wounded and suppressed by the lightning. Blood spilled from their mouths, and every one of them was filled with horror.
"Stop, we're from the Town Suppression Bureau..."
"Are you really going to defy the Imperial Court..."
"To hell with your Imperial Court!"
Puff, puff, puff...
Aah!
[You killed an Imperial Guard, Merit Points +30] [+30] [+30]
In the blink of an eye, all five were hacked to death by Lu Chen's wild barrage of saber strikes.
He could not help frowning. So little?
But he quickly understood.
Merit Points did not depend on cultivation.
It was not that the higher one's cultivation, the more Merit Points one earned.
On the contrary, it depended on a person's character.
The Town Suppression Bureau was merely the Imperial Court's sharp blade. Though they often acted overbearingly and sometimes implicated innocents, compared to gangs that had committed every evil under heaven, they could still be considered decent people.
Even so, the five had provided 150 Merit Points.
Besides, two people on the ground were still unconscious.
Lu Chen quickly searched the bodies, then grabbed the two unconscious Town Suppression Bureau experts and swiftly left the area.
Not long after he departed.
Urgent, piercing sounds came from afar.
Imperial Guards from other directions had heard the commotion and were rapidly rushing over.
Soon, more than ten Imperial Guards had appeared in the area.
"They're all dead? Lu Chen showed up?"
"No, there are only five corpses. Two others aren't dead?"
"Chase!"
Just as they were about to give pursuit.
Another sharp rush of wind came from behind them.
A burly figure in a black robe led people over from the distance at high speed. He was like a humanoid bear, radiating a heavy aura from head to toe.
"Chief, Lu Chen has appeared. Group Seven was defeated!"
An Imperial Guard hurried forward to meet him.
After the leader landed, his gaze swept across the scene. He said coldly, "It seems his strength is greater than we imagined. Pass down the order: two groups per team. Encircle and search. The moment you find him, send a signal immediately. Also, send word to Zhang Qian and have him bring the Heavenly Silkworm Gu!"
"Yes, Chief!"
The Imperial Guard nodded and shouted in acknowledgment.
"Chief, traces were found over there. The culprit must have fled in that direction after killing!"
Suddenly, an Imperial Guard hurried back from nearby and shouted.
"Chase!"
The leader waved his hand.
In the distance.
Lu Chen carried the two unconscious Imperial Guards and used Grass on Flying, caring only about fleeing wildly into the distance.
Grass on Flying at perfection had indeed increased his speed once more. Even carrying two people, he could continually borrow force from tree to tree.
Even steep mountain paths were as flat ground beneath his feet, and he crossed them at great speed.
He had not expected these Imperial Guards to arrive so quickly.
But that was perfect. He could force martial arts out of them.
The Imperial Guards were directly under imperial authority. The weakest martial arts they cultivated were Third-rate martial arts.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Lu Chen had fled more than ten li.
Suddenly, he spotted a slightly sunken mountain hollow.
His figure flashed at once, and carrying the two men, he swiftly slipped inside.
The moment he entered, he patted their bodies and used his inner force to awaken them.
The instant the two awoke, their expressions changed drastically. They struggled frantically, but Lu Chen immediately sealed their acupoints. Then, his hands became claws and gripped their shoulder bones, producing a series of cracking sounds.
"Threatening me? Weren't you trying to threaten me? You even wanted to slaughter my entire family and wipe out Canglang Martial Hall. Do you know what I hate most? What I hate most is people like you using someone else's friends and relatives as threats. If everyone wants to play like this, then I won't speak of righteousness with you either!"
Lu Chen's voice was icy.
After crushing their shoulder bones, the pain left them drenched in cold sweat and pale as paper. They wanted to scream, yet no sound could escape their mouths.
But that was not all.
Lu Chen immediately drove his fingers viciously into their right eyes.
Amid their hysterical agony, he forcibly gouged out their eyeballs.
"Weren't you going to threaten me? I'll torture you bit by bit, until even dying becomes incomparably difficult for you. This is only the eye-gouging. In a while, I'll flay you with my saber one cut at a time, castrate you, and make you suffer every torment..."
Lu Chen spoke coldly.
With a casual flick, the two eyeballs fell to the ground.
The two men were in such agony that they wished they were dead. Whimpering sounds came from their mouths as blood, tears, and snot streamed out.
Their bodies trembled violently.
They were terrified beyond measure.
A demon!
This Lu Chen was a demon!
How had they provoked such a demon?
Wherever the Town Suppression Bureau went, they had always been glorious and imposing.
Yet today, they were being treated like this!
Suddenly, Lu Chen grabbed one man and said coldly, "Do you want a quick death, or do you want me to torture you bit by bit?"
The man's remaining eye blinked desperately, filled with terror and pleading.
Lu Chen directly released his acupoints and said frostily, "I'm very interested in your martial arts. If you want a quick death, recite your martial arts for me!"
"You want our martial arts?"
The man spoke in terror.
Squelch!
Lu Chen's treasured saber left its sheath and flashed past like lightning, instantly slicing off the man's ear.
The pain made the man hurriedly clutch his ear and groan miserably again.
"Say one extra word, and I'll cut off a piece of your flesh."
"I'll recite them..."
Terrified beyond measure, the man immediately began reciting all the martial arts he had learned in the Demon Suppression Bureau under Lu Chen's coercion.
First came the internal cultivation method, followed by martial skills.
The Town Suppression Bureau likewise had a clearly defined hierarchy. Those who entered the bureau could receive one free [Fine-grade] cultivation method and two free Third-rate martial arts at the start. Any remaining martial arts required accumulated merits before they could be obtained.
Just like these two men.
The cultivation method they possessed was a [Fine-grade] method called the True Heaven Art.
Their two Third-rate martial arts were the Gale Saber.
And the Sky Severing Finger.
Other than that, there was the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array, which everyone was required to learn.
Soon, these three martial arts automatically appeared on Lu Chen's panel.
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