Sun's Manifestation! Solved with One Blade!

Chapter Forty-Six: Sun's Manifestation! Solved with One Strike!

"Brother!"

Another young woman's pretty face changed, disbelief coloring her voice as she cried out in alarm.

Her brother had been sent flying by a single strike!

How was this possible?

She immediately leaped forward, quickly descending towards the deck, shouting, "Do you know what you're doing? Do you know who my brother is? If you dare to harm my brother, I don't care what background you have, you will surely..."

Slash!

"Ah!" A scream rang out, blood splattering.

Before the young woman could finish her words, her body was suddenly sent flying backward, crashing onto the deck in front of Luo Changqing with a thud. She was covered in blood and had fainted.

[Taught two self-important fools a lesson, Merit Points +80]!

"Your turn!"

Lu Chen's voice sounded, his gaze sweeping towards the man in the black robe.

The man in the black robe's heart sank. He slowly gripped a dark, heavy spear from behind him. The spear was eight feet long, its surface shimmering with dark light, forged from extraterrestrial cold iron.

He absolutely never expected this.

A master ranked sixty-fifth on the Kirin Ranking had been sent flying by a single strike!

Was this a joke?

They were both on the Kirin Ranking, but was the difference between 64th and 65th so vast?

Luo Changqing couldn't even block one move?

Had this Lu Chen broken through again?

The thought, once it surfaced, was quickly dismissed.

Impossible!

Don't scare yourself!

"You won't get past. Even if you pass my trial, there are still hardships ahead. Hand Cui Qingqing over to me, and I promise not to take her life!"

The man in the black robe's voice was heavy as he stared intently at Lu Chen.

"Relying on you?"

Lu Chen replied indifferently.

"Not on me, but on the person behind me. I admire Prince Cui, but unfortunately, I am entrusted with a task and must fulfill my duty!"

The man in the black robe said in a low voice. Boom!

His aura erupted. Almost immediately, he activated a forbidden technique. His meridians crackled, emitting bursts of blood mist. All his meridians and bones were violently roaring.

His aura surged upwards.

It was as if he were performing some terrifying secret art.

Lu Chen frowned. He didn't give the man a chance. He stomped his foot and charged forward instantly.

The long saber in his hand let out a deafening roar.

Lightning surged all over his body, crackling and popping, transforming him into a terrifying lightning figure.

"Scram!"

Rumble!

He unleashed a strike, and endless lightning surged out like a vast sea of thunder. Even the sky above suddenly churned.

The clear sky was instantly filled with lightning and dark clouds.

The man in the black robe's eyes widened, a look of horror flashing across his face.

Eighth Rank?

Impossible!

"Ah!"

A scream erupted. The man in the black robe's forbidden technique hadn't been fully activated before he was engulfed by lightning. With a bang, he exploded completely, and even the warship he was on was blown apart.

[You have killed an infamous notorious gangster, Merit Points +500]

So high?

Lu Chen's eyelids twitched.

As expected of a Black Ranking expert, truly living up to their reputation.

To be on the Black Ranking, they were indeed great villains.

"Brother Liu, it seems the waterway is no longer safe."

Lu Chen said calmly, as if he had just done something trivial. He turned and began searching the numerous corpses on the deck.

The roar in Liu Jinglan's mind was deafening, almost completely numbing him.

"Young Hero Lu, you broke through again? You've reached the eighth rank?"

"What do you think?"

Lu Chen glanced at him.

Liu Jinglan's mind was in a daze.

Was this still human?

Could this be human?

Guessing was one thing, but getting a confirmed answer was another.

He felt like his past dozen years of cultivation had been wasted.

Why was the gap between people so vast?

How did he cultivate like this? "Boatman, prepare to dock quickly. We'll leave from the shore."

Suddenly, Liu Jinglan snapped back to reality and quickly looked at the boatman.

"Ah, yes, yes!"

The boatman reacted and quickly replied.

The other passengers shivered and also came to their senses.

"Heartless Blade Lu Chen, my god, he's actually the Lu Chen who frequently causes changes in the Kirin Ranking?"

"Is this a dream?"

The massive warship turned in the river and headed towards a nearby dock.

It soon approached the dock.

Lu Chen and the other two left the large ship, using their Qinggong (lightness skill) to sprint along a small path.

Many martial artists' faces changed, and they gritted their teeth, following them. "Judging by what that Black Ranking expert said, someone will block our path ahead. Let's hurry and go watch the show!"

"Are you trying to die?"

"How can life be more important than a good show..."

Many people rushed out quickly.

Not long after Lu Chen and the others left.

In the distance, another large ship was rapidly approaching, adorned with numerous large banners that fluttered in the wind.

Everyone turned to look, exclaiming.

"It's the Luo family's ship!"

"The Luo family elders are here!"

"Have you seen anyone from my Luo family?"

A middle-aged man shouted at the large ship.

The boatman's face tensed, and he quickly replied, "There was a brother and sister who claimed to be from the Luo family. They were on the ship!"

The middle-aged man leaped into the air and landed on the other large ship, asking, "Where are they?"

"Over there."

The boatman subconsciously pointed behind him.

The middle-aged man followed his gaze, his pupils contracting, his face drastically changing. He suddenly charged forward.

He arrived before the Luo Changqing siblings.

"How cruel, what a vicious attack! Who did this? Which old fogey is so shameless?"

He almost instinctively assumed it was an attack from an elder.

Otherwise, how could they have been injured like this with just one strike?

With his eyesight, he could tell at a glance that it was a single sword strike, with no second cut in between.

"It... it was Heartless Blade Lu Chen."

The boatman replied in panic. "Heartless Blade Lu Chen?"

The middle-aged man was shocked.

He could actually send my own descendant flying with a single strike?

How is that possible?

In the distance.

Lu Chen and the other two moved at lightning speed, only focused on rushing forward.

"Young Hero Lu, once we cross that mountain ahead, we'll be in King Zhenbei's territory. Once we get there, we'll be safe!"

Liu Jinglan, his face filled with gratitude, pointed towards the hazy mountain in the distance.

"Safe? I'm afraid that's not necessarily true!"

Lu Chen glanced at it, unmoved. "If I were King Zhenbei's enemy, I wouldn't let it go this easily. The closer we get to safety, the greater the danger. The mountain path ahead is probably the true Asura's path!"

Cui Qingqing's face turned pale, and she subconsciously clutched her dress tightly. "Let's go!"

Lu Chen took a step forward, heading towards the front.

To be safe, he still added some of his accumulated Merit Points to the Sun Sword Technique.

Merit Points remaining: 1974!

Not enough to upgrade his internal energy.

So, he could only enhance his sword technique.

[Ding!]

[You have consumed 275 Merit Points. Your Sun Sword Technique has reached Perfection, deriving a secret skill: Sun's Manifestation!]

[Sun's Manifestation: When the sword is drawn, it is like the great sun in the sky. Where its light reaches, all demons and monsters turn to ash.]

Chih!

Streams of invisible sword energy instantly appeared within his body, making a chih chih sound as they revolved around his form. However, they were quickly retracted. Various combat techniques flashed through his mind.

It was as if he had comprehended them over many years.