Inside the Divine Mountain.
Light surged through the air, energy roiling as wave after wave of heaven-shaking fluctuations erupted.
The vast Divine Mountain trembled faintly.
At last!
With one final deafening roar, everything came to a stop.
Beneath the passage outside the divine hall.
Severed limbs and shattered bodies lay everywhere.
Soul after soul groaned in agony, a horrific sight to behold.
Many more souls had been forcibly blasted apart.
Eighteen enormous figures appeared within this stretch of heaven and earth.
Cold and towering, they rode all manner of savage beasts. Their bodies radiated a dense, iron-blooded aura that surged mightily, leaving one unable to catch one's breath.
They were countless times stronger than the knights Chu Yunxiao had led before.
Every knight here was like a Divine King, a demon king.
Without question!
This was the former Starry Sky Knights!
The puppets Lu Chen had stationed beneath the passage had ultimately failed to stop them.
Under their forceful descent, vast numbers of puppets were shattered, their souls utterly scattered and destroyed.
Only a small number of puppets survived, but all were missing arms or legs.
"Lan Tianyi!"
One of the powerful knights spoke coldly. Holding a black war spear, he stared at the soul shadow whose body they had just cleaved apart and which had already healed again. "What a pity. You became a puppet and disgraced the name of your Ancient War Clan. Utter trash!"
Lan Tianyi's soul trembled as he struggled incessantly on the ground.
Yet he could not rise no matter what.
The powerful knight stepped forward and fixed him with an icy gaze. "Living so painfully must be hard. Let me send you on your way!"
Pfft!
The war spear pierced through him, instantly blasting Lan Tianyi's soul into fragments.
Then, the eighteen knights looked toward the ancient divine hall before them.
"The place from which we withdrew back then remains as intact as ever."
"It was here that we slaughtered to our hearts' content. Who knew how many wailed beneath our iron hooves, how many died miserably before us? Just thinking about it feels wonderful!"
"In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed. Things remain, but people have changed!"
"Let's go. Break open the divine hall and see exactly what secrets are hidden inside."
"They would not let us see it back then and fought us desperately. Now that we have returned, who can stop us?"
"That's right. What belongs to us will ultimately still be ours!"
The knights laughed wildly, their expressions unrestrained.
The savage beasts beneath them gleamed with cruel light in their eyes as they raised their iron hooves and strode forward.
Boom!
Wave after wave of invisible restrictions spread from within the hall, like countless giant hands shoving them away. Their faces chilled as they snorted coldly.
"After all these years, you still want to resist us?"
"Break this place open!"
Rumble!
The eighteen powerful knights struck almost simultaneously. Light blazed, and killing intent soared into the heavens.
Like eighteen brilliant meteors, they smashed horizontally toward the front.
The restrictions before them trembled violently, shattering layer by layer.
The eighteen knights wore cruel expressions and attacked without pause. Like eighteen tireless heavenly gods, they broke through the restrictions all the way in and soon arrived outside the divine hall.
"Back then, we were only one step away from breaking into the divine hall, yet someone ruined our plans. Today, having achieved fruition and returned once more, who among those figures from back then still remains?"
"The opportunity within the divine hall is destined for our Eighteen Knights!"
They laughed loudly and continued onward.
But just then.
Their pupils suddenly contracted. Their bodies halted as they looked ahead in unison, their gazes darkening into frost.
In the area at the very front.
A young figure had actually walked out.
Black clothes, black hair, black robe.
A Black Blade hung at his waist, and his gaze was clear.
It was as though he had been waiting here for a long time.
"It's you, that Lu Chen!"
One knight carrying a great axe narrowed his eyes as he recognized the newcomer.
That man had actually appeared here!
"It really is him. Earlier, relying on the world's suppression, he killed quite a few vanguards!"
The second knight revealed a cruel smile. "It seems we all underestimated him. His strength and aura are clearly wrong—he is utterly different from how he performed before!"
"Lu Chen, what faction do you come from?"
The third knight said cruelly, "Speak. What was your purpose in descending ahead of time? Do not lie before us. Any lie is completely meaningless!"
They saw through Lu Chen's aura at a glance.
Even if he wanted to conceal it, it would be useless.
Such an expert could not possibly arise from this declining world.
Subconsciously, they assumed he was a god from another realm!
"Me?"
Lu Chen spoke calmly as he walked forward. "If I came from another faction, would you obediently listen and withdraw from this place?"
"Withdraw from this place?"
The knight carrying the great axe revealed a savage grin. "No matter what faction you come from, death is the only thing awaiting you today. There is nothing else."
"You bear no grudge against us, but unfortunately, we cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in our eyes. Only we may know of this divine hall. Anyone who approaches this place will meet a dead end!"
A knight holding a Divine Spear sneered.
"Lu Chen, no matter who you are, from the moment you appeared here, your fate was already sealed!"
The third knight said.
"Then that settles it. In the end, it still comes down to fighting. Since we are going to fight, why ask so much?"
Lu Chen said coldly, "Tell me, then. How do you want to fight?"
His clothes fluttered as he watched the crowd.
Like a pillar holding firm amid the torrent, he remained unmoving and unshaken.
"I'll play with him first."
The knight holding the Divine Spear sneered as he stared at Lu Chen. Killing intent flowed from the spear in his hand, and countless tiny runes across its surface lit up at once.
A dense Killing Intent instantly howled forth from his body.
Boom!
The Divine Spear knight urged his mount and charged out in an instant. Killing Intent billowed around him, black light erupting as he thrust toward Lu Chen's body at terrifying speed with an incomparably savage and dreadful momentum.
With one spear thrust, the space ahead seemed to collapse, releasing ear-piercing wuwuwu cries.
As though countless vortices had emerged.
Ten thousand vortices squeezed inward at once, crushing toward the center and giving no chance to breathe.
Lu Chen's gaze turned cold. Golden light flashed in an instant, and with a speed and angle too mysterious for gods or ghosts, he flicked his sword upward and collided directly with the Divine Spear.
"Die!"
The knight grinned savagely and roared inwardly.
Beyond the spatial crushing on the surface, this strike also contained a soul-killing art.
It was a double-layered method!
Pfft!
Yet the instant the killing art was unleashed, he himself spat blood. His body nearly collapsed, and his face changed in shock and disbelief.
His own soul had suffered grave damage first?
"Not good!"
He hurriedly tried to retreat.
But the strange Golden Softsword had already curled around his Divine Spear like a venomous snake. At an even faster speed, it stabbed directly into his neck.
Rumble!
A thunderous sound rang out as his soul collapsed and perished.
The knight's body flew backward on the spot and smashed viciously into the distance. His eyes were wide as his body rapidly dissipated, dying with his eyes still open.
...Merit Points+
A line of text appeared.
Lu Chen remained composed as he withdrew his divine sword.
"Next!"
His clear voice fell, and the entire place went silent.
The remaining seventeen knights were all stunned, staring at the scene in disbelief.
Their companion... a comrade who had shared hardship and sweetness with them, a brother-in-arms who had conquered countless battlefields with them, had died before their eyes just like that?
And he had been slain with a single upward strike?
How was that possible?
The knights were shocked and enraged, flames seeming to burn within their eyes.
"I'll do it!"
The Great Axe knight let out a furious roar. He abruptly drove his Unicorn Savage Beast forward, erupting with a heaven-shaking momentum as he charged rapidly at Lu Chen.
"Moo!"
The savage beast beneath him unleashed a terrifying sound wave at once.
Black sound waves surged toward Lu Chen's body like a tide.
At the same time, he swung his Great Axe. Killing light crisscrossed through the air as though piercing the void. It vanished in an instant, only to appear directly behind Lu Chen's head the next moment, chopping viciously toward the back of his skull.
It was a dangerous move.
Beyond anyone's expectations.
No one would have imagined that his Great Axe could suddenly disappear and strike from behind.
But Lu Chen seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. The Golden Softsword in his hand turned of its own accord and instantly collided with the space behind him. With a clang, it shocked the beast-riding knight.
But Lu Chen was as if he had eyes in the back of his head. The golden flexible sword in his hand curved automatically, striking the area behind his head in an instant with a resounding clang, astonishing the beast knight.
Before he could react, however, golden light had already flashed before his eyes.
Lu Chen had already shifted from defense to offense, dazzling golden light shooting straight toward the beast knight's brow.
Lu Chen had already switched from defense to offense, and dazzling golden light shot straight toward the beast knight’s brow.
The beast knight hurriedly moved to block his heart again, but the golden light swiftly stabbed toward his right ribs instead.
It was as though his entire body was riddled with openings.
No matter where he blocked, it was utterly useless. No matter how he moved, it was all equally useless.
It was as though he had been locked onto from the very beginning.
Though it sounded slow, it all happened in a flash of lightning and flint.
Pfft!
Blood sprayed.
The beast knight's eyes widened in disbelief as his brow was pierced through on the spot. His entire corpse toppled backward like a golden mountain collapsing and a jade pillar falling, smashing heavily into the distance.
The Unicorn Savage Beast beneath him reddened its eyes and roared in fury. It suddenly charged at Lu Chen, attempting to avenge its master, but a streak of golden light flashed by, and the Unicorn Savage Beast's body was split apart down the middle.
...Merit Points+!
A line of text appeared.
"What?"
The remaining knights widened their eyes once more.
Each was shocked and enraged, unable to believe it.
This was defying heaven!
It was truly defying heaven!
In just a brief moment, two of their companions had already been slain by him.
Their Starry Sky Knights had swept across countless battlefields, feared by all. When had they ever suffered such an encounter?
"Do not attack alone!"
A knight wielding Twin Whips let out a thunderous roar.
He had clearly recognized the gap between them.
Although there was no vast gulf between their cultivation levels, the other man's swordsmanship was simply too strange.
"Han Qi, Zhao Ba, Wu Jiu, attack with me! Kill!"
The Twin Whips knight roared furiously, driving the savage beast beneath him as he charged straight ahead.
The knights whose names he called were likewise burning with rage. Without hesitation, they followed him into the attack.
It was not that they did not want all sixteen to charge at once, but there was simply not enough room to maneuver on the battlefield.
If all sixteen attacked together, they would only trip over one another.
Once Lu Chen got close, there was an even greater chance of accidental injury.
All four attacking together was the best choice.
Rumble!
The four powerful Starry Sky Knights struck at once. The weapons in their hands shone as they slashed toward Lu Chen at breakneck speed, their light interweaving like a net cast over heaven and earth, irresistible in momentum.
Lu Chen's gaze turned cold. Under the Martial Intent Heavenly Principles, flaws appeared all over each of them.
Their weapons came crashing down like meteors.
Their eyes were wide open, like lanterns.
Sword-Breaking Form!
Whoosh!
The golden soft sword flashed past in an instant at an incredibly fast, eerie speed.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
All four weapons were blocked at the same time. The tremendous force nearly knocked their weapons from their hands.
Before they could show their shock, they simultaneously let out shrill screams.
In that hair's-breadth moment, a flash of golden light swept past, and all four of their eyeballs burst apart.
"Ah!"
All four clutched their eyes. The ferocious beasts beneath them spewed flames and charged forward, while trying to carry their masters backward.
But their reactions were too slow!
Almost at the very instant he burst their eyeballs, the Black Saber in Lu Chen's right hand had already swept through at high speed.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Blood sprayed through the air, murderous intent soaring to the heavens.
Four savage-faced heads flew sideways at the same time.
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