The sudden turn of events left everyone utterly shocked.
Especially Xu Cheng on the ground. Her face twisted in agony as she let out piercing screams. She was no longer sleepy in the slightest, staring in terror at her bloody lower body. Her two long, fair legs had just bid farewell to her body forever.
Most importantly, she had not even seen how Lu Chen had drawn his blade!
The blade light had been too fast!
Too terrifying!
"I... I'll fight you to the death!"
Xu Cheng wailed miserably. With both legs severed, she had nearly lost all will to live. Regardless of everything, she rolled up from the ground, True Qi erupting from her entire body as she lunged straight at Lu Chen.
With her legs cut off, even if she lived, there was no meaning left.
She might as well drag Lu Chen down to the grave with her.
Facing her moth-flying-into-the-flame charge, Lu Chen was incomparably ferocious. One large hand suddenly shot forward, and at the very instant Xu Cheng pounced, he seized her by the hair. Then his other palm, like a cattail fan, began wildly slapping her across the face.
Slap slap slap slap...
The sound was ear-piercing, blood spraying everywhere.
The savage, frightening sight made everyone's eyes widen.
Did this Lu Chen not know the slightest bit of tenderness toward women?
That was a fairy!
Though she was already thirty-eight, those who had opened the True Qi Hidden Realm maintained themselves well.
She was no different from a twenty-year-old girl!
Yet Lu Chen was fiercely slapping her like this?
"Ahhh!"
Xu Cheng screamed miserably from the beating, teeth flying from her mouth, her nose bruised and face swollen. Even her protective True Qi was useless, forcibly slapped apart. Her entire face had swollen into a pig's head.
From beginning to end, Xu Cheng had not possessed the slightest ability to resist.
After dozens of slaps in the blink of an eye, Lu Chen grabbed her hair and coldly said, "Are you still going to keep running your mouth?"
Xu Cheng's eyes were full of fear as she trembled all over, terror covering her face. She had nearly been beaten senseless.
If not for the fact that killing was not so easily allowed here, Lu Chen would have cut her down with a single blade long ago.
Why would he waste words with her like this?
"I won't run my mouth anymore, I won't..."
Xu Cheng's voice trembled with fear. She had nearly forgotten even the pain from her severed legs.
"Apologize!"
Lu Chen said indifferently.
"..."
Xu Cheng's face was full of humiliation. Grief and fury surged through her heart, and she nearly vomited blood. Yet under Lu Chen's coercion, she still said aggrievedly, "I... I'm sorry. Please forgive me!"
You punished another arrogant, self-righteous little fairy, teaching her humility and courtesy from this day forward and benefiting countless men. Merit Points +140!
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"Do you know why you were wrong?"
"I... I shouldn't have provoked you!"
Xu Cheng cried aggrievedly.
"Will you do it again next time?"
"I... I won't."
"You should've known better!"
Lu Chen said coldly, "Also, just now you said someone wanted to cut off one of my thighs. Who was it?"
The remaining crowd immediately revealed horrified expressions.
Especially Chu Yunlan, whose hair stood on end and whose soul trembled. Goosebumps crawled all over her body as she hurriedly said, "Young Hero Lu, everyone came here for the Heaven Gate Baptism. There's no need to make things so tense. How about we wait here for the Celestial Pool to open?"
"Shut up!"
Lu Chen turned and barked.
If he had not been strong enough, would one of his thighs really have been cut off?
Even if the Breeze Swordmaster stood up for him and avenged him, could his severed thigh grow back?
What a joke!
"Speak. Who wanted to cut off one of my thighs?"
Lu Chen continued staring at Xu Cheng in his grasp.
Xu Cheng's face was covered in tears, humiliated to the extreme. How she wished she could simply faint right then and there.
Yet Lu Chen's True Qi had continuously restrained her body, not allowing her the slightest possibility of passing out.
Even if she tried to faint, his True Qi would forcibly jolt her awake.
"It... it was Chu Yunlan!"
Xu Cheng choked on her words. Being forced to betray her good friend made her self-respect and confidence utterly collapse at that instant. Regardless of everything, she pointed toward Chu Yunlan.
"You... you're talking bullshit!"
Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Chu Yunlan jumped up, her face filled with shock and fury. In a shrill voice, she said, "I didn't suggest anything! You were the one who couldn't stand Lu Chen and wanted to test him yourself! And now you're blaming me? I treated you as my best friend, and this is how you repay me? Xu Cheng, you're really something!"
"It was her!"
Xu Cheng shouted angrily, tears covering her face.
Just moments ago, she had felt guilty and believed she had wronged Chu Yunlan. But at this moment, that guilt vanished like smoke in thin air.
My thigh has already been cut off, and you still dare refuse to admit it?
You even want to wash your hands of responsibility?
Then who is going to give my thigh back?
"It wasn't me, Young Hero Lu. Don't listen to her sow discord between us. Xu Cheng, you're simply a mad dog, biting whoever you can catch. Our friendship of over twenty years ends today..."
Chu Yunlan cursed desperately, her face filled with heartbroken indignation.
You successfully broke apart a pair of plastic sisters, allowing them to finally see each other's true faces. Boundless compassion, Merit Points +140!
"Very good!"
Lu Chen spoke calmly, tossing Xu Cheng aside and walking directly toward Chu Yunlan.
"Y-you don't come over here. I really didn't suggest anything. It was all Xu Cheng's own idea. It has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with me..."
Chu Yunlan's face was full of terror as she retreated again and again. She hurriedly looked toward the young man in Daoist robes at the side. "Daoist Zhiqing, you have to stand up for me. This wasn't my idea. It has nothing to do with me..."
"Young Hero Lu."
The young man in Daoist robes from the Profound Heaven Sect hurriedly stepped forward. His expression shifted as he awkwardly said, "One should be lenient whenever possible. Everyone came for the Heaven Gate Baptism. The Celestial Pool has not even opened yet, so why make things so tense?"
"You want to stand up for her?"
Lu Chen looked at him indifferently. His gaze seemed to contain invisible Blade Intent, gleaming sharply with piercing radiance.
"No, no, I merely wished to persuade Young Hero Lu..."
"Then you're a bootlicker. Bootlickers die miserable deaths!"
Clang!
A dazzling blade light flashed past in an instant.
The young man in Daoist robes was startled. Every hair on his body stood upright as he desperately circulated the True Qi in his body, producing a roaring explosion. At the same time, he reached for the precious sword at his waist, intending to resist.
But Lu Chen's blade had been far too fast.
Almost as soon as he reacted, the terrifying strike had already landed upon him. Before Lu Chen's Level Two Blade Intent, he could not even draw his sword. The long blade seemed welded inside its sheath.
Boom!
"Ah!"
A scream rang out, blood splattering.
The young man in Daoist robes flew backward on the spot and crashed heavily into the distance. Blood covered his body, his robes shredded, and a bloody gash appeared across his surface, spurting blood wildly. He was utterly terrified.
You taught a lesson to a hypocrite with the face of a Daoist and the heart of a beast. Merit Points +140!
Everyone else's expressions changed drastically as they retreated in horror.
Too arrogant!
This Lu Chen drew his blade at the slightest disagreement!
He simply did not take any of them seriously!
More importantly, his strength was far too powerful.
Was this the true weight of a Human Rankings expert?
"Earlier, when they wanted to cut off one of my thighs, you had a hand in it too, didn't you?"
Lu Chen spoke coldly. He glanced at the severely injured young man in Daoist robes and said, "Don't worry. None of you will get away!"
With his long blade in hand, he walked toward Chu Yunlan.
Under his pressure, Chu Yunlan's pretty face turned deathly pale. Terror rising within her, she kept retreating backward. "Don't come over here. It has nothing to do with me. Xu Cheng framed me, Xu Cheng really framed me..."
Seeing Lu Chen approach, she hurriedly circulated her True Qi regardless of everything, letting out a sharp scream as she lunged at him.
Lu Chen revealed a trace of mockery. Blade light flashed.
Before she could even draw her weapon, a streak of blade light swept across both her legs in an instant.
Splat!
Thud!
Chu Yunlan's upper body, her face filled with terror, crashed heavily onto the ground.
A heart-piercing pain struck her, and she looked down at her lower body in horror.
"My... my beautiful legs..."
She immediately let out a miserable, hysterical scream, tears spraying everywhere.
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"Refreshing!"
Lu Chen let out a soft breath and said, "That's better. The world is quiet now."
The remaining three people all trembled, incomparably uneasy.
They feared that Lu Chen had gotten used to cutting legs and would cut theirs off as well.
"Oh, right. You too."
Lu Chen suddenly smiled and walked toward the young man in Daoist robes. Smiling, he said, "My instincts tell me you're no good thing. I've cut off both women's legs, so you can't possibly be an exception, can you? Men and women are equal. That's always how I conduct myself!"
Judging from the Merit Points feedback, this man was a thorough hypocrite.
Therefore, his legs had to be cut too!
"Don't... don't come over, Young Hero Lu. We can talk this out..."
The young man in Daoist robes was deathly pale and covered in blood as he desperately crawled backward in terror. "Don't touch my legs!"
Whoosh!
Suddenly, an invisible threat hurtled toward Lu Chen's back at extreme speed.
There was almost no sound in the air.
Like a strange ghost suddenly appearing, carrying an icy and terrifying aura, it fiercely charged straight at Lu Chen's heart from behind.
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