Is This a Dao Fruit? Everyone Went Mad

The moment Lu Chen emerged from the Azure Void Ancient Land, the strange Red Orb in his hand erupted with incomparably dazzling radiance, staining the skies in a vast, surging sweep and illuminating who knew how many miles.

The rich, fragrant scent made every person's pores stand on end.

Whether they were experts of the Spirit Hidden Realm and True Qi Hidden Realm, or the soldiers locked in chaotic battle below, all of them caught that pungent, exotic fragrance at this moment. Their expressions changed drastically as they raised their heads to look.

Especially Ashina Luo. Her face was filled with excitement, her body trembling as her gaze locked firmly onto Lu Chen. Every pore on her body stood erect.

"It's that thing—it's definitely that thing. There's no mistake!"

Her body shot forward abruptly. With a boom, she unleashed waves like mountains roaring and seas crashing, hurtling toward Lu Chen at breakneck speed.

The black-robed figures behind her were likewise aghast. As though they had recalled something, every one of them was utterly shaken.

"It's actually that thing!"

"Damn it, seize it!"

"No, we're no match for Ashina Luo. Leave! Hurry and contact the clan!"

Just as they were about to rush out, the few of them turned and fled toward the distance.

Every one of them was frantic, wishing they could fly straight back to their clan.

Lu Chen, suspended in midair, was equally shocked.

This thing was causing far too much commotion!

It simply could not be sealed away.

Though he had made multiple preparations, its scent and radiance were still far too conspicuous. In a single instant, he had become the center of everyone's attention.

"Hand it over!"

Like black lightning, Ashina Luo leaped up from the ground with a savage, wild aura. Her ghastly pale hand clawed fiercely toward Lu Chen.

In an instant, it created a terrifying mental illusion.

It was as though a hideous, dreadful skeletal hand had suddenly appeared in the space before him, blotting out the sky and covering the earth as it seized downward, intent on crushing Lu Chen to death and forcibly snatching away the crimson orb in his hand.

An expert!

Lu Chen's expression shifted slightly. Without a second thought, Tenfold Combat Power erupted.

Almost the instant Ashina Luo's mental pressure bore down on him, his hand had already gripped the hilt of his blade. In a flash, it left its sheath.

Rumble!

A terrifying blade light flashed past.

Bang!

Ashina Luo's mental pressure was split apart on the spot by Lu Chen. The powerful, terrifying blade light shot toward Ashina Luo's body at extreme speed in an exceedingly bizarre manner.

Ashina Luo's expression changed.

A mental attack?

Her ten fingers flicked in rapid succession. Dark gleams flashed as they carried her own powerful mental assault to meet Lu Chen's blade light.

Clang clang clang clang...

A series of crisp sounds rang out. Blade light flickered, Blade Qi spilling in all directions.

Crash!

The bizarre blade light was finally neutralized by her.

Yet the immense force contained within that strike still sent her flying back dozens of meters.

Her feet landed in the distance. Her pupils contracted sharply as she stared fixedly at the Red Orb in Lu Chen's hand, her breathing quickening and her heart churning as though she had encountered the treasure that drove her madder than anything else.

"Give it to me!"

She shouted at Lu Chen.

Her words were urgent, allowing no refusal.

"You know what this thing is?"

After forcing Ashina Luo back with one slash, Lu Chen's gaze flickered as he gestured toward the Red Orb in his hand.

"Nonsense. Hand it over, now!"

Ashina Luo continued to shout anxiously.

"Fine. If you can tell me exactly what it is, I'll give this thing to you. But if you can't, then I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you."

Lu Chen also wanted to know exactly what this Red Orb was.

"You!"

Ashina Luo's gaze shifted, her breathing growing rapid.

But she knew she absolutely could not tell Lu Chen the truth.

This item was so important, yet Lu Chen actually did not know?

"Brat, you brought this upon yourself. I'll send you on your way!"

Murderous intent surged in Ashina Luo's eyes. She drew a half-meter-long, bone-white whip from her waist. With a flicker of her body, she pounced at Lu Chen again, carrying a fierce, sinister aura.

Her nickname was White Bone Lady.

She cultivated a Northern Barbarian evil art: the White Bone Thirteen Whip.

As the name implied, the White Bone Thirteen Whip struck straight into a person's bone marrow with every lash. It contained an exceedingly bizarre force; ordinary true qi defenses and mental defenses were utterly useless against it.

No matter how one defended, the whip's peculiar power would bore directly into the depths of one's marrow, bringing unimaginable agony. Let alone Lu Chen, even an expert of the same rank could not afford to take a lash from her.

Anyone struck by a single whip would collapse on the spot in pain and lose all fighting strength.

Yet Lu Chen did not receive this move head-on at all.

His left hand swept across his waist, and the scarlet flexible sword flashed from its sheath.

Sky Imprisonment!

BOOM!

Almost the instant Ashina Luo lunged forward, a dark prison materialized and trapped her within. There was no light, no time, no sense of life—like being exiled for eternity.

"Another mental attack? Useless against me!"

Ashina Luo's expression changed again. She swung her bone whip, wrapping it in powerful mental force as she wildly bombarded all directions, producing wave after wave of dull, ear-splitting thunder.

But Lu Chen did not waste a moment. Blade and sword shot forth together, hurtling toward Ashina Luo, who was trapped within the mental prison.

The Red Orb in his hand had made him fully realize that something was wrong.

If nothing unexpected happened, experts would soon be drawn here in an endless stream from every direction.

He had no time to dismantle the opponent's moves one by one. He would kill her with his most powerful methods first and accumulate Merit Points.

BOOM!

A terrifying explosion rang out.

Ashina Luo let out a pained scream. Blood sprayed from her body as she was sent flying backward.

Lu Chen had actually cleaved her bodily out of the dark prison.

Even the white bone whip in her hand had been shattered by a single stroke of his sword. A bloody gash split open across her chest, and she had nearly been chopped in half, her internal organs almost exposed.

Her face was filled with profound shock. She simply could not believe it.

How was this possible?

Was Lu Chen a monster?

What was his cultivation level?

Who said his true qi was at Great Perfection?!

"Not weak at all. You actually didn't die?"

Lu Chen frowned, seemingly dissatisfied that his move had failed to kill her. But his body swiftly vanished again, charging toward Ashina Luo at high speed.

Covered in blood, Ashina Luo was terrified. She hurriedly turned and fled, no longer daring to contend with Lu Chen. Instead, she shouted madly, "Someone, come quickly! The Dao Fruit has appeared! The Dao Fruit is in Lu Chen's hands! Come and surround Lu Chen!"

"Dao Fruit?"

"That rich fragrance came from a Dao Fruit?"

"What? A Dao Fruit has appeared?"

"Quick, go help Lady Ashina Luo!"

"Surround Lu Chen and seize the Dao Fruit!"

In an instant, the many Northern Barbarian experts suppressing the Great Yu soldiers all went mad. Their eyes reddened and their breaths quickened. Without caring whether they could defeat Lu Chen, they charged wildly in this direction.

Even the experts among the Great Yu army were shaken.

"What? A Dao Fruit?"

"This is bad—stop those Northern Barbarians!"

"Quickly support Lord Lu! We absolutely cannot let the Dao Fruit fall into their hands!"

The many experts in the Great Yu army also rushed in this direction.

Lu Chen, who was pursuing Ashina Luo, was astonished.

"Dao Fruit?"

What was it for?

Could eating it directly allow someone to break through to the Golden Body realm?

Or could it make someone ascend on the spot?

"Forget it. I'll accumulate Merit Points first!"

A cold gleam flashed in his eyes. His movement technique abruptly accelerated as he executed the Eight Desolations Dragon-Soaring Steps. Like a humanoid divine dragon, he instantly closed the distance to Ashina Luo. Blade light rang out with an ear-splitting clang as it once more slashed at Ashina Luo's back at tremendous speed.

Ashina Luo immediately felt an incomparably intense crisis of life and death. Horror seized her heart, every hair on her body stood on end, and her face filled with terror.

I was a dignified eighth-realm expert of the Spirit Hidden Realm!

Yet I had actually sensed a life-and-death crisis from someone who had only just turned sixteen!

Was this Lu Chen really only sixteen?

She would not believe it even if she died!

"Eight-Armed Celestial!"

Ashina Luo let out a piercing shriek, spun around abruptly, and fought for her life.

Behind her appeared a blurry, eerie humanoid statue with eight arms, each one formed from pure true qi and spiritual power.

The eight arms transformed into countless afterimages, carrying an unfathomably terrifying aura as they sped toward Lu Chen's blade light.

"Seven Styles of Divine Extinction—No Life!"

Lu Chen's face was icy as the blade light in his hand shifted.

It became the third style of the Seven Styles of Divine Extinction.

In an instant, the killing intent within Ashina Luo's body was ignited.

Before those countless arm afterimages could strike Lu Chen, they exploded behind her with booming detonations, the dreadful sounds wringing a miserable scream from her.

Flesh and shattered bones sprayed everywhere from her body.

As though countless bombs had been tied to her.

Splat!

Amid the chaotic explosions, Lu Chen's blade light flashed.

Ashina Luo's beautiful head flew sideways at once, her eyes wide with disbelief.

She was a dignified eighth-realm expert of the Spirit Hidden Realm...

And she had been beheaded!

You killed a top expert of the Northern Barbarians. Merit Points +380!

After beheading Ashina Luo with a single stroke, Lu Chen's gaze turned cold as he abruptly swept his eyes across every direction.

At this very moment, countless Northern Barbarian experts were charging toward him as though they feared no death.

Ashina Luo's miserable death had not frightened these Northern Barbarian experts.

Every one of them seemed to have forgotten life and death.

"Stop him! The Dao Fruit cannot be taken by Great Yu!"

"The Dao Fruit's energy has not yet stabilized—it must remain in the Heavenly Kingdom!"

"Leave the Dao Fruit behind!"

Everyone shouted as all manner of attacks bombarded Lu Chen from afar.

Naturally, Lu Chen had nothing to say.

Since they had already drawn their blades, they had better be prepared to die!

Clang!

A terrifying, dazzling blade light swept out from him in an instant, rolling in every direction.

It was accompanied by surging spiritual power.

In an instant, even the sky changed color.

It was as if a mass of heavy leaden clouds had swiftly blanketed the heavens.

A fierce gale suddenly tore across the ground, blasting shattered stones through the air.

Puff puff puff puff...

Aaaahhh!

Miserable screams rang out one after another, blood spraying everywhere.

Corpses flew through the air.

...Merit Points +120

+120

+120...

Line after line of numbers rapidly appeared.

The entire world was bleak and desolate, filled everywhere with terrifying Blade Qi and blade intent.

Even the Great Yu experts rushing forward came to a dead stop, horror written across their faces.

"Lord Lu... Lord Lu's cultivation has become even more terrifying!"

"A top Northern Barbarian expert—Ashina Luo has been slain!"