Perhaps it was because she knew him.
That was why Zhu Qingyu thought of him from time to time.
Especially after Lu Yuan had so forcefully killed Zhou Biqiong.
His refusal to back down when facing the Wuzhou Group had made her feel even more strongly that there was something extraordinary about him.
But ever since the gates had opened, he had made no move. She had found that strange, so when he finally acted, she paid especially close attention.
"I see."
At that moment,
Lu Yuan murmured softly to himself.
He had been watching the Terracotta Warriors all along, wondering why they made the sword embryo tremble.
Now, combining what he remembered from his previous life, he finally understood completely.
It was because the Terracotta Warriors contained some kind of special substance.
The Great Luo Sword Embryo was itself an otherworldly object, mysterious beyond compare. It could fuse with all kinds of divine metals and other materials, constantly evolving.
And the reason the Terracotta Warriors could keep resurrecting, each time stronger than before, was that they contained this substance.
He didn't know why, but now that he'd found it,
Lu Yuan naturally wasn't going to let it go.
At once,
he took a step forward, and the sword embryo's tremor grew even more pronounced.
Meanwhile, under Winged Sky God's leadership,
the group had already opened up a path and was pressing onward.
But with the Terracotta Warriors constantly resurrecting, they had no choice but to stay alert and prepare for another attack.
Still, it was nothing. They could simply do it again. As long as they kept at it, they were bound to make it into the imperial tomb.
Especially now that Winged Sky God felt everyone's eyes on him and his vanity was satisfied, he stood at the very front of the group and spoke again. "Everyone, let's do it again!"
But as soon as the words left his mouth, he noticed fewer eyes were on him. They seemed to have shifted elsewhere.
There, Lu Yuan held the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
He picked a specific spot,
then settled into position.
There was no one in front of him, only densely packed Terracotta Warriors. Sensing Lu Yuan's aura, they were attacking him.
In his hands, the sword embryo began to shed streaks of swordlight.
In truth, with his current strength, he had no need to use the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
So what if there were ten thousand Terracotta Warriors? The moment he unleashed Blood Qi Futu, he could crush them all. No matter how many came, it would make no difference. He could reach the imperial tomb's gates in almost no time.
But the sword embryo needed to evolve.
There was far too little of the material resembling divine metal found in these anomalies.
And the standards were even higher for anything the Great Luo Sword Embryo could absorb.
So this was the only way.
He would cut down the Terracotta Warriors with his sword and fuse them into the sword embryo.
"That's Lu Yuan. What's he doing over there?"
"Looks like he's about to make a move. Is he planning to open up a path?"
"How could he? It took all Five Great Supremes working together just to manage it. How could one person do it?"
"Way too arrogant."
"Yeah. Does he really think he's on the same level as Winged Sky God?"
The Awakened all looked over, confusion in their eyes. They couldn't understand it at all.
Earlier, Lu Yuan had killed Zhou Biqiong, drawing plenty of attention. They had acknowledged that he was powerful, but that was all.
But now?
He was going to take on the Terracotta Warriors all by himself. How was that possible?
Still, despite their doubts, many of them wanted to know
what he would do.
Northern Emperor, Ice Fairy, and the others also turned their attention to him, hoping to gauge their relative strength.
"Almost."
Watching the approaching Terracotta Warriors,
Lu Yuan considered the situation, then looked toward the imperial tomb's gates.
Good.
He said nothing more.
Slowly, he raised the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
He didn't draw on any of the power within his body. He simply activated the sword embryo.
This strike
was nothing like the last one.
"Slash!"
At last, Lu Yuan spoke and brought the Great Luo Sword Embryo down with a light swing.
In an instant, all the swordlight converged into one.
Everyone present could feel a terrifying sword intent gathering. It was so powerful that it pressed straight down on their hearts, freezing their souls in an instant. Every last one of them turned icy cold, as if the attack had been aimed at them.
Then, in the next instant, a beam of light so dazzling it seemed to reach its absolute limit burst from the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
It shone so brightly that no one could keep their eyes open. They couldn't see a thing.
Clang, clang, clang—
As waves of sword chimes rang out,
the swordlight finally came crashing down.
Boom!
A mighty force surged forth, shaking the very ground.
The Terracotta Warriors were crushed one after another in an instant.
They had no power to resist whatsoever.
At the same time, everyone felt their hearts jolt.
Hummm.
Soon,
the light faded. One by one, the crowd looked over, their hearts pounding.
They saw Lu Yuan still standing where he was, sword in hand.
Then he continued forward,
as calm as a gentle breeze.
Beneath his feet,
a ravine had opened up, several meters deep, stretching all the way to the imperial tomb's gates.
Beside it, every Terracotta Warrior had vanished, reduced to dust.
That one strike
had shattered ten thousand Terracotta Warriors
—nearly half of them wiped out with a single sword stroke.
"Oh my god, one strike. He took out ten thousand Terracotta Warriors?"
"This—this is terrifying! Is that his own power? Doesn't that mean he's surpassed even the combined Five Great Supremes?"
"That can't be right. Maybe it's the sword. There's practically no Awakened alive today who can surpass Winged Sky God."
Everyone was stunned, disbelief written across their faces, as if they'd witnessed something utterly frightening. It had completely overturned everything they thought they knew. That single strike had truly gone beyond all their expectations—terrifying to the extreme.
Wasn't that power practically that of a human-shaped missile?
Before they knew it,
they began recalling how they'd fought the Terracotta Warriors themselves. They had thrown everything they had at them and still failed.
Even the Five Great Supremes working together hadn't achieved anything like this.
The contrast was too stark.
How could this be?
They simply couldn't accept it.
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible. Even someone in the Awakening Realm couldn't wield that kind of power. Has he surpassed the Awakening Realm?"
Winged Sky God saw what had happened and was shocked, unable to believe it. Even he couldn't have done that.
"It's the sword. It has to be the sword."
He understood now.
It had to be because of that sword that Lu Yuan was so powerful.
There was no other explanation.
Fury kept rising in Winged Sky God's heart. He was supposed to be the one at the front. He was supposed to be the brightest star here.
And now, once again, Lu Yuan had outshone him. In less than an hour, this man had eclipsed him twice.
Winged Sky God couldn't stand it any longer. He wanted to go over there.
But soon, hundreds, even thousands, of Terracotta Warriors swarmed around him again.
He couldn't even free himself.
He had no choice but to keep fighting.
Northern Emperor, Ice Fairy, and the others were also left shaken for a moment. But they had to deal with the Terracotta Warriors around them, so they couldn't keep watching.
After all, Lu Yuan's strike had only cut down nearly half the Terracotta Warriors. The other half were right in front of them. One wrong move, and things could get very troublesome.
"A divine treasure! An utterly heaven-defying divine treasure! It must have come from a fallen star. To hell with the fortune in the Mount Li Imperial Tomb—I want that sword."
Wang Tao had noticed it too. His whole body trembled, and his eyes filled with longing.
He knew that if the sword were in his hands, it would only be a matter of time before he surpassed his big brother.
So, in the end, Wang Tao decided not to enter the Mount Li Imperial Tomb.
Even if there was some fortune inside, he'd have little chance of getting it.
Better to
wait here, build up his strength, and figure out how to take that sword.
And to be safe, he would definitely use modern weapons when the time came.
The sword might be powerful,
but that didn't mean its wielder was.
"So... it's that sword?"
Dean Zheng was utterly stunned too.
But he thought much the same as everyone else. Lu Yuan could pull off such a feat only because of that sword. Otherwise, his strength would be far too terrifying.
"Why does that figure look so familiar?" Zhu Qingyu murmured, staring at the silhouette.
She remembered that the person who had fired that arrow in Qingyang City had displayed similar might.
Could it be the same person?
A bold idea suddenly came to Zhu Qingyu.
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