Hearing Zhao Zihao of the Martial God Hall say that the Thousand Demon Sect had already submitted to the Dark Demon Sect and was now part of its forces, and that killing the Thousand Demon Sect would mean offending the Dark Demon Sect, Lu Yiping merely listened.
Lu Yiping said, "You are a disciple of the Martial God Hall? I am rather curious—when did disciples of the Martial God Hall become the Dark Demon Sect's lackeys?"
"You!" Hearing Lu Yiping call him a lackey of the Dark Demon Sect, Zhao Zihao flew into a rage from humiliation.
At that moment, Lu Peng arrived before Li Fei and slashed out with his twin blades.
Seeing that Lu Peng, a mere Golden Core Realm cultivator, had dared to ignore his warning as well, Zhao Zihao roared, "Courting death!" His spear shot forth fiercely.
"Nine Dragons Extinguish Sun!"
Divine power surged into the spear as it stabbed viciously toward Lu Peng's chest.
Nine fire dragons flew out.
Zhao Zihao's eyes were ice-cold. His Nine Dragon Spear Art was the Martial God Hall's strongest spear technique. Although he was only at the middle stage of the Deity Realm, with this Nine Dragon Spear Art, he could fight even a late-stage Deity Realm expert.
Just as Zhao Zihao's spear was about to pierce through Lu Peng's chest, a hand suddenly shot out from the side and actually gripped the spearhead!
It had caught it barehanded!
The spear struck the palm with a clang, sparks bursting forth, yet it could not advance even a fraction. That palm had not even had its skin broken.
Zhao Zihao and Ke Jie were greatly shocked. Looking over, they discovered that the one who had acted was a subordinate standing behind the Blue-robed Youth!
The one who had acted was Zhang Jin.
Zhang Jin gripped Zhao Zihao's spear, his face cold. With a shake and a pull, Zhao Zihao was sent flying, while the spear fell into Zhang Jin's hand.
Just as Zhao Zihao was blasted away, a scream rang out. Lu Peng had severed the Thousand Demon Sect Master Li Fei's head, which rolled across the ground.
The other Thousand Demon Sect experts watched that rolling head, their Divine Souls freezing in terror.
Quite a few Thousand Demon Sect experts rushed before Ke Jie, crying out for Lord Ke Jie to save them.
"You are Ke Jie, Grand Elder of the Flying Flower Sect?" Lu Yiping's gaze fell upon Ke Jie. "Since you are here, that saves me a trip to the Flying Flower Sect."
Sensing the killing intent in Lu Yiping's words, Ke Jie's pretty face changed. She said, "I am the concubine of Yang Siyuan, Patriarch of the Dark Demon Sect."
With a grasping motion, Lu Yiping seized her and pulled her before him. "Yang Siyuan's concubine? So what?"
"Who are you?!" Ke Jie asked in a trembling voice.
"Lu Yiping," Lu Yiping said indifferently.
Whether it was Ke Jie or Zhao Zihao, both underwent a drastic change in expression upon hearing this. "You are Lu Yiping!"
The matter of Hao Dan, Young Sect Master of the Yin Ghost Sect, had already spread far and wide. Among the experts of every super sect on the Divine Martial Continent, Lu Yiping's name was as deafening as thunder.
The two had previously guessed the identity of the Blue-robed Youth before them, wondering which person from the Asura Gate he might be. Yet they had never expected this Blue-robed Youth to be Lu Yiping, who had recently earned the title of Zither Immortal.
However, neither could understand how Lu Yiping had become involved with the Asura Gate, which was merely a second-rate force on the Divine Martial Continent.
Lu Yiping did not immediately kill Ke Jie, Grand Elder of the Flying Flower Sect. Instead, he performed a soul search on her.
He wanted to know whose orders Ke Jie had followed when she killed the Asura Gate's experts.
Very soon, the soul search ended.
Lu Yiping's face turned cold.
The one who had ordered Ke Jie to kill the Asura Gate's experts was not the Flying Flower Sect Master, but Sun Fang, Patriarch of the Flying Flower Sect!
However, Sun Fang had long since submitted to the Dark Demon Sect and was under its control.
Not only Sun Fang, but another patriarch of the Flying Flower Sect and a number of Grand Elders had also fallen under the Dark Demon Sect's control.
Once the soul search was over, Lu Yiping directly sent a flame onto Ke Jie, Grand Elder of the Flying Flower Sect. Ke Jie was instantly swallowed by the flames and vanished into thin air. Not even ashes fell, and even her Primordial Spirit and life palace were burned utterly clean.
Zhao Zihao stared at Lu Yiping, terror in his eyes.
All sorts of rumors about Lu Yiping were circulating across the Divine Martial Continent. They said Lu Yiping was a madman who acted entirely according to his whims. The rumors were indeed true—he killed Yang Siyuan's concubine without a second thought.
Miserable cries rose one after another.
One Thousand Demon Sect expert after another was slain by Lu Peng.
Black Sea Mountain was surrounded by sea on all sides. With their power sealed, these Thousand Demon Sect experts could not fly away even if they wished to flee.
Before long, the screams ceased.
The square and its surroundings were covered with the corpses of Thousand Demon Sect experts.
The stench of blood was pungent.
Zhang Jin, Lu Peng, and the others began clearing the scene.
Zhao Zihao stood there, wanting to leave but not daring to.
Lu Yiping looked over at him. Feeling Lu Yiping's gaze, Zhao Zihao's heart trembled. He lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Yiping.
"Did Wu Jiujue teach you your Nine Dragon Spear Art?" Lu Yiping asked indifferently.
Wu Jiujue?
Zhao Zihao was stunned, then realized that Lu Yiping was referring to the Nine Absolute Martial God, the ancestor of the Martial God Hall.
The Nine Absolute Martial God was the Martial God Hall's strongest and most ancient patriarch. Wu Jiujue was his original name, but no one had dared to directly call the Nine Absolute Martial God by that name for a great many years.
His Nine Dragon Spear Art had not been taught by the Nine Absolute Martial God, but by another Martial God Hall Martial God, a personal disciple of the Nine Absolute Martial God.
Hearing Lu Yiping directly call the Nine Absolute Martial God by his true name, Zhao Zihao's expression darkened. Even Jiang Yu of the Taiyi Sect addressed their patriarch as Senior Nine Absolute.
"Lu Yiping, do not think that killing Hao Dan and Su Xiu means you are invincible! Before our Martial God Hall's Nine Absolute Martial God, you are nothing at all. How dare you directly call our patriarch by name?!" Zhao Zihao said coldly.
"Is that so?" Lu Yiping said indifferently. "Even if Wu Jiujue stood before me, I would still call him by name." Then, with a flick of his finger, he sent Zhao Zihao flying out of Black Sea Mountain.
"Go back and tell that brat Wu Jiujue to properly manage the Martial God Hall. If the Martial God Hall gets tangled up with the Dark Demon Sect again, then do not blame me when the time comes," Lu Yiping's voice rang out.
Many patriarchs and disciples of the Martial God Hall had close dealings with the Dark Demon Sect.
Some Martial God Hall experts had even married female disciples of the Dark Demon Sect.
Zhao Zihao was blasted out of Black Sea Mountain and crashed into the Black Sea. Hearing Lu Yiping's words, he was both shocked and furious.
After much difficulty, he flew up from the depths of the Black Sea. He looked toward the Asura Square atop Black Sea Mountain with cold eyes, then tore through the air and departed.
Before long, Lu Peng, Zhang Jin, and the others had cleared the scene.
Lu Yiping entered the Asura Hall.
Although the Asura Hall had been altered beyond recognition by the Thousand Demon Sect experts, many structures still retained traces of their former appearance. Lu Yiping wandered about casually and, without realizing it, arrived at the Asura Gate's ancestral grounds.
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