Since when did such an unknown nobody become so arrogant towards me?
Lu Ming looked quietly at the girl in front of him. He recognized her. His rebellious son had not married outside, but had raised a girl with good looks.
This girl was exceptionally talented, but no family of sorcerers in the capital was willing to offer her a good deal. The root cause of this was because of me, and at the time, I didn't really care about an adopted girl.
See? I didn't do anything, I didn't give any hints, but simply because of Mu Hongqing and my own identity, all the sorcerer families in the capital subconsciously ruined this girl's future.
At that time, he never looked down; his eyes were only on the emperor of the Xiao Household and Liu Yu, the Duke of Song.
Unbeknownst to him, first he was scheming against Xiao Mingyue, then he was defeated by Chen Qing, and now even such a junior dares to provoke him like this?
Lu Ming closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He remembered that he fled as a lone soul, in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to care for his wife. After returning to the north, the rules of the Yin-Yang Road forced him to compromise, allowing the Zhang Family family to use a secret method to seal him inside a corpse.
Yes, the reason I was able to escape Jiangnan and still wander the world is because of the Zhang Family, or rather, it is only Zhang Zhiyun's personal will.
He was conducting an experiment that required the corpse of a martial artist with a bloodline approaching the Transcendent. The Lu Household couldn't even save their own corpses, let alone their own lives.
After the giant pythons left the Serpent Valley, they became the first group of flesh and blood to be sacrificed.
Now, in this world, the only remaining member of the Lu Household is myself.
Although he was half-dead and half-alive.
I never imagined that I would end up in such a miserable state!
But no matter how well they fared, it was none of Mu Hongqing's or the wild girl he adopted's business to mock them.
"Perhaps your master should teach you the way to survive in adversity." Lu Ming approached step by step. He had been observing while the other Flying Jiangshi were frozen in place, and he had completely figured out the way this girl was doing.
The Four Aspects Heavenly Prison is a very special magic array. Even if he were caught in it, he would be no different from any other Flying Jiangshi. However, he also knew that the reason this wild girl could capture all the Flying Jiangshi in this way was because those Flying Jiangshi were too easy to guess. They had no thoughts of their own, only power, and were easily targeted.
This is also why Zhang Zhiyun wanted to create a living zombie.
"The way to survive adversity?" Chen Ying asked coldly, "Does Lord Lu even know this principle?"
"Didn't your master say that?" Lu Ming sneered, "How did he survive such adversity? When you understand the situation, you have to endure whatever it takes. For example, he knew perfectly well what kind of torture his mother was suffering in the Lu Household courtyard, yet he could still calmly go out and meet the Imperial Academy Official. That's skill. But clearly, you haven't learned your master's skills. If he were here, the first thing he would do upon seeing me is to find a way to escape, instead of acting impulsively."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ying's expression grew even colder.
Lu Ming
That man whom his master hated most in his dreams.
The one who tormented the master, mother, and younger sister was that vicious woman, Madam Lu, but the one who knew all this yet turned a blind eye was this philandering father.
The master's hatred for Lu Ming was even greater than his hatred for Madam Lu!
Even so, she never imagined that this person would use this incident as leverage.
"From the very beginning, I never thought you were any important person." Chen Ying looked at the other person coldly. "No important person would be unable to protect their own woman and daughter, allowing a vicious woman to defile them. I don't know why you have the nerve to bring this up. My master is enduring because he knows that even if he does everything in his power, he cannot save his mother and sister. Only by enduring can there be hope, even if that hope is extremely slim."
"You're talking about my master, aren't you? Even if you only took my master's mother because of her beauty, it still means you at least liked her. A man who can trample on and insult what he once liked has no right to criticize the juniors he considers to be here."
"Sharp-tongued, just like your master, a glib talker." Lu Ming sneered, then suddenly moved.
The speed of this movement was astonishing; the two people behind Chen Ying couldn't even see it clearly. Both of them were of true dragon bloodline, and with the Bloodline Power, they were able to catch up with the Yaksha General of the South Sea using only their physical strength. But Lu Ming had clearly reached a higher level at this moment, and the two of them couldn't even keep up with his eyes. Just like before, if it were targeting the two of them, they would be lambs to the slaughter.
But Chen Ying is different. Chen Ying has a peculiar array around her, and no matter how fast a martial artist is, they cannot get close to her.
As expected, just like before, when Lu Ming approached at an extremely fast speed, his movements suddenly slowed down. His lightning-fast movements seemed unable to touch Chen Ying at all, no matter what.
However, Lu Ming sneered slightly at this method; he was already tired of seeing this move.
The girl is inexperienced. Has no one told her that no matter how powerful a move is, you shouldn't use it repeatedly in front of a master?
boom!
Suddenly, Lu Ming stomped his foot, and the entire ground churned instantly by the terrifying force of the stomp. In that instant, the folded space that was defending Chen Ying shattered like glass.
Chen Qing's pupils contracted slightly, and he quickly retreated.
"You've gained some skill and started showing off. In that respect, you're quite similar to Mu Hongqing." Lu Ming instantly leaned close to Chen Ying's ear and mocked, "The ability to instantly form an array is indeed impressive, but this ability also has significant drawbacks. First of all, Rune Stone, which are unstable, definitely cannot form an array instantly. Therefore, you can only inscribe the array runes in other places. When suddenly facing an enemy, even a fool can guess that your array is inscribed on the ground beneath your feet."
Upon hearing this, the elders watching the battle immediately realized what was going on.
I see!
Magic arrays are usually inscribed using Rune Stone, which makes them more stable. However, if Rune Stone are inscribed in advance, the array will be too obvious to use in a temporary situation against an enemy.
The Void Formation Drawing is a secret method of Jiangnan. It can form an array out of thin air without the need for Rune Stone for stability. However, this method can be very unstable when it encounters a powerful martial artist, since air is constantly moving. Especially in the midst of battle, it can be easily destroyed by a martial artist.
Conversely, secretly etching it onto the ground can ensure a certain degree of stability.
But even a martial artist can counter this; all they need to do is damage the ground!
really
The group of sorcerer elders had complicated expressions. This kind of trick might have an advantage against a martial artist who couldn't think straight, but against someone like Lu Ming who had been through countless battles, it was full of flaws after just one look.
However, Chen Ying remained calm even as Lu Ming approached her.
"Does the Duke of Qin think that he is the only intelligent person in the world?"
Lu Ming was stunned, and his expression suddenly changed. A woman had once said the same thing to him, and that was Xiao Mingyue, who had schemed against him until he was almost penniless!
At this moment, the way Chen Ying looked at him was exactly the same as how Xiao Mingyue had looked back then.
In that instant, he realized he had been tricked.
He instinctively reached out to grab Chen Ying, but at that moment he discovered that his hand folded open, and the world before him was completely folded and turned upside down, while Chen Ying appeared to be infinitely large.
"My magic circle was indeed secretly carved into the ground beneath my feet, but do you think I, the designer, wouldn't have thought of destroying it by damaging the ground?"
The scene was extremely bizarre. Chen Ying grabbed, and the entire space where Lu Ming was located rapidly folded, actually folding into the size of a small square box, including Lu Ming himself!
"I'm sorry, but it's not hard to guess that you'd destroy the ground. And the fact that my formation would form a new one after that was also within my calculations."
"How is that possible!" Lu Ming refused to believe it and shouted, "You could predict that I would damage the ground, but could you also predict the force I would use?"
He wasn't a sorcerer, but he knew that transforming one formation into another required extremely strict conditions. If a new formation was created by destroying it himself, the requirements were even more stringent, as he had to be fully aware of the force of his destruction.
"So I've been avoiding you just now." Chen Ying said calmly, "Even if I were calculating your speed and skill, a martial artist's speed and strength are directly proportional, it's not hard to calculate. The only troublesome thing is the degree of force you use, but in fact it's not troublesome either. Your intentions are very easy to guess."
Lu Ming: "."