“Reporting to Young Master Lu, two demon beasts have intruded into the courtyard. The hands from the estate are on their way and should drive them off shortly.”
A guard hurriedly turned to explain to Lu Chen upon hearing his voice.
“Do you need my help?”
Lu Chen asked the man again.
“The situation outside is chaotic, Young Master. It’s best you stay in the back courtyard and avoid going anywhere else, for fear of complications.”
The guard quickly responded.
“Fine, deal with those demon beasts quickly. I need to get some sleep.”
Lu Chen yawned, then waved his hand impatiently at the men.
The guard immediately bowed and scurried off with the other guards.
Once everyone had rushed to the front courtyard for support, the previously noisy back courtyard suddenly became quiet.
“What a cursed place, just a couple of demon beasts causing such a mess. I can’t stand another day here!”
Lu Chen spat on the ground, then added bitterly, “Liu Zijin, you’d better be alive. In three years, I’ll definitely come to settle this score with you!”
At that moment.
Xu Taiping, who had been holding his breath behind a tree for a long time, stepped out from the shadow of the tree with his hand on the hilt of his saber, and looked at Lu Chen’s back, saying indifferently:
“You really haven’t reflected at all.”
As he spoke, he controlled the muscles in his neck to make his voice sound rough.
Hearing Xu Taiping’s voice, Lu Chen was first taken aback, then sneered:
“So it’s me you’re after.”
He turned his head to look at Xu Taiping, his robe revealing his chest.
At this moment, Xu Taiping appeared to Lu Chen with red hair and green eyes, an illusion cast by Fairy Lingyue.
“A foreign cultivator?”
Lu Chen looked somewhat surprised.
But soon he sneered again:
“Who would have thought, the Fifth Peak’s Master actually hired a foreign cultivator to kill me?”
Clearly, not everyone knew of the Red-Haired Demon Blade, and Lu Chen had mistaken Xu Taiping for someone hired by the Fifth Peak’s Master.
Although puzzled as to why Lu Chen thought he was sent by the Fifth Peak’s Master, now was clearly not the time to explore these questions.
So, without a word, Xu Taiping walked towards Lu Chen, his killing intent and oppressive aura growing with each step.
Gradually, Lu Chen’s expression shifted from indifference to solemnity.
“Whoosh!”
When only a hundred steps separated them, Xu Taiping suddenly drew his Spring Tiger saber, unleashing a blade aura over thirty feet long, thunderously slashing towards Lu Chen.
Lu Chen, seeing this, not only showed no panic on his face but even curled his lips in a smirk.
Just before Xu Taiping’s strike, he had caught a glimpse of the lion demon protecting him from behind.
The lion demon, with its mountainous body, pounced towards Xu Taiping in silence.
If Xu Taiping didn’t retract his saber, he would surely be devoured by the lion demon.
“Boom!”
But at that moment, as Xu Taiping’s left thumb and forefinger formed a circle, a wall of wind composed of strong gales suddenly protected him.
This was the defensive stance of the Cang Luan Ring.
“Bang!”
The lion demon’s claw struck the wind wall, but before it could tear through, it was violently repelled by the fierce gales on the wall.
Though unharmed, it failed to stop Xu Taiping’s blade from continuing its path towards Lu Chen.
As Lu Chen was about to be cleaved by Xu Taiping’s saber, another leopard demon leapt out from behind him with a “boom,” biting towards Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping, as if anticipating this, slightly shifted to the side, avoiding the leopard demon’s pounce.
At the same time, his left hand, hidden behind him for a long time, suddenly pointed towards the leopard demon’s forehead.
Cang Luan Ring, one finger, Piercing Cloud.
“Boom!”
Amidst a sharp piercing sound, the leopard demon’s head was punctured by the Cang Luan Ring’s finger.
As it was a matter of life and death, Xu Taiping did not hold back, and the Piercing Cloud was executed with full force.
While repelling the leopard demon, Xu Taiping’s saber “swooshed” down on Lu Chen’s head, its momentum unimpeded.
But as the Spring Tiger saber was about to cleave Lu Chen’s head, a string of runes suddenly flew out from Lu Chen’s forehead, transforming into a shield with a “boom” that blocked above his head.
“Bang!”
The Spring Tiger saber struck the shield hard, the resulting shockwave sweeping through the courtyard like a wild wind.
Despite this, Lu Chen beneath the shield remained unharmed.
“Whoosh!”
Lu Chen then calmed down, and as he saw the right moment when Xu Taiping’s saber was falling, he suddenly drew his sword and thrust it towards Xu Taiping.
“Boom!”
The sword was not only sharp, but as it was drawn, a highly pure fire element surged on the blade, blasting towards Xu Taiping along with the sword energy.
Clearly, the sword in Lu Chen’s hand was at least a magical treasure.
“Bang!”
Lu Chen’s sword thrust hit the wind wall in front of Xu Taiping, causing a brief dispersal, but the fiery clouds were blown away by the fierce gales on the wall.
Even Xu Taiping himself did not expect the Cang Luan Ring to counter Lu Chen’s treasured sword so effectively.
“Whoosh!”
Almost without thinking, Xu Taiping’s Spring Tiger saber slashed down at Lu Chen again.
Although he didn’t use the Seven Kills Saber technique, the power was still astonishing under the drive of his Mortal Bones saber intent.
“Bang!”
The impact caused cracks to appear in the talisman shield protecting Lu Chen.
The previously composed Lu Chen, seeing the shield crack, suddenly showed a look of panic.
“How can you break my Xuan-level talisman shield? Who the hell are you?!”
As he spoke, he pulled out another talisman scroll from his chest and threw it fiercely at Xu Taiping.
Compared to spells and divine abilities, the Fifth Peak was best at talisman scrolls, with almost every disciple hoarding a large number of them, not to mention Lu Chen.
“Boom!”
The moment the talisman was thrown, the paper exploded, and a giant fist made of flames extended out, punching down towards Xu Taiping.
“Clang!”
Seeing this, Xu Taiping gripped the saber with both hands, channeling a vast amount of true essence into the Spring Tiger saber, then “boom” slashed at the fiery fist.
The saber’s shadow, over thirty feet long, struck the fist the size of a small hill, a spectacular sight.
“Bang!”
The sound of the impact was thunderous as Xu Taiping’s saber cleaved through the fiery fist.
But before he could retract his saber, another fist emerged from the shattered talisman and smashed down towards him.