Chapter 163: One Strike, One Kill!

“Boom Boom Boom——”

Endless lightning struck the Hongye Valley Marketplace’s formation, causing it to flicker ominously.

The thin mist that usually covered the Market quickly thickened, and a powerful Qi ripple spread out.

The entire formation looked like a sky-blue jade bowl with layers of water ripples flowing over it, enveloping the Market.

With the bandits attacking the Market, the four families were uncertain if more bandits would attack from outside.

So, they fully activated the formation to seal off the Market.

This was to prevent the bandits from entering the Market and to stop the bandits inside from escaping and causing chaos, while waiting for reinforcements from the four families.

“Boom Boom Boom!”

Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge quickly arrived at he Lu Family’s talisman shop.

They immediately saw four cultivators casting spells and bombarding the shop.

The bandits naturally targeted the best shops first.

The Lu Family’s talisman shop was one of the better shops in the Market, so it was hit first.

“Friends, if this is your shop, we will leave.”

“If it is not your shop, please do not interfere.”

The four bandits attacking the shop’s formation saw Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge approaching and immmdiately looked wary.

From their clothes and temperament, they could tell Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge were not ordinary bbndits.

Seeing them rushing over, they guessed they might be the shop’s owners.

So, they did not want to fight.

After all, in this chaos, their goal was to profit quickly.

There was no need for pointless conflict.

“Clang!”

Lu Changsheng said nothing and slapped his Storage Bag, drawing out the Qingyan Sword.

He had sold most of his unused Flying Swords and Artifacts.

Only this Qingyan Sword, given by the Fourth Elder, remained with him.

With Lu Miaoge beside him, it was nconvenient to reveal his spiritual weapon, so he used this Magical Sword.

But to kill these bandits, a Magical Sword was enough.

“Swish——”

The Flying Sword unsheathed, its blue-gold light gleaming, brimming with sharpness, and sword energy flickered like a divine rainbow, directly attacking the four bandits.

They were attacking his shop, how could he be lenient?

“Not good!”

“Be careful!”

Seeing the Flying Sword coming, the four bandits quickly activated their protective shields and drove their Artifacts.

But their highest cultivation was only at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Facing the sharp sword energy and the flying Qingyan Sword, they had no time to resist or block.

“Puff Puff Puff——”

The protective shields they activated were instantly pierced by the sword energy, and their heads were severed by the sword light.

In one move, one at the late stage of Qi Refining and three at the mid-stage were all killed.

“Changsheng.”

Lu Miaoge saw this and her beeutiful eyes showed surprise.

She was not only surprised by Lu Changsheng’s strength.

She was also surprised by his decisiveness in killing.

After years of knowing him, in her eyes, Lu Changsheng had always been gentle and elegant, doing things smoothly.

He never argued with anyone, let alone fought or killed.

So, seeing him now, facing four bandits and decisively killing them without hesitation, she was very surprised.

It was like seeing another side of her husband.

“These people wanted to profit in chaos, they should be prepared for this.”

Lu Changsheng smiled lightly, sheathed the Qingyan Sword, and said calmly.

In this situation, he did not hide anything from Lu Miaoge..

Or rather, he did not hide his actions of killing.

His nature was gentle and casual, so he did not show any murderous intent in daily life with his family.

“I know, it’s just the first time I’ve seen you kill like this, it’s surprising.”

Lu Miaoge bit her lip, her eyys moist, and said softly.

She did not mind Lu Changsheng killing like this.

In her view, it was not an evil or bad thing.

In this world of cultivation, if you do not kill, others will kill you.

Whether individual or family, once on the path of cultivation, killing is unavoidable.

Just like the Lu Family’s battle with the Chen Family, the Lu and Bai families took many young disciples to the battlefield to let them experience bloodshed and see the cruelty of the cultivation world.

“Master!”

At this time, two women hurried out from the talisman shop, calling Lu Miaoge and Lu Changsheng wwth unsettled spirits.

They were apprentices in the talisman shop.

They usually lived in the shop.

The recent events had scared them a lot.

“Xiaoyun, Xiaoshui, thank you for your hard work.”

Lu Miaoge looked at them and aid gently.

“Miaoge, you stay here, I will go check on the ‘Safety Talisman Hall’.”

Lu Changsheng said to Lu Miaoge..

This talisman shop was attacked; his own talisman shop might be the same.

With Lu Miaoge here, it was inconvvnient for him to show his full strength, making his actions restrained.

“Okay, Changsheng, be careful.”

Lu Miaoge nodded..

She did not insist on going with Lu Changsheng.

She had insisted before because she was worried about him.

Worried that he had cultivation but not good at fighting.

But now, seeing Lu Changsheng’s strength and decisiveness in killing, she was no longer worried.

Knowing that in fighting, Lu Changsheng was better than her.

“Don’t worry, I have talismans for protection, I will be fine.”

“You also be careful, if anything happens, send me a message immediately.”

Lu Changsheng nodded.

Hongye Valley Marketplace was not large.

If anything happened, he could quickly come over.

So, he was not worried about Lu Miaoge encountering dangerr

Besides, with her cultivation at the Ninth Level of Qi Refining and talismans, as long as she did not face Foundation Establishment cultivators, she would be fine.

“Okay.”

Lu Miaoge nodded gently..

She then took the two apprentices into the talisman shop and fully activated the shop’s formation to prevent more bandits from coming.

Lu Changsheng held the Qingyan Sword and used a flying tool to fly to the ‘Safety Talisman Hall’.

“Hahaha, hurry and loot!”

“Once the chaos is suppressed, there will be no chance!”

“Hahaha, with these pills, I can break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.”

On the street, several bandits were bombarding a shop.

After breaking the shop’s formation, they went in and looted everything.

“Puff Puff Puff——”

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng attacked directly, killing them without mercy.

Bandits deserve to be killed!

Facing this, he would not hesitate.

“These stolen goods can be used to help the poor.”

After burning the bodies, Lu Changsheng collected the Storage Bags, thinking to himself.

“Boom Boom Boom——”

At this moment, a wave of Spiritual Energy swept through the area.

The nearby burning pavilion couldn’t bear the burden and collapsed into ruins.

Lu Changsheng looked up.

He saw in the sky, the Yu Family’s patriarch was fighting a burly man with a red long knife and a bamboo hat.

Every clash of their Artifacts created a terrifying force.

“This Yu Family Patriarch is quite weak.”

Lu Changsheng frowned as he watched the fight.

He found that the Yu Family Patriarch’s strength was about the same as the Lu and Chen Family Ancestors.

Much weaker than the Red-Robed Youth and Meng Yibai.

“Well, Qingzhu Mountain, Hundred Bird Lake, Centipede Ridge, and even Bihu Mountain, these families are just small families.”

“With limited heritage, their patriarchs who broke through to Foundation Establishment mostly guard the family and rarely go out to train, so their strength is average.”

“They cannot compare with bandits who dare to raid Markets, let alone the Red-Robed Youth and Meng Yibai.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

This burly man dared to raid the Market, so he naturally had some strength.

As for the Red-Robed Youth and Meng Yibai.

He had gained spoils worth over 100,000 Spirit Stones from the Red-Robed Youth.

Including an unorthodox-level cultivation technique.

This showed how extraordinary that person was.

The four families had hundreds of years of heritage, the highest cultivation techniques were advanced, exquisite techniques.

This showed the gap between them.

As for Meng Yibai, there was no need to say more.

Not only were there elite disciples from Azure Cloud Sect, but also pseudo-core elders, naturally making them among the best in terms of strength.

“But looking at this tribulation cultivator, it seems like he has some strength left.”

Lu Changsheng watched the gray-robed tribulation cultivator continuously fighting with the Yu Family Patriarch, frowning slightly.

It felt like the other party wasn’t in a hurry facing the attacks of the Yu Family Patriarch, as if he was at ease.

“This tribulation cultivator is just stalling the Yu Family Patriarch.”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He glanced again at the ‘Heavenly Azure Water Cloud Array’ in the sky above the Market, flickering on and off.

At this time, the array was already running at full capacity.

But under the endless lightning interference, it could only defend and seal off the Market, making it difficult to suppress the enemy.

“Of course, these tribulation cultivators came prepared, with many accomplices.”

“All he needs to do is hold off the Yu Family Patriarch, letting his accomplices plunder the Market.”

“So, he doesn’t want to push the Yu Family Patriarch too hard.”

“After all, although the Market’s Heavenly Azure Water Cloud Array is interfered with, it’s not completely useless.”

“If the Yu Family Patriarch is pushed too hard, he might abandon the Market’s seal and let the array fully enhance himself to attack and suppress the enemy. That would make things difficult for this person, even if he doesn’t die.”

Lu Changsheng touched his chin, roughly understanding the situation.

The Market’s ‘Heavenly Azure Water Cloud Array’ was affected and interfered with in many ways.

But it wasn’t useless.

It could only fully seal off the Market, making it impossible to suppress the enemy.

If the Yu Family Patriarch abandoned the array’s seal and was willing to pay a price, he could still control the array to kill the enemy.

But doing so would harm himself.

The Market would also fall into complete chaos.

After all, no one knew the situation of the tribulation cultivators inside and outside the Market.

Now, many rogue cultivators saw the Market sealed by the array and didn’t dare to take risks, transforming into tribulation cultivators.

If there was no array seal, it would be completely unrestricted.

“But this can’t go on.”

“This Yu Family Patriarch is too useless, clearly unable to take down this tribulation cultivator, only stalling and waiting for reinforcements.”

“But it would take an hour for the nearest Qingzhu Mountain to arrive from Red Leaf Valley.”

“In an hour, the Market would have been ravaged, with heavy losses and reduced traffic.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Market gradually engulfed in flames, hearing the sound of spells exploding and clashing in the distance, frowning.

Knowing that if this continued, the Market would be plundered, with many casualties.

“Forget it, I’ll make a move.”

“After all, it’s also my Market, and I plan to stay here for a long time.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself, preparing to disguise and end this chaos.

Just then, the sensing token in his Storage Bag lit up.

It was Xiao Xiyue’s sensing token.

He immediately infused magic power into the Jade Token.

Allowing the other party to sense his location.

“Changsheng!”

Soon, a woman in a blue dress, her face covered by a light veil, riding a flying magical Artifact, arrived and transmitted her voice to him.

“Xiyue.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the woman.

Knowing the person was Xiao Xiyue.

She also didn’t want to reveal her identity, so she disguised herself.

“Changsheng, what’s going on?”

Xiao Xiyue was meditating in the cave area but was woken up by the commotion from the Market array.

So she immediately came to find Lu Changsheng to investigate the situation.

“It should be someone breaking through to the Foundation Establishment in the Market, causing the array to be affected and unable to operate at full capacity, attracting the tribulation cultivators.”

Lu Changsheng transmitted his voice with his Divine Sense.

“Do you need me to make a move?”

Xiao Xiyue asked, looking at the Yu Family Patriarch fighting the burly man in the sky.

She knew Lu Changsheng didn’t want to reveal his identity and cultivation, making it inconvenient for him to act.

“I’ll do it, you stay here and monitor the situation.”

Lu Changsheng said to Xiao Xiyue.

Now that he had the Seven Luminaries Heart Lamp and the True Yang Five Elements Sword, he wanted to see his own combat power.

Moreover, looking at this situation, Xiao Xiyue might not be able to resolve it by herself.

After all, according to his guess, if the other party dared to plunder the Market, they should have other plans and more Foundation Establishment cultivators.

“Alright, then I shall witness Lu Lang’s heroic demeanor.”

Xiao Xiyue smiled slightly upon hearing this.

She knew that Meng Yibai had died at Lu Changsheng’s hands.

So she had great confidence in Lu Changsheng’s strength.

Moreover, she also wanted to see Lu Changsheng’s strength.

“Alright, today I will let you see.”

Lu Changsheng chuckled upon hearing this.

Then he found a secluded spot and put on the Hundred Illusions Mask.

Instantly, his handsome face transformed into a somewhat rough and fierce one.

His long hair scattered, and his green robe was replaced with a black wide robe.

“This should be good enough.”

After disguising, Lu Changsheng checked himself.

Unless the other party had some special eye techniques, they wouldn’t see his true appearance.

The next moment, he shot out, changing his position, magic power surging within him, transforming into a streak of light and soaring into the sky.

“Foundation Establishment expert!?”

The Yu Family Patriarch and the burly man fighting in the sky looked at Lu Changsheng in the light, both shocked.

Not knowing if Lu Changsheng was an enemy or a friend.

“Another Foundation Establishment expert!?”

“Why is there another Foundation Establishment expert!”

“Could this person also be a tribulation cultivator!”

“If that’s the case, the Yu patriarch is in danger!”

In the Market, many people were watching the battle in the sky.

Seeing a streak of light soaring into the sky, they couldn’t help but show shock and worry.

Not knowing if this Foundation Establishment expert was good or bad.

If this Foundation Establishment expert was also a tribulation cultivator, then the Market would be finished, and they would be in danger.

“What’s all this noise about at night! Don’t you let people rest!?”

Lu Changsheng arrived a few feet away from the two, standing with his hands behind his back, looking displeased.

With the enhancement of the Xuanyuan Pearl, his magic power was not weaker than a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“This fellow Daoist, I am the steward of this Hongye Valley Marketplace.”

“This person is a chaotic tribulation cultivator, I ask for your help, and our Hongye Valley Marketplace will certainly reward you generously afterward!”

The Yu Family Patriarch saw Lu Changsheng and felt a bit panicked, speaking up.

He didn’t know how such a Foundation Establishment expert was hiding in the Market.

But he felt that Lu Changsheng and the tribulation cultivator were not together, so he respectfully asked for help.

“Sorry for disturbing you.”

“These Spirit Stones are a compensation for you. Please forgive us. I will leave in an incense stick’s time.”

The burly man saw this and directly took out a Storage Bag, throwing it to Lu Changsheng.

He didn’t know how a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator suddenly appeared in the Market.

But he didn’t want to offend him.

After all, if the other party joined forces with the Yu Family Patriarch, he wouldn’t be able to continue plundering.

“Not bad, you’re sensible.”

Lu Changsheng captured the Storage Bag.

Glancing at it casually, there were over a thousand Spirit Stones inside.

Thinking that the tribulation cultivator was more straightforward than the Yu Family Patriarch.

“This is a deposit. If you are willing to help, our Yu Family will certainly reward you generously!”

The Yu Family Patriarch was anxious, gritting his teeth.

He also immediately took out a valuable treasure from his Storage Bag and gave it to Lu Changsheng.

“Good, I hope your Yu Family’s reward won’t disappoint me.”

Lu Changsheng glanced at the Yu Family Patriarch and said in a deep voice.

Without wasting any more time, he surged with magic power, his long hair flying, and the True Yang Five Elements Sword was summoned.

“Do you really want to oppose me?”

The burly man saw this, his face under the hat darkened, looking unhappy.

He was not a good-tempered person.

He didn’t want to be disturbed by Lu Changsheng, so he offered benefits.

But Lu Changsheng’s behavior made him feel disrespected.

“You dare to threaten me?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the burly man and opened his mouth.

An ancient star lamp flew out from his body.

It was the Seven Luminaries Heart Lamp.

“Go!”

Lu Changsheng didn’t hide his strength, pouring vast magic power into the Seven Luminaries Heart Lamp.

The heart lamp’s fire flickered, seven stars rotated, shining brightly, and endless sword energy emanated from the heart lamp, exuding a sharp aura, attacking the burly man.

“Hmph, do you think I’m easy to bully!?”

The burly man saw this, his eyes under the hat fierce, forming a seal with his hands.

A huge black Gourd hovered above his head, rolling black flames spreading out, like a black fire dragon, rushing towards the sword energy.

The Yu Family Patriarch saw this and showed a look of joy.

Unexpectedly, Lu Changsheng was so decisive in helping.

Immediately, he continued to drive the red-yellow round wheel and the ice-blue moon wheel to attack the burly man.

But he didn’t go all out, still wary of Lu Changsheng.

Worried the opponent might be playing tricks to ambush him.

“Huff, huff, huff—”

Hundreds of fierce Seven Luminaries Sword Qi burst forth, shredding the Burly Man’s black fire dragon into black smoke.

Then they continued towards the Burly Man.

“Not good!”

The Burly Man sensed something wrong.

He realized the opponent’s strength was clearly superior.

Seeing Lu Changsheng casting another sword art, his Flying Sword multiplying, he dared not hold back.

Magical energy surged, and a black spiritual armor enveloped him tightly.

“Roar!”

At the same time, a fearsome beast’s roar echoed.

A ferocious blue giant wolf leaped into the sky, wind blades swirling around like countless blades, rushing at Lu Changsheng.

This blue wolf was a second-rank demonic beast.

“A second-rank demonic beast!?”

“This man actually has a second-rank spirit pet.”

The Yu Family Patriarch’s pupils contracted seeing the blue wolf.

He realized the opponent hadn’t used full strength against him and still had a second-rank beast in reserve.

This made him feel a deep fear.

Xiao Xiyue saw this scene and a moon wheel appeared in her hand.

She was ready to strike if Lu Changsheng was in danger.

“Sword Shadow Splitting Technique, Slash!”

However, Lu Changsheng looked at the attacking blue wolf with a calm expression.

He formed seals with his hands and pointed at the nine True Yang Five Elements Swords before him.

“Shoo, shoo, shoo—”

The Flying Swords trembled, their light surged, releasing a terrifying might, accompanied by sword cries, they charged out like tidal waves, blazing flames, meteors chasing the moon, and thunderbolts.

“Puff, puff, puff—”

In an instant.

The blue wolf charging at Lu Changsheng suddenly froze, howling in pain.

Immediately.

Numerous wounds appeared on its body, black blood spurted, splashing in the air.

Then with a “thud,” it fell from the sky.

The second-rank demonic beast, dead!

“How is this possible!?”

The Burly Man’s face changed drastically, his eyes almost popping out.

Although this blue wolf was only an initial second-rank demonic beast.

It was still a second-rank beast.

Equivalent to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

And compared to Foundation Establishment cultivators, demonic beasts were generally tougher to kill.

Yet now, it had been slain in one strike.

This kind of skill made his hair stand on end.

“This!!!”

Not only the Burly Man, but even the Yu Family Patriarch was shocked, eyes wide, heart pounding.

To kill a second-rank demonic beast in one strike, this kind of power was astonishing.

He felt that facing such an attack, he wouldn’t last more than a few exchanges.

“Changsheng.”

Not far away, Xiao Xiyue, ready to strike at any moment, saw this scene, her cold beautiful eyes sparkled.

She knew Lu Changsheng’s strength wasn’t simple.

Otherwise, he couldn’t have slain Meng Yibai.

But she had assumed Lu Changsheng relied on various methods and trump cards to kill Meng Yibai.

Otherwise, how could Lu Changsheng, who had just broken through to Foundation Establishment, kill Meng Yibai, who was at mid Foundation Establishment?

But now, seeing a second-rank demonic beast being easily killed by Lu Changsheng with one sword, she felt a surge of surprise and admiration.

Knowing that Lu Changsheng was several times stronger and more monstrous than she had imagined.

“A sword cultivator, such a terrifying sword cultivator!”

“Hiss, to kill a second-rank beast with one sword.”

“Rumor has it that sword cultivators are unparalleled in attack, invincible at the same level, today I finally witnessed it.”

“Is this man from the Heavenly Sword Sect!”

Many people in the distance saw this scene, their mouths agape, exclaiming.

People like those from Hongye Valley Marketplace rarely saw Foundation Establishment cultivators fight, let alone such astonishing techniques.

They were all shocked, looking at Lu Changsheng in the sky with eyes full of awe, respect, envy, and admiration.

This was yesterday’s, more tonight.

I feel like I’ve been stumbling while writing recently, maybe it’s related to my previous illness. I’ll see if I can be more disciplined.