“Zheng Centipede! How dare you attack Mu Family Cultivators in front of Emerald Moon Lake!”
Looking at the dark-skinned man at Qi Refining Middle Stage, the Mu Family Head’s tone was cold, filled with immense rage.
During the journey, he had remained vigilant, not wanting to be attacked so close to his Family’s doorstep.
“Kill! Finish this quickly!”
Zheng Centipede sneered, forming a Spell, and the fiery great saber under his feet expanded to the size of a door panel. Within the flickering flames of the saber’s body, a trace of eerie black light emerged!
The saber’s light and flames tore through the air, striking directly at the Mu Family Head.
At the same time, the six Cultivators behind Zheng Centipede all made their moves, with the lowest cultivation being Qi Refining Middle Stage.
One of them, a beautiful woman at Qi Refining Middle Stage, cast a Vine Spell, and green vines emerged from the ground, coiling towards the Mu Family Head.
“Dare to be arrogant in front of the Mu Family’s gates? Today, none of you shall leave!”
The Mu Family Head’s expression was solemn. He conjured a green banner, plunged it into the ground, and a swirling green wind vortex the size of an outhouse formed on the spot.
He then crushed a Talisman, and a golden light shield protected his body.
Puff! Puff!
However, fighting two opponents, the Mu Family Head quickly fell into a disadvantage. The green banner in front of him dimmed, and the golden light shield was shattered by the fiery saber light.
The four Mu Family Cultivators engaged the five Qi Refining Middle Stage Cultivators from the Zheng Family.
It was also a situation of fewer against more, and the outlook was not optimistic.
The heart-stopping battle caught the surviving youths off guard.
Many of them had pale faces and trembling legs.
Having just entered the Cultivation World, how had they ever seen such a scene?
“The Cultivation World is too dangerous! I want to go home and farm…” Li Ergou cried, his voice trembling.
“You all quickly go to the Family!”
A Mu Family youth at Qi Refining Middle Stage transmitted a message to them.
Lu Chang’an had an impression of this person.
His name was Mu Yunfei, and he had previously distributed Spirit Stones to the ten youths.
“Right, run quickly!”
“We’re just a burden staying here.”
The youths reacted quickly and ran towards Emerald Moon Lake.
“I’m afraid it’s not that simple.”
Lu Chang’an frowned slightly, not rushing to escape.
The Zheng Family Cultivators clearly had a numerical advantage, yet they only entangled the Mu Family Head and the others, ignoring them.
This made Lu Chang’an feel that something was abnormal.
As expected, the youths had only run a few dozen meters.
Chii!
A wind blade several feet long swept past the fastest-running youth.
He didn’t even have time to scream.
The youth’s head separated from his body, and blood gushed out.
Hiss!
The fleeing youths stopped abruptly, their hair standing on end.
“There’s another ambush!”
The Mu Family Head and the four Family Cultivators’ expressions sank.
Three Cultivators descended from a large tree on the side of the road.
Two males and one female.
The leader was an ugly woman, a Qi Refining Middle Stage Cultivator. She instructed the two young Cultivators behind her:
“This is your first actual combat in the Cultivation World! Follow me to kill the remaining eight Immortal Seedlings, don’t take it lightly…”
“Sister Phoenix, don’t worry!”
“We have Magical Artifacts in hand. Killing these newly initiated Immortal Seedlings is like slaughtering chickens!”
The two young people were around twenty years old, at Qi Refining Middle Stage, with excitement outweighing nervousness on their faces.
Lu Chang’an’s perception was keen, and he heard the trio’s conversation.
Clearly, the ugly woman wanted to use these Immortal Seedlings as whetstones for the young people in her Family.
At present, these Immortal Seedlings had weak cultivation, no Magical Artifacts, and were not proficient in Spells. Facing the ugly woman and her two companions, they truly had no power to resist at all.
Just the two young people at Qi Refining Middle Stage, with Magical Artifacts in hand, could slaughter them.
“Time is limited, kill quickly!”
The ugly woman took the lead, not even bothering to conjure a Magical Artifact. With a casual wave, a wind blade instantly cut another Immortal Seedling girl in half at the waist.
Only seven Immortal Seedlings remained.
Among them, only three or four knew one or two Spells.
“Zheng Yan, let’s compete to see who kills more!”
The two young people laughed wildly, like tigers entering a flock of sheep, controlling their Magical Artifacts to kill them.
“Hmph!”
Lu Chang’an knew he couldn’t sit idly by. He rubbed a pebble-sized fire pellet between his fingertips and suddenly launched it at one of the young men.
Fire Pellet Spell, one of the less powerful fire-element Spells.
This was the only offensive Spell Lu Chang’an had learned from a Loose Cultivator before his Awakening.
In Lu Chang’an’s hands, the power and speed of this fire pellet were more than fifty percent stronger than before.
“So fast!”
The young Cultivator was startled and hastily controlled his Magical Artifact iron sword to defend.
Peng!
Flames exploded. Most of the power was blocked by the Magical Artifact, but a few embers made the young Cultivator disheveled.
“Little beast!”
The young Cultivator was furious. A single fire pellet wasn’t much of a threat, but it made him lose a lot of face.
After all, his opponent was just an Immortal Seedling at Qi Refining Middle Stage.
The young Cultivator controlled his Magical Artifact iron sword, preparing to launch an enraged strike.
“Yan’er, be careful!”
A sharp gust of wind pierced through, and the ugly woman in the distance cried out in warning.
However, it was too late!
Lu Chang’an’s body moved, leaving afterimages, closing in in the blink of an eye.
He flicked a finger, and a three-foot Qi ray shot out!
The young Cultivator named Zheng Yan stiffened, looking blankly at the bloody hole in his chest.
The three-foot Qi ray had pierced through his heart.
This was a top-tier Martial Forest martial art Lu Chang’an had cultivated, “Heavenly Pellet Finger.”
The previous Fire Pellet Spell was just a disguise.
“Innate Martial Artist, not to be underestimated.”
After killing Zheng Yan, Lu Chang’an spoke lightly.
He picked up the Flying Sword Magical Artifact that the opponent had dropped.
Amidst the ugly woman’s shocked and angry roars, he quickly retreated.
“Zheng Yan…”
The other young Cultivator from the Zheng Family gasped in horror, momentarily stunned, and his fierce offensive slowed down.
The Immortal Seedlings gained a moment to breathe.
Risk it all!
Encouraged by Lu Chang’an, the few youths who knew Spells joined forces and counterattacked the other young Cultivator at Qi Refining Middle Stage.
“Yan’er—”
The ugly woman at Qi Refining Middle Stage roared, her eyes bloodshot, pursuing Lu Chang’an with bone-chilling killing intent.
Chii chii chii!
Three wind blades struck consecutively.
Spells that could instantly kill other Immortal Seedlings had no effect on Lu Chang’an.
His powerful Divine Sense gave him sufficiently keen reactions.
The movement speed of a Martial Forest Grandmaster would not suffer too much even against a Qi Refining Middle Stage opponent.
“Innate Martial Artist?”
The ugly woman gritted her teeth, quickly calmed down, and conjured a small golden-bronze bell.
Lu Chang’an’s expression changed. Without thinking, he struck out three fire pellets with a backhand.
The ugly woman’s face showed mockery. She neither dodged nor avoided, pouring all her Magic Power into it. The small golden-bronze bell in front of her hummed, forming a bronze light shield, like an inverted bronze bowl.
Peng! Peng! Peng!
The three fire pellets hit the bronze light shield and exploded violently.
The luster of the small golden-bronze bell weakened by thirty percent.
“The power of these fire pellets?”
The ugly woman couldn’t help but be moved. The three fire pellets Lu Chang’an had launched were actually a bit stronger than before, approaching a Qi Refining Middle Stage Cultivator.
After several consecutive Fire Pellet Spells, Lu Chang’an’s Magic Power was mostly depleted, but his Evergreen Magic Power was continuously recovering.
“Die!” The ugly woman’s eyes glinted with coldness.
The small golden-bronze bell rang with a deafening “clang.” Youths with lower cultivation nearby bled from their noses and mouths.
A circle of faint golden ripples swept towards Lu Chang’an at a terrifying speed.
“Sound wave attack, soul-shaking?”
Lu Chang’an’s mind wavered slightly, then instantly recovered.
Heavenly Evil Demonic Sound!
He circulated his Innate True Qi, took a deep breath, and his belly and cheeks swelled like balloons.
Another Martial Forest ultimate skill.
Roar!
Sand and stones flew. A sound wave, shaped like a tiger’s roar and filled with Evil Qi, collided with the surging faint golden ripples.
Even though the small golden-bronze bell had been weakened by thirty percent, it still crushed and swallowed the Heavenly Evil Demonic Sound.
Ultimately, only one or two tenths of the faint golden ripples remained. Lu Chang’an, protected by Innate True Qi, endured them with his powerful physique.
His body was pushed back, and his blood Qi churned.
The slight sound wave anomaly that permeated his internal organs was finally dispelled by the Evergreen Magic Power.
“How is this possible, little thief!”
The ugly woman was dumbfounded, truly unable to believe it.
Her small bell Magical Artifact, skilled in sound wave attacks and with a slight soul-capturing effect, was actually safely neutralized by that brat using a Spell combined with a Martial Dao sound wave technique.
…
After neutralizing the fatal blow.
Lu Chang’an quickly distanced himself and prepared to activate the “Blood Burning Art.”
This art could forcibly raise his cultivation to Qi Refining Peak, but the side effects were quite significant.
Fortunately, the opponent’s Magical Artifact killing move had relatively obvious casting actions and could not be activated at a high frequency.
The ugly woman’s killing intent remained undiminished, and she still wanted to pursue him.
“Retreat!”
At this moment, Zheng Centipede’s urgent shout came from a distance.
Lu Chang’an glanced over and saw that beside the Mu Family Head, there was a single-horned exotic beast, resembling both a horse and an ox, emitting lightning.
The single-horned exotic beast’s strength was comparable to Qi Refining Middle Stage, forcing back the beautiful woman at Qi Refining Middle Stage.
Subsequently, the single-horned exotic beast’s cold gaze swept towards the ugly woman, and it darted towards them.
“Run!”
The ugly woman’s fat face trembled. She called out to the younger generation at Qi Refining Middle Stage, who were still fiercely fighting, to leave.
The Zheng Family Cultivators retreated in haste.
Lu Chang’an understood that even with the addition of the single-horned exotic beast, the Zheng Family Cultivators still had the strength to fight.
But near the Mu Family’s stronghold, the Zheng Family Cultivators dared not linger in battle; their strategy was to finish quickly.
A clap of thunder!
A bolt of lightning struck, killing the slowest young man from the Zheng Family at Qi Refining Middle Stage.
The Zheng Family retreated at the cost of two Qi Refining Middle Stage Cultivators.
As for the Mu Family, four Immortal Seedlings died in the chaotic battle.
Who profited and who lost was clear at a glance.
Lu Chang’an recovered his Magic Power and examined the Flying Sword Magical Artifact in his hand.
“Bah! So poor…”
He had thought it was a Low Grade Magical Artifact, but upon inspection, he found it was a low-quality Magical Artifact with several flaws on its surface.
Lu Chang’an thought for a moment.
He walked to the corpse of the Cultivator named Zheng Yan, whom he had killed.
He carefully searched the body, looking for any other spoils of war.