Chapter 45 (1/2)

“Come on then!” Facing the joint attack from those three, Lu Ming grinned and did not back down. Instead, he rushed forward like the wind.

“You’re asking for it!”

“Die!”

The three of them huffed maliciously, each wielding their best technique. Their longswords surged with Sword Qi, carving through the air and emitting an ear splitting whistle.

The Sword Qi converged upon Lu Ming.

Just then, Lu Ming’s body glimmered bloodily and his blood meridian exploded. Immediately, he twisted his body to evade the sharp tips of their swords, ignoring their Sword Qi.

“Die then!”

Duanmu Jue and the other two had icy, murderous expressions in their eyes. Duanmu Jue, in particular, broke out into a satisfied smirk, as if the 500-point metal piece was already in his hands.

Still, in the next moment, his expression transformed because he sensed that when his Sword Qi landed on Lu Ming’s body, it was like cutting through a bottomless abyss.

Instantly, his hair stood on end, and a frosty, savage aura enveloped him.

‘Retreat, retreat now!’ he howled in his heart.

However, it was too late. A beam of sword light appeared like a celestial angel, impaling his throat.

A fountain of blood spurted out while Duanmu Jue choked out an animalistic howl with both hands grasping at his throat as he fell back.

Nonetheless, after a few steps backward, he collapsed to the ground.

In one slash, Lu Ming pierced through Duanmu Jue. He drew out his sword smoothly and cut the throat of the other youth.

Swiftly, Lu Ming had exploited the uniqueness of his blood meridian to quickly slay two experts.

There was only one person left.

The final youth felt stifled in a cloud of death. He was scared witless and recoiled in wild panic. Still, how could he be as fast as Lu Ming? Lu Ming caught up with him in a few steps. After a few moves, the guy was biting Duanmu Jue’s dust.

Lu Ming slayed Duanmu Jue’s group of three.

‘This time, I’m really unscathed. That’s much better than the last time,’ Lu Ming checked himself all over and thought to himself.

His blood meridian had devoured 50% of the Sword Qi from Duanmu Jue and the rest. The remaining half was mostly blocked by his protective Essential Qi, so Lu Ming was not harmed much.

Of course, this was also thanks to the cultivation level of Duanmu Jue and the other two.

Duanmu Jue’s cultivation was on the Fourth Grade Master Realm, only two stages above Lu Ming. If he was three stages, four or even five stages above Lu Ming, the end result would be different. Although Lu Ming could also devour 50% of the attack impact, the remaining 50% would be enough to grievously injure or even kill him.

‘Let me see how many point-worthy metal pieces Duanmu Jue has gathered.’

Lu Ming frisked Duanmu Jue’s body but did not even find a single metal piece.

‘How could this be? How could Duanmu Jue not even have a single point-worthy metal piece? No, he must have a storage ring!’ Lu Ming’s eyes lit up as he examined Duanmu Jue’s fingers. As expected, he spotted a ring.

After he took the ring off, Lu Ming sent his consciousness into the ring.

In the next moment, a space popped up in his mind. It was not large with a volume of around one cubic meter. It was lacking by leaps and bounds compared to the Supreme Shrine.

This was the space within the storage ring.

In this space, there was a pile of point-worthy metal pieces, a stack of silver notes, and some clothes.