Chapter 40 Bai (1/2)

The appearance of the assault party helped Lu Tianzi get out of his previous predicament, but at the same time it came with its own problems.

Since each of the three teams in the assault party was led by an Essence Condensation realm martial artist, Lu Tianzi knew that whoever this team was led by, he must have already detected Lu Tianzi's presence.

Otherwise, there was no way that the team would so coincidentally launch an ambush on the demons who were pursuing him.

Lu Tianzi had met with all three of the team leaders in person before, though they were on different occasions. Because of that, the likelihood of his identity having been exposed was exceedingly high.

For Essence Condensation realm martial artists, it was almost impossible for them to forget the features of someone as prominent as the greatest genius of Ivory Rock City.

Since his identity had already been compromised, Lu Tianzi figured that he might as well return to aid them in their battle. This way, he could at least save his peers from the threat of the demons.

On top of that, Lu Tianzi still intended to reveal Hu Yuanbo's crimes before the masses of Ivory Rock City in the future. At that time, what weight would his words have if he was already known as someone who would abandon his fellow members of humanity in the face of danger?

If Lu Tianzi were to continue escaping rather than turn back to help, then he would truly be labelled as such by the assault party!

Lu Tianzi naturally did not wish for that to happen.

However, Lu Tianzi never expected that he would join the fray only to realise that this was the team led by Hu Shenwei.

Lu Tianzi had never forgotten about the exact words spoken by the servants of the City Lord Manor, about how he was a threat to Hu Shenwei's future position as the leader of Ivory Rock City. That was also one of the reasons why Lu Tianzi was chosen by Hu Yuanbo as a sacrifice to the demons.

To repay this debt, Lu Tianzi had sworn that as long as the opportunity arose, he would never allow this father and son pair to live!

The situation right now was definitely not the kind of opportunity that he was looking for.

”Tianzi!”

”Lu Tianzi!”

The members of the team called out in joy as they recognised Lu Tianzi who had just charged out from behind dense vegetation.

Many of the members hailed from the Ivory Rock Martial Academy, either as Lu Tianzi's seniors or even his instructors. Thus, they were people who knew Lu Tianzi on a personal level.

None of them suspected a thing even as they noticed Lu Tianzi's appearance either.

The Holy Guardians of Ivory Rock City were given a mission to roam the wilds in search of remnant pockets of humans so as to point them back to the safety of Ivory Rock City.

On top of that, the group was currently extremely close to the demons' fortress, so it was likely that Lu Tianzi had tried to challenge the demons but failed, resulting in a need to escape.

In fact, all that remained in their mind was the previous scene of Lu Tianzi facing off against numerous demons, domineeringly staring them down.

How impressive was that?

As expected of the number one genius of Ivory Rock City!

And now, this same impressive genius was coming to their aid in battle, so what more was there to be afraid of?

The members of the team felt their bodies brimming with strength as their morale surged to unprecedented heights. Even the powerful demons before them were no longer able to hold them back for long!

One by one, the members of the team won their respective battles while Lu Tianzi and Hu Shenwei picked off the rest.

However, Lu Tianzi no longer demonstrated the strength that he used earlier when he slayed demons with ease, toning it down a notch. As for the materialisation of Spiritual Essence, Lu Tianzi did not utilise that at all.

Even so, with his superior speed and agility, Lu Tianzi was still able to defeat demons at the same cultivation realm as himself, though taking a much longer time compared to before.

Seeing the human killing machine from before return, coupled with the existence of another human martial artist who exceeded the Essence Building realm, the demons were scared out of their wits!

One by one, they hurriedly fled the scene. Those who failed to find an opportunity to shake off their opponents were eventually ganged up upon by the team of human martial artists, and their fates could be imagined.

Lu Tianzi pulled his sword out from the corpse of the last demon before realising that the rest of them were all looking at him with awe in their eyes.

”Tianzi! To think that after such a short time, your strength would have increased by this much!” one of them came up to pat him on the shoulders. ”As expected of you! Even if we were to spar right now, I fear that I might not be a match for you! I truly feel proud to know that I have once been your instructor!”

”You are joking, Instructor Nie. I will always be grateful for your pointers that corrected my unnecessary movements. Without you, there will definitely not be the current Lu Tianzi,” Lu Tianzi smiled gently at the man whom he knew too well.

”Hahaha! Good!” Instructor Nie nodded in satisfaction as he let out a hearty laughter.

He was also at the Peak Essence Building realm, and had the chance to be one of Lu Tianzi's instructors when he first entered the martial academy. Of course, when Lu Tianzi's skills started to show, he was quickly passed on to the more capable instructors in the martial academy to be groomed as the talent that he was.

”It is good to see you again. It seems like you are doing well,” Hu Shenwei walked up to greet Lu Tianzi as well.

”Sir Hu!” Lu Tianzi clasped his fist in greeting, not showing the least bit of disrespect.

As the son of Hu Yuanbo and an Essence Condensation realm martial artist, Hu Shenwei commanded a significant amount of authority within Ivory Rock City as well. No matter how Lu Tianzi felt towards the man, he was not nearly stupid enough to let it show right now.

”Mm,” Hu Shenwei nodded as he accepted Lu Tianzi's greeting. ”Let us move. This is not exactly a place to talk at lengths.”

”Sir Hu has a point,” Lu Tianzi readily agreed.

The rest of the team had no objections either, and they quickly left the area.