Chapter 360 - Elder Qirens Invitation (1/2)

Since Lu Tianzi and company were just a bunch of Origin Core realm martial artists, Elder Qiren had not bothered to exert his full strength.

But even so, the combined pressure from him and the lingering Battle Intent in the cave was more than what most Origin Core realm martial artists could bear.

Yet in the face of such immense pressure, Lu Tianzi and Young Master Xuan Hao remained standing.

It was one thing for the Seventh Cycle Origin Core realm Young Master Xuan Hao to be able to withstand the combined pressure. But for even the Third Cycle Origin Core realm Lu Tianzi to stay on his feet, it was something that Elder Qiren had never expected.

At this point, he could not help but grow even more interested in Lu Tianzi.

But interest was just interest.

Elder Qiren would not go easy on Lu Tianzi just because of that.

On the contrary, Elder Qiren was now getting curious about Lu Tianzi's limit, even feeling slightly tempted to increase the pressure on him!

Lu Tianzi gritted his teeth in pain, but he did not utter a word of complaint.

Back at the Divine Storm Sect, Lu Tianzi had experienced the strength of an Overlord when Elder Yinghe stepped in to stop his duel with Chengban.

At that time, just a single moment of exertion from Elder Yinghe was enough to cause him internal injuries.

In comparison to that, he knew that Elder Qiren was most definitely already holding back right now.

If he still complained about Elder Qiren abusing his higher cultivation level, Lu Tianzi might just end up angering Elder Qiren, causing the situation to worsen.

After all, there was no one else around to witness this, and thus Elder Qiren had no need to consider his status.

Lu Tianzi took a quick glance at Young Master Xuan Hao, the only other person left standing.

Young Master Xuan Hao was showing an expression of agony, beads of cold sweat covering his forehead as his body continued to tremble slightly.

It was obvious that just like Lu Tianzi, Young Master Xuan Hao was barely holding on.

By the looks of it, there was no need to hope that Young Master Xuan Hao would be able to resolve the situation.

But how else could they get out of this mess?

His Slaughter Essence cultivation level alone was not enough, and he certainly could not reveal his Spiritual Essence cultivation in front of a demon Overlord.

In fact, it might not be enough even if he did.

The only way he could think of was to activate his beastial bloodline and hope for the best.

Up till this day, his beastial bloodline activation had yet to fail him even once. He did not know how it would fare against an actual Overlord realm powerhouse, but he could no longer think of any other option.

Yet just as Lu Tianzi was about the activate his beastial bloodline, another idea struck him.

Be it the immense pressure at the War Intent Cliff or the pressure within the cave, they were all due to the lingering Battle Intent in those areas.

As long as he could master the use of Battle Intent, he might be able to create his own mental pressure and use it to counteract the pressure from Elder Qiren!

And after months of practice while being exposed to the old master's Battle Intent, Lu Tianzi could feel that he had already grasped the essentials.

Now, all that was left was for him to try it out himself.

He closed his eyes while tightening his grip around the Torrential Sabre.

Nanlan Qianxue, Young Master Xuan Hao, and Ruan Ling were all too busy trying to resist the pressure to notice, but the four youngsters from the White Tiger Immortal Sect immediately noticed Lu Tianzi tighten his grip on the Torrential Sabre.

”No way, is he trying to fight back?”

”What a joke! He might have caught Liuhao by surprise earlier, but the same thing would never work against Elder Qiren!”

The youngsters immediately started to discuss among themselves in schadenfreude.

Overlords had always been untouchable beings in their eyes. For Lu Tianzi to even think of resisting Elder Qiren was something completely inconceivable.

Even Elder Qiren smirked when he noticed Lu Tianzi's seemingly futile actions.

But when Lu Tianzi's trembling arm slowly rose through the air, the smirk on Elder Qiren's face started fading away as well.

Eyes closed, Lu Tianzi stood before everyone with the Torrential Sabre raised high into the air.

His entire body was trembling, yet he was somehow able to give others a bad premonition when they looked at him.

For a moment, there was absolute silence within the cave.

Apart from Nanlan Qianxue and Ruan Ling who were suffering under the unbearable combined pressure, all eyes fell upon Lu Tianzi who had suddenly taken on an offensive stance.

”Brother... Tianzi...?” Young Master Xuan Hao managed to say through gritted teeth.

However, his words did not reach Lu Tianzi.

Right now, Lu Tianzi was in a state of absolute focus, the memories from the past few months replaying in his head again and again.

Lu Tianzi's perception sank into his inner world, driving his true origin core and channelling Origin Force towards his raised arm.

Though it was just a minute amount, a new form of energy started forming within Lu Tianzi's inner world, fusing naturally into his Origin Force.

This was something that had never before appeared in Lu Tianzi, yet it was also something that Lu Tianzi was incomparably familiar with.

This was materialised Battle Intent.

Success!

While it was extremely faint as compared to the old master's, just being able to summon the slightest trace of it was enough to make Lu Tianzi's heart race.

After all, this was only his first attempt at it.