Chapter 146: Reappearance (1/2)

Judgement of Life or Death!

Beigong Yu’s finger was a hair’s breadth away from Lu Yun’s forehead when his expression froze. Tiny tongues of black flames seeped out of his orifices, slowly setting his body ablaze.

“Gaaaaahhhhh!” A short, pained cry was all that marked his existence before he disintegrated into ashes, leaving nothing behind!

The greater the negative karma of the target, the more powerful the Judgement of Life or Death would be. Lu Yun had previously used the art to kill a terrifying akasha ghost with a fearsome level of retribution around it. Although the retribution on Beigong Yu wasn’t at the ghost’s level, it was still more than enough for the governor to kill him several times over.

Even if Beigong Yu hadn’t severed his own cultivation and remained a peerless immortal, Lu Yun would still be able to easily kill him, as long as there was enough retribution associated with the monster spirit.

“Hm?” The governor paused. A significant stream of goodwill formed without warning and entered his body, absorbed by the Sal Tree of Life and Death.

The sapling flickered a deep green, and the power it returned melded into Lu Yun’s internal energy, further pushing his cultivation toward the spirit realm. This ascension would be a great milestone, as it wasn’t easy for one to refine a nascent spirit.

At the same time, the tremendous power coming from the tree healed all of the damage Beigong Yu had wrought on Lu Yun.

“What in the heavens?!” Everyone shot to their feet and looked at Lu Yun with consternation.

There was no arguing that Beigong Yu was dead, but how? He seemed to have turned to ashes the moment he approached Lu Yun.

They widened their eyes to get a better look. However, with their maximum cultivation limited to the august immortal realm, the crowd’s power and spirit were under serious restraint. They couldn’t clearly analyze the happenings of the arena.

……

“It seems to be a type of fire that killed him.” Chen Xiao looked bemusedly at Lu Yun, then sighed with relief when he shifted his gaze to Qing Han. “Little Yu knows what’s going on.”

“She’s completely forgotten who her family is!” Qing Buyi complained, but his eyes shone with approval.

“That’s right, it’s that combat art!” Qing Han was delighted. He’d seen that move before when Lu Yun killed the akasha ghost in the eastern tomb of the Skandha Extinction Tomb. There was a presence around Beigong Yu similar to the one that had circled the ghost. It wasn’t as pure, but was just as uncommonly dense.

Remembering himself, Qing Han schooled his expression back to indifference and snuck a glance at his brother and cousin. He turned just in time to see the suggestive glances from both Chen Xiao and Qing Buyi.

Hurk! Qing Han turned beet red.

……

“The Judgement of Life or Death is powerful, but I can only use it nine times a day,” Lu Yun muttered. “After that, I’ll have to wait until after midnight.”

Apart from the art of resurrection, which he didn’t even dare think about using, all of his other death arts—the bean soldiers, the realms of yin and yang, Spectral Eye, Judgement of Life or Death, and Mastery of the Five Elements—were tremendously useful.

The Judgement of Life or Death, especially, had enabled him to take out two terrible foes.

“What happened, Lu Yun? How did you kill him?!” asked the immortal from Thundergale Major.