Chapter 615: Heavenly Army Approaching (1/2)

Face pale and chest heaving, Lu Yun scanned the premises with cold, steely eyes. Immortals reflexively turned away from his chilling gaze, intimidated by the keenness within.

“Why should we be scared of him?” someone called out, the source of their faint voice impossible to pin down. “He’s exhausted after fighting for a month straight. We should work together and kill him now!”

That still didn’t compel anyone into action.

Lu Yun had cut down a powerful void-ascended immortal, one whose ascension had come with a magnificent phenomenon, with a swing of the axe. The immortal had been unable to even fight back!

What they didn’t know was that a dao treasure would drain its wielder of all energy if activated by force, leaving them with no strength to fight after an attack.

If the immortal hadn’t attacked with the dao treasure, Lu Yun wouldn’t have been his match without the Demon Sovereign Cauldron, which, unfortunately for him, Lu Yun had pulled out by now.

The water jar of a cauldron had no feet and fit upside down over Lu Yun’s head, its pitch black demonic energy becoming part of the youth. Emanating a foreboding aura, he resembled a bonafide demon lord in this state.

“Your cultivation really has deviated, Lu Yun...” The crowd took a collective step back, cowed by Lu Yun’s powerful response. Seeing the Dusk governor manifest the cauldron instilled even greater apprehension in their hearts.

Moreover, five hundred kilometers away at the center of Dusk City, the inheritance tower radiated blinding light. Should Lu Yun activate the tower again, none of them would make it out of here alive.

“I am the head of the Star Demon Sect, a demonic fiend through and through. What is this about me deviating?” There was no trace of exhaustion in his voice anymore; he’d recovered via entering hell and restoring his stamina and willpower. After consuming a few immortal pills, his inner energy had been completely replenished as well.

He didn’t fear these immortals at all. In fact, they’d gotten cold feet and considered retreating as soon as Lu Yun laid hands on the ancient spear. Lu Feng was right; they were a disparate mob that posed no threat. If even trash such as them could defeat Lu Yun, he was unfit to rule over the future sacred land.

True geniuses of the world of immortals wouldn’t have entered Dusk at this moment to vie for the dao treasure.

He was still known as the top youth sovereign in the world of immortals, his title unchallenged. Real geniuses would issue a proper, open challenge once Lu Yun had recovered fully and ascended to immortality. They wouldn’t engage in this crap of skulking around opportunistically.

“Piss off!” snapped Lu Yun. As if being pardoned, the immortals fled with great relief. “Useless,” he lowered his head and muttered, lips curled into a scoff.

“Lu Yun!” A thunderous noise split the air as a giant face emerged in the sky, looking down at Lu Yun. “Hand over the dao treasure.”

The presence of an origin dao immortal radiated from the face, unfurling out over the land and covering all of Dusk Province.

“And who the fuck do you think you are?” Lu Yun derisively huffed at the latest would-be contender.

Offended, the giant face paused before continuing, “I am Venerated Elder Undone Earth of the Immortal Martial School from Enlightened Major.”

“Immortal Martial School of Enlightened Major...” Lu Yun frowned. That was where Wu Tulong hailed from.

Sword Divine had tried planting a soul seed in Wu Tulong. Even though the attempt ended in failure, it’d also proven that the guardian spirit of the Immortal Martial School was loyal to Sword Divine.

“Hand us the dao treasure, Lu Yun!” Undone Earth continued gravely. “When we entered the void to pluck an origin dao fruit, it was this dao treasure that destroyed our fruit and crushed our nascent spirits. This dao treasure is very important to the entire world of immortals.

“As the future master of the sacred land, you should lead by example and hand over the dao treasure for the sake of all living beings!”

What an utterly noble front.

Lu Yun sensed goodwill gathering to the giant face from all directions. They weren’t grateful to Elder Undone Earth, per se, but his words did resonate with them. Obviously, the sources of this goodwill were all advanced or peak arcane dao immortals.

“Please hand over the dao treasure for the sake of everyone in this world!” repeated the elder.

Heated gazes landed on him like physical weights. Increasing numbers of immortals had gathered in the province during the month-long tribulation, and they still remained near Dusk at this moment.

The spear in Lu Yun’s hand was crucial. Over the past eighty thousand years, countless arcane dao immortals had fallen to it. The majority were killed, and only a few returned to the world of immortals with damaged origin dao fruit.

“If you’re making this request on behalf of all living beings, why don’t you come to me in person?” Lu Yun said with a half smile, putting the cauldron away with a wave of his hand and shouldering the spear.

“You’ve manifested a face in the air to look down on me, the master of the future sacred land. Do you have no respect for Dusk Sacred Land? Since you’re asking me for a favor, show yourself and kneel down before me!” Frostily delivering his words, he punctuated the last statement with a swing of the black axe, bringing it down on the giant face with a flare of black light.

Crackle!

A flash of lightning stabbed through the air to offset the axe’s power.

“Are you declaring yourself an enemy of all the immortals in the world?” Elder Undone Earth demanded coldly, tamping down the fury in his heart.

“An enemy of all the world’s immortals?” sounded a chilling voice. Qing Yu broke out of Lu Feng’s hold and made her way to Lu Yun’s side with graceful steps. “So be it.”

She turned around and looked piercingly at the immortals in and outside of Dusk Province. “Dusk is your enemy now. What are you waiting for? Come on in and destroy the province, why don’t you?”

Everyone’s breathing slowed, their expressions changing rapidly.