White-Robed Chief

“Hehe, the Lesser Ultimate Sword Array, huh? That’s quite interesting.” The tall and sturdy elder smirked as he pushed his palm out.

“BAM!” The palm energy struck Mi Ren.

However, Mi Ren did not even stumble, he continued waving his sword in his sword array’s stance.

“Pschh!” The concentrated palm energy was seemingly ripped to shreds like a piece of cloth, transforming into a breeze as it lightly caressed Mi Ren’s body.

“If you don’t show your trump card, you’ll never break this Lesser Ultimate Sword Array.” The thin elder shook his head. “Stop slacking, come at me!”

“Alright!” The tall and sturdy elder said in a low tone.

The two elders in black repeatedly pushed out their palms as they stood outside the array. One palm after the other, before the first palm energy even reached its target the next would already be unleashed. The two palm energies overlapped each other, causing a tremendous impact. However, it still could not break through the Lesser Ultimate Sword Array.

When they first started out, the two elders attacked individually, but seeing as that did not work, the two started coordinating their attacks. The seemingly attacked in unison, both having their second palm energies chasing up to the first, once again overlapping them, causing an impact equivalent to the strength of four men.

The Lesser Ultimate Sword Array was a combination of the strength of six men and not invincible. The palm energy was too strong and mildly affected footing. It seemed as if the Lesser Ultimate Sword Array could be broken at any time. Zheng Yuwan’s face turned pale, he was stunned by these two elders’ martial arts.

Thinking that she would be turned into a pile of bones soon, she started to tremble in fear. Even in death, she wanted to be beautiful. She did not want Zheng Ze to see her like this.

“Dad!” She desperately clung onto Zheng Shoufang’s sleeves and asked nervously, “What should we do?”

Zheng Shoufang was helpless. His martial arts were a mere hindrance to others, it had no threatening prowess at all. He turned his head over to Chu Li and asked, “My good nephew Du, what should we do?”

Chu Li replied, “Miss Zheng, please lend me your jade flute for a moment.”

“Huh?” Zheng Yuwan was shocked.

Chu Li reached his hand out.

Although Zheng Yuwan felt suspicious, this was no time to hesitate. She quickly pulled out a jade flute from within her sleeves.

Chu Li nodded satisfyingly.

The jade flute felt warm, smooth, and delicate, as expected of something made from a high-quality Nephrite¹. The finger-holes were perfectly round, obviously crafted by a famous craftsman. Its price must be extraordinary.

As the flute reached his lips, a melodious tune rang out from the gazebo as it entered the two elders’ ears.

Those two elders’ palm energy suddenly stopped, their circulation stopped as they started to dissipate.

The first two palm energies merely managed to hit the Lesser Ultimate Sword Array, so it did not manage to affect the stability of the Lesser Ultimate Sword Array. Mi Ren and company all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

They were completely out of breath as they ate palm after palm and were almost at their limits. Catching their breath was of the essence, otherwise, everything would start falling apart.

The two elders felt strange. They looked over at Chu Li before moving their palms once again.

As palm energies were thrown out one after the other, every second palm energy chased up to the first, causing the palm energies to overlap.

Then, the sound of a flute suddenly rang out once more. Their hearts skipped a beat as they felt that the circulation of their inner energy was interrupted once more. The palm energy could not even be gathered; completely wasting this wave of attacks.

The two glared at Chu Li who was in the gazebo. The sound of the flute seemed to affect their inner energy circulation and it really pissed them off.

Chu Li lightly tapped on the flute as he smiled at them.

The two helplessly gritted their teeth as they once again started to attack. Just as they were about to launch their second palm energy, the sound of the flute could be heard once more. The instant they heard the sound of the flute, their heart could not help but skip a beat. The palm energies dissipated once more.

The two were undoubtedly furious at that point. They bent down and picked up two pieces of rock and threw them straight at Chu Li.

However, Chu Li once again started to blow on the flute.

As their hearts skipped a beat, the inner energy was lost on the follow-through of the throw. The two rocks were suddenly sent flying unimpressively through the air. As Zheng Shoufang waved his sword in front of Chu Li, he easily deflected the two rocks.

Chu Li smirked with a mocking expression on his face.

“Who are you, brat?” The tall and sturdy elder asked coldly.

Chu Li answered, “The five disciples of the Church of the Divine Blood were killed by moi! You’ve got the wrong target!”

“You killed them?” The thin elder frowned.

As they saw the long blade fastened at his waist, they instantly believed his words.

The five Church of the Divine Blood members were killed by beheading. The cuts on their corpses were clean, it was obviously the work of a treasure blade with one swift slash. It was definitely not something a long sword could achieve.

Chu Li had a long blade equipped on his waist, it had to be him.

“Go to hell, you bastard!” The tall and sturdy elder glared daggers at him.

Chu Li chuckled. “You Church of the Divine Blood people are the ones who should go to hell, either way, let’s just see who dies first!”

“What sect or faction are you from?” The thin elder asked in a grave tone.

Chu Li replied, “I hail from no sect nor faction, but I’m quite curious to see if you Church of the Divine Blood guys can actually kill me!”

He instantly decided that he had to return to Snow Lunar Pavilion tonight and have the Snow Lunar Pavilion disciples all engage in Isolated Cultivation. They cannot be out and about, just in case the Church of the Divine Blood seeks revenge.

The Church of the Divine Blood were a lawless bunch, once they learn of his identity, they would no doubt seek revenge from the Snow Lunar Pavilion.

“Alright, alright!” The tall and sturdy elder laughed coldly. “Then, let’s see how good your flute-playing actually is!”

As he finished, he slapped the side of his ear lobes a few times, completely sealing off his hearing.

Chu Li shook his head as he burst out in laughter. If the Tian Luo Sect’s Musical Assassination Technique was so simple, how could they have become one of the four major sects!

Now that he also sealed off his hearing, the thin elder one again started waving his palms.

As Chu Li’s flute-playing rang out once more, they were playing exactly into his hand.

He could clearly see the circulation of their inner energy. When the flute was played at the key moment when the inner energy was at its weakest, Tian Luo Sect’s heart technique would start to circulate. It worked wonders when it came to disrupting one’s consciousness, so no matter how amazing the Bloody Garment Divine Power was, it could not ward them from being affected.

Tian Luo Sect’s Musical Assassination Technique was a perfect counter to the Church of the Divine Blood’s martial arts. This was something that they learned from the Church of the Bloody Garment followers. At this moment, this phenomenon was perfectly demonstrated on these two elders in black, it worked like a charm.

As Mi Ren and company saw this situation, they seemed to think that this flute-playing was miraculous. With their morales refreshed, their legs shook away the fatigue as they slowly moved from defense into offense.

“Heh, you’re not bad, brat!” The two elders laughed coldly. Suddenly, their figures shrunk as red beams of light shot out from their eyes, enveloping the surrounding area in a shroud of faint red light.

They leaped back a large distance before once again throwing their palms out. Despite Chu Li’s flute playing, the second palm energy continued to be unleashed. Then, they tossed a third palm energy.

The three palm energies were faster with each consecutive strike, soon, the later two overlapped perfectly with the first palm energy. The three palm energies each from the two suddenly merged together.

“BAM!” Almost as if the floor was shaking, Mi Ren and the other six all suddenly lost their footing. The Lesser Ultimate Sword Array was seemingly on the verge of being forced through.

Chu Li frowned, with these two’s cultivation level, who would have expected these two to pull out their secret skills on a whim. Now, with their cultivation level, they had turned into terrifying foes.

Mi Ren the six others were one more palm energy away from having their sword array completely fall apart.

Zheng Ze said in a low voice, “Brother Du, take Miss Zheng and go!”

“Big Brother Zheng, I won’t go!” Zheng Yuwan cried.

Chu Li was just about to unleash his secret skill, but right when he wanted to make a move, his body stiffened up. In the midst of darkness, the Heavenly Demonic Orb from his chest suddenly burst out, turning into a wave of vast and mighty energy, enveloping his surroundings.

“Big Brother Du?” Zheng Yuwan turned around to see his face turn red and his eyes slowly starting to lose focus. Seeing that something’s wrong with him she quickly yelled.

Zheng Shoufang had also noticed that something was not right.

Zheng Yuwan tried to reach out to give him a nudge, but Zheng Shoufang immediately shouted, “Don’t move!”

Zheng Yuwan jolted back worriedly. “Dad?”

“Don’t touch him!” Zheng Shoufang shook his head. “There’s something wrong with him right now, don’t touch him for now!”

“But, Big Brother Zheng, he…” Zheng Yuwan anxiously stomped her feet on the ground.

“Bam!” Mi Ren and the six others were knocked away, the Lesser Ultimate Sword Array had finally fallen apart.

“Pfffffttt!” Mi Ren and company all puked blood in the air.

In their heads, they were all screaming, ‘This is the end!’¹

“Bam bam bam!” As the two elders turned into shadows, in a mysterious flash, four more people were knocked into the air and turned into skeletons. By the time they landed, they had become a pile of bones.