Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 157 The Divine Artifact Ice Abyss Sword Reappears

"Hmm." Hyotei nodded, transforming into a stream of emerald green light that entered Lu Jun's brow.

Lu Jun chuckled, then composed himself and sat down cross-legged.

He stopped cultivating and instead focused his mental energy on repeatedly analyzing the map, structure, possible defensive nodes, and evacuation routes of the Tang Sect's Mingdu branch, which he had obtained from the Gray Hawk's memories.

Every detail was magnified, simulated, and optimized in his mind.

Time passed slowly, and the sky outside the window darkened completely. The neon lights of Mingdu shone through the window, casting ever-changing shadows on Lu Jun's calm and expressionless face.

The dormitory was silent except for his steady breathing, a stark contrast to the impending storm.

As the midnight bells faintly echoed in the distant city center, Lu Jun suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, and a flash of icy blue sword light seemed to appear deep within his dark pupils.

"Time is up."

He rose silently, without disturbing anyone. The dormitory window seemed to be pushed open by an invisible force, and Lu Jun's figure blended into the night. He gracefully flipped out of the window and disappeared into the shadows of the college buildings in a few leaps, speeding towards the seemingly ordinary but actually mysterious commercial building in the central area of ​​Mingdu.

A night raid on the Tang Clan branch begins.

……

Mingdu, with its dazzling neon lights, remains bright even in the dead of night, but hidden undercurrents lurk deep within the city's shadows.

The Tang Clan's Mingdu branch is hidden deep underground in what appears to be an ordinary commercial building.

At this moment, in the dead of night, only the cold, flickering red light of the surveillance cameras, like sleepless eyes, scanned the empty passageway.

A figure appeared silently outside the branch office.

Lu Jun was dressed in a white outfit, and he held the Ice Abyss Sword, which exuded a chilling aura, tightly in his hand.

Every detail he had gleaned from the memories of the Grey Harrier was vividly replaying in his mind.

Guard shift change times, blind spots of surveillance cameras, range of energy detectors, location of emergency exits...

"The Grey Harrier's memory should be accurate..."

Lu Jun silently repeated this to himself, but his caution before taking action made him reaffirm his decision.

He took out a specially made miniature soul-guided camera and scanned himself.

On the screen reflecting the camera's feed, the image that should have been clear had turned into a blurry mosaic that was shaking violently and whose outlines were completely indistinguishable.

It was as if the space around him was being distorted and disturbed by an invisible force.

"The interference field created by the Ice Abyss Sword is in effect."

Lu Jun was certain that this was a little trick taught to him by the Ice Emperor: using the extreme cold emitted by the Ice Abyss Sword to distort light and energy fluctuations, forming a natural visual and detection shield.

In this way, his appearance can be completely hidden.

No one can find him now.

Ready.

Without further hesitation, Lu Jun stepped into the surveillance range of the Tang Clan branch entrance.

Almost the instant he appeared, several surveillance cameras at the top of the passageway immediately turned and locked onto his location.

However, Lu Jun simply raised the Ice Abyss Sword in his hand and gently swung it through the air at those eyes that were flashing red light.

A silent, icy blue aura shot out like a serpent.

"Click, click, click!"

A series of subtle, dense freezing sounds rang out. The sophisticated soul-guided monitoring probes, along with their wiring and metal supports, were instantly and completely covered and frozen by a layer of crystal-clear ice radiating absolute cold.

The red light went out, and the surveillance screen in the branch's monitoring room instantly turned into blinding static.

"Alarm: All surveillance signals in zones B3, B5, and C1 have been lost."

"The energy detector is showing abnormal low temperature fluctuations."

"There is an intruder, of unknown level, moving extremely fast."

"Patrol teams, Team One, Team Two, Team Three, proceed immediately to the area where the signal was lost, ascertain the situation, and kill without mercy if necessary."

The alarm system in the underground branch was triggered instantly, and a piercing buzzing sound echoed through the internal passageways.

The well-trained Tang Clan disciples reacted swiftly, with teams of figures dressed in uniform gray outfits rushing out from various rest rooms and posts, wielding all sorts of soul-guided weapons, and surging towards the areas where the surveillance had failed.

Their auras were calm and steady; at the very least, they were all at the level of a five-ring Soul King.

Deep within the passage, Lu Jun felt the murderous soul energy fluctuations converging from all directions, and his brows furrowed slightly.

With an average of over Soul King level members, this Tang Sect branch is even stronger than Gray Hawk had estimated in his memories.

He stopped, took a deep breath, and silently recited in his mind:

"Hyotei, are you ready?"

In my mind, Hyotei's cold and arrogant voice, tinged with a long-lost excitement and fighting spirit, rang out:
"Hmph, you mere ants, how dare you make such a fuss? My power is already thirsting for you, I will pass it on to you now."

“Alright.” Lu Jun’s eyes narrowed, and he immediately switched the Ice Abyss Sword in his hand from its normal form to its divine weapon form.

He gripped the hilt of the Ice Abyss Sword tightly with both hands, his mind completely absorbed in it.

An indescribable will surged into his body through the hilt of the sword, cold, ancient, majestic, and with an indifferent disdain for all living beings. Suddenly, it emitted an unprecedented hum, as if it came from the depths of an ancient glacier.

The sound wasn't harsh, but it carried a chilling pressure that pierced the soul, instantly sweeping across the entire underground space.

The previously restrained icy blue light on the sword suddenly burst forth.

It was no longer the relatively mild cold air of a martial soul form, but transformed into a terrifying cold current flowing with the absolute zero law, like liquid aurora.

The shape of the sword is also changing subtly, with lines becoming more ancient and heavy, as if it has come alive, emitting a chilling blue light.

In its divine artifact form, the Ice Abyss Sword reappears.

Lu Jun felt a sudden weight in his hand, as if he were holding an ancient, unyielding iceberg.

That vast and boundless, terrifying power, capable of freezing time and space, made his soul tremble, but more than that, he felt an excitement of being in control of everything.

At the same time, the black eyes that were originally human were instantly replaced by an eerie and majestic emerald green light.

That light was cold and pure, devoid of any human emotion, carrying only an indifferent gaze upon all living beings.

The will of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion poured all its power into Lu Jun's body at this moment.

At this moment, Lu Jun teleported, leaving a blurry ice-blue afterimage in his original position, and then appeared in front of the first wave of Tang Clan patrols surging at the corner of the passage.

The elite squad of seven Soul Kings hadn't even had time to see the newcomers clearly; all they saw were a pair of icy, death-like emerald eyes.

In his divine weapon form, Lu Jun casually swung the Ice Abyss Sword forward.

A condensed, icy blue light, seemingly freezing space itself, spread forward like a crescent moon.

(End of this chapter)