Great Zhou Martial Immortal

Chapter 112 The music of the zither is profound, and the swordsmanship is divine!

"Dispel the formation!"

The rat swarm surged from underground within the formation, spreading in all directions, and was difficult to completely eradicate even after twenty-four battles.

Chi Mei acted decisively, instantly dispersing her formation. Six people formed a circular formation to protect the three old ministers, while eighteen people drew their swords to meet the enemy.

Upon seeing this, the Goddess split the Heavenly Punishment Sword in mid-air, revealing the twelve musical notes. Huang Zhong, Da Lü, Tai Cu, and others stood suspended in the air, protecting Cen Changqian and the other two in the center. As the sword formation swirled, the musical notes transformed into a tangible barrier, and the rats that collided with it exploded and died!

Lu Chenyuan stood quietly at the edge of the battle, his Flying Scenery Sword like lightning, drawing countless golden trajectories within a ten-zhang radius.

When the Gold-Swallowing Treasure Book's Gold-Forging Chapter is activated to its fullest extent, all metals around it are under its control!

He didn't launch a direct attack, but instead waited for the perfect moment, like a player in a game of chess.

"Qiang!"

Just as Bloodhand Butcher's Gluttonous Spear was about to pierce Red Plum's left shoulder, Flying Scene Sword suddenly slashed diagonally, its blade lightly flicking three inches from the spear tip. This seemingly casual flick was timed perfectly to coincide with the moment Blood Demon Spear Technique's "Three Waves of Blood" required a breath. Bloodhand Butcher's breath hitched, and Red Plum seized the opening, slicing off half of his ear with a backhand strike!

Just as the Dream Master was about to fully unfold his folding fan, the Flying Scene Sword darted into the fan's folds like a fish. With a tremor, the sword dislodged three poisoned bone needles hidden within the fan ribs, which shot back towards the Dream Master! Caught off guard, he tumbled backward in a sorry state, nearly being injured by his own poisoned needles. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Great Cold Three Marquises launched a fierce attack with their palms!
The Corrupt Poison Lord realized the danger. His black robes fluttered without wind, and he suddenly flung out three emerald green poison pills from his sleeves. The pills exploded in the air, turning into a sky full of phosphorescent flames.

The "Azure Phosphorous Corrosive Smoke" was so potent that it would cause flesh to crumble upon contact. Just as Muxi was about to raise her sleeve to shield herself, the Flying Scene Sword swept across the sky. The sword's edge grazed the stone lantern in the courtyard, and the sparks it generated ignited the poisonous smoke. The phosphorescent fire exploded upon contact with the open flame, burning into a ghastly green curtain of fire in mid-air. The Corrosive Poison Lord hurriedly retreated, but the heat still scorched half of his eyebrow.

The White Bone Guanyin let out a fierce roar, her ten fingers gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light as she prepared to launch a pincer attack. But then, the Flying Scene Sword suddenly reversed, its hilt sliding precisely towards her wrist's "Yangchi" acupoint. This seemingly light strike, if it landed, could paralyze her entire right arm. She hastily withdrew her attack, and Peony seized the opportunity, her sword flashing like a venomous snake, leaving a bloody gash on her shoulder.

—At this point in the battle, the outcome is already decided.

The twenty-four members are all elites, and these six villains are all experts who have been famous for many years, all of whom are above the fourth realm!
Lu Chenyuan's skill level was not comparable to these masters, but he dominated the battlefield with the "Forging Gold Chapter" and the Flying Scene Sword.

Whenever he strikes in a tense moment, the point of his sword is always where the enemy's move is weak!
Without resorting to brute force or vying for dominance, he effortlessly neutralized the six men's deadly moves, much like placing a piece in a game of chess.

The music of the zither is profound, and the swordsmanship is divine!

Cen Changqian's tense face gradually relaxed, and the look of surprise in his eyes deepened. He had been in charge of the Ministry of War for many years and had seen countless so-called geniuses and talents, but he had never seen a young man who could use the art of sword control to such a level.

His gaze swept across the battlefield, and he thought of his good-for-nothing sons. He couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself. Those five scoundrels combined probably weren't even a tenth as good as this son.

Fortunately, there's still Xi'er...

Cen Changqian felt a little comforted when she thought of her most outstanding nephew.

Di Renjie's eyes gleamed; he saw further and deeper: with such temperament and such martial arts skills, given time, he would surely achieve great things. Moreover, with the princess secretly supporting him, his future was limitless.

Ouyang Tong's eyes were like lightning, watching every trajectory of the Flying Scene Sword. As a member of the Ouyang family who practiced both swordsmanship and sword formations, he could see things more clearly than others. Each of Lu Chenyuan's sword strikes precisely severed the key points in the enemy's energy flow, and each move hit the gap between the transitions of moves with pinpoint accuracy.

He cheered inwardly: Not vying for dominance, not using brute force, but borrowing the opponent's strength to strike back, using minimal force to deflect a great weight... This sword technique is free and unrestrained, not relying on strength, but on momentum, borrowing the enemy's momentum to break their moves, truly exquisite!

The outcome on the field seems to be a foregone conclusion.

Lu Chenyuan's expression relaxed more and more, but he became more and more wary.

Cen Changqian, Di Renjie, and Ouyang Tong all held the positions of prime minister, and their students and former associates were spread throughout the land!

Wu Chengsi absolutely did not want them to return to the court one day, and was determined to eliminate them completely as a warning to the other officials!

Therefore, to ensure absolute safety, they would never send only these few experts of the fourth realm—these six are all at the late stage of the fourth realm, renowned figures in the martial arts world, and worthy of being honored guests of powerful families.

But this is clearly not enough to ensure "absolute safety".

Wu Chengsi has more than just this kind of expert.

At the last Luoshui Festival, he had a fifth-realm expert under his command who could set up a bizarre formation like the Yin-Yang Connection Formation. He toyed with more than twenty experts at will, and even managed to escape from Shangguan Wan'er's sword despite the backlash from the formation...

Even though this person is still recovering from serious injuries, he still has two stewards who are comparable to Yuan Qingshuang!
There's no reason not to send someone like this this time.

The reason it hasn't appeared yet must be that it's waiting for a chance to strike decisively, so we absolutely cannot let our guard down at this time!

Sudden.

The night sky suddenly darkened, a fierce wind raged, and a dark shadow crashed down from the heavens!

Lu Chenyuan's heart skipped a beat. They've arrived!

He looked up and saw the man with his arms outstretched, his black robe billowing in the wind, his palms as black as ink, and poisonous energy surging like boiling water! He pressed down with his palm in mid-air, and five streams of poisonous mist burst forth from his palm, transforming into a giant black palm that blotted out the sky and the sun. The poisonous gas coiled like dragons and snakes, and wherever it passed, the air distorted and bricks and stones shattered!
Five Poisons Bone-Melting Palm!
Before the palm strikes, the poisonous wind arrives first!

The expressions of the twenty-four members changed drastically. This palm strike covered an area of ​​ten feet in radius, leaving no way to avoid it.

At the critical moment, another figure in white appeared like a ghost, raised his hand and pointed, the tip of his finger emitting a cold blue light!

"Severed pulse finger".

— Fingers fall like frost, pulse breaks and marrow stiffens; ice arises from within, and man perishes!

Yuan Qingshuang had been waiting for such a master to appear. Her "Ice Heart Tribulation" power erupted, and with a light tap of her finger, seemingly calm and collected, a bone-chilling cold current suddenly burst forth from her fingertip!
Wherever the cold current passed, the air froze into ice crystals, and spiderweb-like ice cracks spread across the ground. Even the poisonous mist around the poisonous palm was instantly frozen into dark blue ice shards, which fell down in a rustling sound!
"Boom!!!" The finger strike and the poisonous palm collided in mid-air!
In an instant, the poison and the cold air clashed, creating a visible shockwave in mid-air!

The poisonous palm on the left corrodes everything, the ground hisses and collapses, and the bricks and stones melt into black mud!

The right side of the pulse is severed, indicating a severe cold wave that has frozen vegetation into ice sculptures, and even the air is covered with tiny ice crystals!
Two opposing and terrifying forces tore at each other violently. The artificial hill in the courtyard exploded into dust, ancient trees snapped in half, the shockwave ripped off tiles, and houses collapsed!
The members of the Twenty-Fourth Division were thrown back several steps by the aftershocks.

When two powerful forces clash, the world changes color!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Just then, taking advantage of everyone's attention being on the sky, seven dark figures rushed into the battle like ghosts!

These were none other than Zhou Xing's "Seven Stars Chasing the Moon"!
The "Soul-Severing" steel whip was like a venomous dragon emerging from its cave, its barbed tip tearing through the air, aiming straight for the Empress's throat! This whip was as fast as thunder, and just as the Twelve Laws Sword Formation was about to be completed, it forcefully cut off the flow of music, forcing the Empress to turn her sword back and defend herself!

At the same moment—

The "Severing Veins" double axes crossed into a cold, gleaming cross, sealing off Cen Changqian's retreat; the "Bone-Shattering" iron mace smashed towards Di Renjie's crown with the force of a collapsing mountain; the "Heart-Piercing" armor-piercing cone drilled into Ouyang Tong's back like a venomous snake!
The area within three inches of the three elders' bodies instantly became a death zone!
And in front of Lu Chenyuan—

The "Throat-Locking" chain spear coils around the wrist like a silver snake, the "Armor-Piercing" mace sweeps across the kneecap, and the "Deadly" twin daggers aim straight for the eyes!
The three deadly moves were perfectly coordinated, sealing off the upper, middle, and lower routes. Even if the Flying Sword was fast, it would be difficult to block them all at the same time!

Seven people combined their attack, and it was perfectly accurate!
Severing Souls to Block Reinforcements, Cutting Veins to Shatter Bones to Pierce the Heart and Slay the Three Elders, Locking Throat to Break Armor and Kill Lu Chenyuan to the Death – Seven deadly moves were executed in the blink of an eye, so fast that even a thought could not be formed!

The steel whip locks the spirit, the double axes cut off the retreat, the iron mace shatters the spirit, the piercing cone pierces the back of the heart, the chain spear wraps around the wrist, the wolf fang breaks the knee bone, and the double daggers steal the eyes. The seven weapons flashed with cold light, and the killing intent solidified into a tangible form. Even the moonlight was shattered into pieces!
This is not an attack, but a meticulously operated killing machine.

Each component bites at the most critical point at the most precise time!
"Death!"

Duanhun was determined to win this attack!

Lu Chenyuan and the Twenty-Fourth Division held out longer than planned, but it was no use.

From the moment the Five Poisons Bone-Melting Palm descended from the heavens, the gears of slaughter began to turn with perfect precision.

This fifth-realm expert appeared to be attacking in a fit of rage, but in reality, he was using his earth-shattering palm strike as bait—when Yuan Qingshuang was forced to use the "Severing Meridian Finger" to intercept him, when the Twenty-Four Seals were pushed back by the shockwave, when the Empress's Twelve Laws Sword Formation froze for a moment...

The seven of them had already completed their encirclement, like venomous snakes.

Duanhun seemed to already see the steel whip twisting into Lu Chenyuan's throat, his throat bones completely shattered.

However, at this moment.

Lu Chenyuan suddenly turned his gaze back to the front of him, meeting the gaze of Duan Hun who was charging towards him.

He was not surprised by this tactic at all, and had been prepared for it.

"idiot!"

Lu Chenyuan's lips suddenly curled into a cold smile, and Duanhun's heart trembled violently. Almost at the same time, the blue bricks under Lu Chenyuan's feet silently cracked, and a yellowed ancient scroll unfolded as if it were alive. The ink spread, and in an instant, the ground of the entire courtyard was transformed into a deep and mysterious painting world!
"The Hundred Ghosts of the Azure Sky" - Open!

"Wow!"

Dozens of pitch-black ink lines suddenly emerged from the scroll, wrapping around the Seven Stars like deadly ghostly hands!
Before the Soul-Severing Steel Whip could even touch Lu Chenyuan, he felt a tightness in his wrist. Looking down, he was horrified to find that his arm had turned into ink and was being devoured by the painting!
"What the hell?!"

Shattered Bones roared and swung his mace at the ink line, but the iron mace seemed to strike nothing but emptiness, disappearing directly into the painting. He staggered a step, his entire right arm already soaked in ink, his skin peeling away layer by layer like rice paper getting wet, revealing the stark white bones—and those bones dissolved into ink in an instant!
"Back off! Back off!"

Piercing Heart roared and retreated violently, only to find that the ground beneath its feet had already turned into a flowing pool of ink, with countless scarlet ghost eyes opening from the darkness!

A dark blue ghost claw burst forth from the painting, grabbed his ankle, and dragged him deep into the painting's world!
"what--!!"

The piercing screams abruptly ceased.

The remaining six were terrified and struggled frantically, only to see the ink on the scroll surge and hundreds of ghostly phantoms crawl out of the painting:

A hungry demon with a blue face and fangs tore at the throat that was being held in place;

The headless corpse demon embraced the armored man's waist and abdomen;
The hanged ghost's long tongue coiled around the neck of the dying...

The six people were in a nightmare, every inch of their flesh and blood being assimilated by the art world.

In the blink of an eye, all seven figures disappeared into the ink, leaving only a few wisps of twisted black smoke drifting away from the painting!

The seven stars perished in an instant!
Lu Chenyuan raised his sword finger, and the ink on the scroll suddenly shot into the sky, surging towards the black-clad man in mid-air like a monstrous wave!

Yuan Qingshuang had seen this scene before at Mount Song, so she was not surprised at all. She and Lu Chenyuan worked together perfectly. Taking advantage of the black-clad man's surprise, she pointed her Severing Meridian Finger in the air, and the Frost True Qi transformed into an ice bridge, leading Mo Lang towards Qu Baichuan!

Seeing the situation was dire, the man in black tried to escape, his black robe billowing, but suddenly hundreds of ghostly hands emerged from the dark waves, grabbing his cloak and ripping it off violently—

"His!"

The cloak ripped apart, revealing a pale, sinister face.

No one was surprised; the newcomer was none other than Qu Baichuan, the chief steward of the Prince of Wei's residence.

(End of this chapter)