Martial Arts Overlord!

Yan Wenzhi was shocked for a long time before he came to his senses. He then hurriedly returned to the inner city and said that he would wait for Lu Jin there.

The main reason was that he didn't want to stay with Lu Jin anymore; if he stayed with him for too long, Yan Wenzhi was afraid that his Dao heart would be shattered.

Lu Jin went straight home from the martial arts school. Killing Jin Hu was just an interlude in his life and did not cause any major changes to his life.

The only one who has changed is him.

They've pretty much become famous.

His name was being discussed throughout Pingshui City.

There are already thousands of posts about him on the forum, generating a lot of discussion.

Lu Jin didn't feel much about these discussions.

Whether he's famous or not, it won't change the number of times he throws a punch every day.

However, he did have to thank Jin Hu. If it weren't for Jin Hu risking his life to help him, Lu Jin would have had to spend some time practicing the Yi Jin Jing technique.

Back in his rented room, Lu Jin lay down on his back, staring at the ceiling, letting his body sink into the not-so-soft mattress.

Jin Hu is dead.

I have obtained the Yi Jin Jing method.

The 200,000 yuan owed to Chen Wei was settled, and half of the 400,000 yuan owed to Jiang Zheng was waived.

Yan Wenzhi also helped Chen Wei apply for entry into the inner city. As long as he can get a spot in the selection, everything will proceed as planned.

Everything is moving in a positive direction.

But his mind was filled with recurring images of the Boxer Rebellion.

"Cults, fist slaves... they don't seem to have the ability to turn the future into an eternal night and ruins."

What exactly happened in the future?

Lu Jin turned over and closed his eyes.

forget about it.

Become stronger.

As long as you become stronger, no problem is a problem.

...

Meanwhile, in a secluded corner of Pingshui City.

The air was filled with a pungent stench of blood and decay.

The metal cages stretched deep into the wall, densely packed, numbering at least several dozen.

Each cage contained something; some were huddled in corners, while others scratched at the alloy bars with their claws, making sharp, piercing noises.

Those things were once people.

A tall man dressed in black stood in the passageway between the cages, his back to the entrance.

He was wearing a black trench coat without any markings, the collar turned up high, covering most of his face, revealing only a pair of cold, emotionless eyes.

Before him was a specially made, enormous cage, more than three times the size of the other cages, containing a fist slave monster the size of a small truck.

The man in black looked at it quietly, as if admiring a work of art being polished.

Footsteps came from behind.

A subordinate in a white coat quickly walked to a spot three meters behind him, stopped, and bowed.

The subordinate had a fine layer of sweat on his forehead, not because he was walking too fast, but because of the message he was about to say.

"Master," the subordinate said in a low, cautious voice, "something has happened."

The man in black did not turn around; his gaze remained fixed on the fist slave monster.

"explain."

A single word, neither too light nor too heavy, sent a chill down the subordinate's spine.

"Jin Hu is dead."

The man in black paused slightly in his fingers.

This movement was so subtle that it would be impossible to notice unless you were watching his hand closely.

But his voice remained calm, as if he were asking what was for dinner: "Does the authorities know about our plan?"

The subordinate hurriedly shook his head, shaking it like a rattle-drum: "It shouldn't be. Jin Hu was discovered at the Tianlong Martial Arts School Baijiang Branch. He disguised himself as a water deliveryman and tried to harm a student named Lu Jin, but he was seen through and killed on the spot in the elevator."

He paused, then cautiously added, "We've investigated, and the authorities currently only know about Jin Hu's personal actions; they haven't found anything deeper."

The man in black remained silent for a few seconds, then slowly turned around and spoke indifferently.

"If you're dead, you're dead."

His voice was so calm that it sent a chill down the spine of his subordinates.

"He's a useless guy anyway. Last time he caused such a commotion at the underground boxing gym that he almost ruined our plans. It's his life that's a problem."

The subordinate dared not respond, but simply bowed even lower.

The man in black turned around and looked back at the fist slave monster in the cage, seemingly having lost all interest in Jin Hu's death.

However, the subordinate hesitated for a moment, but still braced himself and continued to report: "Master, there is one more thing. The person who killed Jin Hu is named Lu Jin, and he is a student of the Baijiang branch of Tianlong Martial Arts School."

"Flesh Refining Realm".

"Killed Jin Hu, who was at the first level of the Yi Jin Jing."

The man in black stopped looking again.

This time, the pause lasted even longer.

"A Flesh-Refining Realm cultivator killing a Tendon-Changing Realm cultivator?"

A slight fluctuation finally appeared in his voice, but it was hard to tell whether it was surprise or some kind of dangerous curiosity. "Although Jin Hu was a piece of trash, he was still at the first level of the Yi Jin Jing. To be killed by a mere Muscle Refining Realm kid."

He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was already quite clear.

The subordinate seized the opportunity and cautiously asked, "Master, this Lu Jin is a genius. If we allow him to grow stronger, he might become a threat to us. Should we..."

He gestured lightly in front of his neck, but the meaning was clear.

The man in black glanced at him.

That glance was expressionless, but the subordinate felt his blood run cold.

He immediately lowered his hand, bowed his head, and dared not utter another word.

"You can handle these things as you see fit."

The man in black's voice returned to its emotionless, flat tone.

"I need to focus all my energy on the upcoming alignment of the seven planets. This celestial event is a once-in-a-millennium occurrence, and we absolutely cannot afford any mistakes."

He turned around, his gaze sweeping across the entire underground space—the cages, the slaves, the humans and non-humans imprisoned in the darkness.

"You, Lu Jin, you can make a move if you want, but remember two things."

First, don't do it if you're not sure you can do it.

"Secondly, we must not expose ourselves."

"Most importantly, it doesn't really matter whether he lives or dies, there are countless people in this world who are more talented than him."

The subordinate bowed even more respectfully: "Understood, Master."

The man in black did not speak again.

He turned back to the enormous fist slave monster, reached out, and placed his hand on the cold alloy fence.

The monster sensed his presence, its murky gray-white eyes turned around, and a low whimper escaped its throat.

The corners of the man in black's mouth turned up slightly.

That was a smile that would give you nightmares.

"Soon, soon the people of this world will feel pain!"

...

Lu Jin was naturally aware of this situation. He had originally planned to rest, but suddenly, he opened his eyes.

A familiar feeling of dizziness washed over me.

The eternal night returns to nothingness.

Again.

Lu Jin got up, took out the Soul-Suppressing Spear, and walked outside to look at the decay of the Eternal Night.

A dead silence!

There wasn't even a shadow of the Fist Slave Monster.

"That's interesting. Before, they were afraid of fist slaves, but now they crave them."

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow; he decided to continue exploring the outskirts of Baijiang District.

He had already explored most of the area.

Police stations, shopping malls, residential buildings, schools—we went everywhere we could.

He had wiped out the fist slave monsters time and time again, and now when he walks down the street, he can't even bump into a lone one.

During his last exploration, he suspected that the boxing slaves of Baijiang District might all be concentrated in a certain central area.

When he was at the fifth level of the Muscle Refining Realm, he was able to kill the Three-Eyed Demon in one fell swoop. Now that he has broken through to the first level of the Tendon Transformation Realm, his strength is more than one level stronger than before.

The monsters in the Eternal Night Ruins are of various kinds, and who knows what level of being is hidden in the central area.

If you encounter an opponent far stronger than yourself, you won't be able to escape.

Lu Jin withdrew his gaze.

Forget it.

We'll go to the center of Baijiang District when we're stronger; there's no rush.

Although he had scanned the outer perimeter, there might still be places he had missed.

As Lu Jin explored, a building that was even more dilapidated than the others soon came into view.

The building's exterior walls have almost completely peeled off, revealing the rusted steel frame inside.

The glass curtain wall was completely shattered, leaving only bare window frames that whimpered faintly in the wind of the eternal night.

The sign on the rooftop hung crookedly, the words on it blurred and illegible, but words like "Hot Topics" and "Media" could still be vaguely discerned.

A media company building that focuses on social hot topics.

Lu Jin stopped at the door.

He remembered the building; in reality, there was indeed a local media company in Baijiang District that specialized in reporting social news and hot topics, and it was quite well-known in Baijiang District.

However, he had never been inside this building before. He had skipped it during his last exploration, thinking that there probably wasn't anything of value inside the media company.

Come here.

He strode toward the building entrance.

The gate had long since decayed and collapsed, broken into several pieces lying on both sides of the door frame.

The hall was pitch black, with only the faint green glow from the remaining fluorescent paint on the walls, barely illuminating a few steps ahead.

As Lu Jin walked to the door, a gust of wind, seemingly from nowhere, suddenly rushed towards him.

A piece of yellowed paper was carried by the wind.

The piece of paper fluttered a few times in the wind, then slapped against his chest with a snap.

Lu Jin lowered his head and reached out to peel the piece of paper off his body.

The moment he touched it, the edges of the paper made a slight cracking sound, and the dry, fragile texture made him instinctively soften his movements.

It was a newspaper.

No, it's a corner of a newspaper.

The edges are jagged, as if it was torn off carelessly.

The paper has turned yellow and become brittle, covered with mottled marks eroded by time.

Lu Jin's gaze fell on the title.

The next second, his fingers tightened suddenly.

[Lu Jin, the hero from Baijiang District who once killed Jin Hu, a wanted criminal from a cult, has tragically died!]

Thirteen characters.

This immediately sent chills down Lu Jin's spine!

"What do you mean?"

"Lu Jin, the one who killed wanted criminal Jin Hu in Baijiang District?"

"In the entire Baijiang District, who else besides me, named Lu Jin, has ever killed Jin Hu?"

"So the newspaper is talking about me."

His gaze swept frantically across the remaining text of the newspaper. Most of the words had been eroded by time and were illegible, but a few words were barely legible—"hero," "misfortune," "mourning," "young age"...

And a date.

That date, converted to real time, is exactly two months later.

This made Lu Jin laugh; he was now even more certain that the Eternal Night Ruins were the future.

His actions in reality were able to change things in the Eternal Night Ruins.

He killed Jin Hu; it happened a few hours ago.

This event was recorded in the newspaper of Eternal Night's Return to Nothingness, and then it pointed to an ending—he died.

Two months later.

He will die.

boom!

Lu Jin clenched his fist tightly, and the newspaper turned to dust in his palm, falling through his fingers.

A murderous intent suddenly surged from Lu Jin, and he immediately let out a cold laugh!

"This is ridiculous!"

"I'd like to see how I die two months from now!"

"If I'm strong enough, who can kill me?"

He was no longer the Lu Jin he once was; in just one month, he had reached the first level of the Yi Jin Jing.

Two months later, if the enemy dares to attack, it will be uncertain who will kill whom.

Just as Lu Jin was preparing to continue exploring deeper into the building to see if there were any other valuable clues.

Suddenly, a roar resounded through the sky, and Lu Jin looked up sharply!

On the top floor of this ten-story building, a pair of eerie green eyes streaked across the night sky.

The next second, a black figure plummeted downwards at high speed.

Bang!

A deep crater was smashed into the ground in front of Lu Jin, and the smoke cleared up.

A monster with human limbs, but several times larger, and a head resembling a hunting dog on its shoulder, came into Lu Jin's view.

"roar--!"

The monster roared, creating a gust of air that ruffled Lu Jin's hair, allowing Lu Jin to launch an attack with the Soul-Suppressing Spear.

"I'm so angry I have nowhere to vent!"

"What are you barking about here, you dog!"

...