Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

He even had several cuts on his body, and Zhang Lu became more and more frenzied as he killed.

He wanted to kill Qingyue first, and then hurry after Li Ping'an.

At his speed, he should still be able to catch up with Li Ping'an.

So at this moment, he had made up his mind to kill Qingyue, and so he did.

When Master Wuchen blames him, he might not be the one to be found out.

After all, there were still those two extremely vicious female demons, Honglian and Hongling, in the sky.

Then he can simply say that Qingyue was killed by those two people.

There is no way to verify the truth since the dead are dead.

Bang!

Qingyue was kicked in the chest by Zhang Lu in the abdomen.

He crashed to the ground and flew backwards for dozens of meters.

When she stood up again, she was covered in blood and filthy.

His eyes were filled with pain.

"Die! You so-called genius! You're nothing but a fart in front of me!"

Zhang Lu roared and pointed his longsword straight at Qingyue's throat.

Just as he was about to kill Qingyue with a single sword strike.

Suddenly, a fat figure darted out from the side.

He recognized the figure; it was the Thousand General that Li Ping'an had just released.

However, it was already cleaved into pieces by his sword, so how did it reappear here?

Suddenly, Qianjiang rushed out and stood in front of Qingyue.

With a loud bang, Qian Jiang blocked Zhang Lu's fatal blow.

Zhang Lu's pupils contracted. Another general has arrived!

He looked up and saw Li Ping'an panting heavily not far away.

Luckily, I made it in time!

Li Ping'an ran frantically all the way, fearing that Qingyue would already be a corpse when he saw her.

Fortunately, he arrived just in time, allowing Qianjiang to block Zhang Lu's sword strike.

"You old fool! You dare come back!"

Zhang Lu was not surprised but rather delighted to see Li Ping'an return.

If this guy comes back, then he won't need to go through all the trouble of hunting him down.

Qingyue was also shocked to see Li Ping'an return.

"Little brother! Why are you back again? Didn't I tell you to run away?"

However, Li Ping'an looked at her and shook his head firmly.

"Junior Sister! You risked your life to save me! If I, Li Ping'an, just run away like this, would I even be human? I'd rather die with you than run away! Besides, the two of us together might not be a match for him!"

Hearing this, Qingyue was slightly taken aback.

He nodded, somewhat touched.

"Yes! You're right! This path isn't that strong either; the two of us working together might be able to defeat it!"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Zhang Lu couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha! A fool and an old man! You two pieces of trash think you can defeat me? Li Ping'an, I must say you're quite loyal! But you'll still die by my hand!"

"Come on! Today I'll show you my true strength! Otherwise, you'll just keep dreaming all day long!"

After saying that, Zhang Lu took out a talisman from his pocket.

As he chanted incantations, the talisman suddenly emitted a burst of fiery red light.

Next, Zhang Lu affixed the talisman to his longsword.

In an instant, the longsword in his hand transformed into a rocket radiating scorching heat.

"I'll show you my true strength, otherwise you'll think I'm easy to scare!"

Zhang Lu spoke fiercely and swung his sword out with a backhand motion.

The sword energy transformed into a flame, slashing towards the two of them.

Qingyue exclaimed in alarm, "Retreat quickly!"

However, Li Ping'an did not flinch at all, and directly ordered his thousand generals to block in front of the two.

With a loud bang, Qian was sent flying.

However, it still managed to withstand the fiery sword energy completely unharmed.

"Hey bro! What is that? Its defense is so strong!"

Qingyue was taken aback by what she saw.

He knew how strong Zhang Lu was.

Unexpectedly, the puppet next to Li Ping'an, which looked like it was just made of wood, actually had such strong defensive capabilities!

Li Ping'an laughed, "Want to learn? I'll teach you another day!"

Qingyue was overjoyed upon hearing this, "Really?"

"Okay! Then I'll have to learn from you properly another day!"

Hearing their conversation, Zhang Lu became furious.

"Now your opponent is me! And you're still chatting here! It seems you won't realize the seriousness of the situation until I skin you both alive!"

Zhang Lu roared and unleashed two more fiery sword energies.

And Qian Jiang finally could no longer withstand Zhang Lu's powerful offensive.

With a snap, it turned into a pile of fragments.

Li Ping'an said to Qingyue with a stern face.

"Junior Sister, you go first, I'll support you from the flank."

Qingyue nodded. "Alright! I'll go and fight him head-on!"

After Li Ping'an's disruption, Qingyue's strength has recovered considerably.

He also has the strength to fight Zhang Lu.

She flew up with her sword and engaged Zhang Lu in a ping-pong battle.

Meanwhile, Li Ping'an would occasionally pull out a wooden gun from his pocket and launch long-range attacks on Zhang Lu.

With Li Ping'an harassing him, Zhang Lu was not as adept at fighting Qingyue.

However, Qingyue is still at a disadvantage and could be defeated at any time.

No! This can't be done!

Li Pingan fired another wooden spear, which Zhang Lu dodged.

He took out a black hammer from his pocket, leaped hard, and spun the hammer toward Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu felt a gust of wind coming from the side.

Li Ping'an then swung a large iron hammer at him.

"Hmph! This old codger dares to attack me! I'll just chop you in half with one sword!"

Zhang Lu sneered and slashed Qingyue away with his sword.

He swung his sword backhand and thrust it at Li Ping'an, who was charging towards him.

"Little brother! Get out of the way! You can't block his sword!"

Qingyue exclaimed in surprise.

However, the next second, Li Ping'an's iron hammer slammed into Zhang Lu's longsword.

A clang!

Li Ping'an did not retreat; instead, Zhang Lu was forced back dozens of meters by the powerful force of the attack.

"How is that possible!"

Zhang Lu felt a tingling and soreness in his right arm.

The longsword in his hand swayed repeatedly, producing a series of metallic clanging sounds.

Clearly, he suffered a loss in his battle against Li Ping'an!

This made Zhang Lu feel extremely embarrassed.

He was a dignified chief disciple of the inner sect, a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He was actually knocked away by a mere handyman disciple with a single blow.

Where does that leave him with his pride?

"Good lad! You've got some skills!"

Zhang Lu steadied himself and swung his longsword back at Li Ping'an.

Seeing Zhang Lu slashing at him with lightning speed, Li Ping'an swung his hammer down again.

However, Zhang Lu was prepared for this.

He was, after all, a man of great combat experience, and knew that Li Ping'an's hammer was extraordinary and extremely powerful.

The moment the black hammer struck, Zhang Lu's body flipped in the air in an extremely bizarre manner.

He dodged the hammer blow in an instant.

At the same time, the longsword slashed out, aiming to cut Li Ping'an in half.

It looked like they were about to cut Li Ping'an in two.

Fortunately, after seeing his hammer miss, Li Ping'an began chanting incantations.

"Wood Release: Technique!"

Just as Zhang Lu's longsword was about to sever Li Ping'an's belly...

Li Ping'an appeared a hundred meters away.