Under One Person: The Sea Emperor Who Shattered Heaven and Earth

Everyone knows that these five days will be the calm before the storm.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zhen had already led a small contingent of elite troops, first by boat and then by horse, and galloped all the way.

"Dongtian runs really fast. I set off less than half an hour later than him and I still haven't seen him."

"But that's fine too, we must get there in time."

"And Lü Ren, you'd better hold on. I'm here now, how can I let you get beheaded by the Japanese?" Jiang Zhen muttered to himself. "When I get there, I'll make these Japanese monsters know who's in charge of this land."

Chapter 41 The Yang God's Journey

Inside the dilapidated ancient temple, the atmosphere was so oppressive it was hard to breathe. The fire had long since died down, leaving only a few crimson embers flickering in the ashes, reflecting on the faces of the crowd, faces etched with gloom and anger.

"It's been five days!"

Lu Ren sat to the side, his voice hoarse.

Of the twelve brothers sent out, only five returned. They were all a hundred feet away, thinking they were safe, when their heads rolled to the ground without them knowing what had happened. According to the brothers who escaped, they only saw a knife suddenly appear out of thin air.

An older disciple of the Shangqing Sect suddenly stood up, his eyes bloodshot: "If I'm not mistaken, it's a magic weapon that can make you invisible and isolate your aura... A short knife suddenly appeared in a place that was clearly empty."

"We can't wait any longer." Lü Ren took a deep breath, stood up, and scanned the entire scene with his piercing gaze. "The five-day period has expired. If we wait any longer, these beasts from Bihe Mountain will soon be completely inside enemy-occupied territory. When the army is there to protect them, we Jianghu people will really be helpless."

"Gentlemen, let's march! In today's battle, we don't seek a safe retreat, but only to leave these Japanese devils in the mountains!"

"Let's give it our all!"

"Killing one is enough to make the profit, killing two is a bonus!"

The sounds of weapons being drawn blended together, and the killing intent almost soared into the sky.

However, about half an hour after Lü Ren led almost his entire force out, a series of urgent and mournful horse neighs suddenly came from outside the ancient temple.

"Hercules—!"

A jet-black horse with a long mane collapsed at the entrance of the ancient temple, foaming at the mouth and twitching its hooves a few times before falling silent.

The moment Fang Dongtian landed, he staggered and nearly fell. During this time, he had driven more than a dozen fine horses to their deaths, working tirelessly without rest or sleep, which had made his once handsome face haggard and his eyes bloodshot.

He found out the location by relying on the reputation of the Quanzhen disciples, and also left a letter for Jiang Zhen who was later there.

"Where are Young Master Lü... and the others?" He grabbed one of the men who had stayed behind to provide backup and asked urgently.

The man was startled by Fang Dongtian's desperate stance. "You are Dongtian?" He then quickly pointed to the depths of the dense forest: "Young Master Lü and his men... set off half an hour ago, saying they were going to ambush the Japanese in a valley thirty miles away, preparing to fight them to the death."

"What?!" Fang Dongtian was struck dumb, his face turning deathly pale. "Too late? No... it can't be too late!"

He knew very well how important the intelligence his uncle Jiang Zhen had given him was. If he didn't know about "Lian's" existence, an ambush would be suicide.

“Thirty li... half an hour…” Fang Dongtian was panting heavily. He was too weak to even stand up, let alone catch up.

He glanced at his hands, a resolute look in his eyes.

"Fellow Daoist, and a few other brothers, please protect my physical body!"

Fang Dongtian suddenly sat down cross-legged, a move that puzzled the few other people who remained around him.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, what are you doing? Should we go after Young Master Lü and the others now?"

“It’s too late…” Fang Dongtian closed his eyes, and the Qi in his body began to pulsate at an extremely strange frequency, which was a manifestation of the Quanzhen Neidan Gong being cultivated to a certain high level.

"Although my master said that it is not a good thing to indulge in greed, and that it is the right path to honestly hone one's life, and that a state of being a wandering ghost is not what I pursue. But today... I must succeed!"

Calm your mind and spirit.

"out!"

boom--!

A soft yet refined wisp of moon-white mist burst forth from the crown of Fang Dongtian's head. At the center of that mist, a phantom, transparent figure, identical to Fang Dongtian, slowly floated up.

"This...this is the Yang Spirit Awakening?!" An elder of the Lü family who remained behind exclaimed in disbelief, "A junior member of the Quanzhen Sect has actually been able to awaken the Yang Spirit?!"

The "Fang Dongtian" floating in mid-air looked down at its closed-eye body, shook its head bitterly, and said in a ethereal voice: "Unfit to be a Yang God, merely a Yin God on a journey."

Although he had already reached this level of cultivation, he looked down on this state of being like a wandering ghost, so he had never been distracted. Fortunately, he succeeded on his first try.

"Everyone, if anything happens to my physical body, I will truly become a wandering ghost in this grotto. I entrust this place to you!"

Before the words were finished, the illusory figure of the Yin God transformed into a streak of light, piercing through the ancient temple wall at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and rushed straight away!

We are currently in a valley.

The cliffs on both sides are sheer, and the valley is filled with strangely shaped rocks.

Lü Ren, leading more than thirty extraordinary individuals from various schools and sects, was lying in ambush in the valley. He pressed his hand against the ground, subtly activating his Ruyi Jin (a martial arts technique), but this time he was smarter, only sensing the slight tremors of the ground and never penetrating deeply.

"They're here," Lü Ren whispered.

At the end of the valley, a dozen or so black dots were slowly approaching.

"Ready..." Lü Ren raised his hand, ready to strike as soon as the opponent entered his attack range.

However, just as the ninjas stepped into the valley...

Ono Noriyoshi suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes slightly closed, but a cruel and playful smile appeared on his lips.

"Teacher, did you sense it?" Sakon asked with a cold smile, pressing his hand on the katana at his waist.

"Yeah, it's right ahead, like a bunch of silly monkeys crouching in the grass."

Eita Nikaido let out a wild laugh, suddenly drawing his demon sword Hirumaru. The tip of the blade sliced ​​across the ground, leaving a trail of black sparks: "This time, I'm going to swallow their bones into Hirumaru!"

Ono Noriyoshi tapped the ground lightly with his cane, and an invisible ripple spread out once again.

"Since they can't wait any longer, let's leave the heirs of this land with an unforgettable nightmare."

Just as Lü Ren was about to give the order, at the critical moment...

"Stop! Everyone, stop right now!"

A clear, ethereal cry resounded directly in everyone's mind.

Immediately afterwards, a moon-white phantom appeared out of thin air beside Lü Ren. The phantom was semi-transparent, and it was none other than Fang Dongtian's Yin Spirit.

"Holy crap! What the hell is that?!" A member of the Lü family was so frightened that he almost slapped it with his palm.

"Wait! It's Senior Brother Dongtian from Quanzhen!" a disciple from Shangqing Sect hurriedly called out.

"It's me! Quanzhen Fangdongtian! Wait a minute before you make your move! You've already been discovered!"

Lu Ren was startled at first, then his expression changed drastically when he saw that the illusory figure was indeed Fang Dongtian's: "What did you say? We've been discovered? That's impossible. I sensed things very discreetly this time, and no one showed any trace of themselves..."

"Nothing is impossible!" Fang Dongtian didn't have time for pleasantries, his words coming out in rapid succession like a machine gun, "This is information about the abilities of the ninjas that Uncle Jiang Zhen of the Cao Gang asked me to deliver!"

"The ninja leader is indeed inside, named Ono Noriyoshi. His ability is called 'Ripple,' which is a kind of all-around absolute perception!"

"The guy with the sword is called Eita Nikaido, and the sword he's holding is called Hiruma, a demon sword that constantly strengthens itself by absorbing the energy generated from killing. The more you fight, the stronger it gets!"

"Moreover, the person killed by that knife will have their Qi copied and their abilities controlled by the knife user."

"Furthermore, Mount Hiei has a haori that can turn invisible, as well as beasts that can control corpse puppets and poisonous snakes..." and so on, all of which were revealed by Fang Dongtian.

"The one standing on that tree over there should be the one that can turn invisible." Fang Dongtian looked in that direction.

At this moment, Fang Dongtian was in a dreamlike state, so his perspective was completely different from everyone else's. As soon as he arrived, he saw a sneaky figure crouching there.

!!!

"Five Thunder Talisman!" "Ruyi Force!" "Vajra Palm!"... As soon as Fang Dongtian uttered these words, without the slightest hesitation, everyone immediately launched their powerful attacks.

boom!

A scream suddenly came from the tree, which had been empty, followed by the sound of something falling to the ground. A person went forward and touched it, and then seemed to lift something up, revealing a woman dressed in Japanese clothing who had died tragically.

Then Lu Ren glanced at the ninjas in the distance, and then at the person who had been touching him without his knowledge. His back was already soaked with cold sweat.

"The information given by Chief Jiang..." Lu Ren's throat was dry. He looked at Fang Dongtian's Yin spirit, then at the opponent preparing to ambush in the distance, and gritted his teeth, "If this is true, we were just... jumping into the gates of hell."

"Now is not the time to be afraid!"

Fang Dongtian continued, "Uncle-Master Jiang Zhen and the elites of the Cao Gang should be arriving soon!"

"Oh? Chief Jiang is coming too?" Lu Ren's eyes lit up.

Jiang Zhen has been making waves in the martial arts world lately, his reputation growing ever stronger. In addition, he had witnessed Jiang Zhen's strength at the Lu family's birthday banquet, which boosted his confidence significantly.

"Should we wait for Chief Jiang?" someone asked.

But someone immediately countered, "If, as the intelligence reports, that ninja leader could sense our every move, then why did we suddenly prepare to attack, and now we've stopped moving..."

"Once they realize something is wrong, they should just run towards enemy-occupied territory..."

Lu Ren suddenly stood up, flicked his sleeve, and the Ruyi Force was no longer restrained, but was instead wildly injected into the ground beneath his feet.

"Gentlemen, things have come to this point, there's no need to say more."

"So……"

"kill!"

……

Ono Noriyoshi, who had already reached the bottom of the valley, frowned for the first time.

"Xiao... is dead?" (She's Die's older sister, but I don't think her name was mentioned in the original story, so I made one up.)

"Did their actions change just now because they discovered Xiao?"

He sensed Xiao's death, then looked at the Chinese superhuman in the distance, who was no longer hiding, and a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.

"Go, avenge Xiao!"

"Eita, go and kill them all, leave no one alive!"

"Hehehe... It should have been done a long time ago!"

Eita Nikaido transformed into a black and red whirlwind, laughing wildly as he headed towards Lü Ren and the others.

Chapter 42 A terrifying aura as scorching as the sun

Eita Nikaido, like a mad beast unleashed from its cage, traced a twisted arc in the air with his dark and sinister "Hirumaru" sword. Black and red energy, like viscous blood, left long afterimages at the blade's tip, poised to strike Lu Ren's head.