Chapter 210: Lu Zhi’s Shock; Forcibly Severing One of Ning Dingyuan’s Arms
Cheng Yu watched as a long saber carved with dragon patterns flew across, its aura in no way weaker than the Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber in his hand.
He recognized the person who had come.
Jinyiwei Commander Lu Zhi!
Why had Lu Zhi intervened to stop him?
While Cheng Yu was greatly shocked, he quickly understood the crux of the matter, and anger burned in his heart.
It was because of fear!
Lu Zhi was the Commander-in-Chief of the Jinyiwei. His strength had reached the late ninth rank, placing him among the top experts of the Jianghu. Yet he feared Cheng Yu!
He did not dare allow Cheng Yu to make further contributions!
This fellow had watched with his own eyes as the Jinyiwei became something anyone could bully, silently playing the role of a cowardly tortoise.
People might call it patience and vision, but in the end, he was a petty man.
Having seen the terrifying talent Cheng Yu had displayed, and even his considerable understanding of the “Dao” in the Jinyiwei inheritance, how could a member of the Lu Family, which had controlled the Jinyiwei for generations, possibly keep from panicking?
“Commander Lu! Have you betrayed His Majesty and thrown yourself in with the rebels? If not, then do not bring disaster upon yourself!”
Ning Dingyuan had colluded with Prince Chu and intended to rebel.
Lu Zhi knew this and still dared to intervene, so naturally, he had already prepared himself. He said coldly, “You attacked a duke without receiving orders, acted without authorization, disregarded the Law of the Realm, and placed all Jinyiwei in an unjust position! I order you to stand down and return with me!”
He held up the dragon-patterned Xiuchun Saber in his hand, which represented his status as Commander-in-Chief of the Jinyiwei. His expression was solemn, and he carried an imposing dignity even without anger.
Seeing that Cheng Yu showed no intention of stopping at all, he shouted, “Or is it that the Jinyiwei can no longer contain a great Buddha like you, and even I, the Commander-in-Chief, can no longer command you?”
As he spoke, his might erupted and pressed fiercely down on Cheng Yu.
Ning Dingyuan widened his eyes as he watched all this, completely unable to understand what was happening.
The Jinyiwei had started fighting among themselves?
Cheng Yu erupted with internal energy and swept away the pressure on his body. His brows stood upright, and fury burned in his heart.
As the person under heaven who cared most about the Jinyiwei’s development, he was very disappointed that the Jinyiwei had become like this.
It had long since rotted from the top down to the roots. Even the Commander-in-Chief was this shameless!
“Go with you? Go to hell!”
Cheng Yu sneered, and the Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber in his hand suddenly swung out.
Behind him, the arrogant Ghost King raised its hand with a cold smile. In the rolling black fog, countless wriggling ghost hands pressed down toward Ning Dingyuan and Lu Zhi.
Ants... all of you, die!
An irresistible suppressive force descended toward the two of them.
“You disobey a superior’s order and still dare show off before an expert. Today, I will teach you a proper lesson!”
When Lu Zhi saw that Cheng Yu had no intention of stopping at all, he held his saber horizontally with a cold expression. Behind him, black fog likewise boiled, and a faint, ferocious face emerged within it.
ROAR!
The mass of black fog behind Lu Zhi raised its head and howled, shaking everyone within several li until their hearts trembled in panic. Their calves shook, and they only wanted to flee.
The suppressive force brought by Cheng Yu’s Ghost King immediately vanished like smoke and clouds. The Ghost King’s figure also roared unwillingly.
This ant’s power...Was not right!
Cheng Yu’s expression grew colder and colder as he watched this scene. He knew very clearly what Lu Zhi’s power was.
It was also “Dao”!
Both powers originated from the domineering and unreasonable Tyrannical Dao within the Jinyiwei inheritance. When they collided, they canceled each other out.
It was precisely because of this power that Lu Zhi’s fear of Cheng Yu had reached a point beyond adjustment.
Lu Zhi raised his head coldly. “I will give you one final chance! Return with me to the Command Office. Otherwise, today, I will heavily punish you for defying your superior!”
Cheng Yu was indeed a person of outstanding talent. He had even mastered the power of “Dao” by himself at such a young age.
But Lu Zhi was not some mediocre nobody either.
His martial realm had reached the late ninth rank early on, making him one of Great Qian’s first-rate experts.
Now that the powers of their two “Daos” had canceled each other out, Cheng Yu absolutely had no means to stop Lu Zhi’s crushing advantage in internal energy!
In Jiangnan, Cheng Yu had almost never suffered any setbacks. Now that he had arrived in the Great Qian Capital and still dared to act without knowing what was good for him, Lu Zhi would let Cheng Yu taste the feeling of utter helplessness!
“Return?”
Cheng Yu raised an eyebrow and sneered disdainfully. “What are you? A cowardly tortoise like you thinks you are worthy of lecturing me?”
While he mocked Lu Zhi, a completely different power gathered within his body, emitting an incomparably profound aura.
If the Jinyiwei’s “Dao” could not deal with Lu Zhi, then he would let him try something even more stimulating!
“What did you call me? You are courting death!”
When Lu Zhi heard Cheng Yu call him a cowardly tortoise, his eyes instantly reddened. Everything he had done had been a helpless act of hiding his strength and biding his time!
Yet Cheng Yu dared to speak of him that way!
The more a person did something, the less he could bear to hear others mention it.
Over the years, Lu Zhi had led the Jinyiwei in pretending to be dead. Anyone dared to come over and kick them, so there were many subordinates who were dissatisfied with him, but they dared to be angry and did not dare speak.
Now Cheng Yu, a mere twenty-year-old junior and a mere Commandant, dared to say this aloud. He was simply courting death!
Did Cheng Yu truly think he could deal with Grandmaster-level opponents?
Dream on!
The black fog with a ferocious face behind Lu Zhi howled again, drifting forward to press toward Cheng Yu’s Ghost King.
The Ghost King was already enraged because its attempt to crush an ant had overturned. Its arrogant face was full of shame and anger.
When it saw that something still dared to attack it, it became even more furious and battled with it.
But anger was anger. It truly could not resolve an opponent whose power came from the same source, and it grew increasingly agitated and frenzied for a time.
In the next moment.
The Ghost King, which was going berserk, suddenly froze. The other mass of black fog with a face took the opportunity to invade it wildly, and defeat seemed already decided.
Lu Zhi sneered. Once he stopped this thing’s power, he could deal with Cheng Yu however he wished!
But at this moment.
Something unexpected happened.
A beam of pure light suddenly shot down from the sky, and the Ghost King’s body and the black fog exploded at the same time.
Before Lu Zhi could even make a move, he suddenly suffered a backlash. His whole body trembled, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
He immediately looked at Cheng Yu, only to see that there was no longer cold black fog coiling behind him. Instead, a blurry, towering human figure stood there.
The figure stood with its hands clasped before it, silently watching the Ghost King and the black fog. It made no further movement, yet Lu Zhi’s heart trembled.
What was that thing?!
In the next moment.
A cold snort sounded. Lu Zhi only felt a cracking sound ring beside his ear, and the internal energy that had summoned the black fog began to tremble.
The violent backlash left him unable to move. Only one thought remained in his mind.
This thing... was also “Dao”!
And it was much stronger than the Jinyiwei inheritance. They were completely not existences on the same level!
At the same time.
The “Origin” Cheng Yu had accumulated through Longevity and Origin-Replenishing was completely exhausted, and it would require some time to refill.
He did not continue paying attention to Lu Zhi. Since Lu Zhi dared use the power of “Dao” to play with him, then he could have a proper taste.
This power came from the Demon-Slaying Dao Canon, from the True Martial Inheritance!
Among the powers Cheng Yu possessed that could reach the level of “Dao,” it was the strongest and purest.
Supreme, inviolable, and beyond defiance!
He turned his gaze toward Ning Dingyuan, who still did not understand the situation.
The Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber slashed out. Extreme Saber Intent erupted, crushing down onto Ning Dingyuan, who had no time to dodge.
“Ah!!!”
Under the effect of the Heaven-and-Earth Chessboard, Ning Dingyuan’s thoughts were already dominated by his emotions, and he had relaxed for a moment. He had never expected Cheng Yu to block Lu Zhi and still be able to unleash such an attack in passing.
He could only forcibly endure this saber, and his left arm was cut off.
If he had not relied on a martial artist’s instinct to dodge slightly at the final moment, Cheng Yu would probably have split him in half!
Looking at the gushing blood and severed limb, Ning Dingyuan finally and thoroughly understood the situation at this moment. His entire body felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.
Cheng Yu had made up his mind to kill him today, and no one could stop it!
And Cheng Yu absolutely had the strength to do it!
He had to flee!