Chapter 213 Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi Shows Its Might and Destroys Ning Dingyuan!
Lu Zhi raised his head and looked at the incomparably powerful Royal Retainer Expert. His heart was once again in utter chaos.
This time, in order to suppress Cheng Yu, Lu Ming had been injured to this extent. He had invested far too much!
Fortunately.
If Ning Dingyuan had left even a little more slowly, he would have been taken down by this Royal Retainer Expert, who had nearly entered the Grandmaster Realm.
Now, Duke Dingguo had confirmed his crime as Prince Chu’s accomplice by fleeing.
Both the Lu Family and Cheng Yu were at fault, and neither could escape the Emperor’s fury.
The Lu Family, lying on a thousand years of accumulated merit, could withstand Xiao Wuji’s punishment.
But Cheng Yu’s situation was different.
Without any background or backer, a single burst of Xiao Wuji’s anger would be enough to sever his future.
At the thought of this.
Even Lu Zhi’s hatred toward Cheng Yu lessened considerably. It was indeed hateful that the other party had deliberately guided Ning Dingyuan into going mad and fighting desperately, thereby harming Lu Ming.
But that was also a sign of helplessness.
This boy was no longer worth worrying about. There would be plenty of ways to slowly deal with him from now on.
Lu Zhi shook his head and helped Lu Ming up, muttering with emotion.
“Foundations are still far too important. For one person’s strength to oppose generations of a family is no different from an ant trying to shake a tree...”
Right now, Lu Zhi first had to arrange for Lu Ming to receive treatment, then go and explain the situation to Xiao Wuji as quickly as possible!
However, what he did not realize was this.
Cheng Yu was heading in the direction where Ning Dingyuan and Blood Owl had left...
Several dozen li outside the Great Qian Capital.
Inside an extremely hidden stronghold.
Duke Dingguo, who had still been full of spirit a few days ago and had dared to charge into the Imperial Prison to seize someone, now had none of the dignity or bearing of a noble prince or duke. All that remained was desolation and weariness.
“Cen’er, Father was the one who harmed you... Since I had already pledged myself to Prince Chu, how could I let you put yourself in danger?”
At this point, he had finally figured it out.
Ning Cen was domineering and perverse. He was capable of seizing a common woman on the street and killing people, and he had even been ordered by the Great Qian Emperor to be thrown into the Imperial Prison.
But that was not truly a major matter.
Among Great Qian’s upper class, there was an unspoken rule. They did not need to obey the rules and laws meant for lowly commoners.
For a Duke like Ning Dingyuan, this matter was at most somewhat troublesome.
When it was time to bow his head, he should not have resisted. He should have made his attitude clear, and once Xiao Wuji forgot about the matter, everything would have passed.
But the problem was this.
Ning Cen was not only the son of a Duke. He was also the son of a Duke who had colluded with Prince Chu in rebellion. He carried far too much pressure and danger on his shoulders.
If Ning Dingyuan was this careless and failed to watch over him, Ning Cen was bound to meet with trouble sooner or later!
He had imagined that the day the truth was exposed would come. He had already been secretly preparing to leave the Great Qian Capital and seek refuge with the Northern Suppression Army, but he had never expected it to come so quickly.
“Cheng Yu!”
Ning Dingyuan clenched his teeth tightly, and the hatred in his heart reached an indescribable level.
Cheng Yu had cut off one of his hands and forced him to abandon Ning Cen and flee, leaving his family destroyed!
If he did not avenge this hatred, he swore he was not human!
Just as his fury grew the more he thought about it, Blood Owl’s figure cut through the air and descended into the stronghold.
Ning Dingyuan immediately rose and looked warily into the distance. “General Blood Owl, why were you so slow? Have Xiao Wuji’s hounds come after us?”
He and Blood Owl had left one after the other, yet the other party had arrived half a double-hour later.
Blood Owl waved his hand calmly. “Do not worry. There are no pursuers. I merely slaughtered a village to replenish blood. Failing to drain that Lu boy dry left me itching for more.”
When Ning Dingyuan heard that there were no pursuers, he immediately felt much more at ease.
As for the village slaughter and blood-draining that Blood Owl mentioned, he did not care about the lives of a group of lowly commoners.
Prince Chu possessed an extremely bizarre inheritance. The generals and ministers under him cultivated corresponding techniques, and every one of them had a mad temperament. Killing people and draining their blood to cultivate was perfectly ordinary.
“Then let us go. Delay may bring unexpected changes.”
Ning Dingyuan had lost another arm, and an inexplicable panic filled his heart.
All he wanted was to leave the troublesome place that was the Great Qian Capital as quickly as possible and throw himself under the protection of the Northern Suppression Army and Prince Chu.
Only then.
Could he properly plan his revenge against Cheng Yu.
Blood Owl nodded. This avatar of his had been away for many years, and the situation on his main body’s side was not very good. This journey north would allow him to replenish himself with blood and return to his true body.
Before leaving.
Ning Dingyuan looked deeply in the direction of the Great Qian Capital. From today onward, he had lost everything.
His son, one arm, his high and powerful status as Duke...
All of this.
Had been bestowed upon him by Cheng Yu. He would definitely make him repay it!
“Little wretch Cheng Yu, just wait for me. One day, I will make you taste what it feels like to lose everything...”
But at this moment.
A familiar voice suddenly exploded beside Ning Dingyuan’s ear.
“Why not today?”
Ning Dingyuan’s entire body trembled. He widened his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Cheng Yu slowly appear, riding a majestic crimson steed.
Seeing his enemy again.
Ning Dingyuan’s expression became incomparably savage. He subconsciously looked behind Cheng Yu, but he did not find anyone else.
“Stop looking. I am only catching two stinking insects. I am enough on my own.”
Cheng Yu sat atop the Crimson Flame Steed and looked down at the two of them, his aura boundless.
He did not show the slightest cowardice from facing two Ninth-Rank martial artists.
“You overestimate yourself!”
Ning Dingyuan laughed coldly with a savage expression and looked at Blood Owl beside him.
“This little beast is extremely treacherous. There must be a trick. The two of us must take him down immediately!”
Blood Owl also laughed strangely. Back near Duke Dingguo’s Estate, he had already noticed this rising star of Great Qian, but he had not had time to pay much attention to him.
A genius whose talent shook the ancient and illuminated the present, who had entered the Earth Ranking at only twenty years old!
He had not expected the other party to dare chase after them.
Blood Owl sneered savagely. “Since he has delivered himself to our door, we may as well capture him and bring him back. His Highness is very interested in him.”
If His Highness were not interested in the inheritance and secrets on Cheng Yu.
He would have liked to taste what the blood of a genius of this level was like.
As soon as he finished speaking.
That strange, enormous sharp spike appeared in Blood Owl’s hand.
He poured Internal Energy into it and pointed it toward the sky. Blood-red light surged out of the spike and enveloped the nearby area.
He was isolating perception!
A mad look flashed in Ning Dingyuan’s eyes. Internal Energy transformed into a giant bear behind him, and he charged viciously at Cheng Yu.
“Cheng Yu, you dared chase after us alone! Then you must pay the price for your arrogance!”
Cheng Yu raised his head and looked at the blood-red color filling the sky, revealing the hint of a smile.
“Arrogance? I do not think so.”
He did not draw the Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber. Instead, he slowly took out a pitch-black broken sword from his robes.
The Demon-Slaying Sword!
Surging golden-red flames erupted from the sword, instantly illuminating the sky as though it were burning. A deep and terrifying roar came from the air.
Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi!
A true Dao-Entry-level cultivation method that could erupt with Grandmaster power!
When Ning Dingyuan and Blood Owl sensed this aura, they froze. Their hearts were instantly struck as if by lightning, and an unreasonable sense of terror erupted to its limit in an instant.
What kind of power was this?!
It was completely unmatched!
The two widened their eyes and stared fixedly at Cheng Yu, revealing expressions of disbelief.
Why could Cheng Yu erupt with this kind of power?
And.
Why had he not used it back in Duke Dingguo’s Estate?
Because he could not expose it in the Great Qian Capital!
Ning Dingyuan instantly thought of the answer. Looking at the terrifying golden-red sword qi, a name suddenly leaped into his mind.
“Dragon Abyss Sword! The Dragon Abyss Sword is in your hands!”
The power of a Supreme Weapon Under Heaven!
Cheng Yu revealed a cold smile. “Correct. As a reward, I will send you, this good father, to accompany your obedient son.”
The next instant.
Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi poured down from the sky like an overwhelming flood, completely drowning the two of them.
The outcome was beyond doubt.
No matter how strong a Ninth-Rank martial artist was, before Grandmaster-level power, they were not worth mentioning.