Ever since Lu Chao had shattered his Destiny Bone suppression, he’d been spouting accusations—’You’re taking advantage of the Azure Flame Domain’s supposed ignorance,’ ’You’re not telling the truth,’ ’You’re still trying to deceive me.’ But Chi Ting truly hadn’t been.
He truly had no idea how Lu Chao had managed to break it.
In response, Lu Chao stared directly at Chi Ting and coolly retorted, "Do you truly not know, or are you just pretending? Aren’t you from the Cyan Sword Great Empire? Don’t you all consider yourselves superior to my Azure Flame Domain?"
At these words, Chi Ting’s face turned crimson. He was being utterly scorned by a country bumpkin.
His current humiliation was as intense as his prior arrogance and contempt had been.
"Tell me, or I’ll kill him." Chi Ting stopped asking, pressing his sword directly against Chang Yuan.
At the same time, he glanced at the thirty or so young men and women of the Shen Family and shrieked, "What are you all standing around for? Seize that fine woman of Lu Chao’s and force him to his knees to beg for mercy!"
A few of the young Shen Family members had started to surround Lu Chao, while thirty others had advanced on Cheng Yunsu.
But Lu Chao’s sudden shattering of the suppression and his clean, decisive kills had made all the young Shen Family members freeze. Only now, at Chi Ting’s reminder, did they snap back to their senses.
One by one, their gazes snapped back to Cheng Yunsu... Kill!
The thirty young men and women of the Shen Family surged forward to surround and kill her.
Chi Ting, meanwhile, added viciously, "If you dare to move, this Chang Yuan will surely die."
Lu Chao just smiled. "Who said I need to move?"
The words had barely left his lips when... AARGH!
A bloodcurdling scream echoed from behind Lu Chao. The young Shen Family members attacking Cheng Yunsu were instantly engulfed in a violent torrent of Fire Sparrow Flames—the power of Cheng Yunsu’s Fire Sparrow Star Divine Bone.
Just then, one of the young Shen Family members shrieked in astonishment, "Lu Chao’s woman is also a genius at the Sixth Layer of Transformation!"
It was true. Cheng Yunsu’s progress had been incredibly rapid recently. After merging with Lu Chao’s Star Fire Sparrow Bone, the Fire Sparrow Meridians in her body seemed to have been powerfully awakened, constantly pushing her toward higher realms.
Combined with the two Azure Flame Bone-Refining Pills she had taken, she had already broken through to the Sixth Layer of Transformation.
Moreover, the Star Fire Sparrow Bone was a Star Divine Bone from within Lu Chao’s Bone Inner World, making it naturally stronger than those of the young Shen Family members. Adding to that, the strongest geniuses of the Shen Family had just been taken out by Lu Chao.
The rest were only at the second or third layer of Transformation or at the Innate Peak. Even with all thirty of them combined, defeating Cheng Yunsu would be extremely difficult. In fact, they were instantly enveloped by her Fire Sparrow Flame.
Cheng Yunsu cried out again, "Fire Sparrow Dancing Star Sword... Kill!"
One after another, they fell dead.
This shattered Chi Ting’s carefully laid plans. He hissed at Lu Chao, "Make your woman stop, or else... AARGH!"
Before he could finish, Chi Ting let out a sudden, strange cry...
The attack didn’t come from Lu Chao, nor was it something Cheng Yunsu or Chang Yuan had done. It was a Flying Bird Demon Beast, which had swooped down on Chi Ting without any warning.
Its talons clamped down on Chi Ting’s head.
It was none other than the Flying Bird Demon Beast that Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu had just arrived on.
Before the fight began, Lu Chao had given Cheng Yunsu a meaningful look, signaling her to summon the Flying Bird Demon Beast from outside the Beast Flame Academy while no one was paying attention. It could be used at a critical moment.
And this was that critical moment—to strike Chi Ting with a claw and save Chang Yuan.
Of course, this strike couldn’t cause any real harm to Chi Ting. After all, the Flying Bird Demon Beast was only at the Innate Realm.
In fact... OWW!
It was blasted away by Chi Ting’s True Qi. But Chi Ting’s momentary distraction was all Lu Chao needed. The instant the Flying Bird Demon Beast descended, Lu Chao was already in motion, thrusting his sword toward Chi Ting on the spot.
The latter instinctively sensed the danger and, in the same instant he blasted the beast away, once again formed a honeycomb-like shield.
BANG! The shield fiercely blocked Lu Chao’s sword strike.
But... WAH!
Chi Ting was sent flying once again. Lu Chao quickly landed and shielded Chang Yuan behind him.
However, before Lu Chao could press the attack...
Chi Ting, who had been knocked away, used the momentum to his advantage, instantly vanishing down a small path in the Beast Flame Academy’s courtyard.
He had actually made the decisive choice to flee. His roar boomed back, "Number one genius of the Azure Flame Domain, I’m going to find our Young City Lord right now! You’re dead! All of you are going to die!"
Now Chi Ting was just leaving threats, no longer boasting about enjoying the sound of heart-wrenching screams.
Lu Chao frowned, wanting to give chase...
But when he glanced back at Cheng Yunsu, he saw that the dozen or so remaining young Shen Family members had suddenly formed a battle array, threatening her.
Without further hesitation, Lu Chao flashed back, weaving through the dozen-plus Shen Family youths surrounding Cheng Yunsu.
SHK SHK SHK SHK...
One by one, they fell to Lu Chao’s sword, dropping to the ground one after another.
And just then, an aged voice boomed out, "Stop! Lu Chao, stop! I said stop!"
The speaker was the same Shen Family elder who had been stomping on Chang Yuan at the very beginning. Of all the Shen Family elders and middle-aged members, he was the only one left alive, though he was so heavily injured he couldn’t get up.
Now, seeing the younger generation of his family being slaughtered, he roared in fury.
But it was useless. Lu Chao completely ignored him, and in the blink of an eye, all the youths around Cheng Yunsu were dead.
Of the dozens of people from the Saint Bone Shen Family, only the roaring elder was left. Trembling all over, he struggled to his feet and bellowed at Lu Chao, "Lu Chao, you demon! You killed them all!"
Lu Chao slowly sheathed his sword and looked back indifferently. "And are any of the warriors from my Dragon Flame Kingdom still alive?"
At this question...
The Shen Family elder froze. He looked around at the Dragon Flame Warriors, who had been dead for some time now, and his entire body went limp, collapsing back to the ground...
’That’s right. It was his Saint Bone Shen Family who had killed their Dragon Flame Warriors first. They had left no survivors. Lu Chao was simply repaying them in kind—an eye for an eye.’
Finally, the Shen Family elder said in a suppressed voice, "The Young City Lord... he won’t let you get away with this."
Lu Chao slowly walked over, staring down at the prone elder. "The Young City Lord of Red Sword City... what is he doing in the Azure Flame Domain? What does he want with my Azure Flame Sect? Don’t tell me he wants to breach our sect’s Forbidden Land?"
The Shen Family elder slowly raised his head and suddenly began to laugh maniacally...
"Worthy of the title of the Azure Flame Domain’s number one genius. You guessed right."
"Yan Mu of Yan Soul City was appointed to lead the conquest of the Azure Flame Domain. He even issued an order that no one from Cyan Sword was to set foot in the Azure Flame Domain before his conquest was complete. But our Young City Lord? He couldn’t care less about that good-for-nothing."
"Our Young City Lord is determined to be the first to claim the treasure inside the Azure Flame Sect’s Forbidden Land, and no one can stop him!"
Hearing this, Lu Chao’s expression turned icy.
"Perhaps our Young City Lord won’t even need to act. Once Chi Ting reaches the Forbidden Land, he’ll naturally bring back someone even stronger to execute you."
As the Shen Family elder spoke to this point...
He suddenly seemed to think of something and asked, "How in the world... did you break the Destiny Bone suppression?"
’If Lu Chao hadn’t broken the Destiny Bone suppression, the young members of his Saint Bone Shen Family wouldn’t have died.’
Before he died, he wanted to know the answer so he could rest in peace.
Lu Chao narrowed his eyes slightly. "With a will, of course... one that fears no cruelty!"