Chapter 99: Lu Jin Moves with Killing Intent, Refusing Face When Given?

*Boom!!!*

A massive thunder dragon descended from the heavens, slamming into the trident in an instant!

Golden light erupted from the trident, sending the power of the heavenly lightning bolt in all directions. The surrounding armored soldiers were instantly blown into clouds of golden mist, which were then absorbed by the trident in a flash!

Lu Jin watched this scene with a look of astonishment. He clearly hadn’t expected that the thunderclouds of the Nine Heavens could actually strike into the Heaven Burial Coffin!

And the effect was quite impressive!

In that single instant of lightning power, over a hundred armored soldiers had been obliterated!

Lu Jin did not hesitate for a second. He knew he had to set aside his shock; resolving the immediate crisis was his top priority!

After devouring the golden light of the hundred soldiers, the trident indeed grew much lighter. He gripped it tightly, and with a wild flourish, he hurled it deep into the ranks of the legion!

*Bang!*

It landed heavily. Within the now-shattered formation, all the armored soldiers fled in a panic!

“The trident’s power has awakened! Retreat, quickly retreat!”

“He can actually summon lightning! We are no match for him! Retreat!”

The legion that had surged forward like a tide now receded just as rapidly!

Lu Jin did not give chase. After the bolt of lightning descended, the power of the Jindan within his body began to surge. The sensation of an impending breakthrough was incredibly strong.

*Rumble…*

He simply sat cross-legged on the spot, and the Jindan lightning tribulation began to swirl down once more.

He truly hadn’t expected that so soon after reaching the 5th grade, Jindan, he would be breaking through again.

Meanwhile, he wasn’t the only one astonished. Outside, upon the Eight Desolations Blood Dragon Altar, everyone stood slack-jawed!

“That lightning power… it actually struck the underground array base!”

“Could Lu Jin have done it?”

“Who else could it be but him!”

“This is inconceivable! That bolt of lightning was far too vast. Even the killing array laid down by Elder Chi Yu was blasted into nothingness in an instant!”

“Just what is Lu Jin’s cultivation level? This level of lightning tribulation isn’t something a Jindan Realm expert can trigger! This is a celestial phenomenon that only those in the Purple Mansion Realm are qualified to summon!”

As the crowd whispered, Elder Chi Yu and her companions were so enraged their eyes nearly split.

“That bastard! Just how did he do it!”

“How could he trigger such violent lightning power?”

“This kid must have a supreme treasure on him!”

“He’s definitely using the power of a treasure to draw down super-lightning, and then using my array to filter out the lightning’s erosion on himself!”

“This is killing two birds with one stone! This kid is too cunning!”

“Elder Chi Yu, what should we do now?”

Elder Chi Yu’s heart burned with fury. She had come today with absolute killing intent to deal with Lu Jin, but she never expected such an accident to occur!

However, she ground her teeth, her sinister eyes suddenly shifting toward the members of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect!

“Seize them as hostages! This Elder refuses to believe that a mere disciple can do anything to me!”

“Yes!”

Several experts suddenly flew toward the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s position, their auras erupting as they surrounded the group in an instant.

“What are you doing?”

Chu Tianxiong took a step forward, his aura imposing.

“If you know what’s good for you, surrender quietly! Otherwise, your Ten Thousand Swords Sect will be exterminated today!”

As Elder Chi Yu’s threat fell, the group lunged forward!

The members of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect all looked toward Chu Tianxiong.

However, Chu Tianxiong did not resist. With his cultivation at the 3rd Transformation Purple Mansion Realm, he was more than capable of fighting Elder Chi Yu.

But what about the others?

They would surely be captured alive regardless!

He quickly weighed the options in his mind. Furthermore, he was not yet willing to expose his true strength, and he wasn’t sure what state Lu Jin was currently in.

Thus, the group was sealed away by Elder Chi Yu and the others using a massive net of spiritual energy.

In Chu Tianxiong’s eyes, they had to wait and see. It wasn’t time to risk their lives just yet…

*Rumble…*

Above the Nine Heavens, that terrifying lightning descended once more!

The scalp-numbing fluctuations echoed between heaven and earth before finally plunging into the ground. Under the devastation of several bolts of lightning, the entire Eight Desolations Blood Dragon Altar was reduced to complete ruins.

After this terrifying spectacle lasted for a while, the thunderclouds of the Nine Heavens finally dispersed. Everyone gazed at the ruined altar with palpitations, their emotions incredibly complex.

“The Eight Desolations Blood Dragon Altar… has been destroyed!”

Elder Chi Yu’s teeth were clenched. Her voice suddenly boomed like muffled thunder toward the cavern in the earth:

“Lu Jin!”

“Come out and face your death this instant! Otherwise, for every ten counts I take, this Elder will kill one person from your Ten Thousand Swords Sect!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd was shocked once again!

Seeing Elder Chi Yu’s vicious attitude and the killing intent radiating from her expression, they all retreated.

Yet, in the face of such a threat, the people of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect did not shrink back despite their tension. Even while bound, they possessed the courage to fight to the death!

Yan Mo, standing in the crowd, remained quite calm, seemingly indifferent to the situation.

And a thousand zhang away, those strange cultivators who did not seem to belong to any sect—whose auras had previously been suppressed—began to give off faint fluctuations. It seemed they were planning to move when the opportunity arose…

*Swish!*

At that very moment, the ground suddenly trembled, and a figure shot out from within!

Instantly, everyone’s eyes turned toward him. It was Lu Jin!

“He’s out! He actually came out alive!”

“There’s a terrifying existence like the Blood Dragon Bone down there! That lightning tribulation earlier must have been related to the Blood Dragon Bone! Otherwise, such a massive tribulation couldn’t have been triggered!”

“But I really don’t believe he can use the power of the Blood Dragon Bone…”

“So what if he’s out? He’ll still be taken down directly by Elder Chi Yu and the others!”

The crowd discussed fervently, their expressions complicated. As for who would ultimately emerge victorious, no one could say for sure.

However, when Lu Jin reappeared before everyone, the first words out of his mouth left them dumbfounded.

“Elder Chi Yu, my apologies… I couldn’t control myself for a moment and ended up wrecking this altar. How about this: once we reach the Blood Moon Holy Land, I’ll do some extra work to make up for the loss…”

*Wait, what???*

No one expected him to say something like that!

Even Chu Tianxiong was full of surprise.

Of course, even Lu Jin himself didn’t want to say such subservient words, but for the sake of bringing Empress Qinglian into the Blood Dragon Pool, he didn’t mind enduring a little.

However.

Elder Chi Yu’s killing intent toward him had long since reached its peak. She had sworn to take his life today; how could she let him go because of a few words!

“The Blood Moon Holy Land? You won’t be going there!”

Elder Chi Yu’s eyes were filled with murderous intent. “Because today, at this very moment, this Elder is going to take your dog life!”

*Boom!*

Before Elder Chi Yu’s voice had even faded, her figure lunged forward. A blood-red sword condensed in mid-air, slicing through the void as she swung it down toward Lu Jin’s position!

Seeing her surging with such murderous intent, Lu Jin’s eyes darkened, and a wave of killing intent instantly spread out:

“Refusing face when it’s given?”

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Footnotes:

TN1: Jindan (金丹): The Golden Core stage of cultivation.

TN2: Purple Mansion (紫府): An advanced realm of cultivation above Jindan.

TN3: “Refusing face when it’s given” (给脸不要脸): A common idiom meaning someone is being ungrateful or rejecting a gesture of mercy/respect, usually preceding a violent escalation.