Chapter 156

Chapter 156: Killing

Around noon, the spiritual stones in the spell formation had grown increasingly dim.

Zhou Luo looked at Wang Yu Wei, who was still unconscious, crouched down, and fed her an antidote.

She would wake up in an hour.

By then, the spell formation’s power would be almost depleted.

He had already planned everything out.

After leaving the spell formation, he would lure away those people.

After all, he had other life-saving measures; it was impossible for him to die at their hands.

As for whether she could escape in the end, that would depend on luck.

"Best of luck to both of us."

Zhou Luo said gently, and then slowly stood up.

He looked over at the Hehuan Sect disciples searching nearby, resolute expression on his face.

There were some things that had to be faced after all.

After waiting for a while and seeing that there was no one else near the valley.

A light wind surged across Zhou Luo’s body, and his spiritual energy circulated within him.

He found the right opportunity and silently exited the spell formation.

At the moment, no one had noticed him.

But with Liu Fu Chen’s mental strength, he would notice him soon.

So without a moment’s hesitation, Zhou Luo took a step forward, a gust of wind sprang up beneath his feet, and he charged toward the nearby dense forest.

Moments later, Liu Fu Chen immediately sensed a strange aura.

He looked in a certain direction and shouted sternly, "He’s over there!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Tong immediately took out a sound transmission talisman and informed all the disciples of the target’s location.

"Trap him!"

Whoosh—

In the next second, birds in the dense forest were startled, and several of the closest Hehuan Sect disciples charged toward Zhou Luo to attack him.

"Perfect timing for your arrival! I’ll use you to test my sword skills!"

Zhou Luo let out a loud cry, raised his sword, and stepped forward.

The Xuan Sky Sword in his hand, empowered by spiritual energy, emitted a dazzling golden light.

Golden Rainbow Piercing the Sun!

Boundless sword intent swept toward a Hehuan Sect disciple like a raging storm under Zhou Luo’s control.

The opponent froze.

To him, a magnificent scene unfolded before his eyes as if he were in a golden world.

Boom—

A massive golden sun abruptly materialized, slamming toward the opposing cultivator.

That cultivator at the fifth layer of Qi Refinement snapped to attention, hastily grabbing his magical artifact as crimson spiritual energy flared across his body.

Empowered by the spiritual energy, he slashed out fiercely with the broadsword in his hand.

A torrent of blazing fire surged forth.

The golden sun rolled forward with overwhelming might, crushing everything in its path with an irresistible momentum. It effortlessly shattered the oncoming flames.

The opponent’s face paled in terror; he tried to flee.

But Zhou Luo swung his sword once more—a streak of sword light pierced through the air, slicing precisely across the man’s neck.

Thud—

Blood sprayed as the head tumbled to the ground.

Other arriving disciples of the Hehuan Sect witnessed this and recoiled in shock, scrambling to intercept.

Zhou Luo remained expressionless, gaze fixed solely on the direction where Liu Fu Chen and the others approached.

Spiritual energy churned within him as a howling wind erupted around his figure. Like a phantom, he shot toward the east.

Along the way, Hehuan Sect disciples attempted to block him.

Zhou Luo, channeling mastery of the Five Elements Sword Technique, wielded his blade with soaring sword intent. Leveraging his footwork, he struck repeatedly, unleashing volleys of sword light.

The sword light ran rampant—trees splintered and dust swirled wherever it passed.

Though unable to deploy the technique’s four deeper skills, he had fully harnessed its underlying sword intent.

Even an ordinary swing carried pure sword intent, each strike birthing countless strands of sword light.

The obstructing Hehuan Sect disciples matched him in cultivation level but could not withstand his technique.

In a flash, several littered the wilderness like broken dolls.

Yet this had bought time for pursuers further back.

Clang—

A crystalline sword shriek echoed through the mountains as Wang Tong descended through the air. His gleaming sword cast a long arc directly toward Zhou Luo’s head.

This attack came from a Qi Refinement seventh level cultivator—blindingly swift.

Zhou Luo’s eyes darkened. He did not dodge.

Instead, he swallowed a potion, and immediately, his aura surged dramatically.

Then, he too swept his sword toward the air.

Golden Rainbow Piercing the Sun!

The Five Elements Sword Technique activated, drenching heaven and earth in golden radiance.

A torrential swell of sword energy erupted from his Xuan Sky Sword—intensified by spiritual power into a fierce, cutting force.

Boom—

The two sword energies collided instantly, detonating with an earth-shaking roar.

Trees around them splintered violently, sending countless wood chips flying in all directions.

Wang Tong’s expression shifted slightly.

"How long do you think your potions can sustain you?"

With that, he stepped onto a branch, springing upward and lunging at Zhou Luo like an eagle.

"I may lack much, but potions aren’t one of them!"

Zhou Luo produced a fistful of potions and frantically shoved them into his mouth.

In an instant, spiritual energy surged within him like a bursting dam, tremendous currents roaring through his body until his skin glowed with intense radiance.

Witnessing this, the corner of Wang Tong’s mouth twitched slightly.

Wouldn’t this guy explode from gorging on potions like that?

Of course, Zhou Luo had no fear.

As a Pill Master himself, he knew the precise function of each potion and exactly how to unleash their maximum power.

While it might seem he was consuming them chaotically, in truth, each potion was perfectly absorbed upon ingestion, leaving no adverse effects whatsoever.

Zhou Luo swung his sword again.

This sword strike was visibly more terrifying than the last.

A thick, barrel-like wave of sword energy tore violently toward Wang Tong.

Wang Tong raised his sword horizontally before him; spiritual energy swirled within him, coating the blade with Xuan Huang spiritual energy.

He slashed decisively, the sword light sweeping forth with immense latent power.

Boom—

The two sword energies collided once more, unleashing huge shockwaves.

Wang Tong intended to strike again.

But at that moment, a spiritual symbol suddenly appeared in Zhou Luo’s hand.

Before Wang Tong could react, the spiritual symbol shot out, blossoming mid-air into a dazzling radiance.

Within that light, countless vines crawled from the void, twisting and lunging toward Wang Tong like venomous serpents.

These thick, chillingly glossy vines moved with alarming speed.

Wang Tong swung his sword to hack at them.

Clang—

His precious blade landed, leaving only a shallow scratch.

His face changed dramatically.

How potent was this spiritual symbol?

His high-grade sword couldn’t cut through them directly?

This was inevitable.

For it was Zhou Luo’s final high-grade spiritual symbol.

Countless vines had already enveloped Wang Tong.

He continuously changed his form, but the space was being constantly compressed.

He had to exert all his strength to cut down the incoming vines, and inside him, his spiritual energy was rapidly depleting.

Zhou Luo looked on coldly.

His target was not the other party.

Whoosh——

At this moment, a wind arose spontaneously.

That terrifying pressure from last night descended again.

A mental strength landed on his body.

Zhou Luo ground his teeth and locked down his mental fortitude.

He also released his mental strength.

Two strands of mental strength touched each other in the void.

Eh?

Liu Fu Chen sounded hesitantly.

He had wanted to lock the opponent directly with mental strength, but the opponent’s mental strength was actually so terrifying that not even a momentary pause appeared.

For you to know, he was at the ninth level of Qi Refinement.

The other party was only at the fifth layer of Qi Refinement.

Zhou Luo was indeed only at the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, but he was also a Pill Master, a formation master, and a spiritual symbol master.

These three skills all required powerful mental strength to be relied upon.

Not to mention he had tempered himself in the fourth level of Qinyuan Sect.

It could be said, in terms of mental strength, he had never feared anyone.

After freeing himself from the opponent’s mental strength control, Zhou Luo did not leave.

Compared to escaping, he had one more thing to do.

Staring at the gradually materializing Liu Fu Chen, killing intent appeared on his face.

Without killing a powerhouse at the ninth level of Qi Refinement.

How could he justify the spiritual symbols and potion he had expended?