Chapter 318 - Dual Sword Requiem

Lu Tianzi was not at all surprised by Master Dongran's decision.

In fact, he had already been expecting such a result, and this merely confirmed his earlier suspicions.

If anything, he was just slightly amused that the other party would let him in on the full details of the plan despite having made such a decision.

Was Master Dongran afraid that he would get suspicious if the plan was not revealed truthfully?

Either way, that no longer mattered.

By this time, the masked Madam Dongran had already arrived before him.

With a flick of his wrist, the Moon Culler appeared in his hand, emitting a dull grey light as its moon energy was amplified under the light of the full moon.

"Pointless struggle," Master Dongran mocked with his arms crossed.

In his eyes, there was no need for him to do a thing.

Against the Fourth Origin Cycle Madam Dongran, how could the First Origin Cycle Lu Tianzi possibly resist?

But resist, he did.

Bang-!

The Moon Culler collided against Madam Dongran's sword, stopping it dead in its tracks. Not only that, but the Moon Culler continued unimpeded along its original trajectory, sending the shocked Madam Dongran flying back in the direction which she came.

"What?!"

Both Master Dongran and Madam Dongran exclaimed simultaneously, unable to believe what just happened.

But the shock in Master Dongran's heart only lasted for a moment before turning into malice.

"As expected of a core disciple from the Radiant Raven Sect, was that the power of the Radiant Raven Bracelets that I have heard so much about?" Master Dongran sneered while bringing out a sword of his own. "But at this stage, even that will not be enough to save you!"

"Are you not afraid of the retaliation from the Radiant Raven Sect?" Lu Tianzi warned.

"The Radiant Raven Sect? Hahaha!" Master Dongran burst out in laughter. "Your Radiant Raven Sect did nothing all these years, and then they had the cheek to send you, a First Cycle Origin Core realm brat, to reap the rewards of our hard work? What a joke! I would have no choice but to accept it if they sent someone stronger, but just what makes you think that even someone like you have the right to benefit from our hard work? Just because you are from a powerful influence? Well unfortunately for you, we will be roaming the lands instead of staying in this darned place after today, so even the Radiant Raven Sect will find it difficult to locate us and avenge you!"

"You are going to leave everything behind?" Lu Tianzi questioned. "Even the Dongran Family? Isn't your father still in the Dongran Residence as well?"

"My father? You mean that useless parasite who thinks that he's still the head of the Dongran Family?" Master Dongran shook his head. "He's already old and sickly, so he should just stay in bed and enjoy his time in retirement. Yet he still thinks he's all that and wants to intervene in every decision I make. Not just that, but he even treats my wife as his servant, reprimanding her as he wished. This kind of person doesn't deserve to live any longer! That is why when your elder came to me with this plan, I accepted it without the slightest hesitation. Come to think of it, your death is indirectly caused by your elder. If you really need to blame someone for this, you can blame him instead!"

"Leader… what are you saying to the emissary? What's going on?" Aged Crow asked in concern.

"The emissary from the Radiant Raven Sect has betrayed us!" Master Dongran shouted so that the masked townsmen gathered below the stage will be able to hear it as well. "White Griffin is working with the town lord, and wants to stop us from fighting for our rights! Fight with me, everyone! Together we can stop him!"

A commotion immediately broke out among the masked townsmen after hearing this.

This was supposed to be a significant night for them, but what was with this sudden development?

However, their admirable leader had said so himself, so there shouldn't be any mistake.

The emissary had betrayed them!

"But leader, that doesn't seem to align with what you have been saying to the emissary…?" Aged Crow questioned hesitantly.

He was the only one on stage with Lu Tianzi and Master Dongran, so he had been able to hear their entire conversation from start till end.

"Shut up," Master Dongran shot a cold glare towards Aged Crow.

At that moment, an immense pressure from Master Dongran forced Aged Crow to fall flat on the ground.

"L-Leader…" Aged Crow gritted his teeth in frustration.

How could he not tell what was happening by now?

However, it was already too late.

Just staying conscious was already a difficult task for him right now, so there was simply nothing he could do about it.

In front of an Origin Core realm martial artist, he was completely powerless!

"How dare you do that to Aged Crow!" Master Dongran pointed his sword towards Lu Tianzi. "Lend me your strength, everyone! Let's beat him together!"

The crowd roared in response, and Master Dongran smirked in triumph.

With him and Madam Dongran around, he was not at all worried about Lu Tianzi. But it's always better to be safe than sorry.

As a Core Disciple of the Radiant Raven Sect, who knew what other trump cards Lu Tianzi had up his sleeves?

If the thousand over masked townsmen were able to distract Lu Tianzi as well, it would just make it that much easier to take him down!

"Let's go! Take him out in one go!"

After giving the signal, he and Madam Dongran charged at Lu Tianzi from both directions.

An illusory sword shimmered into existence behind both of them, giving off a sharp feeling of impending death.

They were indeed a couple. Even their Origin Totems were extremely similar!

Even before Master Dongran and Madam Dongran arrived before him, Lu Tianzi was already feeling an immense sense of danger, as though the two illusory swords were being pressed against his throat.

"Tch!" Lu Tianzi clicked his tongue in irritation.

The Torrential Sabre appeared in his left hand as an illusory green vortex shimmered into existence behind him.

With the appearance of the illusory green vortex, the pressure on him was at least alleviated a little.

"Die!" Master Dongran shouted as he pierced out with his sword.

From another direction, Madam Dongran's sword shot out towards Lu Tianzi as well.

Their attacks were timed to absolute perfection, reaching Lu Tianzi at the exact same moment.

But for Lu Tianzi who was armed with his dual sabre and sword, such impeccable timing did little to faze him.

Lu Tianzi drove his true origin core before slashing out with both hands, matching their swords blade for blade.

Bang-!

With that powerful collision, all four blades came to an abrupt stop as they were locked against each other in pairs, none of them able to advance a single inch further.

The resultant energy undulations stirred up a wild storm, causing the wooden stage to creak loudly in response, as though it was about to give way under the intense pressure.

"You are better than I thought!" Master Dongran remarked in surprise. "How sad, you would have had a great future ahead of you if you hadn't been this greedy!"

As though it was a signal of sorts, the Dongran couple's aura suddenly surged, forming two waves of Origin Force that charged towards each other, catching Lu Tianzi right in the middle.

This surge of Origin Force contained the sharpness and flexibility from the Law of Swords, and even Lu Tianzi's protective layer that utilised the dampening effect from the Law of Water was unable to avoid the fate of being sliced through.

Slice-!

Exposed to the waves of sword energy, numerous small cuts started appearing on Lu Tianzi's body.

"Hahaha! Why don't you give up on the pointless struggle? All you are doing is just delaying the inevitable," Master Dongran laughed upon seeing the wounds opening up on Lu Tianzi's body. "This is our combined sword technique, the Dual Sword Requiem. Now that you have been caught, it is akin to facing an opponent at the Sixth Cycle Origin Core realm! It is only a matter of time before you die, so why not make it quick and painless?"

This was a combined technique that Master Dongran had come up with along with Madam Dongran, one that they were extremely proud of.

It was also the trump card that they had been keeping under wraps for the sake of this day.

With this technique at their disposal, even if it had not been the First Origin Cycle Lu Tianzi but any other opponent at the Fifth Origin Cycle or below, they would not have any issue taking them down at all!

Damn it!

Lu Tianzi cursed in his heart.

Master Dongran was not exaggerating at all. This Dual Sword Requiem from the Dongran couple was indeed much stronger than Lu Tianzi had expected. His comprehensions into the Law of Water were actually insufficient to stand up against these two.

But he had his own trump cards as well!

The Radiant Raven Bracelets on Lu Tianzi's wrists suddenly glowed brightly, sending a surge of Essence energy into Lu Tianzi's inner world, which he in turn channelled towards his protective layer of energy.

After obtaining the Radiant Raven Bracelets, Lu Tianzi had tested them out on more than one occasion.

They were similar to beast cores in the sense that they contained Slaughter Essence energy. But the difference lay in the fact that unlike ordinary beast cores, these bracelets were constantly absorbing World Origin Energy to replenish the pool of energy within.

After storing up a certain amount, the user would then be able to tap on this external source of Essence energy, bursting forth with a sudden surge of strength far beyond what he was originally capable of.

And judging from its effect right now, these bracelets were indeed worthy of being Origin Core rank treasures!

Hmm?

Master Dongran frowned as he sensed the waves of sword energy being neutralised, no longer able to deal as much damage to Lu Tianzi.

This monster…

But at that moment, Master Dongran suddenly lit up in surprise.

He could sense that attacks were about to come for Lu Tianzi from another direction.

Below the stage, there were plenty of martial artists among the masked townsmen as well. After hearing their leader's call for help, they had gathered their strength and were now targeting the entrapped Lu Tianzi.

As martial artists below the Origin Core realm, they might not be able to do much to Lu Tianzi alone. But with the Dongran couple involved as well, their involvement could just prove to be the tipping point to break open Lu Tianzi's defences!

"Why don't we start the countdown to your impending death?" Master Dongran grinned. "You have two options now. You can give up now and let us grant you a quick death, or you can be slowly ground to dust by the insects' attacks. Which one would you choose?"

Since Master Dongran could sense the impending attacks from the masked townsmen, Lu Tianzi naturally could as well.

However, contrary to Master Dongran's expectations, Lu Tianzi was not worried at all.

"Neither," Lu Tianzi grinned.

"Hah! Dream on!" Master Dongran sneered. "I'd like to see just how you keep up those pretences in a while!"

Unfortunately, the result that Master Dongran was expecting never came.

Below the stage, just as the masked townsmen were about to launch their attacks, chaos ensued.

Slash-!

Sword light flashed, and blood spurted out like a fountain, catching everyone by surprise.

Slash-! Slash-! Slash-!

The pale blue sword danced under the rain of blood, taking down the shocked members of Blazing Wings one after another.

"What are you doing?!"

"That crazy bitch! Defend yourselves!"

"What's going on here?"

The masked townsmen immediately sank into a state of confusion as a masked young lady started slashing out at everyone near her, her long hair fanning out behind her like a shadow.

This masked young lady was none other than Nanlan Qianxue who had been hiding among the crowd since the very start.

With the sudden influx of members due to the Dongxian Family's recent atrocities, no one found it strange that there was someone new among them, especially since she already knew of the code from Lu Tianzi.

Wearing the jade pendant from Xihuang Yuanfeng, no one could tell her apart from just another random non-martial artist.

Because of that, they had let their guard down around her, and they were paying dearly for it.

One by one they fell, their blood seeping into the ground and feeding the ritual that had already been activated.

The emblem of light on the ground grew even brighter, testament to the fact that the process was being accelerated.

"This… Peak Essence Condensation realm?" Master Dongran exclaimed in shock, a feeling which quickly turned into anger. "Bringing your companion here despite her low cultivation level, do you really think she will be able to live to see tomorrow?"

"Oh, she will," Lu Tianzi spoke coldly. "But I wouldn't be too sure about you. I was hoping that you will quickly run out of strength from keeping up this sword technique, but that doesn't seem to be the case seeing that you are still able to speak this casually. Since that is the case, I have no other choice."

"No other choice…?" Master Dongran had a bad premonition. Does that mean Lu Tianzi still has more trump cards hidden up his sleeves?

Lu Tianzi smirked.

Beastial bloodline… activate!