Chapter 39 Hu Shenwei's Thoughts

Even before the decapitated demon's head could hit the ground, the second demon had already arrived before Lu Tianzi.

The demon roared in fury as he witnessed the death of his comrade, immediately smashing his glaive down towards Lu Tianzi.

Lu Tianzi responded in kind, slashing out with his sword without hesitation.

The sound of metal striking metal echoed out in the dark forest as the two weapons clashed. A heavy glaive against a slim sword, yet it was the sword that eventually came up on top.

With a single slash, Lu Tianzi had once again blown away his opponent's weapon before cutting open the demon's chest, his blade directly piercing into the demon's heart within!

Another demon had fallen!

Lu Tianzi looked up ahead, only to see a seemingly endless stream of demons who were still heading towards him.

All of them wore ferocious expressions on their faces, all of them determined to take him down.

But even when faced with such a terrifying scene, Lu Tianzi did not turn to escape. Neither did he stand his ground in preparation for combat.

Instead, Lu Tianzi charged straight into this incoming stream of demons, slashing out tyrannically with his dual blades!

He had been holding back for far too long.

After realising that there were no Essence Condensation realm martial artists directly behind him, Lu Tianzi had long wanted to reap the lives of these demons who grossly overestimated their own capabilities!

At this moment, Lu Tianzi finally exploded with killing intent as his cold eyes locked onto the demons before him!

When facing him individually, these demons at the Essence Building realm simply had no way of defending against the might of his blades, especially after the two weapons were further augmented with the materialisation of Spiritual Essence.

One slash, one kill!

His sword and sabre performed a dance of death in the darkness, mercilessly reaping away the lives of the pursuing demons as though they were mere mortals!

Fresh blood spurted out with each strike as demon after demon fell to the ground, never to stand again.

It was not just Lu Tianzi's clothes that were stained with blood, but also the surroundings trees, flowers, grass… the entire area was dyed red by the blood of the demons!

The current scene appeared to be one from nightmares.

Lu Tianzi stood domineeringly like an evil god amidst a pile of corpses, wantonly absorbing the traces of energy that had escaped from these fallen demons.

His eyes showed no traces of emotions as he regarded the rest of the demons who were no longer rushing towards him like those before them.

The demons were not idiots either.

After seeing Lu Tianzi completely annihilate the front runners, who would still dare to rush forward and cross blades with him?

In a bid to catch up to Lu Tianzi, the demons had no choice but to thin themselves out, segregated in terms of speed.

However, doing so had completely backfired on them!

Yes, they did catch up to him, but what happened next was nothing short of a massacre.

Still, the demons had no choice but to act as they did, since that was the only way to prevent Lu Tianzi from escaping.

The only reason why things turned out so badly for the demons was that Lu Tianzi was simply too perversely strong for an Essence Building realm martial artist to handle!

Even now, the rest of the group only managed to catch up because Lu Tianzi had willingly turned around to meet them in combat.

Given the current situation, the demons would need to have an IQ of ten to still not realise that they had grossly underestimated this human martial artist before them!

The pursuing demons fanned out around him, not daring to face him in direct combat and chose to patiently wait for their reinforcements to arrive.

After all, the Essence Condensation realm demons were right behind them!

Even if Lu Tianzi was strong for an Essence Building realm martial artist, surely he would still fall to an actual Essence Condensation realm martial artist, right?

Lu Tianzi shot these demons a cold stare before once again turning around to speed off into the forest.

This time, the demons hesitated about continuing to give chase.

If they returned empty handed, they would definitely be severely punished by Captain Nanhong Yechang.

However, if they continued to give chase, they might really end up with a similar fate to their comrades, losing their lives to this monster!

Between the two outcomes, even a child would know which was more severe!

There were a few more courageous ones who eventually decided to resume the pursuit, but even so, they only dared to pursue from a distance, no longer daring to try and take down their target by themselves.

Regarding these pursuers, Lu Tianzi was feeling extremely troubled.

He might be able to shake off some of them eventually, but it was impossible to completely lose all of them. Given how careful these demons were acting, perpetually maintaining a safe distance from him, it would be extremely difficult for him to take them out as well.

If this went on for long and the Essence Condensation realm demon martial artists came across the pile of corpses that he left behind earlier, they would definitely start taking this more seriously.

Before that happened, Lu Tianzi needed to shake off these pursuing demons so that he would not be so easily discovered by those stronger enemies!

But just as he was still contemplating about what to do next, Lu Tianzi sensed a wave of disturbance behind him.

Sweeping out his perception to the demons behind, he realised that they were currently under attack!

It was the assault party from Ivory Rock City!

Lu Tianzi's eyes widened in astonishment at the timely arrival of the assault party.

He knew that there was no way that things could pan out so coincidentally. Most likely, the assault party had noticed the huge commotion caused by him and had been tracking them for a while, finally choosing this moment to strike.

Due to being preoccupied by the pursuit, neither Lu Tianzi nor the demons had even noticed that they were being followed by a third party!

Lu Tianzi sighed in relief, but at the same time he made a mental note not to let down his guard in the future.

After all, if the third party was on the demons' side instead of his own this time, then he would have landed in an extremely dangerous position!

Indeed, Lu Tianzi was not wrong.

With such a huge group of demons recklessly chasing after him with their perception wildly spreading out, it would have been a miracle for them not to be discovered by the hiding assault party.

After detecting such a huge disturbance in the forest, the assault party naturally came over to take a look, just in case it was one of the other teams that had been discovered and required their assistance.

And incidentially, the first team to arrive was actually the one led by Hu Shenwei, son of the City Lord Hu Yuanbo.

When the team first arrived, they were completely shocked to see a human figure standing in the centre of a pile of demon corpses!

They were late to the party and did not see how things progressed to such a stage.

But what they found to be strange was that the figure was clearly a human martial artist at just the Peak Essence Building realm, yet none of those bloodthirsty demons surrounding him dared to even approach him!

In fact, the aura of bloodthirst spilling out from the human martial artist seemed to be even greater than that coming from the demons.

At that time, with a sword and a sabre in each hand, the figure seemed impervious to all, as though he was an undisputed god of war!

Just by taking in such a scene with their eyes, the human martial artists in the assault party felt their blood boiling in excitement, and their hearts brimming with pride and satisfaction!

This was a human martial artist who stood unchallenged even as he was surrounded by numerous demons!

They were hidden a bit further away so as to avoid detection by the huge number of demons, thus most of them were unable to immediately identify Lu Tianzi, but who was Hu Shenwei?

As a martial artist who had already broken through to the Essence Condensation realm, his perception was naturally much stronger than everyone else present.

With a single sweep of his perception, Hu Shenwei had already obtained the exactly identity of the figure before them, and this newfound knowledge was shocking to the extreme!

Lu Tianzi, Holy Guardian of the Ivory Rock City.

Without a doubt, it was that genius of unparalleled talent.

But was he not only at the Intermediate Essence Building realm?

How was it possible for him to have advanced to the Peak Essence Building realm within a matter of weeks?

However, the truth was there for all to see, and Lu Tianzi had indeed already reached the Peak Essence Building realm.

This cultivation speed was simply horrifyingly fast!

At this rate, who knew how long it would take before he broke into the Essence Condensation realm?

Definitely not too long a time, that was for sure.

If Lu Tianzi was already able to be so domineering at the Peak Essence Building realm, then what kind of combat capabilities would he possess when he eventually stepped into the Essence Condensation realm?

One had to know that each cultivation realm had a huge difference in terms of strength.

Even for himself who was already considered quite talented in terms of combat capabilties, Hu Shenwei had no confidence at all to take on such a large number of demons when he was still at the Peak Essence Condensation realm!

A strange light flashed across Hu Shenwei's eyes, but it went undetected by any of his teammates. No one knew that at that very moment, Hu Shenwei had already steeled his resolve and decided on the next step to take.

"Who is that?" one of his teammates asked, still unable to take his eyes off of the imposing figure who had just turned to leave.

"You will know soon enough. He is someone all of you are familiar with," Hu Shenwei smiled in response. "Let's go, we are going to meet up with him!"

There were not many demons who dared to continue pursuing Lu Tianzi.

After gauging their relative strengths, Hu Shenwei concluded that his team was more than capable of taking them down, especially since they had the element of surprise on their side.

At his command, his team struck decisively!

Suddenly encountering a foreign force, the demons were caught by surprise and immediately fell into a disadvantageous stance.

But the demons who dared to continue the pursuit were naturally those who were relatively confident in their individual strengths. Such martial artists were much stronger than their peers who possessed the same cultivation realm.

Even when faced with the sudden ambush, they quickly recovered from their confusion and struck back in force!

Hu Shenwei, being the only one at Essence Condensation realm, naturally did not encounter any problems with his opponents.

However, it was not as easy for the rest of his team.

This frustrated the team as they started to feel the pressure of time running out for them.

The longer that time passed, the more dangerous it would be for them as they risked alerting the rest of the demons!

But at this time, Lu Tianzi turned back and joined the fray.

He understood that the assault party striking at this time was definitely to render him assistance. If he continued running without turning back to help them break out of this impending crisis, then it would be a stain in his heart!

When the team led by Hu Shenwei saw Lu Tianzi reemerge from the forest to join their battle, all of their eyes lit up in astonishment.

At such a close proximity, there was no longer any doubt.

All of them were able to identify him with a single glance!

The undisputed god of war from before was actually the youngest Holy Guardian that Ivory Rock City had ever seen, the genius Lu Tianzi!