Chapter 158 Raiding the Ivory Rock Martial Academy

The sound of death crept nearer while Lu Tianzi was still lost in his thoughts.

Around him, the scene quickly transitioned from that of fleeing humans into that of pursuing demons.

At this point, the gleeful shouts of demons finally broke him out of his daze.

In fact, there were many demons who took a double take when they noticed Lu Tianzi. After all, just like the other human workers, he did not possess a tail. At the same time, none of them could sense his cultivation level.

Normally, this would have been enough to trigger the bloodlust in them.

Thankfully, Lu Tianzi's mask was just far too striking.

Right after his arrival at Shadowfront Fortress, Lu Tianzi had been the only Essence Condensation realm martial artist, apart from General Nanbai Zhaoyu's subordinates, to be allowed into the war room with the Origin Core realm martial artists.

Because of that, he had left a lasting impression in the minds of the demon forces.

After taking a second look, the demon forces quickly recognised that mask on his face and continued on their way, fully understanding that he was one of them as well.

The demon forces moved on, and Lu Tianzi no longer lingered where he was either.

Now that he was done with inquiring about Gong Shengjie's matters, Lu Tianzi decided to move on to his second objective.

But just as he was about to do so, the sound of a familiar voice caused him to freeze in his steps.

"Get back, foul demons! The likes of you dare to attack our Holy City? You will do so over my dead body!"

Lu Tianzi immediately turned his attention towards that direction, only to see a middle aged man swinging a sword around in a menacing manner, trying to stop the rushing demon forces from proceeding any further.

And this middle aged man was someone whom he might never forget.

Uncle Ye.

He had always been a selfless person who deeply considered the well being of others above his own.

Back then, upon realising that Lu Tianzi did not have a place to stay, he had offered Lu Tianzi a room in his house without a second thought.

Back then, when Lu Tianzi had offended Gong Shengjie, the son of an influential District Head, he had personally brought Lu Tianzi to Elder Huo in an attempt to help resolve the issue.

This personality of his was the reason why Uncle Ye was so well-liked among others, having friends from everywhere within the Workers District.

Thus, it was no surprise that he would be one of those rare ones who chose to stay behind in a bid to buy time for the others who were still trying to escape.

Of course, there was still a limit as to what a non martial artist like Uncle Ye could do, and this limit was not high by any measure.

Even a Primary Essence Building realm demon would only need a couple of seconds to dispose of him.

That was exactly what happened.

Lu Tianzi watched on without even batting an eye as Uncle Ye was cut down mercilessly by the demon he had been facing.

Seeing the familiar man fall before his eyes, Lu Tianzi felt no emotions in his heart.

No joy, and definitely no sorrow.

At Lu Tianzi's lowest point, when he needed the support of the masses, Uncle Ye had turned his back on Lu Tianzi, leaving him to die.

Now, things were the direct opposite of what they were.

If Lu Tianzi chose to do so, he could have easily saved Uncle Ye's life.

However, he turned a blind eye to it, allowing the demon forces to kill this man whom he had once considered his family.

He once did, but no longer.

In Lu Tianzi's heart, the ties between them had ended on that very day, when Uncle Ye cursed him in front of the entire populance of Ivory Rock City.

Still, seeing Uncle Ye had reminded Lu Tianzi to make a short detour to Uncle Ye's house, where he reclaimed the few items that he had left behind.

Formation flags, though they were definitely far inferior as compared to the ones he currently possessed.

But what Lu Tianzi was more concerned about was the two manuals that had been passed down by his father.

One of them was the Undulated Currents Breathing Technique, while the other was the Thunderbolt Torrential Fists.

Lu Tianzi had read through the books countless times, and was already capable of remembering their contents word for word. Still, having been passed down by his father, they had some form of sentimental value.

Fortunately, Lu Tianzi had carefully hidden these items before he left.

Otherwise with the passing of so many months, coupled with his attempt at killing the Hu Yuanbo, it was extremely unlikely that he would have found the items where he left them.

After he successfully reclaimed his items, Lu Tianzi pulled out a palm sized cube from his spatial ring.

He sent a small amount of Essence energy into the cube before throwing it into the air with all his might.

Whoosh-!

Under the full powered throw of Lu Tianzi, the small cube tore through the air, rocketing into the sky with exceptional speed.

Right when it reached its peak, the cube suddenly exploded!

Boom-!

Along with the loud explosion, a fanciful display of coloured confetti appeared in the sky above Ivory Rock City.

This immediately drew the attention of everyone within Ivory Rock City. Be it human or demon, everyone believed that this was a war signal from the opposing side.

Among these people, there was only one particular person who grinned in response.

"General, that is a distress signal of my Nine Suns Sect!" Elder Diansheng hurriedly called out to General Nanbai Zhaoyu.

"What?" General Nanbai Zhaoyu widened his eyes in shock.

Within the attacking force this time, apart from Elder Diansheng who was standing right before him, there was only one other member of the Nine Suns Sect.

Nanlu Tianzi, the first ranker in the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet!

A person like him actually sent out a distress signal?

Did that bastard Hu Yuanbo set up a trap somewhere?

"I'm sorry but I need to go now. Will you be able to handle things here without me?" Elder Diansheng asked, his worry apparent in his voice.

"Yes, we should be fine. Hurry to Nanlu Tianzi's side," General Nanbai Zhaoyu nodded.

The three Origin Core realm martial artists had slaughtered their way through the city, making a beeline for the City Lord Manor and paving the way for the Essence Condensation realm martial artists who followed closely behind.

The resistance of the city was far weaker than they had imagined. Before their absolute strength, nothing could stand in their way.

Thus, General Nanbai Zhaoyu saw no harm in letting Elder Diansheng go to Nanlu Tianzi's aid.

After all, from a certain point of view, Nanlu Tianzi's life might even be more important than the success of this operation!

This was because at the back of his head, General Nanbai Zhaoyu had already started to accept the possibility that he might no longer be able to retrieve his high ranked beast core.

The high ranked beast core might be extremely precious to demon martial artists, but its value to humans was insignificant in comparison.

If Hu Yuanbo had really managed to obtain the high ranked beast core, it was not entirely impossible for Hu Yuanbo to have gotten rid of it once and for all, forever denying him the chance of retrieving the high ranked beast core.

"Then I will take my leave for now!" after getting General Nanbai Zhaoyu's agreenment, Elder Diansheng hurried off towards where the signal came from.

***

Lu Tianzi had thrown the signal in the direction of the eastern region of central Ivory Rock City, also known as the Academic District.

This was also the part of Ivory Rock City where he had lived out most of his life.

Back when he was still a student of the Ivory Rock Martial Academy, Lu Tianzi had been given a house of his own.

However, his destination was not his old house.

It had already been wiped clean of its items on the very night that Lu Tianzi was sacrificed to the demons, so what was the point of returning there?

What Lu Tianzi was aiming for was the resource stores of the Ivory Rock Martial Academy.

His Undulated Currents Breathing Technique had already reached the second level long ago, and that alone would allow him to cultivate to the Origin Core realm.

However, what about after hitting the Origin Core realm?

The current Lu Tianzi was no longer like what he used to be, and his goals were now set much higher than before.

The very pinnacle of strength!

Lu Tianzi certainly did not want to be the second Hu Yuanbo, who remained stuck at the First Origin Cycle after all these years!

These days, he had been thinking of a way to advance to a third level if there was any.

Thankfully, the heavens did not let him down this time.

Upon comprehending the Law of Origin, Lu Tianzi's ability to perceive things was completely unlike before, and this affected his comprehension ability as well.

Even though he had not actually found an exact route, Lu Tianzi was starting to catch glimpses of a possible higher level in the Undulated Currents Breathing Technique.

Still, these were mere glimpses, and Lu Tianzi definitely could not rely on such vague and unreliable impressions as his cultivation technique.

Therefore, Lu Tianzi was hoping that by sweeping through the cultivation technique manuals of the Spiritual Essence system, he would be able to discover and fill in the parts that were still lacking in what he came up with.

And if he wanted to look for cultivation techniques of the Spiritual Essence system, the best place to do so would be none other than the Ivory Rock Martial Academy.

Having to cater to the wide spectrum of differing aptitudes of the students, they naturally had a huge library of cultivation techniques in their resource stores.

Of course, most of them were common cultivation techniques targeted towards Essence Building realm martial artists.

What Lu Tianzi wanted was something of relatively higher quality, those that were at least of the Essence Condensation realm. Otherwise, it would hardly be of use to him.

His arrival at the Academic District was timed perfectly. Right as he arrived, Lu Tianzi saw a familiar figure flying over at a low altitude.

Lu Tianzi immediately clasped his fist towards the approaching figure. "Elder Diansheng!"

"Hahaha! Nanlu Tianzi! You took so long that I almost thought you have forgotten about our agreement!" Elder Diansheng conveyed his voice to Lu Tianzi's head.

"I'm sorry, I got a little too caught up with the action," Lu Tianzi answered with a sheepish smile.

"Don't worry about it," Elder Diansheng waved casually. "More importantly, stay safe. I will be busy from now on, so you have to take care not to overdo it, understood?"

"Yes, Elder Diansheng!" Lu Tianzi nodded.

He already knew that Elder Diansheng had set his eyes on the high ranked beast core. This whole farce with the signal was just Lu Tianzi doing Elder Diansheng a favour, giving him a reason to leave General Nanbai Zhaoyu's side to search for the human leader by himself.

From now on, Elder Diansheng would be busy combing the city, so he naturally would not have much time to take care of Lu Tianzi!

"It's all good as long as you understand," Elder Diansheng smiled. Considering the feats of this youngster, he truly did not have much to worry about. "Well then, I'm off!"

Elder Diansheng flew off as quickly as he came, heading towards the North at top speed.

After sending off the Elder with his eyes, Lu Tianzi once again turned his attention to the sight before him.

Now, it was time to raid the resource stores of the Ivory Rock Martial Academy!