Chapter 400 - Monster

Having already seen these people coming, Lu Tianzi naturally had time to make the necessary preparations.

For that matter, he had the perfect instrument built into his Moon Culler.

The inscription skill of the Bewitching Will Inscription – Lu Tianzi named it the Bewitching World.

The Bewitching World might not possess any tangible offensive capabilities, but it held an ability that was just as useful, if not even more so. It was able to cast an illusion on its targets, confusing them by letting them experience a completely different world designed by Lu Tianzi himself.

As long as the other party was able to figure it out, it would not be difficult to escape this false world.

However, the difficulty lay in actually realising that they were trapped in an illusion in the first place.

Since Lu Tianzi had no idea who was coming, he did not want to just jump to conclusions. Instead, he decided to use the Bewitching World as a precaution.

Once he determined that the other party was indeed here for his life, Lu Tianzi acted immediately to pay them back in their own coin.

The Bewitching World might not be as effective in prolonged fights, but it definitely managed to buy Lu Tianzi enough time to deal the first blow, ending five of his opponents in one fell swoop!

Now, Lu Tianzi stood among their corpses, staring straight towards the bushes where his other enemies stayed hidden.

Even though he had managed to take the initiative, Lu Tianzi did not dare let his guard down.

There had been fifteen of them initially. Lu Tianzi did manage to eliminate five, but they were only those with the lowest cultivation levels.

Among the ten that remained, there was even someone at the Eighth Cycle Origin Core realm!

That was an opponent that even Lu Tianzi did not have absolute confidence against since he had never faced anyone with such a high cultivation level.

Nevertheless, if the other party did not give up and insisted on continuing the fight, then Lu Tianzi would not just stand there and let them run him over either.

The stand-off lasted a good few moments, with Lu Tianzi standing silently under the Silver Blossom Tree while looking straight towards the shadows where the leader of the dark figures hid.

Lu Tianzi was waiting to see what they would do next, and they were similarly trying to gauge Lu Tianzi's limits to decide on their next move.

The group of dark figures had come thinking that this would be an easy task. After all, the target was merely a martial artist at the Third Cycle Origin Core realm.

Of course, they also understood that this martial artist was a young genius who had managed to stand his ground against Linye Caixia in a spar at the same cultivation level, but that was not nearly enough to make them fear him.

With their cultivation levels at the Fifth Origin Cycle and above, any Third Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist would not stand a chance, not even if it was Linye Caixia from the past!

However, the sudden counterattack from Lu Tianzi truly caught them off guard.

Instantly killing five opponents that were two full boundaries above him... would the younger Linye Caixia have been able to accomplish such a feat?

Unlikely.

She would probably be able to defeat these opponents after a fierce battle, but killing them instantly was out of the question.

Now, they finally understood why their client had been so wary of this young brat.

Given enough time, he could very well grow to become someone even more fearsome Linye Caixia!

Who was Linye Caixia?

She was the top genius of the Timeless Flame Sect, ranked fourth on the Heaven's Warrior List!

If he truly possessed a talent greater than her, this young man would surely take the world by storm in the future!

By then, would he not come back and look for the people who wanted him dead in the past?

Thinking up to this point, they finally realised that there was no longer any path of retreat for them.

No matter what, Lu Tianzi had to die today.

"Go!" the leader of the dark figures ordered.

His subordinates reacted immediately, turning into streaks of dark shadow as they flew out of the bushes to approach Lu Tianzi.

This was a special movement technique unique to their Jade Shadow Gate, allowing them to elude the perception of almost any martial artist at the same level.

Unfortunately for them, Lu Tianzi was an exception.

Having already activated the Limitless Mirror Eye, every single movement that they made fell clearly into Lu Tianzi's eyes.

Lu Tianzi stomped his feet, and an ancient emblem of light lit up on the ground.

The dense World Origin Energy in the surroundings rumbled and converged upon their position, creating countless tornadoes made of pure energy that spiralled up from the ground.

In an instant, the original tranquility of the area that they were in completely vanished, transformed into a scene of absolute disaster.

Thousand Spirals Killing Formation!

This was an improved version of the formation that Lu Tianzi had used against the God of Pestilence back at Xian Village, refined further using the insights that he had gained from then till now, drawing upon the individual properties of the surrounding terrain to bolster its energy output.

To the current Lu Tianzi, this was just a simple formation that he had set up in the short amount of time that he had before his opponents arrived.

But to most other formation masters, this would be nothing short of an extremely complex and high level formation.

"Dodge!" the approaching dark figures dared not get careless, all seven of them reacting immediately to the sudden activation of the killing formation.

Even though the opponent was but a Third Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist, they had seen with their own eyes how he took out five of their comrades in an instant.

Faced with this sudden move from Lu Tianzi, they chose to first avoid the energy tornadoes and analyse it in detail before taking it head on.

However, this also ended up throwing off their timings.

Instead of attacking Lu Tianzi altogether, they were now forced to separate, giving Lu Tianzi the opportunity to make his move.

Holding the Fallen Sun in his left hand and the Moon Culler in his right, Lu Tianzi dashed forward towards his nearest target without hesitation. Behind him, the five swords flew out from his earlier victims and circled around overhead while following his every move.

A Sixth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist saw Lu Tianzi approaching and immediately understood that he was the target.

He raised his dagger was about to defend himself when his vision suddenly turned dark, leaving nothing but a ghastly apparition that was charging towards him!

Damn it!

He channelled his origin core to the limit, forcibly dispelling the illusion that he was in.

It took only a second for him to do this, but that was still half a second too long. By the time he dispelled the illusion, the Moon Culler was already right by his neck, and it did not stop there.

Slash-!

The Moon Culler decapitated him in an instant, leaving his body to fall limply to the ground.

"Get him!"

Seeing another of their comrade killed, the other dark figures became crazed with anger.

At this point, six of them had managed to dodge past the countless tornadoes to surround Lu Tianzi, but the five swords behind Lu Tianzi swept forward immediately, aiming straight for their heads.

The five of them who were targeted brought out their daggers to parry the swords, but there was still one remaining who had not been targeted by a flying sword.

Instead of a sword, Lu Tianzi himself charged towards him.

Returning Wraith Sword!

The Moon Culler slashed out, but the opponent was not going to just stand there and get hit. With a dagger in his hand, the dark figure skilfully parried the sword strike with his dagger.

Lu Tianzi did not follow up, instead turning around to slash out towards an approaching dark figure with the Fallen Sun.

From that powerful slash, a beautiful energy crescent escaped the blade of the Fallen Sun, heading straight for his target.

The dark figure wanted to move to block the attack, but he suddenly felt an immense pressure descend upon him, causing all of his actions to slow drastically.

Lu Tianzi's sabre slash emulated the powerful character from the War Intent Cliff of the past, and was imbued with Battle Intent.

Against this strange and mystical power, his opponent simply did not stand a chance.

His opponent roared, and his Origin Totem shimmered into existence. However, even that was not enough to turn the tide.

Unable to move his body as he willed, he could only watch in horror as the energy crescent approached.

Slash-!

Another Sixth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist fell by Lu Tianzi's blade.

By now, Lu Tianzi's earlier target was just done dealing with the second attack of the Returning Wraith Sword.

But at this point, an energy tornado spiralled up from the ground to strike him from below, tearing apart his skin and cutting right into his flesh like a meat grinder.

"Argh!" the dark figure howled in agony.

He summoned his Origin Totem and tried to channel his origin force to resist the might of the killing formation, but it only served to prolong the inevitable. With none of his companions in a position to render help, he could only delay the rate at which his body was shredded into pieces, dying a painful and slow death.

Seeing how their two companions died, the remaining four no longer dared to rush forward recklessly.

They gathered together and summoned their Origin Totems, driving their origin cores to the limit as they prepared to strike out with a powerful combination attack.

Two illusory green vortices shimmered into existence behind Lu Tianzi as well, as he hovered in the air with five swords orbiting around him, looking down at the four who were preparing their attacks.

With fresh blood dripping down from his dual blades, Lu Tianzi looked just like a mercilessly devil that was staring down his prey.

When the four met his gaze, they could not help but feel a chill run down their spine.

"It's not enough with just the lot of you!" a deep voice sounded out as another two shadows dashed out from the bushes.

Two dark figures at the Seventh Cycle Origin Core realm appeared in a flash, standing in front of the four remaining Sixth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist to shield them from the Third Cycle Origin Core realm Lu Tianzi.

Anyone who saw this would feel that there was something quite wrong here.

Under normal circ.u.mstances, the Third Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist should be the one who needed protection!

"The two of us will take him down, you guys provide support from the back. Start by suppressing the effect of the killing formation," one of the Seventh Cycle Origin Core realm dark figures said.

Having said that, the two newcomers did not dare let down their guards either, and immediately summoned their Origin Totems.

They had been watching since the start, and had thus seen with their own eyes just what Lu Tianzi was capable of.

Without their participation, the four remaining Sixth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artists would not stand a chance!

But at this moment, a dreadful feeling washed over all of them.

"This...!" all six of them exclaimed in shock.

Before their eyes, Lu Tianzi's body started to transform.

The skin on his hands hardened, and his nails grew longer and sharper, resembling an eagle's talons.

The colour of his hair grew a shade lighter, growing just about a couple centimetres longer.

The toned muscles on his body grew more defined, and his eyes sharpened.

A single left wing freed itself from its restraints, piercing straight through his shirt and stretching out to his left, spanning up to two metres in length.

An aura of menace swept unimpeded across the entire area, causing all six of them to feel weak in the knees.

It was the feeling of helplessness after being targeted by an apex predator, knowing that the only thing that awaited them was death!

Even the leader of the group, the Eighth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist who was still watching from the shadows, could not help but widen his eyes in horror.

This brat... just what kind of monster is he?