Chapter 1088 - Evenly Matched?

The members of the Evil Sky Pavilion who were prepared to fight were taken aback. They were stunned by the sight of a huge blue palm seal, which covered the sky, shot up in the air.

Xia Changqiu instinctively grabbed and tugged at Yan Zhenluo’s hand.

Yan Zhenluo pushed Xia Changqiu’s hand away as he watched the blue palm seal shooting up into the air in awe.

…

Meanwhile, just as Lu Zhou had expected, the hunchbacked old man tried to control the jade disk. When he found that the jade disk seemed to be stuck, he was shocked. Then, he stomped heavily on the jade disk.

Boom!

The jade disk only dropped a few meters before it began to rise again.

“Is that all you have?”

Swoosh!

The hunchbacked old man disappeared from the top of the jade disk and drew level with Lu Zhou.

“I’ve been waiting for you!” Lu Zhou flicked his sleeve and tossed a Thunderblast Card out. At the same time, the blue palm seal disappeared.

Just as Lu Zhou predicted, the hunchbacked old man did not even bother to look at his attack. Instead, the hunchbacked old man focused on retrieving the jade disk.

Thunder rumbled in the sky as a bolt of purple lightning struck!

The script for the word ‘Lightning’ flashed at the same time.

While the hunchbacked old man held the jade disk…

Boom!

The hunchbacked old man felt his arms go numb. Following that, the lightning bolt traveled through the jade disk and entered his body. He looked at Lu Zhou in shock; he felt as though his heart was going to jump out of his chest. At this moment, he discovered that Lu Zhou was looking at him as though he was a monkey.

The power of the lightning bolt was too great, causing the hunchbacked old man’s blood to surge and destroying his Eight Extraordinary Meridians! Under the pressure of the strange and powerful force, he had no choice but to fly away.

A heart-wrenching cry escaped from the hunchbacked old man’s mouth as he endured the excruciating pain from the grievous injuries he suffered.

Boom!

The hunchbacked old man, whose meridians were destroyed, could not control his vitality energy and fell to the ground with a boom, shattering the tiles in the royal palace.

Silence returned.

Lu Zhou looked at the old man lying in the deep human-shaped pit suspiciously. How could this be the end?

At the same time, the members of the Evil Sky Pavilion felt the same way as well. Although they all looked forward to Lu Zhou’s victory, this victory felt a little too… easy.

‘How can he be defeated with just one Thunderblast Card?’ Lu Zhou frowned.

The palace experts flew in from all directions and began to stab at the hunchbacked old man with their weapons.

The hunchbacked old man’s curled-up body that was drenched in blood was a nauseating sight.

Lu Zhou ordered the palace experts, “Retreat.” He knew that the old man was definitely alive. With the puppet’s protection and 13 Birth Charts, the old man could easily avoid death. In fact, even if the old man triggered the 1% killing chance, it would only destroy one of his Birth Charts or his puppet.

All the experts retreated.

Another Thunderblast Card along with a Deadly Strike Card appeared in Lu Zhou’s hand at this moment. Now was not the time to calculate his gains and losses. Moreover, the price of the Thunderblast Card was still acceptable for now.

At this moment, the jade disk shone with a dazzling light and the hunchbacked old man suddenly opened his eyes. He had lost all the air of a Thirteen Chart cultivator as he let out an ear-piercing cry. He stood up and released his energy in all directions.

The palace experts in the surroundings were sent flying immediately. It was a spectacular sight.

One of the triangles on the old man’s astrolabe shone before a streak of light shot into the old man’s body. Just like that, his injuries were healed.

Swoosh!

The hunchbacked old man flew back up into the sky. “You’re no match for me. This is my strongest Birth Chart Power!”

‘Healing?’ Lu Zhou thought it was a useless ability; he had the healing power from the blue lotus after all. However, while he was distracted, he lost sight of his target again.

‘Sh*t!’

This was Lu Zhou’s first time fighting a proper Thirteen Chart expert. He had no experience prior to this.

At this time, a wave of energy exploded as the jade disk suddenly appeared under Lu Zhou’s feet before it shot up.

100 meters.

200 meters.

300 meters.

The jade disk continued to rise up in the sky, passing through the clouds.

…

In the distance…

“This is the first time I’ve seen an expert whose strength is evenly matched with the Pavilion Master! This hunchbacked old man isn’t simple!”

“It’s very difficult to catch his movements with our cultivation bases.”

Yan Zhenluo turned to look at Xia Changqiu who was standing next to him and solemnly said, “It’s impossible to stay invincible forever. There’ll always be someone better than you. It seems like the Pavilion Master has met his match…”

“He’s only warming up now…” Xia Changqiu said.

Everyone looked at the sky. The clouds blocked their vision so they could no longer see the jade disk. Only the continuous sounds of explosions rang in their ears.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

All of a sudden, Little Yuan’er pointed at the sky and exclaimed, “Look! It’s there!”

“Where?” Si Wuya knew Little Yuan’er cultivated the Supreme Purity Jade Slip so her eyes were keener than others so he did not doubt her words. He waited for a moment.

Sure enough, everyone saw the jade disk falling down at this moment.

…

Lu Zhou used the supreme mystic power and unleashed three palm strikes in a row to smash the jade disk down.

The dazzling blue light from the palm strikes shocked the hunchbacked elder. Nevertheless, he was not intimidated. “You’re far from being able to deal with me!”

At this time, Lu Zhou gauged his supreme mystic power; he only had half left. Following that, he said in a deep voice, “It’s time to end this…”

“Huh?” The hunchbacked old man was confused; where did his opponent’s confidence come from?

At this time, Unnamed appeared in Lu Zhou’s left hand while the Purple Glazed Ceramic appeared in his right hand. Following that, he mobilized his supreme mystic power.

When the Purple Glazed Ceramic trembled slightly…

Swoosh!

Within a radius of 100 meters, everything froze. The air and the Primal Qi were no exception.

The hunchbacked old man tried to pull the jade disk back, but it was too late. Frozen and unable to mobilize his Primal Qi, he fell from the sky.

Lu Zhou wielded Unnamed with both hands at this moment. He channeled the supreme mystic power into it and stabbed it downward.

Bang!

Unnamed broke through the layer of ice on top of the jade disk before it pierced through the jade disk.

Crack!

The hunchbacked old man widened his eyes when he saw Unnamed that was glowing with a blue light above him. His eyes were bloodshot, and his lips were trembling.

“Release!” The force of more than ten Birth Charts exploded in all directions, breaking the restraints on him. Then, the hunchbacked old man endured the pain before he grabbed the jade disk and struck upward. “You dare to destroy my jade disk? I’ll kill you!”

Lu Zhou said expressionlessly, “Thunderblast!”

A huge palm seal with the script for the ‘Lightning’ appeared and collided with the hunchbacked old man’s attack.

Boom!

The sky turned clear for a moment before lightning bolts began to flash in the sky again.

Boom!

The hunchbacked old man’s body went numb; he felt his heart and soul tremble. “Do you only have this one move?”

“This one move is enough.”

The hunchbacked old man smashed to the ground of the royal palace again, creating another human-shaped pit.

After learning from his mistake, Lu Zhou calmly said, “Let’s see if my hands are faster or if your healing ability is faster!”

“Thunderblast!”

Bolts of lightning flashed in the sky again.

The hunchbacked old man had just raised his head when the lightning bolt accurately struck him. The area around him was as black as charcoal and his hair stood up like a broom.

“Ding! Killed the puppet. Reward: 6,000 merit points.”

…

Everyone was stunned when they saw the hunchbacked old man was still alive.

“His power is healing… This can’t go on…”

…

Lu Zhou nodded in satisfaction; the 1% killing chance was finally triggered.

At this moment, the damaged jade disk spun upward, blocking the lightning. Soon enough, his Birth Chart shone again, and his injuries were healed in just two breaths.

…

“This is too ridiculous! With such an ability, who can beat him?”

“It’s indeed very troublesome. However, there are limitations as well. Naturally, it won’t be as effective against opponents with the same cultivation base or stronger. However, not many people have his cultivation base…”

…

At this time, the hunchbacked old man seemed to have changed into a different person. He stomped on the ground fiercely; his body remained in a 90-degree position as he shot up into the sky like a shooting star.

The astrolabe revolved around the hunchbacked old man.

“Thousand Realms Whirling.”

A Thousand Realms Whirling avatar that towered high above the clouds like a jade tower appeared.

This was the first time the hunchbacked old man manifested his avatar since the fight started.

Needless to say, its height was taller than Yu Shangrong who also sprouted the eleventh leaf. Yu Shangrong’s avatar had increased by 100 feet after the sprouting of his eleventh leaf.

The hunchbacked old man stood on his avatar and flew toward Lu Zhou before he came to a stop half a meter away from Lu Zhou in just a blink of an eye.

The green astrolabe continued to spin in the air. Its momentum was like that of the changing stars and sun.

Lu Zhou looked like a tiny leaf floating in the air.

Just as the green astrolabe flew forward, Lu Zhou tossed the enhanced Deadly Strike Card out.

“Abandon Wisdom.”

A golden palm seal fell from the sky, almost touching the hunchbacked old man’s face.

“You’re finally willing to use a different move,” the hunchbacked old man said in a low voice. At the same time, he moved his green astrolabe.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The green astrolabe moved to meet the golden palm seal. Alas, the palm seal was immovable. The astrolabe was sent flying in just a blink of an eye.

Boom!

The Abandon Wisdom that spanned dozens of meters long landed on the crown of the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar.

Crack!

The crown shattered.

The hunchbacked old man spat out blood.

“What palm seal is this?”

“The palm seal that will kill you.”

“It’s futile; I can heal my injuries!”

Swoosh!

The enormous Abandon Wisdom suddenly split into five before moving to the north, south, east, west positions. The last Abandon Wisdom flew above the hunchbacked old man. With this, he was trapped within the five golden walls.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion that shook the heavens rang in the air.

“Ding! Destroyed one Birth Chart. Reward: 6,000 merit points.”

“Ding! Destroyed one Birth Chart. Reward: 6,000 merit points.”

Following that, another three similar system notifications rang in Lu Zhou’s ears.

A miserable cry rang in the air, causing chills to run up the spines of the members of the Evil Sky Pavilion Shudder.

“How are they evenly matched? Isn’t this a one-sided beating?” Shen Xi said.

Yan Zhenluo scratched his head. “It… It… It does look like a one-sided beating. This is…” He pinched himself in disbelief; based on the sharp pain, he was not dreaming.

Xia Changqiu nudged Yan Zhenluo with his elbow. “Left Envoy Yan, didn’t I tell you the Pavilion Master is really fierce?”

“…”

…

Lu Zhou did not let his guard down. Even after the hunchbacked old man lost five Birth Charts, the hunchbacked old man still had 8 Birth Charts and the Eleven-leaf avatar. He could not be careless. Nevertheless, he was confident as usual.

While his opponent had yet to react, Lu Zhou flashed forward, erupting with supreme mystic power. He had used the remaining supreme mystic power he had left.

Boom!

After Lu Zhou knocked the hunchbacked old man down again, he called out, “Whitzard.”