Chapter 692: Chapter 24 Mingyue Emerges from Heavenly Mountain
It wasn’t just him; other cultivators of the Guardian Tower, as well as the under-siege Underworld cultivators—even Ximen Lie, the Seventh Realm great cultivator from Rinsing Spirit Sect who disguised himself as a Guardian Tower cultivator—were all astounded by the attacking power of Lu Qingshan’s sword.
This was a Fifth Grade perfection Serpent Demon Beast, the strongest existence in this branch of the Netherworld.
You, Lu Qingshan, can defeat it is understandable, but aren’t you clearly just a Void Refining Cultivator? How could you kill it with just one sword strike?
Ximen Lie, who was privy to Lu Qingshan’s background, had even greater doubts in his heart as he looked at Lu Qingshan with a very complicated expression.
You, Lu Qingshan, weren’t you simply the strongest Fourth Realm half a year ago?
How did you become what you are now in the blink of an eye, slaughtering Fifth Grade Demon Beasts as though slaying chickens?
How come I’ve never heard of such rapid progression? Has the era changed?
Leaving Ximen Lie’s flurry of thoughts aside, elsewhere, all the Underworld cultivators had been thoroughly intimidated by Lu Qingshan’s sword and lost all will to fight.
On the Guardian Tower’s side, they had just been suppressed by the fierce aura of the Serpent Demon Beast, but seeing that in a blink of an eye it had been torn apart, their morale skyrocketed.
Under such circumstances where one side waned and the other flourished, the already one-sided situation became even more overwhelming.
In the following slaughter, no other incidents occurred, and within quarter of an hour, everything was settled, with all Underworld cultivators put to death.
The Guardian Tower cultivators began to clean up the battlefield in an orderly fashion.
They were unlike Sword Cultivators who only cared about killing and not burial, and were in fact very good at cleaning up.
That’s because, within each branch of the Netherworld, there were surely many items of importance, making cleanup a matter of great significance!
“Hearing of the name does not compare to seeing the face; seeing the face surpasses the fame.” As the Guardian Tower cultivators were tidying up the aftermath, Zhong Shan, the Divine Transformation Cultivator who led this operation from the Guardian Tower, had already quickly approached Lu Qingshan.
He scrutinized Lu Qingshan and after giving a nod and then a shake of his head, he praised deeply and meaningfully, “Sword Supreme Lu Qingshan, truly a sword that eclipses Heaven and Earth. That one sword you displayed just now will surely make countless Sword Cultivators sigh with envy!”
Zhong Shan’s voice was neither loud nor soft, but just enough to spread throughout the scene, allowing the surrounding Guardian Tower cultivators to hear clearly.
The next moment, the Guardian Tower cultivators, who were still puzzled about Lu Qingshan’s identity, began to stir slightly.
“Is this Lu Qingshan that Lu Qingshan?”
“It must be him, also called Sword Supreme, also named Lu Qingshan—who else could it be if not the strongest of the Fourth Realm from the Sword Sect?”
“These days, he has stirred up a great storm in the Six Domains of the Human Race, causing no end of trouble for the Netherworld.
I had not expected that he would come to our Central Spirit Domain. Looks like it’s the Netherworld’s turn to have bad luck in our domain… Hahaha, delightful!” A Guardian Tower cultivator who deeply resented the Netherworld couldn’t help but express himself cheerfully.
This was the reason why Zhong Shan had made a point of praising Lu Qingshan—to spread the news of Lu Qingshan’s arrival in the Central Spirit Domain and his targeting of the local Netherworld as discreetly as possible. This would instill fear in the Central Spirit Domain Netherworld and expose their vulnerabilities.
“Goods are discarded when compared with better goods, people cry when compared with better people,” one of the Guardian Tower Sword Cultivators, still immersed in the stunning sword displayed by Lu Qingshan just now, exclaimed, “No wonder he is called Sword Supreme, while I am nothing.”
Lu Qingshan simply smiled in silence in response to these exclamations.
The instant killing of the Fifth Grade perfection Serpent Demon Beast with his sword didn’t elicit much pride in him.
He was already a Three Flowers cultivator, which is to say, Void Refining perfection. This Serpent Demon Beast was equal in rank to him, even the minor ranks were exactly the same.
Since when did Lu Qingshan feel excitement and pride at killing a Demon Beast of the same realm instantaneously?
With the matter concluded, Lu Qingshan soon set off on the return journey to the Eastern Domain under the escort of Ximen Lie.
This gave him an air of nonchalance, as if successful in a single strike and then drifting away.
Of course, this was simply because the goal of his journey to the Central Spirit Domain had been achieved.
It had been a smooth operation to exterminate the Netherworld branch, with no mishaps along the way.
As to what follow-up actions the Central Spirit Domain Netherworld would take, whether they would act according to Rinsing Spirit Sect’s wishes and engage in large-scale operations, thus exposing flaws, Lu Qingshan was unaware.
This was not something he could control.
However, what he did not know whether to feel disappointed or lucky about was that the Central Spirit Domain Netherworld, which he imagined to be all-powerful, seemed to be no different from other Netherworlds of the Six Domains based on the level shown by these Underworld cultivators during this operation?
Even… Lu Qingshan faintly felt that the Netherworld branch in the Central Spirit Domain was somewhat weaker?
This was just his intuition.
Because on the surface, if the number of cultivators and their cultivation were taken into account, Anping Prefecture’s Netherworld branch would unquestionably be up to the standards of a prefectural Netherworld branch.
But he always felt that the Underworld cultivators he faced this time lacked a certain so-called “spark of ingenuity.”
This resulted in all the responses of these Underworld cultivators being predictable by the Guardian Tower cultivators, and they were well-controlled.
This was not reasonable—human nature is a very complex thing, forever incalculable. You can only achieve correctness in the general direction, and it is impossible to be flawlessly perfect in every detail.
It gave Lu Qingshan the impression that the Netherworld branch at Anping Prefecture was not so much a den of demons but more like an outdated online game designed by someone for players to grind experience, where all characters’ actions were prearranged.