Chapter 315: Strange Opponent (Second Update)
"It's the smell of human blood." Fang Yu made the judgment.
"Yu, how do you know?" Chen Daotian asked in surprise.
"Nonsense, don't forget my profession." Fang Yu raised his hand, about to punch him.
Chen Daotian laughed heh-heh and said:
"Yu is a distinguished traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, of course you can tell the difference... Yu, it's good that you're still like this. You're really terrifying when you kill."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yu paused.
His gaze fixed straight ahead.
"Really? Maybe so."
Reflecting carefully on each act of killing, his murderous aura always burst forth unintentionally.
Cold, ruthless.
Fang Yu sighed lightly; perhaps it was due to numbness.
He had experienced such scenes too many times, to the extent that no matter how bloody the sight, Fang Yu's heart would not stir at all.
Wuu—
Wuu wuu—
Squeak, squeak, squeak—
From the Sixth Layer Hall, strange sounds came.
"What sort of ghostly noise is this? The Lu Family wouldn't be keeping turtles, would they?" Chen Daotian nonsensically remarked.
While he was talking.
A group of pitch-black figures ran out.
Nightfall had arrived.
The rain curtain persisted.
Only the dim streetlights supported the scant visibility.
"Grandpa was waiting for you guys!" Chen Daotian shouted.
However...
Those black shadows that rushed out didn't speak at all; they charged straight at them like a pack of animals.
Fang Yu's eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"Move aside!"
Wuu—
Squeak—
It was only when the crowd got closer that he could see clearly what those people looked like. Their faces were fierce, with green fangs, and their faces were also rotting. Their eyes shimmered with a green glow.
Bang, bang, bang!
Bang, bang!
The three instantly started a fierce fight with these strange people.
"Their speed is average, but they possess great strength and are tough-skinned!" Chen Daotian analyzed.
Fang Yu suddenly remembered a patient he had seen before at Hua University Hospital—Xiao Bai.
The symptoms of these people were the same as Xiao Bai's, only much more severe.
No thoughts or consciousness, biting at the sight of people.
Is this—a cyborg?
Fang Yu's expression changed, angering him: "I didn't expect the Lu Family to be secretly researching this thing!"
Hearing this, Chen Daotian asked: "What on earth is this?"
"It should be cyborgs! Have you seen zombie movies?" Fang Yu asked.
"Oh my god, you're not serious?"
Chen Daotian was a movie buff; how could he not have watched them?
And with this comparison, they really did seem a bit like those zombies.
"Try blowing their heads off!"
"Alright!"
Having seen movies, Chen Daotian knew very well where the weakness of zombies lay.
With bared teeth and a smile, he rushed forward.
These cyborgs, unafraid of pain, could still stand after their limbs were destroyed... That was a headache.
However, the Chen Family's Martial Art feared no such thing!
While he spoke, Chen Daotian charged forward.
The three were like demons, kicking and exploding heads one by one.
...
Lu Family.
In the council hall.
Lu Tianyuan, after listening to the protectors' reports, contemplated for a moment and, in anger, smashed the table to pieces.
"I didn't expect so many things to happen during my seclusion."
The protector seated on his left spoke up: "Sect Leader, have you succeeded in your breakthrough?"
Until now, the protectors had not dared to ask. At this question, everyone looked over expectantly.
Lu Tianyuan nodded.
The answer was obvious.
"Excellent! This Iron Fist has provoked the authority of our Lu Family time and again; we must strip him of his hide!" The protectors were vehement.
Lu Tianyuan, with his hands clasped behind his back, stood up from his seat, walked into the center of the hall, and paced back and forth as he inquired: "What about the other four protectors who went out on missions? Why haven't they returned yet?"
"I'll go and inquire right now." A Lu Family member by the entrance turned and left.
Lu Tianyuan continued,
"Also, wasn't there news that that waste, Lu Yu, has come back? How is that situation being handled now?"
He had no idea that this Lu Yu was the Jiangzhou Iron Fist King.
That protector nodded and said, "Rest assured, Sect Leader, that waste, even before he was expelled from the Lu Family, was nothing but a spoiled brat. He must have returned this time intending to make an unreasonable demand, trying to extort our Lu family... After all, the boy knows quite a few of our family's secrets."
Upon hearing this,
Lu Tianyuan sighed, continued pacing, and said, "It's all because his biological parents were too indulgent. Send word that if he doesn't know what's good for him, find an opportunity to kill him."
"Yes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Lu Family member rushed in frantically.
"Sect Leader!" The Lu Family member knelt down, sweating profusely and looking panicked.
"What's so urgent that you're in such a panic?!" Lu Tianyuan asked, frowning.
"That Lu Yu... Lu... Lu Yu has reached the Seventh Layer Hall!"
"What?!!"
Everyone stood up all at once.
Their faces showed shock and disbelief.
"This Lu Yu... his strength is terrifying, he's fought his way to the Nine Layers Hall! The four protectors, they, they... they're all dead! Lu Qinghe from the Fifth Layer Hall has been killed too!" the Lu Family member said hoarsely.
Lu Tianyuan's eyes widened, trembling with rage.
"How can this Lu Yu... Isn't he unable to commune with the Martial Path? What exactly is going on?"
A protector nearby, equally astonished, said: "Strange, before the age of fifteen, if one cannot commune with the Martial Path, logic dictates that even if one communes later, at most throughout life, one would only reach the Martial Arts Second Layer. How could he have entered the Seventh Layer Hall?"
The Lu Family member kneeling at the door said with an ugly expression,
"Sect Leader..."
"Speak!"
"The Sect Leader, Elders, and protectors may not be aware. This Lu Yu is very likely the Iron Fist listed at the top of the battle strength charts, also known as the Jiangzhou Iron Fist King!"
The Jiangzhou Iron Fist King?!
Everyone was stunned.
Lu Tianyuan, with wide eyes, said, "Lu Yu is that Iron Fist King who has continuously slain members of the Lu Family? The one who killed Lu Youchao, Lu Liancheng, and the four Great Elders?"
"Absolutely certain!"
The five were profoundly shaken.
The one who couldn't commune with the Martial Path in the past.
Unexpectedly, he had become a master!
How could Lu Tianyuan believe it?
To kill the four Great Elders, one must possess strength at least at the peak of the Seventh Layer or above.
But now—
Lu Yu had actually made it to the Seventh Layer Hall.
Lu Tianyuan demanded, "I'm asking you one last time, are you sure this Iron Fist is Lu Yu!?"
The Lu Family member said earnestly and seriously,
"I swear on my own head, this Lu Yu is definitely the Jiangzhou Iron Fist King!"
Everyone's faces were filled with horror.
As if they had been slapped countless times, their faces stung painfully.
After a long silence—
Lu Tianyuan muttered to himself, "What kind of fortuitous encounter did this Lu Yu have to achieve such accomplishments today?"
"Sect Leader, there's no turning back now. We cannot allow him to enter the Nine Layers Hall. We will defend the Eighth Layer Hall with our lives."
In that instant, Lu Tianyuan even doubted whether what he had done was right.
But such doubts were fleeting.
"Pass the word, abandon the Seventh Layer Hall, all Lu Family members with strength above the Martial Arts Fifth Layer, gather at the Eighth Layer Palace Square!"
"Yes!"
Rather than being broken layer by layer, better to face it head on!