Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Lu Chao slowly raised the Knight Captain’s head, letting the blood drip down as he stood atop the warhorse’s head and swept his gaze across the crowd.

THUD...

The Knight Captain’s headless body slid from the warhorse.

In that moment, Lu Chao felt as if he had returned to the battlefield, facing down an army of thousands to take the enemy general’s head.

The entire Cheng Mansion fell deathly silent. Then came the sound: THUD, THUD, THUD!

The timid ones’ legs gave out, and they collapsed straight to the ground. It was too horrifying, too bloody, too brutal.

The state of the dozens of dead knights from the City Lord’s Mansion was just too damn tragic.

At this moment, the legs of Cheng Weishan, Bai Wenrong, and the people from the Cheng and Bai Mansions were trembling uncontrollably.

The members of Yangzhou City’s other two great families subconsciously stepped back, as if trying to put distance between themselves and Wu Xin to avoid being implicated.

The guests followed suit, retreating one after another.

Those who had collapsed to the ground were dragged back by their friends and family.

Wu Caicai and Uncle Leng, however, forgot to retreat. They stared intently at Lu Chao atop the warhorse, and for a moment, their scalps tingled with fear.

Beside them, Fan Jinhua’s eyes, on the other hand, shone with a peculiar light.

Just then... WHOOSH!

Lu Chao suddenly tossed the Knight Captain’s head into the coffin. Then his gaze returned to Wu Xin.

He spoke like a god of slaughter, ”Wu Xin, you only prepared one coffin. It’s not enough!”

Wu Xin had long since lost her previous spoiled-young-miss attitude. Her legs trembled violently, about to give way, and she shrieked, ”Quick, protect me!”

She screamed wildly at Cheng Weishan and the others.

But they were already scared stupid, completely frozen.

But one person managed to react—Bai Xin. She was heard shrieking, ”Cheng Yunsu is still over there! Seize her!”

Including Wu Xin, everyone snapped out of it as if waking from a dream...

Bai Wenrong was the first to charge out, rushing murderously toward Cheng Yunsu. Seeing this, Cheng Chuming dashed out, shouting, ”Father-in-law, don’t!”

But it would have been a wonder if Bai Wenrong had listened to his son-in-law. He charged straight ahead, the True Qi of his Postnatal Eighth Layer exploding with incomparable ferocity.

But in the next moment... WHOOSH!

A long spear shot out from Lu Chao’s direction.

The instant Bai Wenrong was about to touch Cheng Yunsu, the spear accurately and unerringly pierced through his body, causing his True Qi to burst.

The long spear then carried Bai Wenrong with it, slamming him straight into the wall of the Cheng Mansion’s main hall.

CLANG...

The spearhead plunged into the wall, leaving Bai Wenrong pinned there, his entire stomach pierced through and dripping with blood.

”Father!”

Bai Heng and Bai Xin were stunned. They screamed and rushed over. Cheng Yunxiang’s knees went weak as he stammered, ”G-Grandfather!”

Just as everyone was staring at Bai Wenrong’s gruesome state...

Lu Chao had already reappeared by Cheng Yunsu’s side. He swept her up into his arms and returned to the warhorse.

In an instant, the newlyweds, Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu, were sharing a single horse.

Then, Lu Chao spoke again, ”Father-in-law, get on the horse!”

Cheng Chuming immediately came to his senses, subconsciously leaping onto the warhorse behind Lu Chao.

And so, the three of them on two horses faced Wu Xin and the members of the Cheng and Bai Mansions.

Wu Xin was still filled with terror, shouting, ”What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and protect me!”

The words had barely left her lips when, just as the Cheng and Bai Mansions and even the other two families were hesitating to move forward, Lu Chao suddenly bellowed, ”Anyone who goes near Wu Xin will share Bai Wenrong’s fate.”

Hearing his terrifying voice, everyone in the crowd subconsciously looked at Bai Wenrong, who was still pinned to the wall.

They saw his aged eyes bulging wide, clearly on his last breath.

Even Cheng Weishan didn’t dare to approach Wu Xin anymore.

But then, a cold voice suddenly rang out from within the Cheng Mansion’s main hall. ”And what if it’s me who approaches Wu Xin?”

As the voice sounded, everyone trembled violently.

Wu Xin, who had been nearly scared out of her wits, was jolted alert and cried out, ”Master Han!”

Wu Xin’s cry instantly turned the stunned crowd ecstatic. ’That’s right! There’s a Master from the Imperial Academy here!’

Footsteps echoed from within the Cheng Mansion’s hall. Han Shu strode forward with an air of superiority and stopped before Wu Xin. ”What a Life-taking Bone Calamity Star. Kills without batting an eye. Truly a menace.”

Han Shu had directly branded Lu Chao a menace.

Her appearance also allowed Wu Xin’s terrified expression to subside.

At the same time, Cheng Weishan and the others quickly moved closer. ’With Master Han here, what’s there to be afraid of?’

’Of course, we have to protect Young Miss Wu Xin together.’

Behind Lu Chao, pressed tightly against him, Cheng Yunsu whispered, ”Lu Chao, what do we do?”

”Don’t be afraid. I’m here!”

As he spoke, Lu Chao gently shifted Cheng Yunsu onto the other warhorse. He then pointed his spear coldly at Han Shu. ”You’re no different. The moment you decided to doom Xiao Su’er, you deserved to die!”

His voice exploded frigidly across the Cheng Mansion’s courtyard.

However, the crowd no longer took him seriously. He had been terrifying just now, but it would surely be a simple matter for Han Shu to kill him.

Cheng Weishan’s aged voice rang out, borrowing the tiger’s might, ”Such arrogant words. How ignorant and laughable.”

Bai Xin also shouted, ”Chuming, talk some sense into this Life-taking Bone Calamity Star! My father is about to die! Don’t let this continue! That’s a Master from the Imperial Academy! Do you want the entire Cheng clan to be exterminated?”

Instantly, Cheng Chuming’s face turned deathly pale. He was at a complete loss.

Meanwhile, Wu Xin seemed to have an inspiration. She stared at Cheng Yunsu and said, ”My dear sister, your husband killed dozens of my City Lord’s Mansion’s important knights. Kneel before me at once, or your entire clan will be exterminated.”

Cheng Yunsu’s red bridal veil still hadn’t slipped off, but she remained firm and didn’t respond.

Right now, her only fear was that Lu Chao couldn’t defeat Han Shu; she wasn’t the least bit afraid of any of Wu Xin’s threats.

On the other side...

Wu Caicai suddenly said in a low voice, ”Uncle Leng, Master Fan, I think it’s our turn to go out and offer congratulations.”

As soon as she said this, Uncle Leng looked at Wu Caicai in surprise and asked in a low voice, ”Miss, that woman, Han, is a Master from the Great Wu Imperial Academy. Are you really going to step in and save this Lu Chao, the Life-taking Bone?”

’In Uncle Leng’s opinion, no matter how miraculous Lu Chao was, there was no way he could defeat Han Shu.’

’If the young miss steps out now, it’s solely for the purpose of saving him.’

”The Nine Primordial Yang Swords still have three swords I’ve yet to claim, and this Lu Chao helped me reach the Innate realm three months ahead of schedule. I suppose I owe him a favor.” Wu Caicai’s eyes shone with a peculiar light, clearly shaken by Lu Chao’s recent performance.

Just as she was about to step forward, Fan Jinhua beside her suddenly said, ”Wait. Let’s see how he handles this checkmate.”

Hearing this, Wu Caicai immediately stopped.

Fan Jinhua added softly, ”He’s a bit too headstrong.”

”In the current situation, he should back down and use the horses to escape. That’s his only chance of survival.”

It was obvious that Fan Jinhua also didn’t think Lu Chao stood a chance. The gap in power was just too great.

”No matter what, I’ll make a move in a moment.”

”Caicai, coming with you today to see the wielder of the Nine Primordial Yang Swords was the right decision. This is very interesting.”

For someone of Fan Jinhua’s status to come here was, of course, a bit beneath him.

But he was truly curious just how miraculous the wielder of the Nine Primordial Yang Swords was, considering Wu Caicai had an epiphany and reached the Innate realm thanks to his Sword Techniques.

And now, Fan Jinhua greatly admired this Lu Chao, the Life-taking Bone. He felt the trip had not been in vain.

In front of the Cheng Mansion’s main hall, Han Shu was relaxed and nonchalant.

She stopped the crowd’s verbal abuse toward Lu Chao and said dismissively, ”Little menace, I’m right here. Come and kill me.”