Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Under Cheng Yunsu’s gaze, Lu Chao spoke immediately...

”I’ll go down first. Brother Chang, be ready for the rescue at any moment. Xiao Su’er, stay ready to provide cover with your bow and arrow!”

With that, Lu Chao prepared to descend.

Meanwhile, the Life-taking Star-devouring Bone within him had already begun to devour the Moon Profound Breaking Soldier Bone. A Meridian Map belonging to the Soldier-Breaking Bone slowly materialized in Lu Chao’s mind.

At the same time, the aura of his Life-taking Star-devouring Bone began to change, unexpectedly advancing toward a Star Divine Bone.

In the Innate and Transformation Realms, it needed to devour three Star Heavenly Destiny Bones to advance. Yet, in the True Fate Realm, it only required a single Moon-level Profound Bone to directly advance into a Star Divine Bone.

At that moment, seeing that Lu Chao still hadn’t appeared, Shen Ji’s expression began to twist.

Abruptly, Shen Ji changed his threat...

”Lu Chao, I hear you’re the successor of the Azure Flame Sect. Right now, our Young City Lord of Red Sword City is in the process of breaking into the Azure Flame Sect’s Forbidden Land. Soon, everything within it will belong to Red Sword City.”

”As a disciple of the Azure Flame Sect, can you face your ancestors?”

His voice thundered in all directions...

However, Chi Ting and Chi Yuan were already looking at Shen Ji as if he were an idiot. The dozen or so guards from Red Sword City were also growing tired of his yelling and were about to send him flying.

No one believed Lu Chao would dare to show up.

But the next moment... THUD!

A heavy landing sound came from the dark forest outside the Forbidden Land.

Chi Ting and the others instinctively widened their eyes.

Immediately after, they saw Lu Chao’s figure slowly emerge from the dark forest, step by step.

In an instant, everyone outside the Forbidden Land was stunned.

Chi Ting rushed forward a few steps, staring at Lu Chao in disbelief. ”You... you actually came.”

At the same time, Chi Yuan looked toward Shen Ji...

His face filled with contempt, he said, ”What bullshit loyalty. Lu Chao only showed up because of his Azure Flame Sect’s Forbidden Land.”

Earlier, when Shen Ji threatened Chang Yuan’s son and wife, Lu Chao didn’t appear.

He only appeared when threatened with the Azure Flame Sect’s Forbidden Land. Therefore, Chi Yuan naturally assumed Lu Chao was only here for the Forbidden Land and didn’t believe in the existence of any so-called loyalty.

With that, Chi Yuan walked over to Chi Ting’s side and said directly to Lu Chao, ”Number one genius of the Azure Flame Domain, tell us the secret of how you broke the Destiny Bone’s suppression right now. As long as this secret is valuable enough, we’ll give you a way out.”

”We can even give you a chance to meet and negotiate with our Young City Lord.”

”You came here to negotiate, right?”

In Chi Yuan’s eyes, it was impossible for Lu Chao to be foolish enough to throw his life away. He must have come to negotiate—to discuss if he could get something back from the Azure Flame Sect’s Forbidden Land, or perhaps to plead for a path of survival for the Azure Flame Sect.

Thus, Chi Yuan acted high and mighty. He had never dealt with Lu Chao before, so he wasn’t as cautious as Chi Ting.

But Lu Chao just continued his slow advance...

He replied softly, ”It seems you truly don’t know how I broke the Destiny Bone’s suppression. So this is all the Cyan Sword Great Empire amounts to... It’s simple: a will that fears no cruelty.”

At these words, Chi Ting and Chi Yuan exchanged glances. ’What the hell?’

”It was my will that broke the so-called Destiny Bone suppression,” Lu Chao said truthfully, without any pretense.

However, to the people of Red Sword City, who had been selfish and self-serving since birth, the very word ”will” was a complete joke.

It was again Chi Yuan who spoke, smirking, ”It seems you’re not planning to negotiate?”

”When did I ever say I wanted to negotiate?”

Lu Chao tilted his head and retorted, slowly pointing to everyone outside the Forbidden Land, ”Among all of you here, not a single one is in the Creation Realm. Do I need to negotiate?”

These words were the very height of arrogance, causing every person from Red Sword City, except for Shen Ji, to reveal murderous intent in their eyes.

They were from Red Sword City; they were always the arrogant ones. Besides, this was just the trash-heap Azure Flame Domain.

Therefore, Chi Yuan burst out laughing on the spot...

”Ah, Chi Ting, it seems I was wrong again.”

”This so-called number one genius of the Azure Flame Domain is only full of himself because he beat you once. It looks like he needs a lesson in reality... Red Sword Guards, go get him.”

As his voice fell, a dozen or so Red Sword Guards stepped forward with sinister grins.

VMMMM...

Without holding back, each one of them unleashed the power of their True Qi Realm. The strongest was at the Fifth Layer of the Peak Realm, and the weakest was at the Third Layer of the Peak Realm. A dozen of them in total.

In the Azure Flame Domain, a force like this could sweep through almost unopposed. This was the gap between Azure Flame and Cyan Sword.

”Don’t kill him. I want to hear him scream.”

This, of course, was said by Chi Ting. But beside him, Chi Yuan quickly shook his head. ”Chi Ting, you’re just looking for fun again... It should be ’don’t kill him because he might still be useful.’ After all, he’s the successor of the Azure Flame Sect.”

The implication, of course, was that he would be useful to the Young City Lord in breaking into the Forbidden Land.

The dozen or so Red Sword Guards acknowledged the order without hesitation, laughing boisterously as they advanced on Lu Chao.

At this moment, Lu Chao had already gained a preliminary grasp of the Meridian Map for the Moon Profound Breaking Soldier Bone. As he circulated it slightly, the True Qi throughout his body condensed and grew stronger—this was the vast True Qi brought by the Moon-level Profound Bone.

Suddenly... VMMMM!

Several of the Red Sword Guards were already charging at him. Lu Chao immediately looked up, sensing their True Qi auras while using his Star Bright Eyes Bone to analyze their Sword Techniques.

His first impression was... ’They’re strong!’

Whether in terms of True Qi or technique, they were much stronger than Chi Ting.

Their only weakness was that none of these Red Sword Guards possessed a Moon-level Heavenly Destiny Bone; they were all merely Star Level.

Thinking of this... WHOOSH!

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lu Chao spun around and retreated sharply into the forest...

This action stunned the dozen or so Red Sword Guards, left Chi Ting and Chi Yuan dumbfounded, and caused Shen Ji to frown.

The next moment, Chi Yuan shouted, ”Be careful, it could be a trick! Six of you go after him, the rest stay here on standby.”

This command made Chang Yuan, who had been about to make his move, freeze in place...

From the shadows, his expression was a mixture of anxiety and forced patience. Chang Yuan knew perfectly well that Lu Chao’s earlier arrogance was a ploy to lure all the Red Sword Guards into chasing him, thereby creating an opportunity for the rescue.

’But Chi Yuan and Chi Ting didn’t fall for it. What now? What should I do?’

But Lu Chao, who had retreated into the forest, had a cold glint flash in his eyes. He abruptly called back in a frosty voice, ”Chi Ting, Chi Yuan, you’re too cautious.”

Before his voice had even faded, and before anyone could react, Lu Chao came to a sudden stop and turned back around.

He looked at the six pursuing Red Sword Guards and slowly announced, ”Violent... Soldier-Breaking Fist!”

VMMMM...

The aura of the Violent Bone erupted from his entire body. Then, Lu Chao clenched his fists and, turning back, unleashed a barrage upon the six Red Sword Guards.

An incredibly explosive Fist Force condensed around his fists. In that instant, Lu Chao’s fists became like the hardest of awls, smashing viciously toward the six Red Sword Guards... BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

The incomparably hard Fist Force connected with the weapons and armor of the six Red Sword Guards.

It produced a series of shudder-inducing explosions.

After dozens of punches, the weapons and armor of the six Red Sword Guards were all smashed into twisted shapes. At the same time, the True Qi protecting their bodies was almost completely shattered. And finally... endless screams rang out.