"It's a pity for the lowlifes of that town, given the time constraints, we can only kill them using a formation."
"You beast!!" Zhu Qing clenched his fists, his anger reaching its peak, yet he was utterly powerless to respond.
With no other choice, he could only shout out in desperation.
"Xia Luo, run for it."
"We know you might still be hiding some strength, take this chance and leave this place, don't worry about us anymore."
"This guy's power is already infinitely close to that of a true First Grade, he cannot be overpowered."
Xue Can, looking at Luo Yu who stood there with his eyes closed, sneered, "Run, no one here can escape today."
"Not even Heavenly King Lao Zi can save you."
Just then, Luo Yu opened his eyes, his pupils flashing with divine light, and he turned to calmly say to the team members of Martial University:
"Enough chattering."
"With me here, no one can touch you today, not a single one will be lost."
The Martial University team members were dumbstruck, completely baffled.
They couldn't believe that, at such a critical moment, this Xia Luo could remain so composed.
"This... the one opposite us is a terrifying monster of First Grade, and who knows what hidden cards are up his sleeve, are you really not afraid?"
"You're so confident?" Cao Ritian was completely taken aback by Luo Yu's confidence.
"This…" Zhu Qing was completely numb.
"Who do you think you are?" Xue Can darkly said, "Kid, I know your true strength, it's nothing in front of this lord."
Luo Yu's eyes, glinting with dazzling golden light, swept around and finally landed on Xue Can as he said:
"You're just buying time, right?"
Xue Can's pupils shrank in an instant, as if a deeply hidden secret had been exposed.
He retorted:
"Nonsense, I just want to savor the fear on your faces before you die."
Luo Yu ignored him, reciting as if recounting treasures:
"Mountain Lord, the thousand-year-old Black Tiger Demon that understood the language of the mountain and once protected the people, was left untouched by Emperor Qin Shi Huang as he cut down forests and destroyed temples to expel evil spirits. Instead, he granted you the title of Mountain Lord of Mount Huju, so you could enjoy the worship and offerings of the people."
"But not only did you fail to be thankful and reverent, you secretly preyed on the people to feed on their blood, increasing your Cultivation Level, and eventually changed from Mountain Lord to a ferocious demon."
Hearing his past spoken out loud, Xue Can's expression changed drastically, filled with disbelief, "Who are you? How could you possibly know my past?"
"What are you exactly?"
Now his gaze on Luo Yu had completely changed, reflecting fear, no longer looking at him as if he were an ant.
Meanwhile, Cao Ritian and the others were completely shocked. Such secrets were unheard of to them, how did Xia Luo know, it was like he had seen it with his own eyes, speaking so clearly.
Luo Yu had indeed seen it with his own eyes; the spirit of Emperor Qin Shi Huang within him vibrated, allowing him to see the history of this Mountain Lord while his eyes were closed.
Once a guardian deity of the mountain, and then his spirit fell into degeneracy, absorbing the blood of victims to transform into a monster.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang did not intend to kill him directly and let him off easy; instead, he set up a seal to make him face a thousand years of punishment, eventually eroding his physical body and soul, leading to death.
But evidently, due to the revival of Spiritual Energy, there was an accident.
Luo Yu said coolly, "I didn't expect Emperor Qin Shi Huang's seal wouldn't keep you down for two thousand years, letting you escape disaster."
"Impossible, it's absolutely impossible."
Xue Can kept shaking his head as if remembering something, his eyes avoiding gaze in shock.
"Emperor Qin Shi Huang has long perished, all records have vanished, such a secret is definitely not something a nobody like you could know."
At this moment, Cao Ritian and others were incredibly shocked.
Luo Yu's golden eyes emitted a cold gleam.
"Alright, enough wasting time, don't think I can't see that the body in front of me is not your real one."
"Boom!"
Inside the scarlet world, the Power of Heaven and Earth surged wildly, and Xue Can's ferocity soared.
"I will kill you!"
"Die for this lord!!"
He waved his claws with overwhelming might, and the momentum made everyone feel breathless, as if their hearts were about to burst.
"Be careful!"
"He can't be overpowered."
Cao Ritian and other proud elite geniuses could not help but cry out in fear.
However, Luo Yu made his move.
"Boom!"
The ground beneath his feet shattered, and he blasted off from where he was like a cannonball, confronting Xue Can in an instant.
"Beast, get down."
Luo Yu shouted coldly, the Spirit Seed in his Dantian rotated, his body erupted with a massive force of qi and blood, and Spiritual Power surged wildly, forcibly suppressing and pushing back the Power of Heaven and Earth in the area. No Ancient Spirits appeared, it was all his own fighting strength.
His palm landed directly on Xue Can's neck, smashing him towards the ground, sliding and scraping a furrow a hundred meters long as the soil and stones exploded.
Xue Can was filled with disbelief.
Cao Ritian and the others had their mouths wide open, filled with disbelief, incredulously witnessing a scene they thought impossible.
In one move, a monster with the power of First Grade was crushed like this.
Was this the same person they thought was a newbie venturing into the Secret Realm for the first time?
Was this the support-type Martial Artist they had believed him to be?
Ever since they met, Luo Yu had time and again shattered their perceptions, leaving them too shocked to speak at this moment.
Just then, Luo Yu pressed his hand against Xue Can's neck, his knee pressing against his chest, ignoring Xue Can's terrified gaze, and turned back to shout at the distant Martial University elite:
"Run?"
"Run my ass."
"Watch closely, learn well."
"You bastards, you bastards! Ah!!!" Xue Can bellowed in a fury, shrieking in unwillingness as his body struggled with surging power.
"Go fuck yourself."
Luo Yu rarely cursed, but now, as he gripped the man's neck, he turned his head and dealt Xue Can a heavy slap.
A slap that thundered.
It knocked Xue Can's head to the side.
The sight left Cao Ritian and the others dumbfounded... How could a First Grade be beaten like a dog, the crisis resolved just like that?
They started to wonder if they were dreaming.
"Bang!"
"Bang bang!"
Luo Yu had already started throwing punches, his fists raining down brutally on Xue Can's head, and blood sprayed in all directions.
"That's too brutal."
"Oh no, it's actually awesome."
"Holy shit..."
"Who the fuck was saying that Brother Xia, no, that Grandpa Xia was just support?"
"Damn, can support be this powerful?"
"Better thank Elder Luo for his great kindness; otherwise, we would have been talking about someone who was rubbish at fighting, and now he's gone."
Watching Luo Yu hammer Xue Can like a vengeful god, everyone was shocked.
They had thought that he was a polite and amiable type, who knew he was actually a human ferocious beast, so violent.
All along, had he been simply too lazy to bother with them?
This made many feel a chill down their spine, a sense of relief, but soon they also got excited— they were safe now, and this calamity that had troubled an entire city's people was finally dealt with by the law.
Cao Ritian tasted bitterness in his mouth.
Once arrogantly believing himself invincible except for geniuses comparable to his elder brother, now his experiences in the Secret Realm had left him utterly devastated.
From vision to strength, the gap was too wide, a world of difference.
"Fuck! This is way too strong."
"To pummel a First Grade like this?"
"Bang!"
"Bang bang!!"
"Thought you were fierce?"
"Thought you were arrogant?"
"Come on, get up and fight!!"
Luo Yu was like a true dragon from ancient times, oppressing Xue Can to death, leaving him no power to resist.
He had long realized that the real Xue Can was already dead, his soul consumed to nothingness. It was good for nothing but death.
"Die."
Luo Yu's fists shone with light, his qi and blood like a dragon, and with a single punch, he blasted Xue Can into a mist of blood that dispersed, evaporated by the steaming power of qi and blood.
Step by step, he walked back toward the people, who instinctively took a step back, their faces filled with frenzied awe, a mix of fear and reverence.
Without him speaking first, no one dared to make a sound.
Luo Yu said, "How about that, my support role's offense isn't too shabby, right?"
Cao Ritian and the others were red in the face with embarrassment.
Awkwardly scraping their toes on the ground.
You killed a First Grade, and you're still talking about being support?
Zhu Qing spoke up unwillingly, "Brother Luo, can we really just let this guy die like this, without giving him a thorough thrashing? It's hard to relieve the hatred in my heart."
Luo Yu shook his head.
"The other party was just buying time."
"What died was just the Xue Can he possessed, and half a soul, that's all."
"What?" Everyone exclaimed in shock, "He's not completely dead?"
They all became numb, deeply frightened inside.
First, it was the green corpses, then the village chief, now Xue Can after smashing the coffin—turns out he was only half dead, not completely gone?
This Secret Realm was too terrifying. Without Luo Yu, they wouldn't have lasted ten deaths.
"Law of Heaven and Earth."
Without the need to summon Ancient Spirits, the Holy Path Invocation Technique had long transformed such divine powers into his own, and his size surged.
An instant transformation into a giant tens of meters tall.
"Boom!"
In the stunned gazes of the onlookers, unable to comprehend, Luo Yu plunged his hands into the ground, violently upturning the earth...