Chapter 145: Chapter 144: Annihilating the Xu Family

Outside Cyan Stone Castle, night had fallen. A few sparse, cold stars twinkled feebly in the vast sky. The moonlight was obscured by a thick layer of clouds, with only faint glimmers occasionally leaking through the gnarled branches of ancient trees.

Lu Zhao sat cross-legged atop an ancient tree, his figure nearly one with the deep night. He slowly opened his eyes, his profound gaze piercing the darkness to fall upon the distant Cyan Stone Castle. The fortress was brightly lit, yet shrouded in a black barrier of light so dense it seemed impossible to dissolve.

The barrier was more solid and substantial than it had been a few days prior. The runes flowing across its surface were more densely packed, resembling a colossal turtle shell clamped over the castle. It emanated a heart-pounding defensive aura. Clearly, the Xu Family had pushed their Fortress Protection Array to its absolute limit in a final, desperate struggle.

’A cornered beast will still fight.’ A cold smile touched Lu Zhao’s lips. There wasn’t the slightest ripple of emotion in his eyes. In the face of absolute power, this level of defense was nothing more than the futile wail of a dying animal.

He floated lightly to the ground. With a mere thought, the Hundred Waters Magic Disc materialized before him, the Rice Crystal Stone at its center flaring with a brilliant spirit light. Lu Zhao pushed the Little Spirit Rain Technique within him to its full capacity, and pure, potent Water Spirit Power surged like a released flood, pouring madly into the Magic Disc!

At the same time, the mysterious techniques of the Hundred Waters Spirit Enhancement Skill and the Thousand Overlapping Waves Skill flowed through his mind like a clear spring. The two magic skills began to resonate in a strange harmony, their effects stacking upon one another, causing their might to skyrocket.

VMMMM!

The Hundred Waters Magic Disc let out a low hum. The water patterns on its surface rippled violently, as if a furious deep-sea tempest was brewing within. An indescribably terrifying Spiritual Pressure spread out from Lu Zhao. The surrounding air seemed to instantly congeal into mercury, heavy and viscous, making even breathing incredibly difficult.

The next moment, a deep blue light suddenly erupted from the center of the Magic Disc! The light was not blinding, but so profound it was like holding a condensed piece of the deep sea in one’s hand. It swiftly converged and elongated, forming a deep blue Water Blade only a foot long, yet so condensed it was almost corporeal.

The Water Blade was flawlessly clear, as if carved from the highest-grade blue crystal. Its edges flowed with an incomparably sharp, cold glint, while countless waves seemed to roar and layer silently within it! A terrifying aura of sharpness filled the air. The pressure it exuded was infinitely close to... a casual strike from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!

"Go!"

Lu Zhao formed a sword-finger and pointed it from afar at Cyan Stone Castle’s thick, black barrier!

WHOOSH!

The deep blue Water Blade shot through the air without a sound! There was no earth-shattering fanfare, only a blue streak so fast it surpassed the limits of a Qi Cultivator’s Divine Sense. In an instant, it crossed the hundred-zhang distance and viciously slashed down upon the solid black barrier!

SSSHLICK!

A teeth-grating tearing sound suddenly erupted, as clear as ripping silk!

Like a hot knife through butter! The Black Water Profound Turtle Formation’s barrier, which could have withstood a prolonged, frenzied assault from a Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivator, didn’t even last a single breath upon contact with the deep blue Water Blade! The runes flowing across it instantly dimmed and shattered. The resilient black energy, like fragile glass, was silently sliced open, leaving a massive gash!

Immediately after, a grating sound, like a dense shower of CRACKS, filled the air! The entire barrier trembled violently, like an ice sheet struck by a sledgehammer. It let out a mournful cry as if unable to bear the strain, then, with a soft POP like a burst bubble, it utterly disintegrated! The sky filled with black spirit light that exploded like fireworks before quickly vanishing into the night.

Lu Zhao’s expression was calm; he was not at all surprised by this outcome. This single strike combined his Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivation, the enhancement from the Hundred Waters Spirit Enhancement Skill, the stacked burst of the Thousand Overlapping Waves Skill, and the full power of the Hundred Waters Magic Disc, a Tier One High-Grade Spiritual Artifact. Its might had long since surpassed the limits of the Qi Cultivation Stage. How could a mere Tier One Middle-Grade Defense Array possibly withstand it?

"Kill!"

With a thought from Lu Zhao, the two Cyan Wood Giant Ape Puppets lying in ambush in the shadows outside the castle sprang into action. A red glint flashed in their eyes as they let out silent roars. Taking the lead, they charged fearlessly through the breach in the array like two moving hillocks, storming into Cyan Stone Castle! Their heavy footfalls thudded dully on the stone slabs.

Lu Zhao followed close behind, his figure flitting inside like a phantom. The Jade Water Golden Scale Shield activated instantly, enveloping his entire body in a solid, jade-gold barrier of light. At the same time, the Vine Snake Puppet, the Ice Wind Wolf Puppet, and another Cyan Wood Monkey Puppet flanked him like the most loyal of guards, protecting him as he charged into Cyan Stone Castle!

When Lu Zhao arrived at the Cyan Stone Castle plaza, he saw that it was brightly lit. Dozens of Xu Family cultivators stood in formation, already prepared for battle. They held various Magical Artifacts and Talismans, their faces a mixture of fear, anger, and a hint of madness. However, when they saw the Fortress Protection Array be destroyed so instantly and with such crushing force, the immense psychological blow made every last Xu Family cultivator subconsciously take a step back! The color drained from many of their faces, and the hands gripping their Magical Artifacts trembled slightly.

"Attack! Kill him!" Xu Cheng shrieked hoarsely, his eyes bloodshot and seemingly on the verge of splitting with rage, trying to dispel the fear in his clansmen’s hearts.

But in that brief moment of collective shock caused by the array’s destruction, Lu Zhao, like a precise hunter, keenly seized the opening. A cold light erupted from his eyes!

"Ice Cone Technique, nine in unison!"

The Hundred Waters Magic Disc floating before him flashed with blue light once more! Nine foot-long, crystalline ice cones radiating a bone-chilling Cold Qi instantly took form. Like nine fatal bolts of blue lightning, they tore through the air with sharp, piercing shrieks, shooting with unerring accuracy toward the nine cultivators at the very front of the Xu Family crowd—the ones with the relatively strongest auras!

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