Chapter 40: The Dust Settles
Zhongli felt the changes in his body, felt that his whole body was full of strength, looked at Elder Chen in the distance, grinned, showed his snow-white teeth and said, "I was beaten all the time just now, and now, I should fight back!"
After Zhongli finished speaking, his hands quickly sealed, and the 'Thunder Trail Step' was completed, and a blue flash appeared under his feet.
"Whoosh-"
There was a sound of breaking the air in the air, and before Elder Chen could even react, Zhongli was already in front of him.
Elder Chen's pupils widened, and he thought, is this still the speed of a human being?
Elder Chen wanted to block it with a swing of the whisk, but he was only halfway through the swing before he was sent flying out by a punch, and he didn't have time to resist at all.
"Bang!"
Everyone was hundreds of meters away, only to see Zhongli turn into a blue flash, followed by Elder Chen being hit by the blue flash and flying out upside down.
A half-meter-deep ravine appeared on the stone slab in the City Lord's Mansion, spreading back forty or fifty meters away, and at the end, it was Elder Chen who had fallen to the ground.
"This speed... I can't even see it with my naked eyes. One of the monks said in disbelief, and then swallowed.
"He has just broken through the first order of the Spirit Martial Realm, and he can compete with the Yuan Martial Realm, and I..." A monk was also surprised, and looked down at his hands unconfidently, he was also a first order of the Spirit Martial Realm.
A monk next to him looked at him and said, "It's not a struggle, it's a crush!"
Elder Chen fell to the ground, supported by his hands, trying to stand up, tried four or five times, but failed.
Zhongli stood in place, looked at his right fist, and let out a long exhale, the blue runes under his feet disappeared.
He had just finished the Thunder Tribulation, in fact, he was already at the end of the crossbow, and he used the last bit of spiritual power to forcibly cast the 'Thunder Trace Step' with a strong body, and this was the only one blow to win.
Zhongli felt an unprecedented emptiness, as if his body had been hollowed out, and there was not a single spiritual power left in his physical strength.
When everyone saw Zhongli win, their hearts were full of feelings and thoughts.
For mortal warriors, Zhongli was like a god in their hearts at this time.
They thoroughly realized the gap between monks and mortals, and a strong sense of depression shrouded in their hearts.
For the monks, Zhongli's performance seemed to open the door to a new world for them, and they understood the power of physical cultivation.
In any case, Zhongli has been recognized by everyone, and the strong, no matter where they go, are sought after.
After Zhongli was sure that Elder Chen would not be able to get up again, he turned his head to look at the Liu City Lord and walked over step by step.
The pace is not big, and the walk is very slow, because Zhongli is a little weak at the moment, but in the eyes of others, Zhongli at this moment is like a god of death harvesting life, which makes people hold their breath.
The Liu City Lord had forgotten to run away, perhaps because he felt that in front of such a strong person, there was no point in running away.
The guards around him watched Zhongli walk slowly, their hands trembling, and they didn't know whose weapon had fallen, and then all the guards threw down their weapons and fled in all directions.
City Lord Liu looked at the fleeing guards, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but he still didn't say anything after all, he also knew that no matter how many guards there were, they couldn't stop Zhongli.
The city lord of Liu was bitter in his heart, looking at Zhongli who was getting closer and closer, he didn't know what to do, so he just watched him walk slowly.
Fifty meters.
Twenty meters.
Ten meters.
Finally, with a distance of five meters, the Liu City Lord swallowed his saliva and said dryly, "Monk... Isn't it supposed to meddle in mortal affairs?"
His meaning is very simple, you are for Cao Chun, Elder Chen is for me, now that you have won, you should no longer care about the grievances of mortals.
"Senior!" Cao Chun shouted at Zhongli in the distance.
When Zhongli heard the voice, he stopped, and looked back at the past with a puzzled expression.
Cao Chun dragged his seriously injured body, used the saber as a crutch and slowly approached him, and walked to his side.
"Senior, this is my grudge, even if I want to kill him, I want to take it personally, slash the enemy, and avenge the death of love. ”
Cao Chun looked at Zhongli with some apprehension, he didn't know why Zhongli helped him, he was a little nervous at the moment, afraid that he would annoy Zhongli because of this.
Zhongli was only seventeen years old, and when he saw a young man in his twenties calling himself senior, he felt a little embarrassed.
But looking at Cao Chun's face and remembering the story he just said, he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this man, nodded and stood beside him.
Seeing Zhongli walking away, the Lord of Liu seemed to see the hope of survival, and suddenly fell to his knees on the ground.
"Cao Chun, don't kill me, I'll give you whatever you want, I conspired with Elder Chen to mine a spiritual mine, secretly mine it every day, without any reports, without a trace, I can give it to you!"
"If you like, the identity of the city lord of Sunset City can be given to you, okay?"
Cao Chun looked at the Liu City Lord who was kneeling on the ground, pulled out his sword, looked up to the sky and roared, tears unconsciously flowed out of the corners of his eyes.
"Shanshan, do you see, I'm about to avenge you. ”
After Cao Chun finished speaking, he stabbed towards the Lord of Liucheng with a sword.
Lord Liu looked at the saber stabbing at him, turned his head, closed his eyes, did not make any resistance, and seemed to be waiting for death.
"Cao Chun, don't kill my father. ”
At this moment, Liu Piaopiao came out of nowhere, and spread his hands in front of the Liu City Lord.
Cao Chun saw Liu Piaopiao, and with a twist of his wrist, the saber deviated from the direction and did not hurt her.
Liu Piaopiao thought that Cao Chun had a friendship for her, and hurriedly spoke: "Cao Chun, how can we say that we also have the love of a husband and wife overnight, can you let my father go?"
After speaking, he seemed to feel that Cao Chun would not stop so easily, so he hurriedly added: "I'll give you whatever you want, please." ”
Liu Piaopiao knelt down with a plop, looking at Cao Chun with blank eyes.
Cao Chun pointed his sword at Liu Piaopiao and shouted, "Get out of here!" ”
Zhongli watched from the side, feeling a little confused, he didn't know the details of the story between Cao Chun, and he didn't know what this Cao Chun had to do with the daughter of the city lord.
Seeing Liu Piaopiao blocking in front of him, the city lord of Liu suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her hand, and said, "Piaopiao, what are you doing when you come out, go back quickly!"
After speaking, he looked at Cao Chun and continued: "I know that your anger cannot be eliminated, don't be embarrassed Piaopiao, I am willing to die, I just ask you to let Piaopiao go." ”
Liu Piaopiao hugged the Liu City Lord and said bitterly: "Dad, I don't want you to die." After saying that, he burst into tears.
Everyone looked at the father and daughter, and they all sighed in their hearts, no matter what they did wrong, but at this moment, life and death are imminent, but they are still concerned about each other, and the relationship between father and daughter is lamentable!
When Cao Chun saw this, he couldn't help but be furious and shouted, "Didn't Shanshan beg you to let her go that day?"
"But what about you, why do you want to break us apart, Shanshan died in humiliation, and today I want you to pay with blood!"
After Cao Chun finished speaking, he didn't wait for them to continue talking, and stabbed him with a sword.
"Daddy!"
Liu Piaopiao looked at the Liu City Lord who was stabbed into the heart with a sword, hugged the corpse and wept bitterly.
Cao Chun pulled out his sword full of blood, looked at Liu Piaopiao and said, "If it weren't for you, how could all this happen, I won't kill you, I hope you will do it yourself in the future!"
Cao Chun didn't know whether he was thinking about that one-night stand or why, he really couldn't do anything to Liu Piaopiao.
Liu Piaopiao was crying in a mess, and her makeup had been completely washed off by tears at this time, and she looked a little scary.
"Come with me!"
Zhongli saw that Cao Chun had finished avenging, walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said.
Cao Chun turned his head and looked at Zhongli, who had already recognized Zhongli as the young man in Xuanguang Temple that day.
"Senior, if you have something to ask me, just ask, I will know everything. ”
Zhongli looked at the people around him who were far away and didn't dare to come forward, nodded, and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's leave first." ”
Zhongli felt his vision blur a little at this moment, and he felt the urge to faint.
After all, he had just passed the thunder tribulation, and the spiritual power in his body had already been empty, if it wasn't for the strength of his physical body, he would have knocked down Elder Chen with one blow, and he was afraid that he would be more than lucky.
I don't know why, he hasn't seen Chongming Bird appear since he entered the City Lord's Mansion, and even after fighting for so long, he hasn't been seen.
He always felt that something was wrong, and the fact that the Chongming Bird did not appear proved that there was something it was afraid of, otherwise there would have been an accident.
If he doesn't leave, he won't be able to support it, and he is just forcibly suppressing himself at the moment.
Cao Chun felt Zhongli's hand on his shoulder seem to tremble slightly, and stood with the support of his body.
"Senior, are you alright?" Cao Chun asked in a low voice, feeling that Zhongli's body seemed to be very weak.
Zhongli shook his head and stopped talking, his breathing became a little weak, and he was afraid that if he leaked any more breath, he would faint.
Most of the ill-intentioned monks here are staring at him, and if he shows his weakness, he will definitely be in danger.
Moreover, since he broke through to the Spirit Martial Realm, he felt a very familiar and dangerous aura, and he always felt that someone was watching him all the time.
The strength he showed and the defeat of Elder Chen with one punch was more of a proof that he was strong like the person who was spying on him in secret.
He didn't know if the person hiding in the shadows existed, it was all a gut feeling, and he wondered if the fact that the bird had not appeared from the beginning to the end had something to do with it.