Chapter 45



Chapter 45: Making the First Move

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lu Chaoxi, who was hiding in the forest, sensed his sister pass him by from the south.

He sighed. What was going to come had come.

Before the transaction, they had discussed that if Lu Mingchao noticed that she was not being followed, then she would pass through a place that was half a mile north from where Lu Chaoxi was as arranged. If it were the opposite, she would pass through the area half a mile south instead.

Using this method, they did not have to communicate for Lu Chaoxi to know if Lu Mingchao was being followed or not.

Of course, they would not meet up with each other no matter if Lu Mingchao was passing by from the north or south. This would prevent the situation where they failed to notice that someone was following them. This way, Lu Chaoxi could act as a last guarantee at the back.

It seemed like Lu Mingchao was being followed.

Lu Chaoxi did not wish to engage in conflict with someone else. He did not wish to fight to the death.

However, he had no choice when it came to matters like this.

He was not worried that his opponents would sense him before he showed himself. He had consumed the bottle of medicine that could hide his presence before this. The medicine could only be used once and was worth roughly 700 Spirit Stones. It was one of the treasures that had been left behind from the clan’s days of glory. As long as the person who consumed the medicine did not activate his spiritual strength and remained still at his position, a cultivator at the Foundation Building Stage would not be able to detect a person who had consumed this medicine. 3

As long as Lu Chaoxi followed behind the people tailing Lu Mingchao, they should not be able to discover his ambush if they did not have any Initial Enlightenment cultivators within their ranks.

However, if there really was an Initial Enlightenment cultivator… Then he was all out of options.

However, Lu Chaoxi did not believe that the Initial Enlightenment cultivator who the Qingfeng Sect had stationed at Anling City would disregard the consequences he would face for a Foundation Building Elixir.

He let out a bitter smile.

Three Foundation Building cultivators… The allure of the Foundation Building Elixir sure was great.

He probably had to go all out today.

There was an unwritten rule in Anling City that forbade any battle within a hundred-mile radius of the city. Otherwise, the Initial Enlightenment cultivator in the city would be alerted. The Initial Enlightenment cultivator might charge out and attack them. Even if they were not captured, doing battle around Anling City was equivalent to challenging the authority of the Qingfeng Sect. The Qingfeng Sect would make them pay after the battle.

It was not that the Qingfeng Sect did not care about battles that happened more than a hundred miles away from the city. However, there were countless battles in the world of cultivation. How could the Qingfeng Sect care about all of them?

They were already 120 miles away from Anling City. It was an area where they could take action. The Initial Enlightenment cultivator in the city would not be able to detect the happenings of a place this far away from the city unless he paid special attention.

Lu Chaoxi, who was hiding in the forest, sensed that the three enemies had obviously accelerated.

They were in a hurry. It felt like they were confident.

It was expected. There were three Foundation Building cultivators against Lu Mingchao, who was only a fifth-tier Foundation Building cultivator. Where was the difficulty in that? Lu Ranting, who was traveling by Lu Mingchao’s side, was merely a ninth-tier Qi Refining cultivator. They could kill her anytime they wanted to.

“I can’t let you have your way today.”

Lu Chaoxi took a deep breath. He decisively activated the two amulets he had placed in the area as a trap when the three cultivators got closer.

The amulets were the Yang-element Lightning Amulet that he made himself.

These Level Two amulets could only be made using a Level Two hide or spirit paper as the base. The Amulet Craftsman had to inscribe the words on the amulet personally.

The power of the technique that was inscribed on the amulet was slightly weaker than the technique itself. However, the “Xuanyin Yang Lightning Incantation” was no ordinary incantation technique. It was rare enough to find a person who cultivated Lightning Elemental Techniques. Furthermore, Lightning Elemental Techniques were recognized as techniques with the most power in battle. Even though it was released through the use of amulets, the “Xuanyin Yang Lightning Incantation” did not pale in comparison to an attack made by an eighth-tier Foundation Building cultivator with a piece of magic equipment.

Moreover, he had activated two amulets on one enemy.

It was better for him to severely injure one of the enemies than inflict light injuries on all of his opponents. It was definitely better for him if he could remove one of the cultivators from the equation.

In fact, to ensure that he dealt with massive damage, Lu Chaoxi aimed the amulets at the weakest member of the opponent’s group.

That member seemed like he was a fifth-tier Foundation Building cultivator. He should not have had much time to react to the two bolts of the Lightning Elemental Technique.

That was a characteristic of Lightning Elemental Techniques. The technique could be said to have hit the opponent the moment it materialized. Unless the opponent managed to avoid Lu Chaoxi’s aim, which cultivator could move faster than lightning to dodge the attack after the bolt of lightning had materialized?

It was just that activating the amulet required some time.

That person had whipped out two defensive magic equipment in a hurry to protect himself when he sensed the ripple coming from Lu Chaoxi’s spiritual strength.

The person who Lu Chaoxi had set his sights on was an unaffiliated cultivator. He did not look particularly rich. The pieces of defensive magic equipment he used were merely Level One high-grade. One of them even looked like the Lu Clan’s Jade Suppression Plate…

Defensive magic equipment of that caliber could not protect him against the Yang Lightning Incantation.

A bolt of golden lightning blasted down and destroyed the two Level One defensive magic equipment simultaneously. The cultivator felt his chest become tight. His face turned pale. When the magic equipment that he had refined with a ritual, which made them connected to his soul, got destroyed, the pushback from the attack made him rather uncomfortable. 1

He was momentarily rendered immobile. He called for help, “Brother Ma, save…”

He had not finished his sentence when the second bolt of lightning blasted down!

The unaffiliated cultivator did not have to say anything. Ma Sixian, whose cultivation level was the highest out of the group, had already summoned his defensive magic equipment. It was a massive banner.

Ma Sixian did not hesitate to protect himself with the banner.

He knew that the boss of the Lu Clan, Lu Chaoxi, had taken action when he saw the bolt of golden lightning. He did not expect that Lu Chaoxi, who was supposed to be severely injured and have not much longer to live, would be lying in ambush nearby. He had thought that the best the Lu Clan could do was have Lu Chaohe around.

There were already two instances of fiercely powerful Lightning Elemental Techniques, so who was to say that there would not be a third? While he would be able to protect the unaffiliated cultivator from the second bolt of lightning if he used the defensive magic equipment on him, what would he do if a third bolt of lightning charged toward him instead?

The natural thing to do was to sacrifice his partner.

Thus, he looked on as the fifth-tier Foundation Building cultivator took the Yang-element Lightning Amulet with his body. The charred cultivator fell from his flying sword.

Even a powerful Level Two high-grade Tiger King that had the body of a demonic beast could not take one bolt of lightning, much less a fifth-tier Foundation Building cultivator. 1

Lu Chaoxi, who had launched the attack, also revealed his position.

Lu Chaoxi had sustained a huge amount of pressure by activating two amulets back to back. He had amassed five Yang-element Lightning Amulets over the years. If he could, he wanted to use them all at once. Now was not time to be stingy. He needed to eliminate his enemies as soon as possible.

However, activating amulets also required spiritual strength. He had reached his limits by activating two amulets at once.

He now felt extremely uncomfortable. He could barely whip out his flying sword to deal with his opponents.

He still had two enemies. They also sensed his weakness.

“Kill him! Exact revenge for Brother Fei!” Ma Sixian shouted. He waved his massive banner with force and repelled Lu Chaoxi’s flying sword. Then, he formed a hand gesture and conjured a wide blade. He activated the blade and caused it to ignite with raging flames. He sent the blade cleaving fiercely toward Lu Chaoxi!

That was the Cleaving Flame Blade. It was a Level Two mid-grade magic equipment with immense power. It would even cause intense explosions when it hit the target.

The other unaffiliated cultivator summoned a pitch-black shortsword that was about two inches long. His figure flickered. He had activated an evasion technique and had rapidly appeared in an area not far away behind Lu Chaoxi. He stabbed toward Lu Chaoxi! 1

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