C75 Kill as You Please

"Yu Yuan, what brings you two back down here?"

Yan Lu furrowed his brow in confusion. "Weren't you supposed to be our lookouts, giving us early warnings?"

The others also cast curious glances at Yu Yuan and Zhao Yafu, who had unexpectedly descended.

The individual from Waning Moon City kept his eyes shut, unmoved, as if lost in his own world of cultivation.

"I just remembered something," Yu Yuan said with a smile, making his way toward the Waning Moon City practitioner. Midway, he turned to Han Hui and inquired, "Sister Han Hui, do you know the name of that person over there?"

"That's Zhu Huan from Waning Moon City," Han Hui responded, momentarily caught off guard. "Fong Xin and Zhu Huan had a dispute with us over a mural once. Luckily, I knew to back down and graciously ceded the mural we had found first."

"Thanks to that, we avoided any serious casualties."

Her implication was clear, and everyone understood that Fong Xin had leveraged Waning Moon City's strength to pressure her into stepping back.

She had harbored animosity toward both Zhu Huan and Fong Xin.

But now...

According to Zhu Huan, after he and Fong Xin parted ways, he lost track of her. By chance, he ended up nearby and joined the group.

Everyone speculated that aside from Zhu Huan, all members of Waning Moon City, including Fong Xin, had suffered some misfortune.

With the threat of an external enemy looming, Han Hui was not about to kick Zhu Huan while he was down.

Even the deepest grudges had to be set aside for the moment in favor of unity. They could settle their scores once the external threat was neutralized.

"Oh, so his name is Zhu Huan."

Yu Yuan nodded thoughtfully and, as he drew closer, he eyed Zhu Huan curiously. "Brother Zhu, have we... met somewhere before?"

Zhu Huan, with a hint of resignation, opened his eyes and stared at him, perplexed. "What makes you say that?"

"Have we met previously?"

"No."

"Then why do you want to kill me?"

At his words, all the cultivators present were taken aback.

Yu Yuan was clearly looking for trouble!

"I don't understand what you're getting at," Zhu Huan responded, his demeanor unchanged and even a bit numb. "With a formidable enemy before us, unity is crucial. Any past grievances should be set aside. Moreover, we're strangers to each other. Why are you instigating a conflict with me?"

After a brief pause, Zhu Huan continued, "Is it because I'm the sole survivor of Waning Moon City, now that our leader is gone? Do you think it's easier to push me around because I'm on my own?"

His words cast a shadow of disapproval over the faces of those looking at Yu Yuan.

Zhu Huan might be the last trialist from Waning Moon City, and Yu Yuan's knack for stirring up trouble was evident.

Ever since he fell into that pit, Zhu Huan had been notably quiet and reserved, steering clear of any disputes.

To the onlookers, he seemed to be still reeling from his loss, disinterested in anything else.

His plight had won the sympathy of many.

Yet, in such circumstances, Yu Yuan was intent on causing him grief, much to everyone's annoyance.

With Lee Yu gone, the Lee family's current head, Lee Yuan, lost his patience and dismissed them brusquely, "Yu Yuan, Zhao Yafu, if you're so eager to leave, then go! Zhu Huan is the only one left from Waning Moon City. Whatever your motives, show some restraint!"

Zhan Tianxiang spoke with a detached tone, "Old grudges are just that—old. Our priority is to maintain unity among ourselves."

"Yu Yuan, we've had our differences," Su Yan chimed in persuasively, "but I've already suggested we set them aside for the time being. If we can move past it, so can you. A stable and united front benefits us all. Don't stir up trouble now."

Others joined in, some trying to reason with him, others threatening, all urging Yu Yuan to keep his cool.

"Ah, not one wise head among you," Yu Yuan lamented, tossing fist-sized, gleaming silver balls at Zhu Huan.

"Silver Iron Lightning!"

Zhan Tianxiang's face turned ashen as he bellowed the warning.

The rest recoiled in shock, hurling curses at Yu Yuan.

"Yu Yuan! Have you lost your mind?"

"You actually used Silver Iron Lightning against him?"

"How dare you violate the rules of the Forbidden Area? Not even the Yu family could get away with that!"

Despite their curses, those who knew the power of Silver Iron Lightning beat a hasty retreat.

"Boom!"

Four Silver Iron Lightning orbs exploded simultaneously.

A shower of silver light rained down, engulfing Zhu Huan in an instant.

Zhu Huan had no time to react before his body was riddled with silver light.

The Silver Iron Lightning was given to him under the promise to Zhao Zhenghao and Zhao Dongsheng that he would protect Zhao Yafu during the Forbidden Area Trial. It was Zhao Dongsheng who had secretly arranged for its delivery.

Unlike ordinary artifacts, Silver Iron Lightning was a single-use, consumable weapon.

Crafting Silver Iron Lightning was an exceedingly intricate process, with each orb containing hundreds of "Silver Lightning" filaments.

These "Silver Lightning" were actually silver needles finer than strands of hair, designed to penetrate spiritual barriers and shields with astonishing efficacy.

A single Silver Iron Lightning, if utilized correctly, could severely injure even a cultivator at the Profound Break Stage.

For those below the Profound Break Stage, being struck by the silver needles meant certain severe injury, if not death.

And if four Silver Iron Lightning orbs were to detonate at once, it would spell almost certain death for anyone, even those at the Profound Break Stage.

As the four Silver Iron Lightning orbs exploded in an instant, everyone was stunned with fear.

Even Lee Yu, the strongest among the participants, would likely perish from the onslaught of silver needles.

In the midst of their shock, Zhao Yafu, already tipped off, heard a dragon's roar emanate from her acupoints.

A streak of ghostly light flashed.

The Dragon-shaped Blade pierced Zhu Huan's chest, pinning him against the stone wall.

Following the explosion of the four Silver Iron Lightning orbs, Zhao Yafu didn't hold back, heeding the earnest advice given by Yu Yuan before her descent.

Now, Zhu Huan was impaled on the stone wall by the Dragon-shaped Blade, his body a mangled mess, beyond any semblance of humanity. He was undeniably dead to the world.

Nobody expected Yu Yuan to lash out, especially after Lee Yuan, Su Yan, and others had vehemently tried to dissuade him. Yet, he brazenly employed the Silver Iron Lightning, not just one, but four of them, setting them off simultaneously!

Additionally, he had Zhao Yafu's assistance to puncture Zhu Huan's chest cavity.

Such a brutal and frenzied move left everyone on the scene momentarily dumbfounded, unable to grasp what had just occurred.

"You, you, you've killed Zhu Huan?" It took quite some time before Lee Yuan of the Lee family seemed to grasp the gravity of the situation. "The rules of the Forbidden Area Trial clearly state no deaths for the first four months! And wasn't I explicit enough? In the face of external threats, we must stand together!"

"Do you understand me? Unity!"

Lee Yuan's voice was hoarse with desperation, feeling the authority of both himself and the Lee family had been blatantly disregarded.

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