Chapter 138: Chapter 7: I Have Come to This City to Slay Until None Remain

Zhong Dacheng and Zhong Muxuan glanced at each other, each swallowing hard and trembling slightly. Stumbling upon the secret base of a super conglomerate was not a good thing. If the other party were even a little more ruthless, they would likely…

However.

The car door opened. An Earth Immortal stepped inside, his expression one of utmost respect.

“Young Miss.”

Everyone in the car was stunned.

’Y… Young Miss??’

Bewildered, they all turned their gazes to the girl.

Yan Jiangxue simply nodded coolly and asked:

“Where’s my father?”

“The Chairman originally wanted to rush over directly, but Sakata Heavy Industries is keeping a very tight watch…”

After a pause, the Earth Immortal continued respectfully:

“The Chairman’s exact words were that if he came over directly, he might be exposed, which would cause some trouble for subsequent actions. Also, the items you brought cannot be used for now. We need to wait until Sakata Heavy Industries’ attention is directed elsewhere…”

Yan Jiangxue nodded slightly. Her expression then grew a little worried. After some thought, she took out her phone, typed out the current situation into a text message, and sent it.

’I have to tell Xiaolu to run for it. Even though our projections suggest the Earth Immortal director in Wutong City won’t act recklessly, still…’

While Xiaoyan was sending the text, the minds of everyone else in the car—the middle-aged guide, Zhong Muhua, Zhong Dacheng, and the others—had all short-circuited.

’Chairman… Longque Technology… Father…’

GULP!

They swallowed in unison. As realization dawned, their gazes toward Yan Jiangxue became tinged with terror. Even Zhong Muhua was no longer as friendly as before.

All that remained was awe.

……..

His phone vibrated again. The young man pressed his hands down, and the music from the zither stopped abruptly.

He slowly picked up his phone and glanced at it, his gaze sharpening slightly.

In the text, Xiaoyan was telling him to run. Uncle Yan couldn’t make it over anytime soon. The struggle between Longque Technology and Sakata Heavy Industries had intensified to a fever pitch, with both sides watching each other’s every move.

Even the three written warrants couldn’t be used yet. They had to wait until Sakata Heavy Industries shifted its focus and let down its guard before they could be made public. Otherwise, even if they caused a massive public outcry, it would be quickly suppressed…

Lu Xuan’s mind raced. He knew that the commotion he had caused here was, in the end, just a minor disturbance. It wouldn’t attract the attention of Sakata Heavy Industries’ true upper echelon.

’In that case…’

He glanced at the sky above him again, a savage glint appearing in his eyes.

’The stage is set. Now, it’s time to make a real move.’

’If I can’t pull it off, escaping with the power of the Mediation of Creation shouldn’t be a problem. According to Longque Technology’s intelligence, the Earth Immortal currently in Wutong City has only just entered the realm.’

’He’s definitely far weaker than Kong Jisheng and the others.’

’But if the momentum I’ve built isn’t enough to scare him off, can I still escape?’

’A ninety percent probability… That’s enough.’

Lu Xuan closed his eyes and began to play the zither once more. As the music resumed, his aura fluctuated between prosperity and decline, between life and death. This continued until the sun was high in the sky.

’That should be enough.’

The zither music stopped abruptly. To the shocked and bewildered gazes of Mukai Rindo and Xu Qingqiu,

the young man gave a push with both hands. The Wooden Zither plummeted from the clouds, falling straight into the terrifying sinkhole below.

Then,

he rose nonchalantly, stretched lazily, and looked up again. His gaze fixed on the satellite he perceived with his Divine Sense, and a wide grin spread across his face.

“Here I come.”

……..

「Wutong City, Sakata Heavy Industries Building.」

The old director was still in a complete daze, trembling slightly with only a single thought running through his mind.

’Thank god I didn’t go. Thank god I didn’t go…’

A look of terror appeared on his face. The scene from moments ago had been too horrifying. The young man had played his zither in silence, completely ignoring the words of a High-ranking Celestial Human.

Then, growing impatient, he had uttered a single sentence.

Even through the earpiece, he had heard those words with chilling clarity.

“Why do you disturb my zither playing?”

“You must be punished. Let that punishment be a bolt of lightning.”

And immediately, a bolt of divine lightning had struck.

Ishida was a High-ranking Celestial Human who had reached the Seventh Celestial Realm, yet he was utterly powerless against that divine lightning. He was completely annihilated in an instant!

“Words Become Law…”

The old director stood up and began to pace back and forth anxiously, his expression a mask of gravity and terror. The other executives to the side felt a chill run down their spines, their faces pale with shock and fear.

“Sir…” A Celestial Human swallowed hard and said, his voice trembling, “Perhaps we shouldn’t send anyone else. Let’s just wait for the other three directors to arrive…”

“Of course I know that!”

The old director took a deep breath, struggling to compose himself, and asked:

“How much longer until the three directors arrive?”

“They said they would arrive at dusk. It’s only just now noon, so it will be another four or five hours.”

“Four or five hours? Then we’ll continue to wait. Who all is coming?”

That Celestial Human checked the message and quickly replied.

Upon hearing the names, the old director breathed a sigh of relief and said:

“Is *that* Lord coming as well? I thought with Longque Technology watching our every move, he wouldn’t be able to get away…”

As he spoke, a smile spread across his face. The Nine Tribulations of the Earth Immortal… An Earth Immortal at the Eighth Tribulation was coming personally, and he wasn’t even in a weakened state post-tribulation. His power…

’Hmm, even though I don’t know what terrifying power that young man is hiding, there’s no way he’s a True Immortal.’

’Besides, even if he were, I’m not the one going. It won’t be my head on the chopping block…’

The old director, a master of the art of self-preservation, nodded in satisfaction. He felt himself relax slightly. Suddenly—

“Sir!”

a Celestial Human cried out urgently.

“You have to see this!”

The old director froze, then glanced over in surprise at the satellite image on the screen.

On the screen, the young man pressed down, then pushed. The Wooden Zither fell into the sinkhole. Then, he calmly rose from atop the clouds, looked up, and met the old director’s gaze through the satellite. He then opened his mouth and said three words.

Although there was no sound, the old director instinctively read his lips:

“Here… I… come?”

“Here I come?”

After muttering it twice, his scalp suddenly went numb with terror. An icy chill shot up from the base of his spine, flooding his entire body in an instant!

“He’s coming!!”

The old director staggered back two steps. On the satellite feed, he saw the young man lift his foot and shoot forward like a traversing Great Sun, a thunderous roar echoing in his wake. His destination… was Wutong City!

In that instant, the entire conference room erupted into chaos. The remaining twelve Celestial Humans shot to their feet, their faces etched with shock. One of them asked in terror:

“Sir, he’s heading for Wutong City!! What do we do?!”

“Report to headquarters at once!” the old director shrieked. “This man is without a doubt a hidden operative of Longque Technology, perhaps even something more terrifying… Report to headquarters! A peak Earth Immortal is attacking!”

As he spoke, he watched the figure on the satellite feed drawing ever closer to Wutong City amidst rolling shockwaves, and his heart clenched violently.

With every second that passed, the old director grew another degree more frantic. The recent events flashed through his mind: a single utterance, and heavenly lightning fell; the melodious zither, Words Become Law, the violent death of a Celestial Human…

The more he panicked, the cloudier his judgment became. By the time the young man in the image was only dozens of miles from Wutong City, when the baleful radiance of the Great Sun was visible on the horizon,

the old director could no longer remain still.

Just then, another Celestial Human spoke up, his voice filled with shock and uncertainty:

“Judging by his speed and the radiance of his Spiritual Will, he… he doesn’t seem like an Earth Immortal…”

“Doesn’t seem like an Earth Immortal?” The old director sneered. “The file also said he was a Grandmaster three months ago, and an ordinary person six months ago! He’s clearly concealing his true power, can’t you see that?”

He was practically roaring. Then, he made his decision, choosing to follow his gut.

The next instant,

the old director’s figure vanished from the conference room. Before the stunned, dumbfounded gazes of the assembled Celestial Humans, he flew off in the opposite direction, disappearing from sight.

After a long moment, one of the Celestial Humans snapped back to his senses. He scrambled to his feet, about to flee as well, but then he looked through the window. He saw a ferocious Great Sun hanging in the sky above Wutong City, brazenly bathing everything in its searing radiance.

The young man stood against the horizon, hands clasped behind his back, his posture tall and straight. He gazed down upon the bustling city, gathered his strength, and his voice boomed like a massive bell:

“I have arrived in this city.”

“I have come to slay the degenerates who collude with the Evil Cult.”

“And I will not rest until every last one is dead!”

Countless citizens raised their heads, staring dumbly at the ferocious Great Sun in the sky.

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