PDLP Chapter 98 Divine Realm? To me, it's not even worth a dog.
Chapter 98 Divine Realm? To me, it's not even worth a dog.
The moment the old man stepped out of the elevator, it was as if the air on the second basement level had been sucked out.
The motion-sensor lights in the corridor shattered one after another, scattering shards of glass everywhere. Only a few glaring red emergency lights remained in the warehouse, casting long shadows of the old man.
He tapped the cement ground with the dragon-headed cane in his hand.
"when."
The sound wasn't loud, but it felt like a heavy hammer hitting someone's heart.
Lei Dong, who was slumped beside the blast door coughing up blood, suddenly focused his unfocused eyes when he saw the gray-robed old man. He struggled to crawl forward two steps, leaving a shocking trail of blood in his wake.
"Elder Zhou...you've emerged from seclusion! Kill him...this kid has top-secret files!"
Lei Dong's voice was hoarse as he pointed at Lu Yuan as if grasping at a straw.
Old Zhou ignored him, his cloudy eyes fixed on the cardboard box in Lu Yuan's hand.
"I have been in seclusion for three years, and I thought that no one in the Jiangnan region would dare to run wild in the Celestial Bureau."
He took a step forward.
As he took that step, the old man's gray robe fluttered even without wind. A visible white wave of air rippled out from beneath his feet, sending scraps of paper flying everywhere.
"Young man, put your things down. Cut off your own arms and come back to Yanjing with me to confess your crimes. I'll spare your life."
Lu Yuan stood still, holding the cardboard box.
He looked the old man up and down.
The true energy within his body was indeed much more refined than at the peak of the Transformation Realm, and had begun to liquefy, barely touching the threshold of the Qi Refining stage in the cultivation world. However, in the eyes of a Great Ascension Realm Immortal Venerable, this true energy was mottled and chaotic, as murky and unbearable as sewage.
Is this the divine realm on Earth?
Lu Yuan found it somewhat amusing.
"Do all the people in Yanjing have this problem?"
Lu Yuan held the cardboard box with one hand and casually dusted off the dust on his sleeve with the other.
"All you talk about are rules and admitting guilt. Do you really think you're above the law, or have you just gotten so used to bullying others in Yanjing that your brains have shrunk?"
Old Zhou's face darkened.
"You ignorant brat, you don't know what's good for you!"
He slammed his dragon-headed cane into the ground.
"boom!"
Centered on the point where the cane landed, the half-foot-thick cement ground cracked inch by inch like a spider web.
A beast-like roar erupted from Old Zhou's withered body. Without any fancy moves, he simply raised his right hand, his five fingers forming a claw, and reached for Lu Yuan's throat from a distance of more than ten meters.
A master of divine realms, able to project true energy outwards and gather it into a powerful aura!
A semi-transparent handprint of true energy, as large as a washbasin, took shape in mid-air, accompanied by a piercing sound as it hurtled straight towards Lu Yuan's face.
The metal filing cabinets along the way were swept by the strong wind, twisted and deformed, and were blown away like pieces of paper.
Lei Dong lay on the ground, staring intently at the true qi handprint.
This is the method of the divine realm!
At most, a Grandmaster in the Transcendent Realm can only attach their inner energy to a weapon, while a Divine Realm expert can create objects out of thin air and kill people from afar! No matter how wicked this kid is, he'll only be instantly killed in front of a true Divine Realm expert!
The true qi hand seal arrived in front of Lu Yuan in the blink of an eye.
Lu Yuan did not dodge.
He didn't even raise his hand; he simply blew a breath.
"puff."
Like blowing out a match.
The imposing handprint of true energy dissipated without warning, just half an inch from Lu Yuan's nose.
It transformed into a gentle breeze, ruffling the stray hairs on Lu Yuan's forehead.
Old Zhou's body suddenly froze on the spot.
He remained in the extended claw position, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.
How is that possible!
That was his innate inner energy cultivated over sixty years! Even a master of the same level in the Divine Realm wouldn't dare to take it head-on; they would have to use all their true energy to neutralize it.
This kid didn't even lift a finger, and he just blew it away with a breath?
"You're using this childish game to make me cut off my own arms?"
Lu Yuan looked at Old Zhou.
"Are you getting senile?"
Old Zhou swallowed hard, a flicker of panic crossing his old, bark-like face.
He had lived to be over seventy and had experienced countless life-or-death battles. His intuition told him that this seemingly ordinary young man was someone he could not afford to mess with.
"Who...who exactly are you? When did someone like you appear in Jiangnan?!"
Old Zhou's hand holding the cane began to tremble.
Before Lu Yuan could answer, he suddenly bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the dragon-headed cane.
"Walk!"
He had no intention of fighting to the death. Using his essence and blood to activate his true energy, he turned around and flew towards the elevator shaft like a large gray bird.
At his age, saving face is no longer as important as life.
"Since we're already here, what's the rush?"
Lu Yuan's voice rang out behind him, very close.
Old Zhou felt a chill run down his spine. Before he could turn around, he felt a cold hand gripping the back of his neck tightly.
The force in that hand was astonishing. Zhou Lao's protective aura, which he was so proud of, was like a cheap plastic shell in front of that hand, and was instantly crushed to pieces.
"Bang!"
Lu Yuan grabbed Old Zhou by the neck and slammed him against the alloy explosion-proof door next to him like a rag doll.
The blast door, weighing several tons, was smashed, leaving a huge human-shaped dent.
Old Zhou's bones cracked under the strain, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs.
His divine realm cultivation, which he was so proud of, was rendered powerless against this young man.
"A few days ago, there was a manager named Zhao who, like you, also liked to run around."
Lu Yuan grabbed Old Zhou by the neck with one hand, lifting him into the air.
Guess where he is now.
Old Zhou gripped Lu Yuan's wrists tightly with both hands, while his legs kicked wildly in mid-air.
"Let...let me go...I'm a retainer of the Yanjing General Bureau...If you kill me, the Celestial Surveillance Bureau will do everything in its power to hunt you down..."
"That line again."
Lu Yuan shook his head.
"Don't you people from Yanjing ever change your lines before you die?"
Too lazy to waste any more words, he spread his left hand and placed it directly on Old Zhou's crown.
The divine sense of the Golden Core stage cultivator pierced into Elder Zhou's brain without reservation.
Soul-searching technique.
"ah!!!"
Old Zhou let out a piercing and agonizing scream, which echoed throughout the entire underground warehouse.
His body was convulsing violently, the whites of his eyes rolled upwards, and blood began to seep from his seven orifices.
A vast amount of fragmented memories flooded into Lu Yuan's mind.
The structure of the Yanjing General Bureau, the list of high-ranking officials of the Celestial Observatory Bureau, and the top-secret files about the Gu Ku Water Eye Formation from twenty years ago.
Lu Yuan quickly sifted through this junk information.
Suddenly, a encrypted memory caught his attention.
That was a conversation between Mr. Zhou and the Lu family in Yanjing two weeks ago.
The old master of the Lu family sat in a grand chair, holding two jade dantians in his hands, his tone icy.
"The earth eye in Jiangnan is about to collapse. Have the second brother take some men to Cloud Peak Manor, drain the blood from Lu Changfeng's elder brother, and redraw the array. As for that little girl from the Lu family, have Steward Zhao bring her back as a backup array eye."
Lu Yuan's fingers tightened suddenly.
Old Zhou's skull made a sickening cracking sound.
He withdrew his hand and threw the now mentally challenged Old Zhou on the ground like trash.
"Cloud Top Mountain Villa".
Lu Yuan turned his head and glanced at Lei Dong on the ground.
Lei Dong was so frightened that he wet his pants, which reeked of a foul odor. He looked at Old Zhou convulsing on the ground, then at Lu Yuan, and couldn't even beg for mercy.
Lu Yuan didn't kill him.
Leave one alive to send a message to Yanjing.
He picked up two brown cardboard boxes from the table and strode out of the warehouse.
Outside the Jiangnan Astronomical Observatory, the torrential rain was still falling.
Lu Yuan threw the cardboard box into the passenger seat of the stolen SUV, then took out his phone and dialed his sister's number.
"Beep...beep...beep..."
No one answered.
Lu Yuan dialed Jiang Huichun's number again.
Still no one answered.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of Cloud Peak Villa.
Through the rain, one could vaguely see a very faint layer of blood-red mist shrouding the mountain where Cloud Peak Villa was located.
That was a sign that the formation had been forcibly broken, causing vital energy to leak out.
"The Lu family of Yanjing."
Lu Yuan opened the car door, his voice so cold it could freeze the rain.
"You're all in a rush to be reborn."
The SUV roared like a wild beast, its tires scraping through the puddles and sending up acrid white smoke. Like a rampaging black panther, it crashed through the gate of the Astronomical Bureau and plunged into the torrential rain.