Chapter 79: Chapter 79: One Cut
Translator: 549690339
As he approached Spirit Creek Village, Lu Yun felt increasingly anxious, unconsciously speeding up.
He finally entered Spirit Creek Village before the sun set.
Gazing at the familiar village, the familiar creek, and the familiar land from afar, Lu Yun’s breathing became rapid.
Here were his relatives and acquaintances; it was the first place he had arrived in this world, and the first place to accept him, an outsider soul.
One could say it was his root in this world.
But just as he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw a scene that made him completely furious.
The Old Village Head was struggling painfully on the ground, Eldest brother Lu He was fighting in a bloodbath, and the villagers of Spirit Creek Village were about to fall under the blade of a Martial Artist at the peak of the Meridian Passage Realm.
All of this made Lu Yun’s anger boil over, his eyes almost spewing fire.
He unleashed his Gale Thunder Flash Step, arriving just in time, and simultaneously slashed out with his saber, destroying the despairing attack in an instant.
Then, Lu Yun’s figure appeared before everyone.
The not particularly tall figure seemed incredibly radiant and towering in that moment.
The villagers of Spirit Creek Village were all stunned. At first, they had just wanted to fight for the Village Head with Liu Kai for any chance.
But after Liu Kai’s sword slash, they realized the gap between ordinary people and a Martial Artist at the peak of the Meridian Passage Realm—a chasm so great that they couldn’t possibly overcome it.
Under that single strike, they had lost all power to resist, only helplessly awaiting the arrival of death.
But unexpectedly, at the critical moment, that desperate strike was easily dispelled by someone.
And the one who had dispelled that desperate strike, now holding a tiger-head broadsaber almost half a person tall, stood before them.
The setting sun cast its last few rays on the village head, spreading a golden glow like shattered gold.
Lu Yun held his sword, facing away from the crowd, his cold gaze firmly fixed on Liu Kai, completely indifferent, as if he was looking at a dead man.
Under that terrifying stare, Liu Kai only felt his whole body shivering, and the look in Lu Yun’s eyes made his soul tremble.
Unable to face Lu Yun’s gaze any longer, Liu Kai involuntarily clenched his long sword and took two steps back.
He looked up at Lu Yun again, finally seeing his face clearly.
“How could it be a young man?”
Liu Kai couldn’t help but mutter to himself.
Not to mention the fact that the other party had easily broken his powerful strike, but even more so, he had used such a gaze that he couldn’t muster up the will to fight.
Such a terrifying existence was merely a teenager, how could he not be shocked?
“Could my feeling be wrong?”
Liu Kai raised his eyes again, meeting the cold and indifferent gaze.
At that instant, Liu Kai shuddered all over.
“Yes, it’s that terrifying gaze; this young man is so frightening!”
Liu Kai’s palms unconsciously began to sweat, his hands trembling slightly, and his body quivering as he took another two steps backward.
“You… who are you?”
Liu Kai stuttered.
“The one who’s going to kill you!”
As his words fell, Lu Yun moved, and the distance of more than ten feet vanished instantly.
At the same time, another strike arrived.
The strike was extremely simple, as if it was meant for people of little importance, simple to the point of being completely random.
But this simple and casual strike gave Liu Kai the sense of a life-and-death crisis.
“This strike is too powerful, I can’t resist, I’m going to die!”
This thought instantly appeared in Liu Kai’s mind.
“What should I do, what should I do, I don’t want to die.”
Liu Kai frantically screamed in his heart, while pondering a way to save himself.
But his opponent’s speed was too fast, faster than his imagination, leaving him no time to think.
“No, I have a secret!”
In the final critical moment, Liu Kai instinctively shouted out these words.
Plop!
With a single slash, Liu Kai opened his eyes and saw a cold-faced youth standing in front of him, staring coldly at him.
However, that wasn’t his main focus.
“Hmm, I’m not dead, and there’s no pain in my body. Did what 1 just say work?”
Just as he thought about it, he suddenly felt something was off.
Hmm?
Why did it feel like his body was unbalanced, as if the left side was lighter?
In an instant, his gaze shifted to the left side of his body.
Without looking, his pupils contracted sharply when he did look, and at the same time, a strong pain was born in his mind, quickly spreading to various parts of his body.
“Ah!”
Liu Kai immediately hugged his left arm and screamed in pain.
“Hmph, sparing your life for now.”
Lu Yun crossed Liu Kai and instantly arrived at the battlefield where the hunting team members and Sky Wind Stronghold elites were fighting.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
It was like entering an uninhabited land, with corpses falling to the ground.
Before long, not a single elite of Sky Wind Stronghold remained.
At this point, the hunting team members finally regained their senses and looked at the mysterious person who saved Spirit Creek Village.
He wasn’t tall, dressed in a black robe, and holding a tiger-head broadsaber that was nearly half the height of his body, exuding killing intent that made people’s blood run cold.
“Why does this person look familiar?”
Lu He and Lu Tianhu rubbed their eyes, then looked at each other and said in disbelief, “It looks like… it’s Lu Yun!”
“Yes, that’s right, it’s Xiaoyun!”
Lu He’s voice suddenly rose, and his body trembled violently, his face filled with excitement.
For the past few months, he and Lu Yu had been constantly worrying about Lu Yun.
In their impression, Lu Yun had always been weak and needed care as a younger brother.
They were afraid that he was not doing well outside and worried that he would be bullied.
Lu Yu even often dreamed of Lu Yun in the middle of the night, waking up with tears streaming down his face.
Now they were finally reunited with their younger brother, the joy and excitement in Lu He’s heart were indescribable.
“It’s really Lu Yun!”
Lu Tianhu muttered to himself, his pupils filled with incredulity and disbelief.
After just four months of absence, not only had Lu Yun’s appearance changed greatly, but even his strength had become so terrifying.
“Is that really Lu Yun?”
Lying on the ground, close to each other, Lu Cang and Lu Meng looked at each other and asked with a hint of doubt.
Killing peak Meridian Passage Realm martial artists like slaughtering dogs and chopping down dozens of Sky Wind Stronghold elites like chopping wood – this mysterious powerhouse turned out to be Lu Yun, that young fellow with good talent?
At this moment, their worldview and cognition were collapsing.
Someone had grown from just becoming a Martial Artist to being able to slaughter Meridian Passage Realm martial artists like dogs within just a few months.
Was this just being a little talented? This was simply not human.
It was a monster.
“Hehe, Spirit Creek Village is finally safe!”
Seeing the Sky Wind Stronghold people beheaded and Liu Kai’s arm severed, the Old Village Head finally breathed a long sigh of relief, then slowly closed his eyes.
He was, after all, old and his strength couldn’t be brought out to even seventy percent.
For the sake of Spirit Creek Village, he had fought nearly a hundred moves with the strong and healthy Liu Kai, almost exhausting all his energy.
Maintaining his will until now relied solely on a stubborn willpower.
“Village Head!”
Everyone from Spirit Creek Village gathered around, and after a long time, someone said, “The Village Head is fine, he’s just exhausted and seriously injured. He’ll recover after some time.”
On the other side, Lu Yun walked up to Lu He, a smile appearing on his face, a never-before-seen smile.
“Eldest brother!”