Chapter 140
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"Who . . . Who the hell are you?" demanded Zhou Dedao with a spiteful look . He had stood up with the help of the guards .
Today, he had first been held hostage out of no reason . Next, he was slapped in front of everyone . And then, his son got beaten up and lost his legs in his presence . Either of those things was impossible to happen in normal days, let alone right in his mansion . However, today, they happened in a row . That made Zhou Dedao want to pull out his hair . The usually sly and resourceful merchant now almost freaked out .
"A father must hold himself responsible for what kind of man his son turns into . Since you've raised up such a vicious son, you're not a good person, either," said Li Mu in an icy tone as he gazed at Zhou Dedao .
He was here to find a maid today instead of coming for trouble . But when he saw Xia Ju had been tortured like that, he associated it with the matter of last night . Naturally, he figured it out that Zhou Yu had taken out his rage on this innocent maid, which instantly made Li Mu flare up .
"Humph, mind your own business, you boy scarcely out of the shell yet! You broke into my mansion and injured my son . You won't walk out of here alive . " grunted Zhou Dedao . He almost hissed all the words through his gritted teeth, because he could not find Li Mu any more abominable .
"Everyone has to take responsibility for his words . Can you, do that?" Li Mu stared at Zhou Dedao and continued, "Facing the absolute power, your wealth and influence are useless as rotten earth . "
He was unwilling to tangle with Zhou Dedao for one more minute .
Because it struck him that what happened on Xia Ju could probably repeat on Qiu Yi .
After all, Zhang Chuixue, the one claiming to be the Peerless Swordsman, did not seem to be a decent man .
At that thought, he turned to leave .
"Stop him! Don't let him slip away!" growled Zhou Dedao .
He was determined to capture and kill Li Mu no matter what the cost was .
Throngs of more expert guards hurtled frantically towards him .
Meanwhile, some warlock appeared in the distance and were chanting mystical incantations . Strong and enigmatic magical power started to gather in the air . Clearly, they were preparing a certain formidable attack, and its power was intimidating .
Warriors holding bows and arrows also closed in from all directions . They aimed at Li Mu from roofs, behind rocks, and from all the high positions . In fact, the architecture in the mansion was well designed . Looking from the inside, it was practically a military fortress with a combination of function and beauty . There were some hidden holes in the stone-built constructions . Now, the holes opened and arrows stuck out . . .
Indeed, it was quite scary once the top consortium in Chang'an showed its power .
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"Today, you can't escape even if you have wings . " Protected by a large number of guards, Zhou Dedao finally recovered his usual demeanor . His eyes kept flashing the blatant killing intent .
"Ridiculous!" sneered Li Mu, whose eyes were reflecting jets of lightning .
Supporting Xia Ju with his left hand, he reached out his right hand and grabbed . The finger movements were as flexible as blossoming petals . In an instant, traces of lightning emerged in his palm and entwined down the fingers .
"Thunder Magic . . . Secondary Thunder Traction!"
As Li Mu roared, the lightning wrapping around his fingers suddenly burst out . It grew rapidly and split into a slew of those as thick as a man's arm before spreading in all directions . In no time, the sky turned overcast and dark cloud floated over . Shots of purple lightning, like serpents dancing feverishly, ripped the sky and descended upon the earth .
Immediately, the area within a circumstance of several hundred meters was turned into a sea of thunder and lightning .
Those armored warriors with bows and arrows, though were all at the Joint-qi level, stood no chance against the attack of such thunder and lightning . They instantly had a spasm and collapsed to the ground while breathing black smoke . And the warlocks who were gathering power by murmuring the incantations and ready to strike at any moment were burned crispy by the sweeping power of nature . The experts flooded in also found their hair was burning with smoke and fell down . . .
Also, the buildings in the surroundings were burned down to the ground by the thunder and lightning .
With the help of a few loyal guards, Zhou Dedao activated some magic weapon, which managed to protect the wailing Zhou Yu from the power descending from heaven .
At the center of the storm, Li Mu was holding his right hand to the sky, the palm breeding endless thunder and lightning . Silhouetted by the imposing purple light, this tall and robust figure looked just like the God of Thunder, and that image rendered everyone in the vicinity wide-eyed and made them lost their nerves .
That blow caused great loss for the defense of the mansion .
But this time Li Mu merely cast the Secondary Thunder Traction, and he took excellent control of the power so as to not kill anyone . Actually, those who collapsed to the ground were just stunned or got burned, but none of them lost their lives . Good heavens, Li Mu did show some mercy .
In case of more trouble, he decided to leave at once . After picking up Xia Ju, he dashed towards the gate of the mansion .
"Damn it! You let him escape like that?" yelled Zhou Dedao at the guards . He was so incensed that his teeth began to ache .
Having domineered Chang'an for so many years, he had never put up with such defy .
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"Block him! I want him dead; I want him dead . . . " Zhou Yu had taken the treatment of the warlocks and felt the pain in his legs alleviated a little . Then, with bloodshot eyes, he started shouting like a mad man .
However, none of the guards, the leaders, or warlocks dared to go up and stop Li Mu .
Just as Li Mu was about to get out of the backyard of the mansion, all of a sudden, a change occurred .
Swoosh!
A jet of orange light fired at Li Mu from thin air .
This blow was cleverly angled at the vital part of Li Mu .
"Um? An expert from Master Realm?"
Li Mu's expression hardened . He launched a punch at it and directly shatter the orange light .
But, at the same time, he was forced to stop galloping and landed on the ground .
Next, everyone saw a dazzling jet of orange light .
A heavyset middle-aged man materialized opposite Li Mu .
At the sight of the middle-aged man, Zhou Dedao immediately seemed ecstatic . He hollered, "Senior Lin, get him! Break his limbs! Capture him alive!"
The rest of the guards and leaders also showed a sign of relief on their faces .
It was their senior in the Master Realm!
His name was Lin Dong, one of the two seniors the Zhou Family hired . He was also a remarkable expert that was renowned in Chang'an, whose strength was even superior to that of Zhou Yiling, the General stationed at the government in the western region . Given that the senior enjoyed a high status, he did not have to stay at the Zhou's mansion all the time . Thus, when Lin Dong heard of the news, it took him some time to get here .
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"Senior Lin, get him! Don't kill him . I want him alive!" Zhou Yu was still crying like a maniac .
Li Mu was still supporting Xia Ju, and his expression did not change even though an opponent in the Master Realm had just arrived .
"Back off!" He shot a fierce look at Lin Dong .
"Young man, you're too reckless . You'd better stay and made amends for President Zhou," said Lin Dong . He looked like he was in his thirties . He had a slovenly beard and very ordinary features . But his limbs were thick and muscular, which gave people an impression that he was steady like a mountain even though he was standing in a pile of ruins .
He was enveloped in rich orange light, as if he was burning .
It should be noted that an expert in the Master Realm could release his internal qi to form an intangible protective layer of energy . Now, the flames of orange light were full of thick and solid power . Like the earth and the mountains, Lin Dong stood there with perfect steadiness .
That was the internal qi of the earth element .
Among the five elements of gold, earth, water, fire, and earth, the internal qi of the earth element was the thickest and the most stable one . It was as strong as iron, so it was a good defensive power .
"I'm in a hurry . Get out of my way . " Li Mu inhaled deeply, sucked in his belly, and slightly withdrew his fists as he launched the Xiantian Skill . Power instantly poured into his spine .
"Well, have some patience . You'd better stay . " Lin Dong looked quite calm . He began to advance on Li Mu step by step .
Li Mu stamped . Holding Xia Ju, he darted forward like a fired arrow as he bellowed, "Fuck off!"
"Haha, how naive . " Lin Dong broke into a fit of laughter . Then, he slowly lifted his right hand above his hip joints while putting his left hand down below it . His internal qi began to swerve and his palms drew circles at his chest and belly . Abruptly, he flipped his palms and launched a punch . Deafening howls of mountain wind burst out from his palms, and the orange light transformed into an array of mountains, which hurtled towards Li Mu to crash him . Lin Dong yelled triumphantly, "You can lie down now . . . Mountain-Herding Punch Skill, first movement—Enraged Mountains!"
The strike of the expert in the Master Realm made the earth start to quake .
However, Li Mu moved as fast as a flash of lightning . He swung a fist at Lin Dong, and the power it shot out crumbled all the mountains along the way as if a magic axe had chopped them up .
"What?" Blood drained from Lin Dong's face .
From his view, a fist that had no aura of qi or flame was getting closer and closer, bigger and bigger .
"Mountain-Herding Punch Skill . . . Mountain Blockage!"
He urged the internal qi and shielded his chest with his palms before reaching out to block that fist . His feet already sank into the ground, which meant he had driven his earth element cultivation to the utmost . As such, he could draw support from the earth and be firmly rooted to the spot . Undoubtedly, among the internal qi cultivators of the five elements, those with the earth element internal qi had the lowest gravity center and the best stability .
Next second, a wave of copious energy surged over and drowned Lin Dong .
Boom!
In the rising dust, this Senior Lin who bustled here was sent flying by a single punch of Li Mu . He disappeared from sight, but a human-shaped hole emerged on the housed, the inner walls, and the outer walls of the mansion . Like a stack of dominoes, the line of those holes was what Lin Dong created when bumping through the building . But no one could see where he landed, because the holes stretched too far away .
Then, with all the eyes fixed on him, Li Mu carried Xia Ju and leaped up before vanishing from sight .
Zhou Dedao dropped his jaw, utterly at a loss for what to say .
Zhou Yu even forgot his pain or the urge to curse .
And those guards, leaders, warlocks, armored soldiers all heard their heart pounding violently in the chest, while chillness and cold sweat streamed down profusely .
Only then did they know what kind of monster they had been fighting with . . . He threw away a top earth element expert in the Master Realm with only a punch . How strengthful was he? A Great Master? The Zhou Family had provoked an expert in the Great Master Realm? That was astounding .
At that thought, cold sweat could not stop running down Zhou Dedao's forehead .
"Great Master? No way . . . Gosh, now, we're in deep trouble . "
He was seized by spasms of terror .
Although the 'Great Master Realm' had only one extra word compared with the 'Master Realm', the meaning it represented was way different .
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