The one supporting Ruan Qingzhu was her disciple, Pei Ci. She was also injured at the bottom of the Dubhe building, but she was much better off than Ruan Qingzhu. The three assassins in front of her were not weak. She subconsciously wanted to help them, but Ruan Qingzhu gently pulled her back.
"Teacher?" Pei Ci turned her head to look.
"I don't need you," Ruan Qingzhu said.
Pei Ci was a little surprised.
Chu Min was definitely not weak. She had experienced it when they first met at the foot of the Dubhe Peak. However, the three people in front of her were not ordinary either. Especially the one who looked slightly older. His killing intent was restrained, giving people a feeling that he was bottomless. Pei Ci tried to sense him a few times, but she could not figure him out. Instead, her senses were detected. A wave of soul power swept back. She did not even turn her head, but it made Pei Ci feel like she was seen through by the other party.
She was not considered weak in the North Style Academy, but she was completely at a disadvantage in front of this person just by sensing each other. With two more powerful helpers, could Chu Min really fight the enemy alone?
Pei Ci still knew nothing about Chu Min. Ruan Qingzhu and her were indeed old acquaintances. However, when she woke up, she was only surprised at her arrival and asked about her intentions. Apart from that, they did not talk about anything else. Only when they had to fight the enemy did Ruan Qingzhu show her trust in Chu Min's strength.
The three assassins did not care so much. After they decided to assassinate Chu Min head-on, they arrived in front of Chu Min in the time it took Pei Ci and Ruan Qingzhu to say those two words.
The one in the middle had a cold glint in his hand. The highly condensed and shining soul power made people unable to see what weapon he was using.
"Don't look!" Qin Sang called out from the side. She was very sensitive to this style of attack. Her Qin family's special ability, Flowing Light Dance, was also from this style. The condensed light was not only a symbol of speed and power, but also a blinding light that interfered with the target's vision. Now that the three of them had launched an attack, this attack might not be to cover their own attack, but to cover for the other two.
Chu Min smiled at the mention of Qin Sang. She really didn't look. With a sharp blade in front of her, she actually turned her head to look at Qin Sang.
Qin Sang opened her mouth and didn't know what to say. But as soon as Chu Min tilted her head to look at him, she lifted her leg and kicked. With a kick that was like the wind, the light of the Soul Force on the weapon immediately shifted towards the direction of the kick.
Following that, there was a scream. A figure flew out and landed on the ground, causing dust to fly everywhere.
These men of death, even if they really lost their heads, they might not even frown. However, Chu Min's kick without even looking was too shocking, causing him to fall to the ground with a cry of surprise.
However, the expressions of the other two assassins didn't change. They didn't even look at the person who was kicked away.
Their target had never been Chu Min. As long as Chu Min was entangled and didn't get in their way, it would be fine. They had simulated all the ways to deal with that attack. Chu Min's flying kick was surprising, but her turning her head away was in the routine they had practiced.
At the moment when she turned her head, the two of them separated. One of them went straight to the blind spot of Chu Min, while the other was still covering for her — even if Chu Min immediately turned her head back, her line of sight would still be blocked.
They had practiced this kind of cooperation countless times, and they had succeeded countless times. It had always been very effective. No matter how strong the opponent was, they could only knock them down after this, but they had never been able to stop them from killing their target.
This time, it seemed to be an exception. The figures of the two of them had swept past Chu Min in an instant, heading straight for their target.
However, they felt their vision blur.
They brushed past Chu Min, but they also brushed past the target they wanted to assassinate.
The kick that Chu Min made sent the assassin in front of her flying. The strong wind brought by the kick actually blew up Lu Ping who was behind her. Suddenly, he was blown from behind Chu Min to in front of Chu Min.
The assassin cried out in surprise and fell to the ground. In fact, Lu Ping was right behind him. In the blink of an eye, he also rolled to the ground.
Chu Min was calm and composed. As she turned around, she gave a punch, and the assassin who was covering for her was also sent flying.
Finally, there was only one assassin left out of the five. The seemingly bottomless elder who had said "I admire" to Lu Ping looked extremely solemn at this time.
"It's not just broken by the wind, right?" he said.
He could also see that Ruan Qingzhu's special ability was not inferior to Academician Seven's.
Chu Min looked at him and smiled. "There's someone who knows better."
"You didn't ask for guidance?" The other party actually asked about Chu Min's identity. As a death warrior, he didn't even care about his own life and death. It was really rare for him to be so curious.
"Chu Min," Chu Min said.
Of course, this name was far less famous than Yao Guang Academician Ruan Qingzhu. Otherwise, Pei Ci would have known about Chu Min. But after hearing this name, the assassin was slightly stunned. As if he remembered something, he began to size up Chu Min again.
He was undoubtedly the leader of the five assassins. Seeing that four of his subordinates had been defeated, in terms of numbers alone, he was already at an absolute disadvantage. However, he still looked very calm, and it seemed like he had no intention of retreating at all.
"Chu Min." He repeated the name again.
"Looks like I still have to experience it for myself," he said. At the moment, he didn't look like a death warrior who would do anything to achieve his goals at all. Instead, he looked more like a master in the world of cultivation.
Seeing the other party's behavior, Chu Min couldn't help but ask, "You are?"
"Lu Zheng." The other party also only said a name.
For young people, this name was as unfamiliar as Chu Min. However, Ruan Qingzhu and Chu Min's expressions changed slightly.
"Is it that Lu Zheng that the three empires don't want?" Chu Min said.
"Then are you the Chu Min who rejected the four academies?" Lu Zheng asked.
Rejected the four academies?
Lu Ping actually didn't know much about Chu Min's past. He was immediately excited to hear some revelations here. As for the assassin that the three empires didn't want, Lu Ping wasn't curious.
Neither of them said anything, but Ruan Qingzhu had a look of confirmation on her face.
She knew Chu Min and had obviously heard of Lv Zheng. Her expression had undoubtedly answered the question between the two of them. As for Pei Ci, seeing that her teacher seemed to know something, she hurriedly cast a puzzled look.
"Twenty years ago, Lu Zheng was known as the person who was the closest to the Five Spirits Linked Together, apart from the Six Great Experts. However, I later heard that he cultivated some secret technique of the Dark Academy, so the world didn't want him," Ruan Qingzhu said.
"Haha." Lu Zheng laughed coldly. "It's clearly because everyone wants this secret technique that the world doesn't want him."
Ruan Qingzhu didn't say anything. A secret technique that could help one break through to the Five Spirits Linked Together was indeed a crime for possessing a treasure. The righteous denunciations of Lu Zheng back then might very well have their own ulterior motives.
"But now it seems that this secret technique is useless?" Ruan Qingzhu said. Although she was heavily injured, her eyes were still sharp. Judging from Lu Zheng's skills, his realm was still at the Four Spirits Linked Together.
"That wasn't a cultivation technique that could help one break through to the Five Spirits Linked Together in the first place," Lu Zheng said calmly. He didn't explain much after he finished speaking. His gaze had already shifted back to Chu Min. "Twenty years ago, you were known as a genius who awakened the Spirit of Qi that only appears once in a thousand years. Your progress in the past twenty years seems to be even more difficult to achieve!"
He was talking about Chu Min. Lu Ping didn't know that Chu Min had such a glorious starting point. However, he knew that Chu Min had spent the past twenty years in depression and alcohol. She didn't put much effort into her cultivation at all. She only started to pull herself together after meeting Lu Ping and the others and causing a series of events.
From then until now …
"What if you only cultivated for nine months?" Lu Ping suddenly asked.
"Nine months." Lu Zheng was startled. He glanced at Lu Ping and looked back at Chu Min. "I've also heard a little about you. If you only used nine months to reach this state, I can only say that a genius hasn't fallen yet."
Pei Ci and Qin Sang widened their eyes. Who would have thought that these two people in front of them were actually people with such stories?
Chu Min's expression didn't change at all in response to Lu Zheng's comments and comments. Lu Zheng seemed to have forgotten his mission, but Chu Min was still meticulously protecting Lu Ping.
Neither of them moved, nor did they speak again. They actually maintained their standing posture and distance for a full minute.
Gradually, voices could be heard coming from the dense fog. The people of the North Style Academy were searching for Lu Ping's whereabouts in the fog. Although the perception of the Spirit of Qi wasn't very good, ordinary sounds could still be transmitted. Hence, the method they used was also very simple — they shouted Lu Ping's name.
"I'm here." Hearing them, Lu Ping very readily responded.
Lu Zheng couldn't help but reveal a slightly regretful expression.
"I'll come again." He said and very, very slowly backed away.
Just as his figure was about to disappear into the dense fog, Chu Min suddenly made her move. With a wave of one hand, a Spirit of Qi rotated at high speed like the wind. It was Chu Min's most proficient special ability, Wind Drill. The power of the Wind Drill that she used now was vastly different from what Lu Ping had seen before. The moment the Wind Drill drilled into the dense fog, it actually split open a circular path. The dense fog was evenly dispersed by the rotating wind.
However, this attack ultimately didn't hit Lu Zheng. In that instant, his figure seemed to have merged into the dense fog and suddenly disappeared.
Chu Min sensed something and took a step forward. However, she immediately stopped.
At the end of the tunnel that was split open by the Wind Drill, four figures stood there.
Yan Ge, Lin Tianyi, and Lin Tianbiao were a little startled. They looked at the dense fog that was suddenly drilled open and looked at Lu Ping and the others.
Beside the three of them, Lu Chenfeng, who had the Five Spirits Connected, was expressionless. He only took a deep look at them.
Chu Min didn't move. As for the four of them, they immediately turned around and left from their line of sight.
"Lu Ping! Academician Ruan! "A group of people from the North Style Academy finally found Lu Ping's location. When they saw Lu Ping and Ruan Qingzhu who had been missing for a long time, they were even more surprised. For a moment, they called him by his usual title, forgetting that Ruan Qingzhu had already been stripped of her academician title.
"Yan Ge, Lu Chenfeng, and the others went that way." Lu Ping hurriedly pointed them in the direction.
The group of people who had just arrived revealed an awkward expression. With Lu Chenfeng around, how would they dare to chase after them?
When Lu Ping saw that they didn't move, he immediately reacted and sighed helplessly, "I need to rest for a while."
"The academy will provide you with the best treatment." The people who came to find him said. They were clear that after this battle, Lu Ping's position in the North Style Academy would definitely not be as simple as that of a newbie.
Who knew that Chu Min at the side said, "I'm afraid we don't have the time."
"Who are you?" The people from the North Style Gate didn't recognize Chu Min and looked at Chu Min.
"What's wrong?" Lu Ping also looked at Chu Min.
"Su Tang is about to die." Chu Min said.
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