Su Lun used to be a genius. When he first became an Evil Art Master, his teacher Yuanqu Xing had said so.
Ever since then, he had never doubted it.
That was until his teacher Yuanqu Xing died in an accident. He reincarnated and disappeared, and Shizi Xing took over as the person in charge of the suburbs.
Without his teacher's protection, he lost all the glory he once had, and fell from being a genius to a normal member.
If not for his elder brother secretly looking after him, he might not even have the right to be Shizi Xing's assistant.
Now, his elder brother had finally found a chance to push him up to be Master Shizi Xing's assistant, but it was snatched away by an outsider.
A cold wind blew past. On the plains, Lu Sheng was holding a section of his neck. Su Lun had broken it when he used the Neck Coil.
"Do you still want it?" Lu Sheng shook the neck in his hand.
Su Lun, who had lost a section of his neck, fell silent. His face began to contort. There was only a gap left where he had lost his neck, and a thick gray gas connected his head and neck.
"You … damn it!" Su Lun's body suddenly shrunk, and his neck quickly returned to normal. He turned to run.
His opponent's body was too strong. Even if he used all his strength, he could not break it. Instead, his neck, which was the hardest part, was broken.
"Since you're here, stay." Lu Sheng took a step forward, and his right arm suddenly extended. It turned into a thick, black, scaled claw in the blink of an eye, and swiped at Su Lun.
"Whoosh!"
There was a sharp whistle in the air, and the gravel around Su Lun was blown away by the huge impact.
Before the tyrannical pressure arrived, the compressed air had already reached his body.
"You!!"
Before he could say anything, he turned and blocked Lu Sheng's claw with his arms.
"Boom!!"
With Su Lun at the center, the ground under his feet suddenly exploded, and a huge pit with a diameter of more than ten meters and a depth of seven to eight meters appeared.
Lu Sheng stood beside the pit, and slowly retracted his claw. The wounds on his body automatically healed as if he had never been injured.
"Your dagger is indeed sharp. Too bad you're too weak. "
Su Lun stood in the center of the snake pit. Large amounts of gray gas kept spurting out of his body, just like the blood that spurted out of his body.
He stared blankly at Lu Sheng, his eyes filled with horror.
"You're not … not …"
Bang!!
His entire body suddenly exploded, and he died without a complete corpse. He completely turned into a large mass of gray gas and dissipated in the air.
Lu Sheng silently stood by the edge of the pit, observing the surging gray gas for a while.
"It's very fast, and its killing power is very strong. At the very least, it can injure my physical body. It can be considered a standard Holy Lord. It was just that he was too weak. He didn't have the defense and vitality that a Divine Lord should have. Perhaps this is what the Evil Art Masters lack. That's why they forged Divine Weapons and threw them down to the Lower Realm. "
He guessed. Although he wasn't sure if this was the truth, it was at least a reason.
After a careful inspection, Lu Sheng didn't find any remains in the pit. Everything had completely turned into gray gas, which was the aura of the Source of Pain. It quickly dissipated in the air.
"This Su Lun. If all the Evil Art Masters are at his level, then the World of Pain really does have the power to defeat everything." Lu Sheng estimated the level of the World of Pain. He had met Su Lun a few times. His status in the town was about the same as a normal soldier. If it wasn't for the fact that he had an older brother who was doing well, he would basically be a nobody.
But such a fellow was actually able to reach the Divine Soul realm of a Holy Lord.
Even though his physical body was extremely weak, he could still control the Source of Pain.
"If everyone in the World of Pain has this kind of power, then indeed …" Lu Sheng looked at the strange, motionless tree beside him.
He flicked his finger.
"Boom!!"
A white stream of air shot out and smashed into the trunk of the tree.
The entire tree wailed and slowly fell to the side. An old, twisted face appeared on the trunk. He screamed in pain, and his entire body started disintegrating into gray powder.
The powder gradually dissolved into gray gas and dissipated in the air.
Soon, only a clear, bright blue gem was left where the tree had been.
"Huh?" Lu Sheng was stunned. He walked up and picked up the gem. This was the first time he had seen anything colorful in the World of Pain.
The gem between his fingers emitted a faint warm aura. There seemed to be a heart beating rhythmically in the center of the gem.
"Maybe it'll be useful." Lu Sheng put the gem away, checked his location, and continued exploring in the predetermined direction.
In the next two hours, he encountered several different trees. Some pierced corpses with their branches and sucked their flesh. Some used their branches to bind living creatures and strangle them to death.
He named these three types of trees as the Whipping Tree Demon, the Piercing Tree Demon, and the Binding Tree Demon.
Compared to the Whipping Tree Demon, the Piercing Tree Demon was larger. It had more branches and leaves, and its skin was harder. Lu Sheng's normal Yin Extreme Mode was useless against it. He had to use his main body's strength to kill it and obtain a large piece of the sapphire.
As for the Binding Tree Demon, it was much larger and stronger. Even the height from its crown to the ground had reached more than thirty meters. It seemed to be an evolved version of the previous two. Lu Sheng had to use almost all his strength to fight the Binding Tree Demon. Only then did he barely manage to tear it apart. He obtained a fist-sized sapphire.
After killing the second Binding Tree Demon, Lu Sheng knew he could not continue. There were many secrets in the World of Pain. His current strength was not enough to uncover all of them.
He still had room to grow stronger. As long as he had enough Mental Energy, he would be able to extrapolate the Yin Fire and Death Flames to an unimaginable level.
A Divine Lord was far from his limit.
After killing the second Binding Tree Demon, Lu Sheng turned around and returned.
…
Half a month later, Autumn Moon County.
The reconstruction of the Devil Army took up most of the energy of Chen Jing and the other elites of the three sects. Although they were not directly responsible for the reconstruction, they needed to maintain vigilance, protect the court officials, and send more guards.
Lu Sheng spent most of his time working with Divine Lord Tong Yi to search for Xiao Zizhu. Usually, he would ask Divine Lord Tong Yi questions about Divine Lord cultivation in the Dao Palace.
He only occasionally entered the World of Pain to complete some small missions.
However, at this time, someone from the Turquoise Conch Agency came to report to Lu Sheng and Divine Lord Tong Yi. They had some clues about the culprit who stole the Divine Weapon. They hoped that the two of them could go and investigate.
When he heard the news, Lu Sheng was holding a cup of hot tea and discussing with Divine Lord Tong Yi whether a Divine Lord should focus on the spirit or the body during cultivation.
A beautiful woman in purple tights was brought in by a Thousand Sun Sect disciple. She knelt on one knee and reported the news from the Turquoise Conch Agency.
"If I remember correctly, the director-general of the Turquoise Conch Agency has changed, right?" Lu Sheng asked calmly.
The woman in purple said respectfully, "You are correct, sir. Our director-general came from the prefectural city last month. His name is Director-General Cheng Xiao."
"Cheng Xiao? I've heard of him before. I heard that he's quite famous for his investigation skills. It's possible that he could solve this case. "Divine Lord Tong Yi stroked his beard and nodded. "Shall we go and take a look?" He looked at Lu Sheng.
Only Divine Lords like them were qualified to lead the investigation of the culprit who killed the Divine Weapon.
"Of course." Lu Sheng nodded. At the same time, he raised his guard.
"Could it be that someone saw me when I made my move? I don't think so. If the Turquoise Conch Agency in the Autumn Moon County could hide from me, they wouldn't just be working in the prefectural city. "
"Lead the way."
Divine Lord Tong Yi stood up and followed the woman in purple out of the study with Lu Sheng. Tong Yi waved his sleeve at the ground, and a ball of white silk flew out. With a whooshing sound, it turned into a carpet under their feet and carried them into the distance.
The headquarters of the Turquoise Conch Agency was in the prefectural city not far from the Thousand Sun Sect.
After the three landed, they were quickly welcomed by a group of Turquoise Conch Agency experts and walked into a courtyard on the edge of the city. There were already a few people waiting quietly in the courtyard.
"Master Tong Yi!" Seeing the three enter, a red-faced man with a Judge's Brush Divine Weapon at his waist took a few steps forward and bowed to Tong Yi.
"Qingyuan, it's you? Why are you here? "Tong Yi was surprised. He reached out and helped the man up.
He also introduced him to Lu Sheng.
"Divine Lord Lu, this is my third disciple, Liu Qingyuan. Remember to give him some pointers when you have time."
Lu Sheng nodded with a smile. After he entered, the first thing he did was secretly check his surroundings to see if there were any ambushes. However, it was obvious that there was nothing. Even the defensive measures were only for Divine Weapon Masters.
"Sirs, now is not the time to reminisce. I was shocked when I found the culprit. I didn't think that the rumored person really existed."
A middle-aged man dressed like a scholar quickly spoke up.
"You're the Division Head?" Lu Sheng asked.
"I am Cheng Xiao, courtesy name Qingchen. Greetings, Divine Lord Lu." The new Turquoise Conch Agency Division Head bowed to Lu Sheng.
"Then let's see who the culprit is. Coincidentally, we can't find Xiao Zizhu. Let's start with this guy. "Divine Lord Tong Yi was in a good mood when he saw his disciple. He waved his hand and was the first to enter the living room.
The others followed. Tong Yi sat in the main seat, and Lu Sheng sat next to him.
Cheng Xiao, the Division Head of the Turquoise Conch Agency, had a serious expression. He ordered someone to bring a giant glass mirror and set it up in front of everyone. Then, he gently touched the surface of the round glass mirror and lit up pieces of silver formation patterns.
Soon, a real image similar to that of a surveillance camera appeared on the mirror.
A tall middle-aged man with a huge scar on his right arm was standing in a dark street corner. He grabbed an old woman by the neck with one hand and slowly pulled the jade ring Divine Weapon out of her hand.
"Crack."
After a crisp sound, the old woman's neck broke. A dark vortex appeared behind her. Countless pale arms reached out of the vortex and pulled her in.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, the man noticed that someone was watching him and turned to look at the mirror.
"Bam."
The image in the mirror instantly shattered and disappeared.
"This person is called Jing Hong," the Turquoise Conch Agency Division Head explained. "He's a wanted criminal from the three great families who disappeared decades ago. His strength is unfathomable. Back then, he relied on his own strength to escape from the Jing Family, one of the three great families. He's an extreme person. Because his first love and sister were used in the Divine Weapon Ritual Offering, he hates Divine Weapons. But because he has no choice but to use the power of Divine Weapons for cultivation, his personality became more and more twisted. Relying on a Demonic Sky Burning Ruler, he hunted down Divine Weapons and used the fragments to cultivate the Sky Burning Ruler to strengthen himself. We've heard of people who steal other people's Divine Weapons to strengthen themselves, but I didn't expect to see one. "
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