Cultivating Through The Game

Chapter 822 - 415: Zhou Hong Out of His Wits

Afterwards, he thought of another point. If his collaboration with Zhou Hong to kill Prince Yan's second son was exposed, Prince Yan's Mansion would undoubtedly take the moral high ground.Even if they openly killed him, the higher-ups at the Divine Weapon Pavilion would be powerless, and his opponents would have no need to hide their identity.

His suspicions extended to other factions now. Zhou Hong's reaction confirmed for him that the attacker last time was indeed a powerhouse from Prince Zhou's Mansion.

What Zhou Hong probably wanted to say just then was, "Why aren't you dead yet?"

Lu Yu glanced to the side and then said, "Last time in the Shattered World, I almost didn't make it back. Was the Celestial Secret Pavilion intentionally trying to trap me there? If you have a chance, help me ask what I did to offend them?"

Hearing this, Zhou Hong was very surprised. He didn't expect Lu Yu to bring this up; he thought Lu Yu wanted to threaten him with the events in the Shattered World.

Indeed, it was a powerhouse from Prince Zhou's Mansion who attacked Lu Yu. After learning of Zhou Hong's actions, Prince Zhou scolded Zhou Hong, then immediately sent someone to eliminate Lu Yu.

Originally, letting Lu Yu get caught in the space storm was supposed to silence him. They didn't expect that Lu Yu secretly mastered the Space Law and managed to escape safely from the storm.

A spy from Prince Zhou's Mansion saw Zhao Tianjue appear where Lu Yu disappeared, believing it meant Lu Yu was dead.

Zhou Hong sighed in great relief, and Prince Zhou didn't say anything more, implicitly approving Zhou Hong's actions.

Hearing Lu Yu's words, Zhou Hong felt much more at ease and said, "It shouldn't be, right? The Celestial Secret Pavilion Master has a good temperament; I've never heard of him having conflicts with anyone. It must have been an accident."

"An accident?" Lu Yu smiled while fixing his gaze on Zhou Hong, moving his lips with no sound coming out. Yet Zhou Hong heard the voice in his mind, "Was it also an accident when I was attacked by a powerhouse and fell into the space storm last time?"

Zhou Hong's expression froze, and he was internally shocked like a storm. He didn't expect Lu Yu to know the attacker last time was from Prince Zhou's Mansion.

He now desperately wanted to know who the attacker was. How could they be so incompetent as to fail to kill Lu Yu?

Zhou Hong mentally cursed the attacker's relatives.

At the World Wall Battlefield, Zhou Lin suddenly sneezed. He found it strange—how could he sneeze even though he was already in the Myriad Phenomena Realm? Could someone be thinking of him?

However, facing the endless hordes of demons, he didn't have much time to be distracted and focused again on defending against the demon attacks.

Just before concentrating fully on the battle, his last thought was that his son, Zhou Hong, should quickly grow stronger. He now possessed the strongest bloodline of Prince Zhou's Mansion and had the best chance to break through the barrier of the Myriad Phenomena Realm and become a Saint Ancestor.

Zhou Hong forced a laugh and said, "Brother Lu, what sort of accident are you referring to? How could I not know?"

Lu Yu gave him a meaningful look, as if to let him figure it out on his own, and said, "As long as you're aware."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Before leaving, he intentionally glanced at the empty air at his side.

Once Lu Yu left, Zhou Hong's face instantly turned dark as he shouted in a grave voice, "Night Falcon, why didn't you kill him just now?"

When Lu Yu turned away, Zhou Hong gestured a "kill" command, but unfortunately, Night Falcon didn't execute it.

A figure slowly appeared not far from Zhou Hong. Night Falcon, cloaked entirely in black robes, spoke with a hoarse voice, "Young Master, he already discovered my position. Moreover, I sensed he is very strong, stronger than me."

"To ensure the Young Master's safety, I could not take action," Night Falcon explained.

Zhou Hong looked shocked at Night Falcon and said in disbelief, "You're saying he's stronger than you?"

"Are you joking? How is that possible? You're at the sixth level of the Divine Realm. If he's stronger than you, then wouldn't he be at the seventh level of the Divine Realm?"

Zhou Hong couldn't believe this. Not long ago, Lu Yu was just a Martial Cultivator who had newly entered the Core Formation Realm. Even if he trained in the Shattered World for more than ten years, he would only barely break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

How could he possibly be at the seventh level of the Divine Realm now? It's absolutely impossible!

Night Falcon looked at Zhou Hong's frantic face, said nothing, and silently disappeared from his view. As a Hidden Guard and Death Warrior, he wouldn't understand Zhou Hong's feelings.

Zhou Hong furrowed his brows, feeling extremely confused. If Lu Yu wanted to kill him just now, wouldn't he be utterly defenseless?

Even though he had absorbed two portions of Holy Blood, greatly strengthening his bloodline power, it was still impossible to leap over a major realm and then a dozen minor realms to confront a Martial Cultivator at the seventh level of the Divine Realm.

In other words, if Lu Yu wanted to kill him, he could do so anytime.

This left Zhou Hong feeling very unsafe, especially since his weaknesses were in Lu Yu's hands, and he was being completely overpowered by him.

"Damn it!"

In the end, Zhou Hong cursed out loud, expressing his current mood.

To be honest, when Lu Yu found out the culprits were from Prince Zhou's Mansion, he really wanted to finish Zhou Hong off, not caring if others were nearby.

However, he eventually calmed down, quietly leaving a spiritual mark on Zhou Hong's body before departing.

The spiritual mark was left during the moment he communicated mentally with Zhou Hong.

At that time, Zhou Hong was so shocked by Lu Yu's words that he didn't notice Lu Yu leaving a spiritual mark on him.

Even if he had noticed, he would probably have thought it was just a side effect of the mental communication.

"Three drops of Holy Blood..." Lu Yu thought of Zhou Hong, softly murmuring, a faint, inscrutable smile appearing on his lips.

One drop of Holy Blood could grant Lu Yu the power of a thousand stars. Three drops would be over three thousand stars, which would be a significant boost even for Lu Yu.

And this is based on the standard of the Holy Blood Lu Yu had absorbed. He wasn't sure if Zhou Hong's would be stronger.

Even if he had such thoughts, he definitely couldn't act on them.

The Duel Space was created by the founding Saint Ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and perhaps everything happening here was under his watchful eyes.

If he dared harm a descendant of royal blood to obtain Holy Blood, it wouldn't be anyone's fault but his own if the Saint Ancestor struck him down.

Both morally and logically, it was not something he should do.

After resolving the demon threat, Lu Yu quickly received another message from the Heavenly Dao and responded by moving to another battlefield.

Passing through the golden curtain of light, Lu Yu paused to sense carefully, still able to detect Zhou Hong's location, and smiled.

Scanning this battlefield's danger, he found that it was just an area with ordinary Divine Realm Martial Cultivators and no special demons. He casually crushed a few threatening Divine Realm demons, receiving additional rewards from the Heavenly Dao.

After clearing a wide area of demons, it wasn't long before he received another message from the Heavenly Dao.

Lu Yu didn't mind these summons. After all, the Heavenly Dao always provided extra rewards, similar to those he would get by unleashing his domain and wiping out large swaths of low to mid-tier demons.

Soon, Lu Yu's figure disappeared again, heading to a new battlefield.

Before long, a bunch of Core Formation Realm Martial Cultivators surged into the area cleared of Divine Realm and Nascent Soul Realm demons.

Their opponents were the demons below the Core Formation Realm that Lu Yu had left behind.

Equal distribution of opponents ensures that the Duel Space's purpose is maximized.

Divine Realm Martial Cultivators fight Divine Realm demons, Nascent Soul Realm Martial Cultivators fight Nascent Soul Realm demons, Core Formation Realm Martial Cultivators fight Core Formation Realm demons... Except for the anomaly that is Lu Yu, most Martial Cultivators would not frequently move between battle zones.

They stayed within their battlefield range, battling opponents of similar strength.

During the teleportation to the new battlefield, Lu Yu discovered a particularly conspicuous star in his starry river, almost catching up in size to his main ten stars.

That star shimmered with a red light, exuding a hint of bloodlust.

Lu Yu contemplated for a moment, instantly grasping the essence of the Duel Space.

That star represented the Law of Slaughter. In the Duel Space, every battle and slaughter would accumulate the Law of Slaughter.

The Law of Slaughter can, through battle and slaughter, continuously deepen understanding, thereby enhancing combat power and cultivation.

The Duel Space allows all Martial Cultivators within to passively comprehend the Law of Slaughter, enhancing their strength.