My disciples are all villains.

This palm strike contained Lu Zhou's supreme mystic power.

Ye Liuyun dropped from the sky as though he had been hit by a huge hammer. He did not expect Lu Zhou's speed to be so fast since he thought Lu Zhou was heavily injured. Lu Zhou was so fast that it seemed like he had appeared out of thin air. At this moment, he threw his head back and spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood drew an arc in the air, looking dazzling and eye-catching. At the same time, his Thousand Realms Whirling avatar shrank and shot into this body.

Everyone cried out in surprise.

Then, Lu Zhou appeared below Ye Liuyun and sent another palm strike up.

The blue Great Seal of Fearlessness shot up immediately.

Crack!

The sound of Ye Liuyun's bones breaking and internal organs rupturing rang in the air. His Thousand Realms Whirling avatar appeared and shrank again before shooting into his body.

Ye Liuyun who was forcibly sent flying back spat out another mouthful of blood again. He roared in a mixture of anger, fear, and unwillingness.

Following that, Lu Zhou used the speed he gained from Di Jiang and appeared above Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, who had lost two Birth Charts consecutively, stared at Lu Zhou fearfully. His heart thumped in his chest loudly as though it was going to jump out of his chest. It had been many years since he had felt fear. The last time he had felt this way was before he formed his Thousand Realms Whirling avatar. At that time, he was always cautious since there were many experts around him. He knew if he was not cautious, he would die without a proper burial. After forming the Thousand Realms Whirling avatar and joining the ranks of the experts, he had won many battles and had never failed any of his assassination missions. Thus, he gradually became known as the master assassin from the Dark and Light Alliance and gained the respect of many people.

Perhaps, success had made Ye Liuyun careless. He had forgotten his cautiousness and the rules he abided by when he was weak, resulting in today's fatal mistake. In hindsight, he should not have launched that first palm strike.

At this moment, Lu Zhou said indifferently, "You still have five Birth Charts."

"No, no, no! Spare me! Please spare me!" Ye Liuyun pleaded. He was terrified; he could feel his cultivation base rapidly declining as it was.

However, how could Lu Zhou spare him? He mobilized the power of his Birth Charts again.

Upon seeing this, Ye Liuyun bared his teeth and roared, "Don't force me!"

Buzz!

Ye Liuyun's avatar appeared in the air as his astrolabe spun wildly at the back. With his life on the line, he fought desperately and crazily, throwing all caution to the wind.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yunhe immediately ordered, "Retreat!"

Everyone retreated hundreds of meters without any questions asked.

Lu Zhou stepped on the astrolabe.

Boom!

Energy rippled out immediately.

Lu Zhou drew Unnamed with his right hand.

Unnamed that was in the form of a sword shone with a blue light. At the same time, an energy sword that was dozens of feet long shrouded it.

"Let's see if your astrolabe is stronger or my sword is sharper," Lu Zhou said as Unnamed along with the energy sword stabbed at Ye Liuyun's astrolabe mercilessly.

Bang!

A loud noise thundered in the air followed by a scream.

Lu Zhou pushed Unnamed deeper into the astrolabe. Unnamed pierced through the astrolabe before it pierced Ye Liuyun's body.

Ye Liuyun who was seriously injured was further injured. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he pushed Unnamed out of his body.

Boom!

Ye Liuyun dropped to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust. Following that, his figure disappeared.

Lu Zhou shook his head. "It's futile."

Then, Lu Zhou chanted the mantra for the power of smell from the Heavenly Writing.

Meanwhile, the others watched with horror brimming in their eyes.

Xiao Yunhe exclaimed in surprise, "This is impossible!"

"Why is it impossible?" Yu Zhenghai asked.

"The back of the astrolabe is the sturdiest part of the avatar. It's as sturdy as the lotus seat. It's almost impossible to breach the defenses of an astrolabe. Even when faced with overwhelming force, it would yield by caving in. If it was about to be crushed, it would shrink and return to the Dantian's sea of Qi to avoid the attack. However, Brother Lu directly pierced the astrolabe with his sword! It doesn't make sense at all!" Xiao Yunhe said.

"You can't use common sense to measure my master's strength," Yu Zhenghai said.

"..." At this moment, Xiao Yunhe recalled that Lu Zhou's two disciples were from the golden lotus domain. It was not surprising they did not understand much about the astrolabe.

Xiao Yunhe had noticed that every time the blue energy appeared, Lu Zhou's strength would increase tremendously. No, wait, even the golden palm seal that killed Nangong Yutian was very powerful. In any case, nothing made sense. How was the old man in front of them so powerful? He was puzzled. After a moment, he asked Yu Zhenghai, "May I ask if your master often uses the power of the blue lotus?"

Yu Zhenghai thought about it briefly before he replied, "It can be said that he uses it rather frequently…"

"..."

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Yunher was certain Lu Zhou had to be some super big shot from the blue lotus domain! Lu Zhou must be hiding his strength, pretending to be a pig to devour a tiger! Fortunately, he did not do something as foolish as snatching Ying Zhao's heart away from Lu Zhou. He thanked his lucky stars he had avoided making enemies if it were possible. At this moment, he could not help but feel he was incredibly wise!

Meanwhile, when Wu Chao saw the strange expression on Xiao Yunhe's face, he asked, "Tower Master, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Xiao Yunhe quickly collected his thoughts and resumed the appearance suited to the former Tower Master of the Black Tower Council. He instinctively moved to place his hands on his back but quickly shifted them to the front because he felt it was too pretentious to act in this manner in front of a true big shot like Lu Zhou. In fact, he did not know where he should place his hands that he even felt like chopping them off at one point.

Meanwhile, Lu Zhou slowly descended. He could smell the aura that lingered in the air.

Cultivators would usually conceal themselves by stopping their heartbeats and pretending to be dead. They usually disregarded their auras and scents.

Lu Zhou walked for about ten meters before he suddenly stabbed Unnamed into the ground.

An energy sword shot into the ground immediately.

Following that, a muffled groan rang from the ground.

"You still have three Birth Charts."

Lu Zhou did not have much supreme mystic power left, and he did not want to use up all his supreme mystic power. He pulled Unnamed out of the ground with Ye Liuyun attached at the tip of the sword.

Boom!

The renowned master assassin fell to the ground in a sorry state. He was in such a hurry to hide that he did not even use energy to block the soil from his body. A terrified and desperate expression appeared on his dirty face as he pleaded, "Why? Why can't you spare me?"

"Why should I spare you?" Lu Zhou asked.

Ye Liyun was briefly stunned by Lu Zhou's question. When he regained his senses, he hurriedly asked, "You… Y-you… Aren't you afraid of the Dark and Light Alliance's revenge?"

Lu Zhou replied nonchalantly, "I don't even care about the Tower Masters of the Black Tower Council and the White Tower Council. Why should I care about you or the Dark and Light Alliance?"

"..."

Ye Liuyun felt as though he was drowning in a sea of despair. He chuckled self-deprecatingly and said in a forlorn voice, "I shouldn't have launched that palm strike… Why? Why don't you King Chen of Wu? He's a bigger hypocrite compared to me!"

"There's no cure for you. Hurry up and go on your way." Lu Zhou could not be bothered to speak to such a lunatic. Why should he kill King Chen of Wu when King Chen of Wu did not provoke him? Then, he raised Unnamed.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, if I'm going to die then so be it!"

Following that, Ye Liuyun stomped his feet on the ground and pounced at Lu Zhou at lightning speed.

"Explode!" The power of this explosion was the combined strength of Ye Liuyun's three remaining Birth Charts.

Lu Zhou quickly brought the Sea Spirit Pearl out.

Absolute Zero!

Before Ye Liuyun exploded, he was frozen stiff.

At the same time, Ying Zhao, that was standing 1,000 meters away, retreated a few steps. When it looked at the frozen world up ahead, it grew even more frightened and continued to retreat.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yunhe frowned. "A fusion-grade weapon… Why's the Black Tower Council's Sea Spirit Pearl with Brother Lu?"

Yu Zhenghai replied, "Yi Yao, a member of the Black Tower Council, tried to kill my master with that weapon so my master killed him and took the weapon. Don't tell me you were the one who sent Yi Yao?"

Xiao Yunhe hurriedly waved his hands. "How's that possible? I've been away from the Black Tower Council for more than 3,000 years. Moreover, how could I do such a foolish thing?"

"You're right." Yu Zhenghai nodded before he asked, "Then why did you frown earlier?"

"The power of the Sea Spirit Pearl isn't inexhaustible. Its energy would lessen with every use. I was just shocked that Brother Lu chose to use Absolute Zero. After all, Ye Liuyun has already lost four Birth Charts. In this situation, Brother Lu can easily kill him with his blue lotus' power… It seems like Brother Lu likes to torture people…" Xiao Yunhe said in a low voice.

"..."

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun's terrified expression was frozen permanently on his face.

Under the effect of Absolute Zero, the flowers and trees in the surroundings were also frozen to death and turned into ice sculptures.

At this moment, Lu Zhou received three system notifications regarding the destruction of three Birth Charts.

At this moment, the power from the Sea Spirit Pearl dissipated, and the pearl dimmed. In just an instant, the ice sculptures within a radius of a few hundred meters shattered immediately.

Ye Liuyun fell to the ground like a dead fish before he asked with great difficulty, "You… You… You… You… You've been saving your strength?"

"Up until now, I still haven't even used my full strength…" Lu Zhou said. After all, he still had the enhanced Peak Trial Card.

"..."

At this moment, Ye Liuyun finally realized the disparity in their strength. A sorrowful smile appeared on his face as he said, "There's… n-no need for… you t-to kill me… I'll… do it… myself…"

"That won't do." Lu Zhou shook his head and walked over.

Ye Liuyun bit his tongue with all his might. Blood began to spill out of his mouth down his neck.

Lu Zhou said, "Rather than suffering a painful death, it's better to have an easy death."

Unnamed pierced Ye Liuyun's heart.

"Ding! Killed a target. Reward: 8,000 merit points. Domain bonus: 2,000 merit points."

Lu Zhou gained 52,000 merit points altogether from Ye Liuyun.

After putting Unnamed away, Lu Zhou turned around and walked toward Ying Zhao. He knew he had to leave as soon as possible before those people returned. He had just taken a few steps when he felt unsafe. Then, he turned back and walked back to Ye Liuyun's corpse and waved his hand.

Karmic fire instantly raged around the corpse, reducing it to ashes in just an instant.

Xiao Yunhe. "..."

The Humble White Sect. "..."

'It seems like this big shot not only likes torturing people, but he likes torturing dead people as well!'