My disciples are all villains.

After Si Wuya swept through the Other Tribesmen, he flipped in midair and saw his master's two consecutive skills.

The first skill was the Golden Buddha Body, and the second was Abandon Wisdom.

Si Wuya suddenly recalled when he had been gathering information in the past, his men had claimed they saw a 100-foot Golden Buddha Body at the holy land in Runan. At that time, he did not believe them. After all, only the finest of high monks could cultivate their Golden Buddha Bodies until it was 100 feet tall. However, after witnessing this, he realized they were telling the truth. As he hovered in the air, he regarded Lu Zhou with a complicated expression on his face. He was not certain if he had made the right choice. However, since it had come to this, he could only press on even if there was a chance he was repeating his past mistakes.

Shen Liangshou sat limply on the ground. He stared at Lu Zhou up in the sky and began to clap. The sound of his applause was abrupt and lonely, but it pulled everyone back to their senses.

The Nether Sect disciples inhaled deeply.

Li Jingyi took several steps backward.

The others looked at the palm-shaped pit and had difficulty calming themselves down.

Xiang Lie was a disciple of the Celestial Masters Sect. He had established a name for himself in the cultivation world early on. He was very knowledgeable in the Celestial Masters Sect's mantras and talismans. He was one of the few outstanding cultivators of his sect and a first-rate elite in the cultivation world. Abandon Wisdom was also the trump card that he was famous for. Perhaps, even at the moment of his death, he did not expect that he would be killed by his own technique.

At this moment, only the palm-shaped pit could be seen. No one could see Xiang Lie, and they did not know what the situation was like in the pit. After a while, they discovered there were no signs of life coming from the pit.

When Lu Zhou heard the notification of the 1,500 merit points reward, he stroked his beard and nodded. He turned around slowly and coldly regarded the four generals who had launched a surprise attack.

The four generals' blood essences boiled. Their eyes were filled with shock and awe. After being repelled by the Golden Buddha Body, they were all slightly injured.

Lu Zhou gauged the Heavenly Writing's extraordinary in him… He had used one-third of it with that arrow to kill Ha Luo, the Six-leaf expert from Rouli. Casting Abandon Wisdom used up another one-third of the power. Indeed, the might and effects of the skills launched in close-range and from afar were different. Although the extraordinary power was handy, it was unfortunate that its frequency of use was limited. 'It'd be great if I can maintain this power for a longer period.'

Lu Zhou deliberated over how he should deal with the four generals. 'Should I roar and deal with them with a soundwave?' Well, if he had no options left, he would have to use the Deadly Strike Cards.

Lu Zhou kept looking at the generals indifferently.

The four generals did not even dare to move a single muscle.

"Mad! Everyone has gone mad!" Liu Bing suddenly laughed. His eyes seemed to be wet from how hard he was laughing. After spending many years at the borders, nothing seemed as hilarious as what happened today.

Everyone was baffled by Liu Bing's abrupt behavior. However, they could understand him slightly, after giving it some thought. As a prince who spent years at the borders, his effort alone was a great service, if nothing else… He had kept the Other Tribes at bay and endured many hardships. It would have been perfectly reasonable for his father to regard him with the highest importance. However, his father sent these four generals to him to control his every move. How could he not find this hilarious? His might that he gained from years at the borders had made him resistant to crying. He could only laugh.

"Your Highness!" Liu Bing's two subordinates positioned themselves before him.

The four generals glanced at Liu Bing…

"We… had no choice," one of them said.

"We were ordered to do this. Even if we die, we have to try."

Indeed, men who experienced the battlefield were different from ordinary cultivators. They were not easily swayed… and they would not give up until they achieved their objectives.

"Even Xiang Lie couldn't withstand my attack… What makes you think that you're fit to be my opponents?" Lu Zhou asked tonelessly.

"…" The four generals' expressions turned sour as they looked at each other.

At this moment, Si Wuya spread his arms. The wings on his back disappeared. The two parts of the Peacock Plume merged again and returned to his hand. He climbed higher into the sky before he said, "Do you have a deathwish? If so, I can make your wish come true."

"…" The four generals glanced at Si Wuya. They felt their hopes slipping away even faster than before. Si Wuya was much more powerful than they had imagined. Si Wuya was only at the Six-leaf stage. How did Si Wuya defeat Xiang Lie earlier?

The Four Great Protectors were injured to varying degrees. It was not likely for them to engage in another battle unless they were to stake their lives on it. Si Wuya was the only one who could still fight. The four generals knew well that stubbornly putting up a fight would only spell their doom. Unfortunately, there was no turning back. The instant they launched the surprise attacks against Lu Zhou, they could no longer turn back.

"I won't accept this…" They had seen Lu Zhou unleash several shocking moves consecutively with their own eyes. Just how much Primal Qi could this old man have left? It was clear the general had spoken with great difficulty. His voice was hoarse, and it was filled with disbelief and reluctance to admit defeat. Even if there were no hope, he would still have to try even if it cost him his life.

Lu Zhou shook his head. 'Oh, Yong Qing. What did you do to make them so zealously loyal to you?'

The four generals were clearly ready to forfeit their lives for some cause. One could see how determined and stubborn they were by the way they viewed death like an old friend. Alas, it was all for naught.

Whizz!

A Six-leaf avatar appeared in midair and charged toward Lu Zhou.

Since they were injured, they would only stand a chance if they went at Lu Zhou with all their might and disregard their lives.

At this moment, Liu Bing suddenly stopped laughing. He said decisively as he pointed at the four generals, "I do not wish to become an enemy of the Evil Sky Pavilion… Take them down!" Perhaps, something had changed in him for him to come to such a decision.

The two generals were slightly taken aback. They shook their heads helplessly before replying in deep voices, "Understood!"

They were the only trusted subordinates that Liu Bing had left. Under his command, the two of them shot toward the four generals.

At the same time, Si Wuya tossed his Peacock Plume out… The plume spun rapidly while shooting out energy needles.

The four generals instantly launched countless palm seals and energy blasts into the air… The attacks sailed across the skies.

"This is bad… Fall back!" Hua Chongyang's expression was grim.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yuqing pressed his chest.

"Primal Fiend Potion!"

When they heard the words 'Primal Fiend Potion', the expressions of the Four Great Protectors changed drastically. They did not waste time and swiftly retreated with the Nether Sect disciples.

Primal Qi surged and rolled above Liang Province's city.

The effect of the Primal Fiend Potion was to forcibly absorb the Primal Qi of the world while exhausting one's own potential… This way, a vacuum of Primal Qi would appear, creating a Primal Qi storm. Only strong cultivators could withstand such a storm.

Previously, Ye Tianxin had mistakenly thought Lu Zhou had taken such a potion to maintain his peak condition.

Everyone was shocked when they saw the vials of Primal Fiend Potions in the four generals' hands. This potion was banned in Great Yan. And yet, Emperor Yong Qing's subordinates, the four generals, clearly possessed this potion. What was the meaning of this? They had no time to ponder over this as they retreated as far as they could.

The Primal Qi in the air roiled.

Although the Four Great Protectors were heavily wounded, it was not a problem for them to fend off the residual impact of this storm.

Little Yuan'er looked at the skies in shock as well. "Master?"

Shen Liangshou crawled backward. Now that he had lost his cultivation base, he could only depend on this little girl. He had a pleading look in his eyes which said, 'Please go and display your wondrous might.'

…

In the skies.

Lu Zhou was slightly surprised to see the four generals drawing power from their dantians's seas of Qi. His cultivation base was only at the peak of the Divine Court realm. He could withstand the storm, but if they were to attack, he would have no choice but to use his item cards.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At this moment, Si Wuya engaged one of the generals in a fierce battle. His Peacock Plume supported him from above. With a heaven-grade weapon, he had no trouble holding down an injured Six-leaf cultivator.

Liu Bing's subordinates held down the other two generals.

Where was the other one?

Swoosh!

Above!

A person wrapped in golden energy suddenly shot up into the air before diving down and charging toward Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou raised one hand. Unnamed materialized in his hand before transforming into a shield. Energy swirled around it.

Boom!

An explosion of Primal Qi slammed against the shield.

The general said coldly, "You've grown weak!" He could sense the old man before him was extremely weak like the ants on the ground. He was confident he could kill the old man with a single punch. "You have no Primal Qi left!"

Whizz!

The general's avatar appeared.

At the same time, a blue lotus appeared under Lu Zhou's feet again. He seemed to emit a blue light that outlined his silhouette. With a flip of his hand, the shield morphed into a sword.

The black runes on Unnamed swirled as they appeared. Lu Zhou slashed Unnamed out horizontally!

Bam!

"Ahh…"

The avatar was cut.

Lu Zhou's expression was calm. He extended an arm. His palm shone with a clear, blue radiance. The light formed a faintly discernible hand seal as he grabbed the general's neck like a northern goshawk catching a chick.

The general's avatar was forcibly shattered by this wizened and big hand.

"… capture hand seal!"