Lu Zhou saw the other person's appearance clearly; he was not too surprised. Apart from Yi Yao, who could have blocked the fatal palm strike for Xiahou Sheng?
Yi Yao was dressed in another black robe. One of his hands was raised, his palm facing the sky. His other arm was… broken.
At this moment, the energy arrow lodged in Xiahou Sheng's chest finally dissipated. A joyful expression could be seen on his face as he clutched his wounded chest and kneeled on one knee. "Thank you for saving my life, Lord Yi!"
As expected, Yi Yao was colluding with the people in the capital.
Lu Zhou was not surprised. He looked at Yi Yao and Xiahou Sheng calmly. The energy arrow was just slightly lacking. Otherwise, it would have been able two kill two people at once. It could only be blamed on the puppet for having too much life. Nevertheless, this was just a small test of the supreme mystic power.
With that energy arrow, Lu Zhou gained a rough estimation of the supreme mystic power.
Meanwhile, Yi Yao glanced at Xiahou Sheng and said, "You're really useless. You can't even dodge this arrow? To think that I even gave you the puppet."
"L-lord… Lord Yi, I…"
"Scram," Yi Yao barked.
Xiahou Sheng's injuries were so severe that he could barely walk. He could only slowly drag his body to the side.
Lu Zhou stroked his beard as he looked down at Yi Yao and said, "Yi Yao? I didn't expect to see you here. I'm very pleased."
It was indeed a pleasant surprise. Lu Zhou was worried he would not have enough fun testing the supreme mystic power just a moment ago, after all.
Yi Yao retracted his arm and asked, "Since when did those with two Birth Charts become so audacious?"
Lu Zhou said, "It seems like the lesson I taught you previously wasn't enough."
Yi Yao retorted, "I was just careless at that time."
Lu Zhou said, "I destroyed one of your Birth Charts; you only have four Birth Charts left. How can you be a match for me?"
"Four Birth Charts are enough to deal with your two Birth Charts. There's no way you'd be able to use the scarlet pheasant's life heart yet; in the end, you still have to return it to me."
Lu Zhou shook his head and said evenly, "Stupid."
Yi Yao frowned. "You called me stupid?"
Lu Zhou looked down from above as he stroked his beard. "You don't want to go to heaven but insist on barging into hell."
"Stop putting on airs. If I don't take your worthless life today, I won't be able to get rid of the hatred in my heart. Since you destroyed one of my Birth Charts, I'll destroy all of your Birth Charts!" Yi Yao said menacingly.
Bang!
Yi Yao stomped his feet fiercely before he shot up into the sky toward Lu Zhou who was standing on the palace wall.
Upon seeing this speed, the cultivators who were watching from afar widened their eyes in shock.
…
Meanwhile, more and more cultivators had arrived at the Supreme Heaven Palace.
The members of the Evil Sky Pavilion, Li Yunzheng, and the civil and military officials had arrived in front of the Supreme Palace Heaven as well.
All of them saw the two palm-shaped holes on the ground, and the lumps of flesh in the holes, causing them to shudder.
At this moment, Guo Zhengping, the Grand Tutor, asked in confusion, "What's Senior Lu doing?"
"Is there a need to ask? Senior Ji is obviously capturing an assassin. You really don't know anything…" Jiang Aijian, who was holding his sword, said.
"Eh? Why is a commoner here? Stand back! The palace experts will keep you safe. By the way, it's Senior Lu, not Senior Ji," Guo Zhengping said.
"Yes, yes, yes…"
On the other hand, Li Yunzheng, Yu Zhenghai, Yu Shangrong, and Si Wuya who were at the front watched as Yi Yao rushed forward.
When Yi Yao was in front of the palace wall, he struck with his palm.
Lu Zhou met Yi Yao's attack with a single hand.
Bang!
A golden and a black palm seal collided!
Almost everyone cried out in surprise.
"Black lotus!"
"Black lotus!"
There was a huge reason the civil and military officials had come to support Zhang Yuanren; it was the hidden black lotus domain. Although there were rumors of a black lotus Thousand Realms Whirling avatar appearing at the Sky Wheel Mountain Range, no one dared to bring the matter up in the Political Announcement Hall. Who would have expected a black lotus cultivator would still show up in the end?
"Grandmaster…" Li Yunzheng said worriedly.
"Don't worry." Si Wuya turned and looked around before he called out, "Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother…"
Yu Zhenghai and Yu Shangrong nodded before they walked to the sides.
…
Meanwhile, Lu Zhou did not use the supreme mystic power to deal with Yi Yao's attack. He only fought using his cultivation base.
After the collision of the palm seals, Lu Zhou shot up into the air when he felt a huge force sweeping toward him.
Buzz!
Buzz!
The two opponents manifested their avatars at almost the same time.
The golden Thousand Realms Whirling avatar was about 400 feet tall while the black Thousand Realms Whirling avatar was about 450 feet tall.
Upon seeing this, everyone grew excited and felt their blood boil. However, those with keen eyes wore worried expressions on their faces. They could clearly see the difference in the size of the astrolabes and the number of Birth Charts. Based on these two factors alone, it was clear the black lotus cultivator was stronger.
Yi Yao flew higher into the sky after his palm seal deflected Lu Zhou's palm seal.
Everyone held their breaths as they watched. They had never seen such a spectacle. How rare was it to be able to witness the clash of two Thousand Realms Whirling avatars? They could hardly tear their eyes away from such a scene.
At this moment, Yi Yao frowned. "Three Birth Charts? How did you do it?"
How could Yi Yao not be surprised or confused that Lu Zhou managed to use the scarlet pheasant's life heart?
"If you promise to kill yourself, I'll answer you," Lu Zhou said as he flew backward.
"Unfortunately, the Birth Charts are still not enough," Yi Yao said as his eyes glinted. In the next moment, his Primal Qi surged and formed a dome.
Lu Zhou wondered where Yi Yao got his confidence to appear in front of him again. He did not dwell on the matter for long before he said, "Go!"
Lu Zhou's hand shone with a blue light before he pressed his hand down using the supreme mystic power. "You're too arrogant!"
Yi Yao immediately felt a heavy pressure like that of Mount Tai bearing down on him. That oppressive feeling he felt in the cave under the Sky Wheel Rift Valley appeared again. Most importantly, that oppressive feeling seemed to be even more domineering and fiercer than before.
Bang!
Yi Yao had learned from his mistake. Even then, as he pushed his palm out, he was still pushed down. His speed when falling was like that of a shooting star.
Boom!
Yi Yao landed on the ground heavily, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Meanwhile, Lu Zhou slowly descended. The force of this palm strike was only slightly more than the force he had used when firing Unnamed that had transformed into a bow earlier. He found the result rather satisfying.
Yi Yao looked up and said, "That was a good trick."
At this moment, Xiahou Sheng cried out, "Lord Yi, be careful!"
Lu Zhou said nonchalantly, "Yi Yao, in my eyes, you're already a dead man."
"Is that so? Try and kill me then!" Yi Yao suddenly made a grabbing motion with his hand.
With this, Xiahou Sheng lost control of his body and flew over immediately. He cried out fearfully, "Lord Yi, what are you doing?"
When Xiahou Sheng was in front of Yi Yao, Yi Yao grabbed Xiahou Sheng by the neck and stomped on the ground again before shooting back up into the sky like earlier. The difference was this time he brought someone else with him. When he was high up in the air, the astrolabe at the back of his avatar that had also flown up with him began to spin.
"Huh?" Lu Zhou frowned in confusion. He did not understand why Yi Yao brought Xiahou Sheng up to the sky. Nevertheless, when he saw triangles on the astrolabe begin to light up, he did not hesitate and increased the output of the supreme mystic power.
The Great Dark Heaven Palm!
At the same time, a beam of dark light shot out of the black astrolabe.
"Ah!" The Ten-leaf Xiahou Sheng who was already severely injured was wracked with excruciating pain at this moment.
"Go!" Yi Yao cried out as he pushed Xiahou Sheng out.
Boom!
After the beam of light shone on Xiahou Sheng, he collided with the blue palm seal and exploded into a blood mist instantly.
"Ding! Killed a target. Reward: 5,500 merit points. Domain bonus: 1,500 merit points."
Yi Yao frowned. Something seemed to be suppressing the beam of light from his astrolabe. Then, he looked at the blood mist, perplexed. He had used his Birth Chart power to boost Xiahou Sheng's strength. Moreover, as a Ten-leaf cultivator, Xiahou Sheng was not weak to begin with. Faced with Lu Zhou, Xiahou Sheng should have been able to stand his ground or have the upper hand.
At this moment, Yi Yao felt a sense of danger radiating from the blood mist. Then, he saw a blue palm seal sailing out of the blood mist, blocking the beam of light from his Birth Chart power. All the beam of light managed to do was slow the palm seal down slightly.
'This is bad!' Yi Yao discovered Lu Zhou's blue palm seal was much stronger than the one before. The color was much darker than before as well, just like the color of the sky. He was puzzled; how did it become so powerful in such a short time?
Yi Yao was about to dodge when he realized to his horror that the palm seal had suddenly increased in size.
Boom!
The palm seal landed on Yi Yao. He did not even have time to dodge!
The Great Dark Heaven Palm stuck to Yi Yao's body.
At the same time, Yi Yao's Thousand Realms Whirling avatar began to shrink rapidly before merging with him. A loud heart-wrenching cry that was brimming with reluctance and resentment ripped out of his throat.
"Ding! Destroyed one Birth Chart. Reward: 6,000 merit points."
Boom!
The palm continued to press down before it smashed on the ground, stirring up a huge cloud of dust again.
…
The cultivators watching from afar held their breaths as they looked at the huge palm seal in shock and disbelief. Most of them were confused. No matter which angle one looked at it, it was clear the black lotus cultivator was stronger. However, why did the old man seem to have the upper hand all the time? The palm seal really taught the black lotus cultivator a lesson!
…
Li Yunzheng whose heart was surging with excitement exclaimed, "The Great Dark Heaven Palm!"
"The Great Dark Heaven Palm is a special cultivation method that can be used with all kinds of weapons. Your Eldest Senior Uncle likes sabers so he has modified the technique and adapted it to the saber," Si Wuya said.
"When grandmaster uses the technique, it's like the raging sea, but when Eldest Senior Uncles uses it, it's like a puddle of pee…" Li Yunzheng blurted out.
"Hm?" Si Wuya glanced at Li Yunzheng.
Li Yunzheng hurriedly slapped his mouth before he said, "I've misspoken. Please forgive me."
However, Si Wuya said, "Although the description is crude, it's accurate. However, remember not to repeat these words in front of your Eldest Senior Uncle."
"Understood."
…
Lu Zhou slowly landed on the palace wall. He stroked his beard and looked down. He was very satisfied with the supreme mystic power at this moment. That palm strike had directly destroyed Yi Yao's Birth Chart.
After the dust settled, Lu Zhou saw Yi Yao who was lying on the ground looking at him in disbelief.
"You still have three Birth Charts… I'm really curious; what gave you the courage to provoke me again?"
