A scream from Wei River abruptly ceased, causing great alarm for Wei Heng and Lei Yajing.
When the two saw Wei River had no resistance, even after using the Fire Cloud Talisman he was forcefully slain by Lu Zhiwei with one sword, their pupils contracted, and they exchanged a terrified glance.
Not just them, even Song Minghui and Yuan Lang, standing by, were shocked, astounded by the power Lu Zhiwei displayed.
Based on the extent of magical power loss, Lu Zhiwei shouldn’t have recovered so quickly.
"Slaughter the remaining two as well."
After killing Wei River, Lu Zhiwei heard the cold voice of Lu Ping in her mind.
"Don’t let a single one escape!"
The reason Lu Zhiwei’s power increased so inexplicably and sharply was because of Lu Ping’s involvement.
Upon witnessing Wei River’s move, a big battle became unavoidable, so Lu Ping immediately found [One-Star - Qi and Blood Recovery] in the System Mall.
He spent 25 reputation points to exchange it, applying it to Lu Zhiwei.
The effect of [Qi and Blood Recovery] took effect simultaneously, instantly allowing Lu Zhiwei to sense abnormality in her body, suddenly gaining an ocean-like surge of magical power.
This power quickly replenished her consumed magical value, allowing her to return to peak condition in a breath.
Then, as Lu Zhiwei was wondering, Lu Ping’s communication appeared in her mind, explaining the reason; Lu Zhiwei understood immediately.
With father taking action, it all made sense.
She originally planned to use the Exorcism Divine Thunder Talisman to save her life, not caring about the expense.
Fortunately, father acted in time, so the spirit talisman could be saved.
Subsequently, Lu Zhiwei, fully restored, decisively used her strongest killing move, slashing Wei River with one sword, leading to the current scene.
"This... How is this possible?!"
The first to regain her senses from shock was Lei Yajing.
Her eyes widened, never imagining Lu Zhiwei would be so troublesome.
Being able to cut down Wei River in one encounter, she assumed fighting her would have less chance of victory, better off stopping now rather than taking that risk.
With this thought, Lei Yajing lost all fighting spirit and used the Wind Manipulation Technique to escape to the distance, intending to retreat.
But Lu Changfeng didn’t give her the chance; as she started, Six Paths of Fiery Sword Qi swept over, forcing her to evade.
With this evasion, Lu Zhiwei moved, raising the Zhaoyun Sword to confront Lei Yajing.
Two female cultivators meeting, a life-and-death battle was inevitable.
Although Lei Yajing was at Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation strength, her equipment was far inferior to Lu Zhiwei’s, wielding only two magical artifacts: the Lu Su Treasure Plate and the earlier Vermilion Bird Ring.
The role of Vermilion Bird Ring is to bind the enemy.
Lu Su Treasure Plate is a weapon for offense, similar in attack means to Wei Heng’s Thunderfire Peak.
Unfortunately, these two magical artifacts were far inferior in front of Zhaoyun Sword.
The Zhaoyun Sword swept through all obstacles, first slashing the Lu Su Treasure Plate, then cutting down Lei Yajing.
The Lu Su Treasure Plate clanged and split apart, being directly split in two by Zhaoyun Sword, and this Tier Two Flying Sword’s power didn’t diminish, slashing straight at Lei Yajing.
Lei Yajing turned pale with fright, intending to use the Vermilion Bird Ring to block Zhaoyun Sword, knowing well the danger of this vile sword, as it had already claimed Wei River’s life.
However, Zhaoyun Sword was incredibly fast, visibly transforming into a silvery-white light, slicing off Lei Yajing’s head before she could deploy the Vermilion Bird Ring.
After consecutively beheading two strong foes, Lu Zhiwei’s expression remained cold, showing no intention of stopping.
Following Lu Ping’s instructions, she turned her gaze to the shivering Wei Heng.
Witnessing Wei River and Lei Yajing’s deaths, Wei Heng was frightened out of his wits.
To save time, he didn’t even bother to summon Thunderfire Peak. Before he could even plead for mercy, he dropped his magical artifact and turned to flee.
Unfortunately, he was the weakest, only reaching the early stage of Seventh-Layer Qi Cultivation, without any body techniques, relying solely on the Wind Manipulation Technique to hasten his steps.
Seeing this, Lu Zhiwei naturally chased after him.
It only took a few dozen meters for her to catch up with Wei River, striking out with two Zhaoyun Sword moves, breaking through Wei River’s defenses, quickly putting Wei Heng on the back foot.
With merely a third strike from Lu Zhiwei, she dismantled Wei Heng’s final defense, slaying him with one sword without any resistance.
Thus, the trio of Wei River was utterly annihilated, all meeting their end under the Zhaoyun Sword.
When Lu Zhiwei returned with Wei Heng’s Storage Bag, Yuan Lang snapped back to reality, deeply impressed by Lu Zhiwei’s fierce means.
"Women are no less than men!"
Lu Hongniang and Xu Yang gathered around, with Lu Zhiwei becoming the center of attention.
And when Lu Changfeng asked Lu Zhiwei how she suddenly became so ’brave,’ like her magical power had completely recovered, Lu Zhiwei communicated the matter of Lu Ping’s intervention to Lu Changfeng.
Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng immediately understood.
After a brief rest, they pilfered the Storage Bags of Liang Zhennan, Wei River’s trio, cremated the corpses, and began to assess the situation in Celestial Water Town.
In this invasion by Liang Zhennan, none of the over three thousand inhabitants of Celestial Water Town survived, all slaughtered by Liang Zhennan for a blood sacrifice to the Evil Moon Treasure Wheel, resulting in a tragic end.
"This Liang Zhennan is deeply sinful; tearing him to pieces would be too light!"
After understanding the situation in Celestial Water Town, Lu Hongniang’s eyes reddened: "Demon cultivators truly are intolerable, from now on, kill every single one that we see!"
"Find the County Yamen of nearby towns, handle the situation at Celestial Water Town first, then return to the Sect."
Lu Ping communicated to Lu Zhiwei: "Bring along three disciples from Shenxiao Palace."
Lu Zhiwei nodded slightly.
Surrounding them, the others were still unsettled, heavily criticizing Liang Zhennan’s evil deeds, but now their fury was futile.
To eliminate all demon cultivators from the world is a daunting task, even for the mighty Dubhe Institute. All they could do was continually strengthen themselves to have the capability to kill any demon cultivator they meet.
As for the three of Wei River, once this matter is exposed, they will undoubtedly face criticism.
Following that, the six discussed briefly and searched Celestial Water Town again to confirm there were no survivors, then reported the matter to nearby Xitang Town.
There were too many corpses in Celestial Water Town for the six of them to handle, so they had to turn to Xitang Town for assistance.
Once Xitang Town’s prefect agreed to properly bury the Celestial Water Town citizens who died at Liang Zhennan’s hands, the six returned to Cyan Lotus Mountain.
In Cyan Mountain Sect’s Sect Hall.
Upon learning the six combined forces to slay Liang Zhennan and encountered seizing opportunity by the Hengyue Sect’s Wei River, Wei Heng, and Lei Yajing, Lu Yuanshan’s face immediately darkened.
He, always gentle and refined, now brimming with anger.
"Those Hengyue Sect disciples are so unjust, serves them right for being killed!"
Lu Ping communicated privately to Lu Yuanshan that it was his intervention that restored Lu Zhiwei’s magical power just in time.
Knowing it was his father’s intervention, promptly restoring Lu Zhiwei’s magic, Lu Yuanshan felt a surge of relief.
After reporting the matter, Yuan Lang publicly tallied the spoils of this battle.