Chapter 90: Unstoppable—He Alone Was Enough

A Western man held a walkie-talkie in both hands, his expression grave. Nearby, the others continued to observe.

"Please mark the exact location. Over."

Soon, the walkie-talkie crackled to life again, the voice bearing the same foreign accent.

"Understood. Understood."

The middle-aged Western man at the head of the group replied, then took out a device resembling a computer and began to operate it.

Clearly, they had been preparing for this long before; now they had reached the critical moment.

Yet because Mount Tai was vast and shrouded in mystery, pinpointing the location was difficult.

Of course, for them, absolute precision was not necessary.

An approximate position would do.

After he finished, he sent the coordinates out.

"It’s about ready. Keep following him, and make sure the target does not get away. But be careful not to follow too closely."

At that moment, the man at the front spoke, a cold gleam flickering in his eyes. "When the missiles come down, we could easily be caught in the blast."

"The great Holy Angel has given the order. This time, that man named Lu Yuan must be killed. There can be no mistakes. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

As his words fell, everyone present nodded at once, their expressions solemn.

That was right. The reason they had come to Mount Tai and locked onto Lu Yuan's position was to make it easier to launch missiles later. Everyone here belonged to the awakened of the Western Vatican Church.

Since the last time, when the Eleven Apostles were slain in Harbor City, the church had been enraged, especially that Holy Angel.

But they also knew that Lu Yuan was powerful, capable of suppressing the Sea Monster of the South Sea in its Golden Body stage.

His strength was terrifying, to say the least.

Soon after, they came up with a plan: use powerful conventional weapons.

The plan immediately won the support of many Western legislators.

Because Lu Yuan was the human king of the East, and that was extremely unfavorable to the future situation in the West.

If they could kill him, that would undoubtedly be an excellent outcome, allowing them to do more in the new era.

After all, nearly everyone knew this much.

The world of today was no longer the world it had been before.

The balance of power among the various factions would inevitably be reshuffled in the years to come.

And an existence like Lu Yuan was simply too disruptive to that balance.

Who knew how strong he might become in the future?

They had to strike early.

"All right. Move."

The man at the head of the group put away the device in his hand and issued the order.

The others said nothing. They nodded and descended the mountainside at great speed.

At the same time.

Lu Yuan continued toward the summit with Zhu Qingyu and the others.

Though Mount Tai, after its strange revival, was now taller and more majestic than before, everyone here was essentially an awakened one, each possessing extraordinary power.

So climbing a mountain was nothing to them.

The problem was this:

As they climbed higher and higher, the beasts they encountered grew increasingly formidable, blocking their way.

A few could no longer endure it, reaching their limit and choosing to turn back the way they had come.

Bang, bang, bang.

In the sky, helicopters and drones poured down fire.

Earth, trees, and everything else were blasted to pieces.

Meanwhile, Zhu Qingyu and the others were locked in battle with the beasts, each using different methods.

The Northern Emperor possessed formidable physical strength, his whole body wrapped in a bronze glow whenever he struck. Around the Ice Fairy, cold qi surged endlessly, turning one beast after another into ice sculptures. There was also the Pure Yang Little Celestial Master and Monk Huikong.

However, these two used highly unusual methods, both employing the divine arts and breathing techniques of Daoism and Buddhism.

Their every move brimmed with变化, and at this moment they were faintly surpassing the Northern Emperor and the Ice Fairy.

Yet Lu Yuan still chose not to act. He knew these people had great potential.

This trial would be good for them.

In time, they would become strong.

So he would not always intervene.

And Lu Yuan could also tell that the Pure Yang Little Celestial Master and Huikong had likely cultivated some kind of visualization method.

If they kept at it, they would surely surpass the Northern Emperor and the Ice Fairy in the future. As for Zhu Qingyu, her future potential would be even greater.

But after all, this was only the beginning.

By his estimate, these people would not be able to hold out for long; reaching the mountainside would already be their limit.

Because the beasts ahead would be stronger still, and more numerous.

"No wonder the upper ranks favor them as elite talent. Their strength really is impressive."

"Yes, they’re all at the Awakened Realm."

"But why isn’t King Lu making a move? I wanted to see the sight of him crushing the beasts."

"What are you talking about? Do you really think those beasts are worthy of making King Lu fight personally? Maybe the beast kings at the summit are."

"Fair enough. He is the king of mankind, after all."

People outside watched the livestream through the drone cameras and left comment after comment.

Most of them were in the initial stage, and when they saw the Ice Fairy and the others battling the beasts, they all felt it was quite impressive.

They also fully realized that the official upper echelon wielded greater power than they had imagined. Even without conventional weapons, the awakened under their command were formidable. More importantly, the Ice Fairy of North Star Biotech and the disciples of the Daoist and Buddhist sects had come as well.

Ordinary people did not think much of it, but various private factions saw a great deal more.

Even Zhou Yunqiong, watching the livestream, could not help but furrow her brows.

The strength of these people was not the important part.

What mattered was that the authorities could summon them here, which was itself a display of foundation and force.

Fortunately, the Wu Zhou Group had been keeping a very low profile lately and had not come into conflict with the higher powers.

Otherwise, things would be very troublesome at this stage.

At the very least, they would need more time to prepare.

"Hm?"

At that moment, Zhou Yunqiong suddenly fixed her gaze on the screen, because she felt that Lu Yuan seemed about to make his move.

On the screen, the group was nearly at the mountainside of Mount Tai, and most of the monsters had already reached the Awakened Realm.

The ordinary firepower net could no longer suppress them, and more and more people were choosing to head back down the mountain.

Even the Northern Emperor, the Ice Fairy, and the others began to feel the strain.

"This won’t do. The beasts are getting stronger and stronger, and it’s becoming very hard for us to keep climbing."

After slaying a beast, the Ice Fairy's face was somewhat pale.

She had expended a great deal of her inner power.

She was indeed reaching her limit.

And considering her strength, reaching this point was already quite remarkable.

"So am I. Who would have thought we couldn’t even make it to the mountainside?" The Northern Emperor on the side also spoke at the right moment. On his bronze upper body, a few wounds had already appeared. In front of him lay the corpse of a giant wolf, its whole body as jade-white as if carved from stone.

Clearly, it was also exceptionally strong in terms of physical body. Though he had slain it at great cost, he too had suffered some injuries.

On the other side, Zhu Qingyu, the Pure Yang Little Celestial Master, and the others were also breathing heavily.

Yet even now, before them there were still more than dozens of Awakened Realm beasts.

If not for the suppression from above by conventional firepower, they would not even have time to catch their breath.

"All right."

At that moment, Lu Yuan stepped forward.

"The purpose of this trial has been achieved. We can stop here."

A smile in his eyes, he glanced at the time and felt it was about right; he no longer wanted to waste any more time.

Without further words, he took a single step forward.

Boom!

In an instant, a tremendous aura shook through his body.

Golden blood qi encircled him, blasting out a dazzling radiance in all directions.

The ground beneath his feet split apart, boulders shattered, and immense force sent storm after storm surging outward.

Lu Yuan's body was like a primordial mountain, and the moment he stepped forward, it already revealed peerless might.

Puh, puh.

Ahead, the more than a hundred beasts that even Zhu Qingyu and the others found troublesome were instantly suppressed by that aura. Their bodies began to crack, and some were directly turned into a mist of blood.

In merely an instant, every beast before him was dead.

The scene fell utterly silent.

After finishing all this, Lu Yuan did not turn his head. He simply said softly, "You all go down. Leave the rest to me."

With that, he slightly bent his legs, then shot forward like a cannonball.

The golden blood qi surrounding him was even more vast than before, raging without restraint.

At once, the forest trembled.

Several fierce birds in the air cried out miserably and fell to the ground.

The armed helicopters and drones also reacted, immediately following him, after all they had come with a mission.

"Why do I feel that the reason we still haven’t reached the mountainside is because we’re the ones dragging him down?" the Pure Yang Little Celestial Master suddenly blurted out, his eyes full of confusion.

From the foot of the mountain to this point, they had fought harder and harder, and fewer and fewer people remained.

But now that it was Lu Yuan's turn to act, he resolved things just as easily as before.

Awakened Realm beasts had no power to resist before him.

The moment his aura erupted, they were directly shattered.

"Yes, it’s just like what happened at the Ancient Shu Sword Mountain."

Monk Huikong also spoke, feeling deeply troubled.

During this time, he had worked very hard too, and had made great progress.

But compared with Lu Yuan, he was simply not enough to look at. The gap was truly too enormous.

"Dean Zheng said back then that there were two purposes for climbing Mount Tai this time: first, training; second, to clear away some beasts early on so King Lu could have an easier time. But now I feel that... he alone is enough."

Zhu Qingyu also spoke. Though her voice was very soft, everyone present heard it.

At first they were stunned, then they nodded again and again in deep agreement.

Yes.

Looking at that aura, there was simply no need for them.

Immediately, everyone exchanged glances, and the same thought arose in all of them: go down the mountain!

On the other side.

Lu Yuan kept climbing upward at great speed, becoming a streak of afterimage.

Any beast encountered along the way was either crushed outright by his power or intimidated by his aura into fleeing as far as it could. Among them was even a beast king in the Shackled Realm.

During the entire journey, he did not even raise a hand. He simply charged straight upward, passing the mountainside in a very short time.

He was utterly unstoppable.

In the sky, the camera carried by the drone could barely keep up, only just managing to transmit the image.

The people watching the livestream were all stunned speechless at the sight.

Because this was the first time they had seen Lu Yuan make a move so clearly and from so close a distance, and he was even stronger than they had imagined.

"King Lu is mighty. He’s almost beyond human, isn’t he?"

"How long has it been? He’s already crossed the mountainside. Too strong."

"Crushing everything along the way, not even lifting a hand, just using his aura. Is this what a king of mankind is like?"

"Even beast kings are no match for him, unable to block his steps. Facing countless beasts as if walking on level ground—this is true invincibility."

Everyone was shaken beyond measure, only feeling it was absurdly exaggerated.

In the truest sense of the word, he had been silent until he suddenly astonished everyone.

Awakened Realm, Shackled Realm—they were all as fragile as paper before Lu Yuan.

Even Zhou Yunqiong, upon seeing this, could not help but widen her beautiful eyes, a flash of brilliance appearing within them. His strength was also beyond her expectations.