60: What a surprise!

This time, before the opponent could make a move, Lu Xuan struck first, stomping his foot on the ground.

Swish!

Several small stones shot out like bullets, heading towards the three people opposite.

In an instant, two muffled thuds were heard.

The two monks beside the middle-aged man had their heads explode instantly, and their bodies fell to the ground, twitching uncontrollably.

The middle-aged man, however, extended one hand straight forward, his five fingers tightly clasped, as if holding something in his palm.

Several drops of cold sweat emerged from the middle-aged man's forehead; he felt waves of intense pain from his palm.

The middle-aged man slowly opened his palm, revealing a pool of blood-red viscous substance—a mixture of crushed stone powder and his blood.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Blackbird Guard?"

The middle-aged man felt a chill run down his spine, and an inexplicable fear surged in his heart.

The opponent had injured him with just a small stone.

Clearly, their strength was unfathomable, far exceeding his imagination, and definitely stronger than his own.

Could the opponent be a martial artist at the Major Achievement of the Blood Refinement Realm?

Damn it!

Why would such a powerful individual appear in Dengfeng County? Could they be from the Blackbird Guard?

One must know that he was a martial artist of the Blood Refinement Realm, his physical body having undergone countless trials and reaching perfection.

A martial artist of the Blood Refinement Realm possesses a body comparable to adamantine stone; ordinary things simply couldn't harm him.

Lu Xuan remained silent, looking indifferently at the middle-aged man in front of him, then pushed off with both feet, leaping forward at extreme speed.

It seems that martial artists of the Blood Refinement Realm are indeed different from those ants of the past.

"How audacious!"

The middle-aged man watched Lu Xuan attack him, rage rising in his heart, and his previous apprehension towards Lu Xuan immediately vanished.

Immediately after, the middle-aged man's loose white robe instantly puffed up, strong winds howled around him, his sleeves flapped loudly, and powerful vital energy surged from within his body.

"Courting death!"

The middle-aged man's eyes flickered with an eerie white glow, and powerful vital energy poured into his palm as he thrust it out towards Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan unhesitatingly activated the Inner Energy within his body, meeting the middle-aged man's attack with a mid-air palm strike.

"Oh, it's this aura again."

The moment of contact, Lu Xuan once again sensed that mysterious aura, identical to the one within the Liansheng Temple Abbot outside.

However, the middle-aged man's strange aura was much stronger than that of the Liansheng Temple Abbot outside.

Immediately, Lu Xuan activated the endless Inner Energy within his body, gathering it in his palm, and irresistibly invaded the middle-aged man's body.

"You, you, you..."

"You are a master of the Inner Energy Realm!"

The middle-aged man felt that irresistible terrifying power, his pupils dilated, and his eyes filled with despair and fear.

That powerful Inner Energy was spreading like a rampage within his body, destroying every inch of his flesh and blood.

Even his terrifying vital energy was as fragile as a newborn infant in the face of that mysterious aura.

After a few breaths, the middle-aged man, filled with deep reluctance and confusion, his indestructible body turned into a pile of mud, losing its support and collapsing to the ground.

He couldn't understand why a master of the Inner Energy Realm would exist in a small place like Dengfeng County.

The opponent was a powerful existence on the same level as the elders in their Sacred Sect.

Moreover, the opponent was a young man who appeared to be only around twenty years old.

Such a peerless prodigy, he had only seen at the sect's headquarters.

Lu Xuan, seeing that the middle-aged man was dead, felt some confusion.

These Netherworld White Lotus Sect cultists seemed to have all uniformly cultivated the so-called White Lotus Sacred Scripture, causing their bodies to carry the same strange aura as the White Lotus Blood Infant.

But why, after killing them, did he not gain system points?

Was it because the mysterious aura within them was too mottled and turbid, far from as pure as that of the White Lotus Blood Infant?

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment, then ignored him, turning his gaze towards the Lotus Platform.

The next second, a cold light shone forth, accompanied by a powerful clang of a saber!

Lu Xuan drew a large saber from his waist, and the temperature in the air rapidly became scorching hot at a visible speed.

Without a hint of hesitation, Lu Xuan's mind moved, activating the Inner Energy in his body.

A crimson light shot out from the saber, carrying terrifying high temperatures towards the very center of the Lotus Platform.

In an instant, the pure white lotus, as large as several adults, was enveloped by intensely boiling crimson flames, which then rapidly spread across the entire Lotus Platform.

Hmm?

A slight movement suddenly occurred in Lu Xuan's mind, and the system panel immediately appeared before his eyes.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Inner Qi Realm (Minor Achievement)

Cultivation Techniques: Scarlet Flame Saber Technique 3/9, Wind Chasing Step 1/9 (Can be deduced)

Points: 45

Please confirm if the host wishes to consume 45 points to deduce Wind Chasing Step.

Upon seeing the increase in points on the system panel, Lu Xuan's heart filled with joy, and a smile appeared on his expressionless face.

Originally, he only had 15 system points, but now it had suddenly increased by 30 system points, becoming 45 system points.

However, Lu Xuan's smile quickly faded as he felt something was off.

Last time in the Junling Mountain Range, killing the White Lotus Blood Infant yielded 33 system points.

Why were the system points less now?

Lu Xuan could sense that the aura of this White Lotus Blood Infant was clearly stronger than the one in the Junling Mountain Range.

Could it be?

"Ah!"

A sharp, piercing scream came, the sound originating from the pure white lotus on the Lotus Platform.

"Not dead?"

Lu Xuan looked intently, only to see a phantom dart out from the Lotus Platform, which was covered in crimson flames, finally landing on the underground palace square.

A monster, approximately the height of a three or four-year-old human, appeared before Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan could vaguely see that its entire body was covered in vivid red patterns, its skin was a chilling pale white, and there was a white lotus mark on its forehead.

It was currently staring intently at Lu Xuan with its eyes, which glowed with an eerie white light.

"What is this?"

"Why is it so different from the White Lotus Blood Infant?"

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, muttering to himself.

"Could the Netherworld White Lotus Sect's White Lotus Blood Infant evolve?"

And if this White Lotus Blood Infant wasn't dead, then where did the system points he just gained come from?

Could they have come from that pure white lotus?

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan looked up towards the Lotus Platform.

Only then did he realize that the pure white lotus had already been burned to ashes by the crimson flames, and the Lotus Platform was scorched black and smoking.

So that's it.

After understanding, Lu Xuan slowly shifted his gaze to the White Lotus Blood Infant in front of him.

This is excellent, Lu Xuan looked at the small White Lotus Blood Infant, a smile once again appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He hadn't expected this trip to Liansheng Temple to be so fruitful.