320: Tianxiahui Headquarters! Is destiny in your hands?

The next moment, Lu Jiuyuan felt his entire body enveloped by the soft glow of the Guhong Sword, falling into a strange sensation of weightlessness and shuttling.

Time and space seemed to twist and flow around him, with bizarre, incomprehensible colors and lines flashing before his eyes.

After an unknown period, the light enveloping his body suddenly receded.

The sensation of solid ground returned, and at the same time, a completely different worldly Aura, distinct from the previous world, washed over him.

The Spiritual Qi here was more active, and also more... restless, carrying a wild, barbaric savagery and a murderous Aura.

Lu Jiuyuan steadied himself, a flash of golden-red light in his eyes, instantly adapting to the change in environment.

He was still dressed in the black Dragon Robe, symbolizing the Great Xia Emperor, his red hair like flames, his face handsome and majestic.

The transformed Guhong Sword floated quietly beside him, its Dragon and Phoenix patterns on the blade subtle, yet possessing a graceful demeanor that transcended the mundane.

He looked up, surveying his surroundings.

This was an extremely vast white stone plaza, its ground as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the sky.

At the end of the plaza was a continuous, magnificent complex of palaces, built against the mountain, layer upon layer, with flying eaves and elaborateDougong, extremely grand.

Most striking were three towering pagodas, forming a tripod formation, guarding the grandest central hall. Above the hall, a huge metal plaque shone in the sunlight with three imposing characters:

World Society!

The air was filled with a strong Aura of solemnity and strict discipline. Countless World Society members, dressed in unified attire with keen eyes, patrolled and drilled in the plaza and surrounding buildings, their movements uniform and clearly well-trained.

And Lu Jiuyuan's sudden appearance was like a giant rock thrown into a still pond!

"Which esteemed master has graced my World Society?"

A deep, resonant roar, full of majesty and domineering Aura, like muffled thunder, came from the direction of the central hall.

Before the words finished, a burly, imposing figure had already soared through the air like a great roc, landing on the plaza, facing Lu Jiuyuan from a distance.

The newcomer was dressed in a brocade robe, with a fierce face and a long, three-strand beard below his chin. His eyes, when opening and closing, gleamed with sharp light, he exuded self-confidence, and his entire being radiated the intense domineering Aura of someone long in a high position, wielding power over life and death!

It was none other than the World Society's leader, Overlord!

His gaze, like electricity, locked onto Lu Jiuyuan, a hint of surprise and solemnity flashing in his eyes.

This person's Aura was unfathomable!

His attire was even more unheard of! The current Martial Forest Supreme wears a yellow Dragon Robe; there has never been talk of a black Dragon Robe.

"Who are Your Excellency? Why do you trespass into my World Society?" Overlord's voice was cold and deep, his Three-Part Yuan Qi already secretly circulating within him, his entire Aura held back but ready, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Lu Jiuyuan looked at Overlord: "You are Overlord? I also once had an World Society."

"I?" Overlord frowned deeply. This self-appellation felt extremely jarring and absurd to him.

"What arrogance! No matter who you are, since you've come today, stay! Let me, Overlord, see what qualifications you have to call yourself 'I' before the World Society!"

Overlord roared, no longer speaking.

The other party's condescending attitude and self-appellation were the greatest provocation and insult to his World Society and to him, Overlord!

His figure suddenly charged forward, as fast as a gale. His right hand's five fingers spread wide, and within his palm, the three Qi of wind, cloud, and frost instantly condensed and compressed, forming a translucent energy sphere containing terrifying tearing and annihilating power.

"Take my Three-Part Yuan Qi!"

Overlord roared, thrusting the energy sphere violently towards Lu Jiuyuan!

Where the sphere passed, the air shrieked, and the ground's stone slabs were plowed with deep furrows by the escaping Qi, its might terrifying!

With this strike, he had used ninety percent of his strength, aiming for a sure kill!

He wanted to instantly crush this arrogant madman, to serve as a warning!

Lu Jiuyuan merely casually raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers together, and lightly drew a line towards the whistling Three-Part Yuan Qi sphere.

His movement was light and unhurried, like a scholar holding a brush or a painter splashing ink.

"Chhh—"

A subtle yet extremely condensed crimson-gold Sword Qi erupted from his fingertips, meeting the aggressive energy sphere.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no shockwave of rampant energy.

The powerful and unmatched Three-Part Yuan Qi sphere, at the moment of contact with that subtle Sword Qi, split directly into two, passed Lu Jiuyuan's body, and exploded behind him.

"What superb swordsmanship!" Overlord's face showed shock.

His full-power Three-Part Yuan Qi was so effortlessly... punctured by the other party.

How was this possible? Who exactly was this person?

"You are the Martial Forest myth, Nameless!"

"Wrong guess!"

Lu Jiuyuan calmly uttered two words, then, with fingers joined like a sword, he lightly pointed again at Overlord from a distance.

This time, it was no longer a casual flick. The crimson-gold light condensed at his fingertips suddenly became dazzling, and a destructive Aura that made Overlord's Soul tremble instantly locked onto him!

A Protective Aura, as solid as substance, containing the scorching heat of Phoenix True Fire and the sharpness of Invincible Vajra, shot directly towards Overlord's glabella!

This point was fast! Precise! Ruthless!

Overlord's hairs stood on end, the shadow of death engulfing him like an icy tide.

He tried with all his might to dodge, but his body seemed to be confined by invisible shackles; his mind could keep up, but his movements were far too slow!

He could only watch as the deadly finger-sword rapidly expanded in his pupils!

"My life is over!" Despair and unwillingness surged in Overlord's heart.

However, at this critical moment—

An unexpected change occurred!

"Crack!"

A clap of thunder, a faint lightning bolt in the clear sky, struck precisely and without deviation upon the crimson-gold finger-sword heading for Overlord's glabella!

"Pfft!"

How sharp was the finger-sword Protective Aura? And that lightning was not powerful.

But it was this insignificant obstruction that caused an extremely subtle deviation in the finger-sword's trajectory!

"Chhh!"

Blood splattered!

The finger-sword grazed Overlord's cheek, taking a strand of hair and leaving a bloody mark.

But, he had dodged the fatal blow! He had only suffered some minor superficial injuries!

Overlord staggered back two steps, still somewhat shaken, his eyes filled with lingering fear and bewilderment.

What happened? ... Lu Jiuyuan lightly "Eh?" and raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the spot where the lightning had exploded, then at the lightly injured Overlord, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Coincidence?

His thoughts stirred, and he no longer used his finger-sword, instead, he clapped his hand at Overlord from a distance!

Divine Dragon Palm!

A giant crimson-gold Divine Dragon roared out, with a wider range and faster speed, blocking all of Overlord's dodging angles!

Overlord was greatly alarmed, desperately circulating his Internal Energy, thrusting both palms out, and a transparent Origin Qi shield enveloped him.

He attempted to directly confront this terrifying palm Protective Aura, even though he knew it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

"Boom!"

The golden Dragon and Overlord's palms met, producing a dull roar.

Overlord was struck hard, sent flying backward.

He flipped and landed, leaving a long trail on the ground. The force he endured was rapidly infused into the earth, causing explosions and leaving long marks along his retreat.

However, he himself was not seriously injured, as if it were child's play.

Lu Jiuyuan stood with his hands behind his back, his red hair gently swaying in the breeze, his eyes fixed on Overlord.

Two attempts, both failing to kill. This was certainly not a coincidence.

Overlord's strength was somewhat greater than Guan Yutian's, but only marginally. To him, Overlord could be killed with a flick of a finger.

Yet, such a person, whom he could easily kill, had escaped him twice in a row.

"It seems this world does not wish for you to die by my hand. Is this Luck protecting you, destiny on your side?"