341: We must eradicate evil completely and nip it in the bud!

On the shores of the East Sea, waves crashed against the banks.

Several strangely shaped Eastern Sea warships rode the wind and waves, arriving.

On the decks of the ships, a group of Martial Artists dressed in Eastern Sea samurai attire, exuding a fierce aura, sat around drinking. Amidst their clamor, stiff Central Plains speech could be heard, discussing the impending "great conquest."

The leader was exceptionally burly, with bulging muscles, clad in dark golden armor. His face was rugged, and his eyes were fierce and domineering. He was none other than the Palace Master of Godless Absolute Palace, Godless!

Beside him stood his younger son, Jutian, who was almost as tall as Godless was when sitting, along with a host of elite Onis from Godless Absolute Palace.

"Father, the Central Plains Martial Forest is nothing special! Once Big Brother poisons Overlord and Nameless, this Divine Land will be ours, belonging to Godless Absolute Palace!"

Jutian was young but ambitious, his eyes filled with adoration and excitement as he looked at his father.

Godless took a gulp of wine and laughed, "Tian'er, the Central Plains people are weak and incompetent; there are only a few worth noting.

Looking across the land, there are only Nameless, Sword Saint, Sword Demon, and Overlord—just these four.

Now that this father's Divine Skill has reached Major Achievement, even the martial arts myth Nameless cannot stop my advance!"

"Sending your Big Brother to the Central Plains first is merely a precaution. As for poisoning Nameless and Overlord, if it succeeds, all the better. If not, it will just require a bit more effort."

Godless chuckled and said,

"A mere Overlord can be suppressed with just one hand!"

Before Godless finished speaking, an indescribably terrifying pressure, like the entire sky collapsing, enveloped this sea area without warning!

"Whoosh—!"

The originally surging sea surface was instantly pressed smooth as a mirror, and all waves eerily stilled!

A suffocating silence permeated the air; even the sound of the wind disappeared.

The clamor of all the Eastern Sea Martial Artists on the deck ceased abruptly, like ducks being choked. The ecstasy and greed on their faces instantly froze, turning into extreme terror.

They felt the surrounding air solidify into tangible shackles, making even moving a finger incredibly difficult. Their True Qi, moreover, felt like it had fallen into a mire, circulating sluggishly!

Godless's face changed dramatically. He stood up suddenly, instantly activating his Indestructible Golden Body to its maximum. Dark golden light emanated from his body, illuminating him like a Golden Armored Divine Being!

He felt it! A cold, domineering aura, transcending all living beings, as if capable of judging life and death, had firmly locked onto him!

He struggled to look up.

He saw that at the very top of the foremost mast of the fleet, a figure had appeared at some unknown time.

His red hair was like blood, his Dragon robe fluttered, a treasured sword hung at his waist, and he stood with his hands behind his back.

His face was calm, his eyes indifferent, like a god looking down upon the mortal world.

It was Lu Jiuyuan!

"Who is Your Excellency?"

Godless squeezed these words through gritted teeth, his heart pounding wildly, a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

"Me? I am the Overlord you just spoke of, who can be thrashed with one hand!"

"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! Gang Leader Xiong, you misheard. We just came to look around and will leave immediately!"

Godless suppressed the immense shock in his heart and shouted.

He had lived for so many years, and this was the first time he felt such a despairing disparity—an absolute crushing at the level of life itself!

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding is there!"

Lu Jiuyuan stood in mid-air, his red hair gently fluttering in the sea breeze, his eyes as indifferent as ice.

Godless's face turned pale. He quickly said, "Gang Leader Xiong! It was I who spoke rashly and was blind!

My Godless Absolute Palace is willing to retreat immediately and swear never to set foot in the Central Plains again!"

He had said this once before, when he encountered Nameless, and Nameless believed him!

Central Plains people, full of benevolence and Dao morality, are very easy to deceive!

"You mean to tell me to come all this way for nothing?" Lu Jiuyuan asked.

"No, no, no, we are willing to apologize, ten thousand taels of gold, ten chests of treasures… We beg Gang Leader Xiong to show us mercy!"

However, Lu Jiuyuan merely shook his head gently, his eyes as if watching a clown performing diligently.

"Apologize?" A faint, yet bone-chilling curve appeared at the corner of his mouth:

"Your life, your ships, everything you brought, all now belong to me. You wish to apologize to me with my own things?"

Godless's pupils constricted, and his heart sank to the bottom.

The other party didn't care about his thoughts at all; he was merely toying with him like a cat with a mouse. His true intention was to annihilate them all!

"Overlord! Don't push your luck!"

Godless roared, desperate like a cornered dog. His Indestructible Golden Body was pushed to its limit, the dark golden light almost solidifying. Then, all the brilliance vanished, converging entirely onto his fist: "I'll fight you with my life! Killing Fist—Ultimate Strike!"

He burned his essence blood, pouring all his cultivation, even his life potential, into this single punch!

A dark golden fist aura, condensed and solid, as if capable of piercing through heaven and earth, like a world-destroying meteor, carrying all of Godless's madness and unwillingness, blasted towards Lu Jiuyuan!

This punch possessed unparalleled domineering power!

"Father!" Jutian exclaimed.

A faint glimmer of hope rekindled in the eyes of all the Onis.

Facing this desperate strike, Lu Jiuyuan finally moved.

He did not draw his sword, nor did he even point his fingers.

He merely slowly raised his right hand, and then, facing that world-destroying fist aura, he gently pressed downwards.

Heaven's Will Four Symbols—Divine Dragon Palm!

"Om—!"

An invisible, vast as a sea of stars, heavy as the entire heaven and earth, power descended with his press!

That dark golden fist aura, capable of collapsing small mountains, failed to even stir a ripple in the face of this power. It shattered and annihilated instantly, like foam hitting an invisible barrier!

Not only that, the momentum of that power did not diminish, like an invisible curtain of heaven, covering Godless and the entire main ship beneath his feet!

"No—!!!"

Godless let out the most shrill and desperate roar of his life. The light of his Indestructible Golden Body shattered inch by inch like paper under this absolute power!

He felt as if he was being repelled and crushed by the entire world!

His bones emitted an unbearable cracking sound, his Meridians snapped inch by inch, and his internal organs instantly turned to dust!

Under the terrified gaze of everyone, Godless's burly body, along with his dark golden armor, exploded with a bang, like a mosquito swatted by an invisible giant palm!

It turned into a cloud of blood mist, mixed with metal fragments, and dissipated into the air.

The Palace Master of Godless Absolute Palace, Godless, was dead! The ship was completely unharmed!

"Father!"

Jutian collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down his face, utterly broken: "Why? Why are you so cruel? We already apologized, why won't you forgive us?"

The other Onis on the main ship also stood motionless, their faces devoid of color, as if their Souls had been drawn out.

Lu Jiuyuan didn't even look at the blood mist. His gaze swept over the remaining warships and the Eastern Sea Martial Artists on board, who were like lambs to the slaughter.

"Apology? If apologies were useful, what would we need swords and spears for?"

"My mother said Central Plains people like to repay evil with kindness the most! Why are you so cruel? You don't deserve to be a Central Plains person!"

Jutian knelt on the ground, looking at the bloodstains, and said angrily:

"When I grow up, I will definitely kill all of you Central Plains people!"

"You won't have the chance!" Lu Jiuyuan replied calmly. He didn't even look at Jutian again; he merely pointed his fingers like a sword and casually slashed in Jutian's direction.

A dark red Sword Qi, finer than a hair, almost imperceptible, like the whisper of death, silently swept across the Void Realm.

Jutian still maintained his posture of kneeling, wailing, and loudly threatening, the venom and tears on his face not yet dry.

The next moment, his voice abruptly ceased.

A fine line of blood, from his glabella vertically downwards, extended across his nose bridge, lips, throat, chest… His entire being, along with the luxurious Eastern Sea attire he wore, was precisely and evenly split in two by this subtle Sword Qi!

The two halves of his body slowly separated to either side, his internal organs and blood, as if restrained for a moment by an invisible force, then gushed onto the deck with a crash.

The Young Lord of Godless Absolute Palace, Jutian, followed in his father's footsteps, utterly destroyed in both body and Soul!

Immediately, he gently flicked his sleeve again.

An invisible force, like mercury flowing across the ground, enveloped all the remaining Eastern Sea warships.

Those warships, along with the Onis on board, began to silently shatter and disintegrate, like ice and snow thrown into the scorching sun, turning into fragments that sank into the seawater.

In just a breath's time, there was nothing left on the sea surface.

Not even a speck of wood or a piece of cloth remained, so clean it was as if that fleet had never existed.

The sea breeze once again became moist and salty, and the waves resumed their regular ebb and flow.

Sunlight spilled down, the sea was blue, the sky was clear, and everything was as usual.

Lu Jiuyuan walked with his hands behind his back, treading on air, leaving a series of sonic booms in the air. His red hair and Dragon robe shimmered in the sunlight, completely spotless.