MTLNOVEL Chapter 927: Kill the Chicken to Warn the Monkey
After leaving the assembly hall, Lu Chen led the monks from the hall to the city walls of Black Dragon City, silently watching the fleeing cultivators relentlessly attacking the space blockade in the distance.
The cultivators behind Lu Chen didn't dare to breathe too loudly, afraid they would become the "chicken" in the saying "kill the chicken to warn the monkey."
Not knowing how long had passed, Xu Nianshuo and others still failed to break the space blockade. Just then, upon looking back, Xu Nianshuo noticed Lu Chen standing on the city wall with a group of people watching them, growing even more desperate.
However, at that moment, Xu Nianshuo suddenly realized that Zhang Yidong was among the group standing behind Lu Chen. Xu Nianshuo was taken aback for a moment, then quickly understood what was happening.
Xu Nianshuo resentfully sent a telepathic message to Zhang Yidong saying, "Junior Brother Zhang, do you really think that by siding with someone surnamed Lu, he'll spare you?"
"How ridiculous! Truly ridiculous! Just wait to be settled with!"
Xu Nianshuo stopped paying attention to Zhang Yidong, turned his head back, and continued to swing his sword towards the distance.
But even though they utilized all their abilities, they couldn't break the spatial blockade that seemed to envelop them like a huge transparent dome over Black Dragon County.
For a moment, Xu Nianshuo and the others became even more frenzied. They had to break this space blockade no matter what. Once they broke through, their true bodies would receive the message and escape.
If this delay continued, their main bodies might be disposed of before they managed to break the space blockade.
At that time, a cultivator began frantically absorbing spiritual energy, and the next moment, his face turned red, and his body started to swell.
Clearly, that cultivator was planning to detonate himself to impact the space blockade. Witnessing this, the faces of those behind Lu Chen changed drastically.
If Xu Nianshuo and the others all detonated themselves, it was likely the whole Black Dragon City, even the entire Black Dragon County, would disappear.
Although these were only their avatars, their strength was almost equivalent to their main bodies, especially Xu Nianshuo, a Returning Ruin Realm powerhouse. The destruction he could cause from self-detonation was imaginable.
Even though Tianchen World had now become an advanced cultivation world with complete laws, facing the self-explosion of a Returning Ruin Realm powerhouse, it would certainly be affected.
However, facing the attempt of self-detonation by Xu Nianshuo and others, Lu Chen's face remained expressionless. If a Returning Ruin Realm powerhouse managed to detonate themselves successfully, it would indeed affect this world.
The entire Black Dragon City might flatten into ruins, but the precondition was their successful detonation.
Lu Chen was now the master of Tianchen World, able to directly command the power of the laws of Tianchen World and change some of its rules at any time.
Inside Tianchen World, unless a cultivator's realm surpasses that of Lu Chen, they must abide by the rules of Tianchen World.
Lu Chen then communicated with Heaven's Consciousness of Tianchen World and added a new world rule – cultivators in the Divinity Transformation Realm and Returning Ruin Realm could not self-detonate.
Once this rule was enacted, the power of the laws of Tianchen World directly pacified the restless spiritual power within Xu Nianshuo and the others.
Feeling that the spiritual power in their bodies couldn't gather at the Dantian to detonate themselves, Xu Nianshuo and the others were dumbfounded.
How could this be?
Why couldn't they self-detonate their Dantian?
Seeing Xu Nianshuo and the others returning back to normal, the cultivators behind Lu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief. Although they did not know what had prevented Xu Nianshuo and others from detonating their Dantian, as long as they did not explode, it was enough.
If a Returning Ruin Realm powerhouse detonated their Dantian at such close proximity, they would definitely be severely injured, or even directly killed by the blast.
At that time, Xu Nianshuo and the others tried several more times, only to find that the spiritual power in their bodies seemed to be restrained by some force and couldn't converge at the Dantian.
Xu Nianshuo's gaze accidentally swept across Lu Chen's calm and composed face, instantly realizing that all this must be the Heavenly Emperor's doing.
At this moment, Xu Nianshuo could no longer contain himself and burst out cursing, "Tyrant, what have you done to us! If you have the guts, just kill us directly!"
Now, they couldn't run away, nor could they self-destruct their Dantians, and were left with nothing but impotent fury.
Hearing Xu Nianshuo's words, the Cultivators behind Lu Chen all stepped forward.
"How dare you! Xu Nianshuo, how dare you speak to the Heavenly Emperor like that!"
"Xu Nianshuo, you're seeking death!"
"Xu Nianshuo, do you dare to betray the Heavenly Emperor and not fear the annihilation of your Sect!"
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At this time, the upper echelons of the Sects behind Lu Chen all saw an opportunity to show themselves, and so they accused Xu Nianshuo one after another, all to show their loyalty in front of Lu Chen.
After all, no one knew how many "chickens" Lu Chen intended to slaughter in making an example, or to what extent. If they did not perform well, they feared they might also become one of those "chickens."
Xu Nianshuo sneered and said to Lu Chen, "Victors be kings, losers be bandits, I have nothing more to say. Tyrant, sooner or later, you will meet the same fate as me."
Even though there were Saints protecting Lu Chen, Xu Nianshuo believed that forces with Saints had already discovered the Chaotic Star Sea, and thus, more Super Forces would eventually come to the Chaotic Star Sea.
The Saint guarding Lu Chen might protect him once, but might not be able to do so a second time.
No matter how powerful Lu Chen's guardian Saint was, he was still just one Saint, and there was only one of them. So, Xu Nianshuo believed that one day, Lu Chen would provoke a Super Force that the Daxia Dynasty could not contend with.
Empires are different from kingdoms. Once a newly established Empire becomes known to other Empires, those veteran Empires will inevitably find ways to destroy the new Empire.
Xu Nianshuo knew he was not going to live, so all he could do was indulge in a final verbal tirade and comfort himself with the thought that Lu Chen would eventually end up like him.
Lu Chen didn't want to waste any more time and immediately transmitted a message to Mu Qinglan, "Kill them all."
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Mu Qinglan did not hesitate at all, drew her sword, and in the next moment, a sword light flew out, directly slaying Xu Nianshuo and the others.
Although the Tianchen World suppressed Mu Qinglan's strength, the moment she struck, it caused the Tianchen World to tremble, and Mu Qinglan's sword eradicated the Divine Souls of Xu Nianshuo and the others.
Seeing this scene, the Cultivators present were drenched in cold sweat down their backs.
Is this the power of a Saint? Simply terrifying. Just one sword swing and the Souls of Cultivators at the Returning Ruin Realm were extinguished.
At this time, Lu Chen turned around and glanced at the people present, noticing their Loyalty rising rapidly, and Lu Chen said indifferently, "I was originally planning to give them another chance, but it seems they do not appreciate the opportunity I offered."
"Let's leave it at that for today."
As his voice faded, Lu Chen's figure disappeared on the spot. Seeing Lu Chen disappear, the Cultivators who had come to attend the Cultivation Conference finally let out a long sigh of relief, instantly feeling a sense of having survived a great disaster.
People thought that the Heavenly Emperor did not intend to engage in a massacre, or else he would not have spared people like Zhang Yidong from the Wind-controlling Sect.
After this incident, no one in the entire Daxia Dynasty dared to harbor any other ulterior motives.
With the presence of a Saint, even if enemies from the Outer Domain were to invade and the Daxia Dynasty was no match for the hostile forces, that Saint could also slay them before they could betray the Daxia Dynasty.