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Chapter 423: 420 Second Envoy

Chapter 423: 420 Second Envoy

“Kid, leave a line in everything you do so we can meet again on good terms!”

Feng Xiu’s Base.

In this deep voice, a hand reached out, seizing the sword light that Lu Wu slashed towards the Sealing Bird Nest.

The one who made the move was the thirteenth Apostle standing beside Feng Xiu.

Well, to be precise, it was another being who took over the body of the thirteenth Apostle and acted.

This person was the Second Envoy of the Zero Organization.

Currently, one of the only Epic 2 Star existences of the Zero Organization.

And also the one who had previously lent his power to the thirteenth Apostle.

Now, seeing that the being who borrowed his power couldn’t handle it, he increased his effort and took matters into his own hands.

As expected of a powerful being, the situation changed immediately as he made his move.

Not only did he easily break through Lu Wu’s suppression, he grabbed Lu Wu’s sword light with one hand, and even allowed Feng Xiu to break free from Lu Wu’s suppression.

It could be said that as soon as he acted, he demonstrated a spectacular operation.

His intervention caused Lu Wu’s eyebrows to furrow.

After the move, he gave Lu Wu a quick look-over and proposed a solution to the current situation.

“Here’s the deal, kid. Leave the Gate Fragment behind, take the person with you, and let’s call it even for today, what do you say?”

As soon as the Second Envoy spoke, there was no expression on Lu Wu’s side, but Feng Xiu immediately objected.

How could this be? How could they just let Lu Wu go?

“Second Envoy…”

“What? Are you questioning me?”

“I wouldn’t dare!”

With one sentence, the Second Envoy made Feng Xiu tremble all over, silencing him.

“Kid, your little girlfriend was killed by the Elder Council, which has little to do with us, the Zero Organization. I think you should be able to distinguish who your real enemy is, right?

Take him and go. Go confront the Elder Council.

We won’t just avoid meddling, we might even become an asset to you…”

“Are you trying to tell me what to do?”

Before the Second Envoy could finish, Lu Wu raised his head and looked at him with a cold gaze.

The tone was icy, the attitude strong; this was not the demeanour of a weakling towards a stronger foe.

This posture immediately angered the Second Envoy.

“What’s with the youth these days? Getting so arrogant, thinking just a bit of adventure makes them invincible?

It seems I need to give you a harsh lesson from society to teach you the value of modesty and humility!”

As the Second Envoy spoke, the Epic Power began to flow through him.

The Second Envoy held himself high, but he indeed had the capability to do so.

As his Epic Power surged, everything Lu Wu had put Feng Xiu through began to replay on him, as an immense pressure burst forth, threatening to crush Lu Wu completely.

However, just as his Epic Power flared, a hint of disdain appeared on Lu Wu’s lips.

“If it were your true self, I might have feared you a bit, but a mere avatar? You better roll back to where you came from!”

Saying this, Lu Wu slapped him with a dismissive gesture.

“Scram!”

At the same time, a power inside the thirteenth Apostle’s body was triggered, and the Second Envoy’s face changed as he felt his power being pulled back.

“How can this be?”

“Why can’t it be? If I can send Fei Yinghao’s avatar back, I can certainly send yours back too!”

“You’ve made a foolish decision, and you will pay for it…”

Before he could finish the word ‘price,’ the Second Envoy’s avatar was sent back to his original body, and the thirteenth Apostle collapsed into a coma due to the loss of the Second Envoy’s avatar.

Of course, compared to Feng Xiu, the thirteenth Apostle who directly fell into a coma was obviously the fortunate one.

Feng Xiu’s situation was much more tragic.

Just as the Second Envoy had unleashed his power, he’d thought he could make a comeback, and his attitude became arrogant.

Who would have thought that the Second Envoy’s avatar would be sent packing by Lu Wu in a blink of an eye?

These instantaneous bursts of power were like digging a pit for him, weren’t they?

“Lu Wu, don’t kill me; our enmity isn’t that big when you think about it!”

“I haven’t caused you any substantial harm; there’s really no need for you to kill me. A dead Fourth Apostle is worthless to you, but it’s different if I’m alive.”

“Really, I can be your subordinate, I can provide all sorts of information and help you with things.

I have great value, please don’t kill me!”

It seemed as if the only utterly fair thing in this world is death itself.

No matter whether you’re poor or rich, handsome or ordinary, death clings to you unfailingly.

And in the face of death, even a being as strong as Feng Xiu could feel fear and appear utterly pathetic in his pleas.

But he was a bit more rational than most; he kept indicating to Lu Wu how important and useful he was, telling Lu Wu that he was a complete loser in the battle between them.

He had not only failed to take advantage but had been dominated throughout.

As the victor, couldn’t Lu Wu find another way to humiliate him, to turn a once powerful enemy into an obedient dog? Wouldn’t that be better than killing him outright?

To this, Lu Wu’s answer was, it wouldn’t.

“Do you remember the Changping Secret Realm?

It’s the secret realm I escaped to after our first encounter.”

Suddenly bringing up this topic, Feng Xiu immediately had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Lu Wu had no intention of giving him a chance to speak.

“In that secret realm, I made my first and only Summoned Beast friend.

Thanks to you, that friend is no longer with me.

And I once swore by his grave that I would bring your head to his memorial.

A man should keep his word!”

“No…”

Feng Xiu desperately wanted to say something, but Lu Wu did not give him the chance, beheading him with a reverse sword strike.

The Longsword sliced through his neck, and at that moment, Feng Xiu, the Fourth Envoy of the Zero Organization, met his end.

Just before dying, he couldn’t help but wonder if things would be different had he not foolishly decided to kill Old Bone—would he not have to die now?

There was no answer to that question, but the more he dwelled on it, the more regret grew like wild grass, engulfing his entire being.

With one sword strike, Lu Wu had avenged his enemy.

At this moment, Lu Wu’s feelings were complex: he wasn’t very joyful,

Since Dudu died in front of Lu Wu, happiness had been difficult to come by.

It felt as though his heart was weighed down by a stone.

But Feng Xiu’s death gave him a slight sense of relief.

He took Feng Xiu’s head and planned to visit Old Bone’s resting place later to pay tribute. Then, Lu Wu cut free Lin Jianying with another stroke of his sword.

At the same time, he retrieved Lin Jianying’s Fragment to return to him.

Looking at Lin Jianying, whose limbs were severed, and especially wretched in appearance, Lu Wu shook his head.

“It’s been years, and yet you haven’t made any progress.

Can’t you see such an obvious trap?”

Saying this, he placed his hand on Lin Jianying’s head, where the silly force of the Epic Power flowed, and Lin Jianying’s severed limbs regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lin Jianying maintained his signature silly smile and didn’t respond.

Instead, it was his goblin, which came closer, watching its master’s limbs regrow and looking at Lu Wu with a different gaze.

It seemed to suddenly find this weirdo useful!

Lu Wu slapped the goblin on the head with the back of his hand, resulting in a bump.

After enabling Lin Jianying’s limbs to grow back, Lu Wu turned to face the thirteenth Apostle, gently hooked his finger, and the lifeless thirteenth Apostle stood up as Lu Wu flicked a finger.

A sword light pierced through the body of the thirteenth Apostle.

Awakening the thirteenth Apostle from his coma.

“I ask one question, you answer one!”

The thirteenth Apostle was still dazed, and Lu Wu immediately began to interrogate.

“Has Tie Xiong been here…”

Mmm, what Lu Wu most wanted to investigate now was Tie Xiong. With Zhang Yunyi dead, the trail on that end had gone cold, leaving only Tie Xiong.

Whether it was to avenge Dudu or to unearth the truth, or even to get the Fragment to avenge Dudu, Lu Wu needed to find Tie Xiong.

However, the thirteenth Apostle knew next to nothing about Tie Xiong.

According to the intelligence Lu Wu mastered, that guy seemed to have no contact with Feng Xiu either.

“Lu Wu, there’s probably no news about Tie Xiong here. The last time he met with us, it was just on a whim. He doesn’t really have much of a connection with us or Feng Xiu.

He doesn’t have a reason to come here or even contact Feng Xiu.”

Lin Jianying’s words further confirmed that this base likely had nothing Lu Wu wanted.

Lu Wu was slightly disappointed, while Lin Jianying became somewhat anxious.

“Also, we might need to leave.

You just expelled the Second Envoy; he might be on his way here.

The Second Envoy has Epic 2 Star Power, able to stand against the twelve elders. We’re certainly no match for him, better to retreat now!”

“Why the rush? I just asked, the Second Apostle’s base is in Zone 5, a distance from here, and he won’t get here soon, besides, he won’t come!”

Lin Jianying was stunned, “Why not?”

Lu Wu didn’t answer this question. What a hassle!

He immediately got busy!

What he was busy with now was gathering all the Evil Summoners from Feng Xiu’s base, then administering drugs to them in batches.

The drugs were from the Dark Organization.

Once drugged, these people’s lives and deaths were under Lu Wu’s control, and they became his people.

Then, Lu Wu had these people turn the whole base inside out.

All the resources of the base were moved away, and all relevant information was sent over to the 72 side.

All this took almost one day.

During this time, Lin Jianying was trembling with fear, dreading the Second Envoy’s arrival.

Fortunately, as if Lu Wu was correct, the Second Envoy did not come by the time Lu Wu had finished his work.

“Alright, that should be enough, time for us to go!”

Seeing Lu Wu finish and the Second Envoy not appearing, Lin Jianying exhaled a long sigh of relief.

“Where to now?”

Lu Wu raised an eyebrow and casually mentioned a place…

……

Elsewhere, in a Secret Realm of Zone 5.

The Second Envoy, sitting on his own throne, had a somewhat unpleasant expression. After all, not long ago, he’d just been sent packing.

Dismissed as easily as swatting a fly.

For how long had he not been treated this way?

It seemed since twenty or thirty years ago, with the disappearance of their leader, he became an existence within the Zero Organization, second only to one but above tens of thousands.

From that time on, nobody inside or outside the organization dared to treat him with that attitude.

Being treated this way, even if just once in a while, disturbed his mood.

However, although he had issued harsh words in the end, he didn’t really intend to seek out Lu Wu.

He didn’t dare!

Not because of Lu Wu.

In his eyes, Lu Wu was nothing more than a pathetic worm.

After the incident with Pang Duddu, the appearance of Yukawa Ryuzo, the emergence of their leader, the Zeroer, and the death of Zhang Yunyi.

All these things made the Second Envoy understand.

Lu Wu was just a pawn in the Zeroer’s hands; his so-called genius, his astounding growth, everything was propelled by the Zeroer.

Even Lu Wu’s life was designed by the Zeroer.

Thus, the Second Envoy was more afraid of the Zeroer than Lu Wu.

He had promised Feng Xiu to confront Lu Wu, even descending in a clone, but his real intention was not Lu Wu.

He just wanted to collect Lin Jianying’s Gate Fragment on the side and further verify whether Lu Wu was the Zeroer’s pawn or not.

The result was, he sensed the residual aura of the Zeroer on Lu Wu.

Meaning, Lu Wu truly was the Zeroer’s pawn.

This made the Second Envoy hesitant.

Even with hundreds of guts, he wouldn’t dare seek out Lu Wu.

Going after Lu Wu, he couldn’t kill him, and merely fighting him wouldn’t appease his frustration but would further embitter Lu Wu against him.

Although Lu Wu was a pawn, he was still functioning. Who knew to what extent the Zeroer planned to develop him?

What if Lu Wu became stronger and held grudges, searching him out for revenge? What then?

So, that grudge, the Second Envoy had to endure, whether he could or not.

“Forget it, just endure a bit. If it’s unbearable, change the perspective, and looking at it is over.

Has anyone monitored by the leader ever had a good ending?

The ordeal has barely begun, and Pang Duddu is already dead. What follows will certainly be more tragic than now.”

Well, thinking like this made the Second Envoy feel a lot better.

Right, such an existence as his, why bother with Lu Wu, a tragedy-bound wretch?

Why not let him go just this once?

Think of it as giving some warmth to a wretch, so he won’t die before the more bone-chilling ice cold arrives.

This mentality, how to say it, the spirit of Ah Q is immortal.

However, just as this Envoy had persuaded himself and prepared to watch Lu Wu’s tragic fate, his expression suddenly changed, and he sharply raised his head.

The moment he looked up, a sword light imbued with extreme coldness descended.

The Second Envoy couldn’t smile anymore.

He had spared Lu Wu, but Lu Wu had no intention of sparing him!