Sword Aura to the Heavens
Chapter 85 - 84: One Must Die

Chapter 85: Chapter 84: One Must Die

Li Fan and the other two walked in the Cui Family, with someone trying to stop them in front.

But at this moment, a lightning storm appeared in the distant sky, transforming into a vortex of thunderclouds, resembling a tribulation from afar, extremely terrifying.

"What is that?" Li Fan looked up in that direction, and those from the Cui Family trying to intercept them also stared in that direction, hearts trembling.

"Solidifying Pill."

Cui Yushang gazed intently at the sky and murmured. When cultivators solidify their Pill, they require extremely strong external forces. Some borrow the power of the sun, moon, and stars, some use arrays, while others rely on special treasures.

To solidify a Pill, one must either have extraordinary talent to directly summon a powerful energy storm, or have resources and treasures to assist them.

And at this moment, this thundercloud was someone borrowing the power of heaven and earth to solidify their Pill.

In the Cui Family, who is solidifying their Pill?

That direction is the dungeon, and the person solidifying their Pill has the attribute of lightning.

Cui Yushang could hardly believe it. Could it be possible?

"Let’s go." She suddenly quickened her pace forward, with Li Fan and Li Hongyi following, swiftly moving in that direction. Those around who wanted to intercept saw Li Fan’s flying sword shoot out, clanging, and immediately retreated to the sides, making way.

At the same time, in different locations of the Cui Family, people were heading in that direction at great speed, all wanting to know who was solidifying their Pill.

The scene in the sky grew increasingly terrifying, with the horrifying energy vortex descending, visible even from afar outside the Cui Family, making many halt and look in that direction, hearts shaken.

Another strong figure at the Condensed Core Realm emerging in the Cui Family?

Li Fan and the others soon arrived at the storm’s convergence. Ahead, they saw a tall, raggedly dressed elder striding barefoot, his eyes wide open, as if containing lightning. His entire body was radiant, surrounded by protective lightning, surging with ever-increasing momentum.

"Father..." Cui Yushang ran forward as she saw the elder, her eyes turning red, looking incredulously at the figure before her.

This was her father, Cui Lengzhou.

Why could her father, whose foundation had been destroyed by the Cui Family, rebuild it and even solidify his Pill?

"Yushang." Cui Lengzhou was equally moved upon seeing his daughter, eyes sharp. He stretched out his hand to move forward but stopped to glance at the lightning storm, then looked at Cui Yushang and said, "I heard my granddaughter came to the Cui Family. Did they do anything to her?"

Cui Yushang looked back to see Li Hongyi also moving forward, gazing at the elder. When Cui Lengzhou saw Li Hongyi standing with Cui Yushang, noticing their resemblance, he became excited, staring at Li Hongyi.

"Grandfather..." Li Hongyi called.

"Good, good!" Cui Lengzhou laughed, looking at Li Hongyi. His body seemed to engulf all the energy from the sky, releasing an even more powerful aura. His body shone brightly, as if it had washed away all impurities.

Solidifying Pill!

"Cui Lengzhou." People from the Cui Family had arrived, with Cui Mu standing in the air, staring at that figure, face unsightly.

Cui Lengzhou, whom they had rendered useless years ago, had solidified his Pill. How did he achieve this?

If only they had known, they would have killed him to prevent future troubles.

The thunder gradually dispersed, and Cui Lengzhou strode forward, this towering figure standing before Cui Yushang and Li Hongyi.

He spread his arms to embrace the mother and daughter.

"Yushang, I’ve wronged you, for not protecting you two back then." Cui Lengzhou said, "Today, if I can’t protect you again, I shall die here."

"Father, it is I who have wronged you." Cui Yushang felt distressed, her father was once a genius cultivator of the Cui Family, already at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, just a step away from solidifying his Pill.

But because of her, he fell to the bottom, had his foundation destroyed, and was imprisoned for twenty years. Seeing Cui Lengzhou’s disheveled hair and beard, and his tattered clothes, her heart ached like a knife.

Besides feeling distressed, Li Hongyi was moved.

She had never been abandoned, her mother deeply loved her, and so did her grandfather, trapped in a dungeon for twenty years, yet still thinking of the mother and daughter. Now free, he intended to fight to the death here.

Not far behind them, Li Fan stood quietly, deeply moved.

Even in the Cui Family, there were real men.

Cui Lengzhou released the embrace of the mother and daughter, slowly turned around, and looked at the people from the Cui Family who had arrived, his gaze falling on Cui Mu, and shouted, "Cui Mu, if you don’t kill me today, it will be your death day."

Cui Mu’s eyes were exceedingly cold, "I guess I was too merciful back then."

He never expected that the storm of twenty years ago would come back in such a dramatic way. That bastard Li Hongyi brought a Li Mountain disciple to the Cui Family, and Cui Lengzhou, who had his foundation destroyed, not only rebuilt it but solidified his Pill. This should not have been possible, yet it happened.

This even made him feel absurdity.

"Mercy?" Cui Lengzhou felt it laughable, having his foundation destroyed was equivalent to destroying his cultivation, his wife died because of it, his daughter was injured, his son-in-law humiliated, and his granddaughter, originally a lady of the Cui Family, was insulted as a bastard and cast out.

This was Cui Mu’s mercy?

And if it weren’t for the fact that some elders in the Cui Family spoke for them back then, he and his daughter would have been killed by Cui Mu. His daughter only fancied a man, yet their whole family faced disaster, which many in the Cui Family found intolerable, keeping Cui Mu from eradicating the roots completely.

In the past twenty years, Cui Mu also let him fend for himself. Fortunately, fate didn’t end him.

"Cui Mu, do you dare to have a death fight?" Cui Lengzhou roared, his voice like thunder, causing the eardrums of everyone to tremble, the entire Cui Family could hear his voice.

Surrounding Cui Family experts faintly encircled the area, Cui Lengzhou’s eyes coldly swept over them, then looked at Cui Yushang and Li Hongyi, worried that someone might harm them during the fight.

"If Cui Family men still have any guts, don’t touch them, come and kill me instead." Cui Lengzhou spoke loudly, overpoweringly.

Li Fan noticed Cui Lengzhou’s concern, so he stepped forward. Only then did Cui Lengzhou notice Li Fan, as his attention had been on his daughter and granddaughter, and thus overlooked Li Fan’s presence.

"Rest assured, senior, leave Aunt Cui and Hongyi to me." Li Fan said.

With Cui Lengzhou’s spirit, how could he not facilitate? Let him and Cui Mu have peace of mind in the fight.

"Who are you?" Cui Lengzhou looked at Li Fan. Was this the young man they said his granddaughter brought when she barged into the Cui Family’s dungeon?

He didn’t expect him to be so young.

"Father, Xiao Fan is Hongyi’s friend. Hongyi came to the Cui Family to seek me and was humiliated. Xiao Fan brought her here, breaking into the Cui Family, allowing us to meet." Cui Yushang said.

Cui Lengzhou looked at Li Fan, clapping a large hand on Li Fan’s shoulder, laughing heartily, "Good lad, gutsy, you can be my granddaughter’s husband."

Li Fan: "..."

"Grandfather." Li Hongyi called. Seeing her daughter’s bashful demeanor, how could Cui Lengzhou not understand his granddaughter’s thoughts, and he burst out laughing.

"Not bad, much more handsome than I was in my youth. In that case, you watch over his mother and daughter, I’ll go kill that old rascal Cui Mu." Cui Lengzhou said to Li Fan. Since this youngster could bring Li Hongyi into the Cui Family, naturally, he was capable. Though he didn’t know how it was achieved, there wasn’t time to discuss it now.

"Alright." Li Fan nodded.

As long as he was there, no one in the Cui Family would dare to touch Li Hongyi and Cui Yushang.

Cui Mu’s face grew increasingly dark listening to the two’s conversation. Li Fan, the Li Mountain disciple, was troublesome enough, now there was Cui Lengzhou as well. The situation was much worse than he expected.

However, today, no matter what, he had to kill Cui Lengzhou to prevent future troubles.

Even if Li Fan had objections, Cui Mu still intended to kill. The Cui Family and Li Mountain had no grudges, so Li Mountain wouldn’t interfere in the Cui Family’s affairs, right?

As for letting Cui Yushang’s mother and daughter leave with Li Fan, that would be showing face to Li Mountain.

"Boom..." Cui Lengzhou stepped barefoot towards Cui Mu, the ground trembling. Cui Mu stared, eyes narrowed, his robe fluttering in the rain, speaking coldly, "Even if you solidified your Pill today, I did so decades before you. What do you have to fight me with?"

"Cui Mu, you knew back then that I would surely solidify my Pill and surpass you, hence resorting to such dirty tricks against my family. Today, I want you to pay with blood."

Cui Lengzhou roared, continuing forward as the ground shook more violently, exuding terrifying momentum. Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, as if it might collapse.

An enormous aura of qi and blood erupted from Cui Lengzhou, surrounded by lightning as if he had the body of a Thunder God, shining all over, even somewhat blinding.

"Martial Arts!" Cui Mu’s pupils constricted, staring at Cui Lengzhou.

The qi and blood emanating from his body was like a blazing sun, this was the Fourth Realm of Martial Art, Heavenly Gang Realm.

However, Cui Lengzhou’s momentum continued to rise. The lightning surrounding him grew ever brighter, like a body of thunder. Behind him appeared a giant figure identical to Cui Lengzhou, but with even more magnificent momentum, as if entirely made of lightning.

"Martial Spirit."

"Golden Body Realm." Cui Mu’s face grew increasingly gloomy. The surrounding Cui Family members were also shaken, watching the scene unfold. At this moment, Cui Lengzhou’s qi and blood illuminated the mountains and rivers, the lightning flowed throughout his body like an indestructible golden body, with his Martial Spirit containing the true essence of terrifying lightning.

The Qi Cultivator’s cultivation, the first five realms are: Qi Refinement, Refinement of God, Out-of-Body, Foundation Establishment, Solidifying Pill.

Martial Arts cultivation, however, follows: Body Refinement, Grandmaster, Innate, Heavenly Gang, Golden Body.

In his earlier years, Cui Lengzhou had already reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment, just a step away from the Condensed Core Realm.

Yet twenty years later, Cui Mu saw Cui Lengzhou exhibiting the Fifth Realm of Martial Arts, Golden Body.

But just moments ago, the Cui Family had witnessed Cui Lengzhou emerge from the dungeon, rebuild his foundation, and then enter the Fifth Realm of the Qi Cultivator, solidifying his Pill.

Which meant, at this moment, Cui Lengzhou stood in the Fifth Realm of both Qi Cultivation and Martial Arts.

"Boom..." In the sky, thundercloud storms reappeared, with terrifying lightning flashing, forming a horrifying vortex of lightning in the sky. Cui Lengzhou bathed in the power of thunder.

Atop his head, within the thunderstorm, countless Thunder Spears appeared, all aimed at Cui Mu.

Simultaneously, a giant Thunder Lion King emerged in the heavenly thunderstorm, gazing down at the earth below. This was Cui Lengzhou’s Dharma Form.

"Cui Mu, come to meet your end." A shattering roar echoed, causing the heavens and earth to tremble. Those from the Cui Family only felt their blood and qi rolling in their bodies. Thunder Spears from the sky shot down, and that vast figure strode forward, like a Thunder God, charging toward Cui Mu.

Cui Lengzhou’s eyes held a sky-high killing intent.

Today, between him and Cui Mu, one must fall in a bloodbath!

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