CHAPTER 334: CHAPTER 334: TESTING THE SWORD

"The most critical thing is, it is still alive, capable of corrupting and polluting the ’prey’ that step into it, using their flesh and blood as nutrition to continue spreading and growing..."

"Without the corresponding divine power to restrain it, if left to grow unchecked, the entire Illusion Realm could be devoured by them!"

Listening to Huai Xu’s serious and solemn words, Song Li and the others couldn’t help but swallow.

If they didn’t know Huai Xu’s steady nature, and that he never jokes about serious matters, they would have thought today was April Fool’s Day!

The key is, did such world-ending pollution leave such a glistening remnant in the cell?

Isn’t our Supreme Commander too unaware of the crisis?

Or... does he see this as a trivial matter?

Vaguely guessing their superior’s mindset, everyone sighed helplessly.

This is the difference in perspective due to different standings...

What seems harmless in his eyes is apocalyptic terror from their perspective!

...

Meanwhile, Zhu Haomiao was unaware of the resentment in his subordinates’ hearts; otherwise, he would certainly laugh at their unfounded fears.

The corruption of "Sloth" requires a long time, unless he deliberately accelerates it, it can’t spread rapidly at all.

Moreover, this world does not lack divine power of the same level; if it spreads slightly, it will trigger a reaction from the Heavenly Dao, leading the Child of Destiny to come and erase the pollution.

Even if we take ten thousand steps back and he intends to end the world, he wouldn’t choose the authority of "Sloth."

This thing takes too long to take effect!

"Anger," "greed," "Pride"...

At the same level, the direct destructive power of these Original Sins is much greater!

Leisurely returning to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, Zhu Haomiao was planning his next move in the anti-corruption campaign, while not far from him, two sneaky figures were whispering to each other.

"Are you sure he ate it?"

"I’m sure! I poison his food and tea every day, and I’ve seen him eat it with my own eyes, but there is no reaction at all!"

"Impossible! That poison is hard for even an Upper Three Grades expert to resist, how can he have no reaction?"

Upon hearing this, the other person scratched their head in confusion, resigned.

"I feel like he hasn’t even noticed he’s been poisoned!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, the other person narrowed their eyes and said fiercely.

"Fine, since the soft approach doesn’t work, we will use the hard approach; the master is getting impatient!"

"Alright! His routine is quite regular; he usually stays in the mansion overnight. However, I haven’t found any experts secretly protecting him..."

"No matter, the master has spent a lot this time, he’s dead meat!"

Glancing at the brightly lit Pingyang Marquis Mansion not far away, the speaker sneered and disappeared into the darkness.

On the other side, Zhu Haomiao, who was absorbing Qi, sensed something and raised his head in surprise.

In the depths of his mind, it seemed like he heard some troublemakers wanting to harm him!

After carefully sensing it, he could not glean more information from the obscure river of fate, so Zhu Haomiao smacked his lips and dismissively put the matter aside.

After more than a month of recuperation, although his injuries had not fully healed, he had recovered seventy to eighty percent of his combat power.

Unless Emperor Shitian or the Child of Destiny came to cause trouble, others could be easily dealt with!

Monkey head as a side dish, save the rest for tomorrow!

Smacking his lips, with an expectant heart, the young man slowly drifted into dreamland.

However, Zhu Haomiao did not expect the delivery man to be so efficient, sneaking into the Pingyang Marquis Mansion that very night, waking Diao Chan sleeping beside his pillow.

"Squeak!"

"Head massage~"

Biting onto Zhu Haomiao’s neck, Diao Chan’s little paws trampled wildly on the boy’s face before darting into the quilt and vanishing.

Waking up drowsily from deep sleep, vaguely sensing an indistinct killing intent, Zhu Haomiao understood something and helplessly pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Why do you all like to disturb people’s peaceful dreams at midnight?"

"At my age, it’s prime time for growing in sleep!"

Mumbling to himself, the reluctant youth got up and walked straight out of the bedroom.

At midnight, with the moon overhead covered by dark clouds, in the dim light three figures with thick auras looked on in surprise at the young man who pushed open the door.

"Did you find the experts secretly protecting him?"

"Couldn’t find them!"

"Be careful, since they are using the Pingyang Earl as bait, they must have set up an inescapable net!"

"What are you afraid of? With the three of us working together, we would dare to charge into the Imperial City, let alone a mere Earl Mansion!"

"That’s right, a single force can break ten thousand skills, and a broken net cannot trap a dragon!"

With a cold sneer, a handsome, tall middle-aged man leaped down, like a meteor towards Zhu Haomiao.

"You two cover me, I’ll go cut him down!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man swung his sword from mid-air, the fierce sword light sealing off several feet of space around the youth, cutting off any chance of survival.

Facing this attack that pierced the sky like a white rainbow, Zhu Haomiao slightly tilted his head, seemingly frightened stupid, he directly reached out to grasp the blade.

Seeing this, even though he was already 90% focused on guarding against hidden protectors, the middle-aged man felt a strange unease rising in his heart.

In this situation, why are those experts still not showing themselves?

But before he could figure it out, the blade was already touching the young man’s hand, instantly sending a grinding sensation from the hilt.

Screeech~

Amidst the bone-grating metal screech, the sharp treasure sword was clutched by a bare hand, sending sparks flying everywhere.

His pupils slowly contracted, the middle-aged man met Zhu Haomiao’s playful and dark eyes, instantly understanding something.

There were no hidden protectors!

The previous unlucky ones had been taken down by this guy!

"Third Grade? Three of them? Really delivering a pillow when I’m sleepy..."

Listening to the youth’s mutter, the middle-aged man felt a chill down his spine, pulling hard on the sword.

Screeech~

Forcefully extracting the treasure sword from the young man’s hand, realizing the other’s strength was far inferior to his, the middle-aged man heaved a sigh of relief.

But the next second, seeing only a faint white mark on the young man’s hand, he suddenly felt numb.

How could his Sword Qi not cut through its skin?

What Horizontal Training Technique is this?

What monstrous physique?!

On the other side, the two who were covering the array also realized things were amiss and joined the fight without hesitation.

Seeing the three surrounding him like facing a formidable enemy, Zhu Haomiao smiled slightly, raising his hand to grab out, a long, hefty Eight-sided Han Sword instantly solidifying in his hand.

"Ever since I acquired it, I’ve never had the chance to test its power..."

"Today the three of you arrived uninvited, providing me the opportunity to test the sword, thank you very much."

Hearing the young man’s nonchalant and contemptuous words, as if he regards them as fish on the chopping block, a fire burst in the trio’s hearts.

"Pretending to be a ghost! Die!"

All three simultaneously attacked, their Qi coordination turning two blades and a sword into a cage locking the target, straight at the youth’s vital points.