My starting summon is a small skeleton - Chapter 396: 393 Slaughter of Living Beings

Chapter 396: 393 Slaughter of Living Beings

On the surface of the sea.

Lu Wu spread his arms and legs wide, his body forming a big “X” as he lay there, gazing blankly at the sky with a confused and vacant look on his face.

At this moment, he racked his brains but couldn’t understand why this had happened.

Which step had gone wrong?

Why would a bunch of shark leaders that were only at the Lord Level turn out to have a grandpa at the Epic Level?

And it wasn’t the Fake Epic kind like the Third Apostle, but the genuine Epic Level kind that could smack Lu Wu a great distance with a flick of its tail.

After being smacked by that tail, Lu Wu had no idea where he was anymore.

While Lu Wu was in a daze, there was a sudden commotion on the sea’s surface.

Lu Wu looked askance and noticed that Little Skeleton, who had also fallen into the sea, was running toward him.

Stopping in front of Lu Wu, the little guy first checked on him.

Seeing that Lu Wu was only a bit dazed and not injured, Little Skeleton let out a sigh of relief. Then its expression changed; one hand on its hip and the other pointing at Lu Wu, it wore a look that was a mix of resentful, angry, and extremely disappointed.

(Lu Wu has really let Little Skeleton down!)

Little Skeleton was known to hold grudges.

After being smacked once before, it remembered that grievance.

Night and day, it thought of getting its revenge.

Finally seizing the chance to bring Lu Wu to that enemy,

It thought it, Little Skeleton, had grown stronger, and with Lu Wu there too, it was sure they could succeed in their revenge this time.

They would surely beat those big fish until they were searching teeth all over the ground; Little Skeleton was brimming with arrogance, happy beyond measure, and spouted a lot of fierce words.

But just as it finished talking tough, the big fish that had smacked them away last time showed up.

And then, with one swipe of its tail, both it and Lu Wu were sent flying just like before.

For the increasingly savvy Little Skeleton, this was just too embarrassing.

(Hmph, Little Skeleton’s reputation is all gone because of you, the useless Lu Wu!

Little Skeleton actually thought you were so powerful, but you still couldn’t beat that big fish.

Lu Wu is so useless!)

Little Skeleton muttered and vented, all while looking at Lu Wu.

Seeing that Lu Wu had no reaction and was still looking dumb, Little Skeleton grew worried.

Could it be that Lu Wu’s brains were messed up by the big fish?

Or perhaps he was too heartbroken for not being able to beat the big fish?

Little Skeleton quickly patted Lu Wu’s head to comfort him.

(Don’t worry, Little Skeleton isn’t that angry actually.

But, Lu Wu, you need to strive to become stronger.

Little Skeleton will also try hard to become stronger, and next time we’ll beat that big fish!

Yes, and Tuantuan too, Tuantuan is also really bad, let’s beat it up next time as well.)

Lu Wu didn’t know where Little Skeleton learned to be so dramatic. While he was still in a daze, the little guy had already started comforting him.

Shaking his head, Lu Wu pulled Little Skeleton away from his side and took out a map item from his embrace.

He wanted to see where he had been smacked to by that shark’s tail.

Upon looking at the map, Lu Wu’s face darkened.

That tail swipe from the shark had actually sent him and Little Skeleton flying right out of the boundary of Fucheng.

“That tail of its was way too fierce, wasn’t it?”

This must be over a thousand kilometers away, right?

It seems impossible to resolve this with force; I’ll have to find another way to find the Little Flood Dragon.

But Dudu’s event is about to start. It looks like the hope of advancing to Epic Level before Dudu’s event begins is somewhat slim.

This made Lu Wu couldn’t help but sigh.

However, he did not give up and handed this task to Dark to deal with.

Let No. 72 send people to search for the Little Flood Dragon. As for him, he couldn’t go there now. He needed to set up early at Dudu’s place.

He would move out once there was news about the Little Flood Dragon.

“Let’s go, let’s go home.”

Saying this, Lu Wu was about to put away the map and hurry back to Jiangnan, but he stopped in the moment of folding the map.

Because while he was folding it, he inadvertently caught sight of a place name on the map.

It was none other than Changping, where Lu Wu had stayed for a while to avoid Feng Xiu.

“Changping isn’t too far from here. Should we take a look?”

Lu Wu hesitated but eventually decided to make the trip.

After all, it was on the way, and he could pay tribute to Old Bone.

Even though that guy was just a Summoned Beast and had only spent a little over a month with Lu Wu, it held the weight of both a mentor and a friend in his heart.

Having decided to make the trip, Lu Wu didn’t delay.

He took Little Skeleton directly and hurried to the Changping Secret Realm.

With Lu Wu’s current power, traveling at full speed was quite fast.

And Lu Wu appeared in the Changping Secret Realm.

Without alarming anyone, Lu Wu silently entered the Secret Realm and familiarly headed to the Land of Burial.

Coming to this patch shrouded in blood-red evil Qi again, Lu Wu felt somewhat complex and lost.

On a whim, he had wanted to come and see Old Bone.

Only upon arriving did Lu Wu realize he didn’t know how to conduct the tribute.

He had not prepared any offerings, nor did he know what form of tribute to give.

Scratching his head and pondering for a while, Lu Wu eventually took something out from his spatial ring.

“Old Bone, I just came here without much thought, and I didn’t prepare anything.

Digging around, I’ve only got this thing on me.

This thing is the skull of the Summoned Beast that killed you. I’ll use his as a placeholder for now.

As for that guy’s head, I’ll bring it to you next time I come over.

Don’t worry, I will definitely avenge you.”

Lu Wu muttered to himself while burying the Summoned Beast’s head into the Land of Burial.

He then took out a few bottles of wine from the spatial ring to pour in offering to Old Bone and also cracked one open for himself to gulp down.

Lu Wu usually didn’t touch a drop of alcohol.

The few rare times were due to Lu Haikong’s coaxing, and today was a special occasion.

However, his tolerance for alcohol was quite average, and coupled with the environment, his mood, and the quality of the wine,

After one bottle, Lu Wu actually felt a bit lightheaded.

The tipsy Lu Wu looked around and, recalling the times he practiced swordsmanship with Old Bone, couldn’t help but summon the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword and started practicing with it in hand.

The swordsmanship he practiced was Old Bone’s Basic Battlefield Sword Skills.

This broad and powerful swordsmanship was now almost as good in Lu Wu’s hands as it had been in Old Bone’s.

However, the swordsmanship Lu Wu used bore deep traces of Old Bone’s style and could even be said to have been copied from Old Bone.

Starting with “Battlefield Swordsmanship.”

Lu Wu’s sword dance flowed from one form to the next.

“Slaughter Swordsmanship,” “Slaughter Sword.”

The sword skills Lu Wu had acquired from Old Bone were executed one after another.

At that moment, Lu Wu’s state was exceptionally good. After finishing “Slaughter Sword,” he still felt unfulfilled, so he performed his own “Lu Family Swordsmanship.”

This dance lasted several hours.

Strictly speaking, “Lu Family Swordsmanship” wasn’t a single technique but the sum of all the skills that Lu Wu had cultivated.

To date, the skills Lu Wu had mastered had to be counted by the hundreds.

The more techniques there were, the more sword styles.

And these sword styles varied greatly. Now, when Lu Wu performed them, it felt indescribably odd, lacking the smoothness of when he previously practiced forms like “Slaughter Swordsmanship.”

This displeased Lu Wu.

Frowning, he danced through the moves, refining the entire sword style as he went.

He didn’t know if it was thanks to Old Bone or his intoxicated state, but Lu Wu found the integration and organization of his sword styles to be exceptionally fluid.

He easily found inspiration amidst his sword dance and successfully combed through his sword styles.

After reorganizing his sword styles, they might not have changed much, but as Lu Wu danced, there was no more awkwardness or strangeness, only an indescribable sense of exhilaration and liberation.

After the dance, the exhilarating experience made Lu Wu’s pores open, giving him a feeling of merging with heaven and earth.

And it was in that instant that his mind flashed with inspiration.

He unconsciously raised his Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword.

At the moment when he lifted his Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword, countless bits of information surged into his brain.

Each strand of information involved a sword style, with well over a hundred in total.

These pieces of information quickly coalesced and poured into the information about “Slaughter Sword.”

The collision of dozens of strands of information made Lu Wu’s head reel, as if something had exploded.

And in that instant, as Lu Wu raised his hand, he slowly swung it down.

The longsword fell without a trace of dazzling sword light nor an eruption of Sword Intent.

Everything was as light as the wind and as carefree as the clouds, as if nothing had happened under that stroke.

Yet it was this unremarkable strike that drained nine-tenths of Lu Wu’s strength.

Even someone as strong as Lu Wu felt weak at the knees after the slash; veins bulged on his forehead, and large beads of sweat rolled down, making him look particularly disheveled.

Despite this, Lu Wu’s face was filled with joy.

He had not expected that a tribute performed on a whim would lead him to realize such a strike.

The sword strike that had just merged dozens of skills could almost be considered Lu Wu’s most powerful attack to date. Even if he were to unleash “Divine Judgment” with the full power of his Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword, he felt it wouldn’t match the pure single-target destructive force of that strike.

Lu Wu even had the confidence that with that strike, he could kill an unprepared Epic Level warrior.

“I suppose I’ve learned a lesson from you.”

In the end, Lu Wu credited the accomplishment of understanding this strike to Old Bone.

He casually named this strike “Slaughter of Living Beings,” as it primarily utilized Old Bone’s “Slaughter Sword Technique.”

After that, Lu Wu didn’t stay long.

Having poured the last few bottles of wine for Old Bone, Lu Wu collected his emotions and left the Changping Secret Realm with Little Skeleton.

What Lu Wu didn’t know, however,

Was that as he stepped out of the Land of Burial, the large mound at the heart of the burial ground shifted.

It was as if something was trying to break through the soil.

But after several struggles, it finally returned to calmness.

……

1 District, Jiangnan.

From January onwards, the atmosphere in Fucheng had become increasingly lively.

On one hand, it was due to the completion of Jiangnan University’s new campus, which would continue to celebrate its inauguration.

On the other hand, during the grand ceremony, Pang Duddu, the vice president of the student council at Jiangnan University, was planning to do something significant.

Once accomplished, this act would have profound effects on the Alliance.

Therefore, many people were paying close attention to this matter.

Whether it was those standing with Pang Duddu, wanting to be involved from various universities, or those who did not wish for this project to succeed, many parties had recently begun to arrive in Jiangnan.

Compared to those from the universities, those opposing the project warranted more attention; their backgrounds were incredibly diverse and nearly unfathomable.

The most vehement opposition came from the Education Bureau.

After all, this was tantamount to Duddu stealing their livelihood.

If Duddu were to establish the University Alliance, the Education Bureau would be all but obsolete.

Hence, they were the most vehement and loud critics of this initiative.

The deputy director of the Education Bureau had already arrived, and it was said the director general would also arrive soon.

They made it clear to everyone that they disagreed with the plan, and that the Education Bureau would do everything in its power to prevent it from happening.

However, though the Education Bureau was the most visible opponent, it was the least threatening in terms of the actual danger posed.

After all, it was the Education Bureau, and the range of measures it could employ was limited. The most deterrent action had already been countered by Duddu. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have dared to take on such an endeavour.

Therefore, their dissatisfaction and resistance might ultimately only be verbal dissent and some interference within the rules.

Compared to them, those hidden in the shadows posed a greater danger.

Their most significant threat was that they operated from the dark.

These people lurked in the deepest corners, watching intently like venomous snakes.

No one knew their identities, when they would strike, or what methods they would use.

Such a group represented the biggest challenge Duddu would face next.

Until they emerged, no one knew the extent of the terrifying power they could unleash.

With one misstep, Duddu could be blown to oblivion by this formidable force.

Such a dreadful prospect made Jiang Yuexing extremely anxious.

Despite the event’s imminent commencement, she was still incessantly trying to persuade Duddu.

“Dudu, this matter is too risky. Let’s just focus on the celebration this time, and push back your University Alliance project. Can’t we take it slow, and plan it carefully? You’re still so young; there’s no hurry even if we wait a few more years.”

In the office at Jiangnan University, Jiang Yuexing was pleading earnestly.

However, her words fell on deaf ears for Duddu.

At that moment, she stood in front of the office’s large floor-to-ceiling windows, silently smiling as she looked out at the newly built Jiangnan University.

But Jiang Yuexing couldn’t fathom what this girl was thinking.

In fact, it wasn’t just Duddu’s current thoughts that Jiang Yuexing couldn’t understand, but also the transformation Duddu had undergone over the past few months.

Even though it all occurred right under her nose.

But to this day, Jiang Yuexing couldn’t help but wonder.

Was this woman truly the same naive Dudu from before?

That naive girl who would become ecstatic at the mention of Lu Wu, who would beam with joy when someone praised Lu Wu, that silly girl whose head would continuously nod in agreement – how did she transform into a queen, more regal than even herself?

Could it be she was replaced by someone else, or had her body been taken over by another?

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