My starting summon is a small skeleton - Chapter 425: 422 Slay

Chapter 425: 422 Slay

In District 5, as Lu Wu raised the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword in his hand.

Lu Wu was getting serious.

He hadn’t been truly serious against Fei Yinghao or the Second Envoy’s avatar because Lu Wu’s battle system had changed.

His core of battle had become the final blow Yukawa Ryuzo had aimed at the Zeroer.

All of Lu Wu’s sword styles were nourished by that one intense strike.

You could say that his nine layers of combat power were all within it.

Without using that sword technique, Lu Wu’s combat power was only about one layer.

And now, Lu Wu was unleashing that technique.

An intense sense of crisis completely enveloped the Second Envoy, who was certainly too shrewd to want to take on Lu Wu’s sword head-on.

Before Lu Wu’s sword was even raised, he had already begun to plan his escape.

But whether he could leave was up to Lu Wu.

“Ao!”

Just as the Second Envoy took a step back, a roar confronted him.

Accompanying the roar was a terrifying blast of dark Dragon Breath, as the huge form of a Bone Dragon emerged.

Who else could it be but Little Skeleton’s Indeks?

As an entity unified with Little Skeleton, after Little Skeleton broke through to the Epic level, its power naturally reached the Epic level as well.

While Little Skeleton and the others took action, Indeks laid in wait. Now, seeing the Second Envoy trying to flee, it emerged and opened its mouth to unleash a breath.

“What? There’s another one!”

The Second Envoy’s face changed color.

His retreating steps halted as he easily blocked the black Dragon Breath with a flick of his hand.

After all, as an Epic 2 Star being, it was easy for him to ward off an attack from an Epic 1 Star.

But this defense slowed him down.

At that moment, Han and Little Golden Dragon opened their mouths to spray.

An extremely cold ray and a golden roar struck from left and right respectively, hitting the Second Envoy on his hind legs again.

Simultaneously, Little Skeleton raised the black scythe in its hand.

The King’s Will burst forth, the presence of an Undead Army exploded, and a powerful Domain formed, firmly imprisoning the Second Envoy.

The Second Envoy’s complexion changed dramatically.

At this moment, he was fully aware that he could not escape.

Even if he could break free from Little Skeleton’s Domain, he couldn’t evade Lu Wu’s sword.

The injuries he would receive then might be even deeper.

So, at this moment, he made his choice, stopped in his tracks, and retracted the Fear Demon into his body, looking indifferently and even disdainfully at the still-charging Lu Wu in front of him.

“I had intended to leave, but it seems you can’t bear to let me go, using such grand means to keep me here. In that case, it looks like I’ll have to engage with you after all.”

The charging Lu Wu did not respond.

The disdain on the Second Envoy’s face grew thicker, his body beginning to emit an aura of terror.

Dark terrifying Fog rose, entwining around him, making him look mysterious and terrifying.

“Do you know why I wanted to retreat just now?

It wasn’t because I was afraid of you, but because I didn’t want to accidentally kill you.

After all, it takes a lot of effort not to crush an ant.

However, since you’re so eager for death, I guess I have no choice but to oblige!”

As he spoke, the black Fog in front of the Second Envoy opened up, spreading an air of terror and despair.

Within the Fog, something seemed to be forming vaguely.

The Second Envoy, with a slight smile on his lips, directed a brief gesture at Lu Wu.

“Come on, let me show you what true power disparity is…”

“Slash!”

Before the Second Envoy could finish speaking, Lu Wu had completed his charge-up, and the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword cut through the air in a deceptively ordinary arc.

There was no radiant sword light, no terrifying Sword Intent, as plain as his previous Slaughter of Living Beings, as if he were cutting loneliness itself.

Yet as this sword came down, the Second Envoy found himself unable to articulate any more clever remarks.

His face turned pale as ash.

“Fear Demon!”

He began to unleash the Beast Soul of the Summoned Beast within him, desperately drawing its Energy, the powerful feedback causing his body to bleed profusely at that moment.

It was an extremely ragged sight for one so revered within the Zero Organization, second only to one.

But he no longer cared.

He didn’t have the luxury to care, because he knew that if he couldn’t withstand this sword, he would die.

Thus, he used almost every trick at his disposal.

Beast Soul Burst, Epic Power Burst, and various artifacts all detonated, all for the purpose of stopping Lu Wu’s sword.

But no matter what he unleashed, it all dissipated in Lu Wu’s sword strike.

Completely ineffective!

Lu Wu’s sword seemed to embody the principle of one blade to break all magic.

“How could this happen? How could his sword be so terrifying?

Impossible! There’s absolutely no reason!”

“Oh, I see now, it’s his doing. He’s concentrated all his power into this sword strike. Once he’s finished unleashing it, he will have no strength left to resist.

As long as I can withstand this sword, just as long as I can withstand it, I will…”

“Pff!”

The Second Envoy’s struggle and joy weren’t over yet, but his body had already been cleaved in two by Lu Wu’s strike.

At that moment, the Second Envoy’s world became serene.

All the panic, pain, and terror vanished, and the Second Envoy stared dully at his bisected torso, then at Lu Wu opposite him, pale-faced yet unnervingly calm.

The Second Envoy didn’t have time to say anything before sinking into utter darkness.

This Second Envoy of the Zero Organization died thus at the hands of Lu Wu.

However, unleashing this sword came at a cost for Lu Wu.

After the sword strike, his reserves were depleted, leaving him with only a tenth of his strength from his prime, and it would be half a month or even longer before his power could recover.

But regardless, Lu Wu had won this battle.

Th𝐢𝑠 𝐜h𝓪p𝓉𝙚r ı𝖘 p𝗼𝗌𝐭𝑒𝒅 bƴ 𝘬𝖎†𝖾η𝗼ѵ𝙚|

“Move it, empty out that base below!”

Having finished the battle, Lu Wu immediately gave his order.

The Gate of the Undead opened, and Little Skeleton started bustling about, beginning the Skeleton move under Lu Wu’s command.

With the assistance of the massive Undead Army and five Epic level Summoned Beasts, the moving process was quite easy.

All resources from the Second Envoy’s base were emptied in a few hours.

All related documents were sent over to area 72.

As for the remaining people in this base, Lu Wu repeated the operation he had performed at Feng Xiu’s base, gathering everyone to convert them into his people.

“Lu Wu, that should be about it, right? You don’t look too good. Shall we go back?”

Lin Jianying made the suggestion after Lu Wu took down the Second Envoy’s base.

Lu Wu shook his head.

“Go back? Why go back? We’ve hardly even started. Since we’ve made a move, we naturally have to go big!”

“What else do you want to do?” Lin Jianying, looking at Lu Wu whose state was clearly not right, was absolutely terrified.

Lu Wu, on his part, directly gave Lin Jianying an answer that almost caused his heart to stop.

Lu Wu looked at Lin Jianying in front of him.

Perhaps influenced by the despair of the Despair Abyss of the Second Envoy, or for some other reason, he spoke with utmost seriousness, word by word, “I want to uproot the entire Zero Organization!”

Lin Jianying almost choked upon hearing this.

He doubted if Lu Wu even knew what he was planning to do.

What Lu Wu intended to do, not even the Alliance dared to consider for more than a hundred years, let alone attempt.

Now, not only did Lu Wu dare to think it, but he also dared to say it aloud, even daring to do it.

This was nothing short of madness.

He clearly didn’t comprehend the terror of the Zeroer.

“Lu Wu, I understand that Dudu’s situation has upset you, but we can’t blindly rush into things. Dudu might still be revived. We need to plan this carefully…”

“Plan carefully? Can we ever be better planned than they are?

Since we cannot outdo them and the information is not symmetrical, what’s the use of thinking so much?

I’d rather choose something that really suits my preferences to do!”

Having spoken like he had nothing left to lose, Lu Wu then started taking action.

True to his words, in the following half a month, he began a frantic cleansing of the Zero Organization.

After consecutively taking down Feng Xiu and the Second Envoy, Lu Wu made another move, seizing the bases of both the first and the second Apostles.

Meanwhile, members of the Zero Organization who had been subjugated by him also took action during this period, launching a crazed cleansing against the Zero Organization throughout the Alliance.

Beginning with the takeover of Feng Xiu’s base, within a short half a month, Zero Organization’s branches in all regions of the Alliance had been cleansed by Lu Wu.

During the entire cleansing process, Lu Wu faced no significant resistance.

The enigmatic First Envoy, as well as the Third Messenger Tie Xiong, did not make a move.

They seemed to have vanished into thin air.

They didn’t question Lu Wu’s actions, letting him cleanse and conquer one Zero Organization base after another.

Half a month later, the Alliance no longer had a single Zero Organization base.

The original bases and members all switched allegiance, becoming part of the dark organization.

An organization that took hundreds of years to build dissipated like smoke in the wind.

Of course, this was just the appearance.

Everyone was well aware that what Lu Wu destroyed was merely the outer shell of the Zero Organization; its core essence remained untouched.

Even though Lu Wu had killed two Envoys and eradicated over a dozen Apostles, and his subordinates had taken control over several Apostles’ powers, he still had not shaken the foundations of the Zero Organization.

Because the truly terrifying foundation of the Zero Organization was not the organization itself but the creator, the Zeroer.

As long as he existed, the Zero Organization would too.

Therefore, to the other powers of the Alliance, Lu Wu’s actions over the half month were viewed merely as an irrational venting by a young man.

Lu Wu was allowed to vent only because the Zeroer permitted it.

If the Zeroer hadn’t allowed it, Lu Wu would have been annihilated the moment he set foot in Feng Xiu’s base.

As for Lu Wu’s actions, the Alliance didn’t offer any evaluation.

They treated the dark organization that Lu Wu had created as nothing more than a joke.

On Lu Wu’s part, after half a month of frenzied cleansing and resource plundering, he finally seemed to have vented his feelings and returned to the Undead Secret Realm.

Half a month of slaughter and venting left Lu Wu looking exceptionally weary.

He seemed totally devoid of strength, wrapped in a killing aura so thick it couldn’t be dispelled, making 72 nervous upon seeing him, fearing Lu Wu might casually end his life with a sword.

But at this moment, 72 needed to see Lu Wu.

As Lu Wu’s logistics manager, 72 had been handling the organized killing and resource plundering for the half month.

Lu Wu had been too busy before, but now that he was back, 72 needed to report on related matters.

“My lord, in this half month, you have taken down a total of 78 bases, large and small, and obtained resources…”

“Don’t tell me about all that; I’m not interested. I skipped over the resources you sent in. I’ve already taken whatever I wanted, so there’s no need to tell me about the resources.

What I want to know is, how did the investigation I asked you to do go?”

Lu Wu spoke, opening his eyes to look at 72.

His exhausted gaze tinged with anticipation made 72 shudder.

His mind worked furiously.

The main things Lu Wu wanted him to investigate were three things:

The whereabouts of Tie Xiong, news of the Gate Fragments, and news from Zhang Yunyi’s side.

“My lord, there’s no news on the whereabouts of Tie Xiong.

He has almost no connection to the Zero Organization, based on the documents you sent over. There’s barely anything related to him.

The only certainty is that, for the past twenty years, he seems to have lived in Zone 1, Beijing.”

“As for the Gate Fragments, there’s plenty of inaccurate news, and as of now, there are two pieces of the most credible news.

One is the treasure vault of the Zeroer.

According to the intelligence of the Zero Organization, the Zeroer has a vault where he has stored the Gate Fragments collected over the past hundred years, with a conservative estimate of more than ten pieces.

But we don’t know exactly where it is.”

72 Glanced at Lu Wu, not daring to say more.

Even if they knew where it was, it would be useless because that’s the Zeroer’s treasure vault, said to be the most powerful in the Alliance, closest to divine. To act on his vault would be like digging the earth on top of Tai Sui’s head.

Lu Wu frowned slightly, “And the other?”

72 Paused; the alternative didn’t seem reliable either, but he still spoke up.

“The other is the treasure vault of Elder Mountain.

According to intelligence, Elder Mountain has also collected some Gate Fragments over the past hundred years. Because of the difficulty in distribution, they stored all the fragments in the treasure vault of Elder Mountain.

A conservative estimate would be three to five pieces.

Additionally, the Technology Alliance, the Holy Sect Alliance, and the Dark Conference might also have similar vaults with possible fragments in hand, but it’s hard to tell if they do.”

Lu Wu’s eyebrows creased slightly upon hearing this.

His fingers lightly tapped, as if he were considering something.

72, Watching Lu Wu contemplate, couldn’t help but have a sense of foreboding.

Surely his boss wasn’t considering making a move on those places?

As expected, Lu Wu soon opened his eyes and issued an order.

“Have all our bases prepare; we’re going to make a big move!”

“My lord, which power are you going to strike against? The Technology Alliance? Or perhaps the Holy Sect Alliance…”

“Take down Elder Mountain!”

“Pfft!”

72 Almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.