Chapter 580 - 339: Polluted Spirituality

Chapter 580: Chapter 339: Polluted Spirituality

If Lu Luwei had only killed one person, Lu Cang wouldn’t have said a thing. After all, they were the ones who provoked him first.

They hadn’t had any good intentions toward his group, either.

If Lu Luwei had only killed all the people who surrounded them, Lu Cang wouldn’t have thought much of it. He would have just assumed she was releasing some pent-up madness.

They had been traveling for two days.

They had departed on April 29th and arrived on the evening of the 30th.

April 30th, the last day of the month, was precisely when the influence of the Moon was resurging. Chaos and madness were once again growing more intense.

It was like how a massive blizzard would rage on the last day of November.

The influence of the Moon often became extremely potent in the final hours of the last day of the month.

But...

’Lu Luwei, you’re acting so strangely.’

’Killing one person, fine. Killing two, whatever.’

’If she killed everyone who wanted to attack them, Lu Cang would have had nothing to say.’

’Those four people in the sky were fighting Lu Luwei. They were enemies, so there was no problem with killing them.’

’But... these onlookers.’

’Even if many of them had done evil deeds in the past, right now, most of them were just bystanders.’

’Even if they weren’t completely clean, even if they might have been in league with some of their enemies, in Lu Cang’s opinion, it didn’t mean every single one of them had to die.’

’Even if the strong had certain privileges.’

’But...’

’Lu Luwei, this isn’t like you at all.’

"Lu Cang?"

Lu Luwei’s thought came through, filled with confusion.

"Are you trying to protect these bad people?"

Lu Cang sighed softly. "Lu Luwei, you’re acting very strangely today."

Lu Cang scattered the countless Arrows in the sky, but they quickly re-formed. This time, however, they no longer continued to fall.

Instead, they hovered high in the air.

Each Arrow was like a sword hanging over the heads of the crowd below.

"Am I strange?"

Far, far away, Lu Luwei tilted her head.

Despite the vast distance separating them, they could still look each other in the eye.

"A little."

"Lu Luwei, please... let’s just stop..."

"Let’s just take care of the ones who were fighting us and leave."

Lu Luwei kept her head tilted. "Lu Cang, are you really going to ignore the evil deeds being done here?"

Lu Cang responded, "There are evil deeds everywhere, aren’t there?"

"What’s happening here really has nothing to do with us. Besides, Lu Luwei... are you really the kind of person who would slaughter the innocent?"

Lu Cang’s tone grew sterner.

The two of them stood suspended in mid-air. In the sky, the Level 6 Mage was healing his wounds.

Mages were physically frail; a direct hit to the body would result in serious injury.

This was true even for a Level 6 Mage.

But now, more experts had taken to the sky, with Level 6 Reincarnators rising up one after another.

Although Lu Luwei’s earlier attack hadn’t threatened them...

...that nearly indiscriminate barrage was tantamount to a provocation against everyone present.

"Lu Cang, I only intend to kill the sinful people."

’All she talks about is sin.’

’It reminded Lu Cang of someone both familiar and distant.’

’Yelieya.’

’And the Light Church behind her.’

’Every word spoken was of sin, every action taken was a punishment delivered.’

BOOM!

Before Lu Cang could continue their conversation, a series of explosions ripped through the sky!

A rapidly swirling gale shot out, aiming for Lu Luwei!

"Sorry..."

SWOOSH—

A swift streak of light instantly appeared before the attacker, and a leg came crashing down!

BOOM!

The attacker was sent plummeting straight toward the ground like a meteor!

Crashing into the sea.

Lu Cang turned his head to look at Lu Luwei.

This time, his tone had become noticeably stern.

"Lu Luwei, I think you need to stop. Now."

"Lu Cang, I think *you’re* the one being strange."

"Must you interfere with me upholding my principles? Didn’t your master say that everyone has their own way of living by their code?"

Lu Cang said, "Iz did say that."

"But living by your code doesn’t mean you have to go astray."

"If I were to go astray, he would definitely pull me back."

Lu Luwei retorted, "So you’re saying, when Leng Qingying kills evil people, she’s not going astray, but when I want to kill a few bad people, I am?"

"Lu Cang, you’re so biased."

Lu Cang shook his head.

BOOM! The next instant, Lu Luwei saw an incredibly swift streak of light rushing toward her!

It was Lu Cang.

But the thousands of Arrows in the sky swiveled around, swarming Lu Cang in a deadly assault!

BANG!

However, thunder and wind raged. Roiling thunderclouds and gales pressed down from the sky, enveloping the Arrows and shattering them to pieces.

The fragmented Arrows re-formed, but they couldn’t harm Lu Cang in the slightest.

Lu Luwei kept backing away, trying to create distance, but her Speed was far too slow compared to Lu Cang’s.

The Arrows were no longer able to tear through their target with irresistible force, as they had against the Level 6 Reincarnators.

Instead, they crashed against him as if he were an indestructible fortress wall. No matter what Effects the Arrows unleashed on him, Lu Cang remained completely Unmoving.

In just a matter of seconds.

Lu Cang appeared before Lu Luwei.

Lu Luwei was still spinning her Revolving Longbow, executing a Bow Slash against Lu Cang!

"Lu Luwei, you really are acting strange."

"I’m just asking you to stop. There’s no need to attack me, is there?"

KRAK—

With a reverse grip, Lu Cang locked Lu Luwei’s wrist.

「Azure Sky Stream—Fifth Form: Lock」

VMMM—

Multiple Seals took effect at once. Lu Luwei’s body instantly went limp, her strength gone, and at the same time, her Sea of Consciousness began to close up.

The moment he made contact...

Lu Cang also received the latest information on Lu Luwei.

’Lu Luwei’s Spirituality... has been contaminated?’

’Tsk.’

’When?’

’Spiritual Contamination makes a person become ruthless, cold, and desperately pursue higher levels, changing them completely.’

’Lu Luwei, how did you get infected?’

’Why didn’t I notice at all?’

’Or could it be...’

’...that I’ve been contaminated as well?’

A dreadful fear took root in Lu Cang’s heart.

His own advancement had always required him to avoid Spiritual Contamination, and Lu Cang was confident that he had never been tainted.

’But... Lu Luwei shouldn’t have met any of the conditions for contamination.’

’And yet she was.’

’Could I... also be contaminated?’

SWISH!

Lu Cang struck a pressure point on Lu Luwei’s neck, injecting a fast-acting toxin that caused her to gradually fall unconscious.

The next moment.

He immediately used Escape into Nonexistence, and in that same instant, made everyone forget!

「A few short minutes later.」

The sky had returned to its previous tranquility. No one knew what had just happened, or where the person who had attacked the port had disappeared to.

Lu Cang returned to the port, materializing inside a hotel room where he laid out the unconscious Lu Luwei.

’This is going to be tricky.’

’Spiritual Contamination...’

’So far, it’s the greatest known problem with no cure.’