Chapter 90 - 79: Foundation Establishment Evil Object, Destroyed with a Single Sword Strike

Chapter 90: Chapter 79: Foundation Establishment Evil Object, Destroyed with a Single Sword Strike

"No, seriously, Lu, what on earth is wrong with you, kid?

"With such a massive exam ground, how did you end up encountering this Jade-faced Saber Mantis all by yourself? It’s a real shame you don’t buy lottery tickets.

"Also, when everyone else runs into their classmates, they do everything they can to cooperate. But you? Your arrogance knows no bounds. Even after running into schoolmates, you stubbornly insisted on moving alone. What is going on with you? Do you honestly think you’re such a genius that you can just run wild in the exam ground?!

"No, once you come out of the exam ground later, I’m definitely going to teach you a good lesson. A Cultivator can have pride, but they must absolutely never be arrogant. If you act like this when you enter the Daoist School later, you’re going to suffer a huge loss! After all, the Daoist School might lack many things, but it definitely does not lack monsters that surpass geniuses!"

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Inside the abandoned mall, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis stared at Lu Chen, who had been standing completely still ever since it appeared.

It assumed he was just like the other human Cultivators it had encountered before—scared out of his wits. This made the Jade-faced Saber Mantis somewhat disappointed. After all, it had rushed over immediately upon sensing the mass deaths of its subordinates. And when it discovered that the culprit who had killed so many of its subordinates was actually just one person, it immediately developed an intense interest in Lu Chen, feeling that it had found an excellent toy.

This interest peaked even further after Lu Chen blocked its first saber strike. After all, ever since it arrived in Jade Mountain City, it hadn’t encountered a single decent enemy. Even beings capable of blocking just one of its attacks could be counted on one hand.

Therefore, seeing Lu Chen looking as though he had given up resisting, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis felt somewhat let down. If a prey didn’t fight back, what joy was there in killing it?

With this in mind, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis spoke up again, preparing to properly stimulate this toy’s fighting spirit.

"Hey, human kid. Guess how many of your kind I’ve killed from the beginning until now?"

Hearing the Telepathy in his ears, Lu Chen didn’t reply. He merely looked at it calmly. His Lotus Pupils, each with twelve petals, continuously spun, as if recording something.

The Jade-faced Saber Mantis completely failed to notice this. Or rather, it did notice, but simply didn’t care.

Faced with Lu Chen’s silence, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis continued speaking on its own. "One hundred and twenty-three. A full one hundred and twenty-three. I have to say, the physical bodies of you humans are far too weak. Even Foundation Establishment Cultivators among your Human Race are existences I can easily slaughter with a single strike once I get close enough.

"Speaking of which, I truly miss the very first Human Race Foundation Establishment Cultivator I encountered. Now that was a truly exhilarating battle. Originally, I actually wasn’t his match. Many times when I tried to close the distance, he would force me back with his Magical Treasure.

"But guess what? In order to protect the ordinary people behind him and buy those weaklings time to escape, he actually chose to tank my attacks multiple times, giving up numerous opportunities to heavily injure me. I really don’t understand what you human experts are thinking. Why would you have such strange ideas? Among our Nine Nether Race, such actions are simply the epitome of stupidity. Where else would you find a strong person willingly giving up their chance to escape just to protect the weak?

"But I must admit, it was precisely because of this foolish concept of yours that I found the opportunity to turn defeat into victory. Once I realized this, I directly gave up attacking that Foundation Establishment Stage human and turned to hunt down those ordinary people instead.

"The result was exactly as expected. Not only did the guy get angry, he even got distracted and used his Magical Treasure to protect those ordinary people. But by doing so, he could no longer focus on protecting himself!

"I seized the opening and severed his arm with a single strike. Then, riding on that momentum, I cut off all his limbs in just a few exchanges. Do you want to guess why I didn’t just kill him?"

Faced with the waves of smugness transmitted through the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s Telepathy, Lu Chen maintained his calm expression, seemingly entirely unmoved. The more he acted like this, the more the Jade-faced Saber Mantis felt an inexplicable irritation, desiring to force a fluctuation in Lu Chen’s emotions.

Thus, as it walked toward Lu Chen, it sneered, "I just wanted him to watch with his own eyes as the weaklings he protected were eaten one by one by my subordinates. Not only that, but I also kept him by my side to watch how I hunted down those ordinary people who had zero ability to resist.

"Jie jie jie... I really miss the angry, indignant, and despairing look in his eyes at the time. It was so incredibly amusing to me."

As it spoke, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis stepped within a five-pace radius of Lu Chen.

At this moment, Lu Chen finally spoke.

"Are you done talking?"

"Hmm?"

The Jade-faced Saber Mantis looked at Lu Chen in astonishment, not understanding where this Qi Cultivation Stage toy found the confidence to say such words.

But the next second, it suddenly felt an inexplicable aura lock onto it. The sensation was as if countless sharp sabers and swords were pressed against its neck, making it feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.

The Jade-faced Saber Mantis stared at Lu Chen in disbelief, seemingly never expecting to feel such oppression from a Qi Cultivation Stage Human Race Cultivator.

"W-what is going on?!" it thought.

"Since you’re done talking... you can go die now."

CLANG!

Accompanied by the dull hum of a sharp sword being unsheathed, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis abruptly saw a terrifying Sword Shadow rushing straight at its face. The speed of this strike was so fast that it rivaled even its own Saber Technique.

Faced with this sudden life-or-death crisis, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis could only raise its arms horizontally in a hasty defense. However arrogant it had been when mocking Lu Chen earlier, that was exactly how pathetic it looked now as it scrambled to defend itself.

BANG!

As the cold light flashed past and collided with its sharp Sword Arms, the Jade-faced Mantis felt a burst of agonizing pain shooting through its arms. Its Sword Arms, which were comparable to human Magical Artifacts, had actually been slashed with numerous cracks by Lu Chen’s single sword strike.

"Wait, how does this Human Race Cultivator know that this exact spot on my Sword Arm was injured before?!" it thought. "Could it be..."

From the corner of its eye, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis caught sight of Lu Chen’s bizarre Lotus Pupils and finally understood why this guy hadn’t said a word earlier, merely observing it calmly.

"So he was observing my weaknesses this whole time!" it realized.

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