Chapter 54: Rescuing Father

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Li Ning is probably just arriving at the east side of the city. Lady Yunli, let's make a move!"

Yunli nodded gently. "Playing with you is truly a lot of fun."

Lu Xingchen drew the Shadow Sword and cleaved the main gate of the City Lord's Mansion with a single stroke.

Hearing the commotion, Wang Bai was greatly startled.

Lu Xingchen had actually come!

And he did so in such an overbearing manner.

He immediately fired a signal flare.

Wang Qian and Sun Sheng had joined forces and still ended up with one dead and one injured; relying on his own strength alone, he was definitely no match for Lu Xingchen.

Immediately, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Form the formation and defend against the enemy!"

Over a hundred martial masters inside the City Lord's Mansion simultaneously drew their weapons and charged toward Lu Xingchen.

Ignoring them completely, Lu Xingchen walked straight toward the depths of the City Lord's Mansion.

Just as a martial master's saber was about to land on Lu Xingchen, a silent arrow pierced straight through his chest.

He let out a miserable scream, his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

The rest of the martial masters were deeply shaken, hesitating and not daring to step forward for a moment.

Wang Bai's heart trembled.

This brat really does have an accomplice.

He shouted, "There are only two of them, no need to be afraid. As long as we swarm them together, it's impossible for him to kill all of us!"

Emboldened once more, the remaining martial masters continued to hack toward Lu Xingchen.

However, Yunli used her actual strength to show them that she truly could kill everyone.

Lu Xingchen walked forward step by step. Any martial master who came within a three-meter radius of him was pierced right through the heart by sharp arrows.

By the time Lu Xingchen walked up to the door of the room where Lu Zhaoyang was being held, more than half of the martial masters had already collapsed on the ground.

The remaining martial masters lost all will to resist and fled in all directions.

Lu Xingchen raised the Shadow Sword and said to Wang Bai, "Are you leaving on your own, or do you want to die?"

Wang Bai swallowed hard and said in a deep voice, "Lu Xingchen, Zigui City has already been locked down. You can't escape!"

Lu Xingchen said indifferently, "That has nothing to do with you. I'll give you five seconds. Five, four..."

Wang Bai immediately turned and fled.

Although he would be punished by Lord Li Ning afterward, it was still better than dying on the spot.

Lu Xingchen slashed his sword against the chamber door. A white barrier of light appeared, and the rebound actually forced him to take several steps back.

A formation?

Outside the room, a third-grade defensive spiritual formation had been unexpectedly set up.

The spiritual formation was extremely complex. If an ordinary grand martial master wished to force their way through, it would take at least half an hour.

No wonder Li Ning had dared to rush off to the east of the city; it turned out he had left this trap waiting for him right here.

But unfortunately, he was also a third-grade spiritual array master.

Lu Xingchen pressed his palms together, and over a hundred spiritual seals flew out from his palms, merging into the defensive formation before him.

A minute later, the formation was broken, and the light barrier slowly dissipated.

Lu Xingchen slashed out with his sword once again, splitting the chamber door directly in two.

Inside the room, Lu Zhaoyang was gathering his battle Qi, standing on high alert.

He had also heard the commotion in the City Lord's Mansion and guessed that someone was breaking him out of prison.

He just wondered where Xiao Long had managed to find such powerful help.

When he saw Lu Xingchen, he froze entirely.

"Xingchen? It's actually you coming to rescue me! Have you lost your mind?"

Seeing that Lu Zhaoyang had no injuries and didn't look like he had been abused, Lu Xingchen let out a long breath of relief.

Then he grinned broadly. "Old Dad, there's no time to talk about that now. Li Ning will be back soon. Follow me first!"

Lu Zhaoyang's eyes turned red.

He had never expected that this unfilial son of his would be so courageous.

With merely the cultivation of a martial master realm, he actually dared to break into the City Lord's Mansion to rescue prisoners.

And that Li Ning was a martial spirit expert!

It seemed Xingchen had truly grown up, and he could no longer keep him under control.

With countless thoughts swirling in his mind, Lu Zhaoyang only managed to utter, "Alright, let's go!"

Father and son walked out of the City Lord's Mansion together.

The guards of the entire City Lord's Mansion had all fled.

There was no helping it; Yunli's suppression by firepower was simply too overwhelming.

The two walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, and Yunli was already waiting for them at the entrance.

Without wasting any breath, Lu Xingchen immediately summoned Xiaoyou.

An imposing, majestic giant dragon appeared above the City Lord's Mansion.

Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Old Dad, get on the dragon!"

Looking at the giant dragon before him, Lu Zhaoyang was shocked once more.

A tier-three demonic beast!

And it was even a member of the dragon race!

Even he himself probably wouldn't be a match for this giant dragon, right?

The three of them jumped onto the dragon's back, and Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Xiaoyou, back to the Royal City! As fast as you can!"

Xiaoyou shook its head.

"No problem, leave it to me!"

Immediately afterward, it flapped its wings and soared toward the horizon.

The appearance of the Netherworld Dragon caused a massive sensation throughout Zigui City.

"Damn, am I seeing things? That's a dragon!"

"There's been all sorts of talk buzzing around Zigui City these past few days—the Great General's son Lu Xingchen led a person and a dragon to lift the siege on the Royal City. This dragon must belong to the Young General, right?"

"It definitely is. The Dayan Kingdom cannot possibly produce a second dragon-race demonic beast. What is the Young General doing here? Is he here to break someone out of prison?"

"Looking at it this way, he's already succeeded in breaking out. Otherwise, he wouldn't be strutting around so openly."

"Hahaha! Won't that old fogey Li Ning be furious to death!"

"The Young General is truly immensely resourceful, and his methods are no weaker than the Great General's. Our Dayan Kingdom has hope for revival!"

The common people of Zigui City all leaned toward the Dayan Kingdom in their hearts, and upon seeing Lu Xingchen make his move, they all clapped and cheered.

High in the air, Lu Zhaoyang finally relaxed, pulling Lu Xingchen along to ask all sorts of questions.

"Xiaochen, has your realm broken through to the tenth-star martial master? This is way too fast! It's only been half a year since you left home, and half a year ago you were only a second-star martial master!"

Lu Xingchen chuckled lightly. "Your son is a chosen one after all; it's completely normal for my cultivation speed to be a bit fast."

He certainly couldn't just tell his dad that he possessed a system cheat, could he?

Hearing Lu Zhaoyang's words, Yunli was also somewhat shocked.

Advancing from a second-star martial master to a tenth-star martial master within half a year—this speed was somewhat frightening!

Although she herself could achieve this, she had the backing of the Cangxuan Sect and consumed a massive amount of resources to reach this step.

And what about Lu Xingchen?

He was merely a rogue cultivator with absolutely no background.

For a moment, Yunli became even more curious about Lu Xingchen.

This brat definitely harbored secrets!

Yunli said in a deep voice, "You shouldn't throw around the four words 'chosen one' so casually; it's an easy way to get yourself beaten up."

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen was somewhat puzzled.

"Why is that?"

Yunli smiled. "With your talent, you'll know the reason before long. Anyway, just don't use that term recklessly."

Lu Xingchen waved his hand. "Fine, if you say so, I won't."

Lu Zhaoyang said in a deep voice, "Xiaochen, what is this young lady's name? And why didn't you bring Lin Wanqing back with you?"

Lu Xingchen smiled bitterly. "This young lady is named Yunli, the Saintess of the Cangxuan Sect, and she contributed a great deal during this prison break. As for Lady Wanqing, she parted ways with me without a word of farewell."

Lu Zhaoyang: "Cangxuan Sect? Never heard of it. But to possess grand martial master cultivation at such a young age, her background must be considerable. Many thanks, Lady Yunli!"

Lu Zhaoyang bowed slightly toward Yunli in cupped-fist salute.