Chapter 560: Lady Ling Found
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
"I should try attacking with my soul!"
This bunch of people would die right away under Lu Li's physical attack. He couldn't get enough feedback from this experiment. Lu Li walked to the second man who was so terrified that he knelt, kowtowed and said, "Emperor, show mercy, please. I will never do it again!"
"Swash~"
Lu Li raised his iron rod gently and touched the man's head as if he was only a student being punished and Lu Li didn't use any strength in this move.
However…
The attack aiming at this man's soul spread across in a vibration wave to the outside of the warrior's Soul Pond and then it rippled into the Soul Pond. Eventually…the warrior's soul was shattered.
"Not bad!"
Lu Li could feel clearly that the vibration wave of the soul attack spread into the warrior's Soul Pond with no pause. The vibration wave would have gone in smoothly even if the warrior had soul protections.
"Bang!"
The condemned prisoner fell to the ground, frightening the others and shocking Ye Gu. Lu Li had employed little strength in this casual touch and this prisoner was dead? What kind of skill was that? Was the condemned prisoner frightened to death?
"Rustle, rustle, rustle~"
Lu Li strolled to the third condemned prisoner. He waved his iron rod up and down, touched the prisoner's head gently and this one fell and died right away as well.
This time, Lu Li made a pause to think before he walked up to the fourth one. Again, with a gentle move, the prisoner was dead.
"Hiss, hiss…"
The remaining 11 prisoners were blanched from fear. They gasped and their backs were soaked in sweat.
After being captured, they all knew they were going to die sooner or later. Yet when death knocked on their door, they were freaked out by such a way of passing away. From the depth of their soul, there came flashes of chilliness.
Nobody was begging anymore because Lu Li didn't seem to be moved at all. Nothing said would be of point at this moment. They had all heard about their emperor Lu Li and how heartless and cruel he was. Too many had died in his hands.
"Bang~"
Another gentle move and another dead man. Lu Li thought about it, put away his iron rod and picked up a bamboo stick on the ground and walked toward the next person.
"Bang!"
Like a child having fun, Lu Li knocked on another condemned prisoner's forehead with his bamboo stick. The man stopped breathing and fell to the ground.
"How can it be…"
The rest several people opened their eyes wide as if they had seen ghosts in broad daylight.
Ye Gu had found out with his psychic power that Lu Li was attacking at their souls. The last few prisoners were below the Eternal Realm and they could not use psychic power yet, so the scene seemed particularly frightening for them.
"Boom!"
When Lu Li approached the next one, that man rolled his eyes and fainted from fear.
"Hmm!"
With a gentle touch, the fainted prisoner's soul was shattered as well. Lu Li made another pause and murmured, "I have looked at it the wrong way. I can weaken both my physical and soul attacks so that they won't die at once and I will have the chance to integrate the two ways better."
Lu Li realized that if he could use less strength, he wouldn't kill those condemned prisoners right away, which would be a window of chance for him to have more trials.
While he was happy to have an epiphany, the remaining few condemned prisoners were having a more miserable time.
"Bang!"
Lu Li knocked at the head of a prisoner casually. Two vibration waves spread across toward the prisoner's Soul Pond. The vibration wave of physical strength attacked at the prisoner's Soul Pond, almost shattered it and the following vibration wave of soul attack completely crushed the prisoner's soul.
"It's still a bit too much!"
Lu Li walked toward the next one. This time, he reined in his force and soul power. This prisoner didn't die right away but he was howling and yelling in excruciating pain. The pain one suffered from an injured soul was beyond description and unbearable!
"Ah—"
The condemned prisoner rolled on the ground, roaring. His face was twisted and his eyes almost popped out. It was horrifying to the sight.
"Emperor, just make it quick."
"Lu Li, if you are a man, don't torture us, just kill us."
"Lu Li, you bastard, animal…"
"Bastard, kill me if you have balls…"
The remaining prisoners were terrified. Some were begging for mercy, while others were swearing, hoping they could provoke Lu Li into giving them swift death.
Lu Li turned a deaf ear to them. His mind was focused on the cooperation of physical attack and soul attack. If he could merge them well, then the skill would boast enormous strength. It was even possible to kill a Human Sovereign Realm warrior in an ambush.
Lu Li kept swinging his bamboo stick, experimenting and pondering and studying. He was endeavored to make it perfect or else he wouldn't think his study of the Soul Shattering skill was successful.
In the wildness, there were constant cries of pain. Ye Gu was having a hard time witnessing this. He began to look at Lu Li with newly found respect.
After half an hour, Lu Li stopped. There were no more heads for him to attack. He checked the surroundings in an absent-minded state and walked toward Ye Gu with the bamboo stick ready.
"Saint Lord, it's me, Ye Gu~" Ye Gu trembled in fear. He almost wet himself as he yelled.
Lu Li finally came back to his rightful mind. He looked around and found that all the condemned prisoners were dead. Ye Gu was the only one alive and he was so scared that he was ready to run away at any moment…
"Ha, ha!"
Lu Li burst into laughter. He threw the bamboo stick to the ground and said, "Send a message to Madam Yan and ask for more condemned prisoners. Well…ask God of Meng and Chee-kar if they have captured any surviving supporters of our enemies. Bring me more people. I need longer time to cultivate."
"Okay, yes, sure!"
Ye Gu, feeling greatly relieved, rushed away. He wished he could be as far away from Lu Li as possible. Lu Li pouted at that action and returned to the Snow Mountain of Dragons.
Little White was still refining in thunderbolts. In the time for more than a dozen breaths, a thunderbolt would come down on Little White who crouched on the ground motionlessly, appearing to be in deep sleep.
Lu Li used his psychic power and confirmed that Little White was fine. He left it to its cultivation and went to check on Bai Qiuxue. After sitting around for half a day, he began to cultivate to build another Fate Wheel now that Third Patriarch hadn't come back.
Lu Li had built four Fate Wheels. The process was something he knew well and could manage at ease. In addition, he had top level elixirs so there was no cause for worry.
When Ye Gu came back to him, Lu Li told Ye Gu to guard outside and that nobody could disturb. Lu Li went to his room and began the procedure.
This time, it was easier to build the Fate Wheel as Lu Li had expected. Five days later, another layer was added to Lu Li's original Fate Wheel. It was five-layered now and Lu Li's life expectancy was prolonged.
But it didn't mean that Lu Li had reached the middle stage of the Eternal Realm even though he had five Fate Wheels. To reach that stage would require six Fate Wheels. Nine Fate Wheels was the symbol of reaching the latter stage of the Eternal Realm. Only by integrating the nine together into a Bead of Life could one make it to the Noble Lord Realm.
It could be said that Lu Li was knocking on the door of the middle stage of the Eternal Realm. He had to make another Fate Wheel to step into the door.
After he successfully made the fifth Fate Wheel, Lu Li cultivated for another couple of days to make it stable. Then he walked out.
"Third Patriarch?"
Opening the door, Lu Li was excited to see a familiar face. Third Patriarch finally made it back from the Clouds Plains.
"How is it?"
Dragging Third Patriarch to the castle, Lu Li asked eagerly. Third Patriarch nodded with delight and said, "I am 70% sure that I might have found Lady Ling this time!"
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