An hour ago, inside the fighting club.
Su Yunying was diligently mopping the floor, occasionally glancing at Shen Zhao, who was lazily lying on a rocking chair, half-asleep. She then quickly picked up an almond cookie from the table and stuffed it into her mouth.
"By the way, girl, what day is it today?"
This question nearly choked Su Yunying. She quickly swallowed the almond cookie, wiped her mouth, and said, "Today is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Lord Lu's birthday. Should Big Brother go and join in the fun? It's so boring here."
"Do your work and mind your own business."
After giving the order, Shen Zhao closed his eyes again to rest.
Su Yunying pouted at Shen Zhao and made a face, then looked at the plate of almond cookies that was half-eaten. She once again grabbed a piece with lightning speed, turned her back, and ate it in secret.
Shen Zhao's mind was consumed with thoughts of the Lu family's situation.
On this very day in his previous life, the Qingyang City Lu family had been massacred by forces from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs during Lu Zhantian's birthday celebration. The entire family, all two hundred and eighty-two members, perished. Only Lu Chen narrowly escaped, and Lu Xuanji was abducted to the Nine Nether, becoming the Netherworld Saintess.
In addition, tens of thousands of innocent civilians in Qingyang City were also killed. The methods used were incredibly brutal.
For the Nine Nether domain, Shen Zhao, who had been a war god on the Immortal Martial Continent in his previous life, had only one attitude:
Kill!
This wasn't a choice made because of the system's requirements, but a decision born from his heart to eliminate this threat for the Immortal Martial Continent.
How cruel were the nations and sects of the Nine Nether? Only Shen Zhao, who had witnessed it firsthand, could truly speak to it.
The emergence of the Nine Nether brought only endless slaughter and chaos. Over the past several thousand years, countless innocent people on the Immortal Martial Continent had died because of the Nine Nether, amounting to several billion.
Shen Zhao felt a chilling sense of despair. The major powers of the Immortal Martial Continent weren't even thinking of uniting to fight against the Nine Nether invasion. Instead, they were agonizing over how to avoid becoming enemies with the Nine Nether, turning a blind eye to their atrocities.
"If you won't stop this calamity, then I will!"
At the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, Shen Zhao led the one hundred thousand ironclad soldiers of Breaking Army Manor into the Yellow Springs Road, engaging the Nine Nether Evil Army in a desperate battle.
The battle raged for three full years, a conflict that shocked both gods and ghosts, turning the world upside down and moving heaven and earth.
Finally, under Breaking Army Manor's relentless assault, the Nine Nether Yellow Springs was terrified of Shen Zhao.
The Nine Nether clans were cruel, but Shen Zhao was even crueler.
"You kill one of my Immortal Martial Continent's people, I kill ten of yours!"
The Netherworld Holy Land, the Asura Empire, the City of Reincarnation, the Ten Yama Kings, the Other Shore Nation, and the Nine Prison Demon Path – the strongest allied forces of the Nine Nether – were utterly crushed and nearly annihilated under Shen Zhao's iron-blooded offensive. Thousands of ten-thousand-year cultivators within the Nine Nether perished in this, the most brutal war on the Immortal Martial Continent in nearly a thousand years. The Asura Emperor was even captured and became a prisoner, experiencing firsthand what it meant to pay a blood debt!
Even more brutal, Shen Zhao had also publicly slaughtered the 300,000 captured Nine Nether evil beings in front of the major clans of the Netherworld. He then used their corpses to build a blood wall, terrifying the Nine Nether. Such a bloody and cruel method shocked the entire Immortal Martial Continent.
For the first time, they were deeply shocked by the human race, whom they had once regarded as mere ants. This eye-for-an-eye retribution made them re-evaluate the human race. They even proposed peace talks.
However, Shen Zhao never considered negotiating with this group. The envoy returned with the dismembered body of the Asura Emperor, who had been subjected to death by a thousand cuts. Subsequently, Shen Zhao led the Breaking Army Manor deeper into the Nine Nether.
This time, even the Nine Nether Realm Lord, who had unified the Yellow Springs Road, was terrified. Several major forces were on the verge of despair, awaiting their deaths. Hearing the name of Shen Zhao, the God of War, they trembled all over.
To escape Shen Zhao's relentless pursuit, various factions in the Nine Nether, under the call of the Nine Nether Realm Lord, jointly sent a peace treaty to Yu Xiyan, the Empress of the Yin Tian Dynasty. They were willing to submit to her rule and agree to any condition, with the sole demand that Shen Zhao must immediately withdraw his troops. The Netherworld could no longer withstand Shen Zhao's devastation.
The final result was that Yu Xiyan accepted the Nine Nether Yellow Springs' plea for peace. She issued twelve golden plaques and dispatched her highest-ranking Supreme Realm shadow guards, who could travel eight thousand miles a day, to the borders of the Nine Nether. She urgently ordered Shen Zhao to cease the war and withdraw his troops.
That time, Shen Zhao, for the first time, went against the system's will and intended to continue the advance, disregarding the imperial order.
However, the backlash from defying the system caused him excruciating pain. Each step forward brought the torment of a heavenly thunder piercing his heart.
More importantly, when the remaining soldiers of Breaking Army Manor and countless refugees who had escaped their suffering all shouted "General" in unison, Shen Zhao could only stand blankly before the Sea of Reincarnation, watching helplessly as the Nine Nether remnant army retreated safely back into the barrier.
At this moment…
He finally understood…
He could do nothing…
Collecting his thoughts, Shen Zhao began to consider the second question.
Should he save the Lu family?
In Shen Zhao's memory, this Lu Chen, besides loving to show off and flirting with women, had also had fleeting relationships with many female cultivators. He even ended up being a disciple-seducing maniac. However, he didn't seem to have done anything terribly wrong.
At least, Lu Chen had a firm grasp of the big picture, had a strong sense of principles, was loyal to his friends and brothers, and was grateful to those who had helped him. Finally, at the peak of the Supreme Realm, he retired, taking his three beautiful wives to travel the Immortal Martial Continent, leading a carefree and happy life.
Thinking about it this way, the Lu family wasn't beyond saving. At least Lu Chen was a hundred times better than Lin Feng, who was so two-faced and would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, even resorting to joining a heretical sect and harming his fellow disciples.
Shen Zhao didn't have the chauvinistic idea that all the beautiful women in the world should be added to his harem. He preferred to let things take their natural course. Besides, thanks to the system that forced him to fawn over others, he had developed an extremely strong fear and aversion to romantic relationships. Even without the system's constraints, his heart would ache whenever the topic of emotions came up.
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Since he could be the master of his own life in this lifetime, he would make up for all the regrets.
Shen Zhao believed that a person's life shouldn't be limited to unreliable things like love. Family, friendship, camaraderie in the martial world, brotherhood in battle, and his own career were all very important.
"Girl, get ready. Since it's the Lord's birthday, we can't be rude on his turf. Come with me!"
With that, Shen Zhao stood up and stretched, then walked straight out the door.
Shen Zhao blasted a Netherworld Demon Envoy to pieces with a single punch, a scene that shocked everyone present.
"Kid, do you dare to be an enemy of the Nine Nether?"
"Enemy? Are you even worthy?"
After speaking, Shen Zhao threw another punch from afar, and the powerful gale containing the Daoist principles and laws directly swept across the black-robed man's body.
The next moment, the black-robed man's head immediately spun three hundred times in place, and he died on the spot.
One punch, one kill, two deaths in a row. This brutal scene directly scared everyone present to the point of wetting themselves, especially Xia Tounan, who had a wet patch on his crotch.
"Who is he?"
Mo Xinchen's beautiful eyes flickered as she looked at Shen Zhao in the distance, shocked.
She couldn't sense any traces of spiritual energy fluctuations from Shen Zhao's two punches just now.
"Don't kill them all, boss, leave one for me to practice on!"
Su Yunying, with a light step, leaped in front of Shen Zhao, the tip of the Lone Goose in her hand already aimed at one of the men.
"Who is this girl..."
Lu Chen, not far away, immediately stared wide-eyed at Su Yunying's face.
"Why does the world have such a beautiful woman?"
He felt... excited.
Seeing two of his companions dead, the leading Netherworld Demon Envoy stepped forward, "Who are you? Dare you give your name!"
"Your Nine Nether ancestor's daddy, Shen Zhao! Got that? Got it, then die!"
The Netherworld Demon Envoy didn't even have a chance to speak before Shen Zhao's figure vanished from sight.
When he reacted, he only heard a "Clang!" as he was sent spiraling into the sky. Then, with a "Crack!" of a swing, he was punched in the waist, cut in two. His fate was sealed; he would never walk upright again.
"The spear moves like a dragon, a flash of cold light!"
While Shen Zhao was dealing with the Netherworld lackey, Su Yunying also swiftly dispatched another one with her spear, her movements quick and fierce, without a hint of hesitation.
"What a powerful little girl! She's already reached the Nascent Yuan Realm at such a young age?"
They had thought Shen Zhao was extraordinary, but at the moment Su Yunying attacked, everyone was startled. Although her spear wasn't as visually impactful as Shen Zhao's fists, it was still very impressive.
In the end, only one lackey remained on the field.
Watching Shen Zhao approach step by step, the little lackey was screaming in his heart, "Don't come closer, don't come closer! If you come any closer, I'm going to pee myself!"
The next moment, Shen Zhao straightened up, his hand clamping onto the underling's chin, lifting him over his head.
"Boy, do you dare to be an enemy of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs? Do you know..."
Crack!
The next moment, Shen Zhao crushed his neck, a look of disgust on his face as he tossed the corpse aside. "Still spouting nonsense when you're about to die, truly deserving of your fate."
Then, he patted his wrist, a civilized and amiable smile spreading across his face as he walked towards Lu Zhantian.
He was just about to speak when a figure suddenly clung to his leg, followed by a series of heart-wrenching cries.
"Master Shen, you're here! I've missed you so much! If you had come any later, my old life would have been over! I've never in my life yearned for a thigh to cling to like I do today!"
"Get lost!"
Shen Zhao raised his leg and kicked Ding Buer, sending him flying dozens of meters.
Then, he walked in front of Lu Zhantian: "Congratulations, Lord Lu, on your fortieth birthday. This junior was delayed by something, so please forgive my tardiness."
Lu Zhantian was about to return the greeting and thank Shen Zhao for intervening when suddenly Gu Yunxiao spoke, "May I ask, have we met somewhere before, sir?"
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