The first-floor hall of the villa was a complete mess, and Lu Yun stood among the fallen soldiers and guards.
The next moment, he lifted his head and looked toward the stairs. His Divine Sense spread out like a vast, invisible net, blanketing the entire villa and alerting him to the danger on the second floor.
’A sneak attack? Not happening. After being ambushed by that Wang from the Cyan Dragon Gang last time, I won’t make the same mistake twice.’
Then he moved. With a flicker, he shot backward. The instant he reached the wall, Lu Yun launched himself off his feet, rocketing toward the second floor!
He shattered the wall at the top of the stairs with a single palm strike. Amidst a shower of flying bricks and stone, Lu Yun landed steadily on the second-floor hallway.
At that exact moment, he came face-to-face with Zhang Cheng’an, who had just stepped out of a room.
They stared at each other, wide-eyed. Zhang Cheng’an’s pupils instantly contracted. His plan had been to aim a light machine gun at the entrance to the first-floor hall and open fire the moment the old man stepped inside.
’But who could have imagined this old man would be so fast? He’d been lying in wait outside all along, and now he was standing just a few steps away.’
An unprecedented sense of danger surged up from the depths of Zhang Cheng’an’s being!
But he had no time to think, because Lu Yun was already in motion. The Wisteria Spirit Staff shot up as fast as lightning!
The staff struck the refined steel body of the light machine gun, which instantly shattered into pieces!
Zhang Cheng’an felt a violent jolt in his hands. A tremendous force traveled up the weapon’s frame, making the webbing of his thumbs go numb. He could barely hold on to the pile of scrap metal!
In an instant, Zhang Cheng’an threw aside the wreckage and swiftly drew the black saber from his back.
The blade was instantly wreathed in invisible Huajin as he gripped the saber with both hands and slashed down with all his might!
Zhang Cheng’an poured all the power he had cultivated in his entire life into this one slash, only for it to be stopped in the next second by two fingers.
Lu Yun had raised his left hand, and with a simple pinch of two fingers, the whistling black saber came to an abrupt halt in mid-air.
Zhang Cheng’an’s eyes bulged. He struggled with all his might, trying to pull the saber back.
But those two fingers were like an iron vise, gripping the blade so tightly that it wouldn’t budge an inch, no matter how much force he applied.
’How is this possible? This is the Black Armor-Breaking Saber, an heirloom of my Zhang Family!’
’This was a full-power strike from me, a Mid-stage Grandmaster of Huajin! And he stopped it with just two fingers? He caught the attack I take so much pride in with just two fingers?’
Zhang Cheng’an looked at Lu Yun, who was just inches away, and at that face as calm as still water. For the first time in his life, he truly understood what it meant to be afraid.
’Impossible. Absolutely impossible. I can’t be afraid!’ Zhang Cheng’an desperately tried to steel himself.
’I’m wearing armor from the Great United States! Not even bullets can get through it! Artillery shells can’t destroy it! No matter how strong he is, there’s no way he can hurt me!’
But the next second, Lu Yun’s two fingers tightened slightly. The black saber was wrenched from Zhang Cheng’an’s grasp, tumbling through the air before landing on the first floor with a loud CLANG.
Zhang Cheng’an’s right hand suddenly felt light. Before he could even react, Lu Yun’s left fist was already clenched.
An earth-yellow True Qi of Divine Will swirled furiously around his knuckles, and then he threw a punch!
The punch landed squarely on the armor covering Zhang Cheng’an’s chest!
A deafening CRACK exploded in the hallway! Zhang Cheng’an was sent flying backward, his back slamming hard into the wall. The wall shattered on impact, and bricks and stone came CRASHING down!
He slumped down amidst the rubble and looked down at his chest. The thick breastplate was caved in.
A large fist mark was clearly imprinted on his chest.
Zhang Cheng’an’s mind went blank. This was supposed to be the latest armor developed by the Great United States.
It was a treasure forged from a special metal, said to be impervious to blades, water, and fire—something bullets couldn’t pierce and artillery shells couldn’t destroy.
’And now it’s been caved in by a single punch?’ He raised his head to look at Lu Yun, and what he saw was a mountain.
It was a vast, boundless mountain with no end in sight, a colossal peak descending upon him from the highest heavens, threatening to crush him.

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