Chapter 435: Chapter 243: The Decisive Battle Approaches, Rune Seed Realm Attacks the Team
Translator: 549690339
After the annihilation of the Sky Brilliance Sect, Lu Yun temporarily had no intention of continuing on, opting to stay and recuperate instead, while continuing his own cultivation and accumulating runes.
Two days later, thunder tribulation descended upon a spiritual peak of the Sky Brilliance Sect. After nearly an hour of tribulation, it officially ended with a burst of a powerful aura.
Ye Xuan was the one who crossed the thunder tribulation and was promoted to the Rune Seed Realm.
At this point, he became the first Rune Seed Realm powerhouse among the Demon Extermination Generals led by Lu Yun.
With his strength and merit, as long as he reported to the Far Suppression Legion’s commander Wei Tianlun, he could be promoted to Earth-rank Demon Extermination General.
After being promoted from Black-rank Demon Extermination General to Earth-rank Demon Extermination General, one usually had two choices.
The first was to stay in the original team, and the second was to apply for their own army.
Ye Xuan chose to stay under Lu Yun’s command.
Lu Yun was quite relieved with Ye Xuan’s choice and ordered him to go to the treasury to receive a Seventh Grade pill to consolidate his realm.
The map displayed on the Star Plate was constantly changing, especially the South Nether Prefecture region.
After Lu Yun led his Demon Suppression Army to exterminate the Sky Brilliance Sect, the cities of South Nether Prefecture successively fell into the hands of the Demon Extermination Army.
Soon after, the marks of Rashamon Sect and Cloud Jade Pavilion in South Nether Prefecture were erased one after another on the Star Plate.
That meant that South Nether Prefecture had been completely defeated.
Looking at the entire Profound Darkness Domain on the Star Plate, almost half of the prefectures fell into the hands of the Demon Suppression Army.
“The final battle for the Profound Darkness Domain is approaching.”
With a light tone, Lu Yun put away the Star Plate.
After leaving his seclusion, Lu Yun called Ye Xuan right away.
After Ye Xuan was promoted to the Rune Seed Realm, Lu Yun directly reported his information to the Far Suppression Legion Commander Wei Tianlun. He became an Earth-rank Demon Extermination General as he wished and became Lu Yun’s right-hand man, responsible for assisting with the affairs of the army.
“Reporting to the General, our army now has two Earth-rank Demon Extermination Generals, twenty-three Black-rank Demon Extermination Generals, two hundred and fifty-eight Yellow-rank Demon Extermination Generals, and nearly six thousand Demon Extermination Guards.
Among the Demon Extermination Guards, the weakest have already completed the True Qi Three Refinements.”
Hearing this, Lu Yun nodded slightly.
When he first took over as the commander of the Eighteenth Army of the Far Suppression Legion, there were nineteen Black-rank Demon Extermination Generals, one hundred and thirty-two Yellow-rank Demon Extermination Generals, and more than nine thousand Demon Extermination Guards under his command.
In just about a month, they had experienced more than ten battles, big and small, and not only did the number of Demon Extermination Generals not decrease, it even increased.
This was the terrifying aspect of the Demon Suppressing Army: growing stronger through battle and becoming more powerful with each battle.
“Issue an order to the entire army: set off tomorrow and head straight to North Desolation Mountain.”
“Yes.”
On the second day.
At dawn, the battleship broke through the sky and left the Sky Brilliance Mountain Range.
The battleship did not fly for too long, just eight hours later, a huge mountain range appeared in front of them.
This mountain range was shrouded in dense fog, with low visibility, but one could see from afar that there were battleships lined up in the sky.
This mountain range was precisely the camp of the Far Suppression Legion.
“Tsk, tsk, Lu Yun, I finally see you.”
The moment the Eighteenth Army finished setting up camp, Wei Zongcheng came to find Lu Yun.
At this point, Wei Zongcheng’s momentum was even more refined than the last time they met, not looking like someone who had just broken through to the middle stage of the Rune Seed Realm a little over a month ago.
Obviously, during this period, not only Lu Yun had improved in strength.
Of course, he had improved the most.
Wei Zongcheng’s eyes swept over Ye Xuan, Qing Hou and others, and he laughed: “Fierce Ghost Sect, Sky Brilliance Sect, your Eighteenth Army has wiped out two sects in a row, making a fortune and making me envious.”
A month ago, during the battle in the White Lotus Domain, the Eighteenth Army suffered heavy losses, with only over nine thousand people left in the entire army.
Among the Black-rank Demon Extermination Generals, there was only one at the Half-step Rune Seed Realm and three at the peak of the Golden Body Realm.
Now, in just a month, there was one Rune Seed Realm, one Half-step Rune Seed Realm, and four peak Golden Body Realm.
Wei Zongcheng naturally assumed that the huge improvement in the Eighteenth Army was due to the spoils of war during the two extermination battles.
“What amazes me the most is that you, a mere Gold Body Realm peak, were able to possess the battle prowess of a Rune Seed Realm peak, even killing Gongsun Xuerong who had the Sky Brilliance Sword.
Tell me honestly, has your strength reached the peak of the Rune Seed Realm?” “Almost!”
Lu Yun gave a very vague answer.
Actually, he wasn’t very knowledgeable about the battle prowess of the Rune Seed Realm peak either, as he hadn’t encountered opponents of that level.
The only thing he could be sure of was that ordinary late-stage Rune Seed Realm cultivators were no match for him.
Especially now, as he had forty-four Law Runes in his body, his strength was somewhat improved compared to before.
Wei Zongcheng looked deeply at Lu Yun and sighed bitterly: “At the peak of the Golden Body Realm, you already possess the battle power of the Rune Seed Realm peak. This level of monstrosity has already surpassed those Saint Children within the Demon Extermination Legion.”
Lu Yun shook his head in response.
After leading his own army, he had gained in-depth knowledge of the Demon Extermination Army thanks to his own authority.
There were a total of four Martial Academy’s Saint Children in the Demon Extermination Army, including Lu Yun.
Apart from Lu Yun, the other three Saint Children were all powerhouses above the Golden Core Realm.
One of them was even a vice commander of the Demon Extermination Army.
The Demon Extermination Army had one army commander and six vice commanders, all of whom were Heavenly Human Realm powerhouses.
Lu Yun’s strength was indeed formidable, but compared to other Saint Children, he still had a long way to go.
This was not a matter of talent, but rather the fact that Lu Yun was young and had a short cultivation time, which was not even a fraction of the time spent by other Saint Children.
This was something Lu Yun himself understood and was clear in Wei Zongcheng’s heart as well. He laughed: “I have a feeling that it won’t be too long before you catch up to or even surpass the others..”