novelraw Chapter 547 546 Too Noisy! (Third Update!)
Chapter 547 546 Too Noisy! (Third Update!)
"It's terrible! It's terrible!!"
"A calamity has struck! A calamity has struck!"
"Ancestor Zhu Ming's Soul Lantern has gone out!! Heavens! Oh, heavens!!"
The attendants guarding the ancestral hall all ran out, shouting in panic, utterly terrified and beside themselves!
Zhu Ming's Soul Lantern had gone out!
A Semi-Saint had fallen!?
This news quickly spread throughout the Zhu family.
Everyone knew!
However, everyone's first reaction upon hearing the news was disbelief.
This is impossible! How could this be possible!? That was a Semi-Saint, second only to a Saint, invincible in the mortal realm! How could they just die like that!? It simply cannot be!
No one believed it, and no one dared to believe it!
But when people arrived at the ancestral hall and saw with their own eyes the Soul Lantern, its Soul Flame no longer burning, they all froze, stunned, their faces etched with disbelief.
It was actually true!! Zhu Ming, the Semi-Saint from six hundred years ago, had truly fallen!! He was one of the Zhu family's only four remaining Semi-Saints!! And now, one was gone!
Family Head Zhu Jiao, standing at the very front, felt his vision go black. Despite his Transcendence Realm cultivation, his head lolled to the side, and he fainted!
Clearly, he was under immense spiritual shock!
The entire Zhu family fell into silence.
Originally, when the slumbering Semi-Saint Zhu Ming had awakened, everyone in the Zhu family thought they would soon become even stronger, perhaps even capable of contending with the Shang family, known as the premier noble family in Yu State! But now, he had died before achieving any success, before Zhu Ming could even change the family's situation!? This was simply too quick!!
BOOM!!
Just at that moment, a deafening explosion sounded, shaking the entire Zhu family estate violently. The ground trembled, and everyone stumbled, falling to the ground!
An utterly terrifying aura spread from within the ancestral hall, enveloping the entire Zhu family!
The three remaining Soul Lanterns in the ancestral hall blazed fiercely. The ghostly blue Soul Flames, originally a mere three inches tall, suddenly surged to over three meters in height, illuminating the entire hall!
"The ancestors are manifesting! The ancestors are manifesting!!!"
"It's the manifestation of the ancestors! The three ancestors have manifested!!"
Seeing this scene, the Zhu family members all knelt, kowtowing ceaselessly to the three Soul Lanterns inside the ancestral hall, trembling violently, a mixture of excitement and terror gripping them.
"Incompetent fools! A bunch of incompetent fools!!"
"How has my Zhu family's sacred lineage been reduced to such a herd of stupid pigs!!"
"Weak! Far too weak!! How can such weaklings lead the Zhu family to uphold the righteous principles of Heaven and Earth and the decorum of the world!?"
Angry roars exploded! They emanated from the three Soul Lanterns, like a series of thunderclaps!
The sound alone possessed immense power, pressing down on the Zhu family members and flinging the thirty-odd people before the ancestral hall more than ten meters through the air before they crashed to the ground!
Cries of pain were continuous, screams unending!
The flames atop the three Soul Lanterns condensed into human forms, and then three figures stepped out. All three appeared to be middle-aged men in their forties.
However, two were dressed in the attire of Ming Dynasty scholars, while the other wore the garb of a Song Dynasty man!
These three men! Two had slumbered for over eight hundred years, while the other had been asleep for over a thousand!!
All of them were Semi-Saints!!
"A bunch of weaklings!!"
The three men looked at the Zhu family members outside, who were crying out in pain, their expressions sinking to the depths of sullenness.
Then, the three exchanged a glance and immediately circulated their Innate True Qi. Three dazzling beams of light erupted, their formidable aura piercing the heavens like an arrow shot at the stars, forcibly scattering the clouds above!
RUMBLE!
A thunderous roar echoed from the sky as the boundless rage of the three Semi-Saints blazed. Their True Qi triggered changes in heaven and earth, the entire phenomenon connecting to the fundamental Laws. This terrifying might enveloped more than half of Kaifeng City!
"Who dares to kill a member of the Zhu family's sacred lineage! Deserves to die ten thousand times! Deserves to die ten thousand times!! Deserves to die ten thousand times!!!"
The roars shook the cosmos. Unconcealed and unrestrained, they vented their fury, as if to announce to the entire world that three Semi-Saints of the Zhu family had awakened and returned!
Almost everyone in Kaifeng heard this roar. Martial Artists felt their Internal Force surge uncontrollably, causing excruciating pain. Ordinary people felt dizzy and disoriented, barely able to stand.
The entire underground world of Kaifeng was shocked. With such a heaven-shaking phenomenon occurring, a major event was likely to unfold, plunging many into boundless panic!
As for those who knew what was going on, they were even more astonished!
Kaifeng was an ancient city in Yu State, with a long history that had witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties.
There were a great number of Martial Artists and not a few families with long legacies, so they naturally understood what was happening!
Semi-Saints! Three Semi-Saints!! After Zhu Ming had awakened from a six-hundred-year slumber, the other three Semi-Saints of the Zhu family had also awakened!! This was before the Spiritual Energy had fully recovered and the Laws had completely re-manifested! Why had they all awoken!? Heavens! What has happened!? These three Semi-Saints of the Zhu family had suddenly awakened and let out earth-shattering roars, apparently because another member of the Zhu family had been killed!? Could it be that Zhu Ming was killed!? How is that possible! That is a Semi-Saint, after all!!
The underground world of Kaifeng was now completely baffled, utterly clueless about what was transpiring.
They only had a vague feeling that the long-quiescent Kaifeng City was on the verge of a major upheaval! The Zhu family was most likely in for trouble!
Many underground organizations dispatched their experts to observe the surroundings of the Zhu family estate, hoping to gather information and prepare to act accordingly.
「Meanwhile, at the Su household.」
The roar of the three Semi-Saints from the Zhu family reverberated, causing Su Xiao and his entire family to feel dizzy and disoriented. Being ordinary people with not a trace of martial arts, how could they withstand the roar of the Semi-Saints!
They simply could not endure it!
Qin Heng, holding the Flowing Moon Sword, listened to the roars from outside. His brow furrowed slightly as he snorted coldly, "Ant-like creatures, too noisy!"
Then, the Flowing Moon Sword left its sheath!
A sword slashed out!
Outside the Zhu family mansion, many investigators from underground organizations discussed in hushed tones.
"What's going on here? The Zhu family is the foremost family in our Kaifeng. What's all this about now? Could it be some powerful outsider has arrived?"
"I don't believe it. Any 'powerful outsider' that comes to our Kaifeng has to keep their head down! Don't you know what kind of lineage the Zhu family has? Now that three Semi-Saints are thundering with rage, whoever provoked the Zhu family is probably as good as dead!"
"That's right, the Zhu family is incredibly powerful! Especially here in Kaifeng. Now that three Semi-Saints have awakened, they're practically invincible!!"
Clearly, to the people of Kaifeng, the Zhu family seemed supremely powerful!
CLANG!!
However, at this very moment, a sword cry suddenly pierced through everything, instantly resonating in all directions! It rang in the ears of everyone in Kaifeng, scattering the furious roars and refreshing everyone's senses. The investigators at the Zhu family's gate were all stunned, staring blankly at the sky!
A pristine white sword light was seen hanging inverted across the sky, like a waterfall descending from the highest heavens. It resembled the Milky Way cascading over the land—breathtakingly beautiful, profoundly captivating!
Such perfect sword light actually exists in this world!? What is this!? many people thought in their hearts.
This sword light... it's too stunning!
Then, they saw the sword light swirl, suddenly transforming into a radiant full moon. Its brilliance poured down, illuminating the sky that was about to be cloaked in night, making the mortal realm as bright as day!
Simultaneously, it cast the entire Zhu family estate into everyone's view. Then, the moonlight transformed into tens of thousands of sharp swords, raining down from the sky like a torrential, overwhelming storm!
They pressed down upon the three pillars of light that soared skyward from the Semi-Saints!!