16 Mu Lu's Story (1)

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"Elder, should we move out?"

A tall built man, with broad shoulders and a mature face, spoke out to the moon.

"Little Lu, don't call me Elder anymore! You are already at Heaven's Entrance! You have qualifications to enter the Fourth Heaven, that is more than what this man could ever do at his age! In fact, you are only a realm below me!"

An old man who wore a golden robe and jade earrings came out of mid-air.

The night was still young. The moon was illuminating the sky. The trees were waving left and right It seemed peaceful... too peaceful. Blood was going to be shed tonight.

"Elder like I said, It's an honour for you to guide me through to Heaven's Passage. I am not an ungrateful person. Just because I am reaching Elder does not mean that I have enough potential to be independent."

The mature man spoke sincerely.

The old man sighed and pointed his finger behind the mature man:

"you should get rid of these insects, they have no use anymore. We have already reached the Marshall Death Cave."

Behind the mature man, Mu Lu were around a hundred or three hundred men. They had terrified faces as they looked at Mu Lu and the old man.

One of the men pointed his trembling hand at Mu Lu and the old man. His hand was stuttering and held an odd amount of fear:

"You traitors! You were demons all along! How is it possible that the legendary sage, Ku Jin, who is at The Third Layer of Demigod, a Demon!?"

The old man beside Mu Lu laughed as he heard the stuttering guy:

"Was I the one who asked you, humans, to call me a Sage?"

Hearing this, those who had hope were filled with despair. They knew that they couldn't beat the person in front of them. He was after call called a Sage for a reason.

The strongest out of the men were only around The Late Stages of Heaven's Entrance. It was impossible for them to stand ground against a Demigod.

"Little Lu, finish them. I don't want to hear their whining. They were the ones who wanted to partner up with use. They should know the consequences."

Ku Jin spoke unhurriedly as he sat down on a rock nearby.

"Yes, Elder Ku!"

Mu Lu nodded his head as he started to unsheath his sword.

"We can't defeat him! Mu Lu is Sage Ku Jin's disciple, he is known to be at least a Mid Heaven's Entrance. I can't believe someone as young as him has already comprehended the 5 elements to the Fourth Layer!"

A brawn guy said. He looked to be the least scared of Mu Lu and Ku Jin.

"V-hacksaw!"

One from the crowd called out excitedly.

"That's right! We have famous mercenaries from the Fourth Heaven. How can we lose to mere Mid Heaven's Passage!? We can use the guy as a hostage so that Ku Jin lets us go!"

V-hacksaw shouted in a bashful way.

"Yeah! How can we be scared of a mere Mid Heaven's Entrance? We need to find out what's at the end of Marshall Death Cave! We brothers will strike gold if it's a valuable treasure!"

Many started to cheer as they thought of the wealth they would accumulate if they found a rare treasure.

V-hacksaw nodded. He was good at commanding and rioting. He was a natural born leader. He took a large step foreword.

"HA HA! Do you really think that I can't beat you, runt? You can't even touch my ass' hair!"

Provoking was the first step to escaping. V-hacksaw knew that it was impossible that Ku Jin would fall for ransoming Mu Lu. Even if he was stronger than Mu Lu, it didn't mean that capturing was easily possible.

He had heard that Mu Lu was a rare genius that could fight those who were a layer higher than himself. Mu Lu was around the Sixth Layer and he, himself was the Eighth layer.

Though a single layer had quite a large power difference, it was still quite difficult to kill someone a layer below you, let alone something harder, capturing Mu Lu.

He would escalate the situation so that he could escape easier. Don't get him wrong, he had many friends in this group, but it was every man for himself. This was not about winning, it was about escaping.

"Do you think that you could get away that easily?"

Mu Lu wasn't the most handsome person in the world, but he did have quite sharp features, unlike Number Eight.

Mu Lu smirked as he instantly appeared in front of V-hacksaw.

"Treasure..."

V-hacksaw muttered as his body got sliced apart.

A treasure was something that made a large difference. Though treasure appeared in every Heaven, it was known that descending Heaven's achievable by orthodox methods. When ascending, treasure or clothes worn would be left behind. You could take nothing when ascending. This was why treasure was valuable in every Heaven.

"Treasure!"

Many yelled from the hoard of warriors. Once again, they were left in despair.

"Did Sage Ku Jin give it to him? That's Impossible! Even Sage Ku Jin cannot have a treasure as valuable as the one that Mu Lu is using!"

Treasure was divided into categories. Gold, Profound, Earth and Sky. This was for each Heaven.

Many simply put their heads down, as if awaiting the grim reaper, Mu Lu to cut off their heads. It was nearly impossible for the to win against Mu Lu.

It could be estimated that the Treasure that Mu Lu was using was at least Profound. It meant that it could increase his strength by over 1000 times!

Though 1000 times may sound quite overpowered, that wasn't really the case. A thousand Mu Lu's would only be equivalent to around a thousand Seventh Layer of Heaven's Entrance. A thousand could barely equate to around a peak Heaven's Entrance, a thousand could only get you two Layers of Prowess.