Chapter 42

Lu Tianyu was indeed hiding inside the coffin.

As a cultivator, even if sealed in the coffin for a few days, there would be no problem, because he could perform internal breathing, solving the oxygen deficiency issue through internal respiration.

However, neither Lu Tianyu nor Zhao Yunbing had anticipated that Lu Tianyu's ingenious plan to escape through the coffin had already been seen through by Wang Xi, and he was now in an unprecedented life-and-death crisis.

Lu Tianyu had already discussed with Zhao Yunbing to stay in the coffin for two days, waiting for the situation to completely calm down before quietly crawling out of the coffin. He would then escape through a secret tunnel that had been dug in advance, heading to the Liuyun Sect.

Because Lu Tianyu was now under a ten-thousand-gold bounty issued by the Wang family, no matter where he went, he could not escape the pursuit of the Wang family. Only the Liuyun Sect could be considered a temporarily safe place. After all, the Liuyun Sect had considerable power, and even as one of the four major families, the Wang family would not dare to send people to the Liuyun Sect to capture someone.

The coffin was buried underground, and it was pitch dark inside. A dead man, Zhao Tianxiao, lay beside him, but Lu Tianyu was not afraid. He had already recognized Zhao Yunbing as his adoptive father and could be considered Zhao Tianxiao's elder brother. Moreover, if it weren't for Zhao Tianxiao, Lu Tianyu might have already been killed by others. Therefore, Lu Tianyu felt only gratitude towards Zhao Tianxiao, not a hint of fear.

Time flew by, the sun rose and set, and Lu Tianyu lay quietly in the coffin, eyes closed, continuously cultivating. Finally, after completing twenty cycles of his cultivation, he slowly opened his eyes.

"It should have been two days now. It's time to go out." Lu Tianyu suddenly sat up in the coffin, his head just touching the top of the coffin, making a soft "peng" sound.

Lu Tianyu couldn't help but touch his forehead, then suddenly raised his hands and pressed them against the top of the coffin.

"Up!" With a loud shout, the lid of the coffin was lifted by Lu Tianyu, but he used a clever force, only moving the soil to the sides without breaking through the mound above, leaving the tombstone untouched.

After the coffin lid revealed a human-shaped gap, Lu Tianyu immediately crawled out and felt around on the right side, finally finding the mechanism to open the secret passage.

"Rumble" Lu Tianyu pressed his right hand on the mechanism, and with a muffled sound echoing underground, the soil in front of him slowly moved to the sides, revealing a human-sized secret passage that wound downward.

"My adoptive father really thought of everything, having arranged everything for me." Lu Tianyu smiled faintly, muttered to himself, and quickly entered the underground passage.

His feet stepped on the damp ground, making a crisp sound. Due to the infusion of battle qi, his eyes emitted a faint red glow, allowing him to see the entire passage clearly.

But after taking just a few dozen steps, Lu Tianyu suddenly stopped, a look of doubt and confusion flashing across his eyes.

He noticed that about a hundred meters ahead, a faint green glow was suddenly flickering. This glow was undoubtedly the leakage of battle qi.

"What's going on? Why is there still a battle qi glow? And from the color of the battle qi, it should be emitted by someone at the War Lord realm. Could it be that my adoptive father once came in here?" Lu Tianyu muttered to himself and slowly moved forward to investigate.

One hundred meters... fifty meters... ten meters... three meters.

Lu Tianyu stopped three meters away from the green glow, his eyes fixed on the front. The green glow was emanating from both sides of the passage, converging into a stream, forming a faint green web that blocked his way.

Moreover, Lu Tianyu could faintly sense a terrifying energy pressure emanating from the green web, making it difficult for him to breathe. It seemed that as soon as he touched the web, he would be struck mercilessly.

"What's going on?" Unable to withstand the无形 pressure from the green web, Lu Tianyu involuntarily took three steps back, his face turning deathly pale.

"Logically, if my adoptive father arranged for me to leave through this secret passage, he wouldn't have set any obstacles here. So what is this green web?" Lu Tianyu scratched his head in frustration, a deep sense of danger welling up in his heart.

"Could it be someone else's doing?" At this thought, Lu Tianyu's face changed dramatically, and he quickly moved back over a hundred meters, stopping where he had originally stood.

After a moment of thought, Lu Tianyu made a decision. He bent down, picked up a water-stained stone from the ground, and hurled it at the green web.

He wanted to test the web's power.

The stone, like a bullet, quickly hit the green web.

"Rumble" As if a fuse had been lit, the green web exploded instantly. At the same time, two destructive energies surged from both sides of the passage, converging into a massive wave of fire that swept through the passage, heading straight for Lu Tianyu.

"Is this the explosion of a Tiger Roar Pill?" Lu Tianyu was terrified. In the past, at the Lu family estate, Lu Tianci had once detonated a Tiger Roar Pill to deal with him.

The explosion of just one Tiger Roar Pill had severely injured Lu Tianyu, and it took him a long time to fully recover.

Therefore, Lu Tianyu vividly remembered the power of the Tiger Roar Pill explosion.

From the current situation, where the passage was rapidly collapsing and the fire wave was surging, it was clear that this was not the work of just one Tiger Roar Pill, but the simultaneous explosion of dozens of Tiger Roar Pills, causing such a destructive force.

Lu Tianyu frantically turned around and ran back along the passage, trying to escape this life-and-death crisis.

But it was too late. The massive fire wave instantly filled the entire passage, mercilessly engulfing Lu Tianyu. At the same time, the fire wave contained a destructive energy that struck Lu Tianyu fiercely.

"Ah!" Lu Tianyu's clothes and hair were instantly turned to ashes by the fire wave. His body felt as if hit by a thousand carriages, suffering severe internal injuries, and his organs were displaced. He couldn't help but spew out several mouthfuls of blood.

The blood he spat out was instantly swallowed by the fire wave, turning into red gas and disappearing.

"Rumble" The loud noise continued, with destructive energy surging from both sides of the passage, relentlessly attacking the severely injured Lu Tianyu.

"I'm done for!" Lu Tianyu, engulfed by the fire wave, felt as if he was being pulled by an invisible force, unable to move. He could only be tossed and turned by the fire wave.

Feeling utterly hopeless, Lu Tianyu let out a heart-wrenching scream.

At this moment, he had no strength to struggle, only to watch helplessly as the destructive energy rapidly converged into a massive fire dragon, charging towards him.

As the fire dragon charged, the entire passage disintegrated, and the mountain outside shook violently. Rocks rolled down like rain, and trees were uprooted, crashing down the mountain.

At this moment, everyone in Xishui City saw a strange sight. A massive red glow shot up from the mountain outside the city, piercing the sky, accompanied by loud rumbling.

"Is this an earthquake?" Everyone had the same terrifying thought. An earthquake is commonly known as a "dragon turning over."

Only a few people, like Wang Cui'e, knew the cause. Standing in the courtyard of an estate on the outskirts of Xishui City, she looked at the strange sight on the mountain and couldn't help but laugh maniacally.

"Ha ha, it seems that little brat was indeed hiding in the coffin, trying to escape from Xishui City. But he didn't expect that this time he was seeking his own death. I had already dug a grave for him, waiting for him to jump in." Wang Cui'e's eyes were filled with hatred as she laughed, and tears streamed down her face.

"Tianci, my son, today I have avenged you. Under the explosion of over a hundred Tiger Roar Pills, that little brat Lu Tianyu will surely not survive. Rest in peace!" Wang Cui'e stared at the red glow on the mountain, her eyes bloodshot, and let out a mad roar.

"Oh no, if that child Yu hasn't left yet, he will surely die." In the Zhao family martial arts hall, Zhao Yunbing was quietly clearing his son Zhao Tianxiao's belongings. Seeing the red glow through the window, he was terrified, and his body trembled. He broke through the window and rushed towards the mountain.

"Rumble" The loud noise continued for about a quarter of an hour before finally stopping. The majestic mountain in front was now reduced to half its size, charred and black, with thick black smoke rising.

"Yu..." Zhao Yunbing stood at the foot of the mountain, now only half its size, and let out a heart-wrenching scream, seeing the thick black smoke rising.

Calculating the time, his adoptive son Lu Tianyu should not have left yet. If the earthquake happened at this moment, he would have no chance of survival.

Zhao Yunbing knew that even he, with his considerable strength, would not have survived such a destructive earthquake, let alone Lu Tianyu, who was only at the late-stage Warrior realm.

"Ah!" The pain of losing a child for the second time made Zhao Yunbing's body tremble, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked at the half-destroyed mountain, his eyes filled with tears.

Is Lu Tianyu really dead?

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