Chapter 78

Wang Aotian's entire body immediately resembled a deflated ball, rapidly showing countless dents and protrusions under Lu Tianyu's storm of punches.

"Aah!" A heart-wrenching cry of pain continuously burst from his mouth.

This was Lu Tianyu's plan: to beat Wang Aotian to death with each punch, making his soul suffer endless torment, a fate worse than death.

Because Wang Aotian had left his body to enter the Life and Death Realm, although his body was cracked in countless places by Lu Tianyu's punches, not a drop of blood overflowed.

Although there was no trace of blood, the pain from deep within his soul was exceptionally intense, several times more painful than the external world.

"Aah!" With a distorted face, Wang Aotian's screams grew louder, his eyes filled with intense fear. In his eyes, Lu Tianyu was no longer a person but a demon from hell, come to claim his life.

"Thud, thud, thud..." Lu Tianyu did not even look at Wang Aotian, just tirelessly swinging his fists, each punch landing on his body.

"This punch is for my grandfather!"

"The second punch is for my fourth uncle!"

"The third punch is for my fourth aunt!"

...

With each punch, Lu Tianyu silently recited the name of a deceased family member from the Lu household. By the end, his furious punches were like a storm, so fast that they formed a blur in Wang Aotian's eyes, with one punch just landing as the next was already upon him.

In less than three minutes, Wang Aotian's entire body was completely smashed into a pile of mush, with countless deep cracks appearing all over. If he were in his true form, he would have been bleeding profusely.

The excruciating pain, like a tearing sensation, surged into his consciousness, causing his eyes to bulge. Even if he wanted to faint, he could not, and could only endure the pain, truly a living hell.

"You... kill me, kill... me." "Please... kill me..." In the end, Wang Aotian's cries were barely audible, driven by intense pain and fear, he only wished for death.

Though death would cause his cultivation to drop by one level, compared to the pain he was enduring, it was insignificant.

But Lu Tianyu would not let him die so easily. Each punch avoided Wang Aotian's heart, spreading the force to every part of his body, ensuring that each punch caused endless soul torment without taking his life.

"Boom..." Wang Aotian's right leg, unable to withstand the punch, exploded into wisps of smoke, gradually dissipating in the air.

"Boom, boom..." Wang Aotian's left leg and left arm exploded in quick succession under Lu Tianyu's punches.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Half of Wang Aotian's body disintegrated into wisps of smoke, disappearing without a trace, as Lu Tianyu's subsequent punches landed.

"It's over!" Under the terrified gaze of Wang Aotian, whose eyes were distorted by pain, Lu Tianyu suddenly landed a fierce punch on his heart.

"Boom!" With a deafening explosion, Wang Aotian's heart burst, and the remaining half of his body disintegrated into wisps of smoke, vanishing into the air.

Lu Tianyu chose this moment to deliver the killing blow because the time for the Life and Death Realm to open was running out. The half-hour limit had only three minutes left.

Lu Tianyu wanted to resolve Wang Aotian in these last three minutes, making him endure endless soul torment and then face the despair of failing the third trial.

If one could not last the full half-hour, their soul dying in the Life and Death Realm meant failing the third trial.

"Whoosh" The Life and Death Realm trembled, and a broken soul quickly floated out, slowly landing on Wang Aotian's physical body in the outside world.

With a violent tremor, Wang Aotian's aura rapidly weakened, his cultivation dropping from late-stage Battle Master to mid-stage Battle Master.

"Aah!" Wang Aotian, still immersed in intense fear and pain, suddenly let out a piercing scream, cutting through the sky, causing everyone around to turn and look.

Even Li Xiao was startled awake, opening his eyes and swiftly looking over. Seeing Wang Aotian's mad appearance, he was greatly alarmed and quickly extended his right hand, lightly flicking his index finger, sending a brilliant purple battle aura into Wang Aotian's body, sealing his acupoints, and instantly calming him down.

But Wang Aotian's eyes remained vacant, and he mumbled incoherently, "It's too terrifying, too terrifying, he's not human, not human..."

"What exactly happened to him in the Life and Death Realm to make him so afraid?"

"Yes, if not for Master Li's help, this boy would have gone mad." ...

The white-robed disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect, seeing this, whispered in shock, finding it hard to believe. They had entered the Life and Death Realm before, and although it was dangerous, it was not this terrifying.

Wang Aotian's current state was truly incomprehensible.

But they did not see what happened earlier. If they had, they would have been just as terrified as Wang Aotian.

As time passed, the final three minutes finally ended.

"Swish, swish!" The Life and Death Realm trembled six times, and five wisps of smoke, along with one physical body, quickly floated out, landing on the ground.

The five wisps of smoke were vaguely recognizable as Sima Ye, Gu Xin Feng, Xie Qing, Qian San Guang, and a red-robed woman.

As for the physical body, it was undoubtedly Lu Tianyu.

"This boy didn't die?" Li Xiao, seeing Lu Tianyu outside the Life and Death Realm, his pupils suddenly constricted, a look of extreme disappointment flashing in his eyes.

The leading white-robed disciple, however, reacted very differently. Seeing Lu Tianyu safely emerge from the Life and Death Realm, he immediately ran over, pulling Lu Tianyu up from the ground and examining him from all angles, leaving Lu Tianyu quite bewildered.

"Thank heaven, Brother Lu, you are truly blessed and fortunate to have emerged unscathed from the Life and Death Realm. Now, I can report to Master Battle."

Lu Tianyu, hearing this, was also deeply moved and nodded heavily.

"Cough, cough..." Li Xiao, seeing this, could not help but cough with a dark face.

The leading white-robed disciple, hearing this, immediately awkwardly released Lu Tianyu and retreated to stand beside Li Xiao.

"Master Li, the third trial has ended. Six people successfully lasted the half-hour in the Life and Death Realm. Please announce the results, Master."

"Bold, do you need to teach this old man how to do things?" Li Xiao, hearing this, became even angrier, his gaze sweeping over, a无形 pressure quickly enveloping the leading white-robed disciple.

"Slap!" Unable to bear it, the leading white-robed disciple immediately fell to his knees, trembling with fear and apologizing, "I'm sorry, Master, I overstepped. Please punish me, Master."

"Hmph, this old man will let you off this time, but no more. Get up!" In front of everyone, Li Xiao could not be too harsh, and immediately sternly ordered.

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master!" The leading white-robed disciple, hearing this, repeatedly thanked him, trembling as he got up and stood beside Li Xiao, no longer daring to speak.

"Alright, seven people have successfully passed the trial this time." Li Xiao glanced at Lu Tianyu and the others, and immediately said slowly.

"Seven people? Not six?"

"Yes, there were clearly six, where did the seventh come from?" ... Everyone was shocked, but they did not dare to say this in front of Li Xiao, only thinking it in their hearts to avoid following the leading white-robed disciple's fate and being harshly reprimanded.

"You, you, and you... stand beside this old man." Those named stood up and moved to stand beside Li Xiao. The seventh person he named was Wang Aotian.

Wang Aotian, seeing himself among the successful, was slightly stunned but quickly recovered, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face as he quickly stepped out and stood beside Li Xiao.

"Unfair, too unfair, that boy was clearly ejected from the Life and Death Realm in the last three minutes, clearly a failure. Why did this old man declare him successful?"

"Yes, just because that boy is a direct descendant of the Wang family, can it be so unfair?" ... For a moment, those who participated in the third trial looked at Li Xiao with dissatisfaction, the whispers growing louder and more intense.

"Shut up, are you questioning this old man's decision?" Li Xiao, seeing this, immediately shouted with a dark face. At the same time, an extremely powerful pressure from a Battle Emperor quickly spread, tightly enveloping everyone.

Under this terrifying pressure, everyone had to shut up, not daring to speak, to avoid suffering the consequences.

"Alright, the third trial has ended today. Those who failed can become outer disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect. Those who succeeded will directly advance to inner disciples. Li Xiang, take them back to rest and wait for the sect's news. Choose a day for the disciple initiation ceremony. Dismissed." Li Xiao waved his hand and immediately left with a dark face.

"Everyone, let's go back." The leading white-robed disciple Li Xiang, hearing this, sighed inwardly and led Lu Tianyu and the others towards the VIP building.