My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 352 - 349 Divine Wrath
Cimu family.
Within Princess Cimu’s courtyard.
Lu Wu was holding a swordsmanship secret manual, reclined on a couch and reading it.
Cimu Qingzi was attending to him at his side.
Pouring tea, providing water, playing the zither, and kneading his shoulders.
Every movement gentle and delicate, every furrow of the brow and smile brimming with unmeltable affection.
At first, Lu Wu was somewhat uncomfortable with this situation.
But humans have a strong capacity for adaptation, especially scoundrels, whose adaptability is particularly formidable.
After a few days, Lu Wu began to enjoy all this quite righteously.
It was just pretending for the occasion, who didn’t know how to do that?
Of course, he didn’t indulge in it.
Because he knew clearly that all of this was fake.
So, in the past few days, he’d invested most of his energy in the Cimu family’s swordsmanship secret manuals and that Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword.
First were the Cimu family’s swordsmanship secret manuals.
As one of the seven big factions of District 11.
The foundation of the Cimu family was very solid, and their swordsmanship secret manuals were countless.
Just in these past few days, Lu Wu had seen 543 swordsmanship secret manuals.
Among them, 421 were basic, 101 were advanced, and the remaining 21 were of the kill level.
After reading these swordsmanship secret manuals once, Lu Wu memorized them all.
And, taking them as nourishment, he absorbed the parts that were useful to him, enriching "Lu’s Swordsmanship."
Over 500 swordsmanship secret manuals as nourishment allowed "Lu’s Swordsmanship" to surge forward greatly these days.
If one were to quantify it.
Today’s "Lu’s Swordsmanship" should be almost twice as strong as it was a few days ago.
But for some reason, the level of this swordsmanship remained at the "kill" level without stepping further upwards.
It was as if there was an invisible ceiling blocking the way.
For this, aside from accumulation, Lu Wu had no better method at present.
There were still many swordsmanship secret manuals from the Cimu family left to read, just continue reading, and with enough accumulation, he would eventually break through.
Hmm, regarding the breakthrough of swordsmanship levels, Lu Wu’s state of mind was still quite calm.
But his attitude towards the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword wasn’t as calm.
These past few days, Lu Wu continuously tempered that haughty divine artifact.
As for the results, it wasn’t clear yet, but they should be quite good.
"It’s about time."
After looking through another secret manual, Lu Wu casually set it down, rose to his feet, and walked toward the courtyard with Cimu Qingzi following behind like a dutiful wife. They reached the courtyard when a putrid stench wafted over.
In Cimu Qignzi’s elegantly arranged courtyard, several chamber pots were surprisingly piled up.
It was well-known that Princess Cimu detested such indecent items the most; in normal times, forget about such indecencies appearing in the courtyard, even an accidental glimpse by Princess Cimu could bring someone misfortune.
Yet now, such indecencies did not only appear in front of Princess Cimu but were placed brazenly in the courtyard arranged by Princess Cimu herself.
Under such circumstances, Princess Cimu showed not even the slightest displeasure, solely because these items were placed by Lu Wu’s order.
And Lu Wu wasn’t being idly mischievous, he placed these items there as a part of the tempering process for that proud artifact.
Now, the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword" was set amid these night pots.
To make the artifact that prides itself on being noble lie amongst the filthiest of items, such a feat was probably something only Lu Wu could accomplish.
"How about it? Are you going to submit, or do you plan to stubbornly resist?"
Lu Wu approached the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword and squinted his eyes as he asked.
The Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword trembled slightly, its state changed.
Fury (Despicable human, this is blasphemy, you will surely receive the most severe divine punishment!)
"It seems that I still haven’t done enough. How’s this, I won’t put you beside the chamber pot anymore, I’ll put you inside it instead."
Saying this, Lu Wu picked up the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword and reached out to thrust it into the chamber pot.
At this moment, the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword quivered violently.
Lu Wu finally saw the desire to submit from the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword."
As proud as it was, it would never allow itself to touch something so unclean.
But its willingness to submit didn’t cause Lu Wu to stop; his hand holding the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword still headed toward the cesspit, which infuriated the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword.
Astonishing power erupted from within the divine sword.
It wanted to resist!
And at this moment, Lu Wu also erupted.
An all-encompassing and terrifying Sword Intent burst forth from Lu Wu’s body.
The terrifying Sword Intent not only suppressed the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword" in an instant, but it also spread out in a flash, covering much of the Cimu family.
At that moment, all the sword weapons of the Cimu family trembled.
All members of the Cimu family turned their heads simultaneously to look towards Princess Cimu’s courtyard.
This was the first time Lu Wu had revealed his edge since entering the Cimu family.
The people of the Cimu family also realized for the first time why Lu Wu was able to pass through the "Divine Blade Tower" that no one had breached in over a hundred years.
Such an entity was not just a future big shot; he was already a boss now.
Merely with this burst of Sword Intent, even if Lu Wu only had Leader-Level or even Boss-Level power, he could cross levels and slay beings at the Lord-Level.
Moreover, with a weapon that is above Epic-Level, this individual’s power was truly terrifying.
And once he advanced to the Lord-Level, even those at the King-Level may not be able to get the better of him.
No wonder Princess Cimu was utterly captivated by such an entity.
The outburst of Sword Intent came suddenly and also vanished quickly.
In about five seconds, it had completely disappeared.
At the same time, within Princess Cimu Qingzi’s courtyard, the longsword in Lu Wu’s hand was also trembling nonstop, sending messages of submission and even somewhat flattering Lu Wu.
Faced with the sword he had subdued, Lu Wu did not show much kindness.
"Remember, I am your master.
If you dare to have any improper thoughts again, I’ll make sure you spend your life in a dung pit, understand?!"
The Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword trembled, signifying its understanding.
Lu Wu couldn’t be bothered to continue intimidating it and directly demanded, "Show me the information on the Divine Sword Skill!"
That was actually the main reason why Lu Wu was messing with the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword.
Since obtaining the sword, Lu Wu had been quite interested in the so-called Divine Sword Skill.
But when he initially expressed his desire to witness the Divine Sword Skill, the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword was not cooperative.
It demanded that Lu Wu worship it and grovel before it would teach him.
That’s what angered Lu Wu, leading to the incident just now.
Now, after a bout of disciplining by Lu Wu, the sword became obedient and humbly displayed the so-called "Divine Sword Skill" with Lu Wu.
Once Lu Wu released control of the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword, allowing it to demonstrate its full potential,
The next moment,
A Sword Intent far more terrifying than the previous one erupted from Lu Wu.
If Lu Wu’s previous Sword Intent was an All Things encompassing myriad possibilities,
Then this Sword Intent was pure and absolute,
A rage of the gods seated high above in the clouds.
This burst of Sword Intent caused Divine Artifacts within a ten-mile radius to tremble wildly, and unspeakable fear weighed on the hearts of everyone in the area.
The previously clear skies began to darken with dense clouds.
The surging black clouds intensified the fear within everyone in the vicinity.
This type of fear could only be resisted by those above the Lord-Level; beings below the Lord-Level were all brought to their knees.
"Is this the power a Leader-Level being should have?"
At this moment, not a single person in the Cimu family could stay calm.
Whether it was Izumikawa Yan, who had previously wanted to kill Lu Wu, or the elder deep within the Cimu estate,
Apart from deep astonishment and fear, nothing else remained in their hearts.
Despite their reluctance to believe it, they had to admit that at this instant, the entity unleashing this terrifying sword seemed to have only tapped into Leader-Level power.
If Leader-Level power was this terrifying, then who in the vast Cimu family could confidently block his sword if Lu Wu advanced further?
Under their astonished eyes, a figure like a deity shot into the sky.
"Divine Wrath!"
Along with a murmuring voice akin to that of a deity,
That figure unleashed a strike of the sword.
Dazzling sword light illuminated the entire world.
Moments later, the dust settled, and calm returned.
Everything reverted to its original state, and the oppressive power that weighed on everyone’s hearts disappeared.
The god-like being was nowhere to be seen, and everything seemed as if nothing had happened.
But when the people of the Cimu family ascended, witnessing the mountain that was struck by that sword, they couldn’t help but gasp in shock.
They saw a hundreds of meters long and over a dozen meters deep rift cut into the back mountain of the Cimu estate.
The traces, like those of Divine Punishment, communicated the horrifying power of that strike.
Under such a hit, even those at the King-Level might fall, right?
Meanwhile, back in Princess Cimu’s courtyard,
Lu Wu, who had struck with his sword, entered a state of weakness and soon fell into a coma, while the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword in his hand dimmed.
Clearly, the price for that terrifying strike was not small.
Of course, the weakness was feigned, for Lu Wu had only used Leader-Level power, and the coma was also fake; he simply needed to rapidly absorb the enlightenment from that strike.
As for the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword, its situation was truly pitiful.
Its power was nearly exhausted, and it would likely take a month or two to recover.
But Lu Wu’s gains from that sword strike were immense.
With his photographic memory and terrifying talent, he obtained the complete understanding of the "Divine Sword Skill·Divine Wrath" and, given time, he could deduce this strike on his own and transform it into his possession.
Another point was that this sword strike settled the restless elements.
And the resources of the Cimu family were bound to lean further towards him.
Lu Wu came to the 11th District to gather resources and grow, and now that he had risen to prominence, he didn’t mind being even more high-profile for the sake of resources.
And after Lu Wu fell into his ’coma,’ Cimu Qingzi reached out to hold him, bringing him into her boudoir…
