Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 239 - 228: Killing Lu Yuming

"Ah... save me!"

Lu Yuming completely panicked, rolling and crawling on the ground, struggling as the defensive shield around him grew thinner and thinner.

"Quick, save my brother!"

Lu Yu’an roared at an elder behind him.

That elder had already arrived around the battle platform even before Lu Yu’an had spoken.

Then, with a fierce slap, he struck towards the battle platform.

"Boom!"

The battle platform shook violently.

Countless spiritual patterns lit up.

On this elder’s body surged the violent power of a Nascent Soul.

This turned out to be a Nascent Soul Realm martial arts elder, and the aura he emanated was extremely vigorous, clearly indicating that even within the Nascent Soul Realm, he was definitely not of the weaker tier.

"Qin De, open the formation. Let me save my brother!"

Lu Yu’an bellowed at Qin De, even directly calling out Qin De’s name.

"I’m sorry, Young Master Yu’an, I am powerless," Qin De said.

"Powerless?" Lu Yu’an’s eyes were bloodshot. "The spiritual array was set up by you. You were present during the whole process of setting up the formation. Are you telling me you have no way to open it?"

"Indeed, I do not!" Qin De spoke indifferently. "Before setting up the formation, I made it very clear that once this formation was activated, it cannot be forcibly destroyed nor prematurely terminated. Before this, you were aware of it, and both Qin Qing and Lu Yuming agreed!"

"I don’t care, I want you to open the formation now! I need to go in!" Lu Yu’an saw that his brother on the battle platform was already severely wounded, and the defensive shield was highly unstable, ready to collapse at any moment.

He knew there was no more time to delay.

"Enough!" Qin De’s voice turned cold. "Lu Yu’an, this is the Great Qian Royal Palace!"

Qin De’s meaning was clear, if your brother is in life-threatening danger, that’s your affair, but this is the royal palace, even if you are a member of the Lu family, you can’t act wildly here.

"Quickly, Great Elder, break the formation quickly!" Lu Yu’an again turned to the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Lu Clan.

"Yu’an, I’m trying my best!" the Nascent Soul Ancestor said solemnly, but from his expression, it appeared incredibly difficult to break open the Spiritual Array by brute force.

"Qin Qing!" Lu Yu’an roared at the person in the middle of the battle platform. "Stop! If you stop now, it’s still not too late, otherwise I, Lu Yu’an, swear, you Qin Qing will surely die without a doubt! Not just you, but also your family members, every single person in your family, I have a thousand ways to kill them. Oh yes, I know you have a sister, do you love your sister very much?"

A chilling expression surfaced on Lu Yu’an’s face. "If you let my brother die, then I, Lu Yu’an, swear to the heavens, I will make your sister die a hundred times, no, a thousand times more miserably than my brother!"

Lu Yu’an’s expression was extremely ferocious; if soft approaches failed, he resorted to force.

He viciously threatened Qin Qing, trying to make Qin Qing stop what he was doing.

"Heh heh..." Qin Qing sneered coldly, a foot stepping on Lu Yuming lying on the ground, and coldly said, "At this point, your overbearing brother is still threatening me! It really makes it hard not to kill you!"

Qin Qing exerted force with his foot.

"Bang!"

The defensive shield around Lu Yuming completely dissipated.

And almost at the same time, another Body-Protecting Talisman appeared in Lu Yuming’s hand!

"Another protection talisman?" Qin Qing’s eyes flashed as he brandished the Azure Dragon Spear with a slash.

Lu Yuming’s arm was directly severed.

He was too severely injured to activate the talisman in time.

"Ah..."

Lu Yuming let out a wretched scream.

At that moment, his appearance was just as miserable as his attitude was arrogant before the battle with Qin Qing.

"No... don’t kill me, Qin Qing, I beg you, as long as you don’t kill me, I, Lu Yuming will be your... your dog. I’m willing to be your dog for the rest of my life... ah, ah... don’t kill me!"

Lu Yuming was almost crying as he pleaded, tears and blood mixing together on his face!

However—

In Qin Qing’s heart, not a trace of compassion arose.

"Whoosh!"

The Azure Dragon Spear descended from the sky and struck down.

A spray of fresh blood burst forth.

The head of Lu Yuming was directly severed by Qin Qing and rolled to the edge of the battle platform, stopping right before Lu Yu’an’s eyes where it remained, eyes wide with horror until death, the plea and terror within them seemingly frozen there.

"Ah... my brother! My brother!"

"Yuming!"

Lu Yu’an cried out hoarsely, kneeling on the ground, tears sliding down.

In his memory, scene after scene of the past appeared, every moment he had shared with his brother.

"Brother... hold me, hug your brother..."

"Brother, take me to play!"

"Brother, I want to practice martial arts, I want to cultivate, I want to become a martial artist just like you!"

From unsteady first steps to unshed childishness.

The past seemed to reappear before his eyes.

"Bro, I’ve succeeded in absorbing Qi into my body, I’ve become a Qi Condensation Realm martial cultivator!"

"Bro, I have awakened my Martial Soul! My Heavenly Martial Soul is an Instrument Martial Spirit, it’s..."

"Brother, I’ll go to Luochuan Institution next year, I want to be the top disciple of Luochuan Institution just like you..."

Scene by scene from the past reemerged.

Lu Yu’an’s vision was completely blurred by tears.

On the battle platform.

Qin Qing held the Azure Dragon Spear in his hand, blood still dripping from it.

He looked indifferently at Lu Yu’an and Lu Yuming, but his heart was in turmoil.

To kill Lu Yuming, he was indeed resolute, but how could his heart not be perturbed?

Just as Lu Yu’an said, if Lu Yuming had killed him, then that would have been that.

Just like stepping on an ant.

Lu Yuming would not even have to face any consequences, for the power to avenge him was far too insignificant.

But with Qin Qing killing him, it was bound to cause shockwaves like a tsunami.

The Lu Family would surely seek manic revenge.

The strength of the Lu Family in the Great Qian Dynasty was unmatched by any other family, far beyond comparison with clans like the Shangguan Clan.

So, Qin Qing’s killing of Lu Yuming was like defying fate.

But could he not kill him?

Even if he didn’t, it was unlikely the Lu brothers would let him go.

In the end, it was still a dead end.

So... instead of living on compromise, waiting for the other side to come and kill him, it was better to kill him first and seek a swift resolution!

Moreover, wasn’t Qin Qing’s philosophy of martial arts precisely about defying fate?

"Boom... Rumble rumble..."

At this moment.

A thunderous rumble surrounded them.

That Spiritual Array finally collapsed at this moment.

"Ah! Qin Qing! I will have you dead! You must die!"

With the Spiritual Array collapsing, without any barriers, Lu Yu’an rushed onto the battle platform immediately, his body seething with a killing intent so tangible it seemed solid, and within his eyes, the light of hatred seemed as though it wished to tear Qin Qing apart and feast on his flesh!