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Name: Ibaraki Gangyan

Power: Epic 0 Star

Summoned Beast: Flowing Blade Fire (Epic 0 Star) (Divine Artifact)

Mastered Skills: Flowing Blade Technique (Must Kill) (Grandmaster)

Fire God Blade (Ultimate Skill) (Grandmaster)

Domain: Flowing Fire Domain (Within the domain, it is possible to fully suppress opponents below the epic level.

Additionally, it enhances the summoner’s fire attribute attack power by three hundred percent.

It seems there are other effects as well.)

Summoner Talent: Double Attack (Once triggered, it can turn one attack into two)

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Name: Flowing Blade Fire (Divine Artifact)

Power: 0 Star (Epic)

Quality: (Epic) (False) (Enhanced)

Attribute: Fire, Divine Artifact

State: Asleep (Originally only of Legendary Quality, after being forcibly advanced to Epic, it remains asleep unless actively awakened)

Weakness: Water, Ice (General)

Skills: Flowing Blade (Must Kill) (Passive) (Its attacks come with a scorching effect, extremely terrifying so please be cautious.)

Talent: Mobile Volcano (The blade contains the power of a volcano, but it cannot be used because the artifact is asleep)

Description: This is a terrifying divine artifact.

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These two, were the attributes Lu Wu observed after seeing Ibaraki Gangyan in person.

This information was much more detailed and comprehensive than before.

It also gave Lu Wu a clearer understanding of Ibaraki Gangyan’s power, or rather, the power of the Epic Level.

Undoubtedly.

This guy’s power is absolutely terrifying.

It was only now that Lu Wu realized that he also had a blade.

The fact that Ibaraki Gangyan had been so dreadful without using his blade made Lu Wu seriously doubt whether he could confront him directly.

Of course, Lu Wu never thought about facing him alone.

He couldn’t handle it alone, but wasn’t there Xing Zhanlong?

Lu Wu was aware of Xing’s capabilities.

Even though he had not reached the Epic Level, he was at the peak of King-level, his combat power immensely terrifying and much stronger than Qingzi’s granny.

Moreover, Lu Wu felt he should have some trump cards, as this guy seemed particularly confident when facing Ibaraki Gangyan.

Additionally, there was Saeko Dushan.

Didn’t Xing ask him to treat Saeko Dushan?

If Saeko Dushan could also be treated, Lu Wu believed that Xing Zhanlong, combined with Saeko Dushan and himself, should be able to match Ibaraki Gangyan.

Even if they couldn’t kill him, escaping should not be a big problem.

Now, Lu Wu’s problem was how to convince Xing Zhanlong and the others to help.

Well, there was another more important issue.

"Anyway, try not to reveal my identity in front of Xing Zhanlong, and definitely not in front of Saeko Dushan."

Lu Wu was distrustful of Xing’s intelligence.

As for Saeko Dushan, Lu Wu didn’t trust her character either.

After all, he knew what this woman had done before.

Saeko Dushan harbored deep hostility towards him and Lu Haikong.

Thus, Lu Wu felt it was best not to expose himself; if he carelessly did, whom she would help was truly uncertain.

"Neither revealing my identity nor still needing their help, this is somewhat difficult!"

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Xing Zhanlong had moved quickly.

The day after he arrived at the Cimu family, Saeko Dushan was brought there.

Apart from Saeko, there was also Maeshima Kaori as well as one of the best Medical Masters from District 11.

Well, so-called Medical Masters are actually a branch of Cultivation Masters.

Unlike typical Cultivation Masters specializing in cultivating beasts and tools, they focus on medical treatments.

Effectively, they were professional Medical Masters for summoners and beasts.

Lu Wu also had some studies in this area.

But not much.

It only took two or three days.

His proficiency in this area was only at a professional level.

Hearing that a Master Level Medical Master was coming, Lu Wu was quite interested.

And that Medical Master, upon arriving at the Cimu family, visited Lu Wu immediately.

Not because she knew Lu Wu was interested in her, but because Xing had just brought her over.

After all, Lu Wu was key to treating Saeko Dushan, and the treatment depended on Lu getting healthy first.

However, Lu narrowed his eyes when he saw that Medical Master.

Her attributes clearly told him that the Medical Master in front of him was an Evil Summoner.

This type of attribute, Lu had seen among Feng Xiu’s subordinates. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Clearly, the identity of this Medical Master was not simple.

This added a headache for Lu.

It was literally trouble coming wave after wave.

He wasn’t even out of the wolf’s den, and another ferocious hound had arrived, undoubtedly making Lu’s already difficult situation even harder.

But what could Lu Wu do?

He could only pretend to know nothing.

Luckily, this Medical Master did not seem to have come specifically for him.

At least during the medical examination, she showed no abnormalities and was extremely careful and meticulous in checking his health, offering a detailed and reasonable method of medical care.

According to her, by following her method,

Lu Wu would initially recover enough to master the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword" within half a month.

Then they could start treating Saeko Dushan.

Xing Zhanlong was both surprised and delighted when he heard this news, while Lu Wu watched in a daze as the sliver of pure black energy she had sneaked into his body during the examination.

If he wasn’t mistaken,

This energy seemed to be called Evil Energy, a terrifying substance that could corrupt a summoner’s energy.

Lu Wu wasn’t sure why she had injected this into his body, but he knew for sure that his previous assumption was wrong; she had indeed come for him.

This made Lu Wu quite uncomfortable.

But simultaneously, a bold idea formed in Lu Wu’s mind.

Lu Wu, wanting to expose this Medical Master, fell silent and pretended to know nothing.

He pretended not to know the Medical Master’s true identity or the energy within his body.

Of course, he could act ignorant, but he couldn’t truly act as if nothing had happened, especially regarding the sliver of "Evil Energy" inside him; this was something Lu Wu had to address.

Fortunately, the Evil Energy that the Medical Master had injected wasn’t much, just a little sliver, and it was only Lord Level energy.

For someone with Lu Wu’s power, it was quite easy to get rid of it.

After the Medical Master left, Lu Wu began to get busy, letting his own little "company" within his energy space start working against this outsider.

The first to enter the fray was the energy of the subdued Old Thief Cimu.

This strand of energy was of Epic Level and extremely high quality, and its attribute was Fire which greatly restrained Evil Energy. It almost defeated the Evil Energy in one wave.

But at the last moment, Lu Wu held back.

He had a sudden idea—he wanted to try if he could subdue this Evil Energy.

"Evil Energy is also a form of energy, and in theory, it should also be possible to subdue it."

With this thought in mind, Lu Wu started to act, still using the "Lu Family Swordmanship" as the basis to gather this defeated Evil Energy, subduing it like he did with Ibaraki Gangyan’s energy and making it his subordinate.

The process was surprisingly smooth.

While doing it, Lu Wu was prepared for any worst-case scenario where he might have to cut losses to survive, but no accidents happened.

Lu Wu subdued the Evil Energy with ease.

Once the Evil Energy was subdued, another subordinate was added to Lu Wu’s little company in his energy space.

And Lu Wu’s "Lu Family Swordsmanship" also gained a new variation.

Just like when he had subdued Ibaraki Gangyan’s energy.

However, these changes and such, Lu Wu had basically never tried them out, he didn’t have the condition.

Well, nor was there a necessity.

After absorbing the Evil Energy, Lu Wu completely set aside the business with the Medical Master.

In the following days, Lu Wu earnestly played the role he was supposed to play.

Externally, he honestly cooperated with the Medical Master’s various treatments.

Internally, however, he busied himself with his own affairs.

He gathered the energy within his energy space, expanded his little company, and repaired his own energy space.

All of these actions were very discreet.

Given that he had the energy of Old Thief Cimu inside him and a Medical Master outside, possibly from the [Zero] organization, Lu Wu couldn’t afford any conspicuous movements.

He had to sync with the pace of the medical room.

Whatever level the Medical Master thought he could recover to, Lu Wu would recover to that level.

Even slower.

The Medical Master believed Lu Wu could reach Lord Level in half a month, so Lu Wu deliberately took three extra days.

He spent that time repairing his energy space.

After more than half a month, although Lu Wu had only restored his energy to Lord 0 Star level, he had completely repaired his energy space.

The structure of his "little company" was built perfectly, and the energy within the energy space was thoroughly organized by him.

The accumulated energy from various medications inside his body was also moved into his energy space.

Now, if Lu Wu wished, he could instantly absorb one-tenth of all the energy in his energy space.

While it might seem like only one-tenth, instantly absorbing it could elevate Lu Wu’s power to King Level 1 Star or even more terrifying levels.

With this trump card, Lu Wu’s security had significantly increased.

Moreover, over the past half-month, Ibaraki Gangyan had also allowed the [Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword] to absorb the power of a Divine Artifact once.

That absorption elevated the [Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword] to Lord Level, further enhancing Lu Wu’s combat power.

Of course, Ibaraki Gangyan wasn’t being kind.

He just wanted to resolve the matter with Xing Zhanlong as soon as possible.

In that aspect, Ibaraki Gangyan got his wish.

On the 19th day since Xing Zhanlong’s group arrived at the Cimu family, Lu Wu had finally recovered to a nearly optimal state, and the official treatment for Miss Dushan was about to begin.

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"Zheng Dajun, do you understand everything you need to do?"

Inside the Cimu family’s residence.

Before starting the treatment, Xing Zhanlong nervously confirmed with Lu Wu once again.

After over half a month, Lu Wu, still wrapped up like a mummy, nodded and said hoarsely, "I know, I’ll work with you to suppress that demon blade with the force of the sword.

"I’ll be extra careful not to harm Miss Dushan."

Xing Zhanlong was still not reassured and repeatedly confirmed with Lu Wu.

Only when he was certain that Lu Wu truly understood how to do it and that there would be no issues did Xing Zhanlong decide it was time to act.

At the same time, Lu Wu officially started getting busy.

His task was to suppress the Summoned Beast of Dushan Huzi, the demon blade named Village Justice.

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Name: Village Justice

Power: 3-star (King-level)

Quality: Legendary (upgraded)

State: Severely wounded, Devouring Master (Despite its severely wounded state reducing it to Lord Level power, this doesn’t prevent it from Devouring its Master)

Skill Talents: Slight

Description: Be careful, suppressing it might cause you to be influenced.

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It was indeed a powerful blade.

But, Lu Wu didn’t see suppressing it as a big issue.

As the suppression began, Lu Wu silently held the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword and activated the Divine Sword Skill.

The Divine Sword Skill accumulated power, belongs to an Epic Level aura, so when the aura of King of Divine Artifacts spread, the demon blade of Dushan Huzi was easily suppressed.

"Great, it worked!",

Xing Zhanlong exclaimed with joy.

"Quick, quick, quick, take advantage of this opportunity."

Under Xing Zhanlong’s command, a Medical Master injected various potions into Dushan Huzi who had been in a coma for over a month.

With the continuous injection of the potions, Dushan Huzi’s condition visibly improved quickly and her vitality steadily restored.

In just half an hour, most of the injuries on Dushan Huzi were healed.

Just as Dushan Huzi was about to recover, at that moment,

Lu Wu, who was supposed to be suppressing the Village Justice, suddenly changed his expression and shouted in anger, "Old Thief Cimu!"

Then, Lu Wu’s face turned red, and a surge of power belonging to Ibaraki Gangyan suddenly went berserk; the well-suppressed Village Justice also broke free.

This wouldn’t have been a major issue.

Dushan Huzi’s injuries had been almost healed and the rampage of Village Justice wouldn’t affect her.

But at that moment, the explosive energy of Ibaraki Gangyan inside Lu Wu caused him to involuntarily execute a charged Divine Sword Skill.

This sudden strike hit the Medical Master and with only Lord 3 Star strength, the unprepared Medical Master was powerless to resist and was killed on the spot by Lu Wu’s sword.

With the death of the Medical Master.

The situation for Dushan Huzi turned dire.

She was severely wounded by the backlash from both medical treatment and Village Justice, spewing out a mouthful of blood.

This was after she had been treated for a while; had she not, that blow might have been fatal.

At the sight of Dushan Huzi spitting blood, Xing Zhanlong’s eyes immediately reddened, and he fixed his gaze on Lu Wu.

But by then, Lu Wu had already passed out.

And just then, sensing the anomaly, Ibaraki Gangyan rushed over.

Seeing Ibaraki Gangyan and recalling Lu Wu’s exhausted cries of ’Old Thief Cimu’, Xing Zhanlong’s brain buzzed, and he exploded.

"Old Thief Cimu, I want you dead!"

Amidst Old Xing’s hysterical roar, he pulled out something from his bosom and threw it at Ibaraki Gangyan.

Instantly, a terrifying power of Epic Level burst forth, aimed directly at Ibaraki Gangyan…