My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 357 - 354 Fury

On the other side, on the way to the Sakuragi Family.

Lu Wu’s brow furrowed slightly.

He had already realized that their route was off—this wasn’t the way to the Sakuragi Family.

"Almost there!"

At the same moment Lu Wu noticed, Granny stopped in her tracks.

"I can only take you this far."

"Ah?"

Lu Wu was stunned.

"She asked me to get you out of the Eleventh District, but I think she needs me more than you do, so I’ll leave you here. You should continue on your own from now on.

There’s no need to go to the Sakuragi Family anymore. There’s nothing happening there, and you might actually cause trouble if you go.

Just walk in this direction and keep going."

As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Wu was truly bewildered.

"What’s the actual situation?"

Granny glanced at Lu Wu and said flatly, "For your sake, she’s planning to kill Izumikawa Yan and Cimu Tongzi today."

This matter-of-fact statement shook Lu Wu to the core.

"Don’t joke around, how is that possible!"

After all, he had stayed with the Cimu family for nearly half a month and was very aware of who the two people Granny mentioned were.

One was Qingzi’s own uncle, and the other was Qingzi’s own brother—how could Qingzi possibly kill them?

No, wait!

Lu Wu suddenly woke up.

He suddenly recalled that, given Qingzi’s personality, such an act wasn’t impossible for her.

After all, he had witnessed the extent of this woman’s cruelty.

If necessary, he could be positive she would be capable of it.

However, Lu Wu felt that even if she did do it, it would be for her own sake, definitely not because of him.

Lu Wu was very self-aware.

Although he was of average appearance, he truly didn’t want to be like some scumbag who maxed out his flirting skills.

And he had only been with Qingzi for less than a month.

It was impossible for her to have fallen for him, much less to kill her uncle and brother for his sake.

So, this was a strategy of hers.

And at that moment, the Granny standing nearby, watching the Lu Wu before her who steadfastly refused to believe, couldn’t help but feel a surge of nameless fury, causing Lu Wu’s scalp to tingle as he vaguely sensed that he might get beaten up.

However, that beating didn’t come Lu Wu’s way.

Granny didn’t hit him.

She just looked at him with a face full of indignant resentment and then turned and left, heading toward the Cimu family.

Watching Granny’s retreating figure fade into the distance, Lu Wu fell into thought.

He was in a dilemma and hesitant. What should he do now—just dust himself off and leave, or go back to see what was happening?

"Maybe I should just go. Regardless of whether Qingzi is killing for my sake, whether she has succeeded in killing or not.

She’s undoubtedly stirring up trouble now, and it might not be minor.

If things go as expected, this mess is definitely going to be pinned on me.

The crazed old folks at the Cimu family will surely think I’m behind it, and if I go back now, I might lose my life, yeah, better scram.

Safety first!"

As he spoke, Lu Wu turned and made a break for it.

What Lu Wu didn’t know was that, at the same moment he turned and fled,

the Granny who had just left reappeared out of nowhere, watching the fading figure of Lu Wu, her eyes filled with an icy coldness.

An irresistible desire to kill erupted.

She really couldn’t restrain herself and wanted to kill Lu Wu right there and then.

But at the very moment she was about to strike, Granny held back.

Because killing him would drive Cimu Qingzi to despair, so in the end, she could only glare at Lu Wu and then turn to leave, hurrying in the direction of the Cimu family.

...

On the other side, within the Cimu family’s headquarters.

With a desolate and desperate roar, an old member of the Cimu family returned to their home.

The moment he got home, the old man clearly knew what had befallen the Cimu family.

Through his senses, he discovered that of the 67 direct members of the Cimu family, 65 had been killed.

Now, only two were left alive, one was himself and the other was the standing amid a pool of blood, Cimu Qingzi.

Beside Cimu Qingzi was the successor he had painstakingly cultivated over a whole decade as the next leader of the Cimu family.

Looking at his favorite.

The once buoyant and clever young man now lay gutted and pitiful like a dead dog, Ibaraki Gangyan lost control of his emotions, and his king-level terrifying aura burst forth completely.

This rage and murderous intent spread, causing everyone within the Cimu family to prostrate.

Of course, there was one exception, that was Cimu Qingzi.

At that moment, she stood proudly amidst the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, looking up at the elder above her, a smile on her face.

That was a smile of breaking free from shackles, filled with madness.

"Kneel before me!"

Endless fury surged as the old man pressed his aged arm on Cimu Qingzi’s head, smashing her into the ground like a nail.

"Why? Why would you do this?"

Ibaraki Gangyan couldn’t fathom, for the life of him, why Cimu Qingzi would do such a thing.

"The Cimu family has given you everything you have now, why would you betray the Cimu family? Why would you kill your uncle, your brother, and destroy the entire Cimu family?"

Amid Ibaraki Gangyan’s storm of rage, Cimu Qingzi remained unusually calm: "I did not betray the Cimu family, now all direct members of the Cimu family are dead, except for me, I am the Cimu family!"

This utter lack of remorse further enraged Ibaraki Gangyan, but Cimu Qingzi was indifferent, continuing: "Isn’t this all a consequence of your choices? You used my uncle and me as whetstones for him; you should have foreseen this day coming.

Why should I be the whetstone? Why can’t I be the blade?

Since you wouldn’t grant me what I desire, I had to take it myself."

At these words from Cimu Qingzi, Ibaraki Gangyan trembled: "Do you think by doing this, you can have the Cimu family? Become the master of the Cimu family?"

Cimu Qingzi looked at him calmly: "Then you might as well kill me and completely extinguish the Cimu family!"

"I would rather let the Cimu family perish than allow it to fall into your hands."

In a rage, Ibaraki Gangyan raised his hand to strike, intending to kill Cimu Qingzi on the spot.

As his palm descended, the whole world seemed to lose its color, and Cimu Qingzi was completely enveloped by the fear and despair of death, yet she appeared to have long been prepared to face this.

She knew that her ancestor wouldn’t be fazed by such a threat.

The most important thing to him in the whole Cimu family had been the carefully nurtured successor, Cimu Tongzi, whom he had lost. Killing him would mean she had to pay the corresponding price.

In other words, she had been prepared to face death the moment she killed Cimu Tongzi.

Thus, at this time, she seemed exceptionally calm, closing her eyes and quietly awaiting the arrival of her death.

However, her death did not come at that moment; Granny, who had started to head back half an hour ago, finally arrived in time.

As Ibaraki Gangyan’s palm struck out, Granny exploded with all her power to save Cimu Qingzi.

"I’ve got this!"

After barely blocking a strike from Ibaraki Gangyan, Granny pulled Cimu Qingzi up.

"Run!"

"Run? Can we even escape?"

In another surge of fury, Ibaraki Gangyan waved his hand, a force spreading out, sealing off the entire Cimu family estate.

"Oh no!"

Granny’s face changed.

She was well aware that this was Ibaraki Gangyan’s domain; escaping within this domain was almost an impossible task.

Meanwhile, at the same time, Cimu Qingzi, who had not died, opened her eyes and saw Granny, clearly displeased between her brows.

"Why have you come back? I didn’t ask you to come back! What will he do now that you’re here?"

The woman who wasn’t afraid to face death panicked for the first time.

This panic reminded Granny of Lu Wu, who had just turned and walked away without looking back, instantly infuriating her. "If I hadn’t come back, you would have died!"

"But your return is useless, he is still in great danger right now..."

"He?"

As Cimu Qingzi grew anxious,

Meanwhile, Ibaraki Gangyan’s eyebrows slightly raised.

A murderous intention once again ferociously erupted.

"I was wondering why you took such an extreme course of action all of a sudden, it turns out it was that man called Zhengdaguangming who incited you.

Very well, very well, a fine Zhengdaguangming indeed.

To think he could make the Cimu family’s princess slaughter her own Cimu family, how splendid!"

Snarling with a grim laugh, Ibaraki Gangyan fixed his gaze on Granny. "Speak, where is he?"

"I can’t tell!"

Cimu Qingzi was in a panic.

But Granny ignored her and turned her attention to Ibaraki Gangyan across from her.

"If I give you his location, can you spare Miss Qingzi?"

"Yes!"

Ibaraki Gangyan nodded his head without hesitation, but Granny didn’t believe him. "Let Miss Qingzi leave first."

"Alright!"

Ibaraki Gangyan was particularly amenable, opening his Domain without a second word. Seeing this, Granny was overjoyed and turned around to tell Cimu Qingzi to flee for her life, but as she turned, she saw Cimu Qingzi coldly pulling out a dagger.

"Miss..."

Granny was startled, and at the same moment, the dagger flashed, with Cimu Qingzi’s blade aiming straight for Granny’s throat.

The brutal and sudden attack stunned Granny, but just as the dagger was about to slit Granny’s throat, Cimu Qingzi’s face struggled, and the blade turned, stabbing herself instead.

Clearly, this woman wasn’t utterly heartless; there were some people she couldn’t bring herself to harm.

She was more willing to die herself to save Lu Wu than to kill Granny.

As Cimu Qingzi turned the blade on herself, Granny also snapped awake, her first instinct was to save her, but it was too late. Fortunately, someone was in time. When Cimu Qingzi’s blade was about to pierce her own throat, her hand froze.

Someone had taken control of her, and it was Ibaraki Gangyan.

Although he wanted to kill Cimu Qingzi, she couldn’t die at this moment.

Cimu Qingzi’s recent actions confirmed further for him that she had killed her own family for Lu Wu.

So now, his hatred was more focused on Lu Wu.

Until he had news of Lu Wu, Cimu Qingzi could not die.

On Granny’s part, she was shaken by Cimu Qingzi’s actions, sweating coldly as she looked at the firm-faced Cimu Qingzi, her neck pierced and bleeding, Granny was filled with immense pity and immediately grabbed the dagger from Cimu Qingzi’s hand.

"Why are you so foolish? What about him makes it worth sacrificing so much for?"

In Granny’s eyes, Lu Wu was just a jerk.

A jerk who knew Cimu Qingzi was in danger and still turned to run.

It was ridiculous that Cimu Qingzi had killed her uncle and brother for such a jerk, even ready to give up her own life.

"He’s not worth it!"

"He is worth it!"

Cimu Qingzi looked at Granny in front of her.

Knowing that neither killing Granny nor herself would save Lu Wu, she could only try to convince Granny, to let her know that all she had done for Lu Wu was worth it.

To convince Granny, Cimu Qingzi first had to convince herself.

So at this moment, she asked herself when had she fallen in love with Lu Wu?

"Zheng Dajun would cook for me, tie my scarf, serve me my favorite dishes, watch me eat earnestly, and help me tuck the hair that fell in front of my eyes...

Zheng Dajun didn’t do anything earth-shattering for me."

"But the days spent by his side were the happiest and most relaxed of my life.

By his side, I was no longer a pawn for anyone, nor an enemy. I didn’t need to don layers of armor and disguise.

I could laugh when I felt like laughing and cry when I felt like crying. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

I even started to feel that being alive was a beautiful thing."

For Cimu Qingzi, who had been thrust into the limelight since childhood, deliberately suppressed and bullied, Lu Wu was like a ray of light shining into her dark life.

That beam of light was one of the few warmth in her life.

It was the most precious thing to her.

For him, she could do anything.

But Granny couldn’t understand this sentiment of hers, let alone Granny, even Ibaraki Gangyan, or even Lu Wu couldn’t understand it.

Especially Lu Wu.

At this moment, Lu Wu, still lurking in the shadows, remained vigilant and confused.

He even wondered if this girl knew he couldn’t stand it and had sneaked back quietly, knowing he was near and deliberately spoke this way?

Yes, that must be it. Cimu Qingzi’s schemes were that terrifying.

Meanwhile, Granny, looking at the pitiful figure of Cimu Qingzi before her, shook her head, filled with reluctance, but ultimately had to shatter Cimu Qingzi’s illusions, "You’ve been deceived by him; he’s nothing but a scoundrel. When he knew you were in danger, he didn’t hesitate to turn around and run."

Granny thought these words would shatter Cimu Qingzi’s fantasies.

Even Lu Wu thought so, but to his surprise, Cimu Qingzi laughed upon hearing this.

"He ran? That really does sound like his style."

"You’re not angry?" Granny was astonished.

"Why should I be angry? I’m barely able to feel happy.

It’s better that he ran than to come back and face death, right?"

"But you, for him..."

"What I do for him is my business. It’s unreasonable to expect him to reciprocate just because I gave something, right? That would be too selfish!"

Cimu Qingzi’s words caused a violent emotional upheaval in the hidden Lu Wuqing.

He had to admit that at this moment his heart was pounding violently, blood was spurting, and his rationality was on the verge of shutting down.

He could only keep reminding himself.

It’s fake, all fake, it must be fake!

But while Lu Wu struggled and was distracted, he didn’t notice someone near death behind him made a sudden burst of effort. This unexpected episode startled Lu Wu and also exposed him.

"Who?"

Ibaraki Gangyan frowned and waved his hand, flinging Lu Wu out of hiding.

"Zhengdaguangming?!!"

As Lu Wu’s figure was exposed, Ibaraki Gangyan was slightly stunned, then reacted, an endless fury bursting forth as he roared.

"Die, old man!"

The enraged old man struck with his palm, and the fear of death enveloped Lu Wu completely.

In that moment, Lu Wu, acting on instinct, reached for his sword, preparing to battle. At the same moment, the controlled Cimu Qingzi seized the opportunity to break free and, without hesitation, threw herself out to shield Lu Wu from the blow.

"Puchi," a sound.

The palm that struck Cimu Qingzi went right through her abdomen; half of her body was obliterated, leaving only her head relatively intact.

Facing Lu Wu as she lost consciousness, she opened her mouth to speak though no words came out; but Lu Wu could make out the shape of her lips forming the words ’run quickly’.

At this moment, Lu Wu was completely dumbfounded.

Subconsciously wanting to convince himself this was fake, a feint, he immediately dismissed that thought as it came to his lips.

"Fake my arse! Fake or not, I’m accepting it, Ibaraki Gangyan, I will have you dead!"

At that moment, Lu Wu erupted in fury as the Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword left its sheath and a terrifying Divine Sword Skill slashed forth...

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