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Chapter 452: 449 Altar

Chapter 452: 449 Altar

Elder Mountain, Zone 1.

“Crack.”

With a crisp sound,

something instantly split apart, and a figure appeared out of thin air.

His appearance was quite coincidental, right next to Zhang and Zhao. They were arguably the first to witness this figure materialize.

The moment they saw clearly, their hearts skipped a beat.

“Lu Wu? How can it be Lu Wu? Isn’t he already dead?”

“It’s impossible; I saw him die with my own eyes. How can he still be alive? How can he appear here?”

These two, who had just considered themselves divine beings, were now pale with fright due to Lu Wu’s sudden appearance.

As they were frightened, their reactions were equally swift.

“Fragment!”

“No matter the reason, the fragment must not fall into his hands!”

“As long as we have the fragment, what does it matter if Lu Wu isn’t dead? Crushing him would be like crushing an ant!”

Recovering quickly, Zhang and Zhao immediately rushed toward the five Gate Fragments.

No matter what, they had to get the fragments before Lu Wu.

To epic-level warriors, a distance of ten meters was really nothing.

If they wished, they could traverse multiple zones in ten or twenty minutes and circle the Alliance in an hour or two. To Zhang and Zhao, two Epic 3-stars, a distance of ten meters was nothing—they could claim it before even blinking.

In an instant, they reached the Gate Fragments and grabbed them.

“We did it!”

“We have the five fragments; we are invincible now!”

Joy erupted on their faces, but just as their smiles began to form, a calm voice sounded by their ears.

“Although I don’t know what happened, I still appreciate your contributions. ”

Appreciation? Contributions?

Zhang and Zhao were stunned, not understanding where Lu Wu’s words were coming from when suddenly, a force struck them.

This unexpected force was exceedingly strange.

They couldn’t discern where this force was coming from; it just appeared mysteriously and acted on them.

What made it even more unbearable was that this force was mysteriously strong.

“Pfft!”

They couldn’t defend against this attack at all and could only suffer passive hits. Blood spurted from their mouths as Zhang and Zhao were thrown backward.

A single strike had thrown both Zhang and Zhao.

Lu Wu then turned to glance at Yuan Hua, Sun Kongkong, and others being sacrificed.

He had initially planned to just take a glance, but among that group, he recognized several familiar faces:

Yuan Hua’s younger sister Yuan Qingqing, Liu Qingyuan from Jingcheng University, and the Ninth Apostle from the original Zero Organization…

Hmm, these were all people related to that scumbag father of Lu Wu.

Seeing them, Lu Wu let his gaze linger a bit longer, and he took a little time to help free them from the sacrifice, saving their lives.

For Lu Wu, this was merely a casual deed.

For them, it was definitely a lifesaving grace.

However, those who felt saved weren’t just Sun Kongkong and his group; Zhang and Zhao also felt they had escaped death.

They had been severely hit by Lu Wu’s defense-ignoring attacks.

At that moment, if Lu Wu had pushed a bit harder, he could have taken them both down and seized the Gate Fragments from their hands.

Lu Wu could have solved everything by doing so.

But Lu Wu, ridiculously, chose to save others first, providing Zhang and Zhao an opportunity.

Taking advantage of Lu Wu’s distraction while saving others, they focused their time and energy on the Gate Fragments in their hands.

Five refined fragments, along with the original one they already had, fused into one piece.

The six fragments combined into one super fragment.

The moment the fusion was complete, a powerful force surged from the fragment and entered the bodies of Zhang and Zhao.

It was the power of the fragments, the power of divinity.

As the force filled their entire bodies, an unprecedented strength and confidence burst forth.

Initially terrified by Lu Wu’s sudden appearance and his two bizarre, defense-ignoring attacks, Zhang Mingrui’s and Zhao Xue’en’s hearts now calmed, feeling invincible.

“Kid, you really have some skills, managing to survive even that situation last time; you have a big life!”

“Unfortunately, you’re a bit unlucky. Why did you have to appear right now? Your life, barely reclaimed, is about to be lost again!”

As Zhang and Zhao spoke, they drew Lu Wu’s attention.

Lu Wu sized up these two men, his eyes narrowing: “The power of the Gate Fragment, huh?”

“Yes, and we should thank you,”

“If it wasn’t for your plan, we couldn’t have refined these fragments.

If it wasn’t for the time you gave us, we couldn’t have completed this plan.

You really are our benefactors!”

“So, how should we properly thank you?”

Their eyes narrowed, the corners of their mouths lifting slightly: “Right, let’s start by returning the big gift you just gave us!”

As they spoke, two forces hit Lu Wu.

The attributes of this force were exactly the same as what Lu Wu had just deployed: undetectable in direction, characteristics, and indefensible.

It was a direct, defense-ignoring attack.

This was also an attack from the power of the fragments.

This fact, Zhang and Zhao only discovered after fusing the six fragments into one.

They had just realized what they had experienced and now understood even more clearly how foolish Lu Wu had been.

Having gained such power, he should have taken them down in one go but had instead given them breathing space. And now, Lu Wu had trapped himself…

“Crack!” “Crack!”

Before Zhang and Zhao could finish their thoughts, Lu Wu flicked his hand, and two crisp sounds, like glass shattering, echoed.

The two invisible, undefendable, directionless forces shattered immediately.

“Impossible!”

“This is the power of the fragments, the power of the fusion of six fragments. How could you shatter it so easily?”

Zhang and Zhao were utterly dumbfounded.

This was not how they had imagined the scenario.

At that moment, Lu Wu’s deep voice tinged with mocking rang in their ears: “Why do you think, I didn’t care about your little actions?”

Hearing this, Zhang and Zhao’s scalps tingled, and they instinctively started to flee.

They didn’t know if Lu Wu was bluffing or really that terrifying, but now they were genuinely afraid, truly panicked.

Although they already possessed the power of six fragments, they still lacked the courage to face Lu Wu at this moment.

However, the moment they turned to leave, they found they couldn’t move.

A force was restraining them.

This was already terrifying enough for them.

What horrified them even more was when they tried to activate the power of the fragments to counteract the force that held them, they were shocked to discover that it was the power of the fragments that was restraining them.

Specifically, it was the power of the super fragment they held in their hands.

In other words, their fragment was restraining them.

“How is this possible!”

These were the fragments they had refined themselves; how could they not be under their control?

“Did you really think I gave you the method to refine the fragments out of kindness?”

Lu Wu squinted his eyes and approached.

Seeing Lu Wu approach step by step, a sense of fear erupted in the hearts of Zhang and Zhao.

At this moment, where was their previous god-like composure and confidence when they were in front of Sun Kongkong and the others?

They were incredibly embarrassed now, to put it mildly.

They frantically activated the fragments, trying to unleash even greater power, to break free from their bonds, to disappear from in front of Lu Wu.

But the more frantic they became, the more they found their control over the fragments slipping.

Their confinement became ever more secure.

If this situation continued, they could only watch as Lu Wu step by step approached them, took their fragments, and erased them.

Zhang and Zhao were both desperate.

At this moment, a power suddenly erupted, and Zhang and Zhao’s control over the Gate Fragment unexpectedly reached one hundred percent.

This situation arose suddenly.

Caught off guard, Zhang and Zhao took control of the fragments, they were bewildered for a moment, but more so overwhelmed by surprise.

They seized this opportunity and unleashed the full power of the fragments.

This time, their eruption was not to kill Lu Wu but to escape.

The power of the Unified Gate Fragment erupted, and in an instant, it sent Zhang and Zhao thousands of kilometers away.

The powerful aftermath of the explosion occurred on Elder Mountain and blew up a large portion of it.

However, Lu Wu, who faced it head-on, remained unharmed.

He watched Zhang and Zhao disappear into the distance, squinting his eyes, scanning the surroundings.

Despite no trace of the person who had just acted, Lu Wu could still sense that it was Tie Xiong.

“I was just worrying about finding you, and you showed up on your own.”

Lu Wu squinted his eyes and muttered.

Then, in a flash, he disappeared from Elder Mountain, leaving Yuan Hua and the others bewildered.

At the same place.

On the other hand, Zhang and Zhao, who had just erupted the Gate Fragment to escape, landed thousands of kilometers away and temporarily avoided Lu Wu. They were faced with a choice.

They were well aware that Lu Wu controlled the fragments in their hands.

And possibly someone else could control them too.

For them, it was an extremely uncomfortable situation; it was like finally chasing down a goddess, only to discover she was still in touch with two backups, who might step up at any moment.

In this situation, the most rational choice seemed to be to abandon the fragments and escape.

But they really couldn’t bear to part with them.

Between their lives and the fragments, they hesitated for a moment.

And countless people have paid with their lives to prove to the world that hesitation spells doom.

While Zhang and Zhao were still making their choice, the Gate Fragment, which was originally fully under their control, suddenly rebelled, and they instantly lost all control over the fragment.

A powerful force bound them, directly restraining Zhang and Zhao.

At the same moment, an aged figure appeared out of nowhere.

“Tie…”

Upon seeing the newcomer, Zhang and Zhao’s faces drastically changed. They opened their mouths to speak a word as a powerful force acted upon them.

In the next moment, the two remaining elders of Elder Mountain were directly torn to pieces on the spot.

Just like those ordinary people they disregarded, meaninglessly erased.

After killing the two, Tie Xiong picked up the fragment and vanished instantly.

Almost at the same moment Tie Xiong disappeared, Lu Wu appeared out of nowhere.

The first sight Lu Wu saw upon arriving was Zhang Mingrui and Zhao Xue’en lying dead. His eyes immediately narrowed.

“Am I a step too late?”

Saying so, Lu Wu stretched out his hand and exerted a force on the bodies of Zhang Mingrui and Zhao Xue’en.

Under the influence of this force, the two, who had been nearly torn to shreds and almost dead, slowly healed and were quickly pulled back from death.

This scene was utterly eerie.

And the resurrected Zhang Mingrui and Zhao Xue’en were utterly bewildered.

It took them a while to understand what had happened.

Tie Xiong had appeared and killed them, and now Lu Wu had appeared and resurrected them.

Although they did not understand why Lu Wu resurrected them or how he did it.

But they knew that Lu Wu seemed to be their hope for survival.

The two old men couldn’t help but look at Lu Wu with flattering appreciation, ready to say some words of thanks.

“Enough; I just thought your deaths were not tragic enough, and wanted you to die once more!”

Lu Wu said, snapped his fingers.

Then, the faces of the just resurrected Zhang and Zhao turned incredibly pale, their despair and pain immediately engulfed them, as a decaying aura wrapped around their bodies.

Zhang and Zhao could only watch themselves slowly decay until death.

After finishing this, Lu Wu then turned and left unhurriedly.

On the other hand, where Tie Xiong was.

After taking the Fragment, he arrived at a mysterious Underground Palace.

Upon entering, his pace slowed, moving slowly on foot, taking half an hour to reach the depths of the Underground Palace from the outside.

In the depths of the Underground Palace, there stood a massive altar.

Tie Xiong placed the fragment he had just obtained on it.

Besides, the altar was covered with at least thirty fragments.

Each of these fragments was of Six-in-One Level size.

Seeing this, Lu Wu was completely stunned.

He hadn’t expected that pursuing just one Tie Xiong would lead him to such a treasure trove.

Lu Wu even suspected that all the Gate Fragments were here!