The light wall created by the golden light talismans was extremely sturdy. After I took five steps, the two golden light walls didn't deform at all. This meant that the power of the five steps had been transferred to Lu Ziyang, who was underneath the light wall.
It was different from what I had imagined. Lu Ziyang didn't scream at first.
It was quiet underneath the light wall. There was no sound.
Could it be that he was crushed to death that easily?
I was slightly astonished. After completing the five steps, I jumped down from the light wall. When I bent down to take a look, I saw that Lu Ziyang, who was below the light wall, was wrapped in a white light screen. Although the white light screen was slightly deformed due to the pressure, it still protected his body. From his panicked but not painful expression, he didn't receive any injuries from the five steps of the Astral Dipper.
I had seen this white light wall many times on the Lu family members. It should be a protective magic tool that the Lu family had.
When I decided to kill Lu Ziyang, it wasn't that I didn't consider the possibility of him having a defensive artifact on him. However, I originally thought that this kind of defensive artifact would have limited power. With Lu Ziyang's cultivation, carrying such an artifact on him would be useless. So, I speculated that it was unlikely for him to carry it.
I hadn't thought that a Heavenly Master would be so cautious as to have such a protective magic tool.
From its effect, the power of his protective magic tool wasn't bad. It was much stronger than the one I had seen on Lu Chengping's body. It should be a top-grade magic tool, which was why it could block the five steps.
I didn't mind. Although this defensive artifact was powerful, any artifact had to be supported by power. It was impossible to store too much energy just by relying on the artifact itself. Lu Ziyang had lost all his cultivation, so how long could he last with this defensive artifact?
I had only used the Astral Steps once, but the white light wall was already deformed from the pressure.
I had an abundance of witchcraft energy in my body. It wouldn't be a problem to use the Astral Steps ten times. Even if my witchcraft energy was used up, there was still a large amount of black energy in my meridians. After converting it into witchcraft energy, it would be ten times stronger than my current witchcraft energy. In other words, I could use the Astral Steps another hundred times without a problem.
Lu Ziyang wanted to use this last method to escape. It seemed that this magic tool couldn't save his life. It would only torture him a little longer.
After thinking it through, I sneered coldly and stepped on the light wall for the second time. I used the Five Astral Steps again.
After the Glory of Consciousness realm, the Astral Step method was greatly related to the increase of one's cultivation. To increase one's cultivation, one had to study the Astral Step method. Similarly, as long as one became more familiar with the Astral Step method, the increase of one's cultivation would be a matter of time.
At this moment, a large amount of black air was stored in my meridians. After using the [Astral Steps] twice, the black air started to transform into shaman energy, condensing and settling in my body.
After completing two rounds of [Astral Steps], I lowered my head to take a look. There was only a thin layer of white light left around Lu Ziyang's body. His face was extremely pale. There was no longer any resentment, only despair and pleading.
Perhaps it was because he noticed that I was checking his condition, Lu Ziyang shouted at me, "Zhou Yi, don't kill me!
As long as you let me go, I'll immediately hand over the murderer of your parents to you after we leave this place. How about it?
And I guarantee that the Lu Clan will never hunt you down in the future. We'll mind our own business!
If you're still not satisfied, tell me your conditions and I'll agree to anything!
If you don't believe me, I can swear on my Dao heart! "
The current Lu Ziyang no longer had his previous arrogance. He didn't even have the dignity of a Heavenly Master. In order to survive, he was as lowly as a stray dog.
Just like how my mother had knelt in front of Lu Zining and begged bitterly.
They had both thrown away their dignity, but the difference was that Lu Ziyang was begging for mercy for himself, while my mother was begging for me.
A tyrannical thought surged up from the bottom of my heart. I took a deep breath and didn't respond to him at all. I lifted my foot and stepped on the light wall again, using another round of [Astral Steps].
This time, a tragic howl finally came from below the light wall. Lu Ziyang's defensive artifact should have lost its power by now. The terrifying power of the Astral Steps completely crushed his body. At this moment, he could probably feel the pain that my parents felt at that time, right?
The screams sounded as if Lu Ziyang was going to die in the next second. However, I knew how strong a Heavenly Master's physical strength was. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the protective artifact that I had used three rounds of [Astral Steps] to crush might not be as strong as his physical strength.
At this moment, Lu Ziyang was far from dying. He only felt pain, that's all.
So, this time, I didn't stop to observe the situation. After one round, I immediately started the next round.
I kept on using the [Astral Steps], and the black energy in my body was constantly changing and breaking down. It turned into a large amount of shaman energy that was scattered in the veins of the sky. So, the more I used the [Astral Steps], the more shaman energy there was in my body.
Moreover, as I used the [Astral Steps] many times, my understanding of the [Nine Star Heavenly Dipper] became deeper and deeper. Finally, after the fourth round of [Astral Steps], I suddenly understood something.
This understanding couldn't be described with words, but there was a feeling of good fortune telling me that I could use the sixth step of the [Nine Star Heavenly Dipper].
The fifth time I used the [Astral Steps], I didn't stop at the fifth step. I continued to lift my foot and used the sixth step.
The sixth step of the [Nine Star Heavenly Dipper] was called [Mizar].
The power of this step was only slightly stronger than the fifth step. However, the difference was that [Mizar] only relied on the two stars. The power of the two stars was extraordinary. [Mizar] was affected by the two stars and also had the power of the Netherworld. It was this Netherworld power that caused the power of the [Mizar] star to increase greatly. The result of the [Nine Star Heavenly Dipper] was that the power of the sixth step was much stronger than the fifth step. It was even stronger than the previous five steps combined.
After I used the sixth step, a large amount of shaman energy instantly gathered at the bottom of my Meridians of Heaven. At a speed visible to the naked eye, it formed a new Shaman Energy Origin Stone. Furthermore, this Shaman Energy Origin Stone was much bigger than the previous four.
The formation of the fifth Shaman Energy Origin Stone signified that my cultivation had officially reached the [Glorious Memory] five-star, and the [Glorious Memory] five-star meant the [Glorious Memory] late-stage!
After the [Glorious Memory] realm, it was extremely difficult to take another step. Many people might not even be able to take this step even after several years. However, with the black energy that I had coincidentally obtained and my current furious state of mind, I managed to successfully take this step.
I wasn't really excited. I wasn't thinking about how much my cultivation would increase after entering the late-stage of Glorious Memory. Instead, the first thing I thought about was that the power of the sixth step should be much stronger than before, right?
Could Lu Ziyang, who was beneath the light wall, hold on?
Just as that thought appeared in my mind, the cries under the light wall stopped. What replaced it was the sound of someone exhaling.
When a normal person exhaled, even if they purposely did so, they wouldn't make a loud sound. However, this sound was really loud and lasted for a long time. It was as if there was an endless amount of energy in Lu Ziyang's stomach, causing him to exhale continuously.
After more than a minute, the sound of exhalation finally stopped. There was no longer any sound of life under the wall of light.
I jumped down from the top and didn't look down. I waved my hands and the two golden light talismans that formed a light wall dissipated under my will.
Lu Ziyang's tattered body was finally revealed.
Just as I thought, the current Lu Ziyang had become a paper man. Or rather, I could remove the word 'man', he had become a piece of paper.
Fresh blood and rotten flesh that was squeezed out seeped out from every crack of his body. Anyone who saw such a scene would think that they were in hell and would have goosebumps.
As the instigator of all this, I didn't feel disgusted, only sad.
Although my parents' corpses weren't in such a terrible state, they were just normal people. The pain they suffered wouldn't be any less than what Lu Ziyang suffered, right?
I turned around and shook my head. I tried my best not to think about such things and turned my gaze towards leader Gu.