The Licentious Cultivator

Makato stood proudly before Lu Zheng, strong lightning wrapping around him. His aura was urged to the peak as he channelled his bloodline power and lightning Essence.

Strong bloodlust flowed from every pore of his body.

"Our spar has now ended. If you have any berserk techniques left, use them now or else, you will surely die" Makato spoke his words one after the other without rush.

Even though he said that, he did not plan to give Lu Zheng any respite. Golden lightning formed into a hammer in his hands and he slammed it into Lu Zheng.

"Hmm!" Alarm bells rung in Lu Zheng's head but he was not swift enough. The hammer that was the same height as Makato crashed into him and threw him many metres away.

Lu Zheng was thrown many metres away as golden lightning bolts jarred through his body. Despite his great resistance to lightning, the golden lightning brought him mind numbing pain that he could barely move.

Makato did not dawdle. He moved swiftly to deliver the killing blow. The Togan in his vertical slit shimmered and a Soul Chasing Scythe formed in his hands, replacing the great hammer.

The ghastly blue Spectral Spark Flame combusted on the Soul Chasing Scythe and golden lightning bolts encircled it. Thunder boomed with every step Makato took.

When he was just above Lu Zheng and was about to deliver the killing blow, Yu Er Dan appeared behind him and kicked with all her strength.

"Boom!"

The contact was deadly and Makato felt his organs shift from the kick. The kick pushed him a distance away from Lu Zheng who struggled to stand up.

Yu Er Dan did not stop. She was being controlled by Lu Zheng and knew that he was unable to fight for a short moment. She had to buy time for Lu Zheng.

"Hmph!" Makato sneered and focused on Yu Er Dan. He twirled the Soul Chasing Scythe in his hands and took an offensive stance. "Come"

Strength Essence flourished like pale yellow lights that surrounded Yu Er Dan. When she stomped her foot on the ground to move, it cracked like glass from the force.

Both people clashed and fought many times. Yu Er Dan used every part of her body like a weapon and could attack from any angle. She was well versed in martial arts and understood the art of close range battles properly.

Makato was very strong. He had the Togan and could peer at near future occurrences and prepare adequately for them. He dodged many of Yu Er Dan's techniques and used his Soul Chasing Scythe whenever the chance came.

They were both evenly matched.

Lu Zheng groaned as he struggled to sit up. Golden lightning crackled and zipped through his body, stunning his muscles and tendons that they could not work properly. Barely sitting up was a problem in itself.

He definitely couldn't fight in this state.

"Ughh…" Lu Zheng felt his temples. It was like he had drunk expensive wine and was suffering from a strong hangover. His thoughts could not form properly and his brain was like mush.

He watched the chaos unravel around him as different skirmishes took place. Different people fought without care. They had their goals in their mind.

To the Changshou Tong Race clansmen, it was the revival of their race. To the humans, it was a matter of revenge for their dead comrades.

Lu Zheng wondered: "What is my goal?"

He could remember as far back as when he had become a martial practitioner. Then, his goal was to please his father.

After this, his Xue Clan was exterminated and his goal changed. He wanted to exact revenge for his clansmen's deaths. Yet, he only escaped to Western Plains.

He became an artificer and his goal shifted to wishing to make his master proud and become the greatest artificer alive. His master died and he became bored of the mundane life of an artificer.

He wanted to become the strongest martial practitioner in the world.

He became a Venerable and died in the hands of the number one demon of his era, Long Aotian and his goal changed once more. He wanted revenge.

Over two lifetimes, his goals had changed many times. At this moment, his immediate goal was to claim the time path true inheritance in Reverend Divine Prime Jade's aperture fragment. To do this, he had to survive the terror of Makato and the other Changshou Tong Race clansmen.

"What a bore" Lu Zheng felt exasperated. This was how all lifeforms were. It was like the saying; all human actions are goal oriented.

Yet, what happens when a person lost the will to act?

"Then you strengthen your resolve" A calm voice said in Lu Zheng's mind. "Without will, there can be no action and without actions, there can be no attainment of goals"

"This…" Lu Zheng recognised the voice. After all, this was not the first time he was hearing it so distinctly. "Senior First"