Chapter 947: There's No Need for Me to Say More About My Identity!

Dean Lu Feng was a friend of You Xu and had caused him no small amount of trouble. Later, when the Elder Council revealed its 'identity' and 'Teacher Yang' appeared, displaying great power.

After the academy's Elder established himself as dean and punished him, he vanished without a trace.

According to Elder Mi, he voluntarily went to the underground cavern to atone for his sins, possibly never to return.

At the time, I had sighed for quite a while.

I had thought that since this place was so vast, encountering him would be nearly impossible. I never expected to run into him so soon after entering, and even find him under siege.

Lu Feng now looked haggard, no longer the spirited dean of the Alchemist Academy. His left sleeve hung empty—his arm had been severed at some point—and several sword wounds marred his body. Though the bleeding had stopped, the狰狞 scars were still terrifying.

Despite his injuries, his eyes held a calm and fierce resolve, as if fighting the alien spirit clan had steadied his mind.

Because of this, his cultivation, already at the half-step Divine Sense realm, had become even more stable, on the verge of breaking through.

It seemed the dangers of the underground cavern had made him abandon scheming and the petty struggles for power, broadening his mindset.

Besides Lu Feng, the besieged six-star peak masters all exuded a sharp aura, stronger than their counterparts in the academy, like vice deans.

But their ages were approaching the two-thousand-year mark, and their bodies emitted a decaying aura, as if their lives were nearing their end.

These people had entered the underground cavern to use their remaining years to hunt more alien spirit clansmen, ensuring longer peace for humanity.

"I must find a way to save them..."

His gaze turned serious.

In the past, he might have stood by indifferently, but after comprehending the heart of a teacher, his mindset had elevated. These people disregarded life and death for humanity; since he had encountered them, how could he do nothing?

"A direct confrontation won't work..."

He frowned.

With over two hundred alien spirit clansmen, even using all his current means, he couldn't forcibly rescue them. Moreover, if he tried, the enemy might kill them outright, making things worse—he might not save them and instead cost them their lives.

He had to devise a foolproof plan.

One that would both eliminate this group and rescue the people safely.

After a moment's hesitation, he flipped his wrist, and a book appeared in his palm: "Ruthless, is there a way to disguise me as an alien spirit clansman?"

To rescue them unnoticed from a siege of over two hundred was nearly impossible... unless he himself was an alien spirit clansman, making them let down their guard!

Having slept for over two months, Ruthless had awakened some time ago. Though his strength hadn't increased much, he could now perfectly control that finger bone.

"Disguise as one of my people?"

The heart inside the book beat a few times: "Simple! Master cultivates the Five Radiance Golden Body, so height and weight can change freely. Just take their form, and I'll help you emit killing aura. It's hard to fool the top-tier emperors, but these lowlifes are nothing!"

The biggest challenge in disguising as an alien spirit clansman was the killing aura. Once that was solved, height, weight, appearance, and looks were trivial.

With the Five Radiance Golden Body at the fourth level, muscles and bones could change at will, making it easy to fool others visually.

"Alright, I'll try!"

Hearing that disguise was possible, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Hesitating for a moment, he used a puppet from his ring as a model, and with a series of sounds from his muscles and bones, he changed his appearance in less than two breaths.

He stripped the puppet's clothes and put them on. Now, in appearance, he was a solid alien spirit clansman, hard even for some masters to distinguish.

"Master, hide my finger on your hand, and killing aura will burn from within your body, undetectable to outsiders!"

Seeing him transformed, Ruthless said.

"Mm!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

Whoosh!

A finger bone appeared before him, gently settling on his index finger, slowly fusing with his skin, and disappearing in moments.

Immediately, Zhang Xuan felt a special power flowing within him, completely different from the true energy he had cultivated before.

This power was filled with violence, giving a sense that it could tear heaven and earth apart. Cultivating it regularly would make one mentally irritable and filled with a desire for battle.

"This is the alien spirit clan's killing aura?" Zhang Xuan asked, raising an eyebrow.

No wonder the alien spirit clan was warlike—cultivating this kind of true energy would make anyone hard to restrain.

"Mm, we call it killing true energy!" Ruthless replied, a hint of doubt in his tone: "Master, as you circulate this true energy, do you feel any discomfort?"

"Discomfort?"

Zhang Xuan circulated the true energy through his body once, shook his head, and his eyes lit up: "It feels very powerful!"

"Powerful?"

Ruthless was stunned.

Normal humans couldn't withstand killing true energy, not even Saint Domain experts. But this master of his could circulate it freely... without any discomfort, and even found it powerful...

His body's tolerance was too strong!

"It's good that there's no discomfort!" Ruthless breathed a sigh of relief.

As a loyal servant, he naturally cared for his master. If the master felt unwell, he would have withdrawn the true energy. Since there was no issue, it was fine.

"Mm!" Guessing his thoughts, Zhang Xuan nodded and smiled.

His body could even circulate Heavenly Dao true energy; killing true energy was nothing.

"By the way, since Heavenly Dao true energy can imitate other types of true energy, can it imitate this?" A thought suddenly struck him.

He had always thought this aura only carried killing intent and couldn't bear power. But since it was also a type of true energy, could it be imitated?

Heavenly Dao true energy was universal true energy, capable of fusing with any attribute.

With this thought, he focused his mind. Heavenly Dao true energy trembled slightly and began to boil. A burst of killing aura shot into the sky. Though not as strong as the one from Ruthless's finger bone, it seemed purer and cleaner.

"Supreme Emperor... How is this possible? Is Master... an alien spirit clansman in disguise?"

Just as he was marveling that it worked, he heard Ruthless's trembling voice in his ear.

"Supreme Emperor?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback, then chuckled: "Disguised as an alien spirit clansman? How could that be!"

He was a Heaven-recognized master; Ruthless knew that. What connection did he have with the alien spirit clan?

"The alien spirit clan is divided by bloodline. The imperial bloodline is the highest, followed by the royal, then marquis, noble, and common... Each race has detailed divisions. The Supreme Imperial Clan... is the strongest among the imperial clans..."

Ruthless said: "The true energy you just displayed was extremely pure, characteristic of the Supreme Imperial Clan..."

"Supreme Imperial Clan?" Zhang Xuan blinked.

Heavenly Dao true energy had casually imitated it... and it was this powerful?

"Yes!" Ruthless was full of awe, even more puzzled about his master's identity.

He was clearly a Heaven-recognized master, yet he could circulate killing true energy without discomfort, and even possessed the true energy of the Supreme Imperial Clan...

Master, how many secrets do you still have?

"Since mine is Supreme Imperial, what about you?" Zhang Xuan looked at him.

Heavenly Dao true energy was extremely pure. Since it could imitate, it must be the highest grade. From Ruthless's surprised tone, was he not of the Supreme Imperial Clan?

Wasn't he the top expert among the alien spirit clan?

Otherwise, how could he have fought against Teacher Kong back then?

"I..."

Ruthless gave a bitter laugh and was about to explain when he suddenly noticed something and transmitted his voice: "Master, it seems we've been discovered!"

"Discovered?"

Zhang Xuan was startled. He looked up and his eyebrows involuntarily twitched; he nearly fainted.

In the sky, forty or fifty alien spirit clansmen had appeared, each emitting a powerful aura. Killing aura surged, sealing off the surroundings, leaving no chance to escape.

Hadn't he hidden well?

How was he discovered?

Before even rescuing anyone, he was besieged. He wouldn't... be unable to escape, would he!

"It must be when I transformed Heavenly Dao true energy into killing true energy earlier; I didn't control the power..."

His face twitched as he recalled.

Earlier, when Heavenly Dao true energy transformed into the alien spirit clan's killing true energy as he wished, the effect was good, but he momentarily lost control, and the aura shot into the sky.

That brief moment must have been detected by the enemy.

Rustle!

Just as he was at a loss, the alien spirit clansmen in the air saw his face. The tense atmosphere relaxed, and then a Saint Realm second level alien spirit clansman came before him.

"Who are you?"

His tone carried suspicion.

"Me?"

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, then remembered he had changed into alien spirit clan clothes and altered his appearance.

Now, with the boiling killing aura inside him, he was a living alien spirit clansman.

The other party must have taken him for a fellow clansman, but a stranger, hence the question.

"I..."

He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to make up a random name to bluff his way through—after all, there were so many alien spirit clansmen, the other couldn't know everyone—when a thought suddenly struck him.

He immediately narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and let the killing aura from Ruthless's finger bone surge through his body. A powerful killing intent shot into the sky.

Boom!

The killing aura disguised by Heavenly Dao true energy was extremely pure but only at the Half-Saint level. But this one from the finger bone was surging and endless, making it impossible to gauge his true strength, like a vast ocean with no end in sight.

"Th-this..."

Feeling this power, the Saint Realm second level alien spirit clansman's face turned pale, and his body involuntarily stiffened.

"There's no need for me to say more about my identity, is there?"

With his hands behind his back, Zhang Xuan looked at him calmly.

He knew nothing about the alien spirit clan's situation. Even if Ruthless knew, it was from tens of thousands of years ago, and his memory was severely damaged. Making up a random name might work, but if he got it wrong and the surname didn't exist, he'd be walking right into a trap.

Moreover, if he made up a name no one knew, the other party wouldn't take him seriously. Even if he could blend into their ranks, rescuing people would be impossible.

The best approach was to pretend to be an identity that would make the other side wary.

Since the alien spirit clan graded by the purity of killing aura, he would first intimidate them.

After all, he was well-versed in such matters, having done it many times. It came naturally and didn't feel difficult.

"No need to say more?"

The Saint Realm second level alien spirit clansman was stunned, his face blank.

I've never even seen you before; how would I know who you are?

No need to say more?

Why don't you go ahead and say it?