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Chapter 39 The Power of a Half-Step Celestial
"Danger."

General Wu Jin felt a sudden sense of alarm, and his expression changed.

Faced with Cao Zhengchun's seemingly ordinary palm strike, General Wu Jin felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

It was an irresistible aura.

It was also the first time that General Wu Jin truly smelled the scent of death.

General Wu Jin couldn't understand why Cao Zhengchun, an unknown eunuch, could give him such a dangerous feeling with such an ordinary palm strike.

It should be noted that General Wu Jin was able to hold the position of Grand General because he possessed the strength of a Grandmaster at the peak.

Given the extreme rarity of those who have reached the half-step Celestial Realm, General Wu Jin is among the most elite of all.

But now, Cao Zhengchun's seemingly ordinary palm strike has brought General Wu Jin an unprecedented crisis.

This made General Wu Jin wonder if he had misjudged the situation.

Could it be that Cao Zhengchun really has the strength to threaten him, a Grandmaster at the peak?
However, General Wu Jin no longer had time to consider these things.

Because Cao Zhengchun's palm strike was already right in front of him.

In the blink of an eye, General Wu Jin unleashed his full power as a Grandmaster at the peak of his cultivation.

"boom."

They mustered all their strength for one decisive battle and confronted Cao Zhengchun.

Since there was a sense of danger and there was no way to avoid the blow, there was no choice but to go all out.

General Wu Jin wanted to see just how capable Cao Zhengchun really was, the one who could give him a mental warning and make him, a Grandmaster at the peak, feel an unprecedented crisis.

However, when General Wu Jin actually touched Cao Zhengchun's palm, he realized just how unfathomable Cao Zhengchun's palm was.

"bump."

The Grandmaster at his peak, having gathered all his strength for a single battle, crumbled the moment he touched Cao Zhengchun's palm.

General Wu Jin, who was rushing forward, was sent flying by a palm strike, traveling dozens of meters before crashing heavily to the ground.

The inner armor on his body was also torn to pieces by this palm strike.

General Wu Jin spat out a mouthful of blood, his gaze towards Cao Zhengchun filled with horror.

"You're a half-step Celestial Being?"

General Wu Jin never expected that Cao Zhengchun, this eunuch of unknown origin, was actually a half-step Celestial.

How can this be?

Half-step Celestial Being—this is already the strongest person standing at the very top of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

They rarely move around in the human world, and they are among the top leaders in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, each of whom is renowned.

I've never heard of anyone named Cao Zhengchun.

General Wu Jin was both shocked and somewhat incredulous.

No wonder that person in the palace dared to act so recklessly when Grand Tutor Wen Zhong was not around; it turns out they had such a trump card.

A half-step Celestial Being, under normal circumstances, would be an existence that suppresses everything.

Of course, if there are enough elite troops and experts, even a half-step celestial being will perish on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, General Wu Jin currently lacks a large elite army and enough skilled fighters to contend with a powerhouse like a half-step Celestial.

Now, General Wu Jin finally understood what the warning signs in his heart and the unprecedented crisis were all about.

Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of the Eastern Depot, was actually a half-step Celestial.

It was well hidden.

It's a shame that he just shouted for the other party to die.

After Cao Zhengchun slapped General Wu Jin away with one palm, he did not linger. He took a step forward and came to the side of the steward and the other Grandmaster, who had already fought their way into the outer Imperial Guards.

laugh.

Cao Zhengchun stretched out his right hand and slapped it down on the steward and the grandmaster without any hesitation.

"puff."

Before the steward and the grandmaster could react, Cao Zhengchun slammed them to the ground with a single palm strike, causing them to spit out blood.

The steward and the Grandmaster, one an early-stage Grandmaster and the other a mid-stage Grandmaster, were no match for General Wu Jin, a peak Grandmaster, who could withstand a single palm strike from Cao Zhengchun, a half-step Celestial. Under Cao Zhengchun's palm strike, the steward and the Grandmaster fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and then died instantly.

Two grandmaster-level experts died at the hands of Cao Zhengchun.

In fact, even if General Wu Jin hadn't worn that shattered inner armor, he wouldn't have been able to withstand a single palm strike from Cao Zhengchun, a man on the verge of becoming a celestial being.

Having dealt with the two Grandmaster-level experts, Cao Zhengchun did not stop there. He then casually struck at the five Second-Rank Minor Grandmasters and Third-Rank Grandmasters.

Instantly, blood rained down from the sky.

The hundreds of experts who had just been dominating the battlefield instantly collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

This scene sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

Is this the power of a half-step Celestial Being?

Killing a grandmaster is as easy as slaughtering a dog; how domineering and shocking!

"Blessing."

When General Wu Jin saw that his steward had died at the hands of Cao Zhengchun, his face turned extremely ferocious.

Although Laifu was the steward of the General's Mansion, he had served two generations of the General's Mansion. In General Wu Jin's heart, he had long regarded Laifu as a member of the Wu family.

Now that Lai Fu has been killed by Cao Zhengchun, how could General Wu Jin not be furious?

"hehe."

"General, wouldn't it be better to just accept the imperial decree obediently?"

"We must get the expert to handle this."

"Look, so many people have died now, all because of you, General."

Cao Zhengchun glanced at everyone who was stunned with a sinister smile, his gaze finally settling on General Wu Jin.

General Wu Jin staggered to his feet and looked at Cao Zhengchun: "Everyone in the world thinks that the royal family has already declined and is just waiting for that person in the Imperial Clan Court to die, so that the royal family will no longer have anyone who can keep order."

"I never expected that the royal family would have a eunuch like you who is half a celestial being. It's truly unexpected."

"As long as you, Cao Zhengchun, are still around, the royal family can survive for a few more decades."

General Wu Jin believed that Cao Zhengchun was a highly skilled martial artist secretly trained by the royal family.

After all, there are very few experts like the Half-Step Celestial Realm cultivator in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Each one of them was regarded as a source of suppression and power.

With the emperor in the palace, it's impossible for such a powerful person to be loyal to him, especially since he's a eunuch.

Clearly, this is a half-step Celestial being cultivated by the royal family over countless generations, at great expense and with immense resources.

At this point, General Wu Jin changed the subject.

"but."

"Cao Zhengchun, do you think you can destroy my General's Mansion with your half-step Celestial Realm strength?"

General Wu Jin stared coldly at Cao Zhengchun.

The fact that the General's Mansion has been able to stand firm in Luoyang, the capital city, for so many years and become the leader of the most powerful faction in the court—the maternal relatives' faction—is not due to just a simple foundation.

Without a top-tier figure to command respect, how could the General's Mansion stand out among so many entrenched and complex forces?

"hehe."

Cao Zhengchun gave another sinister laugh.

"You may come out now."

"If Your Excellency does not come out soon, everyone in the General's Mansion will be wiped out."

Who was Cao Zhengchun?

That was a powerful expert who was half a step into the Celestial Realm.

It can be said that among those at the half-step Celestial Realm, he was an existence that could easily dominate his peers.

Hiding under his nose won't be so easy.

(End of this chapter)