My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 301 - 298 Mr. Lu is still Mr. Lu

Chapter 301: 298, Mr. Lu is still Mr. Lu

Chapter 301: 298, Mr. Lu is still Mr. Lu

After the last two matches, the doubts about Guzhentian had completely vaporized.

Even the trolls had to admit it.

Guzhentian was confirmed to have truly made a king’s comeback.

At this moment, Guzhentian directed his spearhead right at Lu Wu.

“It’s your turn next!”

As Guzhentian’s voice rang out—his tone fiercely suppressed, striving to be calm, yet still revealing his uncontrollable excitement—the atmosphere in the entire stadium was driven to an absolute peak.

The drama that had unfolded at the Phoenix Nest Training Ground several months prior was being restaged.

It was the same pinnacle of competition, the same overwhelming authority of the referee.

The only difference was a swap in the roles of the protagonist.

The former competitor had become the referee, and the former referee had become the competitor.

Everyone was immensely looking forward to the coming match.

Would it be Guzhentian returning as a king, crushing Lu Wu?

Or would it be Lu Wu, the fearsome Demon King, suppressing everything?

The audience waited with bated breath.

Guzhentian’s side was also incredibly excited.

Meanwhile, Lu Wu seemed a bit helpless and negotiated with Guzhentian on stage, “I thought I could have lunch before the fight, but I didn’t expect the battle to start now.

Old Gu, you’ve already fought two matches, why not rest a bit and fight after lunch?”

“I don’t need to rest!”

Guzhentian cut in decisively with his answer.

He couldn’t wait any longer.

How long had it been?

Seven months and ten days.

It had been seven months and ten days since he last closed himself off at Phoenix Nest because of Lu Wu, and he had finally made it here.

Finally standing before Lu Wu once more, how could he possibly wait?

Seeing the situation, Lu Wu had no choice.

“Alright then, if we’re going to fight, let’s fight. But wait for me a second!”

Lu Wu turned his head and instructed Li Kai beside him.

Li Kai went down and busied himself with the task.

While Li Kai was busy, Lu Wu turned around, took Dudu’s hand from his home, and walked together towards the arena.

Seeing that Lu Wu was coming up with another person, everyone, including Guzhentian, was taken aback.

A wave of boos arose from the spectator seats.

They felt that Lu Wu bringing Dudu up with him was quite lacking in style.

The audience had been very much looking forward to this battle, a match with such a sense of destiny, and they felt it shouldn’t be diluted by adding someone else.

Some people shouted for Lu Wu to send Dudu down.

Even some fervent little fanboys of Guzhentian were already starting to sing Lu Wu’s defeat.

They believed that Lu Wu bringing someone on stage clearly showed he lacked the confidence to have a fair fight with Guzhentian.

This made Lu Wu quite unhappy.

“What are you all blindly shouting about? He himself said he wants to fight ten of them, and now you’re saying I can’t bring up two?”

As he spoke, Lu Wu turned his head to look towards Guzhentian, “Say something, Old Gu, come on!”

Guzhentian finally snapped back to reality.

And when he did, instead of immediately answering Lu Wu’s question, he solemnly looked at Lu Wu.

“First of all, there’s something I need to explain.

The reason I’m standing on this stage today is entirely for you.”

No one was surprised by these words; those who understood, understood. After all, Guzhentian had been so harshly defeated by Lu Wu last time, he had even become reclusive, so it was normal for him to come back seeking revenge.

But the words that followed were not so easy to comprehend.

He said, “However, don’t get me wrong.

Though I’ve come here because of you, I’m not here to defeat you, or to take revenge or anything of that sort.

I don’t harbor any hatred towards you, in fact, I’m somewhat grateful.

For a long time, I believed I was an all-rounder.

I thought I could handle both cultivation and summoning, but you made it clear to me that such a belief was nothing but arrogance.

My so-called talent in cultivation is merely a little better than the average person, not genius at all, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been crushed by you so easily.

Compared to my cultivation talent, summoning is where my true ability lies.

Thank you for helping me recognize my own skills and for preventing me from straying further down the wrong path.

And so, today I am here to showcase the new me in front of you.

To tell you that the destined-to-be-mediocre Cultivation Master Guzhentian is dead.

And now, I will return as the strongest future Summoner!”

As Guzhentian finished his last sentence, the entire arena echoed with thunderous applause from his fans.

But Lu Wu in front of him was utterly confused.

He didn’t quite understand Guzhentian’s words, let alone the reason for the audience’s applause.

Was this guy not just saying he had been beaten into a reclusive state in cultivation, that he had decided to switch tracks to show off?

How could such a miserable statement garner such massive applause?

With such clapping, didn’t Guzhentian seem even more pitiful?

Lu Wu didn’t know how to respond at this point and could only pat Guzhentian on the shoulder, “Work hard, I believe in you!”

And Lu Wu’s response made Guzhentian’s expression turn serious.

“It seems you still don’t understand me.

Indeed, mere words are not very useful, to make you see the brand-new me, I need to take action…”

“Sorry, just one moment!”

Guzhentian hadn’t finished speaking when Lu Wu suddenly interrupted him with a gesture and scurried over to the edge of the platform.

There, Li Kai had already brought over the things Lu Wu had ordered.

Two chairs, a table, a barbecue grill, a pot, a gas stove, and a big bag of ingredients.

These were all stored in the rest room.

Lu Wu had initially planned to eat them at noon, but now he had to move the meal to the platform since he was compelled to compete.

Within the confused gazes of Guzhentian and all the spectators, Lu Wu, accompanied by Little Skeleton and Dudu, set everything up in one corner of the platform.

After getting everything arranged, Lu Wu took inventory and noticed there were no bowls and chopsticks, so he quickly asked Li Kai to fetch some.

“Oh, right, Old Gu, do you want some? If you want some, I’ll get an extra set for you!”

Look at how polite Lu Wu was, even turning to invite Guzhentian, showing off the characteristic hospitality of inviting people to share a meal, typical of people from Area 1.

But clearly, Guzhentian was not in a good mood.

Despite Lu Wu’s kind invitation, Guzhentian got angry, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

He said word for word, “This is a competition!”

“Yeah, so I’m eating on the platform, sigh, this whole competing thing is really tiring.”

Lu Wu shook his head and sighed, while Dudu, already skilled at the task, started heating up the pot and began cooking.

At the same time, Li Kai brought over the bowls and chopsticks and also managed to get a few bottles of cola. They weren’t cold, but it was fine, Lu Wu stuck the cola to Hanhan, then slapped him to activate the “Cold Ice Body” passive, turning the drinks into ice-cold cola.

“Everything’s ready, we can start the meal.”

Lu Wu was particularly satisfied.

Just as he was busying himself, he suddenly noticed it had gone quiet on Guzhentian’s side. Wondering what was up, Lu Wu turned to see, “Old Gu, what are you up to? You don’t actually want to eat, do you?

I didn’t prepare a portion for you; you’d better focus on your own competition.”

“Are you sure you want to fight me like this?”

Guzhentian tried to keep his tone calm, but the anger in it was hard to suppress. But it was as if Lu Wu didn’t hear him at all.

“Of course, the body is the capital of revolution, no matter what, one must eat on time. Right, Dudu?”

Dudu at the side nodded his little head like crazy.

“Right, right, right, Lu Wu is absolutely correct!”

And Guzhentian’s fury had now reached its breaking point.

“Since that’s the case, I declare the challenge begins!”

With Guzhentian’s announcement, the challenge of the top 32 finally began.

Unlike the previous two rounds, where the opponent took the first action, this time it was Guzhentian who made the first move.

His household’s knockoff Monkey swung its stick, elongating it in an attempt to sweep away Lu Wu and company’s meal.

Could Tuantuan endure this?

The usually laziest pig, now reacting the fastest, easily took on the knockoff Monkey’s strike with a simple growth in size.

How could the knockoff Monkey’s attack just end there? Swinging once more to bring it down, but this time Little Skeleton with a Bone Staff in hand easily blocked the strike.

The knockoff Monkey’s stick technique was quite cunning, yet after being blocked by Little Skeleton, it managed to launch a third strike which Hanhan boldly withstood.

Guzhentian’s three continuous strikes with the staff did not inflict the slightest damage on Lu Wu’s food stall.

Lu Wu was quite satisfied.

While roasting the meat, he cheered Little Skeleton and the others on, “The next part is up to you guys, you all need to fight seriously, of course, I’ll save some food for you.”

Lu Wu’s carefree attitude deeply provoked Guzhentian.

He couldn’t forgive that Lu Wu took such a stance in a match that was so important to him.

If Lu Wu were allowed to continue like this, what difference would there be from the match seven months ago?

“It seems, I need to make you adopt the correct attitude and stance!”

As Guzhentian’s increasingly frosty voice rang out, the knockoff Monkey’s stick shrunk and was lifted overhead, setting up for a standard “Skyward Strike” stance.

Lu Wu, who was grilling meat, saw this and his eyes lit up in admiration.

“Old Gu, your family’s Monkey’s ‘Skyward Strike’ is pretty good!

Truly worthy of Master Level, just swung once and now ready for the second strike, looks like a third wouldn’t be a problem either, much stronger than our team’s Old Wu.”

While Lu Wu was evaluating the opponent’s stick technique, the opposing knockoff Monkey’s violent “Skyward Stick” came crashing down.

The formidable power of this strike was even more terrifying than the previous one.

Many in the audience, although numerous were Zhen Tian fans, felt a cold sweat on behalf of Lu Wu.

And yet, on Lu Wu’s side, there was not the slightest sense of nervousness.

“Oh, this piece of meat seems about right; let me try it. Delicious! Come, come, come, Dudu, open up.”

Lu Wu sweetly fed Dudu a bite of the grilled meat he had tried himself: “Tasty, isn’t it?”

“Mmm, delicious!”

Dudu at the side also nodded his little head, totally carefree.

To the audience, these two seemed not to be competing at all, but rather simply out for a casual trip, watching the excitement.

The audience didn’t know what gave them such confidence.

Well, the audience found out soon enough.

At the same time as the knockoff Monkey’s “Skyward Stick” swung down, there were only three Summoned Beasts on the field on Lu Wu’s side.

Tuantuan stared at the grilled meat drooling, Little Skeleton focused on Lu Wu feeding Dudu, and among the three Summoned Beasts, only Hanhan was excitedly watching the stick strike and timed its approach.

Taking hits was what it liked the most.

However, although it liked to take hits, Hanhan knew the terrifying power of this strike and, rarely, took a Defensive Stance.

As the knockoff Monkey’s stick came down, Hanhan’s Defensive Stance instantly shattered.

Hanhan’s Talent “Thorny Shield” passively triggered, frantically absorbing damage.

The damage from this stick was so fearsome that it instantly filled up the “Thorny Shield” energy store, and the Thorny Shield’s damage reflection triggered, sending back a surge of power reaching 120% of the “Skyward Stick’s” strength.

The two forces clashed, and the knockoff Monkey, caught off guard, stumbled several steps back, while Hanhan was smashed flying away, heading straight toward Lu Wu’s stall.

Just as this silly bird was about to smash into Lu Wu’s food stand, a Little Flood Dragon emerged from Lu Wu’s heart, its tail directly flicking Hanhan to the side.

Poor Hanhan, with feathers that were once splendid, were now a complete mess, and it even bled from the corner of its mouth.

Lu Wu was also startled.

“Phew, that was a close one; my livelihood was almost smashed to bits.”

Still, Lu Wu complained to the opposing Guzhentian.

“Old Gu, watch where you’re swinging, will you? It’s hard enough eating a meal during a match.”

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Guzhentian could no longer keep his cool, his outburst followed by a roar.

His Shanzhai Monkey, using the “Clone Talent,” pulled out a tuft of monkey hair and blew on it lightly, summoning hundreds of Shanzhai Monkey clones from thin air.

Although these Shanzhai Monkeys weren’t very strong, barely leader or even just boss level in power, their sheer numbers and the fact that they were making a beeline for Lu Wu’s food stall made them a threat.

This didn’t sit well with Lu Wu.

“That’s crossing the line!”

Immediately, he gave Little Skeleton a knowing look, but Little Skeleton was confused.

Helpless, Lu Wu had to spell it out: “What are you doing dazing about? Call for backup!”

Little Skeleton finally understood, took out his phone and summoned all his underlings.

Fifteen underlings formed a circle, encircling Lu Wu’s food stall for protection.

Along the way, they also called over the Loli Dragon.

When Loli Dragon showed up, she seemed a bit confused about the surroundings and wasn’t sure what was going on until she saw a bunch of chaotic monkeys rushing towards her, ready to breathe fire on them, only to be swiftly silenced by Lu Wu stuffing her mouth with roasted meat.

If she had unleashed her breath, the battle would have basically been over.

Poor Guzhentian, who had worked hard for half a year just to stand before Lu Wu to prove himself.

How cruel would it have been if the Loli Dragon had just torched them with one breath?

Lu Wu felt it was only fair to let him show off a bit.

Conveniently, all three of Lu Wu’s house summoned beasts were at the Leader 3-star Peak, potentially advancing to lord level at any moment; who knows, maybe they could advance by fighting him.

The Loli Dragon, initially vexed at being force-fed meat, found it delicious after one bite and promptly forgot about the monkeys, squatting by Lu Wu’s food stall waiting for more food.

Since the underlings from Little Skeleton had cut off the group of monkeys, they had no way to get close to the food stall.

And so, the most bizarre and unusual match in the history of the University League began to unfold.

The competition split into two parts,

On one side, two guys, a dragon, and a pig squatted down, eating barbecue and hotpot.

While eating, they observed the battle on the other side, with Lu Wu occasionally commenting and expressing his admiration.

When he saw a particularly good move, he even stopped barbecuing to clap enthusiastically.

Such a match reminded Guzhentian, serving as the referee, and those who had witnessed the Cultivation Master competition last September of that very event dominated by the great Demon King Lu Wu!

Those who had just harbored hope for Guzhentian.

Those who thought he could make a kingly comeback, those who thought he could teach Lu Wu a lesson, and those who believed Lu Wu brought Dudu to the fight because he lacked the confidence to face Guzhentian, were now pretty much clear on the situation.

Though seven months had passed,

Though Guzhentian had grown,

And even though the nature of the competition had changed, Mr. Lu was still Mr. Lu.

The same one who crushed everything, who dominated as the grand Demon King.

Guzhentian, in terms of cultivation, was merely a joke to Lu Wu seven months ago.

Now, the returning king Guzhentian, despite having proven himself with two overwhelming victories, was still a joke in front of Lu Wu.

Obviously, though, Guzhentian refused to accept that.

He didn’t believe he was inferior to Lu Wu, despite the fact that his Shanzhai Monkey was restrained by Little Skeleton and Han, his clones blocked by Little Skeleton’s underlings, and a Little Flood Dragon keeping a close watch on Little Skeleton’s defensive ring, all the while eyeing him.

The situation at hand was greatly disadvantageous for him, but Guzhentian was still assured of his victory.

“After seven months, you’re still as arrogant as ever!

It seems I must teach you a painful lesson!

Do you think you’re the only one with three summoned beasts?”

As he spoke, Guzhentian waved his hand, and another summoned beast emerged from his heart.

And then came the third summoned beast.

With the appearance of two Leader 3-star summoned beasts, Guzhentian was brimming with confidence: “Now, let the real match begin!”