My Disciples Are All Villains Chapter 5: The Peak Form

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lu Zhou feared no ridicule. To him, such concerns were trivial as long as he could tackle the urgent threat ahead.

With a nod, his gaze swept across the faces of his third, fourth, and fifth disciples before finally resting on his ninth disciple.

“What about you, Yuan’er?”

“Mas...Master.” Little Yuan’er faltered.

“It doesn’t matter...Just say what you have to say. I’ve lived long enough to see all kinds of storms. When your Eldest and Second Senior Brothers left Golden Court Mountain, they were much more determined than you,” Lu Zhou said in a faint voice.

Little Yuan’er dropped to her knees. “Master, this disciple dares not.”

“Ding! You’ve completed the side quest ‘The will of others is not ours to see’. The reward is the Eye of Truth, and the effect is permanent.”

Lu Zhou paused briefly. All of a sudden, unique labels popped up in his vision above the villainous disciples standing before him.

“Duanmu Sheng, Divine Court realm. Loyalty 23%, declining...”

“Mingshi Yin, Divine Court realm. Loyalty 15%, declining...”

“Zhao Yue, Divine Court realm. Loyalty 35%, declining...”

“Ci Yuan’er, Divine Court realm. Loyalty 60%, increasing...”

“Hint: When a disciple’s loyalty is below 0%, he or she will betray the sect and become an enemy. When loyalty is more than 80%, the disciple will not betray, while over 90% is absolute loyalty.”

The loyalty drop in the first three disciples came as no surprise, yet Lu Zhou felt a twinge of astonishment at Little Yuan’er’s loyalty steadily rising.

“In this case, there is no need for me to continue pretending...” Lu Zhou said on purpose. “Yes, I did get hurt...”

His disciples’ eyes sparkled. At the same time, the cultivators beyond the shield itched to storm inside and shred the aged villain like rabid wolves.

Lu Zhou observed the first three disciples’ loyalty dip by another 5%.

Then, his tone shifted abruptly.

“But, this doesn’t mean you can lift your finger against me!” Lu Zhou activated a ‘Ji Tiandao’s Peak Form’ experience card. Instantly, his withered meridians, dantian, and sea of Qi surged to their absolute peaks.

From him as the core, a tremendous energy wave erupted outward in every direction!

“Ah!”

“How is this...possible?”

Duanmu Sheng, Mingshi Yin, and Zhao Yue were blasted backward, each spewing a gush of blood, while Little Yuan’er’s eyes bulged wide as she gawked at her master in utter disbelief.

Endless waves of ferocious energy roared out, demolishing the barrier already teetering on collapse. In a mere instant, the shield vanished entirely. Tens of thousands of cultivators stared in stunned silence, the world plunging into hush.

“Isn’t he hurt? How can he still emit such powerful blasts?”

“I clearly saw him running back into the shield in panic!”

“I have a bad feeling...”

“Stop saying that, I can feel my legs shaking!”

The top ten experts glowered at Lu Zhou with fury and incredulity. Meanwhile, he drew a deep breath, paying no heed to his three villainous disciples.

Peak form felt utterly exhilarating. He sensed complete mastery over all, with everyone ahead reduced to insignificant ants he could squash with a mere finger twitch.

The moment Duanmu Sheng and the other two hit the ground, they scrambled up, knelt on both knees, and pleaded together, “This disciple begs Master’s pardon!”

Blood dribbled from the edges of their mouths onto the backs of their hands. Their fingers quivered nonstop, and they scarcely dared to breathe.

Lu Zhou shot them a fierce glare and raised his palm. A colossal energy surge crashed toward the three disciples like a towering wave.

“You have disobeyed me, and you will be punished!”

Bam! Bam! Bam! Three golden beams slammed into the trio, making them cough up more blood.

“I’ll deal with you when I come back!”

Lu Zhou avoided their gazes and checked the remaining time: twenty-nine minutes still left. Punishing the three disciples hadn’t taken long at all.

What remained now were the tens of thousands of cultivators and the ten Nascent Divinity Tribulation realm experts.

Fixing his stare on midair Luo Changfeng, Lu Zhou declared, “Let me see how much stronger have you become in the past month!”

BOOM!

His foot slammed the ground, launching him skyward like a thunderbolt missile. As he soared, he roared clearly, “Avatar, the Hundred Tribulations Insight!”

A colossal avatar over a hundred feet tall and twenty feet wide materialized in the heavens, enveloped in radiant golden light. Beneath it, an eight-leaf golden lotus spun furiously.

Upon witnessing it, Luo Changfeng retreated swiftly, his face twisted in horror.

“Stop him!”

The remaining nine powerhouses soared into the skies and summoned their avatars too.

Ten avatars linked up to create a barrier as the other cultivators swiftly pulled back and took cover behind them.

Nevertheless, plenty of frail cultivators got dazed and collapsed because they failed to retreat fast enough, with some perishing right there as blood spurted from their seven orifices.

“Heavens! He actually unleashed his ultimate technique right from the start!”

“This is Ji Tiandao’s eight-leaf Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar, one of his mightiest techniques!”

“Don’t panic! His Hundred Tribulations Insight is formidable, but it drains a massive amount of energy. If we endure this blow, he’s done for!”

This was precisely the thinking of the top ten powerhouses as well.

Under Luo Changfeng’s command, the ten avatars relentlessly fended off the Hundred Tribulations Insight’s corrosion. The eleven avatars’ brilliant radiance lit up everything within a hundred miles, while beasts and birds scattered in wild panic to escape with their lives.

With the peak-form experience card activated, all of Ji Tiandao’s key techniques flooded Lu Zhou’s mind. The Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar ranked among his most powerful abilities.

Yet, why unleash it immediately?

Because it was a temporary experience card that would vanish once time ran out. He could thus deploy it boldly without restraint!

“Since you favor swords, I’ll wield one too!” Lu Zhou raised his right hand.

A searing white glow emerged between his index and middle fingers, condensing into a radiant sword. Then, energy whirled around the blade, gathering into a potent sword beam.

“The Imperfect Divine Intervention?” Duanmu Sheng instinctively glanced upward, his body shuddering. After all, this was one of the Divine One Technique’s supreme moves.

The Divine One Technique included both sword techniques and spear techniques. Duanmu Sheng had always yearned to master every sword move, but Ji Tiandao had refused to impart the final one.

He never imagined seeing it displayed in such a situation.

Duanmu Sheng had been mistaken, Mingshi Yin had been mistaken, and Zhao Yue had been mistaken too. Their master handled the Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar effortlessly and now executed the Imperfect Divine Intervention as well.

This technique was, naturally, another of his strongest skills.

Even more alarmingly, empowered by the avatar, the Imperfect Divine Intervention’s power surged manifold.

Luo Changfeng’s eyes bulged and his lips quivered as he cried, “Retreat!”

“Retreat?”

“If we don’t pull back now, all ten of us will suffer severe wounds for sure! This old villain isn’t just unharmed—he’s stronger than before!” Luo Changfeng admitted unwillingly.

“How did this happen?” Chang Jian of the Duanlin branch overflowed with bewilderment. A month ago, they hadn’t struggled this much against Ji Tiandao, and they were convinced they had injured him in that fight.

But at present, it seemed... they were mistaken too.

Lu Zhou hovered before his avatar, as though the two had fused into one entity. Then, his Imperfect Divine Intervention glided forward silently, seemingly parting the void.

Swoosh!

The ten avatars dissolved simultaneously as the top ten experts retreated through the air. And as they withdrew, the weak cultivators cowering behind those avatars paid the price.

The very next moment, the devastating sword beam plummeted from the heavens, slicing through the throng.