As the alarm sounded, the entire Tianya Pavilion entered a state of combat readiness. Members of the Black Eagle Team and the Eagle Eye Warriors rushed out from every corner.
“Young Master Feng.”
Li Feng had just stepped out of the reception room and arrived at the first-floor hall when Lu Shuang, who was in charge of guarding Tianya Pavilion today, walked over.
“What is the situation? How many people have invaded Tianya Pavilion?” Li Feng asked with a grim face. It would be understandable if someone broke in at night, but this was broad daylight. Did these thieves really think his Tianya Pavilion was a place they could come and go as they pleased?
“Just one person. He is now trapped in the formation in the backyard,” Lu Shuang said, looking at Li Feng with admiration. He had never seen anyone who could set up formations before. Li Feng was the first. Moreover, Li Feng’s strength was growing stronger every day. He would surely become a supreme genius in the future. Being his subordinate was far better than his previous life.
“One person? One person dares to break into my Tianya Pavilion? Is he an innate expert?” Li Feng sneered, his eyes bursting with cold killing intent. “Even if he is an innate expert, I will make him pay a heavy price.”
Li Feng said to Lu Shuang, “Come on, let’s go see who is so bold and reckless that he dares to break in alone.”
“Yes.”
Soon, everyone arrived at the backyard of Tianya Pavilion. At this moment, the backyard was already surrounded by a squad of the Black Eagle Team. When they saw Li Feng approaching, the squad leader Bu Meng stepped forward and said, “Young Master Feng, the intruder is still trapped inside.” He pointed at the formation in the backyard.
Li Feng nodded and said to Bu Meng, “Leave two Black Eagle Team members here. Everyone else return to your original positions. Be careful in case the intruder is using a diversion tactic.”
“Yes.” Bu Meng nodded, gave a signal to his men, and then three Black Eagle Team members left the backyard.
Li Feng stared fixedly at the intruder trapped in the formation, his gaze flashing with icy killing intent. “No matter who it is, today he must pay a heavy price. Lu Shuang.”
“Here.”
“Once this intruder comes out of the formation, you attack him with full force,” Li Feng said coldly.
“Yes.”
Time passed second by second. In less than two minutes, with a bang, a figure dashed out from the formation.
“Kill!”
Lu Shuang shouted loudly and charged forward.
“Seeking death.” The person who emerged from the formation was an old man. Before he could recover from the formation, he saw Lu Shuang rushing at him. His expression changed. With a loud shout, a sharp sword appeared in his hand. The sword flicked lightly, and a streak of purple gang energy gathered at the tip, instantly stabbing toward Lu Shuang.
Sizzle!
The sword beam shot out, leaving a scorching trail in the air, as if the entire atmosphere had ignited.
Lu Shuang sneered, leaped into the air, and kicked out. His leg gang energy shot forward and collided directly with the sword beam.
Boom!
An explosion rang out. The sword beam and leg gang shattered at the same time, sending shockwaves in all directions.
“Meteor Sword Technique.”
The old man sensed Lu Shuang’s formidable strength and did not expect to defeat him in one move. After the sword beam was broken, he attacked again.
Swish!
The old man stepped forward, and his sharp sword turned into a purple afterimage, slashing down from above toward Lu Shuang.
The sword tore through the air with a piercing sonic boom, as if the air itself was about to be ripped apart. The sharp sword momentum sealed off Lu Shuang’s entire body.
In an instant, Lu Shuang felt every hair on his body burning. His gaze sharpened. He stomped on the ground and unleashed a series of rapid kicks. His leg gang energy surged violently upward, striking toward the sword body.
The old man sneered at the corner of his mouth.
The sword technique he cultivated was a yellow-grade high-level martial skill! With his peak acquired ninth-layer cultivation, even warriors of the same level would find it hard to resist.
Although this person was also at peak acquired ninth-layer, his strength was decent, but he was definitely unable to block this sword!
However, things completely exceeded his expectations.
Boom, boom, boom…
The moment the leg gang collided with the sword beam, the intense impact nearly sent the old man’s sharp sword flying out of his hand!
“How is this possible!”
The old man’s eyes widened in disbelief.
With his peak acquired ninth-layer cultivation and the high-grade Purple Cloud Sword Technique, he was actually blocked so easily by the opponent!
“Thunder Rush Legs!”
With one kick he forced the sword aside, Lu Shuang did not pause at all. Dark energy surged under his feet, and waves of leg gang energy blasted toward the old man.
Buzz!
The old man suddenly woke up and hastily gathered gang energy to defend.
Boom…
The leg gang exploded on his chest. The powerful impact tore through his gang energy shield in an instant, sending him flying backward dozens of steps!
Crack!
His feet left two deep footprints in the hard concrete ground before he finally stopped.
He looked up coldly at Lu Shuang. “Who are you? Why are you here?”
“What a joke. You ask who I am? I should be asking you. Why did you trespass into Tianya Pavilion? Are you from the Hongmen?” Lu Shuang said coldly, though he remained highly vigilant inside. This old man’s strength was formidable, and his sword technique was strange and tricky. Although he had repelled him just now, killing him would be extremely difficult.
“Nonsense. I am not from the Hongmen. I came here to find someone,” the old man said.
“Find someone? I think you came to rescue someone, right?” Lu Shuang stepped closer step by step, his eyes filled with killing intent, and sneered.
“I said I came to find someone. Get out of the way, or do not blame me for being rude,” the old man said coldly.
“Hmph. Is Tianya Pavilion a place you can come and go as you please? Finding someone? Does finding someone require sneaking around like this?” Lu Shuang snorted coldly, his killing intent surging.
The old man was stunned. Then a powerful aura erupted from his body. Substantial gang energy shimmered around him as he said in a deep voice, “Get out of the way. If you do not move, do not blame this old man for being impolite.” With that, purple gang energy burst from the sharp sword in his hand, shining brightly like a purple flame.
“Impolite? I would like to see just how impolite you can be,” Lu Shuang sneered.
“Meteor Fire Rain!”
With a cold snort, the old man’s sharp sword suddenly extended several metres, turning into a massive purple greatsword. Carrying overwhelming purple light, it slashed down toward Lu Shuang from the sky.
This sword was mighty and domineering. Wherever the blade passed, piercing sonic booms rang out, as if the air itself was about to be cleaved in two.
“Die.”
The old man pushed his true qi to the limit. His face flushed red, and his gaze turned ferocious.
Lu Shuang’s expression instantly became grave. The cold killing intent in his eyes flickered nonstop.
He stepped forward, his aura reaching its peak. With a loud shout, he charged upward.
Li Feng watched from the side. The battle in the warehouse yesterday had completely drained the true qi in his body. Even after cultivating all night, he had only recovered twenty percent. Otherwise, he would not need Lu Shuang to act now. He could handle this old man himself.
Li Feng had to admit that this old man’s strength was quite good. He just did not know which side this man belonged to. Was he from the Hongmen, one of the four major families, or someone sent by Li Wu? No matter which force he came from, anyone who dared to break into Tianya Pavilion must pay in blood.
“Ah!”
At that moment, Zhong Shuhui beside Li Feng let out a startled cry.
“What is it?” Li Feng asked.
“This old man… I think I have seen him somewhere before,” Zhong Shuhui said uncertainly.
“Where did you see him?” Li Feng was surprised. He turned and asked, “You have seen this old guy? Who is he?”
“He looks familiar, but I cannot remember right now,” Zhong Shuhui said after thinking.
“If this old guy is someone you have seen, then it is impossible for him to be from the Hongmen. The chance of him being from the four major families is small. The only possibility is that he is someone sent by Li Wu or Li Xiangyang…” Li Feng paused as the realisation hit him. This possibility was very high. Right now, Li Wu was in his hands, locked up in Tianya Pavilion. Perhaps this old man had come to rescue Li Wu.
But last time he had taught Li Yong and the others a lesson. They should know his strength. Even a half-step innate expert might not be his match. So why would they still send someone to die now?
Was it because Li Yong and the others had no other choice and wanted this old man to try his luck? Or were these people not from Li Wu at all, but from Li Xiangyang, who did not know that he had once defeated a half-step innate expert with a single move?
Regardless of whether they were Li Wu’s people or Li Xiangyang’s, since they had come here today, none of them would leave alive.
With this thought, cold killing intent flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He watched the fight between Lu Shuang and the old man closely. If Lu Shuang could not handle him, he would step in without hesitation and kill this old man.
“It is possible that he is Second Master’s man, but is this old man really Second Master’s person?” Zhong Shuhui felt conflicted. She seemed to have seen this old man before, but she could not recall it. At the same time, deep down she felt this old man was not one of Second Master Li Xiangyang’s people.
“Why think so much? This old guy sneaked into Tianya Pavilion like a thief. Could he possibly be a good person? Even if he is not Li Xiangyang’s man, he might still be from some other faction in the Li family. His goal could be to kill Li Wu,” Li Feng said.
“To kill Li Wu?” Zhong Shuhui was stunned.
“Yes, exactly to kill Li Wu. Right now Li Wu is in my hands. If they kill Li Wu, Li Xiangyang will go mad with revenge against me. Then some other force can benefit as the fisherman,” Li Feng said with a cold laugh.
Zhong Shuhui nodded. What Li Feng said made sense. It really was a possible scenario.
But…
Zhong Shuhui looked at the old man and still frowned.
Lu Shuang stomped on the ground and soared into the air, arriving above the old man’s head. Wave after wave of leg gang energy smashed down from above.
The old man’s expression changed. He swung his sharp sword continuously, turning it into streaks of sword beams to meet the attack.
Boom, boom, boom…
The leg gang carried a heaven-shattering aura, smashing the sword beams one after another. Then they fused in midair into a massive leg gang that roared down toward the old man with thunderous force.
“Not good.”
The old man’s face changed greatly. He hurriedly gathered his true qi to defend.
Boom…
With a deafening crash, the old man was sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground.
“Die!”
Lu Shuang grinned ferociously, stepped forward, and prepared to slap the old man to death with one palm.
At that moment, Zhong Shuhui’s voice rang out. “Lu Shuang, stop! He is Madam’s man. He is one of our own…”
