A ferocious assault swept towards the seven black-clothed men. Even before the attack arrived, a howling wind roared forth.
Boom!
A razor-sharp blade light descended from the sky as if without warning. In an instant, it reached the seven men and exploded with a thunderous sound. The black-clothed figures besieging Huang Xiaolin were immediately sent flying backwards.
“It’s Director Li?” Huang Xiaolin and the others were stunned. They had never expected the person who suddenly appeared to be Li Feng, their boss. First he had slain two of the black-clothed men with a single slash, and now another slash had repelled seven more.
The icy blade light and the icy gaze made Huang Xiaolin and his companions feel as though they were dreaming. Was this still modern society? Did modern society really have martial arts like those in wuxia dramas?
Huang Xiaolin and the other two rubbed their eyes, staring at the scene before them in disbelief. They thought they must be dreaming, yet reality told them this was no dream. It was fact.
After the initial shock, wild joy surged through Huang Xiaolin and the others. They had already been on the verge of collapse. Faced with so many attackers, they would probably have died within a minute. Now Li Feng had appeared and saved their lives.
“Director Li, Director Hu is just ahead,” Huang Xiaolin said, knowing Li Feng had come here to rescue Hu Yuanyuan.
Li Feng nodded, his gaze coldly fixed on the black-clothed men.
“What incredible skill,” one of the black-clothed men thought, shaken to the core. His eyes locked onto Li Feng as a chill rose in his heart. Li Feng had appeared out of nowhere, killed two of their companions with one move, and now injured them severely with another. This strength…
Just who was he? How could he be so powerful?
The men exchanged glances, a trace of gravity flashing through their eyes. Yet even so, they had no intention of retreating. Today, no matter who came, they would die. Slowly, they began to encircle Li Feng.
Seeing this, Huang Xiaolin and the other two quickly moved behind Li Feng, ready to live or die together with him.
“Stand back. These trash are nothing I can’t handle alone,” Li Feng said, murderous intent glinting in his eyes.
“Director Li…” Huang Xiaolin looked at him in confusion. He knew Li Feng was strong, but he believed the earlier success had only been due to the element of surprise. Now facing so many opponents, Li Feng might not be their match. Their own strength was limited, yet an extra person still meant extra help.
Li Feng said nothing more. He simply raised the broadsword in his hand towards the black-clothed men.
“Attack. Kill them,” one of the men snorted coldly, his gaze fixed on Li Feng, killing intent shining in his eyes.
“Kill!”
The black-clothed men roared ferociously and charged at Li Feng like wild beasts.
“Courting death,” Li Feng uttered icily.
Swish!
A long blade light slashed out instantly, its chilling gleam carving a dazzling rainbow across the air.
Boom!
The blade light reached the men in a flash and detonated. It burst like brilliant fireworks, sending shockwaves in all directions. For a moment, it seemed the very space would be cleaved apart. In that instant, all their attacks vanished into nothing. Wherever the blade light passed, several figures collapsed.
Cold brilliance flared in Li Feng’s eyes. His figure shot forward, turning into a wisp of smoke that drifted dreamlike through the air. The sharp blade light shuttled through the night, and wherever it went, black-clothed figures fell like harvested wheat.
“Retreat!” Fear flashed through the eyes of the fifth squad’s leader. He had never imagined this sudden intruder would be so terrifying. His squad was clearly no match for this man. Even with superior numbers, they were not enough for him to slaughter. This person’s combat power surpassed anyone he had ever seen. No one could block those deadly blade lights.
Terrifying skill, overwhelming strength. It gave him a feeling of utter invincibility.
“Die.”
At that moment, Li Feng’s icy voice rang out once more. Simultaneously, his broadsword unleashed countless blade lights. They soared like fireworks into the starry sky, then rained down in streams of deadly radiance. The barrage filled the air with a suffocating pressure, as though the apocalypse had arrived.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Wherever the blade lights passed, the black-clothed men before Li Feng were completely cut down. Blood sprayed, corpses littered the ground.
“This, this, this…” Huang Xiaolin and the others, who had wanted to help, were now utterly dumbfounded. How could such overpowering techniques exist? Was this a wuxia film? No, this was beyond wuxia. This was science fiction.
At that moment, the three of them finally understood why Li Feng did not need their assistance. With this level of strength, he simply looked down on their meagre abilities.
While shock still gripped Huang Xiaolin and his companions, Li Feng had already charged forward.
In the room where Blood Shadow watched, the moment Li Feng appeared, Blood Shadow’s pupils contracted and his expression changed. He asked in a low voice, “Who is he?”
The black-clothed subordinate raised a pair of binoculars, looked carefully, and replied gravely, “Lord Blood Shadow, if I’m not mistaken, that man is Li Feng.”
“He is Li Feng?” A sharp glint flashed through Blood Shadow’s eyes. He truly had not expected this person to be Li Feng. He had seen photographs of Li Feng before, but it was night and the distance was considerable, so he had not recognised him immediately.
“Yes,” the subordinate nodded.
“I never thought he would be Li Feng, and still so strong,” Blood Shadow said with a cold laugh. With his experienced eye, he judged the strength Li Feng had just displayed to be around the fifth layer of the Postnatal realm, which filled him with shock. The fifth layer Postnatal at Li Feng’s age was already remarkable. Among the current younger generation, he had never seen anyone reach that level.
At the same time, Blood Shadow gave another cold laugh, finally beginning to understand why Li Feng had dared to kill Chen Haotian so brazenly. Li Feng probably believed his strength made him untouchable.
“Lord Blood Shadow, Li Feng is here,” the subordinate said gravely. “Shall we kill him as well today?”
“Kill Li Feng?” Blood Shadow shook his head. “Today is not the time to kill Li Feng. Today I want to slaughter Hu Yuanyuan and his subordinates right in front of him, so that Li Feng feels pain and despair.”
“But Lord Blood Shadow, now that Li Feng has arrived, won’t he disrupt today’s plan? With his strength, if he manages to rescue Hu Yuanyuan and the others…” the subordinate said worriedly.
“You think too highly of Li Feng,” Blood Shadow began, then suddenly stopped. He had just seen Li Feng cut down the remaining members of the fifth squad with a single slash.
“How is this possible?” Shock flashed through Blood Shadow’s eyes. That slash was definitely not something a fifth-layer Postnatal cultivator could produce. In other words, Li Feng’s true strength was far beyond the fifth layer.
The thought of Li Feng already possessing fifth-layer Postnatal power had shocked him, yet the strength now displayed clearly surpassed that. How had Li Feng cultivated? How could someone so young possess such terrifying power?
Blood Shadow felt his mind struggling to keep up. If someone had told him before that a young man in his twenties had strength above the fifth layer Postnatal, he would never have believed it. Yet now the proof stood before his eyes.
Moments ago he had been about to say that even with fifth-layer Postnatal strength, Li Feng could never save Hu Yuanyuan today. Now he knew he had been wrong. With Li Feng’s current power, rescue was genuinely possible. After all, none of the people he had deployed exceeded the fifth layer Postnatal. Against ancient martial practitioners, superior numbers meant nothing unless the opponent’s true qi could be completely exhausted.
A cold light flickered in Blood Shadow’s eyes. He wanted to kill Hu Yuanyuan and the others in front of Li Feng to make him suffer despair, so he would never allow Li Feng to rescue them.
“How is the situation at the convenience store?” Blood Shadow asked in a low voice.
“Replying to Lord Blood Shadow, the second wave from Tianya Pavilion has linked up with Hu Yuanyuan’s group. However, Han Yuxia (the woman in red) is currently directing her subordinates to attack the store from front and rear. Hu Yuanyuan’s people are pinned inside,” the subordinate answered quickly.
Blood Shadow nodded. “Is the bomb Han Yuxia needs ready?”
“Lord Blood Shadow, it will take five minutes. The bomb only just arrived on site,” the subordinate replied.
“Five minutes? Too long,” Blood Shadow’s expression changed. With Li Feng’s strength, five minutes was more than enough to rescue Hu Yuanyuan and the others. That was absolutely not what he wanted to see. As long as Hu Yuanyuan’s group remained trapped inside the store, one bomb would be enough to finish them. Once they escaped the building, killing so many people would become far less certain.
Clearly understanding the same danger, the subordinate hurriedly said, “Lord Blood Shadow, I will go stop Li Feng.”
“You?” Blood Shadow shook his head. The subordinate’s strength was roughly equal to Han Yuxia’s. He was no match for Li Feng, and besides, his identity could not yet be exposed.
“There’s no need for you to go. The Dragon Head still needs you to handle matters in Tianhai City later,” Blood Shadow said, shaking his head.
“Then what should we do?” the subordinate asked. He had no expert strong enough on hand, unless…
He looked up at Blood Shadow. “Does Lord Blood Shadow intend to act personally?”
“Me?”
Blood Shadow shook his head and said, “Unless there is no other choice, I will not make a move. Now is not the time to kill Li Feng.”
“Then what can we do?” The subordinate was stunned and looked at Blood Shadow in confusion. Did Blood Shadow have another way?
Blood Shadow smiled meaningfully and said, “It is time to make certain people start moving.”
