“Hahaha…”
Li Feng laughed heartily. He had actually controlled Blood Shadow, an innate expert. Nothing in the world could make him happier than this.
Previously, he had controlled Fu Yanxiong, the Blood Kill Double Eagles, Su Yangjian, Lu Shuang, and Lin Ge, but their strength was below the innate realm. Even Lin Ge, who had originally been an innate expert, was reduced to ninth-level acquired due to injury.
But now it was different. Blood Shadow was a genuine innate expert. This was enough to fill him with pride.
From now on, Li Feng had an innate expert under his command. If he were to establish a family now, even if it could not become a first-rate family, it would certainly become a super second-rate one.
Of course, Li Feng had no intention of founding a family. For him, competing for the inheritance of the Li family was far more important in the future. Inheriting a top-tier family while starting a mere second-rate one would be idiotic.
“Blood Shadow, tell me about your plan for tonight.” Li Feng said gravely.
To know both oneself and the enemy ensures victory in every battle. Now that Blood Shadow was his man, understanding the plan and adjusting his own arrangements to perfect them was paramount.
“Yes.” Without hesitation, Blood Shadow revealed his entire plan.
After hearing it, Li Feng’s expression shifted. He had not expected that, besides Cai Die, Zhu Yuanyang, and Fu Yanxiong, Blood Shadow had also roped in the Liu family, one of Tianhai City’s four great families. If he had not asked Mu Jiajia to monitor Cai Die, and since Fu Yanxiong was already his, allowing him to learn part of Blood Shadow’s plan in advance, he would have had no chance of turning defeat into victory tonight. Even after controlling Blood Shadow with the Divine Control Technique, Zhong Shuhui and the others would have suffered heavy losses.
Even more unexpected was the sheer number of eighth- and ninth-level acquired ancient martial artists Blood Shadow had arranged to deal with him.
Furthermore, Blood Shadow had obtained two Dream Spirits from Cai Die.
The power of the Dream Spirits had left a deep impression on him from the last incident at Tianfu Tower. If he were unprepared, he might have paid a heavy price.
After hearing the plan, Li Feng pondered what to do next.
Cai Die had allied with Situ Qiang against him, but under Mu Jiajia’s surveillance, he believed Zhong Shuhui and the others could handle them without issue. On Zhu Yuanyang’s side, with Fu Yanxiong present, problems should be minimal. The only concern was that if Fu Yanxiong acted, it might expose this piece prematurely.
Aside from these, only the Liu family remained. As one of Tianhai City’s four great families, they had joined the others last time to oppose him. If this time not just the Liu family but all four acted with Blood Shadow, it would be troublesome.
The most effective approach would be to send Blood Shadow out to slaughter freely. With the strength of an innate expert, no one could resist. But Li Feng worried that deploying an innate expert against the four families might provoke retaliation from the forces behind them. That would outweigh the gains.
After much thought, Li Feng decided to first assess the situation outside.
With that, he made a phone call.
The scene shifts back five minutes, to the moment Li Feng activated the trapping spiritual talisman. At the entrance of Tianfu Tower, Zhong Shuhui and the others clashed fiercely with Liu Dongjian’s men.
Liu Dongjian’s men, clad in black, surged forward with menacing aura, wielding machetes like tigers descending a mountain as they charged at Zhong Shuhui’s group.
Zhong Shuhui and her people showed no weakness. They charged forward with ferocious dominance.
Boom!
The two waves of fighters collided violently.
“Kill.”
A black-clad man rushed before Zhong Shuhui. Murderous intent flashed in his eyes as he slashed fiercely towards her.
The blade was ferocious. Strong gusts blew Zhong Shuhui’s hair wildly.
Zhong Shuhui laughed coldly. She neither retreated nor dodged, thrusting out with her sword.
Pfft!
A sword gleam flashed. Like cutting tofu, it pierced the black-clad man’s chest.
As he fell, three more black-clad men charged at Zhong Shuhui.
“Court death.”
Zhong Shuhui gave a cold hum. Her flexible sword thrust into the air.
In the next moment.
Three jets of blood sprayed from the necks of the three black-clad men. They collapsed to the ground.
“Court death.” At that instant, another black-clad man noticed Zhong Shuhui. Sharp killing intent flashed in his eyes. He suddenly drew his sword and struck towards her.
Whoosh!
The sword edge was as quick as lightning, like a venomous snake aiming straight for Zhong Shuhui’s back.
“Foolish.”
Zhong Shuhui smiled coldly. Without looking, she struck back with a fist.
Boom!
Pfft!
The cold sword edge met her fist with the sound of metal clashing. The black-clad man grunted muffledly, spat blood, and flew backwards, crashing a large hole into the ground.
“You…”
The black-clad man stared fixedly at Zhong Shuhui, his eyes wide.
He was a third-level acquired ancient martial artist. A sudden sneak attack, yet he could not defeat a woman. Who was this woman? How could she be so powerful?
“Zhong Shuhui, you truly live up to being Li Feng’s right-hand woman. Your strength is not to be underestimated. Unfortunately, today you will surely die.” An elder let out a long howl and pounced fiercely towards Zhong Shuhui.
“Old fellow, your opponent is me.” At that moment, Lu Shuang leapt into the air from behind Zhong Shuhui, intercepting the elder and striking out with a fierce palm.
The elder’s expression changed. He hurriedly raised a fist to block.
Boom!
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The elder flipped in mid-air and landed on the ground.
“Who are you?” The elder’s pupils contracted. He looked warily at Lu Shuang. He sensed that Lu Shuang’s strength was considerable.
How could Li Feng have such a powerful subordinate?
“The one who will kill you.” Lu Shuang said with a cold laugh.
“Hahaha, just you?”
Before the elder could finish, he felt a fierce gust rushing towards his face. A flurry of leg shadows enveloped his vision.
Swish, swish, swish…
Ferocious and chilling leg qi, containing boundless cold intent, enveloped the elder from all directions.
“Leg qi!”
The elder’s face changed. He had not expected Lu Shuang to be a leg technique expert. Momentarily stunned, fierce killing intent burst from his eyes.
“Break!”
With a low shout, the elder swept out horizontally with his arm.
Whoosh!
Dazzling black light surged from his arm, expanding fiercely into a fan-shaped shadow.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…
The leg qi was extremely fast. The attacks arrived in an instant.
Boom, boom, boom!
The leg qi shattered continuously. Finally, swept away by the elder’s arm, it vanished without trace.
Chi!
Still, the elder underestimated the power of Lu Shuang’s leg qi. One strand broke through the blockade and struck his chest. The elder grunted muffledly and spat a mouthful of blood.
The elder wiped his mouth. Seeing the blood on his hand, his brows twitched fiercely.
“I will tear you all to pieces!”
Having suffered a loss against Lu Shuang, killing intent surged in the elder’s eyes. He circulated his true qi to the limit and punched towards Lu Shuang.
“Sweeping a Thousand Armies.”
Black light erupted from the elder’s arm. It spun once in the air and shot forth.
Boom!
A qi arm resembling his own shot out, carrying an ear-piercing sonic boom as it swept towards Lu Shuang with lightning speed.
Lu Shuang’s gaze focused. Her eyes turned icy cold.
She stamped hard on the ground and leapt into the air. In mid-air, she kicked out fiercely with both feet.
Strands of leg qi manifested in the void.
Boom, boom, boom…
A series of massive explosions. The elder retreated several steps, looking at Lu Shuang in disbelief.
“You are also a ninth-level acquired ancient martial artist?” The elder’s expression grew grave. He had thought Lu Shuang was around seventh or eighth level acquired, but their exchange made him realise her strength matched his own. She was ninth-level acquired.
Li Feng actually had a ninth-level acquired ancient martial artist. Their family intelligence had no record of this. This was a critical oversight.
The elder cursed inwardly. What were the family intelligence personnel doing? How could they miss such vital information?
Lu Shuang laughed coldly. Her aura surged violently.
“Ninth-level acquired peak?” Sensing Lu Shuang’s aura, the elder’s face turned ashen. Ninth-level acquired peak, not ordinary ninth-level, but the peak.
“How is this possible?” The elder’s mood sank. At ordinary ninth-level, he might still have a chance, since he too was ninth-level. But against ninth-level peak, he knew he was no match.
His strength was only early ninth-level acquired. Facing ninth-level peak, he did not believe himself capable.
Damn it! How could this happen?
“Old fellow, die.” Lu Shuang laughed coldly and pounced once more towards the elder.
While Lu Shuang battled fiercely with the elder, behind Liu Dongjian’s men, another group appeared. Led by Mu Jiajia, they charged into the battlefield.
“Kill.”
“Kill.”
“Kill.”
Mu Jiajia’s group was small, only a dozen or so, but appearing behind the black-clad men, with Mu Jiajia as the spearhead, they charged ferociously into the crowd. Caught off guard, they threw the black-clad men into disarray. Especially under Mu Jiajia’s dual guns, the black-clad men suffered heavy casualties.
“Damn it!”
In a building across from Tianfu Tower, Liu Dongjian’s face was livid. Cold light flickered in his eyes. “I never expected Li Feng to have hidden forces. This damned Li Feng is so cunning.”
The group he had just sent was the last family force he could mobilise. If they all died here, the Liu family would be at the bottom of Tianhai City’s four great families for decades to come. Not only that, but he, Liu Dongjian, could forget about remaining family head.
What to do?
Unless an expert killed Li Feng’s subordinates.
At this thought, Liu Dongjian frowned. His gaze fell on the elder battling Lu Shuang. His expression changed again. “Impossible. Li Feng actually has someone who can hold off the Grand Elder?”
All along, what Liu Dongjian truly feared about Li Feng’s side was only Li Feng himself and the innate expert behind him. But now Blood Shadow was dealing with Li Feng, and that innate expert should have gone to protect him. So he believed today’s plan, without facing Li Feng directly, should easily eliminate his subordinates. He never imagined Li Feng’s side had such an expert capable of resisting their Liu family Grand Elder.
In that case, having their Grand Elder wipe out Li Feng’s subordinates was impossible unless reinforcements were called.
At this thought, a ruthless glint appeared in Liu Dongjian’s eyes. “It seems we have no choice but to proceed with the final step of the plan.”
