Guangxin’s expression darkened.
“You dare laugh at me?”
The long whip in his hand swung out again, this time considerably faster than before. Although the Sword Master still wore a smile, he dared not underestimate his opponent.
“The people you brought should come out now.”
After dodging the whip, the Sword Master, while extinguishing the flames on his clothes, swung his sword towards a corner.
A clearly visible sword qi shot out from his blade, flying towards the corner.
The next second, a figure emerged from it and easily blocked the sword qi with a black wooden shield.
“Sword Master, so what if you have a helper! I brought far more people than you! No need to hide, all of you come out!”
As Guangxin gave the order, grey-clothed figures wielding various black weapons poured out from the surrounding corners, six in total! Each of them possessed an aura no weaker than the fourth level.
Three of them were even at the fifth level!
The Sword Master said with some displeasure, “You blacks, you don’t have much else, but you sure produce a lot of experts.”
Guangxin swung his long whip again. This time, while still in mid-air, it suddenly materialized into several black shadows, transforming from one whip into four in the blink of an eye!
“I am the Son of Light, you ignorant fools!”
Although Guangxin was constantly unstable, the Sword Master dared not be careless. He stared intently at the long whip in his hand, entrusting the ambush surrounding him to the three who had already charged forward.
The exotic beasts outside the camp couldn’t enter due to the spiritual energy wall. According to Mei Niang, this wall was specifically designed to deal with exotic beasts, and they could pass through it directly.
Furthermore, the exotic beasts were only around the third level in strength. Breaking through would not be difficult for them, practically without any obstacles, they joined the Sword Master’s battle.
However, their opponents were the grey-clothed figures wielding black weapons.
“I’ll take two!”
“I’ll take two as well.”
Seeing that the other two had quickly chosen their combatants, Li Chonglou could only charge towards the remaining two grey-clothed figures.
Xiong Da chose two fifth-level grey-clothed figures, while Mei Niang took one fifth-level and one fourth-level. Their intentions were simple: leave the two weakest fourth-level fighters to Li Chonglou, and then await his support.
To be entrusted with such important responsibilities right from the start made Li Chonglou a little uncomfortable, but he couldn’t afford to think about it. He’d go all out!
“Whoosh!”
Li Chonglou’s figure suddenly vanished. The grey-clothed fighter he was facing clearly showed a flicker of dullness in his eyes.
Li Chonglou had managed to gauge these intruders somewhat. Although each of them was strong, their reaction abilities and temperaments differed from normal people.
Otherwise, with normal enemies, could you just pick any opponent you wanted? Wouldn't they send their three fifth-level fighters to overwhelm just one of you?
Thus, the dullness in the grey-clothed man’s eyes was within Li Chonglou’s expectations. The next moment, he appeared to the man’s left.
Without a word, the grey-clothed man’s head flew off.
“Whoosh!”
Li Chonglou’s figure vanished again. Almost simultaneously, a figure appeared to the left of another grey-clothed man.
A large head, dripping with blood, flew into the air and then rolled to the ground with a thud.
Xiong Da and Mei Niang froze abruptly, looking at Li Chonglou with expressions of disbelief, nearly falling prey to their opponents’ killing moves.
“Uh, are you guys trying to feed kills?”
Li Chonglou said speechlessly and quickly, then reappeared beside a third grey-clothed figure.
This was an opponent Mei Niang had chosen, one at the fifth level. This one was clearly different from the fourth-level ones. The moment Li Chonglou appeared, he abandoned his attack on Mei Niang and, with a drastic change in expression, hurriedly retreated.
Li Chonglou hadn’t expected such a quick reaction, and for a moment, he failed to strike.
“Damn it, Xiao Li, is that Shadow Step you’re using?”
Xiong Da recognized the move. After repelling two grey-clothed figures with a single punch, he looked at Li Chonglou with a face full of shock.
At the same time, in Li Chonglou’s mind, Ensi’s voice urged him on.
“Quick, Xiao Li, kill a few more! Their residual souls have all been collected!”
Li Chonglou felt a mixture of amusement and speechlessness. This was his first time having a mission to kill people and collect their soul bodies.
However, his body obeyed. He used Shadow Step again.
But this time, he wasn’t targeting a fifth-level fighter, but the last remaining fourth-level one.
With almost no surprise, the third head landed on the ground.
From the first one, he had realized that Shadow Step was particularly effective against those below the fifth level. It was almost always successful, as their reaction speeds were noticeably slower than ordinary people!
Xiong Da and Mei Niang temporarily set aside other thoughts and focused on their opponents, because on the Sword Master’s side, he had already displayed his sixth-level strength and was still being suppressed!
Li Chonglou stopped his assault.
“Xiao Li, why aren’t you continuing the kills?”
“Let’s not be too conspicuous for now. It’s better to keep a low profile.”
Ensi saw this and didn’t say much more, because he understood that they had no say in Li Chonglou’s decisions.
Thus, only two battlefields remained. One was Xiong Da, in a balanced fight against two fifth-level grey-clothed figures, and the other was Mei Niang, who was dominating her opponent.
Li Chonglou didn’t continue to attack. When Mei Niang looked over, he fabricated a reason: “My ability needs some time to be used again. I need to recover some energy first.”
Mei Niang saw this and didn’t pry further, as she felt they could handle the situation.
About half a minute later, Mei Niang seized an opportunity, decisively used her long whip to twist off her opponent’s head, and then rushed towards Xiong Da.
Mei Niang’s weapon was a long whip coiled around her waist. Li Chonglou had only just seen how she retrieved it, but in terms of power, it was naturally not as strong as the one in the sixth-level battle on the other side.
With Mei Niang’s assistance, Xiong Da quickly finished his fight in less than two minutes. Then, both of them charged towards the Sword Master’s side, and Li Chonglou followed.
Guangxin blocked a sword qi with his long whip and was forced back several steps. Only then did he realize that in the blink of an eye, all his men had been wiped out.
“How is this possible!”
Guangxin was flustered and enraged, but seeing Li Chonglou and the other two charging towards him, he gritted his teeth, uttered a harsh threat, and turned to flee.
“This is just the first plan! This time, you are doomed to lose!”
His escape speed was remarkable. The Sword Master hadn’t even reacted before he vanished, turning into a wisp of grey smoke.
It was likely some kind of secret technique, Li Chonglou mused, somewhat surprised. He hadn’t even seen how the man disappeared so quickly.
“Hmph, a bunch of lunatics who haven’t even grown proper brains.”
The Sword Master snorted coldly, clearly unconcerned by the opponent’s threat. Xiong Da stepped forward at this point.
“Junior Xiong Da, greetings, senior Sword Master.”
Li Chonglou was stunned.