Blood Night (II)
Zhang Xingfeng's expression was somewhat serious; he understood this move very well. It involved sacrificing everything, burning all life force, and launching a single, devastating attack! Its power was terrifying.
However, no matter how powerful this move is, it depends on who uses it. How would Heavenly Guard Number Four, who has just reached the Golden Core Stage, react to Zhang Xingfeng with this move?
Zhang Xingfeng looked at the black light that attacked like lightning, and stretched out his right hand slightly. Suddenly, his right palm lit up!
The black light struck Zhang Xingfeng's palm precisely, and the fleeting flash of light made the black light disappear completely.
It was that simple. Heavenly Guard Number Four's only attack, which involved burning itself, didn't cause Zhang Xingfeng any harm. Heavenly Guard Number Four was unaware that he was already dead; he died after unleashing this attack.
That's the difference!
Of course, there is another reason. Zhang Xingfeng used the Purple Blade to deal with the black light. The Purple Blade, Top-grade Immortal Artifact, was of course easy to deal with a Golden Core cultivator in the early stage.
"Perhaps you have the strength of the Nascent Soul Realm. If you use this move again, I will be injured." Zhang Xingfeng looked at the dead Heavenly Guards and felt a little admiration in his heart. To dare to attack so selflessly was not something an ordinary cultivator would dare to do.
Zi Yu and the others looked at the person in front of them with admiration. The guy who seemed so powerful just now could only unleash one move before he died in front of them.
"You've done a great job. Now let's go to Tianfeng Casino over here!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly at Zi Yu and the others, then disappeared into the courtyard.
"Ah!"
"Pfft!"
The sounds of tearing apart, splattering blood, and Cleaver Saber through bodies echoed throughout the gambling Li Family, turning it into a living hell. Fragments of corpses were scattered everywhere.
Zhang Xingfeng watched from the rooftop as all this unfolded, and surprisingly felt a sense of satisfaction, perhaps due to his deep resentment towards the Li Family.
"Pfft!"
A spurt of bright red blood flew up and landed right in front of Zhang Xingfeng. Zhang Xingfeng did not dodge, letting the blood stain his white clothes red.
Zhang Xingfeng suddenly smiled. Another guy who doesn't know his own strength has come. Zhang Xingfeng didn't say anything. The fact that he had the same Imperial Purple Qi Art as the Li Family told Zhang Xingfeng his identity.
"Stop!" The guy rushed over, but before he could even make a move...
Zhang Xingfeng's eyes lit up, and the Purple Blade flashed as it slashed towards the charging guy.
"Pfft!"
Faced with the Purple Blade's attack, he had no ability to resist and was directly cleaved in two at the Purple Blade.
The night remained dark, and similar events continued to occur throughout Kyushu... Crimson blood continued to splatter...
Zhang Xingfeng smiled, looking at Xiao Lin and Kuanglong in front of him.
"Senior brother, this time, we have achieved great success. Only a few dozen brothers in the entire Iron Blood Army died, while almost everyone in the Li Family's gambling den is dead. The Li Family's gambling den will be paralyzed for a period of time." Xiao Lin seemed very proud. What kind of status did the Li Family have that they were able to destroy the gambling industry so quickly? This was a great honor, even if it was a temporary destruction.
Kuanglong said, "The Li Family does indeed have quite a few experts. I encountered three, but unfortunately..." Kuanglong's meaning was clear: it was a pity that those three experts met him, Kuanglong.
Zhang Xingfeng said calmly, "This is nothing. The Li Family's pillar industries are gambling and salt. The profits from the salt industry are beyond what ordinary people can imagine, but it is also much more dangerous. Therefore, most of the Li Family's experts are protecting the salt industry. This is also the reason why we were able to destroy the gambling den this time."
Xiao Lin muttered, "Even if all the experts from the Li Family are here, I can still kill them all!"
Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly and said, "Even if you can kill them, the number of the Iron Blood Army warriors who die will increase significantly."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lin fell silent.
"Alright, everyone's tired after a long night. You can all go back now. I'm heading back to the capital. Contact me if anything comes up," Zhang Xingfeng said, glancing at the faint light of dawn in the east.
Kuanglong laughed, "Alright, Brother Xiao Lin and I will be leaving now. Brother Xingfeng, if you ever have anything like this again, be sure to tell me! Tonight was truly awesome! Hehe!" How could Kuanglong normally dare to kill so many top experts indiscriminately? The forces behind those experts are extremely powerful. You must know that the Demon Hall's style is to endure. Unless you go too far, they will not retaliate! This is also the reason why the Demonic Sect has been able to survive for thousands of years.
Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly at the two of them, then flew south on his sword.
Xiao Lin and Kuanglong watched Zhang Xingfeng's figure gradually disappear, their minds filled with countless thoughts. However, they simply smiled at each other and then flew towards the Tianya Mountain Range in the north.
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"What?" The Li Family Head's face turned deathly pale in an instant as he looked at the servant who had brought the news.
"Forty thousand! Forty thousand members of the Li Family have died just like that." The Li Family Head was a little blank. All the people in the gambling business had died in an instant. This was something that had never happened to the Li Family in a thousand years.
Li Tianxiang walked in, waved to the servant who had come to report the news, and the servant immediately left quickly.
"Father, forget it, don't do this. Forty thousand people died, but last time we also killed nearly ten thousand people from Zhang Xingfeng's gambling den. This time Zhang Xingfeng is so ruthless, I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it." Li Tianxiang seemed to feel no regret for the forty thousand men.
The Li Family Head said fiercely, "I will make Zhang Xingfeng pay the price. Tianxiang, didn't you say last time that Yuchi Ancestor's men were all in your hands? There were 50,000 Innate Master, weren't there? We'll destroy Zhang Xingfeng's gambling house and Dragon Soaring Jade Shop!"
"Nonsense!"
Upon seeing this, the Li Family Head immediately said respectfully, "Ancestor."
Li Shimin looked at the Li Family Head and said, "Do you really want Zhang Xingfeng to go mad? Do you really want Zhang Xingfeng to attack our Li Family like crazy? With his ability to disappear into thin air, can our Li Family withstand such an attack?"
The Li Family Head paused, breaking out in a cold sweat: if they really managed to completely wipe out Zhang Xingfeng's forces with those 50,000 men, Zhang Xingfeng would surely go mad. If Zhang Xingfeng really wanted to kill them, they would have virtually no hope of survival.
The Li Family Head was still unwilling and said, "Are we just going to watch so many people die without fighting back?"
Li Tianxiang suddenly laughed and said, "Don't be in a hurry. It's not that there's no retribution, it's just that the time hasn't come yet!" As he spoke, a cold glint flashed in his eyes. Li Shimin was standing to the side, seemed to know what Li Tianxiang was thinking, and there was a hint of approval in his eyes.
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In no time, all the major powers knew that the Li Family's gambling operations had been wiped out overnight. It was obvious who had such a large-scale operation, especially since the Li Family had also attacked Tianfeng Casino a few days earlier.
While marveling at Zhang Xingfeng's power, these enormous forces were also puzzled by the Li Family's complete lack of response.
The imperial court is maintaining neutrality again. When Tianfeng Casino was attacked last time, they said they needed time to capture so many experts, and that evidence was still needed to determine if those experts were actually from the Li Family. Simply having people see those people entering the Li Family's gambling den isn't enough to prove they're from the Li Family. Many experts enter the gambling den every day; how many of them are actually from the Li Family?
The imperial court has already said such things, so it's clear they don't want to get involved.
Now they're saying that the experts who attacked the Li Family's gambling den all did so at night, and without any clues, the major incident that resulted in the deaths of 40,000 people has simply been left unresolved.
But will this really just fizzle out? Perhaps time will tell!
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Tomato: Volume 5 ends here, and Volume 6 will be even grander... How will Zhang Xingfeng deal with the 300,000-strong army in the Taihang Mountain? What other formidable methods does Li Tianxiang have up his sleeve...?
Everything will be revealed in Volume Six, hehe!
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