Two Great Powers Issue Warrants, Battle Royale!!!

The Xu Family and the Monster Potion Company had long since issued a wanted order for Lu Xuan.

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Alive, all resources used to cultivate him into a Qi and Blood Martial Master will be granted.

Dead, he will be treated as an honored guest.

After the bounty was announced, no one had seen Lu Xuan in the wilderness.

Everyone thought he was scared.

They never expected to encounter him here.

With such a shortcut to becoming a Martial Master, who wouldn't want to take it?

If Lu Xuan wasn't the Ghost Face Martial Artist, he would have wanted to walk that path too.

However, at this moment, he had to find a way to fight his way out.

Staring at the Martial Artists radiating killing intent and closing in on him, Lu Xuan tightened his grip on his long saber, his breathing becoming heavy.

He had long anticipated becoming the target of public criticism.

That's why he had never shown himself since entering the wilderness.

He had only dared to develop in hiding.

He hadn't expected to be discovered in the end.

Fate plays tricks on people.

"Everyone, do you really want my head in exchange for riches?" Lu Xuan held his long saber horizontally.

If he were facing a few scattered individuals, he wouldn't feel any pressure.

But here, there were dozens of them.

All of them were Fifth-order Martial Artists or higher.

Even if a Ninth-order Martial Master were here, it would be extremely difficult to eliminate this group.

The Dark Night Trio was closest to Lu Xuan. The panic on the female Martial Artist's face disappeared, replaced by unconcealable greed and madness.

She laughed:

"Ghost Face, you're not a Qi and Blood Martial Master yourself, so you know how tempting this bounty is to us Martial Artists. Therefore..."

"You'd better surrender obediently!"

With that, the female Martial Artist's movement was agile, like a phantom leaving several afterimages in place. She spun her dual-bladed daggers and lunged.

Her speed was so fast that the naked eye could barely track it.

However, under Lu Xuan's psychic power, her moves were full of flaws.

He didn't use his psychic power immediately. The moment the female Martial Artist lunged, he sidestepped, dodging the fatal blow. His wrist flicked, and the cold gleam of his blade cut through the air in a silver arc.

Clang!

Both were forced back several steps.

Before Lu Xuan could steady himself, the Martial Artist in the mechanical battle suit had already flown before him. With a dual attack of cold and hot weapons, he gave Lu Xuan no chance to escape.

Knowing that retreat was difficult, Lu Xuan switched from defense to offense.

His mental power swept out, immediately finding the weakest point, and he unleashed Every Strike Fatal.

Clang clang! Boom!

Blade rang, guns fired.

The exchange lasted only an instant, with dozens of blows exchanged.

But this wasn't a turn-based game.

In the short tens of seconds Lu Xuan was entangled, the other Martial Artists had already attacked.

Instantly, blades flashed, swords glinted. The dense forest was destroyed in the gaps where everyone unleashed their vitality.

Lu Xuan fought with all his might, repelling one attacker.

Before he could catch his breath, two more attacked.

Bang bang bang!

The melee lasted for a minute.

Lu Xuan began to falter, sent flying dozens of feet.

These people were not monsters; their intelligence completely dominated. They gave him no chance to breathe, employing an extreme and short-lived battle of attrition.

Moreover, Dozens of Martial Artists, each a full rank higher than him on average.

"As expected of a Ghost Face Martial Artist, to not be instantly shredded under the siege of so many Martial Artists."

"But, this is where it ends!"

The Dark Night Martial Artist seized the moment Lu Xuan landed, leaping forward and appearing before him in an instant, slashing down with her dagger.

Almost in the same breath.

Swish swish swish—!

Countless flying knives materialized in mid-air, attacking the female Martial Artist like bullets.

"Careful!"

Someone shouted.

The female Martial Artist paused, her peripheral vision catching the flying knives heading her way, and she hastily retracted her force, retreating.

"You... you've really pissed me off!"

Clang clang clang!

Over a hundred flying knives surged towards everyone.

Fortunately, they were prepared and immediately retracted their force to resist. Only the female Martial Artist was a half-step slow, leaving countless wounds on her body.

"Is this the true power of a Ghost Face Martial Artist?"

The crowd repeatedly retreated, dispersing the flying knife attacks.

But it was precisely this minor action that gave Lu Xuan an opening. His psychic power controlled the flying knives, forming a layer of blade aura around him.

Using this defense, Lu Xuan charged towards the most severely injured female Martial Artist.

Without hesitation, he unleashed the Faster Than You movement Martial Skill, his body closing in on the Dark Night Martial Artist.

"Bastard, what are you trying to do?!"

The Dark Night Martial Artist's skin tensed all over in fear. The moment their skin touched, hers felt like burning coals, and she felt a surge of shame and anger:

"Damn you, you're not thinking of doing something indecent to me, are you!"

With this thought, she immediately employed an even more exquisite movement technique.

This was exactly the effect Lu Xuan wanted.

His psychic power frantically analyzed the trajectory of her vitality circulation and the extent of her Spiritual Energy release.

In a mere few breaths, he had synchronized with the Dark Night Martial Artist's movement technique.

No matter how exquisite her movement technique was, the Dark Night Martial Artist couldn't shake off Lu Xuan by even half a step. The two even grew closer.

Seeing this, the other Martial Artists hesitated.

"This Ghost Face has the leisure to play around even when being ganged up on?"

The two members of the Dark Night Squad heard this, their faces turning grim: "Leisure your ass, this guy is looking for a chance to escape, stop him quickly!"

Amidst the furious roars, Lu Xuan had already used the female Martial Artist's movement technique to unknowingly carve out a path for escape.

Everyone, who had initially thought Lu Xuan wanted to take the opportunity to strike the female Martial Artist as revenge, immediately reacted.

They attacked Lu Xuan once more.

Having already broken out a safe route, Lu Xuan no longer held back.

His psychic power unleashed to its fullest, all the flying knives converged towards himself and the female Martial Artist.

"Not good!"

The female Martial Artist cried out in alarm. Disregarding Lu Xuan clinging to her, she channeled all her strength to resist the flying knives.

"Strike while the iron is hot!" Lu Xuan seized the opportunity, spinning his long saber in the air. The tip sliced across her shoulder.

Puchi! Blood sprayed from the female Martial Artist's arms, which were severed on the spot.

"Ahhhhh! I'll kill you!"

She screamed in agony.

Lu Xuan ignored her, first using the opportunity to control the female Martial Artist's weapon, lifting her and quickly fleeing the battlefield.

"Ghost Face, you can't escape!"

Martial Artists from all directions pursued relentlessly.

In their eyes, Lu Xuan was not an enemy, but a treasure, a supreme treasure that could lead to the Great Dao.

Even the two members of the Dark Night Squad no longer cared about the female Martial Artist's life or death.

They only wanted Lu Xuan.

For a time, Blood qi surged like a rainbow, spreading across the wilderness.

Lu Xuan fled, and they pursued.

Along the way, other low-level and Intermediate Martial Artists didn't dare to approach at all.

Those low-level Monsters were so scared they'd cowered back into their caves.

"Ghost Face, how long can you maintain this state?!"

"Die!"

Facing the pursuit of countless Martial Artists, if Lu Xuan couldn't block an attack, he would summon the female Martial Artist.

"Hey, you bastards, don't hit me... cough!"

Before the female Martial Artist could finish speaking, she took another blade.

Blood stained her moon-colored battle robe crimson, and wounds crisscrossed her body, leaving her riddled with holes.

"Ahhhh!"

"Ghost Face, you're a damn beast, a coward, trash..."

The female Martial Artist had long lost her previous sexiness.

Her voice changed from alluring to irritable and rough, completely like a shrew.

"Shut up!"

Lu Xuan punched her in the mouth. "Block a few more attacks for me. If I make it out alive, I absolutely won't kill you."

"Sob sob sob~"

The female Martial Artist wanted to say something, but her mouth was full of blood.

Her lonely and indignant eyes seemed to question: My blood has all run dry, and you think I can live?

He couldn't escape safely with just a meat shield.

Lu Xuan's eyes darted around, his mood heavy. "Is there any way to shake off these guys, or hide myself?"

A sense of powerlessness washed over his body, waves of soreness sweeping through his bones and flesh, and dizziness assaulted his brain.

He was nearing his limit.

"Cough cough... Damn it!" Lu Xuan felt a sweetness in his throat and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood.

His swollen, aching eyelids felt as if they were filled with lead, his vision blurring. He could only vaguely make out the gathering thunderclouds in the distance.

Suddenly.

Lu Xuan jolted, his mind clearing.

"Today is already May 19th, only a few hours away from the beast tide..."

"What if I make the beast tide riot early...?"

A trace of madness and resolve flashed in Lu Xuan's eyes.

"I'll risk it!"

He unleashed his remaining strength and charged towards the location of the Awakened Level Monster that his future email had informed him about, which was also the center of the beast tide's eruption.