"What?!"
The dozen or so Yellow-Skinned Weasels at the banquet had been beheaded. The three remaining humanoid Yellow-Skinned Weasels cried out in shock!
"You brat, you're vicious! You killed so many of my underlings!" Boss Huang glared at Lin Guanhuo with a twisted expression, his voice turning hoarse.
Though his underlings hadn't yet cultivated humanoid forms, they could still speak and walk upright. They were comparable to human First- and Second-Rank Martial Artists.
"Big Brother! Big Brother! This brat has cut off our roots!" Second Brother Huang and Third Brother Huang jumped to their feet, eyes bloodshot. They looked at Lin Guanhuo as if he were the murderer of their father.
Over the years, the three of them had spent countless resources and rare treasures cultivating these underlings.
They had been waiting for every one of them to reach the stage of Humanoid Transformation. Then their Yellow-Skinned Weasel Lineage would have been able to dominate the mountain completely.
And yet... they had all been slaughtered??
Lin Guanhuo was still sitting where he'd been, his expression perfectly calm.
You can't blame me for this. I tried to reason with you at first.
Since you wouldn't listen, then Lin knew a thing or two about fighting.
"Attack together! Kill him! Avenge our dead brothers!"
Boss Huang didn't waste any more time. He roared in fury!
'Goo-ga, goo-ga~~ Goo-ga~~'
As soon as Boss Huang finished speaking, he stood where he was and let out a series of strange cries.
Then his human face began to twist and contort, growing increasingly lumpy and misshapen.
Rip!!
The next second, a mouth full of sharp fangs burst straight through his human skin, revealing his true form!
He was an upright Yellow-Skinned Weasel, a full two or three meters tall. Yellow fur covered his body, his pelt like armor, and his pointed snout was as sharp as a blade!
His true ferocity was laid bare!!
The other two Yellow-Skinned Weasels also burst through their human skins and revealed their true forms. They were hideous, yet radiated a savage, bloody aura.
Which of these Yellow-Skinned Weasels that had undergone Spirit Transformation didn't have the blood of hundreds of people on their hands?
"M-My lord, they're fighting!"
"Those three beasts have revealed their true forms!"
He Er, a servant of the Li Family who had been secretly watching from the side-room window, cried out in alarm.
"Let me see!" Magistrate Li strode over, his steps old and slow. The main hall was already awash in blood.
The three Yellow-Skinned Weasels, now in their true forms, were each huge and burly. They had surrounded Lin Guanhuo.
"Father... Father..."
His eldest daughter, Li Xinyao, pointed a trembling hand at the Yellow-Skinned Weasels in the hall. "A-Are those the Yellow-Skinned Weasels who want to marry us?"
It wasn't just Li Xinyao. The other two daughters of Magistrate Li had also seen the Yellow-Skinned Weasels, each several meters tall, with their fanged mouths.
The three girls were instantly petrified, their terror nearly tearing them apart!!
If they really married those Yellow-Skinned Weasels, how could their little bodies possibly withstand them? They'd be torn to pieces!
"W-Will Lord Lin... be all right?" his youngest daughter, Li Ling'er, stammered. She was only seventeen, in the bloom of youth.
She didn't want to marry those Yellow-Skinned Weasels!
Li Ling'er clenched her delicate hands, making up her mind: if Lord Lin lost, she would immediately dash her head against the wall. She would rather die than be ravaged by those beasts!
Inside the hall.
Once the three Yellow-Skinned Weasels had revealed their true forms, they didn't waste time. They moved with incredible speed!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!
In just a few strides, they were upon Lin Guanhuo. Their long, blade-sharp claws reached out and raked viciously toward him!
That single swipe packed enough power to tear apart any Martial Artist below the Third Rank!
And that was just one of them. All three Yellow-Skinned Weasels were attacking at once!!
"Die!"
The three Yellow-Skinned Weasels were already furious with Lin Guanhuo. Now they showed no restraint at all.
Vmm, vmm, vmm!!
Their strikes were so powerful they sliced through the air with a series of whistling sounds!
Then they slammed straight into Lin Guanhuo.
But...
The very next second.
Clang!!
A deep, muffled sound, like metal crashing against metal, rang out.
"Ow!!"
Boss Huang, who had struck first, couldn't help but howl in pain!
His claw hadn't struck flesh at all!
It was as if he had hit a piece of incomparably hard black iron!
Their attacks had been rebounded, sending all three Yellow-Skinned Weasels stumbling back several steps.
And that wasn't all.
Drip!!
Drip!!
Boss Huang lowered his head and saw that his claws had cracked. Blood dripped from them, drop by drop!
Second Brother Huang and Third Brother Huang were in just as bad shape. One of their claws had gone limp, every bone completely shattered.
Third Brother Huang had two fingers broken, blood spraying everywhere!!
Lin Guanhuo, meanwhile, had changed as well.
His entire body was covered in golden scales, like armor, their sheen dim and muted!!
The full-force strike of the three Yellow-Skinned Weasels hadn't harmed him in the slightest—not even leaving a mark!
That was the power of Mountain Piercing Art!!
Lin Guanhuo had now cultivated it to Minor Accomplishment, allowing him to activate Black Armor and protect his entire body!!
Even Lin Guanhuo was amazed by the power of Mountain Piercing Art. He hadn't moved a muscle, yet had withstood the full-force attack of three Yellow-Skinned Weasels who had undergone Spirit Transformation!
No wonder so many people had spent decades in grueling cultivation to master Mountain Piercing Art.
"Come on! Again!" Lin Guanhuo slowly rose to his feet and smiled at the three Yellow-Skinned Weasels. "Keep going. I promise I won't fight back!"
The three Yellow-Skinned Weasels: "..."
They looked at each other, then at Lin Guanhuo, whose entire body was encased in Black Armor. Now they understood.
This brat was an expert!!
"Damn that old Li!" Boss Huang growled through gritted teeth, blood dripping from his hand. "All we did was take some of his meat, food, and fine wine, kill a few of his people, and marry his daughter!"
"And he actually hired an expert like this to take us down??"
The next second.
"Run!!"
Boss Huang wasn't stupid. After all these years of bitter cultivation, he'd gained both strength and intelligence. He knew Lin Guanhuo was a terrifying presence far beyond them.
As soon as Boss Huang yelled for them to run, his long body crossed the hall in just a few strides!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
His face twisted savagely as he raced toward the gate of Li Family Fort at top speed!!
Running away came first!!
Boss Huang regretted it, too. He hadn't expected Lin Guanhuo to be so powerful. If he'd shown his strength earlier, they could have talked things out!
Wasn't he just messing with the three of them?
The city's full of tricks. I want to go back to the deep mountains!!
Seeing Boss Huang flee, Second Brother Huang and Third Brother Huang immediately followed suit and ran for their lives!!
"My lord! Those three beasts are running away!"
"Lord Lin is amazing!"
The Li Family members, who had been hiding in the side room and trembling in fear, saw the three Yellow-Skinned Weasels fleeing in a panic. Their spirits lifted at once.
Lin Guanhuo stood where he was, watching the three Yellow-Skinned Weasels flee. He said helplessly, "If you won't attack, then I'll have to do it!"
With that, Lin Guanhuo chased after them, reaching the street outside in no time.
The three Yellow-Skinned Weasels were incredibly fast. They had already reached the far end of the street.
"L-Lord Lin! What do we do now?" Magistrate Li and the others followed Lin Guanhuo out into the street. Watching the Yellow-Skinned Weasels flee into the distance, Magistrate Li looked frantic. "Those beasts won't let this go."
The three beautiful Li Family girls looked at Lin Guanhuo pitifully. "Lord Lin..."
Lin Guanhuo shook his head. "Don't worry. They won't get away."
The next second, Lin Guanhuo drew his long saber.
He stood in the middle of the empty street, raised his saber, then brought it crashing down toward the front!!
Rip!!
His saber fell, as if cleaving the very air in two!!
A vast wave of air swept across the entire street.
Lin Guanhuo's strike held immense force. It parted the waves of air rolling across the street, splitting them in two and sending them billowing to either side. Along the way, boulders and dirt were swept into the air!!
That strike was like a river, like water, like a mighty current!
It found every opening and laid waste to fortresses!!
Precept Breaking Saber Art, River Breaking Style!!
"Hahaha! This brat's Blood Qi is strong, but he's probably no expert of the Muscle-Tendon Realm!!"
"The three of us should hide in the mountains for a while! I refuse to believe he can stay at the Li Family forever!"
"Then we'll come back and kill our way through! We'll leave corpses everywhere and rivers of blood in our wake!!"
Seeing that Lin Guanhuo hadn't come after them, Boss Huang grinned, thinking he'd escaped disaster!
"Ever heard the saying, 'A man who survives a great calamity will be blessed afterward'?"
"Hm?"
But just as Boss Huang finished speaking, Second Brother Huang suddenly felt a chill on his back. He turned around.
On the wide street, a vast wave of Saber Qi was racing toward them from the distance!!
"Not good!"
Third Brother Huang saw it, too. His pupils shrank as the Saber Qi drew closer and closer. He roared, "Dodge! This—"
But before he could finish speaking,
Rip!
That streak of Saber Qi swept straight through the three Yellow-Skinned Weasel brothers, slicing them clean in half at the waist.
With several heavy thuds, all three Yellow-Skinned Weasels fell to the street, dead.
That one strike had cut not only the three brothers in half at the waist, but also the hundred or so Yellow-Skinned Weasels who had come to escort the bride. Not one was spared.
The streets of Big Fish Town fell utterly silent.
"This..."
Magistrate Li and the other members of the Li Family were completely stunned, rooted to the spot!!
This...
What kind of technique was that???
One strike, and he killed them all??
Magistrate Li's three beautiful daughters were even more dumbstruck.
The three girls clenched their delicate hands, gazing at Lin Guanhuo with nothing but admiration and longing.
Even if they had to marry, they wanted a hero like Lord Lin.
"Magistrate Li, you can clean up now." Lin Guanhuo sheathed his saber, patted Magistrate Li on the shoulder, and said.
Then he walked step by step toward the corpses of the three Yellow-Skinned Weasels.
He rummaged around and found three Brocade Bags on the Yellow-Skinned Weasels. A quick glance showed they contained wine and meat.
There was also some Broken Silver.
Altogether, it came to a little over four hundred taels.
"Not bad."
Lin Guanhuo smiled with satisfaction. Add the six hundred taels he'd collect as a reward when he got back, and he'd have a thousand taels.
It had been a pretty good haul.
At the same time,
the System interface displayed a series of notifications.
[Killed Yellow-Skinned Weasel Lesser Demons x230, gained Draw Sword count 2300] [Killed Spirit-Transformed Yellow-Skinned Weasel Demons x3, gained Draw Sword count 12000]
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