"An explanation? What explanation?"
The Wild Wolf Gang's leader's expression darkened. He hadn't expected Liu Chu to be so forceful, and let his genial smile fade.
But in the face of Liu Chu's hardline attitude, he only grew more suspicious.
Where did this kid get all that confidence?!
The Wild Wolf Gang leader wondered if his judgment had been wrong.
Could it be that the story of this man assassinating the Green Tiger Gang leader and bringing the entire Green Tiger Gang to heel single-handedly was true?
"Your Wild Wolf Gang's men dared to injure a hall master of my Black Dragon Gang. You will give me an explanation!"
Liu Chu's voice was cold. Facing the Wild Wolf Gang and the four hall masters and dozens of gang members behind him, he stood tall and proud without the slightest trace of fear.
The Wild Wolf Gang leader's expression changed. He said in a low voice, "What kind of explanation do you want from me?"
"Simple."
Liu Chu looked at the Wild Wolf Gang leader and said coolly, "Take ten of my strikes, and we'll call it settled!"
"Take ten of your strikes... How arrogant!"
The Wild Wolf Gang leader's pupils contracted. He hadn't expected the Black Dragon Gang leader before him to be so arrogant.
He actually had the nerve to tell him to take ten strikes!
Did he think ten strikes could hurt him?
What a fool's dream!
This would do nothing but damage his reputation. It was pointless.
But then he reconsidered. Isn't this the perfect chance to test him? It's only ten strikes. If he can't gain the upper hand in ten, I'll order my men to swarm him and cut him down!
If he does gain the upper hand within ten moves, he might still have a chance to escape. I can call it off then, and all I'll lose is a little face.
As for injuring him—or killing him—in ten moves... That was impossible!
The Wild Wolf Gang leader had never even considered that possibility.
A thought flashed through his mind, and he burst into laughter. "Not just ten strikes—even thirty, fifty... a hundred! What could you possibly do to me?"
The Wild Wolf Gang leader's sudden laughter let him save face with a few bold words, and accept Liu Chu's ten-strike challenge.
He gave a mighty shake, drew the long blade from his back, and caught it in his hand. The Gold-Threaded Great Ring Blade gleamed with a weighty chill.
"Good!"
Liu Chu nodded, looking pleased. His long blade sprang from its sheath. "Ten strikes... in honor of your courage!"
Whoosh!
He darted forward, his blade dragging a string of afterimages behind it. In an instant, he was before the Wild Wolf Gang leader, bringing his blade down in a slash.
"What speed!"
The Wild Wolf Gang leader's expression jolted. He instinctively raised his blade to block, only to feel a tremendous force surge into him. His arm went numb, and he couldn't help taking two steps back.
"How is this possible..."
At the very first clash, the Wild Wolf Gang leader's heart lurched. He had fallen behind, and disbelief filled his face.
Liu Chu's speed and strength were both beyond his expectations. Just one strike made him feel he could hardly withstand the man.
The next moment, Liu Chu took several steps forward, his blade sweeping like a violent storm. Its gleam tore through the air, changing from a downward slash to a horizontal cut aimed straight at the Wild Wolf Gang leader's neck!
The shrieking blade-light carried a razor-sharp chill. Before the blade even reached him, its bone-piercing cold had already swept over the Wild Wolf Gang leader.
Daring not to be careless, the Wild Wolf Gang leader forced himself to steady his footing and gave a low shout. Power surged through both arms, and in his haste, he swung his blade to meet Liu Chu's.
As the strike fell, his bones and sinews thrummed together, pouring all his strength into the blow!
Clang!!
A muffled crash of metal rang out.
The Wild Wolf Gang leader felt both arms shudder. His blood and qi churned, and his body staggered back three steps.
"How is this possible? I've already given it everything, so why am I falling even further behind..."
Panic suddenly welled up in the Wild Wolf Gang leader.
Liu Chu moved like a gust of wind, sending blade-light after blade-light sweeping out. The roar of each strike thundered through the air, fierce and swift, giving his opponent no chance to catch his breath.
Could this kid have mastered his blade technique...
The Wild Wolf Gang leader's heart turned cold. He instinctively wanted to retreat, but knew that at a moment like this, even the slightest lapse could reveal an opening—and one strike could cut him in two.
I have to hold on!
He gritted his teeth, drawing on all his strength to hold back the relentless assault.
One strike!
Two strikes!
Three strikes!
Five strikes!
Blade-light flared and vanished in a dizzying blur. The watching gang members saw only flickering afterimages and cold, moon-bright flashes of steel they could barely follow.
Only the deafening crashes of metal rang out, one after another!
The Wild Wolf Gang leader had met five strikes. His thumb and forefinger ached, and felt as if they might split, but his heart eased a little.
Looks like I might still be able to block all ten...
The Wild Wolf Gang leader thought to himself.
But the instant the thought arose, the momentum of the blade before him shifted.
The fierce blade-light, which had been descending in a slash, abruptly changed direction, altering its course in an unbelievable way.
"How is that possible? No—!"
The Wild Wolf Gang leader's horizontal block missed. His heart sank, and by the time he tried to recover, it was too late.
A dazzling flash of blade-light streaked past.
The two figures crossed, then swiftly parted.
Liu Chu stood proudly in black, his long blade angled toward the ground. A drop of blood trickled down its edge.
"Take six of my strikes..."
The Black Dragon Mask's sharply defined edges caught the light as Liu Chu slowly returned his blade to its sheath. His voice was calm and emotionless. "You were... a little weaker than I expected."
Behind him, the Wild Wolf Gang leader's eyes were wide with astonishment. A line of blood suddenly bloomed across his neck, and blood sprayed out!
"Thud!" "Clang!"
His body hit the ground with a heavy thump, and the Gold-Threaded Great Ring Blade clattered beside him.
"Leader!!"
Several Wild Wolf Gang hall masters and the rest of the gang members cried out in unison, their faces full of shock.
He had lost!
How could their leader have lost?
It had only taken six short strikes for their leader to be defeated so easily!
A storm of disbelief surged through the Wild Wolf Gang.
"Our leader won!"
"Wonderful! The leader won!"
Unlike the Wild Wolf Gang, the Black Dragon Gang members were all delighted, bursting with excitement.
They had still felt a little uneasy about their leader's decision. After all, they had come straight into someone else's territory with fewer men. They could easily have been surrounded and trapped.
But now it was clear that the gap between the two leaders was enormous. Their own leader had needed only six strikes to kill the Wild Wolf Gang leader on the spot.
It was an overwhelming victory!
The gang members' morale soared. They could hardly wait to charge into battle at their leader's side!
"To think the leader's this powerful—he killed the Wild Wolf Gang leader in just six strikes!"
The Black Dragon Gang's two hall masters exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes.
"The leader's strength must have improved by leaps and bounds again..."
One of the hall masters sighed in admiration. Looking at the leader's tall, straight figure, he found it imposing and unshakable, and couldn't help but feel awe.
Before, they had submitted because they feared Liu Chu's pressure, because the Green Tiger Gang leader was dead, and because their interests were tied together—as well as for various other reasons.
But now, Liu Chu had killed the Wild Wolf Gang leader in six strikes. His figure, that of an unrivaled overlord, had won them over completely!
They couldn't help feeling that it was the greatest fortune to serve under a leader like him!
Without a doubt, a future with the leader would be limitless!
At that moment, Liu Chu didn't spare the Wild Wolf Gang leader's corpse so much as a glance. He lifted his eyes to the Wild Wolf Gang's four hall masters!
"Whoever injured a hall master of my Black Dragon Gang, step forward!"
Liu Chu's voice was icy, his gaze imperious.
The four hall masters and the rest of the Wild Wolf Gang members felt their scalps prickle, as though a vicious dragon had fixed its eyes on them. Their hearts pounded with fear!
P.S. This book's acting strange. How come nobody's cast a single recommendation vote in days? People used to cast recommendation votes every day, and I'd even get a few monthly votes now and then.
But I've checked the backend, and the collection and read-through numbers are still rising. It's downright strange.
Big shots, please spare me a few monthly or recommendation votes. It's been so quiet—too quiet. This little author's getting nervous.
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