Slaughtering Another Bone Refining Realm, Storming the Li Family!

Swish!

A blade of light appeared abruptly before the arm of the Li Family Great Elder, coming from an incredibly bizarre angle.

The blade light tore through the void, revealing a mysterious and unpredictable trajectory, slashing toward the Great Elder's arm in a way that seemed almost impossible.

"How is this possible..."

The Li Family Great Elder could not comprehend how this strike had been unleashed!

His level was limited; his fist technique had barely reached Great Success, and his understanding of blade techniques was even more restricted.

With his shallow perception, he simply could not grasp the level of swordsmanship Liu Chu possessed by cultivating three blade techniques simultaneously!

In fact, Liu Chu had already anticipated this punch from the Li Family Great Elder.

With two perfected martial arts and one at Great Success, his combat skills could be described as masterful.

Every strike he unleashed had already accounted for the method of the next!

He was calculating five steps ahead for every single step!

Since he had disregarded everything to kill the two Tendon Refining Realm martial artists first, he had naturally already planned for how to face the sneak attack from the Li Family Great Elder.

At this moment, if the Li Family Great Elder's punch had advanced even a few more inches, his arm would undoubtedly have been severed by the blade!

"Damn it!!"

The Li Family Great Elder had no choice but to retract his fist.

Liu Chu seized this moment of respite, gripped his long blade tightly, and charged toward the Li Family Great Elder once more.

The eight streams of blood energy within his body surged like roaring dragons, erupting with abundant power. This violent force, channeled through his perfected blade technique and unique exertion method, unleashed streaks of ultimate blade light!

Having lost his two assistants, the Li Family Great Elder grew increasingly alarmed as the battle progressed.

Facing Liu Chu's unfathomable blade technique, he could only barely resist, finding himself completely suppressed and forced into passive defense.

Even so, after a few exchanges, he was still struggling to keep up, and was struck in the chest by a blade, stumbling backward repeatedly while dripping with blood.

Once Liu Chu succeeded with that strike, he became like a dragon emerging from an abyss; his long blade was swift and domineering, giving his opponent not a shred of room to breathe.

Several more fierce blade lights flashed out, directly killing the Li Family Great Elder on the spot!

"The Li Family... is finished!"

The moment the Li Family Great Elder fell, only one thought flashed through his mind.

The Li Family is finished!

Having offended such a mysterious genius of the blade, unless the other party was a saint, there was basically no possibility of the Li Family surviving!

Liu Chu was naturally not someone with a saintly heart; even before killing these three from the Li Family, he had already conceived the idea of attacking the Li Family directly.

Now that he had killed the Li Family Great Elder and his two companions, his resolve to storm the Li Family had grown even stronger!

Just then, clatter, clatter!

Footsteps surged at the entrance, and a figure rushed in—it was Han Qi.

"Is the Gang Leader unharmed?"

Han Qi rushed into the hall, and upon seeing the three corpses on the ground, his pupils contracted sharply as he asked with concern.

"I am fine, just a few mosquitoes that wandered in."

Liu Chu shook his head.

No sooner had he finished speaking than several more figures rushed in; they were all Hall Masters of the Black Dragon Gang.

Seeing the corpses on the ground, they wore expressions of terror and quickly knelt to plead for mercy: "This subordinate deserves death for failing to protect the leader and allowing the Gang Leader to be startled!"

Liu Chu looked at the group of Hall Masters protecting him, his expression dazed, as if he had returned to the time he had single-handedly fought his way into the Green Tiger Gang.

Back then, a group of Hall Masters had also come to protect their leader; the difference was that, at that time, he was the assassin who had broken in.

Times had changed, and now that their roles were reversed, he had become the Gang Leader, while the assassin was someone else!

"Everyone desires power, but without strength, holding power means facing danger at any moment..."

Liu Chu warned himself inwardly.

If he lacked strength, he would likely have met the same end as the Green Tiger Gang leader tonight!

"Gang Leader, these people..."

Han Qi asked with a frown.

Liu Chu shook his head and waved his hand at them: "I will handle this matter; you all may leave."

"Yes!"

Though the others were curious, they dared not speak and retreated one after another.

"Li Family!!"

Liu Chu sat on the tiger-skin chair, staring at the corpses in the main hall, his eyes flickering with cold intent.

"Facing a power like the Li Family, the Black Dragon Gang is simply not enough; the Li Family possesses several Tendon Refining Realm martial artists, and even Bone Refining Realm experts..."

Liu Chu fell into deep thought.

Although the Black Dragon Gang appeared massive, its business was actually quite small, with the entire force valued at less than a thousand taels of silver.

Within the gang, Liu Chu was the only martial artist in the Tendon Refining Realm, while the other six or seven hall masters were merely in the Skin Refining Realm.

In comparison, the Li Family possessed two experts in the Bone Refining Realm and several in the Tendon Refining Realm, not to mention an unknown number of Skin Refining martial artists.

"It seems I have no choice but to use you!"

Liu Chu sighed softly as he paced into a secret chamber within the hall, gazing at the fish-scale armor neatly displayed inside.

This set of fish-scale armor had been hidden away by the leader of the Green Tiger Gang, prepared for some critical moment and never worn during ordinary times.

The armor was bulky and heavy; wearing it all the time would be far from comfortable!

"According to the laws of the Great Jin, privately possessing armor is a capital offense!"

Liu Chu looked at the armor, which shimmered with a cold light, yet his expression remained exceptionally calm.

Under the laws of the Great Jin, the private possession of armor was a crime punishable by death if discovered!

But in reality, many martial factions kept some armor in secret; it was only a matter of quantity.

"Armor has almost no effect against Bone Refining experts, but it can protect me from the blades and swords of Skin Refining and Tendon Refining martial artists..."

Liu Chu carefully donned the armor.

The Great Jin prohibited armor but not blades, and prohibited crossbows but not bows!

An ordinary person wearing armor could easily take on ten opponents, and even face Skin Refining martial artists without fear.

However, even the leader of the Green Tiger Gang had not dared to hoard much of this stuff, keeping only this single set!

Against the Li Family's Bone Refining experts, or even their Tendon Refining experts, Liu Chu could face them one-on-one, or even against three or four at once, without the slightest fear.

But if he were to face dozens or hundreds of people swarming him, he could only be certain of dodging the attacks of the Tendon Refining and Bone Refining experts.

"Facing blades and swords coming from all directions like a tidal wave, even with my current exquisite and masterful blade technique, I cannot block them all!"

"Unless I break through to the Neizhuang Realm of the middle three ranks, perhaps then I could become a match for a hundred, or cultivate a hard-body technique to bolster my defense."

"Of course, if my blade technique were to advance further, that might also be possible."

Liu Chu thought to himself, "But compared to those three conditions, a suit of armor is much easier to obtain!"

After putting on the fish-scale armor and draping a loose black robe over it, Liu Chu strapped on his long blade and stepped out of the Black Dragon Gang.

Before leaving, he gave Han Qi instructions to clean up the corpses in the hall.

The Li Family, under the hazy night sky.

In front of the family head's hall, family martial artists stood with blades and swords in hand, ready for battle.

Inside the hall, the head of the Li Family and several elders sipped tea quietly, waiting for news of victory.

"Family Head, is it really necessary for us to put on such a grand display of defense against a mere Tendon Refining gang leader?"

One elder blew on his teacup and chuckled.

"Indeed, with the Great Elder's Bone Refining cultivation, it is impossible for him to fail in dealing with a Tendon Refining martial artist!"

Another elder nodded as well, his expression extremely calm. "Furthermore, with two Tendon Refining martial artists accompanying him, it is foolproof. The Family Head is being overly cautious."

Facing the elders' slight complaints, the head of the Li Family did not feel offended, as he agreed with their perspective.

He sipped his tea and smiled faintly. "Being cautious in all things never hurts. Besides, I haven't even deployed the hidden bows, crossbows, and armor yet, have I?"

"Hahaha, the Family Head is joking. A mere Tendon Refining martial artist is hardly worth us deploying armor and crossbows!"

Both elders shook their heads and laughed.

The batch of armor and crossbows hidden by the Li Family was a trump card to be used in times of crisis; a mere Tendon Refining martial artist had no right to force them to use such things!