Total Annihilation

The moment the voice rang out, Lei Luo knew that Mu Li, Green Mountain Town's dutiful son, had arrived.

Looking over at the sound, he saw more than a dozen dark figures blocking the stone doorway so completely that not even water could pass through.

Tap, tap. A dark figure stepped out from behind the crowd.

The sight of Mu Li's true face drew a startled cry from Little Fairy Doctor.

"Mu Li, you followed me?"

Hearing Little Fairy Doctor's accusation, Mu Li shrugged. "Hehe, blame yourself for trusting people too easily."

"You bribed Li Fei?" Little Fairy Doctor asked in disbelief, her delicate brows tightly furrowed.

Seeing that Mu Li neither confirmed nor denied it, Little Fairy Doctor angrily scolded, "You bastard!"

Mu Li casually picked at his ear. "Sorry, but these things are far too important to the Wolfhead Mercenary Group.

Once we have them, Wolfhead will be able to easily take control of Green Mountain Town and gain the strength to expand outward. After all, this place is too small!"

"Hand over the things. You should understand how I feel about you. As long as you follow me, I naturally won't treat you poorly in the future."

As Mu Li looked at Little Fairy Doctor before him, his voice could not help softening.

But with Little Fairy Doctor's unyielding nature, she naturally did not appreciate it.

"Follow you? I feel sick just talking to you right now!"

Yet Mu Li did not become angry at Little Fairy Doctor's harsh words. Instead, he turned toward Lei Luo with a smile.

"I asked you to be friends earlier, but you refused. Now you don't have the chance anymore. Hand over the things obediently, and this young deputy leader might still leave you an intact corpse!"

Mu Li spoke to Lei Luo in a sinister tone.

"Hehe, since when has a faction without even a Great Battle Master dared to be this arrogant?"

Mu Li's eye twitched at those words. He shot Lei Luo a wary glance. "This young deputy leader knows your background is far from simple, but dead people pose no threat, do they?"

Then Mu Li swept his arms out, and the mercenaries behind him closed in.

"Has it occurred to you that I might actually be a Dou Master?" Lei Luo asked teasingly.

"Heh, a Dou Master? If you're a Dou Master, then I..."

Mu Li's voice vanished halfway through his sentence.

Along with it, the mercenaries' footsteps also fell silent.

Even Little Fairy Doctor, whom Lei Luo had pulled behind him, lost her voice and stood frozen in place.

"Th-that's a Dou Qi Robe?"

"What were you going to say if I was a Dou Master?" Lei Luo asked Mu Li as he pressed toward the crowd.

With every step he took forward, the mercenaries retreated together in terror.

Mu Li's eyes were filled with regret, and sweat streamed down his cheeks.

"Attack together! If we don't kill him, none of us will leave here alive today!" Mu Li's bloodshot eyes were nearly hysterical.

Though he did not want to believe it was real, the Dou Qi Robe surrounding Lei Luo was right before his eyes, forcing him to accept it.

His words brought a fierce glint to the eyes of these mercenaries who lived with blades at their throats.

After all, they knew the laws of survival in this world all too well.

Since they had already offended him beyond reconciliation and knew the secret within the cave, Lei Luo would certainly not let them go.

The men exchanged glances with their weapons in hand, then charged at him together.

Lei Luo shoved Little Fairy Doctor behind the azure stone platform, a cold smile curling across his lips.

Ever since transmigrating here, he had not experienced a proper battle.

The Wolfhead Mercenary Group members were just right to serve as his whetstones.

With a shift of his feet, Lei Luo vanished from where he stood.

The mercenaries who had been charging him were stunned and gradually halted.

Suddenly, the roar of wind and thunder echoed through the stone chamber. An afterimage flashed past, and a four-star Dou Practitioner's legs gave out as he unwillingly fell to his knees.

This bizarre sight chilled the Wolfhead men to the bone, and they began thinking of retreat.

"What the hell are you standing around for? Do you think he'll let us walk out of this cave alive?"

Mu Li raised his steel saber and roared viciously at the crowd.

Only then did the mercenaries snap out of their fear. One by one, they raised their weapons and slashed toward the swiftly moving Lei Luo.

But how could these mercenaries possibly comprehend the might of an earth-tier Dou Technique?

They did not even see how Lei Luo attacked before losing consciousness. Terror spread through their hearts.

Using the ghostlike Three-Thousand Lightning Movement, Lei Luo was about to step forward and capture Mu Li when his brows suddenly furrowed. He turned and threw a punch.

A six-star Dou Practitioner mercenary had crept up behind him, intending to take his head off with a single strike.

But the man had clearly overestimated himself.

Lei Luo's Dou Qi-wreathed fist collided solidly with the heavy blade, producing a terrifying muffled boom.

What followed was the piercing hum of metal snapping!

The ambushing six-star Dou Practitioner's eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the saber, now reduced to half a blade, in his hand.

After shattering the blade with one punch, Lei Luo did not halt his attack.

Power surged through his fist as his right arm shot out like lightning, striking firmly against the man's chest.

Blazing Sun Force!

In an instant, immense and scorching force poured into the man's body through Lei Luo's fist.

The six-star Dou Practitioner's pupils abruptly constricted. With a bang, a bloody hole exploded through his chest, and he crashed to the ground!

A seven-star Dou Master who cultivated a technique surpassing even heaven-tier methods—Lei Luo clearly possessed the strength to crush them all.

Mu Li was no fool. He quickly realized this and quietly retreated behind the others.

Seeing the mercenaries' bloodshot eyes and their apparent determination to fight him to the death, Lei Luo stopped holding back.

As he activated the Three-Thousand Lightning Movement, the entire stone chamber was filled with thunder.

He was like a streak of lightning. Wherever he passed, another mercenary fell, utterly deprived of life.

Slowly, all dozen-plus mercenaries Mu Li had brought collapsed, while Mu Li himself vanished from the stone chamber.

With a flick of his toe, a steel saber flew into Lei Luo's hand.

Weighing the deadly weapon in his hand, Lei Luo calmly walked toward the cave entrance.

As soon as he approached the entrance, faint scraping noises and heavy panting echoed by his ears.

Tapping the stone wall with his steel saber, Lei Luo came up behind Mu Li.

Mu Li was frantically tying a rope around his waist.

The instant he noticed someone behind him, he froze.

After a long while, he slowly turned around. Under Lei Luo's curious gaze, he dropped to his knees with a thud.

"Young Master Lei Luo, I failed to recognize your greatness. Greed clouded my judgment. I beg you to show mercy and spare my miserable life."

"As long as you spare me, I, Mu Li—no, the Wolfhead Mercenary Group—will be at your command..."

As Mu Li begged, he repeatedly slammed his head against the ground. Before long, there was not a patch of unbroken flesh left on his forehead.

Looking at Mu Li with tears and snot streaming down his face, Lei Luo slowly turned away, seeming to sink into silence.

At that moment, a vicious glint flashed in Mu Li's eyes, and his hand slowly reached behind his back.

Suddenly, a shrill whistle tore through the air. A cold flash streaked past, and only a headless corpse remained kneeling at the cave entrance.

With a flick of his finger, pitch-black Yin Fire reduced Mu Li's corpse to ashes.

Brushing the ashes from the entrance, Lei Luo murmured, "As long as you live, my heart will never be at ease."