"Kill!"
At the command, the encirclement erupted into an assault!
The first to move were four men in fitted combat clothes on either side. Swift as leopards, they hurled refined-steel hunting nets, lassos, and barbed grappling claws from different angles with sharp whistles, seeking to seal off the space around Lu Changfeng and bind his limbs, creating an opening for their companions to kill him!
Almost simultaneously, three manor retainers behind him squeezed the triggers of their heavy crossbows. Three bolts flew in a triangular pattern, aimed straight at vital points high, middle, and low on Lu Changfeng's body-vicious and swift!
Two more men promptly unshouldered their heavy bows and nocked specially made whistling arrows. The arrows shot out like meteors, shrieking piercingly as they targeted Qing Dai beside Lu Changfeng and the directions in which he might evade.
The three groups worked in perfect harmony, clearly a hunting team seasoned by countless battles.
But the strangest attack came from a gaunt old man who had remained behind and to Shi Cunyi's side.
Rather than advance, he took out a pitch-black clay ocarina, raised it to his lips, and blew fiercely!
"Woo-woogh-"
A sharp, warped wave of eerie sound suddenly erupted, drilling straight into the brain!
The sound waves carried a sinister power that disrupted true qi and shook the mind.
An ordinary martial artist who heard them would, at best, suffer churning blood and distorted movements; at worst, their mind would fall, leaving them frozen on the spot!
This was the Myriad Beasts Manor's secret method for dealing with ferocious beasts-Soul-Seizing Sound!
Faced with this all-encompassing assault from above, below, and every side, with open attacks, hidden projectiles, and mental interference, Lu Changfeng did not move his feet an inch.
He did not even draw his sword.
He merely