Shock and Bounty

Ling Changge frowned, "What's all the panic about?"

The scout knelt on the ground, gasping for breath, "Reporting... Reporting to the Gang Leader, Tiger Roar City... Tiger Roar City's Black Tiger Hall... is gone!"

"What?" Ling Changge and Wei Tuo were equally startled.

Wei Tuo rushed to ask, "What do you mean it's gone? Explain clearly!" A hunch gnawed at him, but he couldn't bring himself to believe it.

The scout swallowed, trying to calm his breathing, "The Black Tiger Hall... was uprooted! The entire branch... has been reduced to ruins!"

"According to... according to the low-level thugs who escaped... it was a young man who did it... with one punch... one punch destroyed the main building!"

"One punch... destroyed the main building?" Wei Tuo chewed on the words, finding them utterly absurd. Yet, the scout's shocked expression seemed genuine.

"A young man? Could it really be him... calculating the time..." Wei Tuo's thoughts raced, his eyes filled with horror.

Ling Changge looked at Wei Tuo, "Is it the person you introduced?"

Wei Tuo felt his throat go dry. Despite finding it hard to believe, he nodded with difficulty, "Besides him, I can't think of anyone else."

He recalled Lu Shaoyun's decisive ruthlessness at Dragon Snake Ferry and his unfathomable strength, his heart churning. "This person... this person acts so swiftly, so... without leaving any room for mercy!"

Ling Changge paced back and forth in the hall.

After a long while, he stopped and let out a long breath, "To collapse a main building with one punch, this person has likely entered the Xiantian realm, and his methods are this ruthless. The Blood Saber Sect will probably go completely mad."

"Xiantian?" Hearing this, Wei Tuo's face changed drastically. He asked incredulously, "Gang Leader, are you saying Young Hero Lu is in the Xiantian realm?"

"How is that possible? Young Hero Lu was clearly only super-first-class!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Changge reprimanded, "Are you trying to tell me he advanced from super-first-class to Xiantian in less than a day?"

He himself was in the Xiantian realm; how could he not know the entire process of breaking through from super-first-class to Xiantian?

He would never believe that someone could achieve such a feat, especially while on the move.

Wei Tuo opened his mouth, speechless. He inwardly admitted that Ling Changge had a point.

Without realizing it, a bead of sweat formed on his forehead. He remembered how he had threatened the other party at the inn.

Now, he found it amusing.

Wei Tuo wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling fortunate that he hadn't resorted to force back then.

Otherwise, the fate of the Black Tiger Hall would be his own reflection.

"Gang Leader, what do we do now?"

Ling Changge looked at Wei Tuo, "Issue an order. The entire Giant Whale Gang is to observe the situation quietly. Until the situation becomes clear, do not contact this person without authorization, nor get involved in his conflict with the Blood Saber Sect."

"Yes, Gang Leader." Wei Tuo bowed and accepted the order, but he knew in his heart that the sky in Qingzhou was about to change.

Just as Ling Changge had predicted.

The news that the Black Tiger Hall had been uprooted, and its hall master Xiong Tai, vice hall master Qian Tong, and Xiong Jiaojiao had all been killed, swept through the entire Qingzhou martial arts world like the fiercest hurricane, eventually reaching the core of the Blood Saber Sect.

Blood Saber Sect, Council Hall.

"Bastard! Useless!" A young man in luxurious purple robes, with a handsome but sinister demeanor, slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground, causing a sharp shattering sound.

He was the second son of the Blood Saber Ancestor, the young master of the Blood Saber Sect, known as "Blood Son," Xue Yugang.

Below the hall, a group of Blood Saber Sect high-ranking officials remained silent in fear.

"The entire Black Tiger Hall was uprooted in one day! That idiot Xiong Tai deserved to die! But where is the honor of my Blood Saber Sect!"

Xue Yugang's voice was cold, carrying undisguised killing intent, "Have you found out who did this?"

An elder stepped forward and cautiously replied, "Reporting to the Young Master, according to information from various sources and our scouts' investigations, the one who acted was a young man named Lu Shaoyou."

He paused and continued, "This person's strength is extremely great, suspected of being a Xiantian expert. He is related to the destruction of Black Wind Stronghold, and he has some enmity with our sect's Li Mo..."

"Lu Shaoyou? Xiantian?" Xue Yugang narrowed his eyes, "Li Mo? Is that the kid who just joined the Blood Shadow Guard?"

The elder quickly affirmed.

Xue Yugang snorted, "No matter who he is, if he dares to touch someone from my Blood Saber Sect, even if he is in the Xiantian realm, he must be prepared to die!"

He stood up and paced slowly, "Although Xiong Tai was useless, he was still a hall master of my Blood Saber Sect. If this person is not killed, how can my Blood Saber Sect establish itself in Qingzhou?"

A flash of bloody light streaked across his eyes, "Also, Xiong Tai died on Giant Whale Gang's territory. Send people to Lingshui City. If Li Changge doesn't give an explanation, then don't blame me for going personally."

Xue Yugang pondered for a moment and decisively issued an order, "Issue my command! Immediately release the 'Blood Kill Order'! Offer a reward of ten thousand taels of silver for Lu Shaoyou's head!"

"Anyone providing accurate clues to his whereabouts will be rewarded with a thousand taels! I want the entire Qingzhou martial arts world to know the consequences of offending my Blood Saber Sect!"

"Yes! Young Master!"

With the issuance of the "Blood Kill Order," the entire Qingzhou martial arts world was shaken. Countless assassins and bounty hunters moved upon hearing the news, and undercurrents surged within Qingzhou Prefecture.

And the instigator of all this, Lu Shaoyou, was completely unaware of it.

A day later, he had already arrived at Pingyang City, where the Thunderbolt Hall was located.

Pingyang City was not as prosperous as Tiger Roar City, but there were clearly more martial artists on the streets, and the air was filled with a palpable sense of killing intent.

Lu Shaoyou didn't stop at all. After getting directions to the headquarters of the Thunderclap Sect, he rode his horse straight there.

The Thunderclap Sect headquarters had a towering gatehouse, with two stout guards standing at attention, hands on their sabers.

Lu Shaoyou dismounted and walked forward slowly.

"Who goes there... Ugh!" One guard was about to demand, but a blur flashed past, his throat turned cold, and he could say nothing more.

The other guard was utterly terrified. Just as he reached for his saber to raise an alarm, Lu Shaoyou was already upon him, his fingers like a sword, pointing at the center of his brow.

[Killing Value +10 points.]

[Killing Value +10 points.]

Lu Shaoyou didn't even glance at the two fallen bodies. He lifted his foot and, with a "bang," kicked open the heavy main gate of the Thunderclap Sect!

The tremendous sound startled everyone inside the hall.

Dozens of gazes snapped towards the entrance. They saw a young man, standing tall and straight, his hands behind his back. Sunlight streamed in from behind him, casting a long shadow at his feet.

Lu Shaoyou surveyed the astonished crowd inside the hall. His voice was icy and clear, reaching everyone's ears:

"Where is Lei Xiaotian?"

"And where is Li Mo?"