Annihilating Thunderclap Hall

Inside the main hall, it was silent as the grave.

Dozens of Thunderclap Hall experts gripped their weapons, muscles taut, yet not one dared make the first move.

The two corpses at the entrance still retained some warmth, while the faint scent of blood around the young man silently spoke of how dangerous he was.

Sunlight slanted through the doorway, stretching Lu Shaoyou's shadow long behind him. He looked like a demon god walking out of hell, bearing a proclamation of death.

At last, a burly man with a face full of flesh could no longer endure the stifling atmosphere and let out a furious roar.

"Where did this wild dog come from, daring to run wild in Thunderclap Hall? Die!"

Before his words had faded, he pounced like a fierce tiger. The Ghost Head Saber in his hand whipped up a vicious gale as it cleaved straight toward Lu Shaoyou's face.

Lu Shaoyou did not even raise his eyelids. He merely flicked a finger casually.

Ssh!

A streak of pale golden Innate True Qi shot through the air, faster than the blade's gleam, swifter than lightning!

The savage grin on the man's face instantly froze. His pupils contracted sharply. He only felt a chill between his brows, and all the strength in his body ebbed away like a receding tide.

The Ghost Head Saber fell to the ground with a clang. He toppled straight backward, and a bloody hole that pierced through his head had appeared between his brows.

Slaughter Value +500.

One strike, instant kill!

The entire hall was stunned! Everyone sucked in a breath, and the shock in their eyes as they looked at Lu Shaoyou instantly turned to terror.

"Shoulder to shoulder! Kill him!"

"Avenge Third Brother!"

After a brief deathly stillness came an even fiercer eruption. Their fellow disciple's miserable death stirred the savagery of these desperadoes. Roaring, they charged in from every direction, flashing blades and sword shadows instantly weaving a net of certain death.

Lu Shaoyou remained where he stood. He merely snorted coldly, and an invisible, intangible pressure as heavy as mountains erupted from him with a thunderous crash!

Boom—!

How could these Houtian martial artists withstand the pressure of the Innate realm?

The few at the very front seemed to have slammed into an invisible wall. Their protective Inner Force shattered instantly, and they spat blood as they flew backward. Before they even landed, their bones and tendons had been crushed, and they had lost all breath.

Those behind them were also knocked sprawling by the force of that momentum. Weapons flew from their hands, leaving them in a miserable state.

In an instant, a vast stretch of the entire hall had been cleared.

Just then, a thunderous shout came from the rear hall:

"What petty wretch dares act so wantonly in my Thunderclap Hall!"

Along with the roar, a burly figure swept out like a gale.

The man looked to be around forty. His upper body was bare, and his bronze-colored skin was covered in scars. Most striking of all was the hideous saber scar on his forehead, like a centipede coiled there.

He carried a thick-backed saber in his hand. Its broad blade gleamed with cold light, while his entire body radiated a violent, blazing aura.

He was Thunderclap Hall's master, "Thunderclap Fire" Lei Xiaotian!

Lei Xiaotian took one glance at the wreckage scattered across the ground and the grievous casualties among his disciples. His eyes split wide with fury. Without even looking at Lu Shaoyou, rage rushed to his head. He shook the thick-backed saber in his hand and was about to strike.

"Boy, hand over your life!"

However, just as he moved, Lu Shaoyou's icy gaze fell upon him.

In that instant, the vast Innate pressure bore down entirely upon him alone!

Lei Xiaotian felt as though the whole sky had collapsed upon him. The air instantly became as viscous as mercury, constricting his breath.

The Super First-rate cultivation he had always taken pride in was like a small boat in a raging storm before this pressure—so tiny it was laughable.

Pfft!

A mouthful of blood burst uncontrollably from his mouth. Lei Xiaotian's legs gave way, and with a thud, he dropped to his knees. The thick-backed saber nearly slipped from his grasp. He could only use its tip to prop himself against the ground and barely keep from collapsing.

He raised his head in horror and stared fixedly at Lu Shaoyou. There was no trace of anger left in his eyes, only endless terror and disbelief.

"This... this is... Innate pressure?!" A towering wave surged through Lei Xiaotian's heart.

He had only ever felt such an aura, as though it were the might of heaven itself, from the two lofty young masters!

A terrifying thought flashed through his mind, instantly overlapping with the earth-shaking news that had spread across Azure Province.

A young man... unfathomably strong... had flattened Black Tiger Hall by himself...

Lei Xiaotian began to tremble violently. It was not because of his injuries, but terror rising from the depths of his soul.

At last, he understood what kind of existence he had provoked.

"It... it was you!" His voice was dry and hoarse, filled with despair. "Black Tiger Hall... you destroyed it!"

At that moment, he had cursed Ling Mo's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart! If he could do it all over again, he would never have taken the man in, even if it killed him!

Lu Shaoyou did not answer his question, as though it were nothing worth mentioning.

He stepped forward and looked down at Lei Xiaotian, who was kneeling on the ground. His voice did not ripple in the slightest. "You must be Lei Xiaotian?"

"Senior, this lowly one is!"

At that moment, he had completely lost the dignity of Thunderclap Hall's master, groveling as lowly as a little dog.

"Then where is Ling Mo?"

With the shadow of death hanging over him, Lei Xiaotian had no doubt that if his answer was even half a beat too slow, he would end up like the corpses on the ground.

He did not dare conceal anything and said tremblingly, "Ling... Ling Mo, he... for the sake of revenge, he has already... already taken the sect's secret medicine, the Blood Fiend Pill. His strength greatly increased..."

"Get to the point." Lu Shaoyou interrupted him.

Lei Xiaotian shuddered and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes! After taking the Blood Fiend Pill, he was sent to Blood Saber Sect's headquarters, Blood Saber Peak! He joined... joined the ancestor's personal guard, the Blood Shadow Guard!"

"Blood Shadow Guard..." Lu Shaoyou's gaze shifted slightly. The name sounded familiar.

"Yes! The Blood Shadow Guard answers directly to the ancestor. Every one of them is the finest among elites, and... and..." Lei Xiaotian swallowed hard and said with difficulty, "Once one joins the Blood Shadow Guard, it means absolute loyalty to the ancestor. Their life and death are both controlled by the ancestor."

"Very good." Lu Shaoyou nodded. "Your information was useful."

Hearing this, a trace of hope rose in Lei Xiaotian's heart. He hurriedly kowtowed. "Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life! We were only acting on orders. We have no grudge against you!"

"We truly have no grudge." A cold curve lifted at Lu Shaoyou's lips. "I already gave your Blood Saber Sect a chance, but it seems you did not take it to heart."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stopped wasting words and raised his palm.

The last spark of hope in Lei Xiaotian's eyes was completely extinguished, replaced by endless despair and madness. "You... you already know what you wanted to know. Why must you still kill us all! You devil!"

"Devil?" Lu Shaoyou smiled, but that smile was colder than ice. "Very soon, you will learn what a true devil is."

He struck downward with his palm. Pale golden Innate True Qi erupted like a mountain flood bursting through its banks, instantly engulfing Lei Xiaotian along with the entire main hall behind him!

Rumble...!

Another earth-shaking explosion rang out, making Pingyang City tremble.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Thunderclap Hall's towering gatehouse and majestic main hall had vanished. Only a bottomless crater and rubble scattered across the ground remained.

Thunderclap Hall had followed in Black Tiger Hall's footsteps, reduced to ashes!

Blood Saber Sect, Blood Saber Peak.

Bang!

Xue Yugang smashed the rosewood table before him into pieces with one palm. His handsome yet sinister face twisted with extreme rage.

"What did you say?! Say it again!"

A scout knelt trembling on the ground, nearly burying his head in the earth. "R-reporting to Young Master, Pingyang City's... Pingyang City's Thunderclap Hall... is gone too! Just like Tiger Roar City... it was razed to the ground! Hall Master Lei Xiaotian, along with hundreds of experts in the hall, none survived!"

"Lu! Shaoyou!"

Xue Yugang pronounced the name one word at a time. Killing intent boiled around him, making the temperature in the entire hall seem to drop several degrees.

When Black Tiger Hall had been destroyed yesterday, he had merely assumed Xiong Tai was incompetent and that the other party had succeeded by luck.

But today, even Lei Xiaotian, who was stronger by a level, and the entirety of Thunderclap Hall had been wiped out in the same manner. That undoubtedly proved the other party possessed crushing strength!

"Innate! This man is absolutely an Innate expert!" Blood light flared in Xue Yugang's eyes. "He is declaring war on my Blood Saber Sect! He wants to pull out every one of my Blood Saber Sect's branch halls, one by one!"

"Good! Very good!" Xue Yugang laughed in extreme anger. "I would like to see just how capable you are!"

He suddenly turned and issued an order in a stern voice, "Pass down my command! All branch halls are to immediately shrink their defenses and withdraw every elite back to Blood Saber Peak! My Blood Saber Sect headquarters is a dragon's pool and tiger's den. I will wait for him to come and deliver himself to death!"

"Yes!"

A trace of helplessness flashed through Xue Yugang's eyes. If not for his elder brother being in seclusion, and for his own duty to guard Blood Saber Peak, preventing him from acting personally...

How could his Blood Saber Sect have suffered such unbearable humiliation?

He looked toward the forbidden ground at Blood Saber Peak's highest point, which was shrouded in blood-red mist all year round, and took a deep breath.

"Prepare the carriage. I am going to see Father!"