Black Wind Seven Fiends

In Qing Shui Town, a restaurant bustled with noise.

Lu Shaoyou sat alone in a corner, leisurely eating his meal, as if the surrounding clamor was of no concern to him. Yet, every word of discussion from the entire restaurant reached his ears.

"Did you hear? Something big happened at the Blood Saber Sect!" a burly man at a nearby table lowered his voice, his face betraying unconcealed excitement.

His companion immediately leaned in. "What happened? Did that fierce fellow named Lu Shaoyou take down another hall?"

"It's even more explosive than that!" The burly man slammed the table. "The eldest son of the Blood Saber Sect, Xue Yutang, has personally emerged from seclusion!"

"Xue Yutang? Hiss... you mean him, the one hailed as the top young master in Qingzhou?"

"Who else could it be! He's issued a challenge. In the name of the eldest son of the Blood Saber Sect, he's set up a martial arts arena at Soul Severing Cliff outside Blazing Fire City, openly inviting Lu Shaoyou to battle!"

Upon hearing this, the entire restaurant fell silent for a moment, then erupted into even louder discussion.

"An open invitation? They're going to fight this out in the open!"

"More than that! The Blood Saber Sect has also sent out invitations, widely inviting martial artists from Qingzhou to witness the match! And... and they've increased the bounty!" a small, thin man excitedly stood up, holding out five fingers. "Fifty thousand taels of silver! For Lu Shaoyou's head!"

"Fifty thousand taels!"

A collective gasp echoed through the restaurant. That sum was enough to drive any desperate soul mad.

"This isn't an invitation to battle, it's a public execution! Xue Yutang is a Xiantian master, renowned for years. No matter how strong Lu Shaoyou is, can he be stronger than him? The Blood Saber Sect wants to make an example of him, to regain their lost face, with interest!"

"I wouldn't be so sure. Lu Shaoyou managed to wipe out Black Tiger Hall and Thunderclap Hall, even collapsing their main building with a single punch. He's definitely a Xiantian master too! This battle promises to be a fierce dragon-tiger fight!"

"Dragon-tiger fight or not, we're going to watch the excitement! A martial arts arena set up by the eldest son of the Blood Saber Sect himself – such a grand event is rare in a century!"

"Let's go! Let's go to Blazing Fire City now! If we're late, we might not even find a place to stand!"

For a moment, the martial artists in the restaurant had different thoughts. Some were planning to fish in troubled waters, while others purely wanted to witness a world-shaking battle.

Lingshui City, Giant Whale Gang Headquarters.

"Gang Leader, the Blood Saber Sect's invitations and challenge have spread throughout Qingzhou." Wei Tuo placed a golden-embossed invitation before Li Changge, his expression grave. "Xue Yutang personally entering the fray and making such a big show of it is clearly a trap."

Li Changge picked up the invitation, glanced at it, then put it down heavily, tapping his fingers on the tabletop.

"A trap? I suspect it's more than that," Li Changge said slowly. "Xue Yutang is using an open scheme. He wants to tell everyone that the Blood Saber Sect intends to kill someone openly, and no one can stop them."

"This battle, whether Lu Shaoyou goes or not, will re-establish the Blood Saber Sect's prestige."

Wei Tuo asked, "Will Lu Shaoyou go? Knowing the danger, like a tiger in the mountains..."

"He will go," Li Changge interrupted him, his tone certain. "Based on your description of his methods, this person acts without scruples. Do you think he'd fear Xue Yutang?"

Wei Tuo fell silent.

He recalled Lu Shaoyou's demeanor at the Dragon Snake Crossing branch when facing Xiong Tai, the casual indifference with which he treated a Super First-rate Master. He truly didn't seem like someone who would back down.

Li Changge stood up and walked to the window.

"Issue an order. None of our Giant Whale Gang brothers are to go within a hundred li of Blazing Fire City, nor are they to get involved in this matter. We'll observe the situation."

"Yes, Gang Leader." Wei Tuo bowed. "Then... should we send someone to warn Lu Shaoyou? After all, he..."

"No need." Li Changge shook his head. "We and he are merely mutually beneficial. We cannot afford to get entangled in this mess. If he wins, the Blood Saber Sect will be severely weakened, and we will reap the benefits. If he loses..."

Li Changge didn't finish, but the meaning was obvious.

Small town restaurant.

Lu Shaoyou finished his last bite of food, put down his chopsticks, and poured himself another cup of tea.

The surrounding discussions continued, with all sorts of speculations arising.

"An open invitation? Good." Lu Shaoyou murmured to himself. "Saves me the trouble of finding them one by one. If they gather together, I can take them all down at once."

He stood up, left a few pieces of silver on the table, picked up the Qi Mei Cudgel leaning against the table, and turned to head downstairs.

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The waiter quickly stepped forward. "Guest, please go slowly!"

Lu Shaoyou grunted in response.

He mounted his horse and galloped off in the direction of Blazing Fire City.

On the official road, martial artists heading towards Blazing Fire City were endless.

The bounty of fifty thousand taels of silver was like a massive magnet, attracting all the hyenas and jackals within Qingzhou.

Lu Shaoyou, dressed in a blue robe and carrying a long staff, rode alone. He wasn't particularly conspicuous, but his composed demeanor and his excessively young face soon attracted the attention of those with keen eyes.

"Big Brother, look at that kid!" In a dense forest beside the road, seven men with ferocious appearances were staring at Lu Shaoyou's retreating back.

The scarred man leading them licked his lips, his eyes filled with greed. "One person, one staff, so young... it can't be wrong, it's him!"

"Black Wind Seven Fiends!" A martial artist who recognized their identities nearby immediately reined in his horse and retreated to the side, whispering.

"It's them! These seven guys kill without blinking. Their leader, 'Black Wind Saber' Wang Chao, is a Super First-rate Master, and the second and third are too! This is going to be good!"

"That young man is out of luck! Targeted by the Black Wind Seven Fiends, even a god couldn't save him!"

Under the gaze of everyone present, the Black Wind Seven Fiends roared out and fanned out, blocking Lu Shaoyou in the middle of the road.

"Kid, stop!" Wang Chao, the leader, carried a Ghost Head Saber and sized up Lu Shaoyou. "You're that fellow named Lu Shaoyou?"

Lu Shaoyou reined in his horse, not even bothering to lift his eyelids.

"Hmph, quite arrogant," Black Wind Saber sneered. "Heard you're quite the fighter? Even wiped out two of Blood Saber Sect's branches?"

Beside him, a man wielding twin hooks chuckled sinisterly, "Big brother, why waste words with him! Blood Saber Sect said they'd pay fifty thousand taels of silver for his head! The seven of us brothers can split it nicely!"

"That's right! Kid, you're unlucky to run into us, the Black Wind Seven Fiends, today! We'll borrow your head to buy some drinks!"

The seven men burst into laughter, looking at Lu Shaoyou as if he were already a corpse.

The surrounding martial artists held their breath, some with pity, others with schadenfreude. In their eyes, even if Lu Shaoyou was as powerful as the rumors claimed, facing an encirclement led by three Super First-rate Masters, he would likely meet his end here. After all, they had heard that Xiantian experts were formidable, but they didn't know just how formidable.

Lu Shaoyou finally moved.

He didn't speak, nor did he even glance at the seven men.

He simply raised his hand and flicked his finger.

Ching!

A beam of pale golden energy, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, shot through the air in an instant.

Wang Chao's smile froze on his face. He didn't even see what happened, only feeling a sudden coolness on his forehead.

The Ghost Head Saber clattered to the ground.

He fell straight off his horse.

[Slaughter Value +1000 points.]

"B-Big brother?" The second brother beside him, seeing this, turned pale with shock and was about to shout.

Lu Shaoyou flipped his wrist and flicked out six more beams of energy in rapid succession, so fast they seemed like a single blur.

Ching! Ching! Ching! Ching! Ching! Ching!

The remaining six fierce-looking men had various expressions on their faces – some terrified, some bewildered, some even maintaining their sneers.

But without exception, a small bloody hole appeared on each of their foreheads.

The next moment, six corpses tumbled off their horses one after another.

[Slaughter Value +1000 points.] [Slaughter Value +1000 points.]