Chapter 45

After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

Lu Zhangsheng arrived under a large tree and stopped.

With his hands behind his back, he stared coldly at the jungle behind him.

He saw a middle-aged man in green clothes rushing toward him rapidly.

His footsteps were very light; with one leap he covered several meters, and he soon arrived not far in front of Lu Zhangsheng.

The middle-aged man's eyes contained ferocity, and his tone was grim: "Kid, do you know about the death of my Li family clansman?"

Lu Zhangsheng's expression shifted slightly upon hearing this; he had not expected the other party to be an elder of the Li family.

"Are you talking about Li Yunhua? He was intercepted and killed by the Wenxiang Sect."

He blurted out a lie, his face neither flushing nor his heart racing.

"Hmph... still trying to quibble, did you collude with the Wenxiang Sect..."

Killing intent erupted in Li Yunpeng's eyes.

As a Li family elder, he did not quite believe that the person before him had killed Li Yunhua. With Li Yunhua's Refining Skin Perfection strength, he could not be killed by a common martial artist who had just joined the Demon-Suppressing Division; there must be some secrets involved.

As long as he captured the person before him, he could interrogate him carefully.

"Die."

Lu Zhangsheng's expression turned cold.

Since the other party was courting death, he did not waste words and struck immediately.

He raised his slaughtering knife and slashed forward violently.

"Shoo..."

A bright, cold gleam flashed in the void, making one feel extremely chilled.

This slash came from top to bottom, using all his strength, and combined with the Great Completion grade Overlord Saber, the attack power had already reached its limit.

"Not good."

Li Yunpeng was full of shock.

He only felt a powerful mental force locking onto him, causing his whole body to tense up, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

This kind of strength had already surpassed an ordinary Refining Flesh Perfection; it was definitely not something he, a Refining Flesh Mid-stage, could handle.

"Who exactly are you?"

He roared, hurriedly drawing his blade to slash forward.

He used twelve percent of his strength, exploding all the Qi and blood in his body, and began to fight for his life.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

In an instant, the two blades collided.

The slaughtering knife in Lu Zhangsheng's hand directly severed the other party's blade, the cut smooth and neat.

Then, the slaughtering knife slashed toward the man's head without losing momentum.

With his Sharp-grade weapon, combined with the Sharpness and Armor-Piercing attributes, the other party's weapon was clearly inferior to his own.

Li Yunpeng was full of fear upon seeing this.

He had not expected that just a single tracking investigation would plunge him into a desperate situation; the sheep before him had instantly transformed into a fierce tiger, and at this moment, he felt immense regret.

"I am a Li family elder..."

Before the words had even landed, a large head separated from the shoulders and rolled onto the grass, the surroundings turning a deep red.

One strike, and the other party was dead.

This was also within Lu Zhangsheng's expectations; with his strength, combined with the Perfected Blade Art, dealing with some ordinary Refining Flesh martial artists was simply a crushing blow.

Any extra slash would be a denial of his own hard cultivation.

Lu Zhangsheng put away the slaughtering knife and walked toward the corpse.

After searching carefully for a moment, a stack of silver notes and two secret manuals appeared in his hand.

He unfolded the manuals to look.

【Spirit Crane Fist】, 【Mountain-Splitting Saber】

His expression showed joy.

It was actually another Refining Flesh martial art and a high-rank blade technique; he was one step closer to the 【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】 and 【Overlord Saber】 transforming again.

Afterward, he disposed of the corpse and ran toward the dense forest ahead.

Half a day later.

In a dense jungle.

Lu Zhangsheng leaned against a large tree, quietly staring at the official road.

He had been waiting here for a long time, like an old hunter.

"Creak..."

At this moment, a long caravan drove over from the distance, leaving slight indentations on the ground.

Furthermore, the caravan had a large flag with the character "Huang" hanging on it.

It was clearly a Sanhe Gang caravan.

Seven or eight martial artists, under the command of a Refining Flesh expert, rode on tall horses, looking majestic.

"Everyone, keep your spirits up recently; have you all forgotten about the incident where we were intercepted and killed by a mysterious expert last time?"

Ke Hongyu warned his subordinates while vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

As a Sanhe Gang Protector, he also did not want to take on this thankless job.

Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to exploit some poor people in the city and play with a few more respectable young married women?

"Protector Ke, you are just being too careful; the other party hasn't appeared for many days, they have probably already left Changping County."

A high-level youth looked indifferent.

The others also echoed this. Just as everyone was talking, a sudden change occurred.

A tall man in black clothes rushed out of the dense forest like lightning, heading straight for the front of the group.

"Not good, there's an attack by a strong person! It's that mysterious expert!"

Everyone's expressions were filled with shock.

The person who struck was none other than Lu Zhangsheng.

Before the few could even draw their weapons to resist, he struck instantly.

Activating the Spiral Nine Transformations body technique, he arrived in front of the Sanhe Gang Refining Flesh expert in an instant and raised his blade to slash.

Blade Qi pierced the air, and a cold gleam appeared.

"Crack..."

Ke Hongyu drew his blade to resist, but his long blade was directly severed, and then a bright light flashed across his neck.

"You..."

He clutched his neck and fell off his horse, fresh blood gushing out.

All of this happened in an instant.

A Refining Flesh expert was killed in seconds.

The remaining group was filled with fear, their whole bodies trembling.

Just as a few were about to beg for mercy, Lu Zhangsheng moved again.

With his footwork fully activated, he turned into several residual shadows and killed toward the group.

"Ah..."

Endless cold gleams traveled through the void, and following bursts of screams, only headless corpses remained on the field, blood gushing everywhere, resembling an Asura field.

Then, after Lu Zhangsheng looted the field, he disposed of the corpses and quietly left the place.

Over the next few days.

Lu Zhangsheng kept wandering in the jungle, intercepting and killing any Sanhe Gang caravan he saw; every time, heads rolled, and his harvest was not small.

Furthermore, even the Li family caravans were on his interception list.

Several Refining Flesh experts who were transporting goods were all killed by him here.

The Li family had come to trouble him time and time again; he had kept it in mind, and now was the perfect time to take revenge.

As Lu Zhangsheng struck repeatedly, the entire Sanhe Gang exploded in chaos.

Inside the Fenglei Hall.

"Slap..."

Wang Yong smashed his teacup onto the ground, his face full of killing intent.

"This person actually dares to strike again; he is truly courting death."

A man in black below said cautiously: "The other party appeared from nowhere, and their strength is extremely powerful; none of our gang's Refining Flesh martial artists are a match for them."

"Your subordinate guesses that the other party must be a Bone-Forging expert..."

Cold light flickered in Wang Yong's eyes, as if he were thinking about something.

A moment later, he waved his hand: "You go down first; This Seat knows."

Another two days passed.

On this day, at noon.

A Sanhe Gang caravan slowly drove from the distance toward the direction of the Prefecture City.

Several martial artists in front sat high on their horses, vigilantly eyeing the surroundings.

Just at this moment, a black figure darted out from the jungle and killed directly toward the Sanhe Gang group.

The person who struck was none other than Lu Zhangsheng.

"How bold!"

Following a loud shout, a tall and fierce man rushed out from the carriage, holding a ring-headed saber, his body surging with ferocity.

Wang Yong looked at Lu Zhangsheng with a face full of killing intent.

"This Seat would like to see who is so bold as to keep acting against my Sanhe Gang."

While speaking, he raised his blade and slashed forward fiercely.

The offensive was extremely fierce, stirring up bursts of Gang Qi wind.

All of this happened too suddenly, leaving everyone unable to react.

The Sanhe Gang group was full of excitement; no one had expected that Hall Master Wang was actually hiding in the caravan.

"This time, the other party is dead for sure."

The group was full of confidence.

With their Hall Master's strength, he would definitely be able to kill this villain.

Lu Zhangsheng felt himself firmly locked by a killing intent; he dared not be negligent.

"Roar..."

He fully activated the 【Blood Burning Secret Art】; with the Qi and blood in his body burning, his strength surged again by a notch.

Then he raised the slaughtering knife in his hand and slashed forward rapidly.

A cold gleam appeared in the void, and even the air emitted a sharp piercing sound.

This strike was already Lu Zhangsheng's peak strike.

With the secret art pushed to the limit, combined with the Great Completion grade blade technique, the attack power had already reached the Bone-Forging stage.

(End of chapter)