Mutilated bodies and blood were scattered everywhere.
The castle-like headquarters of Black-tiger Gang burned down, leaving nothing but bare shelves. Everywhere a scene of devastation met the eye.
Tiger Lyu walked with long strides, watching the shocking scenes, with his heart wrenching. After all these were his subordinates and fruits of his painstaking efforts!
All of them were totally destroyed overnight. How could Tiger Lyu not be enraged?
Soon, he entered the hall, with his eyes bloodshot and face looking somber, like a furious ogre.
The subordinates had already started to search for invaders, but Tiger Lyu was more concerned about something else.
He arrived at the end of the hall in a little while.
A stone wall was originally here, but now there was a huge hole on it. Inside the hole was another world awesomely. A spiral staircase led to the underground.
“Damn it!”
Upon the scene, Lyu’s cheeks twitched violently. He waved his hand, gnashing his teeth in anger, "You all stay here!"
With these words, he rushed in the hole and disappeared down the spiral staircase.
Seeing this, those who followed him all looked at each other blankly, full of doubts and fears.
“This place seems to be a treasure house of our boss.”
Someone whispered.
“It’s more than a treasure house. All the wealth our boss has collected and all the possessions we have plundered over the years are here!”
“But as things stand…, this place seems to have been discovered by our enemies.”
Their faces got overcast as a buzz of conversation ran through the crowd. Had it not been for the order of Tiger Lyu, they would have rushed in to find out what was going on.
However, they also knew that no matter whether the treasure was stolen, Tiger Lyu, as such a penny pincher, would never allow them to enter the treasure house.
“Alas, we obviously come back late. Now the thief must have already run away.”
Someone sighed, which made the others get gloomier.
…
The spiral staircase led to a basement, in which the four walls were inlaid with moonstones and the soft sheen dispelled the darkness.
This was where the treasures of Black-tiger Gang were hidden!
But when Tiger Lyu came here again and saw the scene in the basement, suddenly darkness came over his eyes and he totally got pissed off.
In the large space, a dozen huge bronze boxes used to be full of gold, silver, jewelry, spiritual medicines and spiritual materials, were empty now, and all the bronze locks were broken. There was nothing left!
It was the wealth Tiger Lyu spent decades gathering that was ransacked now. He felt extremely depressed, angry and distraught. His face distorted and blue veins stood out on his temples. “Shit!” He couldn’t help roaring.
The thundering roar even made the walls tremble.
Boom!
All of a sudden, the innermost corner collapsed, exposing a bronze door on which there was a man-made tear allowing one to squeeze through.
At this point, Tiger Lyu was trembling with anger, and his eyes were popping out like they were seemed ready to shed blood.
It was an emergency door he made with his own hands, an escape exit he left for himself. Should any unpredictable danger take place someday, he could take flight with huge wealth through that door.
In order to make the door, Tiger Lyu specially invited a spiritual tattooist to inscribe a spiritual tattoo lock.
In the end, he even killed the spiritual tattooist in person, so as to keep it a secret. It had never occurred to him that the emergency door could be discovered and even destroyed!
Tiger Lyu was hopping mad, enveloped by furious air, and his face became livid out of rage. What he saw clearly told him that the enemies had taken his wealth away through the emergency door he made.
Decades of efforts became the apple in the hand of others. Tiger Lyu flipped his lid in this moment, just like a volcano ready to erupt.
“Son of a bitch! Don’t fall into my hands. Otherwise, I will cut you into pieces!!” Tiger Lyu yelled.
Shua!
Just then, a ray of saber light came from the corner abruptly like lightning and ripped the air, going straight to the back of Tiger Lyu.
Uh-huh?
Tiger Lyu was in a fury, but the instinct of fighting alerted him to the danger in the first place. Instead of evading the attack, he suddenly turned around, concentrated the strength of his palm and fingers, and then punched hard.
The horrific power of Gang Spirit became tangible in a flash, rumbling like sea waves roaring with anger, and shattered the air.
Before the saber light got close, a figure, like a small boat in the ocean, was mercilessly thrown away.
Bang!
The dark shadow smashed against the wall in the distance, giving out a muffled sound. It was Lin Xun.
At this moment, he was pale, with his pupils shrinking. A shock grew in Lin Xun’s heart. Was this the power of a strong practitioner at the realm of Gang Spirit?
Just at that very moment, Lin had thought it was a good time for a sneak attack, which could injure Tiger Lyu could at least if not kill him.
When he actually engaged in the battle with Tiger Lyu, Lin Xun found himself totally wrong!
As a strong practitioner at the realm of Gang Spirit, Tiger Lyu was surrounded by a force field which was made of the power of Gang Spirit. Lin could not break the force field, let alone get near to him!
Just now, Lin Xun only felt himself like a fish washed into a sea and was thrown away by a huge wave forcibly. He couldn’t even resist it!
This was how terrifying a strong practitioner at the realm of Gang Spirit could be.
At this realm, a practitioner’s body enveloped by the power of Gang Spirit, like an iron bastion, boasted great antipersonnel force. Strong practitioners at Martial Realm could not get close at all!
In spite of only one step apart between Martial Realm and Gang Spirit Realm, the powers of these two, just like a grain of sand and mountain, made a world of difference.
“You little bastard! You didn’t run away! Ha ha ha!”
Tiger Lyu felt pleased rather than surprised. Since Lin Xun didn’t flee, he might have a chance to get his treasures back?
Lyu’s mood changed radically, turning from depression to joy. At this very moment, he could hardly contain himself.
In an instant, Tiger Lyu flew up and his big hands were pinched into claws, reaching out for Lin Xun in the distance.
Thrump!
The blinding power of Gang Spirit turned into substantial black claws and beat down across separated place.
When a practitioner stepped into Gang Spirit Realm, he could let out spiritual power and kill the enemy from a distance! However, this method of fight was definitely unavailable for a person at Martial Realm.
Still in the air, Tiger Lyu seemed to have perceived something and his expression altered suddenly. With years of rich experience in combat, he subconsciously twisted his waist in a bizarre manner, like a winged snake flying up. Tiger Lyu changed his direction abruptly just as he was about to confront Lin Xun, clawing at another direction brutally.
At the same time, a bone spear suddenly appeared and wisps of ethereal silver light gleamed around its jade-like body.
The strike was seemingly slow, but the spearhead had reached the third eye area of Tiger Lyu when he realized it!
Boom!
Dreadful spiritual power spread like a storm. A dozen bronze boxes on the ground were swept away in the blink of an eye, and hit against the walls hard, making a dull thud.
Lin Xun’s face darkened suddenly as he saw Tiger Lyu grasp the bone spear and Shia Zhi who took hold of the spear be raised up!
“Sure enough, there is a conspirator. Just as I expected, that boy couldn’t possibly get into my territory by right of his cultivation. Apparently, the real culprit of today’s disaster is you little girl!”
With a fiendish expression on his face, Tiger Lyu laughed and a treacherous light was shining in his hazel eyes. He had run amuck in the Civilian Areas for decades and was still mighty now. Just on this point, he could not be compared to an ordinary person. All those who once belittled him were dead!
As Lin Xun collapsed at the first blow, Tiger Lyu immediately realized that the young boy must have a helper. As expected, she was exposed, just in a move!
At this moment, Tiger Lyu was full of pleasure to get revenge.
An uncontrollable chill rose from Lin’s heart. Tiger Lyu was too tricky. Shia Zhi and he underestimated him!
Without any delay, Lin Xun was about to rush out to save Shia Zhi subconsciously.
But at that point, Shia Zhi abruptly raised her head, revealing her face covered by the hat. In a split second, the whole basement seemed to become dim due to the indescribable beautiful face. Such beauty which seemed not to belong to this world did show up now.
Lin Xun was in a trance, feeling as if Shia Zhi was more seraphic today than ever before and even boasted a charm which could make one’s soul fall.
Similarly, with a faraway look, Tiger Lyu was almost breathless.
Pu!
With a muffled sound, the roar of Tiger Lyu awoke Lin Xun completely.
When Lin looked up, he saw the bone spear originally held by Tiger Lyu had somehow penetrated Lyu’s chest.
In the meantime, Shia Zhi was thrown away by a slap.
“Fuck you!”
With his eyes bulging from uncontrollable wrath, Lin Xun rushed over to Tiger Lyu and wielded his saber right at him.
Seeing Shia Zhi thrown away, Lin felt as though he was stabbed by a dagger in the heart and the intense pain drove him mad.
Lin Xun didn’t notice that when he lost his mind in a fit of rage, in the depths of his eyes billowed a pair of glittering bloody whirlpools, under which was an endless abyss.
Puff!
Tiger Lyu’s head was directly cut off and thrown away, which seemed surprisingly easy.
That was because the strike of Shia Zhi had already crushed Lyu’s heart and thoroughly cut off his vitality.
Lin Xun simply put an end to his dying process in advance by one cut.
But after cutting off Lyu’s head, Lin Xun, like a mad creature, continued to chop his body dozens of times with the Flaming Spirit Saber to vent the anger, and soon Lyu’s body became badly mutilated.
“Lin Xun, it’s time to go.”
Faint though it was, Shia Zhi’s voice brought Lin Xun back from rage. He gasped heavily and came to Shia Zhi.
The little girl crouched on the ground. Her small face was rarely pale and weak, and a pair of crescent eyes, like black onyx, were lackluster now.
Seeing this, Lin Xun’s heart wrenched. Without hesitation, he held Shia Zhi in his arms, pulled the bone spear out of Tiger Lyu’s body, and dashed out through the bronze door that had already been broken.