Whoosh—
In an instant, those steel whips, like the Monkey King’s Ruyi Jingu Bang, suddenly extended from three feet nine inches to ninety-nine feet, lifting Li Hai high into the air, a hundred feet above the ground.
At this moment, Li Hai suddenly unleashed a miraculous move from the Raging Dragon Whip, his terrifying strength surging. He swung both whips backward, striking the air forcefully.
“Dragon Overturning Water, Shock!”
Boom!
It was as if a hundred-pound bomb had detonated in mid-air. Accompanied by the continuous tremors of the entire training ground below, and the layers of violent sound waves and air currents sweeping in all directions in the air, Li Hai soared into the sky. He shot towards the depths of the dark tunnel above, trailing circles of grayish-white sonic boom clouds.
That’s right, he intended to blast his way through the air, piercing the entire tunnel to return to the surface.
Li Hai’s whip strike sent him flying seven to eight hundred feet high before his speed rapidly decreased, and he began to show signs of falling.
So he once again gripped his steel whips, circulated his True Force, and with the momentum of Dragon Overturning Water, he turned and struck the air behind him forcefully.
Boom!
As the dark tunnel suddenly vibrated violently, countless stones tumbled and flew, and roaring air currents howled, Li Hai reversed his downward momentum and once again shot like an arrow towards the distant depths above.
…
It was dusk in Niujiao Town at this moment, but the streets and alleys surrounding Mingtang Pavilion were packed with people, a sea of heads, filled with individuals wearing black scarves, looking fierce and wielding knives and blades.
Especially in the areas closer to Mingtang Pavilion, there were circles upon circles of people filled with Killing Intent, some holding bows with arrows nocked, others with cold faces holding guns.
The arrows and muzzles of these ruthless individuals were all aimed at one location—the main entrance of Mingtang Pavilion.
These vicious individuals were none other than the Black Wolf Bandits.
The reason for their assault on Niujiao Town this time was to besiege and kill Li Hai, who had slaughtered the entire Zhou Family.
And the person leading this band of bandits was a member of the Zhou clan—the Black Wolf Bandits’ Second Leader, Zhou Hu.
At this moment, he sat on a tiger-skin chair on a wooden platform three hundred feet away, holding a long-handled saber, his face filled with Killing Intent as he stared intently at Mingtang Pavilion.
“Second Leader, there’s something I don’t understand.”
At this moment, a bandit with a fleshy face, as fat as a pig, asked Zhou Hu, “Why don’t you let our brothers directly rush into the teahouse and kill that fellow surnamed Li, instead of waiting outside the door for him to come out?”
“No,” Zhou Hu gritted his teeth and said each word distinctly, “That Mingtang Pavilion is an asset of the Demon Slayer Division. Provoking them rashly will only bring great disaster.”
“Demon Slayer Division?” The fat pig-like man looked bewildered, clearly not understanding the term well.
Zhou Hu had no intention of explaining; he merely kept his eyes fixed on any unusual movements from Mingtang Pavilion, ready to act at any moment.
Due to the heavy atmosphere, the fat pig-like man beside him dared not speak further, so the high platform instantly became silent.
Boom—
Just then, a violent, heart-shaking muffled sound suddenly erupted from within Mingtang Pavilion, sweeping across large areas of the surrounding streets and alleys, causing hundreds of Black Wolf Bandits to grimace and look uncomfortable.
“What’s that noise?”
Zhou Hu, who was further away, naturally also heard this muffled sound, but he didn’t know what it meant. However, a sudden surge of panic inexplicably welled up in the depths of his mind.
It was as if a great disaster was about to descend.
“The sound is muffled, it seems to be coming from beneath the teahouse,” the fat pig-like man beside him mused, “It feels like something is about to emerge.”
Zhou Hu’s face was stern, not uttering a word, but a hint of worry flickered in his eyes, which were thick with Killing Intent.
“Will something go wrong?”
“No! Li Hai… today you will surely die!”
Boom—
Suddenly, another muffled sound erupted from Mingtang Pavilion, stirring up dust and ash as it swept in all directions, causing the surrounding Black Wolf Bandits to be shaken and retreat several steps.
This time, the commotion was clearly much more violent than before, causing some bandits with mediocre martial arts, who were closer, to bend over and vomit.
And Zhou Hu, who also heard this sound from the distant high platform, felt that slight hidden worry in the depths of his heart increase a little.
But under the almost stomach-bursting rage, he couldn’t even spare a thought for this minor worry.
At this moment, Zhou Hu only wanted to dismember Li Hai and devour him alive.
As he was still fuming, another violent muffled sound reverberated from Mingtang Pavilion, causing hundreds of Black Wolf Bandits in the surrounding area to stumble and fall, crying out in misery.
“What on earth is causing trouble underground?!” Zhou Hu suddenly stood up from his seat.
The fat pig-like man beside him said with fear in his eyes, “Could it be… a monster about to emerge from underground?”
Slap!
Zhou Hu slapped him to the ground, scolding, “What nonsense are you spouting? If you dare to speak rubbish again, I’ll kill you!”
The beaten fat pig-like man naturally sat on the ground, nodding and not daring to speak, but Zhou Hu, who hit him, also felt a sense of trepidation in his heart.
“Could there really be a monster?”
Zhou Hu, who knew about the Demon Slayer Division but not in depth, couldn’t help but wonder in his heart, “What exactly is hidden beneath this Mingtang Pavilion?”
Just as he was feeling uneasy, Mingtang Pavilion, three hundred feet away, once again caused a huge commotion.
Only this time, it wasn’t a loud sound, but… an explosion.
Boom!!!
Under the gaze of hundreds of eyes, some wary, some doubtful, some fearful, Mingtang Pavilion, which was surrounded by dense crowds of Black Wolf Bandits, was suddenly completely pierced from bottom to top by an incredibly violent force, utterly collapsing and shattering into dust, with violent sound waves and ferocious shockwaves roaring as they suddenly swept and covered all directions.
In an instant, dozens, hundreds, or even hundreds of bandits closest to the explosion were bombarded by the surging tide of fragments from the exploding Mingtang Pavilion, resulting in wailing across the field and corpses everywhere. Countless people died.
“Ahhh, I can’t see, my eyes!” This was a bandit whose eyes were blinded by debris.
“Where’s my hand? Has anyone seen my hand?!” This was a bandit whose arm was severed.
“Wuwuwu, my legs are broken, both my legs are gone!” This was a bandit whose legs were broken.
“Mom! Help, my intestines are spilling out! Mom! Ahhh!” This was a bandit who was disemboweled.
And besides these injured individuals, there were even more dead bandits and brigands who couldn’t even let out a single scream.
Their shattered bodies lay scattered in various places around, like discarded trash.
“Monster! A monster has really come out!”
The fat pig-like man on the distant high platform yelled, “Second Leader! Let’s escape quickly, the monster is coming out to eat people…”
Whoosh—
A flash of saber light, and the fat pig-like man’s head immediately fell to the ground.
“Your incessant chatter is deafening!”
Zhou Hu retracted his saber, raised his head, and stared intently at the figure in the distance who had pierced through Mingtang Pavilion and flown high into the sky. He gritted his teeth and growled, “You… what kind of Prodigy are you?!”
At this very moment, the Prodigy he spoke of—Li Hai—after bursting out of the ground and flying a hundred feet into the sky, also discovered the thousands of bandits densely occupying the surrounding streets and alleys below.