Chapter 207

Chapter 207: Seven for Each

Seeing the three stop walking, Cai San Gong asked in confusion, "Why aren’t you going?"

Wen Hou smiled slightly. "Someone’s coming, and quite a few!"

Lou Yun nodded. "I suspect they are coming for us. It’s very likely the City Lord and Qiu Ruohai’s group!"

As Lou Yun’s voice faded, the sound of rapid hoofbeats indeed approached from afar, growing louder. The pounding was chaotic, clearly indicating a large number of riders.

Hearing Lou Yun’s words and the hoofbeats as dense as raindrops, a flustered expression finally dawned on Cai San Gong’s face. He understood at last.

Unlike Cai San Gong’s panic, the four with Lou Yun were exceptionally calm. Lou Yun addressed Shui Lingluo: "Miss Shui, please take Third Uncle aside for a moment. We’ll leave immediately after dealing with them."

Though Shui Lingluo wanted to help Lou Yun and the others, she was genuinely afraid Cai San Gong might get implicated. After a moment of hesitation, she ran to Cai San Gong’s side, supported him, and walked towards a nearby dock. Behind them lay the sea water. Evidently, Shui Lingluo had chosen this spot deliberately!

In that brief time, dozens of large horses galloped up to the trio of Lou Yun, Wen Hou, and Tie Sha, swiftly encircling them. More than ten more horses approached subsequently. Leading them was a young man in his twenties. His features were actually decent enough, but the lecherous gleam in his eyes was too pronounced, making him appear anything but virtuous.

By now, the other people waiting to board boats or preparing to depart had halted their activities. They hastily sought relatively safe spots to hide and, naturally, prepared to watch the spectacle. After all, such a scene hadn’t occurred in Binhai City for many years.

Seeing this young man, a cold smile touched Lou Yun’s lips. He easily deduced the man’s identity: surely the master of the accessory shop, the brother-in-law of the Binhai City Lord, Qiu Ruohai.

Lou Yun also understood in his heart why the accessory shop had remained in ruins these past days, left uncleaned. It wasn’t that Qiu Ruohai or the City Lord didn’t know about it. They had long known but pretended ignorance, creating a false impression to make Lou Yun and his companions lower their guard. Then, just as they were leaving today, they arrived with men to block their way.

Though he grasped this, Lou Yun still had a puzzle. If Qiu Ruohai and his group had known all along, why wait until now to act? Evidently, they had a deliberate reason, but what was the purpose?

The young man was indeed Qiu Ruohai. He stared at Lou Yun’s group with a sinister sneer. "Thinking you could smash my shop and just leave without consequence? Ha! Dream on! This young master wanted to play with you longer, but who knew you’d flee so quickly? Tsk, tsk, did you really think I’d let you escape?"

Lou Yun let out a cold laugh. "So you must be Qiu Ruohai. I initially thought you hadn’t returned and was prepared to let you live a little longer, but since you’ve delivered yourself to my door today, it seems you’ve had your fill of life. I won’t stand on courtesy then!"

Qiu Ruohai’s magical weapon realm was not high—barely Advanced one-star. His very appearance made it easy to imagine. Such a person’s mind was likely never focused on dedicated cultivation.

The people he’d brought, however, were a different matter. Not a single one was weak. The weakest among them was at least High-Level Five Stars, and the strongest had even reached the realm of an earth-level magical weapons master!

Upon hearing Lou Yun’s words, Qiu Ruohai roared with wild laughter. In his view, surrounded by all these men he had brought, Lou Yun’s small party were like turtles in a jar, trapped without escape. That Lou Yun dared utter such bold words now was utterly absurd!

Lou Yun did not laugh. While using his spiritual sense to gauge those surrounding them, he pondered how to escape safely today. He also glanced at Wen Hou and Tie Sha. They remained as usual: Wen Hou wore his constant faint smile, Tie Sha wore his customary frosty expression. This sight settled Lou Yun’s heart slightly. Clearly, facing enemies on all sides, neither of them showed the slightest tension.

There were twenty-one enemies. They were only three. That meant each must handle seven men. He needed to strike first and unexpectedly eliminate several to lessen the numerical gap.

Therefore, Lou Yun transmitted his thoughts to Wen Hou and Tie Sha via sound messaging. Wen Hou replied with a smile, "Fine. Six High-Level magical weapons masters. We each take two out first!"

Wen Hou’s voice had barely faded when Tie Sha made his move. He himself didn’t move from his spot due to the extreme length of his magical weapon, a massive sword. With a sweep of his blade, powerful weapon spirit power surged forth. The men closest to him hadn’t anticipated an attack under these circumstances. By the time they reacted, this terrifying force was upon them.

In their frantic haste, some tried to flee, others tried to run, and a few pulled out their magical weapons to block.

The crisp clang "clang clang" of several clashes rang out. The moment their magical weapons met Tie Sha’s greatsword, the blockers felt a numbing shock tear through their arms. Two had their magical weapons cleanly cut in half by the massive blade. Two agonized screams followed, and the two men toppled over dead.

Among the fleeing, two were too slow. One was cut into two at the waist. The other had his arm cleaved off right at the shoulder!

With just one sword strike: three dead, one injured, and several other magical weapons masters momentarily incapacitated.

Tie Sha’s astonishing display of power stunned everyone present. They simply hadn’t expected any magical weapons master to possess such formidable weapon spirit power!

Simultaneously, Lou Yun and Wen Hou also launched their attacks!

Wen Hou also remained where he stood. Both hands flicked out simultaneously, sending dozens of tiny, gleaming shards whistling through the air with sharp hisses towards the men grouped around him.

Still reeling from Tie Sha’s terrifying strike, these men were similarly slow to react. Though most managed to deploy their magical weapons as armor around themselves, three gave choked grunts. Several shards pierced directly into their bodies. They instantly clutched their abdomens, shrieking and collapsing to the ground. After convulsing briefly, they fell silent. Dead!

Wen Hou’s magical weapon was a mirror. One of his attack methods involved shattering the mirror into fragments to shoot at enemies. Once embedded, he could manipulate the shards with his spiritual sense to roam freely inside the victim’s body. The three just hit weren’t struck in vital spots, but Wen Hou immediately controlled the shards to slash through their internal organs, invade their dantians, and directly strike their spiritual weapons.

Lou Yun lacked their effortless ease. Instead, he employed the footwork technique "Wind Play Decision," charging towards the enemies near him like a sudden gale!

In his left hand was the Dream Emperor Sword; in his right, the Xiang Tian Sword. The Dream Emperor Sword whipped up torrential rain, the Xiang Tian Sword danced lightning and thunder!

Lou Yun intended to kill with one strike, so he poured all his strength into his attack. Having advanced to Advanced two-star in magical weapon realm, and augmented by the Fusang Tree within him, the power of these two strikes now far surpassed his past capabilities by several fold!

Amidst flashing lightning and crashing thunder, alongside the rainstorms, agonized screams erupted one after another!

Moments later, the rain ceased, the lightning vanished, and the thunder faded. Three more corpses lay on the ground.

The trio’s abrupt attacks yielded results even better than expected: nine enemies killed and another three or four wounded!

And all this happened in just an instant!

Of the twenty-one men Qiu Ruohai had brought, only twelve remained standing. Only ten were truly still combat-capable—though these ten were the strongest fighters, the weakest among them at Mystery Rank five-star!

Witnessing this scene, Qiu Ruohai was dumbstruck. He had personally requested these fighters from his brother-in-law, the City Lord. Yet Qiu Ruohai himself possessed no real skill. How could he face the City Lord now? Barely two sentences exchanged, and nearly half his men were dead or maimed!

Qiu Ruohai had actually returned late in the night his shop was destroyed. He learned the details and heard descriptions of the perpetrators from his clerk. Hearing they were no weaklings, he dared not confront them alone and rushed to report to his brother-in-law.

The Binhai City Lord deeply loathed this brother-in-law—a useless troublemaker trading only on the City Lord’s name. Only the respect for his wife kept the City Lord tolerating this wastrel.

However, after hearing Qiu Ruohai’s story, the City Lord saw an opportunity. Binhai City hadn’t seen major incidents lately—not due to exceptional governance, but because visitors avoided trouble deliberately. This meant fewer "tributes" flowed his way. He decided to use this moment to flaunt his power and let others witness that he, the City Lord, remained the top authority here!

Simply put: execute a chicken to scare the monkeys. Use Lou Yun and his party as sacrificial examples to enhance his own standing and reputation!

Therefore, the City Lord dispatched agents to monitor Lou Yun’s group. He intentionally gave no orders until they decided to depart. Then, he would capture them publicly in front of the crowd!

Earlier, upon Lou Yun’s group entering Binhai City, agents immediately alerted the City Lord. The City Lord figured handling four youngsters needed no direct involvement. He simply dispatched Qiu Ruohai with troops to handle it. He originally sent fewer men. Qiu Ruohai personally requested more fighters to publicly demonstrate the City Lord’s forces. So, the City Lord consented.

Now, facing this disastrous outcome, Qiu Ruohai felt his head might explode. Far from bolstering the City Lord’s reputation, he had disgraced it. Witnessing how easily the City Lord’s elite forces suffered casualties against merely three youths would make people scoff!

Qiu Ruohai knew all too well: even if they killed Lou Yun today, he’d face brutal consequences upon returning—perhaps death, certainly severe punishment!

But things were already beyond salvage. Utterly reckless now, Qiu Qihai’s face twisted with malice, his teeth grinding. "STANDING THERE LIKE FOOLS?!" he shrieked. "ATTACK THEM! KILL ALL THREE—NOW!!"