"Damn it, you are seeking death!" Other disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect saw the actions of the black-clothed swordsman, and grew furious, drawing their swords to attack.

"Hahaha! Be angry! The angrier you are, the happier I become!" The black-clothed swordsman faced the siege of four disciples from the Five Mountains Sword Sect, yet still had the leisure to attack disciples from the Flower God Valley, slashing the face of a female disciple from the Flower God Valley and carving a large "X."

The black-clothed swordsman easily blocked the attacks from both the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Flower God Valley disciples, and even had the energy to sever the hand tendons of several female disciples from the Flower God Valley while parrying.

Facing eight opponents and still holding the absolute upper hand, his skills were astonishing.

"Damn it! You really think our Flower God Valley is easy to bully?"

"Flower God Sword Technique—Flock of Beauties Falling like Geese!"

The senior sister of Flower God Valley displayed her ultimate skill, her swordsmanship drawing everyone's attention, making everyone subconsciously want to close in and carefully observe the beauty within her sword technique.

The black-clothed swordsman was also affected, his body unknowingly inching closer to her sword, seemingly about to deliver his neck to its glow.

Clang! The black sword penetrated into the senior sister's move, rudely interrupting her display of swordsmanship, forcing her to step back several paces, almost dropping her sword.

The Flower God Sword Technique ceased, and everyone regained their composure, realizing they had been affected by the sword technique. Fear crept into their hearts as they couldn't help but ponder whether they could withstand such a move themselves.

"A sword technique that can affect the mind." Lu Yu silently observed the senior sister from Flower God Valley being forced back by the black-clothed swordsman, while the dominant aura of Tiger's Might around him slowly withdrew.

When the Flower God Sword Technique affected his mind earlier, his Tiger's Might's profound truth triggered immediately, rejecting any mind-affecting forces, making the technique ineffective against Lu Yu's mind.

Furthermore, since Lu Yu wasn't the primary target of the senior sister from Flower God Valley, his influence was greatly minimized.

"Five Mountains Swordsmanship!"

The disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect took advantage while the black-clothed swordsman's mind was influenced by the Flower God Sword Technique, executing their sword techniques, each strike carrying the weight of mountains. As they swung their sword, unexpectedly, the black-clothed swordsman had already shaken off the sword technique's influence.

Bang! The black-clothed swordsman withstood the attack from the Five Mountains Sword Sect's disciples without retreating a step.

Having already unleashed their sword techniques, neither did the Five Mountains Sword Sect's disciples intend to retreat. The black-clothed swordsman just blocked one sword, and another strike fell, two forces of mountains gathered on the sword, pushing the black-clothed swordsman back by a step.

The third strike fell, three forces of mountains converged on the sword, and the disciple wielding the sword from the Five Mountains Sword Sect showed signs of strain, as he was nearing his limit.

Boom! The black-clothed swordsman did not retreat even a half step. The black sword in his hand was deep and profound, absorbing the surrounding light like a black hole.

The veins on the black-clothed swordsman's arm popped, grasping the sword with both hands, he fully lifted the heavy sword infused with three forces of mountains, his sword flew the heavyweight sword, slicing towards the neck of the Five Mountains Sword Sect disciple.

Sensing the diminishing power on the sword and witnessing the black sword steadily approaching his neck, the Five Mountains Sword Sect disciple exploded with all his might, awakened by the life-threatening crisis, unleashing his potential.

"The fourth sword!" Energized by the fourth mountain force gathering on the sword, the disciple was ecstatic, he had broken through!

"Dark Sword Prison! Ultimate Darkness!"

The disciple didn't know whether the fourth sword hit the dark-clothed swordsman, but from his perspective, colors faded from the world, leaving only boundless darkness, where consciousness drowned in darkness, and all resistance became meaningless.

Lu Yu's eyes narrowed, the disciple from the Five Mountains Sword Sect who had gathered four forces of mountains unexpectedly gave up resistance, with his sword halting mid-air, as the black-clothed swordsman sliced past his neck, appearing behind him.

The accumulated four forces of mountains on the sword dissipated, and the sword-wielding disciple fell powerlessly to the ground, head and body separated.

"Senior brother!" The remaining three disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect cried out with sorrow, gazing upon the black-clothed swordsman with eyes full of fear, lacking the courage to strike against him.

To cut through with the fourth sword, their senior brother unexpectedly had no resistance, falling into the hands of the black-clothed swordsman. Their hearts were filled with dread, yearning for survival overwhelmed loyalty to their senior brother, as minute anger and revenge thoughts sank to the deepest recesses of their minds.

"Are you all this weak?" The black-clothed swordsman scanned the crowd, his eyes arrogant and assertive.

Among the crowd, only a few dared to meet his gaze, yet hearing the words of the black-clothed swordsman, none chose to attack.

This black-clothed swordsman lashed out without warning, using disfiguring and tendon-severing methods, clearly a madman. They had come to the Divine Weapon Pavilion's secret realm seeking breakthroughs, gaining cultivation insights, no need to face a lunatic head-on.

The wounded Flower God Valley disciples gathered around their senior sister, watching the black-clothed swordsman with alert and undisguisable fear.

They grasped the Jade Talisman in their unharmed hand, capable of escaping the secret realm upon activation, though doing so would leave them empty-handed, their hasty retreat tarnishing Flower God Valley's reputation.

But compared to life, harvest and reputation of Flower God Valley seemed less significant now.

Seeing no one wanting to strike, the black-clothed swordsman shook his head in disappointment, "If no one's willing to make a move, those shadow images are mine!"

Passing by the disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and Flower God Valley, without a glance towards them, heading directly to the shadow figures.

As he approached, the shadow figures initiated an attack, sword moves sharp and dazzling with cold light.

The sword light flickered, the black-clothed swordsman easily slew these shadow figures from the Jade Balance Sword Sect and Taixu Sword Sect, standing in the center of the battlefield, closed his eyes, carefully sensing the sword Dao insights rippling around him.

Suddenly, the aura of the black-clothed swordsman strengthened, some strong individuals within the crowd showed surprise, amazed at the black-clothed swordsman's high perceptiveness, able to enhance his own power using several shadow images, truly terrifying.

Seeing that the shadow figures had been slain by the black-clothed swordsman, the others dispersed one after another.

After Lu Yu left, he realized that the black-clothed swordsman wasn't as insane as he appeared—far from it, he was extremely shrewd.

Right from the start, he chose to take on many opponents at once, showcasing his strength and attacking ruthlessly. This made the surrounding people believe he was a madman, making them hesitant to challenge him for fear of provoking endless retaliation.

After defeating many disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and Flower God Valley, the strength displayed by the black-clothed swordsman intimidated the crowd, and his ruthlessness made many hesitate to act. He seized the opportunity to kill the figure of light and shadow, absorbing sword dao insights, confident that others wouldn't dare attack him at this moment.

As for the disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and Flower God Valley used to set an example, even if they wanted to strike while he was comprehending, they no longer had the courage.

Lu Yu marveled at the black-clothed swordsman's shrewdness. His tactics were simple; everyone knows the concept of "killing the chicken to scare the monkey," but not every chicken slain effectively deters the monkeys.

After heading towards the fiery land described by Huo Ke, Lu Yu saw a black crack in the sky—the sword abyss that seemed to have no bottom.

Whoosh~ A lingering image suddenly appeared beside Lu Yu. Upon forming, it immediately attacked Lu Yu with its sword, with a mountain-like force emanating from the blade.

Seeing such a scene, Lu Yu's expression turned peculiar. Just after witnessing the battle of the Five Mountains Sword Sect disciples, he unexpectedly encountered the lingering image of one.

Just as he was about to draw the Demon-Breaking Saber to slay the image, he remembered the versatile arm shield given to him by Kweide, instinctively taking the shield and placing it before him.

Boom! Lu Yu easily blocked the first strike by retreating half a step, as a second mountain-like force gathered on the blade. Lu Yu swiftly lifted his knee toward the light and shadow figure, interrupting the gathering power.

The second mountain-like force dissipated midway through its formation, along with the complete dissolution of the first force.

Breaking the light and shadow figure's combo, Lu Yu instinctively threw a punch. The shield in his hand smashed against the blade of the light and shadow figure, causing it to stumble back, its form unstable, almost shattered by Lu Yu.

The consecutive attacks of the Five Mountains Sword Sect were indeed terrifying. Even the black-clothed swordsman dared not face the fourth strike, and Lu Yu wasn't keen on handling the following ones either.

Just as Lu Yu intended to finish off the light and shadow figure, a figure rushed over to attack the figure that Lu Yu had pushed back, while two others approached Lu Yu.

"This is the lingering image of our Five Mountains Sword Sect disciple. Out of courtesy, friend, you should let us have it. The Five Mountains Swordsmanship's insights are more important to us, so friend, seek the insights of other strong figures."

Two disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect approached Lu Yu. Their senior brother's corpse had been taken back by that glaring-eyed disciple. Their only thought now was to enhance their strength for revenge.

Just seeing the lingering image of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, they hurried over to seize the figure, as absorbing insights from a martial art's inherent image was significantly more pronounced.

"Why should I let you have it? Just because it's a lingering image of the Five Mountains Sword Sect?" Lu Yu was somewhat speechless.

The two, faces solemn, replied, "Isn't that enough? It's meant for the insights of future disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect."

Lu Yu laughed, finding them quite ridiculous. Earlier, he felt some sympathy for them when they were chosen by the black-clothed swordsman as the "chickens," as they were merely innocent victims.

Now Lu Yu saw clearly—they weren't worthy of his sympathy; there's no such thing as undeserved disaster in this world.

Seeing the amusement on his face, their expressions turned grim, having just endured a very depressing, sad experience, intolerant of others' joy, and one disciple suddenly remembered.

"You were the one who watched us among the crowd!"

Suddenly filled with anger, they lacked the ability to deal with the black-clothed swordsman, so vented their accumulated fury on Lu Yu.

"Who do you think you are? Even if you're a disciple of the Divine Weapon Pavilion, you can't look down on the Five Mountains Sword Sect! It's not one or two Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples that the Five Mountains Sword Sect has defeated! Now I'll show you the true power!"

"Dare to mock us, I'll make you understand regret!"

The two simultaneously attacked, performing Five Mountains Swordsmanship aimed at Lu Yu.

Noticing that the Five Mountains Sword Sect disciple afar was about to defeat the light and shadow figure, Lu Yu sent his shield flying, accompanied by the heavy sound of breaking wind, toward that disciple.

Hearing the breaking wind, the disciple could only turn to fend off Lu Yu's thrown shield, getting struck by the shield's force, retreating five or six steps.

Facing the two Five Mountains Sword Sect disciples charging with swords, Lu Yu's eyes gleamed with sudden brilliance, and the domineering momentum of Tiger's Might swept over them—their spirits were momentarily stunned, and their actions paused briefly; Lu Yu vanished from his original spot…

Bang bang bang! On the Five Mountains Sword Sect's flying spiritual treasure, three beams of light suddenly appeared, then fell three disciples with all four limbs broken. The leader was deeply shocked, furiously asked, "Who did this?"

Thus, all Five Mountains Sword Sect's Qi Cultivation stage disciples were completely defeated, with zero results.

In the next soldier's secret realm opening, the Five Mountains Sword Sect's Qi Cultivation stage disciple slots were significantly reduced.

A disciple, still conscious, spoke with difficulty, "A shield-bearing disciple of the Divine Weapon Pavilion."

"Divine Weapon Pavilion disciple!" The leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sect's rage quickly disappeared, as if it had never existed.

"Mm, you all go down to heal now."

His fist clenched tight, yet he dared not harbor any thought of revenge against Lu Yu; simply due to the presence of Zhao Tianjue leading the Divine Weapon Pavilion this time.

It's not that he would directly act to eliminate Lu Yu if led by another strong figure of the Divine Weapon Pavilion, but minor schemes would certainly occur.

Such as allowing subsequent Qi Refinement stage disciples to deliberately target the Divine Weapon Pavilion's Qi Cultivation stage disciples, but at this moment, he dared not say anything.

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