Hearing the abrupt voice, Fang Yaowu's face suddenly changed drastically, instinctively looking towards the source of the voice, he saw a person draped entirely in a black robe appearing in the backyard, emitting an eerie aura like a venomous snake.

"Who...who are you?" Tan Shuya asked, trembling.

"Who I am doesn't matter; what's important is that I want to borrow something from you today." The Black Shadow slowly walked towards Fang Yaowu.

"What do you want to borrow?"

Fang Yaowu stared at the Black Shadow with an unchanged expression, but his hand quietly reached for the weapon at his waist.

"Woosh!"

Before Fang Yaowu could grab the weapon at his waist, a sharp sword light flashed and vanished, followed closely by Fang Yaowu's arm being chopped off at the root. Blood gushed out like a fountain, spraying all over Tan Shuya, who was standing beside him.

"Ah!"

Fang Yaowu let out a painful scream, looking at the Black Shadow in front of him in terror, and yelled, "Who exactly are you? I'm a relative of the Jiang Family. To tell you the truth, the Jiang Family will soon send people to pick me up. If you kill me, the Jiang Family won't let you go."

"The Jiang Family?"

The Black Shadow paused slightly, then burst out laughing: "Mayor Fang, saying you're dumb! Or are you too naive? Do you know why the Jiang Family hasn't come to pick you up yet? Because they'll never come. You're just a pawn of Jiang Haochen, and now your usefulness is over. Do you think there's any point in you staying alive?"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yaowu's face changed dramatically, and he shouted angrily, "That's impossible! You lie!"

"Well, consider I lied then. Oh yes, Mayor Fang, before you die, I'll let you die knowing the truth. You are just a part of this plan, merely a pawn used by us against Lu Tianxing. Otherwise, do you think we would have so easily given you the Soul-breaking dagger and Bloodthirsty Poison? Now that you've successfully angered Lu Tianxing, without any surprises, he'll probably be here soon to kill you. I must say, Mayor Fang, your acting is really impressive, following our scripted setup step by step. Speaking of which, I'm a bit reluctant to kill you too. But don't worry, you won't die in vain. It won't be long before we send Lu Tianxing down to accompany you. Alright, Mayor Fang, time's getting late, you should be on your way.

The Black Shadow completely ignored Fang Yaowu, Tan Shuya, and the others' surprised and incredulous eyes, spreading open his five fingers, instantly enveloping the garden with layers of Sword Qi, slicing through the air like fluttering butterflies...

...

Meanwhile, on the rooftop of the building.

Ghost Claw, trembling a bit, after hanging up the phone with Fang Yaowu, looked at Lu Tianxing and said, "Fang Yaowu said he's at Villa No. 7 in Jiangbei New District. I've done what you said, could you let me go?"

"Let you go?"

Lu Tianxing showed a slight smile, waved his hand and said, "Of course... not."

Before the words fell, Lu Tianxing's True Qi activated, transforming into a True Qi hand that fell from the air, pressing down on Ghost Claw's head, crushing downward, leaving behind only a pool of bloody mud on the rooftop emitting a strong bloody odor when the True Qi dissipated.

Glancing at the bloodstains on the ground, Lu Tianxing frowned, dropping a True Qi onto the puddle of blood, swelling it in the wind, turning into raging flames to burn away, and once the firelight dissipated, the bloody mud had vanished without a trace.

"Fang Family, next it's your turn."

Lu Tianxing's eyes flashed coldly, his figure flickering and disappearing from the rooftop.

...

And just as Lu Tianxing headed to Jiangbei New District, a piece of news erupted like a sudden thunderbolt, spreading across the Jiangnan region and quickly reaching across Huaxia Land.

Old Master of Lu Family, while at his home, encountered an attack by a strong individual; although he successfully repelled this strong individual, Old Master Lu was seriously injured, and is now dying.

This news spread throughout Jiangnan like a storm, leaving everyone pale, as they seemed to smell an impending storm.

Suzhou, Lu Family Mansion.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the entire Lu Family was extremely tense, with many guards patrolling back and forth, each person having sharp gaze like a falcon, scanning around and not missing any suspicious place.

Outside Old Master Lu's courtyard, there were already lots of people standing, all were the direct descendants of the Lu Family, led by Lu Hongda, Lu Bowen, Lu Haoyue, and others. Each person's face was terribly grim, even carrying a trace of cold killing intent.

The atmosphere in the entire courtyard was so heavy that it felt suffocating.

Everyone's eyes were staring at the tightly closed door of the room ahead. The room was brightly lit, with powerful True Qi enveloping above the room, incredibly strong, like a lurking beast, and among these True Qi, a fierce Sword Qi shot up into the sky, carrying an incomparably sharp aura, looking at it made one's eyes feel painfully pierced.

In the courtyard, no one spoke, everyone's gaze was fixed on the room, unblinking, the entire courtyard was spine-chillingly quiet.

Lu Haoyue stood beside his father Lu Bowen, with eyes flashing with astonishing killing intent but his gaze towards the room carried an uncontrollable urgency and concern. The reason Old Master Lu was seriously injured was entirely to save him.

Tonight, he had accompanied the Old Master for several rounds of chess, preparing to return to his villa, but as he was leaving the small courtyard, he encountered a sneak attack from a mysterious Late Stage Mythical strong man. If not for the Old Master promptly saving him, he would have already died.

But in the battle between Old Master Lu and the Late Stage Mythical strong man, although he successfully forced the man back, he himself also consumed a lot of True Qi, unable to suppress the Sword Qi within, injured by the Sword Qi, now hovering between life and death.

"I don't care who you are, don't let me find you, otherwise, even if it means chasing you into the skies and netherworld, I'll make sure you die without a grave."

Lu Haoyue clenched his fist, a fierce killing intent flashing on his face.

Others showed sadness, with more being worried about their future; they knew too well that Lu Family's existence to this day was solely because of Old Master Lu's chairmanship. But if he falls, would those families offended by Lu Tianzhan back then let the Lu Family go?

Not to mention those families offended when Old Master Lu alone, with a knife, stormed into Beijing. If they knew Old Master Lu was seriously injured, dying, how could they let go of this opportunity to destroy the Lu Family?

Everyone had different thoughts, yet none showed it, all wear grim faces focusing on the door, waiting for the people inside to come out.

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