Light Fortress

This was a battle without suspense.

Two people, against two hundred.

On the surface, the Heiqi Group had an absolute advantage in numbers—usually in the "gang fights" of the Yinghai District, numbers meant victory, but not in battles of the extraordinary world.

Behind Shen Li emerged a humanoid creature.

The sky was pitch black with rain, and Iron Eater exuded an eerie, cold light all over.

"Need two people?"

Shen Li said casually, "I think I alone am enough."

Song Ci looked back at Gu Shen, grinned, and said, "Tsk... why hasn’t the ’Titled’ from the Tonezawa family shown up, Xiao Gu, seems like you’ve miscalculated, huh?"

Gu Shen smiled, "No rush, that guy can’t escape."

Gu Shen returned to the courtyard; he pushed Tosazai along with his chair out. The rooftop of the second floor was a perfect vantage point; the drizzle was relentless. Tosazai’s mouth was stuffed with cloth, and seeing the dense crowd in the distance, he grew agitated, trying to make some sound but could only manage muffled grunts.

The dense crowd finally stopped a hundred meters from the courtyard.

These people were well-disciplined, their walking speed and frequency were rigorously trained.

At the forefront of the crowd was a not-so-tall figure, clad in a black feathered robe, with a high ponytail, and distinctly chiseled features with two deep scars on his left eye.

Looking at the lone courtyard, this man did not underestimate the enemy. He waved his hand, signaling his followers not to advance further. Over a hundred Transcendents spread out, enclosing the entire courtyard within.

Tosazai stared intently at the man at the front, tears welling up in his eyes.

The latter’s gaze calmly swept over the courtyard, pausing slightly when it passed the second-floor terrace, before quickly resuming its normalcy.

"You three probably aren’t from Yinghai, so you might not be aware of the situation here."

The man calmly spoke, "My name is Tosasi Takashi, I am the patriarch of the Yinghai East Lai Family... For five hundred years, the Donglai family has been the authority in the Jiankou Islands."

Upon hearing this, the courtyard fell silent, and no one responded.

Song Ci furrowed his brows. "What is this bird man babbling about? I know every word, but how come I don’t understand them together?"

"..."

Shen Li remained silent, not responding as he didn’t quite understand either.

Gu Shen moved a chair from the second-floor terrace, sat down, and transmitted calmly, "Tosasi Takashi’s meaning is probably... the Tonezawa family is very powerful, this is a display of strength."

Song Ci and Shen Li could not help but laugh hearing this.

"This indicates our plan was successful after all, this guy brought his people, and they’re unclear about our details."

Gu Shen patted Tosazai’s shoulder with a smile and said, "Looks like this young master does have some value."

However, his doubts grew deeper.

The relationship between Tosazai and Tosasi Takashi was exceptional, given that this family head valued Tosazai so much, even willing to personally appear to save him, how could the "relocation plan" be excluded? This seemed somewhat unreasonable.

"I hope everything tonight is just a misunderstanding."

Tosasi Takashi received no response, but was not angered; he waved his hand.

Two followers behind him took out two large boxes and opened them.

Big boxes full of Green Silver.

The production of Mithril materials in the Jiankou Islands had always been excellent.

For Transcendents, wealth had lost its meaning... but Green Silver remained a highly valued and scarce resource, great for forging weapons!

"Interesting, is this a bribe?"

Song Ci found the situation more amusing, unable to restrain a laugh, "But this guy is quite clever; if the boxes opened were full of money, see if I wouldn’t screw off his head and play ball with it."

"This isn’t a bribe; it’s showing strength again."

Gu Shen’s expression remained calm, saying, "They can take out two large boxes of Green Silver so easily... think about the weapons and bullets of these people. If we don’t agree to ’reconcile,’ then they’d use ’Green Silver’ to fight us."

The courtyard remained silent, with only Tosazai alone sobbing sadly in agitation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are you really not going to say a word?"

Tosasi Takashi gestured for the followers to take the Green Silver boxes away, asking one last heartfelt question.

Still no response.

"..."

The smile on Tosasi Takashi’s face gradually faded. He hadn’t expected negotiations to succeed, but since the other party was so rude, he didn’t mind letting these three outsiders taste the tricks of the Heiqi Group.

[Profile] The information obtained is that the two culprits in front of the courtyard each have at least fourth-order strength.

While the Donglai family couldn’t compare to major families, dealing with two fourth-order... was still manageable.

"In that case, best of luck to you three."

Tosasi Takashi spoke with a chilling voice.

The Heiqi Group started to split into formations, and the Transcendents in the rear set up their firearms.

Several beams of lasers lit up, all aimed at Gu Shen’s forehead on the second-floor terrace.

The patriarch retreated with an umbrella, and the dense crowd behind him began to charge.

...

...

The moment the crowd began to charge.

Song Ci leaned against the wall, speaking leisurely, "Shen Li, I’ll leave this easy victory to you."

"..."

Little Iron Man didn’t mind the lack of technical content in the task; he was a martial enthusiast, and in his early years at the Spring Rain Temple, he did odd jobs like fighting and sweeping floors—a hundred or two hundred made no difference to him.

Whoosh.

Iron Eater swooped and dashed out.

Within a street brawl like this, a Fourth-order Domain was like a "nuclear weapon."

The moment Shen Li made his move.

As Tosasi Takashi retreated with an umbrella, he immediately sensed something wrong. His strength was not bad; even before becoming the family head, he had already cultivated to the fourth order, but his talent was limited, trapped at the Deep Sea Tenth Layer for years without progress... Leading the Donglai family forward took all his mental effort, and he realized he might never become a legendary Titled Transcendent like his grandfather in this lifetime.

"This domain’s aura... so powerful?!"

As Tosasi Takashi turned around to look, he saw figures being struck as if hit by a tornado, flung out horizontally, and the sound of iron clashing rang out densely and dully over the suburban wilderness.

Shen Li plunged into the crowd like a wolf among sheep.

His fists, palms, knees, and elbows all transformed into weapons at this moment.

After five years of cultivation, the Iron Eater had been completely tamed by him... although he had not yet grasped his own "Second Domain", his combat power at this moment was unparalleled in the fourth order.

Objectively speaking.

Shen Li’s fighting strength now was equivalent to that of "Fisher" and "Zhong Yuan" six years ago, certainly a formidable fighter who could stand alone!

Indeed, he was now the famous "Fourth Judge" of Changye, perfectly inheriting his master’s teachings.

Shen Li charged out over fifty meters when he suddenly felt a surge of killing intent.

Two flashes of cold light, hidden among the crowd, sliced through at high speed—

Clang! Clang!

The slicing force was incredibly fierce, and he stretched out his arms to block it. The [Iron Eater] was swiftly summoned before him to barely withstand this Cross Slash!

Within the crowd, there was a clearing.

A tall figure in a feathered robe, wearing an evil ghost mask, pointed the tip of a blade straight at Shen Li.

A closer look would reveal that this evil ghost mask was completely different from Gu Shen’s "Ghost Veil"; it was an "ancient wearing custom" of the Yinghai Region. This kind of mask was called [Neng Mian], fierce in appearance and each with its own meaning.

"My name is..."

The Transcendent holding the blade had just begun to speak.

A tremendous force suddenly interrupted him. Song Ci, who had been leaning against the wall with eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, stepped out, and directly crashed into the crowd, instantly reaching Shen Li’s current position. With a flying kick, the Fourth-order Transcendent wearing [Neng Mian] was just about to spout out two words when he was swept away by a horizontal kick. Immediately after, Song Ci slapped the Transcendent’s head, driving it into the ground.

"???

This scene shocked everyone.

Including Tosasi Takashi.

This Fourth-order Transcendent wearing [Neng Mian] was the top Tribute of the Donglai family, renowned for wandering the Five Continents and having cultivated [Steel Slash] to an extremely high level. Maybe in this lifetime, he could even touch the level of "Titled"!

One move?

Just one move, and he was defeated in an instant?!

Dong!

Shen Li angrily shouted: "Bastard! Weren’t we supposed to let me handle it?"

Song Ci snapped: "You’d be fighting till dawn!"

The two cursed at each other, but they didn’t forget Gu Shen’s instructions, each dashing in a direction to continue their onslaught... the crowd became noisy again, but this time they didn’t swarm forward, they scattered and fled. In the face of absolute power, their numbers were meaningless.

With Song Ci making his move.

They knew immediately that this guy was most likely a "Titled"!

Some Death Soldiers launched a last-ditch attack, but all the Blue-silver Bullets flying in the air were swatted away with a single slap—

From the start, there was no suspense in this battle.

Let alone the two hundred people brought by the Heiqi Group, even if there were two thousand, would it matter?

"Song, you idiot, you scared Tosasi Takashi. He’s already starting to run away!"

Amidst the crowd, the man clad in a feathered robe quickly fled towards the dense forest.

Song Ci’s expression turned grim, and he gave a cold snort.

"These are yours to handle."

Without another word, he abandoned the pursuit of the remaining Heiqi Group lackeys and directly chased after Tosasi Takashi.

The scene of Tosasi Takashi fleeing was also witnessed from the second-floor rooftop.

"Your father knows when to advance and retreat."

Gu Shen remarked calmly: "Is he planning to go back and gather reinforcements?"

Tosazai’s eyes filled with tears, his expression full of resentment as he stared at Gu Shen.

"I don’t understand ... since Tosasi Takashi values you so much, why not bring that ’Titled’? The files say that’s your grandfather, the previous Family Head of the Donglai family." Gu Shen pondered slowly: "Is it because he’s too old to act? Or out of respect for elders, thinking these people could handle us?"

"..."

Tosazai didn’t answer, but it was already unimportant.

To Gu Shen, the plan had succeeded as long as they lured an unprepared Tosasi Takashi over.

As for escaping.

Tosasi Takashi could not escape.

Even his current self could hardly evade Song Ci’s full-speed pursuit.

Gu Shen looked at the northern, winding, rugged forest of the courtyard and commented calmly: "Your father previously set up a ’Green Silver Mortar’ there, pretending to flee and planning to lure opponents over for a bombardment, right?"

Within his spiritual power’s coverage, there were no secrets for miles around.

This little trick, Gu Shen had seen through long ago, but he couldn’t be bothered to point it out.

Tosazai looked shocked: "???"

"Seems like it’s your family’s old tactic again."

Gu Shen folded his arms and smiled faintly: "It’s useless. After firing the mortar, the only result is getting beaten brutally by Song Ci."

"Boom! Boom boom boom!"

No sooner had he spoken than brilliant artillery fire erupted in the forest.

The silent night was startled by the artillery fire.

Startling a flock of sleeping crows.

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(PS: First update! Thanks to ’Passing through this world’ for the Alliance Hierarch. There will be an extra Chapter tonight, a total of four Chapters! Asking for a monthly ticket!)