Chapter 15

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

[ Increased vigilance quest completed. Obtained 150 experience points. ]

When he blew the whistle, he received a notification that he had completed the quest. At the same time, he went up to the black-clothed man who had killed the courtyard guard.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! The blades danced in the hands of the two of them. In the hands of the black-clothed man, the blades were like flying butterflies, flickering with a dangerous light.

On the other hand, Lu Yu used the blade to block the opponent’s attack like a shield. He could only rely on brute force to parry the various moves of the other party.

Lu Yu felt a great pressure. This black-clothed man seemed to have reached the fourth level of the body refining realm. Every time he parried an attack, he would feel the pain between his thumb and forefinger, and his arms were trembling.

If it wasn’t for the body enhancing pills that increased the strength of his body, both of his hands would have been crippled by now.

It was extremely stressful to challenge someone at the fourth level of the body refining realm.

As for the surprise attack of throwing away the saber and punch his opponent, it didn’t work anymore.

The gap between the two of them was too big. If Lu Yu threw away his saber, the opponent’s blade would cut off his limbs directly.

Right now, Lu Yu was relying on his ‘highly skilled’ fist technique to deal with his opponent.

He was waiting for the reinforcement of the inner court, and the alarm had already sounded. The reinforcement should arrive very soon.

“Ah!” One of the courtyard guards, whose arm was holding a saber, was cut off by the black-clothed man and let out a blood-curdling scream. Then, he was beheaded by the black-clothed man with two strikes. After killing one person, that black-clothed man immediately turned around to attack another courtyard guard. 

That courtyard guard should have practiced saber skill before, and he was at the fourth level of the body refining realm. He could suppress the black-clothed man, but he could not kill him. However, when facing two people besieging him, he was on the verge of death, and he could fall at any time.

Currently, only the courtyard guard who had learned saber techniques and Lu Yu were still alive. Lu Yu felt that things were not looking good. If this continued, he would not be able to wait for reinforcements before he was killed.

Although he could force quite the game to avoid death, Su Peng had said that it was best not to force out the game, because this action might cause irreversible damage to the brain. But it was still better to log out the game at the critical moment. After all, brain damage was still better than death.

However, it was not the most critical moment yet. Lu Yu looked at his current experience points. If he killed another black-clothed man, he would have enough experience points to level up his cultivation technique.

As long as his cultivation technique leveled up, his strength would be greatly increased. Dealing with these black-clothed men would be much easier. Currently, he was still suppressed by his opponent in one-on-one fight. He was still struggling to kill his opponent.

While battling, Lu Yu looked at the besieged courtyard guard. He then quickly ran towards the courtyard guard while the black-clothed men followed him closely behind.

Soon, the two of them stood back-to-back. They were surrounded and attacked by three black-clothed men.

Lu Yu quickly said, “If you don’t want to die, help me kill an intruder.”

“You have a good idea?” the man asked in a deep voice.

“I don’t have time to explain. Do you trust me?”

“Okay, I’ll die if I don’t fight. I’ll knock one of them down. I’ll leave the rest to you!”

After saying that, the courtyard guard directly rushed out and grabbed a weaker black-clothed man to fight. He fought with all his might, completely ignoring his own defense.

In just a few seconds, five or six bloody wounds appeared on the courtyard guard’s body. This was even when Lu Yu helped him block some of the attacks.

However, that black-clothed man was in an even worse situation. He was weaker than the courtyard guard, and the courtyard guard kept attacking him.

One slash after another, that black-clothed man was quickly cut into a serious injury. He couldn’t hold his blade properly.

Seeing that black-clothed man was trembling, Lu Yu seized the opportunity and used the Eight Steps Chasing Cicada several times in a row. He directly collided with that black-clothed man and flew into the midair with him.

While in the midair, Lu Yu stabbed the blade in his hand into the black-clothed man’s chest.

Without hearing the notification of death, Lu Yu forcefully stirred the blade in his hand until he heard the system notification.

Bang! Bang! There were two consecutive sounds.

The first sound was the sound of a corpse falling to the ground.

The second sound was the sound of Lu Yu stepping on the ground, performing the Eight Steps Chasing Cicada.

As soon as he received the system notification, Lu Yu threw all his experience points into the experience bar of the Fierce Tiger Fist technique (third level).

As expected, the upgrade of the Fierce Tiger Fist was huge.

[ After hard work, the Fierce Tiger Fist technique has been upgraded to fourth level, qi-blood + 10 ]

[ New skill comprehended! Fierce Tiger Fist-Black Tiger Heart Piercing (beginner) ]

[ After hard work, the realm has been raised to the third level of the body refining realm, qi-blood + 4 ]

The fourth level of the Fierce Tiger Fist Style was already the highest level. There was no way to raise it anymore. The extra experience points automatically flowed into the newly comprehended skill — Black Tiger Heart Piercing.

[ Skill level-up! Fierce Tiger Fist Style – Black Tiger Heart Piercing(beginner)→ Fierce Tiger Fist Style- Black Tiger Heart Piercing (slightly skilled) ]

Lu Yu felt a slight change in his fingers, as if they had become sharper.

It was a very strange feeling.

Right after Yu killed the black-clothed man, he immediately used the Eight Steps Chasing Cicada movement technique to return the courtyard guard’s side. Unfortunately, the courtyard guard’s back had been slashed several times, so deep that his bones could be seen.

The courtyard guard fell. Lu Yu turned around to attack the opponent. His saber was still on the dead man’s chest, and Lu Yu no longer had anything that could block the opponent’s sharp blade, but he still rushed over.

“Haha! Come on, go to hell!” the body refining realm fourth level black clothed man raised his blade and slashed vertically. In his eyes, the scene of Lu Yu being cut in half already appeared.

“He’s slow!” The black clothed man’s blade appeared to be very slow in Lu Yu’s eyes. Now, his qi-blood had already reached 63 points. The strength of his qi-blood was not inferior to some body refining realm fourth level martial art cultivators. It far surpassed this black clothed man who had just entered the body refining realm fourth level.

Moreover, his ‘highly skilled’ techniques allowed him to have extremely powerful control over his own body.

Twisting his waist and turning his body sideways, he looked at the blade that nearly sliced off his chest. Somehow he could feel the piercing pain of the sharp blade. That was the alertness of a strong person towards danger.

Without hesitation, he used the Black Tiger Heart Piercing. His five fingers were like steel bars, fiercely piercing into the black-clothed man’s chest.

His five fingers were as hard as steel. He easily crushed the chest bones of the black-clothed man like it was nothing. Lu Yu only felt a slight obstruction from his fingertips and felt that he was unimpeded.

Lu Yu squeezed his opponent’s chest with his right hand. In an instant, the blood vessels in the black-clothed man’s eyeballs exploded under extreme pressure, dyeing his eyes red. The black-clothed man felt a great pain in his chest and fell onto the ground.

Lu Yu’s five fingers were still stained with warm blood. That was the purest blood, the blood in the heart.

The Black Tiger Heart Piercing was the final move of the Fierce Tiger Fist technique, and it was also the most powerful killing move.

The first time Lu Yu used it, he instantly killed a martial art cultivator at the fourth level of the body refining realm.

The system notification sounded in his mind. He did not pay attention to how many experience points he had gained. He walked towards the remaining black-clothed man.

The black-clothed man held a blade in his hand, but he did not feel any sense of security. Lu Yu was too fast. His teammate had died too quickly!

Lu Yu’s attack was so fast that he had yet to see how his teammate had died.

“How is this possible! Where did this monster come from? He was clearly so weak just now. Why did he become so strong all of a sudden?” The black-clothed man was filled with doubt.

However, there was no time for him to find the answer because Lu Yu had already charged over.

The last black-clothed man was only at the third level of the body refining realm. He did not last long in Lu Yu’s hands before his heart was tear apart.

Lu Yu did not want to be injured by the blade in the black-clothed man’s hand. Otherwise, he would be able to kill him at a faster speed.

Looking at the blade in the dead man’s hand, Lu Yu thought that maybe he should learn a saber skill or a sword skill.

After all, the advantage of a weapon was really good.

The opponent’s strength was obviously far weaker than his, but the opponent managed to use his saber technique to drag out the battle.

Previously, Lu Yu’s strength was much weaker than the body refining realm fourth level black-clothed men, but he was still entangled with the other party for a long time. Then, he broke through at the last minute, which caught the enemies off guard. In the end, he managed to kill each of them in one hit

He glanced at the courtyard guard who knew how to use saber skill and found that he was still breathing. Lu Yu hid him in a room, picked up a random saber, and stealthily made his way toward the inner court.

Lu Yu had guessed that in the game, he could gain experience points by killing the enemy, but there was no chance to kill enemy in the Han Residence.

Now that there was a chance to kill enemy to gain experience points, he had to cherish it. Otherwise, he did not know when he would have such an opportunity again.

Lu Yu hid himself in the dark. Those black-clothed men would not have thought that Lu Yu would ambush them. This was a good opportunity.

In the dark, Lu Yu could observe which person that he could defeat.

Otherwise, Lu Yu would be busy dodging the enemies’ attacks and could not kill any of them if he was at the front of the battle. 

The frontal battlefield was extremely chaotic, and most of the people inside were martial art cultivators at the sixth or seventh level of the body refining realm.

Even if Lu Yu was able to kill martial art cultivators at the fourth level of the body refining realm, once he was dragged into a gruesome battle, he wouldn’t have a good ending.

Very soon, Lu Yu found the target that he could defeat. Three black-clothed men at the third or fourth level of the body refining realm were surrounding a courtyard guard.

That courtyard guard should have been at the fourth level of the body refining realm for a long time. He still had the strength to counterattack when faced with the three people’s attacks. However, he was unable to defeat the three people.

Lu Yu seized the opportunity when one of the black-clothed men was retreating. He quickly darted out from the darkness and used Fierce Tiger Pounce, snapping the opponent’s neck.

The courtyard guard who had been entangled for a long time saw the opportunity and immediately increased his strength. The remaining two men were forced to retreat, unable to fight back at all.

Lu Yu and the courtyard guard pincer attacked and quickly killed the black-clothed men.

When Lu Yu killed the second black-clothed man, he looked at the guard and subconsciously shouted, “Wait!”

After the courtyard guard killed the other black-clothed man, he turned back to Lu Yu and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

Lu Yu originally wanted to stop the courtyard guard so that he could killed the black-clothed man himself. Unfortunately, the courtyard guard acted too quickly.

After killing a few black-clothed men, the two of them split up.

Lu Yu went to look for other enemies while the courtyard guard went to join the other guards.

When there was no suitable target, Lu Yu would hide in the darkness and not expose himself.

He had seen many battles. There were black-clothed men besieging the courtyard guard, there were also courtyard guards besieging the black-clothed men, and there were chaotic scenes of large-scale team battles, but he did not join in.

He just silently searched for the right prey in the darkness..