Lu Zheng was already suspicious of Zhong Chun. It was impossible for him to be still alive with his strength, seemingly living well when he was an external member of the clans for five years.

  Their conflict with the Scorchingblade Clan was evident, so most of their external members should be able to recognize Zhong Chun. Yet, he even daringly rested in an inn?

  Obviously, Zhong Chun had long betrayed the clan and Lu Zheng’s interaction with him already revealed it.

  Lu Zheng was confident that even if Zhong Chun set a trap on him, not only he would be able to survive but deal with Zhong Chun, alongside the supposed trap he set.

  The chances of the Scorchingblade Clan waiting for him was higher.

  However, he did not expect the repulsive sight in front of him, his brothers in the clan were tortured to such an extent.

  He was infuriated, blood boiled on his veins, almost causing him to affect his breathing internal technique.

  He stared at the screaming Zhong Chun with bloodshot eyes.

  He felt nauseous to what he witnessed at all, even though he had just decapitated many members of the Scorchingblade clan.

  After all, that was his clanmates.

  “Zhong Chun! What have you done?!”

  Zhong Chun was taken aback. Lu Zheng’s scream almost ruptured his eardrums.

  He felt a bit dizzy, but it did not stop him from screaming at the top of his lungs, directing inside the room.

  “Help! Help! Help!”

  Lu Zheng was utterly enraged. His inner demons were about to awaken when the system’s voice echoed inside his mind.

  {Mission Initiated.

  Description: You have encountered a gruesome sight of your clanmates being tortured by five internal members and five external members of the Scorch blade Clan.

  Mission: Kill them all, including your clanmates for them to rest in peace. Don’t kill Zhong Chun yet. You should know first the reason behind his betrayal.

  Rewards: Ten Extra Points.}

  Lu Zheng’s state of mind slowly calmed down. He felt even more revitalized with the help of the breathing technique, Ocean’s Heart Qi Technique.

  He swept his gaze inside the room and noticed the five internal members and five external members were grinning at him from ear to ear, as those who were torturing his clanmates continued to do so while staring at him.

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  They were clearly trying to provoke him.

  Lu Zheng trembled in anger, but he slowly cooled down.

  He turned to Zhong Chun and broke his right wrist, then his left wrist, followed by breaking both of his elbows.

  When he fell to the floor, he stomped his knees respectively, breaking it, causing him to keep screaming at the top of his lungs due to the excruciating pain.

  Zhong Chun was filled with tears and liquids even began to flow out of his nose.

  He could never dare to imagine he would have to endure such agony.

  He found it more difficult to believe it came from Lu Zheng, too.

  He slowly turned his head and was still hopeful he would be saved by the five internal members and five external members but he was disheartened.

  It turned out, seeing him and Lu Zheng break into a fight was a marvelous sight for them to see.

  After all, who does not want to see their enemies fighting with each other?

  One of the internal members, seemingly the leader of the group, clapped his hands and laughed boisterously.

  He said, “Good job breaking Zhong Chun. Are you one of the internal members of the Azure Tide Clan? Why did you even think of coming back here? Are you as dumb as him?”

  “No.” Lu Zheng turned around and faced him, still standing in the door.

  There was still five meters distance between him and the leader of the internal members of the Scorching Blade Clan.

  He took out his sword from the scabbard and continued his words, “You are dumb.”

  As soon as he said so, he dashed towards the leader of the internal members and executed the Cresting Blade of the Rising Wave Stance.

  It was a swift, rising strike catching the leader of the internal members off guard.

  The leader of the internal members was able to summon his sword on time but it was instantly thrown away by Lu Zheng’s Cresting Blade technique.

  Time slowed down, the other internal members near him tried to react but they were still stunned by Lu Zheng’s sudden explosive speed and the turn off events.

  Lu Zheng followed up by changing his stance and they recognized it.

  It was the Flowing Current Stance.

  With Lu Zheng’s posture, he was clearly aiming to execute the first technique, Current Slice.

  Lu Zheng performed a fluid, horizontal flash, cutting his throat in an instant.

  Blood spurted out. Everyone in the room was stunned.

  Their expression soon turned horrified when Lu Zheng was still not finished.

  After all, Current Slice was a technique that enabled him to flow seamlessly to the next movement.

  In other words, he could instantly execute another technique.

  Without hesitation, he executed the third technique, Seamless Stream.

  A series of slashes connected to every vital part of the leader of the internal members’ body, causing him to feel paralyzed, while he was…

  Screaming in pain.

  He was completely overwhelmed by Lu Zheng’s relentless attacks, until he soon died, while only remembering a faint noise of his clanmates, calling his name…

  For what clouded his mind was only pain.

  His body soon was about to drop but it was caught by another internal member of the Scorching Blade Clan.

  They were still in shock.

  However, there was someone bound to react first.

  It was the internal member closer to Lu Zheng.

  Knowing he would be the next prey to Lu Zheng, he hastily unsheathed his sword and attacked without hesitation.

  Lu Zheng remained still, staring indifferently at the leader of the internal members.

  The other internal members soon followed suit—all four of them attacked him at the same time with different techniques from various stances.