Volume 1: Reincarnation Cycle First...

  But Lu Buqi was not one to be blinded by brute force at this moment, and it seemed that he had nowhere to hide. However, Wang Chengzhou underestimated Lu Buqi's fighting spirit. Lu Buqi was absolutely not a person who would be blinded by power; he understood that having just broken through to the Bone Resonance realm, his control over the marrow energy was still not pure, and if he wanted to go head-to-head with a master of the Hot Blood realm, he still needed several degrees of refinement.

  So, facing this attack with even stronger power than the previous one, Lu Bu did not want to die in vain at this last moment. After discovering that its attack range was much narrower than the previous one, he chose to dodge.

  Lu Bu dodged in a strange way, his body suddenly falling backwards, using the ground as leverage, and just as his feet were about to be struck, he abruptly split them apart, barely avoiding being smashed into the ground.

  Moreover, when Wang Chengzhou raised his giant hammer, Lu Buqi looked up at the sky with his face upwards, but his hands quickly pushed against the ground, like a gecko walking out two zhang, before standing up and staring steadily at Wang Chengzhou.

  Looking at Lu Buqi, Wang Chengzhou's face was unpredictable, but in the end he did not attack again. Instead, he put down his giant hammer and released the blood energy from his arm.

  Lu Buji was taken aback: "Really let me go?"

  "I, Wang Chengzhou, am a man of my word. I won't make another move!" Wang Chengzhou said sternly: "Leave now, and let's pretend I never saw you!"

  "Second General, you can't do this. The master's order is to kill him no matter what." The Wei Rong general who had been biting onto Lu Buqi and wouldn't let go glared at Lu Buqi with hatred: "We absolutely cannot set a tiger loose back into the mountains!"

  Wang Chengzhou said in an angry tone: "Wang Binbai, it's not your turn to teach me how to do things yet?"

  Wang Binbai was somewhat afraid of Wang Chengzhou: "The subordinate does not dare, it's just that this little boy killed so many of our brothers, making the entire Wei Rong army lose face. It's hard to catch him, even if it's for the honor of the Wei Rong army, we absolutely can't let him go like this."

  "What honor of the Wei Rong army? I think you're just reluctant to give up those rewards?" Wang Cheng Zhou snorted, scanning the dozens of people present: "I'll take responsibility for today's events myself and report to the master. Who among you disagrees with my decision to let this person go can stay behind; the rest, follow me!"

  After finishing speaking, Wang Chengzhou looked at Lu Buqi deeply and walked slowly back to the way he came with his giant hammer. More than half of the private soldiers seemed to trust Wang Chengzhou more and followed him as well.

  However, Wang Binbai and the Wei general beside him, as well as nearly twenty elite soldiers, did not leave but instead stared intently at Lu Bodi.

  As Wang Chengzhou's figure disappeared into the darkness, Lu Buji pulled out a beheading knife from his bundle. In such a chaotic battle with many people, longer weapons still had an advantage, but the Fish Intestine Sword was still held in his left hand, capable of cutting off enemy weapons and injuring those in a state of frenzy, a deadly instrument that Lu Buji grew more fond of by the minute.

  "A family without foundation is like this, the army is so disunited..." He lightly pinched the tip of his nose, Lu Buqi coldly gazed at Wang Binbai: "Wang Binbai, right? You want my life? Then let's see how capable you are!"

  Originally sizing up the people left around, Wang Binbai turned back, but was stimulated by Lu Bu's disdainful gaze: "Xiao Ze Nu, don't think you can block Second Commander's few hammer strikes, if you break through to Bone Resonance Realm, no one will be able to control you, brothers, let's go together and chop him back to collect the reward!"

  Yes, Wang Chengzhou was right. Wang Bingbai was reluctant to give up the reward that was originally supposed to be his. When Wang Anguo inspected the troops, he said that whoever captured Lu Boyan would receive a reward of 500,000 knives, and others would also receive rewards.

  The people who stayed were either Wang Bingbai's subordinates or those who shared the same thoughts. In their opinion, Lu Buqi was not that powerful, having just broken through to the Bone Resonance Realm. How many nails could one person hammer?

  Facing the swarming enemies, Lu Buqi's face rose with a layer of iron-blooded cold smile. His body moved, his bones crackling, his knife shining like a shield, his sword gleaming like a rainbow. His body was like a whirlwind, ignoring everyone else's attacks, and rushed towards Wang Binbai.

  Swords clash, swords break, men die.

  The white-robed Wang Bin, his long sword snapped in two, was beheaded with a single slash of the blade, his head rolling away to stop at the base of a broken tree trunk. Even in death, he couldn't understand why someone who had just reached the Bone Resonance realm could possess such terrifying speed and power.

  However, Lu Buqi also suffered a sword wound on his right leg, which exposed the bone but did not damage it. Lu Buqi's cold and stern aura undoubtedly intimidated the private soldiers, and whenever he glanced at someone, that person would inevitably take a step back.

  No one dared to provoke Lu Buqi's killing intent. At this time, everyone, including another Wei Rong leader, was considering a question: could the reward be taken with their lives?

  "Drink!" With a loud shout, Lu Bujiu rose again and launched a fierce attack. He also understood that at this time he had to make another strong move, so he locked onto another Wei general.

  It's also a broken sword and a lost man! And this death is even more miserable, directly beheaded by a knife, cut in half at the waist, and still wailing incessantly.

  The rest of the private soldiers saw this scene, who dared to surround Lu Bodi again? They retreated one after another, gathered on one side, and stared at Lu Bodi with a tight array, becoming the defensive side.

  "If you're not going to take me to collect the reward, then get out of here quickly!" Lu Buqi coldly stared at them. If it wasn't necessary, Lu Buqi didn't want to fight to the death with nearly twenty Bone Resonance realm warriors. Even if he won, in this mountain valley, he wouldn't be able to survive.

  The private soldiers looked at each other in dismay. One of them took the lead and left, and the crowd suddenly dispersed, leaving only the Wei general still wailing.

  Lu Bu stretched out his foot and trampled on his neck, giving him a relief.

  Listening to the abrupt "thank you" in his ear, Lu Buqi felt a bit sarcastic and helpless. He took a deep breath, and the feeling of being reborn after a disaster made him more reverent and cherish life.

  Gu Niang Ba Chong, a month ago, could force Lu Buqi to use his life in exchange for a heavy blow, but now, Gu Niang Ba Chong is not even an opponent worthy of Lu Buqi's attention.

  This terrifying growth power is absolutely heart-pounding!

  If Wang Lishou and others knew this news, they would inevitably think that it was a matter of course. A martial arts genius like Lu Buqi, who is so diligent in his practice, if he didn't make such progress, it would be surprising.

  The package was slightly damaged, so Lu Buqi roughly mended it with needle and thread, rewrapped it. He also picked up the broken swords of Wang Bingbai and another Wei general, as in a deep mountain forest like Dahongshan, having more weapons meant having more chances to survive.

  What made Lu Buqi more delighted was that the two of them had medicine on their bodies, which looked crystal clear and carried the fragrance of spring flowers, much better than the wound-healing medicine Lu Buqi carried.

  After the search was over, Lu Buji quickly left this desolate killing field. He knew that the bloody smell here would soon attract the fierce beasts in the mountains, and he didn't want to fight with them after the big battle.

  Enduring leg injuries and knife wounds on his body, Lu Buqi walked out of the several-mile-long road before stopping at a relatively dry patch of weeds to treat his injuries.

  After treating his injuries, Lu Bidong stood up again to practice the Five Animals Boxing and gradually circulated the Xuan Huang Bone Marrow Technique. He found that he could indeed clearly sense the presence of the bone marrow energy at any time. Moreover, apart from the skull and spine, Lu Bidong was able to naturally unify and control the bone marrow energy of the other seven major skeletal plates.

  Lu Bu finally put his mind at ease and knew that he had reached the Bone Resonance Seventh Realm. He also vaguely found the reason why the marrow power of the skull and spine bones couldn't be triggered together.

  Because the Ren and Du Luo meridians are cultivated, compared to other Luo meridians, they appear to be much fewer, so the courage and sensitivity of energy will be weaker.

  Breaking through to the Bone Resonance Realm, Lu Bidui discovered that whether it was his physique, strength or speed, they were all much stronger than before. Moreover, after some time had passed, with increasingly pure control over his marrow energy and increasingly skilled fusion of his bravery, combined with the Mingjin of Neijiaquan, Lu Bidui believed he could exert 15,000 jin of force in the Seventh Realm.

  This is equivalent to Wang Chengzhou's strongest power in Hot Blooded II, and it's worth noting that Wang Chengzhou was considered a physically strong character even in the original Hot Blooded. This increase in strength is truly astonishing.

  To put it simply, Lu Buqi is still no match for Wang Chengzhou today, but in another month or two, even if Wang Chengzhou doesn't want to let him off, he won't have a choice.