Chapter 63: Old Scores and New Grudges

  "You want to fight me one on one?" Lei Ga raised an eyebrow indifferently.

  "It's not us who will fight you one on one, it's you who will fight us one on one!"

  Lei Ga furrowed his brow and pondered for a moment before understanding dawned on him. "What kind of one-on-one duel is this?"

  "That's right, we three brothers do everything together, eat together, sleep together, hit one person is also three people together, hit a group of people are also three people running together."

  The leader of the robbers had thick arms and legs that were bent into a semicircle, with a pair of large ears that flapped when he spoke. His chin trembled slightly with excitement. "Youngster, come on and fight me one-on-one!"

  Lei Ga couldn't help but laugh, "Everyone, you all said it earlier, I'm not some noble young master or a crow leader, I'm just a small partner. How can I take on the three of you alone? Alright, please go ahead, the three of you, I still have work to do."

  "Hmph, scared now?"

  The leader of the bandits took a step forward, saw that his companions were not following him, and retreated with a stiff face, saying in a harsh tone: "You're only at the fourth stage of Dou Qi, we three add up to six stages of Dou Qi, I knew you wouldn't dare fight us!"

  Although provoked, Lei Ga still couldn't muster up any interest in these three stupid mercenary fighters. After all, the ranking of Dou Qi wasn't simply a matter of addition; three second-rank Dou Qi warriors were just that - three second-rank Dou Qi warriors, and it was impossible for them to combine into a sixth-rank Dou Qi warrior. He listlessly swept his gaze over the three of them before shaking his head, "You win, I'm outsmarted."

  Three strong bandits mercenaries looked at each other, and a mad smile appeared on their tense faces.

  "Haha, it turns out that Laga is nothing special after all!"

  The leader of the Wind Ear bandits, a mercenary, burst out laughing: "I knew it, the villagers were just bragging! They said that under your command, they killed a third-grade demon beast and more than twenty second-grade barbarian beasts. With your timid appearance, how could you possibly have done that?"

  The other two bandit mercenaries also burst out laughing.

  A surge of anger swept through Rega's heart, he clenched his fists, and a murderous intent flashed in his black pupils, but it was fleeting, and his fists slowly relaxed. This was the Violent Crow Tavern, where Xie Pu was the master, and he was no longer a wanderer, but an apprentice who had been training hard here to achieve higher goals. If he got angry at every provocation, how would he face even greater pressure in the future?

  Thinking of this, Leiga's face floated up with a faint cold smile again. "The three of you are right, if you can gather two more people with the same IQ as yours and form an apprentice-level hero team, then you can join the guild. So, don't bother me with your nonsense anymore."

  Three strong bandits mercenaries first laughed loudly for a few moments, then suddenly thought that something was not quite right.

  The shorter of the two bandits, a mercenary, nudged his companion with his rounded arm and whispered, "Second Brother, is this kid cursing us behind our backs?"

  "Really?"

  The mercenary bandit next to him habitually twirled the tip of his beard and said, "This little guy is smiling, doesn't seem like he's scolding us."

  "This little guy looks very sinister!"

  That notorious bandit mercenary snorted and said in a serious tone, "I've thought about joining the Grand Assembly before, but we absolutely can't go. Their members all have high horses, if we went, wouldn't we have to share one horse among three or five people? Share one bowl of rice among three or five people?"

  The two strong bandits beside him looked suddenly enlightened, shaking their heads in unison. "Can't go, we can't join those big guilds!"

  Lei Ga shook his head with a mixture of laughter and tears, "You three chat slowly, I still have 100 wine cups that haven't been wiped."

  As he spoke, he prepared to head in the direction of the bar counter.

  Three strong bandits rushed in immediately and surrounded Laga in the middle.

  "Kid, you think it's that easy to let you off?"

  The Wind Ear bandit mercenary fiercely raised the broad blade in his hand, "Today, old and new debts will be settled together."

  Lei Ga frowned impatiently and was about to speak when he saw Xie Pu walking out of the kitchen with a gloomy face.

  "What's all the commotion outside? Buddy, didn't you treat your guests well?"

  "Sorry, boss."

  Lei Ga's calm and peaceful voice said: "The requests of these three guests are a bit special."

  Xie Pu glanced at the mercenaries' weapons and asked faintly, "Any special requests?"

  "They want me to take on all three of them." Rega shrugged helplessly.

  "That's right!"

  "Old man, you'd better mind your own business, or else we'll tear down this dump of a store along with everything else!" the brutal and ruthless Zhao Feng'er shouted.

  Xie Pu smiled slyly and said, "Oh dear, three guests please calm down, please wait outside the store for a moment, I'll let my partner go out to satisfy your requirements."

  "Still the old fellow knows what's good for him! We'll just give you some face."

  After all, they really smashed the only tavern in Crow Ridge, and their troubles got bigger. The Wind Ear thief mercenary gestured to his companions to put away their weapons and swaggered out of the Crow Tavern.

  Xie Pu's face immediately fell after seeing the mercenary bandits off with a smile. He turned to Lei Ga and said seriously, "Go duel those three - you've been sleeping for three days, it's about time you got some exercise."

  "Yes, boss."

  Lei Ga nodded obediently, without emphasizing that his opponent was too weak to want to fight back, and calmly threw away the towel, picking up the Crow Sword.

  Xie Pu added: "After the fight, remember to invite three more guests in for consumption - anyone who has been to the Violent Crow Tavern must leave their money behind, no matter what."

  "What if I accidentally hurt you?" Lui asked with difficulty. His current physical condition was very good, and dealing with three second-class fighters was really too easy.

  "I don't care, just drag me in anyway."

  Xie Pu turned his head and walked into the bar, adding another sentence, "Also, the tables and chairs you wiped are all unqualified, remember to re-wipe them a hundred times later."

  "Yes, boss."

  Lei Ga didn't utter a single word of complaint, and with the Crow Sword in hand, he turned around and walked out of the tavern.

  It's almost noon now, and the autumn-winter sunshine on my face has a kind of lazy comfort.

  "Let's get started."

  Lei Ga grasped the Crow Sword with one hand and swung it in a circular arc before the three bandits. The Crow Sword's momentum was great, its heavy blade slicing through the air with a low humming friction sound.

  This was his first dance with the raven sword since he awoke from his swoon, its heavy weight still there but surprisingly fluid.

  Three strong robbers exchanged a look with each other, let out a loud shout, and charged at Lei Ga in a disorderly manner.

  The weapons in their hands were completely waving and chopping randomly, and the aura on their bodies didn't know which direction to exert force. The three-person group, which seemed to be fierce and powerful, actually had no coordination or connection with each other, and they were clearly acting on their own.

  Lei Ga dodged the Wind Ear mercenary's slanted slash with ease, then took a step back to block the Long Beard mercenary's incoming spear thrust with his Crow Sword. He immediately stepped forward and struck the short mercenary's shield with his left fist.

  The red aura instantly condensed on his left fist, and Lei Ga didn't intend to use his full strength, just wanting to force back the short bandit mercenary. But with one punch, the short man's oak shield infused with second-tier aura immediately turned into powder. The short man covered his wrist and let out a miserable cry, heavily falling backwards, his round body rolling continuously on the hard ground for over a dozen times before finally stopping after crashing into a large boulder.

  "Third brother!"

  Zhāo Fēng ěr and Cháng Hú Zi shouted in unison.

  Lei Ga was also startled by his own strength. He had intentionally used his left fist, which he wasn't particularly skilled with, so how did it manage to break through the second-tier Dou Qi's defense with just one punch?

  He looked up at his left hand in confusion, only to discover that the brightness of his crimson aura was different.

  "How dare you bully my third brother! I'll... Hmph, fifth stage?!"

  Just a moment ago, the wind ear was still in a majestic momentum, but when he saw the bright aura on Leiga's left hand, he immediately sucked in a cold breath and retreated two steps in a row.

  Breakthrough? When?

  Lei Ga was stunned and stood still on the spot, as if the bandit mercenaries had never existed.

  "No way?"

  The long-bearded man whispered: "Isn't it said that this kid's strength is only at the 4th rank? It's possible that it's just a reflection of sunlight, making it look like 5th rank Dou Qi."

  "My second brother makes sense."

  Zhao Feng'er nodded solemnly, "This time we'll go up together and catch him off guard while he's in a daze."

  "Good!"

  Two people simultaneously raised their weapons, with a second-level Dou Qi supporting them. A thunderous roar like the crashing of waves pressed down on Chao Lei's head.

  Leiga heard the wind sound, came back to his senses, and quickly raised his sword to block. Two oppressive second-stage Dou Qi collided with the Black Crow Sword, emitting a heavy hum, Leiga subconsciously transferred the Dou Qi to the bladeless edge of the sword, his wrist flexibly flipped, the sword body lightly swung, following the momentum to pull it to the side, and the Wind Ear and Long Beard's weapons immediately flew out of their hands, crashing onto the frozen ground with a loud clang.

  He stumbled backward with a stagger, his long beard making him lose balance, and he fell heavily to the ground, not getting up until after a good while.

  "Sixth stage of martial aura..."

  Zhuang Feng'er's tone of voice changed, and sweat dripped from his forehead like rain.

  "How is this possible?"

  The long-bearded man took a deep breath, "Above the fifth level are all very difficult hurdles to overcome, even someone as powerful as Deke couldn't break through for several years, and this kid easily leveled up with just one move? And even leveled up two levels?"

  Lei Ga didn't respond to the bandit mercenary's words, he just furrowed his brow and stared at the crimson aura on his body.

  This brightness, this feeling - yes, it's indeed the Sixth-Order Battle Qi! All the experience accumulated from previous battles, after being unconscious for three days and three nights, all burst out at once!

  This feeling... is just too great!

  Lei Ga was overjoyed, feeling that there was still a part of his inner energy that had not been unleashed. He raised the Black Crow Sword and pointed it at the bandit mercenaries in front of him, shouting in a commanding tone: "Come again!"

  Two bandit mercenaries were scared out of their wits, waving their hands and retreating while shrinking back, "Not coming! Not coming! Wouldn't come even if beaten to death!"

  "You said you wouldn't come, but now that I really don't dare kill you, are you going to show up?"

  Lei Ga's face rose up, using his toes to kick the two people's weapons in front of them. His voice was like a knife edge splitting the air: "Come again!"