Chapter 64: Qi Breakthrough

  Under Ragath's coercion, the two bandit mercenaries reluctantly picked up their weapons with tear-stained faces, but did not dare to launch a rash attack.

  "Come."

  Lei Ga gestured to them with a hook of his hand and said coldly: "Attack me with all your might."

  Two bandit mercenaries, no matter how low their IQs were, understood that they weren't even close to being a match for a 6th-stage Dou Qi user. Moreover, Le Ga's leveling speed was simply godly; if this continued, he'd probably become a Hero in just three or four moves.

  Two bandit mercenaries looked at me, I looked at them, then with a thud they knelt down on the ground, "Sir, spare our lives! Don't take the one-on-one thing seriously, we were just... joking around!"

  "Kidding?"

  Lei Ga hummed coldly, "Get up! Aren't you trying to regain your dignity from last time?"

  "No, no, no! We don't want it!"

  Zhāo fēng ěr pīn mìng de yáo huàng zhe zì jǐ de nǎo dāi, yī fù dà chè dà wù de yàng zi, “miàn zi zhè zhǒng dōng xī, shēng bù dài lái, sǐ bù dài qù, rú guǒ gé xià yuàn yì, qǐng liú zhe suí biàn cǎi ba.”

  Translation:

  Zhao Feng Ear was shaking his head desperately, with a look of great enlightenment, "This thing called face, you're not born with it and you won't take it to your grave. If you want to, please feel free to trample on it."

  "Really? Really?"

  "With a long beard and a nose full of snot, he said with tears: 'To be stepped on by Your Excellency is like being blessed by the holy light, this is our brothers' good fortune.'"

  "Stop talking nonsense!"

  Lei Ga is currently in the midst of boosting his fighting spirit, itching to take action, how could he easily let go of a ready-made target? "You two just need to make an attacking motion with your aura, as soon as you see me raise my sword, dodge and hide, I'll only use one move, Over-the-Shoulder Slash, it's easy to dodge."

  "Is it really just one move?"

  "It's really just one move." Lui nodded gloomily.

  "Alright then."

  Two bandit mercenaries had no choice but to shakily get up from the ground, Wind Ear wiped away his tears and Long Beard wiped away his snot.

  "Your Excellency, we're going to attack!"

  As they spoke, the two re-condensed their second-order Dou Qi, but this time all of the Dou Qi was not infused into their respective weapons, but rather protected the important parts of their bodies.

  Lei Ga let out a faint sigh, finding that it wasn't easy to find a suitable practice opponent after all, but for now, he could only do so.

  He grasped both hands on the long hilt of the Crow Sword, then raised the giant sword over his shoulder, and the fighting energy inside him continuously condensed onto the blade.

  This time, he could feel it, the power was breaking through the sixth-order limit —

  Two bandit mercenaries charged forward with their necks shrunk, about to rush in front of Leiga. However, Leiga still didn't make a move - he was waiting for the moment when his Dou Qi would break through to the seventh rank.

  Two bandit mercenaries secretly trembled with fear, afraid that if they hid too early they would be scolded by Lei Ga, and also afraid that if they hid too late they would get hurt themselves. They could only close their eyes and hack at Lei Ga with weapons devoid of any fighting spirit.

  At the critical moment, the accumulated Dou Qi was suddenly activated, breaking through the sixth-order limit and directly upgrading to seventh-order Dou Qi! A bright red glow flashed on the Crow Sword, and Lei Ga roared loudly. The Crow Sword brought a devastating power that seemed to shake the heavens and split the earth, heavily slashing down.

  Two bandits had been prepared, and when they saw Le Ga's expression was different, they began to dodge. However, the speed of the Crow Sword was terrifyingly fast, and in a flash, the sword's blade split open with a burst of air that knocked them to the ground. The Seventh-Order Battle Qi wave crashed into their bodies, and their Second-Order Battle Qi was like a thin sheet of paper, instantly torn apart with countless holes.

  Fortunately, Laga only used his aura purely and didn't add any sword moves to it. The slash went through the middle of the two strong bandit mercenaries, so they just had their defensive auras broken and were knocked out with external injuries, but their lives were not in great danger.

  The two were just calming down from their fright when another heart-pounding moment was thrust upon them.

  The power of the seven-tiered Dou Qi surged along the dull blade of the Crow Sword, cutting out a deep gully-like sword scar on the hard frozen ground. The sword scar extended in a straight line forward, pressing towards the strong bandit mercenary who had been knocked unconscious by Lei Ga's punch earlier.

  "Third brother!"

  Two robbers turned their heads away, unable to bear the sight of what was about to happen.

  His third brother felt the pressure of the sword mark and immediately jumped up like a rabbit, dodging the sword mark.

  The sword mark "hums" and crashes onto the giant stone, which immediately shatters into hundreds of small stones, thrown into the air by the sword's force, and falls to the ground like raindrops.

  "He's really formidable..."

  That short bandit mercenary who had narrowly escaped death pressed his hand against his chest and panted, saying: "Luckily I'm clever, just now I was just pretending to be dead, otherwise I really would have..."

  Lei Ga saw the shocking scene caused by the sword scar, and under his calm expression, he added a few colors of excitement.

  Seventh rank! From fourth-rank Dou Qi directly upgraded to seventh-rank Dou Qi! All the goals that once seemed impossible, from now on, are no longer so far away!

  Seventh rank! This is already on the same level as Douton, who snatched away the Cangyue Sword. As long as I work harder and cultivate diligently, within a year, I will definitely be able to find Douton and take back the Cangyue Sword, avenging my hatred!

  Lei's eyebrows shot up, his teeth chattering with a "ka-ka" sound, as the seven-tiered Dou Qi swirled around him, resembling a bloody storm.

  Oh, right, and there's also Red Roland. The anger on Rega's face dissipated, replaced by a cold smile at the corners of his mouth, as he thought to himself: Red Roland, next time we meet, you'll be waiting for me to pin you down... No, I have to figure out if that female bandit is Shelp's daughter first.

  Three strong bandits stood in a place, carefully observing Lega's unpredictable expression, ready to escape at any time.

  Collecting his thoughts, Lelouch's mood greatly improved, and with a smile he proposed to the three strong bandit mercenaries: "Let's do it again, the last one didn't count. This time I'll use the Moon Phase Slash, let's see what kind of effect a horizontal attack will have—"

  "Your Excellency!"

  He fell to the ground with a thud. His second-stage Dou Qi, along with his long whiskers, had been completely dispersed and would likely take three to five days to recover. Meanwhile, Lei Ga now possessed seventh-stage Dou Qi; if he were to get serious, they wouldn't even have 10,000 lives to spare.

  "Hurry up, I'm not your superior, just a fellow worker."

  "My lord!" The long-bearded man fell to his knees with a thud.

  "Hurry up, I'm not the lord..."

  "Ancestors!" The short man thudded to his knees.

  "I'm only fifteen years old..."

  Three strong robbers were trembling with fear, not knowing how to beg for mercy. Suddenly, the leader's Wind Ear had an idea and pointed at the Violent Crow Tavern, saying: "We want to eat! You, as a tavern servant, can't stop us from going in to have a meal, can you?"

  "Eat?" Leiga furrowed his brow.

  "Agreed!"

  The other two bandits hastily chimed in: "It's noon already, we're stopping for now, time to eat!"

  "But the tavern doesn't have what you want to eat, only stir-fried vegetarian pancakes and raw wild vegetables. Let me continue to take you on one by one." Leiga readied his stance again.

  "We just love eating vegetarian food!"

  Three strong robbers rushed into the Violent Crow Tavern without waiting for Leiga to speak, and ran straight to the bar.

  "Boss, bring us food quickly! One stir-fried vegetarian pancake, one raw wild vegetable dish, and one vegetarian pancake with wild vegetables! Hurry!"

  "Alright, alright."

  Xie Pu City's smile, "Three of you go to my partner's place and pay the bill first?"

  The dwarf mercenary slammed his fist on the bar and shouted, "Hey, old man, we paid you last time!"

  "This time is this time, last time was last time. I'm a serious businessman, right, buddy?" Shep deliberately nodded his chin towards the back of the three bandit mercenaries.

  Lei Ga stepped into the tavern just in time, his face somewhat gloomy because he hadn't had a satisfying one-on-one fight with the bandit mercenaries. "Yes, boss, you're the most honest businessman on Crow Ridge."

  The bandit who had been recruited by the Wind Ear Strongman hastily gave his companions a signal to shut up, and then he himself asked Yan Yuese with a smile: "Boss, how much do we three need to spend in total?"

  This time he obviously learned his lesson and didn't want to make the same mistake again.

  "It's the same as last time."

  Shep replied with a sincere face: "Last time I charged you guys how much money, this time you just return me that much money, we are all fellow villagers, I couldn't bear to cheat you."

  Zhuang Feng'er's mouth twitched slightly as he turned to the other two bandit mercenaries and said, "What are you still standing there for? Chip in..."

  The three of them tossed and turned for a while, finally gathering ninety silver coins, scattered all over the counter.

  Xie Pu's skilled hand swept all the silver coins into the counter without missing a single one. Then, with a smiling face, he said: "Ah, I'm so sorry, it seems that the three-point stir-fry can't be done, and we'll have to eat raw wild vegetables instead."

  Eat wild vegetables for 90 silver coins?!!

  The bearded bandit mercenaries couldn't help but speak out, "Boss, last time we asked for meat and you said there was none. This time we're only asking for biscuits, are you saying there aren't any biscuits either?"

  "There is indeed a pancake, but there's no empty pot, so it can't be stir-fried." Xie Pu smiled and spread his hands.

  "Where's the pot?" the dwarf mercenary bandit asked.

  "Braised meat." Xie Pu said straightforwardly.

  "Well, then we can eat meat, right?" said the mercenary bandit with the Wind Ear.

  "Three guests, meat is for my fellow villagers to eat, sorry no takeout."

  Xie Pu's face wore a businessman's habitual smile. "If any of you gentlemen have any dissatisfaction, please find me to settle the bill."

  "You're just like a gang of robbers in a tavern!"

  "Is there still king's law on Crow Ridge?"

  "Many injustices will ultimately lead to your own downfall! The Holy Light will surely punish you!"

  These words coming from the mouths of three bandit mercenaries were quite comical.

  No matter how they shouted, Xie Pu always had a smiling face, "If you're not satisfied, find me to settle the bill."

  "That's enough!"

  The leader of the group, with a serious expression, said: "We are not that kind of unreasonable and arrogant guests. We won't fight and kill over such a small matter. Let's just eat some wild vegetables and call it a day!"

  Xie Pu's smile on his face became even more radiant, "Ah, sorry, wild vegetables probably can't be served either, there aren't any empty plates left. If you're not satisfied..."

  "Boss..."

  The wind-blown tears flowed across his face as he lay on the bar, "No need for plates, can't we three just eat with our hands? Please don't make us stand there like fools, or else your buddy will definitely want to duel us one-on-one. Didn't you see the length of that sword scar earlier? At least seven or eight meters! Such a huge boulder, and it shattered into pieces..."

  "Alright, alright, stop crying, I'll go pick some wild vegetables for you now—"

  Xie Pu walked towards the kitchen while sighing and said: "It was you guys who asked me to fight him one on one, honestly..."