Martial Arts Overlord

The Golden Jade Heart Lotus was now in Luo Feng's possession, and he was ready to leave. However, he frowned slightly at the sight of the tightly closed door.

If he walked out like this, someone would definitely find out that he was the one who did this.

Green Wood Trading Co. was a major asset of the Duanmu Family. Its destruction at his hands, coupled with the killing of two mid-stage Hell Realm cultivators, would undoubtedly trigger a furious retaliation from the Duanmu Family.

The Duanmu Family must not be allowed to remain in this world, but now is not the right time to confront them directly.

Furrowing his brow in thought for a moment, Luo Feng's gaze swept across the hall.

Due to the intense combat earlier, most of the shelves in the hall had been destroyed. A variety of medicinal pills, secret manuals, weapons, and armor lay scattered on the ground.

Seeing these items on the floor, Luo Feng's eyes lit up. He had an idea.

Luo Feng turned to the simple-minded youth and warned, "Niumang, you must keep the acquisition of the Golden Jade Heart Lotus a secret. Otherwise, you might bring about your own demise."

The simple-minded youth solemnly nodded. "I understand."

Grasping the Tiger Soul Saber, Luo Feng turned his gaze to the door. "You go hide first, then leave as soon as possible during the chaos."

The simple-minded youth agreed. Worried, he watched Luo Feng and asked, "And what about you? If the Duanmu Family finds out about this, they definitely won't let you go. They might even send a Ninth Stage Heavenly Court Realm expert to hunt you down."

After calming down, the simple-minded youth also realized the consequences of this incident were extremely serious.

Luo Feng touched his nose, patted the Tiger Soul Saber in his hand, and said with a smile, "Don't worry. I have my own way to escape."

Although the simple-minded youth didn't know what Luo Feng planned, he still found a concealed location and hid as instructed.

Luo Feng looked away, his gaze falling on the black door at the front of the hall.

HUM!

A faint sound of wind and thunder emanated from his Dantian as Luo Feng's momentum gradually built. Once it reached its peak, he stomped hard on the ground. He shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, throwing a punch with astounding force directly at the black door.

By this time, the area outside the hall was already in chaos.

Dozens of Duanmu Family martial artists, armed with unsheathed swords, stood in a semicircle, glaring at the black door.

From a maid who had escaped during the chaos, everyone had learned what happened in the hall.

Someone had actually targeted the signature treasures of Green Wood Trading Co.—the three Golden Jade Heart Lotuses!

Behind the Duanmu Family martial artists stood many onlookers, former customers of Green Wood Trading Co. They watched as the Green Wood Trading Co. martial artists faced the enemy as if under siege.

Amid the crowd, someone couldn't help exclaiming, his face full of shock, "Who could be so bold as to target those three Golden Jade Heart Lotuses!"

Someone took a deep breath and said calmly, "No matter who it is, they probably won't escape today. The two managers of Green Wood Trading Co., Yuan Li and Chen Feng, are both mid-stage Hell Realm cultivators. The last time Hu Fei, known in the rtiad as the 'Thief Leader', tried to take the three Golden Jade Heart Lotuses, his limbs were broken before he could even make a move."

"Exactly. The 'Thief Leader' Hu Fei has an early-stage Hell Realm cultivation, and his Qinggong is outstanding. Even he didn't stand a chance. Unless the Clan Leaders of the Six Great Families or the deans of the Four Great Academies come personally, I'm afraid no one else has a chance."

"You're dreaming. Would figures like the deans of the Four Great Academies care about a few mere Golden Jade Heart Lotuses?"

"I'm just making a comparison."

Everyone chattered, all believing that whoever dared to target the Golden Jade Heart Lotuses was more likely to meet disaster than find fortune.

Just then, a loud noise erupted, and the earth trembled. Everyone was horrified to see the heavy, black lacquered door of the hall shuddering violently. Cracks spiderwebbed across its surface, looking as if it would shatter at any moment.

Seeing this, many people's eyes widened in astonishment.

This black door was forged from Mysterious Steel and was half a foot thick. Even the full strike of an early-stage Hell Realm cultivator could not damage it.

Yet now, this half-foot-thick Mysterious Steel door was beginning to crack. What kind of terrifyingly powerful attack could achieve this!

BOOM!

Another thunderous crash! Under everyone's horrified gaze, the Mysterious Steel door, pushed to its limit, violently shattered. Shards of it flew outwards.

The Duanmu Family martial artists standing guard in front of the door bore the brunt. The flying fragments of the door slammed into them, sending blood splattering everywhere as screams tore through the air.

In an instant, most of the martial artists were dead or injured, their solid defensive line instantly collapsing.

WHOOSH...

While everyone was still reeling in terror, a sudden gust of wind swept through, so strong it forced people to squint or shut their eyes.

The wind was bizarre. It had appeared suddenly and vanished just as quickly, gone in the blink of an eye.

The area outside the hall was chaotic. Before anyone could react, a voice suddenly boomed out.

"Yuan Li and Chen Feng are both dead!"

The voice, seemingly coming from nowhere, was hoarse and low, like that of an old man, yet the tone also held a hint of immaturity, making it sound rather peculiar.

At this moment, no one paid any mind to the peculiar voice. After the gust of wind passed, everyone could clearly see the scene inside the hall.

The hall was littered with corpses. Yuan Li and Chen Feng themselves lay amidst the ruins, covered in blood, devoid of any sign of life.

The entire hall had been reduced to ruins. Various medicinal pills, secret manuals, precious stones, and antiques were scattered everywhere like trash.

Everyone was stunned into silence by the hellish scene before them.

However, at this moment, the peculiar voice from before rang out again.

"So many treasures! There's even a low-grade Profound Level Martial Arts technique!"

A low-grade Profound Level Martial Arts technique!

The hearts of numerous martial artists pounded. Their eyes, fixing on the goods scattered throughout the hall, gradually turned red, like those of starving wolves that had just spotted fresh meat.

The captain of the Green Wood Trading Co. guards, sensing trouble, stepped before the ruined doorway and roared, "These all belong to Green Wood Trading Co.! All of you, back off immediately, or be killed without mercy!"

The captain possessed mid-stage Essence storage Realm cultivation, a strength not to be underestimated. His stern warning instantly brought expressions of fear to many faces.

"Heh heh, a mere mid-stage Essence storage Realm cultivator dares to speak so presumptuously before this old man?"

An old man with a sinister gaze and a stooped figure emerged from the crowd, his small eyes glinting with a chilling light as he cackled.

SWOOSH!

Without warning, the old man transformed into a Ghost Shadow, silently appearing behind the unsuspecting captain.

Before the captain could react, the old man executed the Long Eagle Attack. His claw-like hand struck out, five desiccated fingers punching through the captain's back from behind, their bloodstained tips emerging from his chest.

PUCHI!

The captain spat out a mouthful of blood, glaring fiercely at the old man. "You..."

Before he could finish his sentence, his head lolled to one side, and all signs of life instantly vanished.

The old man expressionlessly withdrew his hand. His hawk-like gaze fell upon the corpse as he sneered, "In this world, there is only one truth: the strong are revered! I, the 'Blood Owl Hawk,' have taken a fancy to the treasures inside, so you can just obediently go die."

With that said, the old man turned and walked step by step towards the main hall.

The nearby Green Wood Trading Co. martial artists watched the old man, not daring to move a muscle; many had legs that were trembling.

The Blood Owl Hawk was a notorious Great Demon of the rtiad.

This man was an early-stage Hell Realm expert, ruthless and cruel, killing on a whim. His hands were stained with the blood of no fewer than a thousand lives. The very aura he exuded was enough to instill fear.

"Chen Feng and Yuan Li are dead! Green Wood Trading Co. has no strong martial artists left now! Let's hurry inside! We might find some treasures!"

"That's right! This hall is Green Wood Trading Co.'s most important repository. I've heard that even the cheapest items inside are worth a million taels! Let's go, before others beat us to it!"

The Blood Owl Hawk's words jolted the surrounding martial artists from their stupor. Like a pack of madmen, they all surged into the hall.

The remaining Green Wood Trading Co. martial artists, mostly around the seventh stage of the Essence storage Realm, dared not intervene. They could only watch in horror as the crowd, like a pack of wolves and tigers, stormed into the hall.

"What should we do?" The guards exchanged dismayed glances.

"To hell with it!" one guard finally exclaimed, gritting his teeth. "If I can find a high-grade Martial Arts secret manual, I might break through to the seventh stage of the Essence storage Realm! Then I won't have to be a low-ranking guard anymore!" He then plunged into the hall with the crowd.

The others exchanged glances. Unable to resist the allure of the countless treasures in the hall, they too rushed in one after another.

The entire hall descended into chaos. Rows of shelves were violently torn apart as numerous martial artists, like packs of starving wolves, rummaged through the debris.

"A high-grade Yellow Rank Martial Arts secret manual! HAHA... I've found a treasure!" a martial artist roared in excitement, having pulled a secret manual from the debris.

The martial artists nearby who had found nothing instantly swiveled their gazes toward him.

The martial artist who found the secret manual also realized he'd made a huge mistake. He quickly stuffed the manual into his robes and tried to slip away.

However, several martial artists had already converged on him.

"He has a high-grade Yellow Rank Martial Arts technique! Get him!"

It's unknown who shouted, but the martial artist who had found the secret manual was instantly overwhelmed by several figures, his screams echoing briefly before being silenced.

Such scenes were playing out all over the hall.

A single medicinal pill, a secret manual, or a desirable weapon could trigger a bloody battle. The hall flashed with the glint of blades and Sword Shadows. In moments, it had become a river of blood.

People die for riches, and birds die for food...

From the shadows hundreds of meters outside the hall, Luo Feng emerged, shaking his head helplessly as he watched the chaotic scene unfold.

The moment the Mysterious Steel door shattered, he had taken advantage of the ensuing chaos to slip out of the crowd. The two shouts that had fanned the flames were also his doing.

This way, no matter how resourceful the Duanmu Family is, they won't be able to trace this back to me anytime soon.

Imagining Duanmu Ji's inevitably twisted expression upon hearing this news, Luo Feng smiled faintly. Laden with his newly acquired wealth, he turned and headed out of Green Wood Trading Co.

Luo Feng's intention in creating this chaos was to prevent the Duanmu Family from definitively linking the theft of the Golden Jade Heart Lotuses to him.

However, the way events unfolded far exceeded his expectations.

News of the deaths of Green Wood Trading Co.'s two managers spread like wildfire. More and more people flocked from all directions to join the looting frenzy.

In the end, the entire Green Wood Trading Co. was thrown into utter chaos, all its merchandise plundered.

The once majestic building, a landmark of Giant Stone City, was destroyed in the turmoil, reduced to a pile of rubble...