Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques-Chapter 59: One Blade Against Many!

Bang!

Lu Changsheng kicked open the door of the furnace chamber.

"Miss Li, come on in," he said, stepping inside.

Li Hongzhuang quickly followed behind. "Yes, this is the place. I searched here for a long time last time but still couldn't find the Marrow Transformation Pill."

Her eyes swept across the room and landed on the last of the Three Elders.

"Speak. Where is the Marrow Transformation Pill?" she demanded.

The old man's lips curled into a bitter smile. He glanced at the two corpses outside the door, a cold glint flickering in his eyes. "You want the Marrow Transformation Pill? Hahaha! Not a chance! The Cui Clan has spent ten years, pouring in countless manpower and resources, just to produce a single batch of Marrow Transformation Pills. And now, you expect me to just hand it to you? What a joke."

The elder's brazen attitude made Li Hongzhuang's eyes blaze with fury. "You old fool! That pill formula was stolen from the Li Clan. Over two hundred members of my clan had their lives stolen from them, and they demand justice!"

The elder looked at Li Hongzhuang coldly, refusing to say anything else.

"You're stalling for time," Lu Changsheng suddenly remarked. "You're waiting for reinforcements from the Cui Clan, aren't you?"

"Heh, so you're not entirely clueless," the elder sneered. "But it changes nothing. They’re already here."

Sure enough, as soon as his words fell, footsteps echoed outside the furnace chamber. The Cui Clan's guards had arrived. From the sound of it, there were hundreds of them. Many were martial artists, and the Cui Clan's Organ Refinement martial artists were likely among them as well.

"Brother Shisan, what do we do?" Li Hongzhuang asked, visibly alarmed.

Lu Changsheng remained calm. "Miss Li, since the Cui Clan refuses to reveal anything, I'll leave it to you to find the pills. I'm sure they are here. Master Luo Tian said as much, and the Three Elders wouldn't have been standing guard unless there was something important to protect."

He turned toward the door, his voice quiet but resolute. "I'll handle the Cui Clan outside. As long as I'm here, not a single one of them will set foot in this chamber."

"What? Brother Shisan, you plan to take on all the Cui Clan's martial artists alone?" Li Hongzhuang asked, baffled.

She knew Shisan was powerful, but unlike Divine Strength martial artists, those at the Organ Refinement Stage were still flesh and blood, vulnerable to blades or arrows. If enough enemies swarmed Lu Changsheng at once, they could still technically overwhelm him—and the Cui Clan was more than capable of sending those kinds of numbers, with proper weapons.

Could Shisan really do this alone?

"Don't worry, Miss Li. Just focus on finding the pills," Lu Changsheng said. Then he turned to the last of the Three Elders. "But let me take care of this loose end first."

He didn't bother questioning the elder any further. His figure blurred, and in a flash, he stood in front of the old man, sword already driving forward. The elder reacted instantly, unleashing his blood qi and swinging his own sword.

Squelch! 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

A thin crimson line spread across the elder’s throat. His entire body trembled as he clutched his neck, eyes wide in disbelief.

"You..."

From beginning to end, Lu Changsheng never saw him as a threat. The elder was an Organ Refinement martial artist, yet in Lu Changsheng's eyes, he was no different from an ordinary martial artist. A single strike was all it took.

Thud!

With that, the Three Elders of the Cui Clan were dead. They were the clan’s only peak Organ Refinement martial artists, and all of them had fallen at Lu Changsheng's hand.

"Miss Li, I'll leave the Marrow Transformation Pill to you."

With that, Lu Changsheng walked out of the furnace chamber.

Li Hongzhuang's eyes turned red, but she said nothing. Biting her lip, she immediately began searching the chamber. The sooner she found the pill, the sooner Shisan would be out of danger's way.

Lu Changsheng stood outside the furnace chamber with his sword in hand.

"Hurry, close in!"

"Archers, get ready!"

"Surround all sides. Don't let them escape!"

Hundreds of martial artists and guards surrounded the furnace chamber from every direction, many of them armed with crossbows. The imperial court prohibited crossbows and armor, but great clans disregarded such laws. The Gao Clan, Xu Clan, and now even the Cui Clan all had them. This land had already fallen into chaos!

Meanwhile, the Patriarch of the Cui Clan was racing toward the furnace chamber with a group of experts. Corpses lay scattered along the way, sending waves of unease through the group. But the Patriarch himself remained calm. He was convinced the Marrow Transformation Pill was safe with the Three Elders standing guard. After all, they were the main pillars of the Cui Clan. With them around, any crisis would be averted.

But when the Patriarch and his men reached the chamber and saw the two bodies on the ground, they froze in shock. Their faces went pale.

"Elder Cui?"

"Those two... They're two of the Three Elders!"

"That's impossible!"

"There's another body inside the chamber... He's the other elder..."

"The Three Elders... defeated?"

The Patriarch's heart trembled. Without the pillars of the Cui Clan, and without their power to keep Jubei City in check, other forces would no doubt try to undermine the clan's authority. In a situation like this, the two peak Organ Refinement retainers might consider turning against the clan. The loss of the Three Elders was an unexpected and devastating tragedy.

"No... it's not over yet. As long as the Marrow Transformation Pill is still here, the Cui Clan has a chance to produce a Divine Strength martial artist. Even if that doesn't happen, anyone who successfully undergoes Marrow Transformation will still be far stronger than a typical peak Organ Refinement martial artist."

The Patriarch then looked at his men and commanded, "The Marrow Transformation Pill must not be lost!"

The Patriarch steadied himself and turned toward the furnace chamber, but the sight that greeted him froze him in place. A single martial artist stood at the entrance.

One man, one sword, blocking the way.

This man took down the Three Elders by himself? The Patriarch's heart sank as he realized they weren't up against an ordinary swordsman.

With their Three Force Formation, the Three Elders were nearly unbeatable. The idea of a sole martial artist defeating them seemed absurd, unless they were in the Divine Strength Realm.

But that couldn't be right. If this man was truly a Divine Strength martial artist, the Three Elders would have surrendered immediately. In fact, whatever he demanded, the Cui Clan would have given. They would never dare provoke a Divine Strength martial artist.

That could only mean that this man was just a peak Organ Refinement martial artist.

"A mere Organ Refinement martial artist thinks he can stop the Cui Clan's guards alone? No one can withstand the assault of several hundred men!" the Patriarch sneered, as if trying to convince himself of his words.

This man had slain the Three Elders, and he hadn't fled, which meant he hadn't found the Marrow Transformation Pills. As long as the pills weren't discovered, the Patriarch could stay calm. All he needed to do was eliminate the intruders, and once that was done, the Cui Clan would continue to rule Jubei City as its unchallenged authority.