"Where did so many experts come from?"
"Oh no! These people are too formidable! Ah!!! My hand!"
"What are you afraid of? Brothers, let's fight them!"
Shrill cries echoed in the cavern space.
"Well, I didn't expect you brought people with you! I really underestimated you!"
Seeing his own forces in chaos, Xiang Zhili quickly shouted, "This space is too small, it's hard to fight here. Everybody, retreat swiftly, battle them outside!"
In just a few breaths, over a dozen of them were down, such losses were immense!
Moreover, they had large numbers, but were unable to maneuver in such a confined space, so Xiang Zhili hurriedly ordered a retreat from the cavern.
There was no other choice, as the people Li Chuan brought were all Innate Masters and experts at street fighting, excelling in direct confrontation.
Meanwhile, the Seven Kills Sect specialized in poison and stealth assassinations.
In such a group battle, they were at a disadvantage.
No one was more excited than Wang Yifeng and Li Lei upon seeing this!
They were initially ready to risk their lives fighting these people!
But Li Chuan gave them a huge surprise!
Soon, the group retreated while fighting and returned to the courtyard outside.
During this time, Xiang Zhili's forces suffered further losses, but fortunately, with their greater numbers, they quickly stabilized once outside in open terrain.
"Boy, don't celebrate too early. Your death is imminent!"
Seeing the battle before him, Xiang Zhili was burning with rage.
The next moment, seven figures sprang from behind him, encircling Li Chuan with lightning speed.
These were the Seven Kill Stars, elite assassins trained by the Seven Kills Sect, each an Innate Master!
The Seven Kill Stars held daggers in their hands, with eyes full of evil qi, exuding an aura of death.
Li Chuan's lips curled into a cold smile; these Innate Masters had strength equivalent to the Absorbing Yin Realm, which was no big deal for him.
Casually drawing the short knife from Mu Weishuang's waist, Li Chuan vanished in a flash.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Under the moonlight, Li Chuan appeared like a ghost in front of the Seven Kill Stars. The light of the knife fell like a waterfall, under the moonlight it looked like a silver stream, beautiful yet deadly.
When Li Chuan's figure reappeared in everyone's sight, the seven killers were frozen in place, a blood mark on their necks, lifeless.
Seeing Li Chuan effortlessly deal with the seven killers, Li Lei and the others were instantly overjoyed, "Yes!"
"Kill! Betrayers of the sect, kill without mercy."
Shouting as they led their charge, advancing towards Xiang Zhili's forces.
Li Chuan looked at Yan Ruyu and Mu Weishuang beside him, "Hmm... You two women, don't you know how to take care of someone? I'm seriously injured, yet you don't get a lounge chair for me to lie on?"
He found that Yan Ruyu and Mu Weishuang truly had no feminine charm, only in bed did they feel a bit captivating, but they also lacked perceptiveness, requiring repeated instructions even to change posture, otherwise they remained cold, seemingly very aloof.
How could they be proper maids then?
A proper maid wouldn't need to be told much, just a look would suffice to know how to serve their master appropriately.
Thinking of this, Li Chuan suddenly remembered Zhao Qingyao, the woman who took his first time, perhaps she had spoiled his taste, for with her, he never needed to say anything, even a subtle change in intensity, Zhao Qingyao would adjust her position for a closer fit.
Soon, Yan Ruyu and Mu Weishuang somehow brought forth a grand chair, placing it behind Li Chuan.
Li Chuan lay back, watching the battlefield before him.
After passing the test, he was now the fifty-sixth Sect Leader of the Seven Kills Sect, so Wang Yifeng's trusted aides protected him, the new leader.
Naturally, the little beauty Xiaoying was among them.
During the first trial, Li Chuan endured several heavy blows, sustaining internal injuries, and just forcefully mobilized True Qi to slay the Seven Kill Stars, leaving him in a weakened state now.
However, even if he didn't make a move, merely being Sect Leader, coupled with his recent victory over the Seven Kill Stars, was enough to dampen Xiang Zhili's side's morale significantly.
Not long after the fighting resumed, seeing no hope of winning, many Seven Kills Sect members on Xiang Zhili's side surrendered en masse.
After all, they were in it for the money; what was the point of risking their lives?
Continuing to fight served no purpose.
Look at the new Sect Leader, even the founder's spirit seemed to assist during his first trial!
He already secured the founder's approval, so why hold on?
One person surrendered, followed by ten, then a hundred!
Soon, nearly all of Xiang Zhili's faction discarded their weapons and knelt down.
"How outrageous! Where is your backbone?"
Xiang Zhili cursed furiously.
"Elder Xiang, how much is backbone worth? You said it yourself." A disciple retorted.
Xiang Zhili: "..."
In this moment, the ideologies he instilled came back to bite him.
"Xiang Zhili, this is fate! Stop making futile resistance, don't let them die in vain for your ambitions." Wang Yifeng said with fervor, "In truth, the Seven Kills Sect should not splinter! Unity fosters prosperity, division leads to doom! How do you not understand this?"
Xiang Zhili: "..."
He, too, was bloodied from head to toe, the battle showing him Li Chuan's true strength.
Indeed, he was no match!
"Could it be... destiny has forsaken me..." Xiang Zhili murmured, face full of unwillingness.
"Is this truly my fate?"
Destiny!
A deeply mysterious concept.
Xiang Zhili spent a lifetime trying to defy fate!
To this end, he broke the sect's Twelve Commandments, and even moved the Seven Kills Sect's headquarters directly to the Imperial City!
All for defying fate.
Yet it all came to naught.
Is this really his fate?
Thinking this, he slowly raised the knife in hand, moonlight gleamed on the bloodied blade, reflecting his aged face!
"Why has it come to this? I tried so hard?"
"Without me, would the Seven Kills Sect be where it is today?"
"Li Chuan! Why do you have the Sect Leader's ring?"
"The Sect Leader's ring rightfully belongs to me! It's mine, Xiang Zhili's!"
"Though the tortoise lives long, it eventually meets its end!
The soaring serpent falls, returning to dust!
The old steed in its stable, aspirations still grand!
The fervent hero, undaunted even in twilight years!"
"At my age, I was on the brink of unifying the Seven Kills Sect!"
"Heaven has been unjust to me!"