Starting with helping Zhao Kai ascend the throne in the snow

Lu Qi, who was originally chasing after the old sword god and Han Shengxuan, paused when he suddenly saw two or three thousand warriors in front of him. However, after he realized through his Observation Haki that these people were just a rabble, a ferocious look appeared on his face.

In Lucci's eyes, no matter how many weak people there are, they are just trash. They will only become a burden to the strong. When Lucci was still a minor, he killed 500 soldiers captured by pirates during a mission. He believed that there was no need to save these incompetent guys.

With these martial artists acting as a buffer, the old swordsman and Han Shengxuan successfully escaped Lu Qi's entanglement and appeared in front of Shen Qing. At this time, the two of them were already pale and panting heavily.

"You brat, hurry up and bring out some good food. I desperately need to recover my inner strength right now." The old sword god said impatiently to Shen Qing as soon as he stood up.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qing immediately took out a piece of cooked sea king meat from the bag hanging at his waist and handed it over. Previously, to compensate Li Chungang for expending his internal energy to recharge the black ship, Shen Qing had purchased some specially made sea king roasted meat from Dressrosa, just in case.

Li Chungang took the sea king's flesh and swallowed it in a few bites. He then immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to meditate and recover his depleted internal energy.

"Mr. Han, you should have some too. Sea king meat is very good for your health." Shen Qing took out another piece of roasted meat and handed it to Han Shengxuan.

Han Shengxuan accepted the roasted meat with surprise. After seeing Li Chungang's actions, he carefully ate the meat. A few breaths later, a look of shock appeared in Han Shengxuan's eyes. After eating the meat, a warm current quickly surged through his body, not only nourishing his body but also rapidly restoring his depleted true energy. Its effect was no less than that of the top-grade pills from the three sects. Han Shengxuan immediately sat down to meditate and restore his depleted internal energy.

"Qingfeng, how are your injuries?" Shen Qing turned to look at Xuan Yuan Qingfeng after the two of them fell into meditation.

"Shen Lang, I'm fine. I just got a cut on my shoulder. It'll heal after a while," Xuan Yuan Qingfeng said nonchalantly, glancing at the wound that had already started to stop bleeding.

As long as Shen Qing is alright, Xuan Yuan Qingfeng doesn't even care about such a minor injury.

Just then, a burly man named Sha Meng rushed up to Lu Qi, his eyes filled with excitement, and said, "Monster, take this! I'm going to kill you and make soup for you today!"

"Six Styles - Iron Body." Faced with the giant's attack, Lucci chose to remain unmoved, silently activating Iron Body to stand still.

The next second, the big man's saber struck Lucci's neck heavily, but before the smile on his face could disappear, he realized that the place where the saber struck felt wrong, as if it had hit a stone, and the blade was forcefully deflected.

The burly man had barely sensed something was wrong and before he could react, Lucci snapped his neck in one swift motion. After killing the man with the horse-slaying sword in one strike, Lucci moved with lightning speed, instantly appearing next to another martial artist and piercing his heart with a finger spear.

"The monster is powerful, everyone attack together!" In the blink of an eye, two warriors died at Lu Qi's hands. The remaining warriors showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, they shouted and launched another attack.

Seeing this, Lucci wore a cruel smile. With the physical amplification brought by the Devil Fruit, he moved through the crowd with lightning speed, leaving a trail of blood and gore wherever he went. In just a short time, dozens of martial artists died at his hands.

The warriors approaching Lucci were terrified when they faced this killer, while the warriors on the outer perimeter were afraid that someone would beat them to it, so they scrambled to push towards the center.

"Storm Kick, Finger Spear..." Facing the siege of thousands of martial artists, Lu Qi was completely excited. Relying on his powerful physique, he slaughtered indiscriminately among the crowd.

Meanwhile, news of the leopard demon's appearance at the warrior camp in the east of the city quickly reached the warrior camp in the south of the city, causing the warriors of Liyang to become dissatisfied. "We absolutely cannot allow warriors from other countries to take away the monster that appeared in our Liyang!" Immediately, countless Liyang warriors grabbed their swords and rushed towards the eastern camp.

"Wu Liugang, am I hallucinating? Did I somehow conjure up monsters?" Wen Hua looked at the fleeing crowd, picked at his ear, and said speechlessly.

"If you're not going, don't delay my demon-slaying. Cuihua, let's go." Wu Liuding gave Wen Hua a disdainful look, then pulled Cuihua along and headed south of the city.

"Wu Liugang, wait for me, don't run away." Wen Hua chased after Wu Liuding and Cuihua, chattering on and on about his opinions as they walked.

A short while later, when Wen Hua, Wu Liuding, and the others arrived at the camp in the south of the city, the scene before them completely shocked them.

In the very center of the crowd, a monster with a leopard's head and a human body was wreaking havoc, leaving behind countless severed limbs. Powerful slashes were constantly unleashed from beneath the monster's feet, felling warriors like wheat being harvested wherever it passed.

"The monster is too powerful, I don't want to die..."

"I'm not playing anymore, I'm not playing anymore..."

As the carnage continued, the foreign warriors who had been surrounding and killing Lucci began to feel fear. In less than half an hour, over a thousand warriors had been killed on the ground, while the monster had not suffered much damage. This made them lose all hope of victory, and as a result, the mental defenses of some warriors began to crumble.

"Don't stop, everyone! Don't give the monster any time to rest! With so many of us, we can wear it down to death!" Someone in the crowd shouted again when they saw others showing fear.

"That's right, with so many of us, even if the monster is powerful, we can still kill it..."

"Eating monster flesh can greatly increase your strength..."

Some of the unwilling warriors encouraged each other and launched another attack on Lucci.

At the same time, with the arrival of the Li Yang martial artists, the number of martial artists on the scene increased several times over. The densely packed martial artists surrounded Lu Qi, firmly trapping him in the middle, making it impossible for him to escape. Moreover, as the encirclement tightened, Lu Qi's range of movement also gradually shrank.

Time passed slowly, and the sky gradually brightened. The warriors who were besieging Lucci went from being excited to being terrified. After a full hour of intense attacks, countless warriors around them were killed or injured, but Lucci continued to slaughter everyone without showing any signs of fatigue. The ground was covered with corpses, and the blood that flowed out even gathered into a small pool, making the whole scene look like a terrifying battlefield.