Ling Zhenfei bent Watanabe Hideaki over and used one hand to grab Watanabe Hideaki's ankle, then used the other hand to put the shoe on Watanabe Hideaki's foot.

Watanabe Hideaki's shoes were very cute women's ankle boots, small and adorable. Although they weren't very comfortable for Ling Zhenfei to wear, they were enough to touch Watanabe Hideaki.

After putting on the shoes, Ling Zhenfei said to Watanabe Hideaki, "You'd better wait in the pavilion; something interesting might happen here later."

Watanabe Hideaki had been worried about Ling Zhenfei earlier, but now her confidence in Ling Zhenfei was full.

Behind Ling Zhenfei was a group of imposing individuals waiting to cause trouble, yet Ling Zhenfei wasn't worried at all while putting on shoes. Would such a man be lacking?

Watanabe Hideaki gently said "be careful" and then walked alone to the pavilion nearby.

Ling Zhenfei turned around and looked back, where Kugi Lang's men had all gathered, glaring fiercely at Ling Zhenfei.

It seemed they had just come from the martial arts field because they were all wearing samurai clothes and holding their weapons.

Earlier, when Ling Zhenfei knocked Kugi Lang over, he used a trace of Northern Spiritual Energy, which made Kugi Lang feel pain.

Seeing his men arrive, Kugi Lang was furious and pointed at Ling Zhenfei, "Brothers, this punk played dirty with me earlier. Let's teach him a good lesson together."

These men originally followed Kugi Lang's orders, and upon hearing his command, they surrounded Ling Zhenfei, trapping him in the center.

At this moment, Ling Zhenfei stood almost in the middle of the pond, which wasn't large, just a few dozen meters in width and length. The water surface was frozen over with pure white ice.

On this sheet of white ice, seven or eight men dressed in black samurai clothes encircled Ling Zhenfei, signaling a battle was about to commence.

Ling Zhenfei smiled and said, "If you want to fight, I can't stop you. But I want to remind you, I'm not that easy to bully."

"So what if you're not easy to bully? With so many of us, how could we not be able to deal with you alone?" said one guy who seemed very familiar with Kugi Lang.

Ling Zhenfei grinned, "Then come on, but I have to remind you, if you suffer losses, take it up with Kugi Lang."

Kugi Lang shouted angrily, "Everyone, together, let's see what this punk can do."

After speaking, he waved his long sword, and the others followed suit, starting to wield their long swords together. This should be the starting move for the Phantom Blade, intending to strike simultaneously.

Earlier, Kugi Lang's Phantom Blade only conjured three swords, but Ling Zhenfei caught them. How many swords he could conjure in total remained unknown.

It's even harder to guess how many swords could be conjured if so many people attacked together.

Although these men conjured many swords, they needed the support of Northern Spiritual Energy. If their energy was too weak, the Phantom Blade's swords wouldn't become substantial, merely shadows.

Ling Zhenfei could sense all energies. So when the energy of the conjured sword differed from the actual sword's energy, he could easily tell which swords were real and which were fake shadows.

The highest Realm practitioners of the Phantom Blade can effortlessly control the energy of conjured swords, even surpassing the real sword's energy, to confuse opponents.

But it was clear Kugi Lang and his men hadn't reached that level, so the Phantom Blade was nearly irrelevant in Ling Zhenfei's eyes.

Swords charged at Ling Zhenfei, and amidst the glimmering blades, he dodged and maneuvered, striking back at the men.

One punch could take down a man, one kick could send someone flying. In less than a minute, Ling Zhenfei felled all of them.

This was Kugi Lang's second defeat by Ling Zhenfei. Struggling on the ground, while the others cried out in pain.

Ling Zhenfei did not hit them too hard, merely teaching them a lesson so they could restrain themselves in the future.

Upon seeing them, Ling Zhenfei walked toward the Plum Blossom Pavilion, but suddenly heard the sound of wind behind him. He hurriedly dodged, and arrows flew past.

Chilled inside, Ling Zhenfei quickly turned and saw others who had just shot arrows at him.

These arrows, which he had encountered when fighting Hoshino Meigetsu, were being used against him again.

Ling Zhenfei quickly dodged, avoiding the arrows.

Now, Kugi Lang and his men stood up again, still glaring angrily at Ling Zhenfei.

Ling Zhenfei flashed a cold smile, "It seems I went too easy on you earlier and didn't give enough warning."

Kugi Lang snorted, "You don't understand; as samurai, we will never surrender, unless you kill us."

"Killing you wouldn't be much of a hassle," Ling Zhenfei wasn't fearful; the ones who should have feared were Kugi Lang and his men, given their significant disparity.

"Everyone, together, kill him," shouted Kugi Lang, and the men rushed towards Ling Zhenfei.

Ling Zhenfei smirked, "Pardon me then."

Saying this, Ling Zhenfei suddenly lifted his foot. Using the Heaven-Splitting Ten Fists technique, he focused his Northern Spiritual Energy into one foot and stomped on the ice.

If Ling Zhenfei used the Sky Piercing Finger, it could instantly pierce a real hole in the ice, but the Heaven-Splitting Ten Fists have a wide attack range, so after stomping down, the pond's ice immediately cracked.

The sound of cracking was incessant, and the whole ice surface shattered. Kugi Lang and his men running toward him found the ice underneath breaking, and they plunged into the icy water.

In the instant the ice cracked, Ling Zhenfei stepped onto a small piece of floating ice and soared like a large bird, landing in Plum Blossom Pavilion.

Plunged into the icy water, the men were in a pitiful state, the water in winter extremely cold and the surrounding ice making it hard to get out, desperately struggling.

Watanabe Hideaki was stunned watching this, finally realizing Ling Zhenfei was a master, at least unmatched among peers.

Ling Zhenfei said to Watanabe Hideaki, "Alright, we can leave now, or do we want to watch them swim?"

Watanabe Hideaki said, "Of course not. I really didn't expect Big Brother Ling to be so brilliant."

Ling Zhenfei replied, "It's not that I'm brilliant, just found the right method."

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