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Ma Lu lost 27 Health Points in the first round of exchange, but at this cost, he had mostly figured out the strength of the four opponents.

None of the four could be considered true masters, as their Internal Strength Cultivation was mediocre at best.

As the croupier Qing Lian from Merry Woods had said, these were all people who had seen blood, and they likely had more than one life on their hands.

They didn't use any fancy moves or complicated mechanisms in their attacks; instead, they directed every bit of their True Qi to enhance their power.

Their obvious aim was to kill their opponent in the shortest time possible, the purest form of killing technique.

However, once one withstood their attacks and became familiar with their patterns, they weren't much to speak of anymore.

Ma Lu first played the Ice Skin Jade Body Technique, adding 9 points of True Qi to himself and entering the Ice Skin State.

In the Ice Skin State, he could cast Delicate Clouds Trickery without expending True Qi, discarding one hand card and then drawing two cards.

Ma Lu glanced at the two newly drawn cards: one was the Protective Card Cloud Sleeve, and the other was the Heart Method Card Fire Toad Strength.

Without even warming them up, Ma Lu played both cards in quick succession, leaving him with one last card in his hand—Moon Overhead.

Playing Moon Overhead now would perfectly trigger an additional effect, allowing Ma Lu to draw three more cards all at once.

The four opponents, seeing this flurry of showy maneuvers yet not inflicting any damage, couldn't help but sneer at him.

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Ma Lu glanced at the man who had spoken; the number above the little red figure in the bottom left corner was 76, indicating he had the second-highest Health Points among the group.

Perhaps relying on his robust vitality, he had just used all his True Qi for his moves, leaving him with no parry value.

Ma Lu then played the Fire Toad Strength, boosting his True Qi to 35 points, and after making all preparations, he used his sword as a spear to launch an attack on the man who had spoken earlier.

His attack was the Seventh Form of the Soul Severing Spear—Endless Heartbreak.

Enveloped in the sword light, the man could only sense sword shadows everywhere and turned pale with horror.

Even with the Ice Skin State, this move depleted 9 points of Ma Lu's True Qi, but its power soared to 47 points, accompanied by a bleeding status that would reduce the target's Health Points by 7 per turn, lasting a total of 7 turns.

Considering the bleeding damage, the power of this move could even be compared to the Innate Pure Yang Palm, although 7 turns was indeed a bit too long.

The man was hit by the sword, staggering a few steps while holding his abdomen, but he breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing he still had 29 points of blood left.

Before he could enjoy his relief for long, he saw a sudden light from Ma Lu's discard area, followed by a card jumping out of the deck and rebounding back into Ma Lu's hand.

Ah, is that even possible?

Cards played out could be taken back into the hand for reuse?!

All four opponents were stunned by this miraculous scene.

Helpfully, Ma Lu volunteered an explanation, "This is a hidden effect of the Soul Severing Spear card set. When any move is played, a move card actively discarded from the deck can be added back to the hand from the discard pile."

This Yin Wind Array was intentionally discarded by Ma Lu when activating the effect of Delicate Clouds Trickery, precisely because he knew that he could recover the card later, which was equivalent to scoring an extra card for free.

The most important thing was that by discarding this card and keeping Moon Overhead, he could trigger the additional effect of Moon Overhead and draw three more cards, effectively netting four cards in total.

Ma Lu then turned to the burly man who had earlier mocked him and gave him a slight smile, "How do you like my floral boxing and embroidered legs?"

After saying that, he moved again and played the Yin Wind Array card, expending 6 points of True Qi to activate it and increase its power from 8 to 31 points.

Ma Lu flashed in front of the critically injured burly man and decapitated him with a single sword strike.

The other three, witnessing their companion's decapitation, were furious beyond measure, but before they could curse out loud, Ma Lu played another card.

This time, he abandoned his sword for palm strikes, leaping into the air like a dragon descending from the heavens, and landed another palm strike on the head of another scabby big man.

——Golden Crow Westward, the Sixth Form of the Innate Pure Yang Palm.

The power reached a staggering 109 points!!!

This time Ma Lu didn't go for the easy targets, instead, he chose the one with the highest martial arts among the four, and this overbearingly yang palm strike cleared both his parry value and health points.

In just a few breaths, Ma Lu had slain two men, and by the time he returned to his original position, ending his turn, the remaining two were still shell-shocked, standing there, even forgetting to draw cards.

What... what just happened?!

In the blink of an eye, they had lost half of their companions.

Moments later, one person couldn't stand the shock and cried out in grief and anger, "Our deep hatred from the past hasn't been fully avenged yet, is the Young Master going to act against us remnants as well?"

Another person, although equally distraught, hadn't lost his reason and said to him,

"Old Fourth, don't listen to his nonsense, we've never seen this kid around the Young Master before, how could he possibly be one of the Young Master's people?"

Ma Lu said, "I'm specially tasked by the Young Master to deal with trouble, it's quite normal that you've never seen me because everyone who has is already dead."

The man shook his head, "No, you're not, because only we call him Young Master, others wouldn't address him that way."

Ma Lu's expression remained unchanged, "How do you know there's only your group working in the shadows for the Young Master? He's seeking revenge for that blood feud, and his enemies are so powerful, of course, he needs to take extra precautions."

Ma Lu indeed had a gift for gab, and after this speech, even the big man who was firmly convinced that Ma Lu was deceiving them started to hesitate.

And his companion was already mostly convinced, perhaps knowing that they were no match for Ma Lu, he no longer resisted and instead clenched his teeth in sorrow,

"Fine, if the Young Master thinks we're of no more use, that we are a burden to him, then there's no need for you to take action. We will take care of it ourselves, to prevent any trouble for the Young Master. But please, don't let the Young Master forget the promise he made to us remnants, to avenge the loss of over a hundred lives."

After saying that, the big man committed suicide with his own sword.

The last person sighed, closed his eyes, and lifted his sword, but then he heard Ma Lu say, "Hold on, I still have something to ask you. Where exactly did you hide the Lotus Bowl?"

The man opened his eyes again, "We have already explained everything to the Young Master. Following his instructions, we pretended to be members of the Merry Woods to coerce the Beggar's Gang Member into stealing the Lotus Bowl, and then we hid the bowl in the location he specified.

"Afterwards, we lured Hong Xinghua's people to search for it, but something went wrong along the way, and a young man emerged out of nowhere and snatched the Lotus Bowl from us. Everything we've told you is the truth. If the Young Master doesn't believe us, there's nothing we can do."