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As a noble and powerful creature, the legendary mythical dragon hated people the most when they touched its reverse scale. It was said that dragons had its own reverse scale, so if one touched it, one would die.

At this moment, in a bustling area in Shattered Leaf City, there was a commotion and a wave of dust rose.

A black armored cavalryman dashed to a manor and surrounded it so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak out.

A knowledgeable person recognized the person on the street. The owner of the villa was the main hall of dock 18 of Three Boats. As for that strange cavalry, it was the Black Armored Army that had just arrived in Shattered Leaf City for a period of time.

And at the very front of the Black Armored Army, the tall and proud Black Armored General was precisely Hong Lei.

The atmosphere was awe-inspiring, and just like that, Hong Lei sat on his horse as he faced the entrance of the Eighteen Docks.

In the eyes of others, he was like a dragon that was about to fly into a rage, incomparably dangerous.

Many passers-by were frightened by the scene and hastened their steps, leaving the scene in a hurry. Some of the more daring ones stayed behind and watched the scene, ready to watch a good show.

Of course, Hong Lei did not have that strength and could not be considered a 'dragon'. However, as a Sky Profound Realm expert, the leader of the Black Armored Army, he could still be considered a fierce tiger.

A tiger had a tiger's whisker. If someone touched it lightly, that person would also trigger a thunderous anger.

Hong Lei stared angrily at the open doors of the main hall of the Eighteenth Dock, not saying a word. He waited quietly just like that, waiting for Qu Rong to come out.

A few hours ago, a hawker came to the yamen saying that someone had committed murder in front of the main entrance of the Eighteenth Dock.

Due to this matter, it involved Three Ships Eighteen Docks. As one of the top martial arts forces in Shattered Leaf City, no one below was willing to offend them. Furthermore, they had already made preparations for the upcoming battle.

Therefore, some people cared about this hawker, but some people did not step forward to meddle in other people's business. People of the martial arts world could just handle their own matters.

The hawker had left in a daze, but coincidentally, he met Hong Lei's men at the entrance of the yamen. Those men were people who had participated in the operation that night at Lion's Ridge, so he was particularly sensitive to the name of the third boat's 18 Docks.

According to the intelligence gathered by the Black Armored Army, Three Ships and Eighteen Docks was one of the forces that had confronted them at Lion Ridge.

Under such a premise, the subordinate introduced the peddler to Hong Lei. After listening to the peddler's narration, Hong Lei took some silver and sealed the peddler's mouth, then chased him away.

At the same time, Hong Lei also issued an order. It was to eliminate all of the eighteen docks on the three boats from the northern army.

That night at Lion's Ridge, he had carefully investigated the situation and discovered that it was Cui Hua and Xue Duan who were against him.

Xue Duan was the third young master of the Tong Bai Army. What was Tong Bai? He was an invincible powerhouse in the world. He wasn't so arrogant that he dared to go against the Tong Bai Army. Therefore, Xue Duan had no way of finding trouble with him.

Therefore, he decided to vent all his anger on Qu Rong. He swore to cleanse Three Boats Eighteen Dock with blood and avenge the brothers of the Black Armored Army.

Actually, the most important thing was to get back at them. That night, he had to withdraw his troops and return due to Li Gang's matter, so he let Cui Bong and Xue Duan off.

If he didn't handle this situation well, then how would he, Hong Lei, establish his foothold in the future? The reputation of a martial artist was also very important.

Because of this, he chose to fight his way into the Eighteenth Dock, and his reason for doing so was to maintain law and order in Shattered Leaf City.

After all, this was someone else's territory. If he were to directly deal with the Eighteenth Dock, then there would definitely be people who would use this opportunity to deal with him.

However, if he avenged a personal grudge and did this in the name of the Shangguan family, no one could say anything about it.

The prerequisite was that he had to succeed. If all his previous efforts were to go down the drain, he would face an even greater predicament. However, at the same time, he had absolute confidence in himself.

Could it be that the Black Armored Cavalry was no match for an Jianghu sect like the one at Three Shipping Boat Pier 18? Hong Lei did not believe him, so he brought his troops with him.

After arriving at the main hall of the third boat's eighteenth dock, the situation appeared to be similar to what the hawker had said. Sure enough, there were people fighting their way into the main hall of the third boat's eighteenth dock.

As for whether he was stirring up trouble or seeking revenge, that was not what Hong Lei was concerned about. What he cared about was whether that person could exhaust the strength of the Eighteenth Dock on the Three Shipping Boat and get him to make a move. It was easier.

Seeing the trickle of blood flowing out, Hong Lei gave the order and the Black Armored Cavalry soldiers all stopped outside the main hall of the Three Ship's Eighteen Docks. Not a single one of them dared to advance.

If Hong Lei knew that it was Yang Muyun who had killed his way in, he probably wouldn't have surrounded this place and would've immediately led his men to kill their way in.

Hong Lei was a patient man. He stood silently outside the door, waiting for Cui Bong to appear.

Not long after, Hong Lei heard some noises coming from within the manor. He immediately made a few hand signals for his subordinates to prepare themselves for battle. He had a feeling that Cui Bong had come out.

As expected, following the sound of movement, Qu Rong straightened her back and strode out.

When Cui Bong saw Hong Lei, he wasn't the least bit surprised. This was because he had already guessed long ago that the person leading the troops to surround the Eighteenth Dock's main hall was Hong Lei.

"General, I wonder what business do you have surrounding my manor?" Cui Hua was neither hurried nor slow as she wrapped her fist in her palm towards Hong Lei.

This kind of etiquette seemed very polite, but it highlighted one thing, and that was that Qu Rong was pretending to be stupid.

He pretended to be ignorant of Hong Lei so that he could get rid of that night's incident from him and create an illusion in Hong Lei so that he could fool the latter.

"Hmph, Cui Rong." As Hong Lei sat on his horse, he couldn't hold back anymore and said, "Don't play dumb with me. You should know what you have done yourself."

Cui Rong smiled bitterly. He knew that he wouldn't be able to fool them, but he still clasped his hands together and said to Hong Lei, "General Hong, you are too straightforward."

"What happened that day was actually a misunderstanding." "It was Xue Duan who tried to kill me that night, so he lured me to Lion Ridge. However, the plot failed and was interrupted by the general."

"As for the general, he attacked us indiscriminately. We were forced to defend ourselves passively at that time, so I hope that you can understand." The calmness and calmness in her voice gave others a sense of conviction.

However, when Hong Lei heard this, he shook his head and sneered, "Cui Bong, stop playing around with me."

"They are all foxes who have lived for a thousand years, so don't talk to me about this." Hong Lei said, "The black-armored soldier that I sacrificed that night needs an explanation."

Cui Rong clenched her fists, her palms were covered in sweat. "Then what kind of explanation does General Hong want?"

"What explanation?" Hong Lei said, "It's also simple. As long as you help yourself and kneel down to apologize, I'll let you off today."

After hearing Hong Lei's conditions, Cui Rong shouted out, "Impossible! Hong Lei, you've gone too far!"

This condition was naturally not something that Cui Bong would agree to, because it would touch upon his dignity and his bottom line as a martial artist.

A warrior could be killed, but not humiliated!

"Then there's no other way." Hong Lei unsheathed his sword and said, "Then you can die together with your Three Ship Eighteen Dock!"

The moment Hong Lei's words fell, just as he was about to issue the command to attack, he felt a surge of killing intent.

He raised his head to look, only to see a flash of green light suddenly shooting towards him from behind.