Chapter 47: Scaring You All

Chen Dalong, trapped in the wolf's jaws, had an ashen face; he knew there was no saving himself now.

Should he reveal the mastermind behind it all?

If he didn't speak, he would die; if he did, he would still die, but at least it would be a quick death.

He was about to die anyway, so why worry about so much?

Besides, all of this was caused by Gang Leader Ouyang Lie. If he hadn't sent Dahu to find trouble with Facing Facing Cang Luo, his family jewels wouldn't have been ruined by the other party.

And then he himself wouldn't have come seeking revenge, only to end up in such a state...

Feeling the sharp wolf fangs clamped on his neck and the flames licking his face, Chen Dalong wrestled with his thoughts for a long time, then finally said through gritted teeth: "It was Ouyang Lie!"

"Ouyang Lie?" Facing Facing Cang Luo exclaimed. He remembered that name.

That day in the dining hall, when he'd clashed with Chen Dahu, quite a few disciples on the scene had been whispering about that name.

They said Ouyang Lie was Chen Dahu's backer, a disciple ranked in the top ten of the Outer Gate by strength, at the peak of Warrior Stage 9, only half a step away from the Wu Shi realm.

After the year-end competition, he was certain to enter the Inner Gate and become a prestigious Inner Gate disciple.

Ouyang Lie wasn't just highly cultivated and powerful; he was also the leader of a gang in the Outer Gate, with several hundred members under him, nearly a hundred of them Warrior Stage disciples.

With that kind of strength and influence, he was truly the Outer Gate's top dog!

But why would someone he had never seen from head to toe come looking for trouble with him? Why send people to cripple his hands? And this time, to kill him outright!

Facing Facing Cang Luo was baffled. He said coldly, "Why did Ouyang Lie send you to kill me?"

Chen Dalong wanted to shake his head, but his neck didn't dare move. He could only say dryly, "I don't know, and my brother doesn't know either. I swear on that—we were just following orders.

Now, I only beg you to spare my brother Chen Dahu. He's already lost to you and become half a cripple.

The real culprit is Ouyang Lie. If you want revenge, go find him."

Chen Dalong knew he was going to die for certain, so he didn't beg for his own life, but he still hoped Facing Facing Cang Luo would spare his brother.

Facing Facing Cang Luo glanced at him, feeling the man probably wasn't lying, and said, "You don't know? Fine, I believe you—a man about to die speaks true.

As for sparing your brother... that depends on whether he knows what's good for him. If he doesn't come looking for me, I can't be bothered to go out of my way to find him."

Facing Facing Cang Luo might be petty and decisive in his actions, but he was also very lazy.

If trouble didn't come knocking at his door, he couldn't be bothered to fight back—unless it had to be dealt with immediately, or the safety of family and friends was involved.

Chen Dalong let out a bitter laugh. He knew that, given his brother's personality, his brother would absolutely come seeking revenge.

Now he could only pray to the heavens—pray that Gang Leader Ouyang Lie would send someone else to kill Facing Facing Cang Luo before his brother came for revenge, so his brother would be safe.

"Alright, it's time for you to go. I hope in your next life you don't reincarnate as a villain."

The moment Facing Facing Cang Luo finished speaking, Erha clamped his jaws shut.

In the end, the once unstoppable Chen Dalong didn't even manage a scream before he died in the wolf's jaws. Blood immediately spurted from his carotid artery.

"That's it... he's dead..."

Facing Facing Cang Luo pressed a hand to his chest, having expected that after killing someone he'd feel panic or his heart racing.

But nothing of the sort happened. Instead, he felt a little bloodthirsty, a little excited, just like when he was a kid happily squishing ants for fun.

"Right, let's see if they've got anything valuable on them."

Heartlessly, Facing Facing Cang Luo started patting down Chen Dalong and the others. When he got to Wang Lei, he remembered the man wasn't dead yet, so he had Erha finish him off too—didn't want to dirty his own hands.

After a thorough search of the corpses, Facing Facing Cang Luo only found some loose silver and two gold coins on the three of them. One gold coin weighed about 5g and was worth one tael of silver.

He didn't know whether to say silver was valuable on the Yuanwu Continent, or gold was cheap—the exchange rate between gold and silver was actually one to ten!

Something suddenly occurred to Facing Facing Cang Luo, but he just couldn't recall what it was. Since he couldn't remember, forget it—onward to inspecting the loot.

Besides the silver and gold coins, there were five first-tier demon cores—probably killed over the past few days while tailing him. As for pills and yuan stones, there was nothing.

"Three broke bastards!"

Facing Facing Cang Luo stared coldly at the three corpses. This fight had been more scare than harm; the only surprise was Chen Dalong's sudden surge in strength.

But thankfully, Meiti Shengong didn't let him down. Actually, Facing Facing Cang Luo felt that if he'd activated Meiti Shengong from the start when fighting the man, he might have won even faster.

"Looks like the first layer of Meiti Shengong's power boost lets a Warrior Stage 7 me go head-to-head with a Warrior Stage 8 without falling behind." Facing Facing Cang Luo pulled out his phone, lost in thought.

In truth, Facing Facing Cang Luo still didn't know that Chen Dalong's sudden surge in strength was due to taking a Power Pill, and that Chen Dahu after taking a Power Pill was comparable to Warrior Stage 9...

Pocketing the loot, Facing Facing Cang Luo opened WeChat, found Zhu Ge Qing's account, and tapped video call.

The video call screen buzzed twice before being quickly answered. Appearing on the screen was, as always, the dead-eyed, Bingshan older-sister-type Zhu Ge Qing.

Zhu Ge Qing skipped over Facing Facing Cang Luo's bare upper body and habitually began scanning the environment behind him.

A few seconds later, her brow furrowed slightly. "The corpse behind you is wearing an Xuantian Sect Outer Gate disciple's uniform? You killed them?"

"Mm, I killed them. Three of them." Facing Facing Cang Luo spoke casually, his face cold, and deliberately pointed the camera at the three corpses.

The two hundred-plus staff at Feng Lin Huo Shan's headquarters, hearing their conversation, all looked at the big screen with curious expressions.

They immediately saw the cold-faced Facing Facing Cang Luo, and then the three corpses.

Two of them had died from massive neck bleeding; the third had been burned to death.

Right away, a few timid female staff members looked away, unable to bear the gruesome scene on the video.

But more people were reminded of what Facing Facing Cang Luo had said not long ago to Feng Lin Huo Shan's vice department head Chen Jun.

Facing Facing Cang Luo had roared at the time: Just wait till I get back to Earth, I'll kill your whole family!

They had assumed back then that Facing Facing Cang Luo was just talking tough to feel important. They hadn't expected him to actually kill someone now!

Could a foreign world that revered martial strength really be this brutal? Treat human life like dirt?

Could it turn a bookish young man who'd just graduated into a cold-blooded killing machine in less than a month?

Would he really kill Department Head Chen's whole family once he returned to Earth?

At that moment, quite a few Feng Lin Huo Shan staff members made a decision: from now on, when handling work related to Facing Facing Cang Luo, they'd be extra careful, so as not to earn his grudge and bring fatal trouble upon themselves.

However, some staff members who considered themselves elite humans put on a dismissive look.

So what if he killed someone?

I've dealt with this kind of thing before, it's just that it happened on Earth.

If you're so capable, try killing someone within China's borders back on Earth?

I'll teach you a lesson in minutes—you'll end up rotting in prison, and confession brings leniency!

Are warriors that impressive?

Once the two worlds connect and we too become warriors, you'll understand what a genius is and what a mediocrity is.

Everything you have now is just dumb luck—you started cultivating a bit earlier than us...

While everyone was scheming privately, the video feed suddenly switched, revealing two terrifying, massive mouths oozing crimson drool right in the center of the screen.

Immediately after, two earth-shaking howls erupted, blasting through the speakers of Feng Lin Huo Shan's headquarters, deafening everyone.

"Ah! Ah..."

After the wolf howls, screams from female staff, the clatter of stationery, and the shattering of cups filled the air.

Nearly half the staff were terrified by the sudden appearance of the monstrous creature on the screen...

But the prankster Facing Facing Cang Luo was doubled over laughing, causing the video to shake violently and making those already nauseated feel even more dizzy.

After laughing, Facing Facing Cang Luo couldn't help but chuckle again: "You, you don't have to be afraid—I'm sorry I scared you."

This is my beast companion, Erha. It's saying hello to you."

Facing Facing Cang Luo wiped the saliva Erha had sprayed onto his phone screen and noticed bits of meat still clinging to it—he nearly threw up.

"Your beast companion? When did you tame it? What's its scientific name?" Zhu Ge Qing asked, her expression calm, as if unaffected by Erha's appearance.

But Facing Facing Cang Luo noticed her chest heaving violently—clearly terrified—and he found her pretending to be unbothered kind of cute.

Facing Facing Cang Luo couldn't help laughing again: "Yeah, my beast companion—I tamed it today. It's a Level One demonic beast, a Fire-Devouring Wolf. But mine's special—two heads, mutated."

Zhu Ge Qing realized she'd given herself away, so she replied coldly: "So, did you contact us specifically just to show off your beast companion?"

"No, no, no." Facing Facing Cang Luo quickly shook his head. "I need your help. Is Director Li around?"

"He's not. Just say it."

"Alright, better he's not... I have a book, but its contents were stained by ink. Can you restore it from just a photo?"

The book Facing Facing Cang Luo referred to as ink-stained was the Meiti Shengong. It had played an indispensable role in killing Chen Dalong, so Facing Facing Cang Luo wanted to obtain the subsequent content as soon as possible.

In truth, Facing Facing Cang Luo didn't want to ask Feng Lin Huo Shan for help restoring it.

After all, asking them for help meant exposing the Meiti Shengong—his hard-won treasure, only to hand it over as someone else's gain?

But he had no other choice—he'd previously sent the photos to his cousin Yang Yongshan, who'd consulted several experts on restoration.

The result? Without the physical object, restoration was impossible. The experts even told Yang Yongshan: Why not just courier it over?

Are you kidding? If I could courier it to Earth, would I be asking you?

So, to increase his strength as quickly as possible, Facing Facing Cang Luo had no choice but to try whether Feng Lin Huo Shan could restore it—after all, national technology was certainly beyond civilian capabilities.