Chapter 41: The Hungry Tiger Gang Oversteps Its Bounds

Pfft~

Pfft!

Two more strange sounds rang out.

The companions beside the bald burly man and the thin-faced man — one had his throat pierced through by a scrap-iron dart, the other had his forehead pierced clean through.

Four men, without even time to scream, died on the spot.

The scrap iron whirling through the air, spiraling and shooting out — only Song Kai sensed it at the first instant, retreating as he drew his blade to block.

Crisp clinking sounds echoed through the room as scrap-iron darts were knocked flying one after another.

Yet the trembling force transmitted through the blade made Song Kai's face darken and his palm go numb.

"Houtian Seventh Stage!"

"Damn it, the one who came is Houtian Seventh Stage!"

"How did this guy track me down? I've already run thirty li out of the city!"

Cursing and raging in his heart, Song Kai called out while still resisting, "Hero outside, is there some misunderstanding between us? Song Kai is willing to offer fifty thousand taels of silver as traveling money for the hero. What do you say, hero…"

Swish, swish, swish!

The shrill sound of cutting wind rose again, piercing through the wooden door and wooden window, whirling through the room.

Damn it!

Song Kai cursed inwardly, his hands never stopping. As he knocked away scrap-iron darts one after another, he moved his feet, lunged forward, smashed through the window, and got outside.

Before he even landed, one hand swung his blade to block while the other quickly threw — first five diamond-shaped darts whistling out to scatter in all directions, then a large puff of grayish-white powder sprinkled across the courtyard.

Two moves to disrupt the line of sight and deliver an effective counterattack.

The moment he landed, his feet never stopped. He activated his movement technique, shifting rapidly, and charged toward the courtyard wall.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

More than a dozen scrap-iron darts flew from Chen Mu's palm, curving through the air to cut off Song Kai's escape route.

"Clink, clink, clank~"

Song Kai swung his blade to block, knocking all the scrap-iron darts down. But he himself was forced back into the courtyard.

Whoosh!

The sword light was dazzling.

The long sword in Chen Mu's hand thrust out. With internal energy surging, a white gleam appeared on the blade's surface. After the thrust, the blade trembled, making the air vibrate along with it and ripple outward.

The visible ripples surged into Song Kai's eyes. In his haste, he blocked with the blade in his hand.

Bang!

"Clang~"

The crisp ring of clashing metal, accompanied by a dull thud — the long blade Song Kai gripped tightly flew from his hand into the air. His palm too was trembling and numb, and his arm shook along with it.

With that tremor and shake, his guard opened.

Chen Mu stepped forward, his long sword thrusting out again.

"Puchi~!"

Blood spurted.

Song Kai, unable to keep up, had blood seep from the corner of his mouth. The blood hole pierced in his neck by the sword tip sprayed blood outward.

"You… you…"

Song Kai's eyes went wide, staring fixedly at Chen Mu. He wanted to question him, but only managed to force out a single word before his head lolled to one side and he breathed his last.

【Corpse detected. Pick up?】

"Yes!"

【Corpse detected. Pick up?】

"Yes!"

……

Inside and outside the room, five men died, five cards obtained!

Breaking through to the Seventh Stage of Heaven, the pickup range expanded once more, extending to forty-nine meters!

Within this range, the cards from Song Kai's four trusted subordinates were picked up almost simultaneously.

Pfft~

He sheathed his sword and flicked the blood away.

Chen Mu crouched down, searched Song Kai's corpse, and pulled a stack of silver notes from his clothes. A rough flip through showed roughly sixty thousand taels of silver.

This round, not only were plenty of function cards picked up, but a hefty sum of silver was earned as well.

Chen Mu quickly checked the five cards.

Among them, one internal energy card — three months of cultivation!

Without a doubt, picked up from Song Kai.

The rest: two cultivation cards, two power cards.

The cultivation cards, Chen Mu continued to stockpile.

The power cards were used one after another to strengthen his physique.

When Song Kai fled the city, Chen Mu had thought it through and prepared accordingly. He activated the "Wolf Sniffs the Moon" skill, and through the two pieces of clothing Song Kai had left at home, tracked him all the way to the town.

From this point on, the main force of the kidnapper gangs in the four districts of Nanyun Prefecture's outer city was completely wiped out!

When the news spread back into the city, it caused quite a stir.

"'Master Kai' is really dead?"

"How could that be fake? He ran out of the city and still didn't escape."

"Good that he's dead. The city should have some peace for a while now."

"……"

Some were moved, some were shocked, some were gloating…

The people who received the news reacted in all sorts of ways.

The entire outer city's Kidnapper Gang — every key figure was wiped out.

The remaining members of the Kidnapper Gang in the four districts were scared out of their wits.

While hiding, they released every woman and child they had captured but not yet transferred, dumping them out onto the street.

Fearing the "great hero" would come after them, they didn't keep a single one.

Chen Mu did indeed want to cut them all down.

But these people were like rats, dead set on hiding, and in a short while he really couldn't track them down.

He had no choice but to give up and stop here.

Postnatal Seventh Stage is not Innate Seventh Stage.

In Wulong Fucheng, this realm had indeed risen above the bottom-tier martial artists, but it was still just an ordinary martial artist.

In the vast Wulong Prefecture, only by stepping into the Innate Realm could one truly gain a firm foothold!

……

"So this is a gang?"

In Changlong Ward, Huang Feiyang's new base — in the spacious courtyard, Long Tutu stood with her little hands behind her back, looking around, and said, "Nothing special about it."

"There was never anything special to begin with."

Chen Mu walked beside her and said softly, "Little Tutu, if you want to find something fun, you'd be better off going to the street to watch street performances."

"Sigh, I've seen too many street performances, they're not much fun either." Long Tutu sighed. "I still like watching pigs being slaughtered. Old Chen, is there anywhere around here where they slaughter pigs?"

"Hmm, I haven't really noticed." Chen Mu thought for a moment. "Let me go ask the others."

"I'll come with you." Long Tutu trotted happily after him.

Early this morning, she had run over to Changping Ward, true to her word, to hang out with Chen Mu.

But what fun could there be at a gang's base?

Chen Mu couldn't exactly take her to watch how they collected protection fees, could he?

And the gang members inside the base — fierce-looking and hot-tempered — weren't suitable for her to see either.

Fortunately, Huang Feiyang caught Chen Mu's look, slipped out early, and sent most of the gang members out onto the street, leaving only a few presentable-looking ones to receive guests.

By the time Chen Mu brought Long Tutu over to tour the base, it was quiet and peaceful.

Long Tutu was deeply disappointed.

Chen Mu, meanwhile, held back a laugh.

……

The two left the base.

They hadn't been walking on the street for long when a member of the Great Blade Gang suddenly came running toward them in a hurry.

"Qingzi, what's the rush?"

Chen Mu saw the man and said casually, "Oh right, do you know where nearby they slaughter pigs…"

"Bad news, Brother Mu!"

The gang member who had run over cut him off anxiously and said quickly, "There's trouble at the gambling house! People from the Hungry Tiger Gang came to our turf to cause trouble, and Boss Hu went over to mediate and got beaten up too!"

Hmm?

Chen Mu's brows furrowed. "How could people from the Hungry Tiger Gang come to our side?"

As he spoke, he looked at Long Tutu and said softly, "Little Tutu, you stay here…"

"No need, I'll go with you to take a look!"

Long Tutu's eyes lit up, her face full of eagerness, and she said excitedly, "I know the Hungry Tiger Gang — for their people to cross the line like this is taboo! Let's go, we'll beat them back!"