Chapter 58: Inevitably Subject to

Lao Ba's whole body shuddered; his two large hands reached weakly toward Xu Yuan. Xu Yuan moved his hand, the thin sword spun inside the eye socket, and smashed Lao Ba's brain to pieces!

The creations of a stepmother's Artisan Cultivator can pierce the "Copper Skin and Iron Bones" of a Seventh-Rank Wu Xiu.

But if not for such a surprise attack, Xu Yuan would not have dared to engage a Seventh-Rank Wu Xiu in close-quarters combat.

Lao Ba's two hands stopped in front of Xu Yuan's neck.

Wounds all over the body erupted simultaneously, blood spraying outward as if under pressure!

Spraying onto Xu Yuan's face, it actually stung the skin.

When a powerful Wu Xiu suffers cultivation broken before death, the excessive and vigorous blood and qi of the whole body, no longer restrained by the self, creates this effect of "blood collapse" or "blood explosion."

Xu Yuan let out a long breath, which aggravated the wound on his chest, and he couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.

Even with the protection of the Skin Pill, Lao Ba's punch was not easy to endure.

This time, he thought that with Yan Lao stationed here, the enemy could not stir up any big waves; he never expected the enemy to possess such a method, instantly separating the four of them, and even Yan Lao failed to break through this "technique" in time to come to his rescue.

Fortunately, in the end, the victory still belonged to him.

Outside the "Lawless" zone, everything on the street was normal; it was still bustling, filled with the clamor of people and the neighing of cattle and horses.

Xing Guolong's brothers were hiding in a shop by the roadside.

The shop's doors were closed; the Shopkeeper and the clerks inside had already been dealt with by Xing Guolong and his men.

Those who entered the "Lawless" zone to hunt Xu Yuan were the strongest, Xing Guolong and Lao Ba; the rest guarded Lao Si.

They did not go after the three from the Sin-Cleansing Bureau; their target was Xu Yuan, and there was no need to provoke the Sin-Cleansing Bureau.

Killing people from the Sin-Cleansing Bureau here would force the Sin-Cleansing Bureau into an endless, life-or-death struggle with them.

They did not know that Xu Yuan had already handed the "thing" over to Yan Lao.

Putting themselves in his shoes, they felt that if they had unintentionally obtained something important, they would naturally hide it quietly and would never easily hand it over.

They could not see the situation inside the "Lawless" zone, but Lao Si could see it.

But even if Lao Si saw it, it was useless; he could not speak a word right now.

That explosion from Xu Yuan made Lao Si's "Lawless" burden even heavier; although Lao Si was still alive for the moment, he was not far from death.

But at this moment, Lao Si had no retreat; he could only risk everything to help Lao Ba kill Xu Yuan, for Master Chen would still take care of his family.

So he reversed Xu Yuan's "direction attempt" again.

But that was all he could do; he never expected Lao Ba to still fail.

And at the very moment Xu Yuan killed Lao Ba, someone suddenly walked into the shop.

His face was full of sorrow, and he carried a tattered satchel on his back, containing some carpenter's tools.

Xing Guolong's brothers were stunned; Lao Liu was still guarding outside, so how did this person get in?

Uncle Mao Si's movements had a steady composure; he took out a hammer and a chisel, and aimed a chisel strike at everyone in the room from mid-air:

Ding!

Immediately, a terrible storm erupted on the spiritual level!

Including Lao Si, who was currently casting the "Lawless," the souls of the remaining people in the room instantly suffered violent tremors, uncontrollably detaching from their physical bodies and floating out!

The five people besides Lao Si were all Eighth-Rank, and among them was a Spirit Cultivator!

Yet with a single strike from Uncle Mao Si, even bound together, they had not the slightest power to fight back.

Uncle Mao Si took a small wooden gourd from the bag behind his satchel, pulled out the stopper, and pointed the mouth of the gourd at the five people.

No need to call out names; five souls were seized by a vortex force, spinning rapidly as they were drawn into the gourd.

Suddenly, behind each of the five souls, a fine thread like a fishing line appeared, pulling the souls away toward the distance.

Uncle Mao Si glanced over, took a carpenter's knife from the satchel, slashed once through the void, and the five fine threads all snapped at once.

The five souls were sucked into the gourd with a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."

At the moment Uncle Mao Si plugged the lid, one could faintly hear several terrified screams of souls coming from within the gourd.

What terrifying scene had they witnessed?

Mao Sishu patted the gourd: "Be good, eat more. These souls covered in sins are a great tonic for you."

The souls of Xing Guolong and Lao Ba had long been packed inside.

Mao Sishu turned and left the shop; after walking a few steps, he suddenly began to cough violently, bending his waist and hunching his back in great pain!

After discussing with the elders, Lin Wanmo found him, and the matter discussed was secretly protecting Xu Yuan.

Since Uncle Mao Si was holding Xu Yuan's hand to act on his behalf, this task of secret protection naturally fell to Uncle Mao Si.

Uncle Mao Si accepted it.

Who else but him, who dotes on children, would have gone to capture Old Qian's soul to interrogate it for Xu Yuan?

What gave Uncle Mao Si a headache about this task was not that acting outside the "Lawless" zone would inevitably incur "Punishment," but...

Uncle Mao Si was supposed to go today to do work for a family in Chengxi; they had hired him to install doors and windows for their newly built house.

He had already received two hundred cash as a deposit.

All day today, Uncle Mao Si had been quietly following behind Xu Yuan.

Standing up the employer meant not only returning the deposit but likely also compensating them another two hundred cash; this round was a huge loss.

Uncle Mao Si was an old bachelor, but his days were truly not prosperous.

Uncle Mao Si had been staring at Xu Yuan inside the "Lawless" zone the whole time, ready to act immediately if Xu Yuan was in danger.

As it turned out, this kid was truly remarkable, having single-handedly taken down two Seventh-Ranks!

The sorrow on Uncle Mao Si's face instantly vanished; he thought happily: It wasn't in vain that Mao Sishu doted on you since childhood! Look at you now, grown up; you truly have promise, just like me!

Since no help was needed inside the "Lawless" zone, Uncle Mao Si went to sweep up the remaining few small fish and shrimp in one net.

With Lao Si dead, the "Lawless" zone instantly vanished.

Just as Yan Lao's method to dispel the "illegal" was halfway through being unleashed, the surrounding darkness suddenly vanished!

The entire street returned.

Or rather, they themselves had returned to a normal street.

Yan Lao wore a confused expression; he turned his head and saw that Fu Jingyu and Song Lu, the two little ones, were even more confused than him.

The moment the two of them fell into the "illegal," they were terrified.

They had never experienced such a technique before.

Moreover, since Yan Lao had shown no reaction, they instinctively believed the person who struck must be of a higher level than Yan Lao.

This time, we're done for!

Yet they hadn't expected that, despite their careful vigilance and waiting for danger that might strike from the darkness at any moment, nothing ever happened.

The mental state of the two was severely tested.

Fu Jingyu was okay, but Song Lu nearly burst into tears.

Trapped alone in boundless, deathly silent darkness—no normal person could withstand that.

As a result, the darkness suddenly receded, and nothing happened at all.

Yan Lao and Fu Jingyu immediately sensed something was wrong: "Xu Yuan!"

The person who struck clearly had Xu Yuan as their target.

Song Lu was dazed, thinking of nothing, his mind still blank.

Yan Lao and Fu Jingyu hurriedly went to find Xu Yuan; they found him easily, for Xu Yuan was standing right beside them, but at Xu Yuan's feet lay two corpses: one had half his body blown away, and the other was riddled with holes like a sieve, blood sizzling and spurting out.

"Ah—Murder!" The passersby coming and going on the street also saw this scene; immediately, chaos erupted, and they scattered in all directions, clearing the crowded street in an instant.

However, another group of people ran out dozens of zhang, discovered that the "criminal" was standing beside the two corpses and seemed to have no intention of continuing the attack, so they stopped running, turned around, and gathered at a distance to stare over here.

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