Chapter 659: A Grand Entrance (1/10, Autumn Subscription)

I need to find the person who wants to wipe us out?

Wait!

Could it be?!

The others exchanged glances, stunned, turning to Lord Rat.

"Lord Rat, could it be… could it be that the man attacking from outside is Night Niu Niu, the one we're meant to capture?"

"Exactly! It must be him! At this hour, only that bastard would dare charge straight in."

Lord Rat narrowed his eyes, sneering continuously.

Originally, Lord Rat had planned to set a trap, lure the enemy in—but now, it seemed unnecessary.

"Let's go out and meet that guy."

Saying this, Lord Rat led the way out.

Seeing this, the others' eyes gleamed with excitement as they followed closely behind.

The 【Thief Rank】 has a hundred members, their strengths uneven.

But the top ten are all Human-Level!

Ten Human-Level experts against a single Human-Level Beginner? That's child's play.

The others were thinking exactly this—until they stepped outside and were instantly stunned.

Below them on 【Dongliu Mountain】, chaos reigned.

Under the night sky, a thatched hut at the mountain's base exploded as if struck by a cannonball.

Amid flying debris and straw, figures were flung high into the air—some crashing into walls, others slamming onto the ground, all dead.

In just one blow, over a dozen died.

But this wasn't over—the instigator below surged forward like an unstoppable train, smashing into the next thatched hut, triggering another thunderous explosion, scattering stones and slaughtering the crowd.

Looking down the mountain path, more torch-bearing crowds poured downward like a long, blazing dragon, fire blazing, brimming with fierce momentum.

Facing the terrifying force below, these subordinates showed no fear, charging ahead under leadership.

The chief thief wore a smile.

"These are the Night Thieves we trained—orderly, fearless of death!"

"Exactly! Had the intruder not been so overwhelmingly powerful, they could've handled him themselves!"

"Compared to our men, those 【Qing Si】 and 【Lan Shan】 officials are nothing but titles—when it comes to real fighting, they're nowhere near as formidable as ours!"

As the chief thieves conversed, the commotion below had spread from the thatched huts at the mountain's foot to the mountain path.

Amid flickering torchlight, a dark figure ascended against the 'long dragon'—wherever he passed, wind swept through, all torches toppled, tumbling down the mountain, their light extinguished within moments.

Death. Fire out.

"So fast!"

Stunned, they saw that wherever the figure passed, all torchlight was snuffed out.

Like a precise fire extinguisher, he marched straight upward, wiping out every Night Thief holding a torch along the way!

Pupils shrinking, the Thief Rank members grew furious.

"How bold!"

"In the time it took us to observe, he's already killed our men right under our noses!"

"Brothers, hold on—I'll go down and face that brat. Let's see if he truly has the strength of a Human-Level Beginner!"

The last to speak was the tenth-ranked chief thief of the 【Thief Rank】, whose real name was Lao Shi, so everyone called him Zei Lao Shi.

After roaring, Zei Lao Shi hurried down the mountain path.

The other top ten chief thieves watched—some intrigued, some hesitant, some grim-faced, each with different thoughts—but none followed.

Instead, the larger Night Thieves ranked outside the top ten exchanged glances, and many followed Zei Lao Shi down the mountain.

If the top ten didn't move, they had a chance to claim a share.

Lord Rat's rule: whoever captures Night Niu Niu and contributes the most gets the credit.

If Zei Lao Shi could seize Night Niu Niu outright while the other bosses held back, this group had a strong shot at claiming one of the slots.

Then, whether to trade the slot for favors or keep it for retirement, there'd be room to maneuver.

Their calculations were perfect—but those standing atop the mountain weren't optimistic about Zei Lao Shi's reckless move.

Eager for glory, he leapt out without even probing the enemy's true strength—this was foolish.

The proper approach would've been to let the subordinates, the larger Night Thieves ranked outside the top ten, test the waters first.

Once strength was assessed, they could proceed cautiously, using numbers to drain his stamina and internal energy, then secure him safely.

The more aggressive could strike now, with confidence.

Most thought this way—but some clever ones saw Zei Lao Shi wasn't foolish at all.

With only five slots available, as the tenth-ranked, he had almost no chance.

Better to gamble that Night Niu Niu's strength was overblown, seize him early, and lock in the slot.

While others hesitated, he'd already acted—his head start was undeniable; if Night Niu Niu's power was all show, there was room to exploit.

Even if Night Niu Niu truly was this formidable, he'd still have cleared the path for the other bosses, earning goodwill.

Unlike the subordinates' probing.

As a Human-Level Beginner himself, he personally stepped in as bait—perfect for testing Night Niu Niu's true upper and lower limits, giving later entrants solid data to improve their odds.

Even if he lost, with this contribution, he'd earn the favor of the other chief thieves—worth the risk.

When one exits, another steps in.

Retiring from the martial world requires arranging your resources properly.

And resources useful only to Night Thieves? Naturally, they must be left behind.

As for who to leave it to, that depends on the situation.

Five slots represent five territories' resources.

Zei Lao Shi taking this merit record to find the five bandit leaders about to retire from the Jianghu and ask for some benefits — no big problem.

With his own little schemes in mind, followed by a batch of Xiantian Realm experts from the bandit rankings and a group of Houtian Realm elite underlings, Zei Lao Shi controlled his pace, trying not to let them stray too far from him, and charged down toward the lower half of the mountain in grand fashion.

At this moment, the commotion below had already fought its way from the mountain path at the foot of the mountain up to the mid-slope position.

Dongliu Mountain had never had a moment as lively as tonight.

Beneath the round moon with one corner dark red, Fang Yue's two-meter black blade, like a precise butcher's knife, killed every Night Thief that charged up.

For things like Night Thieves that don't even count as people, Fang Yue felt no psychological burden in killing them.

Precisely because he had gone through the Deyun Cun incident and seen with his own eyes what kind of people Night Thieves were, he understood even more clearly that every Night Thief he killed now was saving more innocent people!

"Killing to save the world, killing to save people — I'm not killing here, this is a living Bodhisattva saving the world!"

Fang Yue felt his whole body radiating Buddhist light; with this killing efficiency, going back and having every commoner in Chunuan City kowtow to him wouldn't be unreasonable, right?

What the Government can't manage, I will manage.

People the Government can't kill, I will kill.

Bandits the Government can't wipe out, I will wipe out!

The Bane of Night Thieves, making a grand debut!

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