Chapter 15
Chapter 15: A Blood-Soaked Street
Su Chen left the Origin Bureau and stepped out onto the road .
He didn’t know when it had happened, but the road had become completely deserted at some point .
As he looked along the road, he could faintly see peoples’ heads moving around near the tops of the surrounding walls .
Those were the Origin Bureau’s people watching Su Chen .
At the end of the road, a group of people was headed in Su Chen’s direction .
He turned around and found another group of people also headed in his direction .
The walls lining the street glowed brightly . A formless Origin Energy wall cut off any hope of Su Chen jumping over the wall to escape .
All of his possible escape routes were cut off . There was nowhere he could run .
Su Chen stood still .
A young man was leading one of the groups walking in his direction . There was another person following behind him . It was Sun Mao, who now only had a single arm remaining .
The young man laughed, “Knowledge Executor Su! Let me introduce myself since this is our first time meeting . I, your humble servant, am Long Shaoyou, the Long Clan’s Young Master . Even though this is our first time meeting face to face, I have heard of Knowledge Executor Su’s name before . After all, I let Knowledge Executor Su have the Li Clan’s old palace outside the city . ”
Su Chen laughed, “You let me have it? Sorry, the way I see it is that someone fought with me over that residence, forcing me to spend an extra five thousand taels of gold . ”
Long Shaoyou’s expression sank . “That’s exactly what I wanted to say . Dammit, you wanted to fight with me over a residence that has been infested by demons . Originally, I wanted to have a friendly chat with Knowledge Executor Su once Knowledge Executor Su came . If Knowledge Executor Su was tactful, I wouldn’t have minded giving Knowledge Executor Su that residence as a gift . But before we even met, Knowledge Executor Su arrested one of my clan’s servants and even ruined his arm . Now, we’ll have to settle both the old and new debts at once . ”
“Oh? How are you planning on settling them?” Su Chen asked .
“The things that you are carrying will belong to him, while your person belongs to me . ”
He turned around and found a red-clothed woman striding towards him . There was a person following her as well – Yu Chengshui .
“I am called Lian Jiao . The character for ‘Jiao’ is that of ‘shining brilliantly’, not ‘throwing a tantrum’1 . Don’t get it wrong . ” She stopped a few feet away from him, a rope whip in her hand .
Su Chen said indifferently, “I hear that the Lian Clan has a secret technique that enslaves living human beings and can control them . However, those who are enslaved become like corpses; their movements are sluggish, and they lose the ability to think for themselves, drastically decreasing their combat prowess . It seems like that’s the truth . ”
Lian Jiao laughed, “Your investigative skills are quite commendable . Don’t worry; as long as you behave yourself, it might even succeed . ”
“So it’s not guaranteed to succeed? What a terrible secret technique,” Su Chen laughed .
Lian Jiao’s expression sank . “You’ll know how our secret techniques taste once you’ve experienced it yourself . ”
“Why continue wasting words on him?” Long Shaoyou harrumphed . “If he isn’t willing to, then just forget about it . Let’s make a move . ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand . The large group of hired guards he had brought with him began to advance .
Even though these hired guards were only of the Body Tempering realm, they had a numbers advantage . There was also no lack of Qi Drawing Realm Origin Qi Scholars present as well .
There were also at least six Blood Boiling Realm cultivators present . When paired with such a large group of people, it was evident that they were treating Su Chen with extreme caution .
Even so, Su Chen was still laughing .
He said, “If you can catch me, then you can divide me up . ”
As he spoke, he pulled out a vial of medicine from within his Origin Ring and shattered it on the ground .
Boom!
A plume of smoke and fog immediately engulfed Su Chen as well as the nearby surroundings .
Long Shaoyou’s expression changed . “Not good! He wants to run!”
“Block the exits! Don’t let him get away at any cost!” Lian Jiao also yelled .
Both sides’ hired guards and guests charged forward into the cloud of smoke and fog .
Two more vials of medicine flew out from the cloud of smoke and fog, landing on the ground . Again, plumes of smoke and fog arose, but they engulfed the entire street this time .
“I can’t see!”
“Dammit, I can’t see where he is!”
“Quick, get rid of this fog!”
“We can’t get rid of it! It’s a fog concocted by an alchemist . It’s thick and dense, and it would be hard to drive away even if a hurricane were to come blowing through!”
“Get rid of it anyways!”
“Whoosh!” The sound of wind blowing could be heard amongst the group of people . Even though there was no way for the wind to immediately disperse the fog, the fog was beginning to fade .
At that moment, a tragic cry suddenly rang out .
“AHH!”
This cry was piercing and mournful, but it was cut short, stunning everyone present .
“Old Huang? Old Huang, are you okay?” Someone recognized the person who had cried out .
There was no response .
Rather, the person who yelled out suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back . He lowered his head, only to find that a blade had pierced out his chest from his back .
His eyes bulged in disbelief as he glanced at the blade sticking out of his chest . He wanted to cry out, but a hand covered his mouth . He felt himself being gently laid down onto the ground .
Su Chen retrieved his blade, then continued to dart amongst the group of people .
Yes, he hadn’t run . Rather, he was borrowing the smoke and fog to constantly kill his targets .
Six Blood Boiling Realm cultivators and fourteen Qi Drawing Realm cultivators – he had memorized their locations while conversing earlier .
He was going to find them, then kill them .
This was how Su Chen was going to deal with them .
He was like a seasoned hunter operating in the night, taking the lives of his prey one after another .
Whoosh!
The blade pierced through another guard’s throat, sending a splash of blood through the air . The fog suddenly became blood red . Su Chen expertly withdrew his blade, then turned around and swung the blade down at another target in front of him . Su Chen, who was cut off and isolated, didn’t need to worry about accidentally injuring his allies .
Everyone began to realize that they were being hunted, and they began to yell .
“He didn’t run!”
“Everyone, be careful! He’s hunting us!”
“Quick, get rid of this damned smoke!”
“Watch me!” a guard yelled, thrusting out his hands . “Cloud Waves!”
As he yelled, the dense fog actually began to ascend to the sky, clearing up the field of view below .
“Yes!” everyone yelled excitedly .
That big man laughed loudly, clearly happy that he had made such an important contribution .
An instant later, however, another three vials of medicine shattered on the ground . Plumes of smoke and fog reappeared immediately .
In addition, just before the fog enveloped everyone again, they saw a person’s shadow fly by them, rushing right at the big man who had just used “Cloud Waves” .
As the fog once again began to obscure their vision, they saw a head fly high into the sky .
“No! This damned bastard!” Long Shaoyou was infuriated by the decapitation of one of his subordinates . “Kill you, I’ll kill you!”
“I’m the opposite,” a voice suddenly said from next to Long Shaoyou’s ear .
Long Shaoyou’s heart seized . He hurriedly struck back with his blade .
“AH!” A tragic cry rang out .
Long Shaoyou was ecstatic at first, but that joy quickly turned into shock .
The person he had managed to hit was his subordinate .
Not good!
Long Shaoyou realized what had happened .
Bang!
A heavy blow slammed into the back of his head . Long Shaoyou’s eyes flipped into the back of his head as he fainted .
At the same time, the people in the smoke began to grow frenzied . In order to avoid being ambushed by Su Chen, they began to furiously swing their blades around themselves, preventing anyone from getting near them . Because of this, they injured a lot of their allies .
Lian Jiao realized that the situation wasn’t looking good . She yelled, “Retreat! Let’s get out of here!”
“You aren’t going anywhere!”
Su Chen’s icy voice reached her .
Lian Jiao yelled as she struck out . With a series of bangs, waves of energy began to surge around her, but what met her was a sea of flames roaring over her and engulfing her vision……
Finally, the fog dissipated .
The people still fighting in a frenzy on the street also began to stop .
What appeared before their eyes was the sight of corpses littered all over the ground .
Worst of all, Long Shaoyou and Lian Jiao had disappeared .
In Chinese, words can have the same sound but different meanings . Usually when you introduce yourself it’s common to also include a word that incorporates multiple characters so that people know exactly what characters your name include .
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