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"Fight your way out!"

With someone taking the lead, the others rushed out, smashing windows and doors. As people poured out, they immediately saw the figure standing on the wall.

"He's asking for it! Kill him!"

A middle-aged man dressed in a gorgeous purple outfit stood with two other people beside him. Their hats had been knocked off, their clothes were disheveled, and their hair was loose, clearly indicating that they had just been hit.

Some others were less fortunate; some were hit in the body, resulting in broken bones or even ruptured internal organs. Some who were hit in the arm couldn't even lift their hand; it was limp, clearly indicating that their bones were shattered.

Inside the house lay the body of an unfortunate man, his forehead split open with stones embedded in it. The impact was as terrifying as if it had been caused by a heavy sniper rifle.

At the Black Kill Pavilion's headquarters, a middle-aged man in purple clothes ran back under the escort of two people, while the others silently charged towards Lu Chen.

Lu Chen flicked his wrist, hitting the two closest people. Without even looking at the result, he tensed all his muscles and used all his strength to throw the bag of stones at the purple-clad man.

This person is clearly the highest-ranking person present, and he even has someone protecting him!

"boom!"

The two escorts' expressions changed drastically. They pushed the man in purple backward and brandished their weapons, trying to stop the bag of stones.

"Ding ding ding!"

The stone struck the sword, making a crisp sound.

The two men's eyes were practically popping out of their sockets, their arms were trembling, their hands were torn, and they couldn't even lift their hands.

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

The remaining stones struck them with a dull thud.

Before they could even scream, they fell backward.

With Lu Chen's strength, even a pebble is not something that just anyone can withstand.

A force of over 10,000 jin is enough to turn a pebble into a cannonball!

The man in purple, who was running forward, suddenly stumbled forward and fell face-first into the dirt.

Upon closer inspection, dark marks gradually appeared on the waist and legs.

Lu Chen smirked, grabbed the bronze staff tucked under his arm, leaped up, raised the staff high, leaned back to gather strength, and then unleashed a powerful downward strike, channeling the force into the tip of the staff.

"Bang!"

An assassin dressed in black only had time to hurriedly raise his steel knife to block above his head.

The moment the bronze rod touched the steel knife, it snapped the knife in two. The force was undiminished, and the assassin's head was smashed open, as if a watermelon had been run over by a truck.

The stick slammed all the way to his shoulder, making him appear several tens of centimeters shorter.

Upon seeing this, the pupils of the others suddenly contracted.

terror!

Just how strong is this person? Such terrifying power is impossible to withstand!

run!

Everyone immediately made a decision: if they failed to strike, they would flee a great distance – that had always been their principle.

Lu Chen took eight steps, combined with the lightness skill of "Treading Snow Without a Trace" and the power of the Primordial Chaos Body, his speed reached its limit. He twisted his body and swept his staff horizontally.

"Bang!"

The bronze rod struck a man in the waist, sending him flying and crashing into the wall, splattering blood.

He charged forward again, twisted his waist and thrust his shoulder, and the tip of his stick struck the head of another person beside him.

"Snapped!"

The man's head suddenly flew in another direction, his neck broke, and his head exploded.

"Three more!"

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. The rain obstructed his vision, but his senses remained sharp.

In a flash, he flicked his wrist, and a throwing knife shot out.

"call out!"

The blade pierced through the raindrops, a flash of cold light, and disappeared into a person's body, where a bright red flower bloomed.

Lu Chen pushed off the ground with both feet and suddenly darted forward, grabbing the end of the stick with one hand and sliding it forward to thrust it out.

"puff!"

The stick struck the back of the person in front of him squarely.

"Snap!"

The spine couldn't withstand the terrifying force and shattered. The man seemed to have been broken in two, losing all support and falling forward. After coughing up blood a few times, his head lolled to the side, and he stopped breathing.

"The last one!"

Lu Chen aimed at a fallen knife on the ground and kicked it, hitting the hilt squarely. The immense force propelled the steel blade outwards, piercing through the air with a whoosh, passing over the back of the last person who had already run quite far away, and sending him flying into the air before embedding it in the wall, pinning him down like a nail.

After finishing off everyone and dragging them to the courtyard, Lu Chen finally approached the man in purple.

The man in purple had suffered a severe injury to his waist and could not crawl far. He moved forward little by little in the mud. When he saw Lu Chen, his eyes revealed anger and resentment.

"Who are you! How dare you touch me?"

"How am I supposed to know who you are if you don't tell me?" Lu Chen glanced at the middle-aged man's wound and stomped on it.

"what!"

The man in purple screamed in agony, writhing and struggling at Lu Chen's feet.

"So, who are you?" Lu Chen asked calmly.

The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with displeasure, but being trampled underfoot, he had no choice but to submit: "I am Gao Lin, the county magistrate of Yuncheng!"

"Oh, so you're a county constable! I've heard so much about you! What are you doing here in the middle of the night, instead of sleeping? Trying to rebel?"

Lu Chen made a joke, but Gao Lin reacted very strongly.

Holy crap, you guessed it?

"You're talking nonsense! Now that you know who I am, why don't you release me right now? Do you dare to touch an official of the imperial court? Don't you care about your life, or your family's?"

He threatened through gritted teeth.

Lu Chen smiled.

I'm all bundled up like this, who would know who I am?

"Are you out of your mind? Do you still think you're some high-ranking official sitting on a throne? You're at my feet now!"

"I don't see Bai Sha and Hei Po here. I came here to take revenge on them. Where did those two go?"

Lu Chen asked.

Gao Lin was instantly enraged.

"Looking for White Cutter and Black Soul, you come up here and wipe us out?"

What does this have to do with us?

"I don't know... Ah! Let go of my foot!"

Lu Chen stepped on Gao Lin's wound, causing Gao Lin to convulse in pain.

"Will you tell me or not? If you don't, things won't be so easy! Besides, what do their whereabouts have to do with you that you need to hide them from me?"

Lu Chen advised.

Gao Lin's face was deathly pale, and in the pouring rain, he looked even more wretched and miserable: "They went to Shahu County and just left this afternoon. You're too late! Let me go!"

Lu Chen was somewhat annoyed.

Damn, these guys are moving pretty fast!

"I've already answered, so let me go right now! You have no idea what you're doing or who you've messed with! I advise you not to make things worse for yourself!"

Gao Lin was in great pain and discomfort as Lu Chen trampled him underfoot.

"Heh, then tell me, who have I offended?" Lu Chen smiled, but his face was full of coldness: "What are you doing here?"

"If I tell you, not only will I die, but your whole family will be executed. What kind of good end do you think you'll have? Go ahead and kill me if you dare!"

Gao Lin turned his head away, his expression hardening again.

"Bang!"

Lu Chen slammed the stick down.

Gao Lin's face showed astonishment, and the fear in his eyes still lingered. His eyes gradually dimmed, and he knew he would never see the sun rise again.

"You have real guts! I admire people like you. I'll grant your wish!"

[Under the host's influence, the fates of Gao Lin and 14 others have changed.]

[Fate value gain: 4325, Luck value gain: 31]

Gao Lin and four others did not receive any luck-based rewards; they are presumably Gao Lin's four subordinates.

Everyone else is an assassin.

Lu Chen searched everyone thoroughly, then went into the house, searching everywhere for information and cultivation techniques.

"Huh, another gain?" Lu Chen stuffed the silver notes into his pocket, looked at the thin book in his hand, and smiled.

"The 'Shape-Changing and Bone-Shrinking Technique' can be cultivated to the Iron Bone Realm? For transforming into human form? This is truly a wonderful item for home, travel, murder, and robbery; I won't need to wear a mask anymore!"

He packed his things and searched for information about the area.

After a quick look, I didn't find any information about myself, or even any related information, and I immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that Shahu County and Yuncheng County haven't been exchanging information, or rather, they have no news about me!"

He began to clean up the scene, collecting all the stones, throwing knives, and other items related to him, and then started setting up the arson site.

He was already highly skilled at murder, arson, and destroying evidence!

"This trip, apart from not finding the missing child, has been a complete success!"

He threw everyone into the house, found some wood, and set everything on fire. He watched as the fire burned brighter and brighter, making sure it wouldn't be extinguished by the heavy rain, before turning and leaving.

It's time to leave!

Lu Chen, carrying a large bag, wearing a straw hat, and holding a bronze staff, arrived at the city gate.

Smoke was rising from two places in the distance, and flames could be seen in the distance.

Both the Washing Silk Workshop and the Black Killing Pavilion's headquarters were on fire.

Taking advantage of the poor visibility due to the rain, and with the city wall guards focused on the fire, Lu Chen leaped out of the city and headed home in the rain.

The rain intensified, erasing all traces of him.