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"Seems like keeping three people is too many; time to kill one!"

The three bound captives finally turned pale.

They began to struggle violently.

"Wait, stop, don’t!" Zhao Lin hastily shouted.

Before he could finish,

there was a wet splat and his face was drenched with blood. He strained to turn his head, only to see that beside him, Han Zhihao’s head had been smashed to pieces, his body convulsing unnaturally.

"Actually, keeping only one is enough. Speak up, I’ll give you all one chance, just one chance." Zhou Dongbo said indifferently, his cold eyes fixating on Zhao Lin without a trace of emotion:

"Since you spoke first, you go ahead, I’ll start counting down!"

"Ten, Nine, Eight..."

Zhao Lin’s face turned ashen, his heart pounding violently, cold sweat beading on his forehead: "I... I..."

While struggling to decide,

"Boss, two people have come to the door, claiming to be the ones you’ve been looking for." A subordinate reported loudly as he rushed over.

"My sought-after persons?" Zhou Dongbo was stunned for a moment, completely confused. Not until he saw the suppressed joy on the faces of the two kneeling captives did he understand. Surprised and amused, he said:

"Let them in; I am indeed curious about their mettle."

"Yes, Boss!"

Soon, two people were led in by the gang members.

It was none other than the disguised Chen Li and Guo Wu.

"Fellow Daoist has quite the guts, putting righteousness first, admirable indeed. Planning to come over for a rescue?"

Chen Li looked around, noticed the corpses on the ground, and with a slight pause and a glacial expression, he said, "These are my people, they have always worked and sold goods for me. To kill them without reason doesn’t seem right, does it?"

"Oh? And what of it?" Zhou Dongbo inquired with interest, like a cat toying with a mouse.

He had nine subordinates here.

He himself was a cultivator at the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation; he had seen all sorts of grand scenes.

As long as no one at the Foundation Establishment level came personally, what did he have to fear?

The subordinates all laughed loudly, hooting and hollering.

At that moment,

Chen Li’s Scolding Skill activated instantly, accompanied by the metallic ring of a drawn sword. His figure flashed past a gang member, whose face had not even lost its smile before the terror induced by the Scolding Skill began to manifest, and his head was already severed from his body.

Blood shot towards the sky.

Chen Li’s figure was lightning fast as he headed straight for Zhou Dongbo.

The short distance of seven or eight meters took just a blink of an eye, with four more gang members’ heads flying off along the way.

Zhou Dongbo seemingly unaffected by the Scolding Skill, changed his complexion immediately. Reacting swiftly, his hand shot out from his sleeve and triggered a golden light charm. At a critical moment, there was a loud "bang," and Chen Li’s Second Order sword was staunchly blocked by the Golden Light Protective Barrier.

The attack was futile.

Zhou Dongbo turned ashen with fright, just about to breathe a sigh of relief,

when a blinding light burst forth in his opponent’s eyes. He had to look away instantly, then felt the Golden Light Body Shield shake violently.

Chen Li’s attacks were as relentless as a tempest, striking four or five times in the blink of an eye, the Golden Light Body Shield rapidly dimming.

Unable to restrain the wild fear in his heart, he retreated desperately, all the while screaming hysterically,

"I am the five-generations-removed great-grandson of the Zhou Family’s ancestor, you cannot kill..."

Before he could finish, the Golden Light Body Shield shattered.

A cold gleam pierced right through the center of his forehead, emerging from the back of his skull and leaving a gaping hole.

"I..."

Zhou Dongbo opened his mouth, uttered his final word, fell back, and died with his eyes wide open.

To his last breath, he couldn’t understand why he died here.

Wasn’t this just an ordinary robbery? He hadn’t provoked any other Foundation Establishment families, nor had he offended the Immortal Sect’s powers. He had done this countless times before, each time without incident.

Why this time...

After killing Zhou Dongbo, Chen Li didn’t pause for a second, swiftly murdering the remaining gang members at the scene, leaving many corpses strewn about.

Then, he rushed to the door, twisted the last gang member’s neck, and dragged the body back into the hall.

He used his sword to sever the ropes binding Zhao Lin and Gu Mengqing and said sternly to them, "Search the bodies, take anything of value, we can’t stay here long. Let’s go, now!"

The two, still stunned from the aftermath of the Scolding Skill, didn’t dare to delay, quickly dragging their wounded bodies along with Guo Wu to search the corpses scattered around.

Chen Li used the Earth Listening Technique.

Listening quietly for a moment.

He quickly found a fish that had slipped the net hiding in a large jar, unmoved by the person’s sobbing and desperate kowtowing for mercy.

With one stroke, he took the head.

And with that, it was all resolved

Chen Li returned to the hall, gazed at Zhou Dongbo’s body, recalled his last words, and his expression darkened slightly. After a moment of contemplation, he folded up the body and placed it inside his storage bag.

He did the same with Han Zhihao’s body, leaving no trace behind.

A minute later, the group had collected everything and quickly left the residence, soon vanishing into the darkness.

ps: This Chapter accounts for yesterday’s update.