After leaving Moon Inn, Xiao Chen shot swiftly and silently across the rooftops.His figure moved like a gust of night wind that was difficult for the eyes to catch. His robe fluttered gently with every movement of his body, blending perfectly into the darkness that enveloped Red Mountain City.Every time Xiao Chen’s feet touched the roof tiles, his body exerted only the slightest pressure before shooting forward again. There was no creaking of the tiles, no heavy impact, and not even the slightest ripple of aura that ordinary practitioners could easily detect.The two years he had spent in Black Mist Valley had changed many things.It was not only the strength of his body that had increased tremendously compared to the past. His control over his body, breathing, footsteps, and even his perception of his surroundings had all been tempered through countless life-and-death battles.For Xiao Chen now, sneaking past the guards of ordinary humans was not difficult at all.His destination w

The sound of laughter and the clinking of wine cups continued to echo from inside the main hall of the Blood Wolf Gang’s headquarters.Dozens of gang members, including several mid-level leaders, sat around long tables filled with lavish food and wine jars that were nearly empty.That night, the air inside the hall felt hot and stuffy from the smell of alcohol and sweat.They were celebrating the successful expansion of their trade territory, which had just been approved by Qin Lang. It was a major achievement they had been pursuing relentlessly over the past two years.At the end of the room, seated upon a wooden throne carved with a wolf’s head that served as a symbol of power, was a young man dressed in red robes.His face was somewhat pale, and traces of the suffering he had endured in the past were still clearly etched along his jawline and temples, but an arrogant smile never left his lips.It was Qin Mu. As the newly appointed Vice Leader, he was the center of everyone’s attent

In less than three breaths, three formidable fighters had been killed without putting up any meaningful resistance.The room that had previously been filled with laughter suddenly fell silent.Not a single person dared to move or speak. They all stared at the three corpses on the floor with pale faces.Such strength was truly beyond their understanding.This was actually not surprising.Most of the people in the hall were only at the eighth and ninth levels of the Body Tempering Realm. Even the strongest among them was Qin Mu, who had only just broken through to the Early Martial Master Realm.Meanwhile, Xiao Chen himself had already reached an entirely different level of strength.No one in the room could clearly sense his aura, so they could not determine exactly what level the young man had reached.However, one thing was already enough for them to understand the difference in strength. Every attack from Xiao Chen was capable of taking the life of a Body Tempering Realm practitione

In those tense moments, Xiao Chen did not waste any time at all.To Xiao Chen, the threat posed by the powerful practitioners before him did not divert him from his primary objective in the slightest. His gaze remained fixed on the deathly pale Qin Mu.Whoosh!Xiao Chen’s figure suddenly flashed forward—so fast that it surpassed the limits of an ordinary human’s naked eye. His movement left behind a faint afterimage.Such speed left several members of the Blood Wolf Gang unable to react in time.They only saw a gray shadow flash before their eyes before a bone-piercing chill suddenly swept across the entire hall.“Don’t you dare!!—” Qin Lang screamed hysterically the moment he realized what the young man was targeting.However, the warning came too late. Far too late.In the blink of an eye, Xiao Chen crossed the one-zhang distance and appeared directly before Qin Mu. His right hand, shrouded in a dense and deadly vortex of blackish-red aura, shot straight forward without the slightes

Thick dust scattered through the air, mingling with the increasingly pungent stench of blood that filled the ruins of the main hall.The atmosphere, which had previously been filled with furious roars and oppressive energy pressure, had now turned into a rigid and deadly silence.In a corner of the room, among piles of collapsed wood and stone, Qin Lang lay helplessly.His breathing came in short, ragged gasps, sounding hoarse every time his chest rose and fell. His right arm had been completely shattered, while his internal organs had been crushed by Xiao Chen’s Death Blood Palm Technique.Fresh blood continued to flow from the corner of Qin Lang’s mouth, pooling across the cracked stone floor.Yet more terrifying than his physical wounds was the look in Qin Lang’s eyes at that moment—a gaze filled with despair, regret, and disbelief.He had unleashed all his strength, obtained the assistance of the great sect behind the scenes, and sacrificed everything to maintain the Blood Wolf Ga