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Chapter 88: The Envoy of Squad Two.
What Zareth was saying made absolute, undeniable sense to Jada now. In a cutthroat environment like Blackwater Town, the individuals Gao had unwittingly leaked the trade route information to were likely enforcers or lower-ranking scouts at best.Given Gao’s own cultivation realm at the Fourth Stage of Body Tempering, anyone he casually socialized with or conversed with in taverns and alleyways would almost certainly be someone around his tier, either slightly stronger or slightly weaker than him.As Jada pieced every detail together in her mind, thinking critically about the underlying power dynamics, she realized Zareth’s assessment of the situation was entirely spot on.A low-level rogue or scout who stumbled upon a goldmine of strategic intelligence would never willingly share that glory with an outside informant; they would present it to their commanders as their own brilliant discovery to secure a massive promotion and heavy financial rewards."So, Gao," Jada said, turning her at
Chapter 87: Tying Loose Ends.
Several minutes after Avalin and Stella’s meeting, far away inside the Central Region, the sun had risen fully over the Happy Lad Inn. In their private quarters, the bamboo curtains leading toward the balcony had already been drawn open, allowing a soft morning breeze and pale yellow sunlight to filter into the spacious room.Inside the private chamber, Jada was busy tending to Zareth's injured left hand.Kneeling gently beside him, she carefully applied a layer of crushed, dark-green medicinal herbs across the jagged puncture wound he had inflicted upon himself in the Red Panda's chambers, soothing the raw, inflamed skin.With practiced, delicate precision, she then wrapped the wound with a clean strip of white cloth, tying it off perfectly to ensure it stayed secured."What a pathetic mess..." Zareth thought silently as he looked down at his bound palm, watching Jada meticulously fasten the bandage. "If I were still in the Heaven Origin Realm, a minor flesh wound like this would ha
Chapter 86: Avalin's Move.
The next morning...All across Blackwater Town, every establishment, market square, tavern, inn, and gambling den echoed with tense, excited chatter regarding the overwhelming show of force displayed by the Red Panda Gang. People from all walks of life spoke in hushed tones about the grand parade that had marched boldly through rival gang territories without facing a single shred of retaliation. Outside the Eastern Region, rumors spread as townspeople and independent cultivators eagerly speculated on what the gang's next move would be, reminiscing about the lavish, open-air feast that had followed the display of dominance.Even the town garrison guards, usually indifferent to gang posturing, murmured among themselves during their morning patrols. More surprisingly, the gang members of rival factions, the very victims who had been forced to stand by and watch the Red Panda Gang march through their districts, spoke of the event with a strange, begrudging reverence. Having witnessed t
Chapter 85: Effortless escape.
As much as Zareth felt the intoxicating, electric surge of adrenaline rushing through his veins, a primal urge whispering in his ear to stand his ground, wait for whichever Squad Nine reinforcements were converging on the area, and slaughter every last one of them, his supreme, analytical mind instantly brought him back to reality.He understood his current limitations with absolute clarity. He was still weak. Being able to successfully execute Bajo, a cultivator at the Fifth Stage of Body Tempering, was not a result of raw physical superiority; it was entirely because Zareth possessed combat experience, a deeper mastery of battle psychology, and a flawless understanding of combat flow. If he were to encounter a higher-stage opponent who possessed true combat experience and knew how to cover their physical vulnerabilities, Zareth knew he would be putting his life in grave, unnecessary jeopardy.Without wasting another second, Zareth and Jada kicked off the ground, leaping silently a
Chapter 84: Untempered Weakness(2).
Thud!Bajo crashed heavily onto his knees upon the ground, his sword slipping from his trembling fingers and clattering uselessly against the ground. Blood danced in violent, crimson sprays from his shattered right eye socket, his throat choking on screams of unimaginable agony.Zareth didn't waste a single second. With his right hand wielding his second weapon, the lethal, razor-edged short spear, his arm whipped forward in a blinding, merciless arc.SHHHHKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!The steel tip punched violently through Bajo’s left eye socket, driving deep into his brain from the opposite side!Bajo’s head was now brutalized, pierced through both eye sockets by Zareth's twin weapons as thick, warm blood sprayed across the ground. The agonizing screeching instantly ceased, plunging the passage into absolute silence. With a cold, methodical twist, Zareth gouged his weapons free from the skull.Bajo’s lifeless body collapsed limply onto the ground, falling forward into a pooling mass of his
Chapter 83: Untempered Weakness.
"He is vastly underestimating me simply because he possesses a superior cultivation realm, backing his confidence entirely on our previous encounter. He is absolutely certain in his own speed," Zareth thought with icy clarity as he watched Bajo lunging toward him, a confident, arrogant smirk plastered across the enforcer's lean face as his heavy blade swung forward in a vicious arc.Directly behind Zareth was a dead end, the towering, solid stone wall of an adjacent building rising high into the night sky, blocking any backward retreat."Let's see where you can run to now, you little brat!" Bajo sneered, his eyes gleaming with bloodthirsty triumph as he felt entirely certain he had cornered Zareth against the wall.Yet, right as the glinting steel of the blade swept within a mere hairsbreadth of Zareth's neck, Zareth’s body blurred. Executing an impossibly tight, fast slip-dash, he ducked beneath the trajectory of the deadly arc and slid past Bajo’s flank in the blink of an eye.SHKKK
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