It was a butcher's knife!
That butcher's knife was like the soul-hooking chain of the Reaper.
He felt that there was no way he could dodge it!
Under normal circumstances, he might still have had a sliver of a chance, but he had just been struck by a deadly poison.
His stamina had been drained dry.
How could he possibly block it now?
He could only desperately squeeze every last bit of strength from his body and unleash Iron Shirt.
"Squelch!" The butcher's knife slashed down, sweeping past Xu Qiang's body!
Xu Qiang only felt as though something had swept over him.
When he looked at his opponent again, he saw a person with a cloth mask over their face, dressed in a flying fish uniform. He recognized him in an instant.
Lin Feng!
And the blade of the butcher's knife had already curled!
Xu Qiang had just been about to mock that shabby butcher's knife for daring to try to kill him.
The next moment, a line of blood split open across his chest, and blood sprayed all over the ground!
"W-why? How could a broken butcher's knife break through my perfected Iron Shirt?!"
With a thud, Xu Qiang fell to his knees before Lin Feng.
Lin Feng then searched him thoroughly and found only several dozen taels of silver.
There was nothing else to be found.
There was no time to linger. Lin Feng glanced at the dead Liu Qi.
The cluster of silver needles in his chest stood out noticeably!
"There's something here!"
Lin Feng flashed over and searched his body, finding a secret manual against his chest.
"Art of Disguise!"
"This is good stuff. Consider it my reward for avenging the two of you!"
Lin Feng muttered, then looked over at Liu Mancang.
He found that Liu Mancang had merely fainted from the poison.
Unlike Liu Qi, who had been struck by so many silver needles that the poison had acted up quickly and killed him.
Suddenly, a tremendous sound came from behind him.
Two figures exchanged a palm strike a hundred meters away!
One was dressed entirely in black, while the other was Chief Constable Wu Hua, clad in red official attire.
It looked as though they had been heading toward Lin Feng!
"Not good!"
The next moment, Lin Feng did not dare linger any longer. He turned and slipped away to the side!
"Who are you, sir? How dare you interfere in government affairs? Are you tired of living?"
Wu Hua vaguely caught sight of the flying fish uniform on Lin Feng, but he had no idea who it was.
He had just been pursuing a Demon when he unexpectedly witnessed Lin Feng killing Xu Qiang!
Unfortunately, the distance had been too great, and it was dark. He could not even be certain whether it had truly been a flying fish uniform.
Without drawing attention to himself, he had made his way over.
He had intended to capture the other party in one stroke.
Yet, at some unknown point, another man in black had appeared.
A single palm strike had left him with internal injuries!
There were not many people in Kaiyang County who could injure him with one palm strike!
And he knew every one of them!
So where exactly had this person come from? Wu Hua could not make heads or tails of it!
Could he be some expert merely passing through Kaiyang County?
"Heh heh, that palm strike wasn't easy to take, was it?
The government? The government is exactly what I'm here to beat!
If you don't want to die, then get lost!"
The man in black replied domineeringly!
Wu Hua flew into a rage upon hearing that, but the other party's palm force truly was not something he could withstand.
But if he simply left like this, would that not be far too humiliating?
He was the dignified Chief Constable of Kaiyang County, an expert of the Inner Strength First Realm, yet he was going to leave just because of one sentence from this man!
"Hmph! Remember this, sir: Kaiyang County is not a place where you can run wild as you please!"
The next moment, after tossing out that threat, Wu Hua actually turned around and left!
Several dozen taels of silver a month was not even enough for a single jug of Great Drunken Immortal Brew. Why risk his life?
The man in black did not pursue him either.
He walked over to Xu Qiang's corpse, took out a bottle of medicine, and dripped a single drop onto it. Xu Qiang's body immediately melted into a pool of blood.
"Kid, you played the mantis stalks the cicada, the yellow sparrow waits behind very well—but you need to clean up both head and tail!"
The man in black muttered, then pursued Lin Feng in the direction he had left.
After a few flashes, he vanished into the night.
Lin Feng used the Gale Leg Technique and ran without stopping. He did not halt until he had sprinted a great distance, nearly reaching the Shantytown in the west of the city.
Only when he saw that no one was chasing him did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.
That had been far too dangerous. If Chief Constable Wu Hua had blocked his path, he would have been utterly finished!
Even his status as a Demon Purging Division trainee would not have saved him.
Though the Demon Purging Division had been granted imperial authority to execute Imperial Court officials first and report afterward,
that applied to officially appointed personnel.
At the very least, one had to be a lieutenant. What right did a low-level trainee like him have to execute first and report afterward?
He would probably have his hand chopped off the moment he reached out!
"Just who was that man in black? He could actually hold back Chief Constable Wu Hua, an Inner Strength Realm expert!"
"Could he be Wu Hua's enemy? Or had he come specifically for me?"
"If he truly came for me, then the only possibility is General Ding!"
Lin Feng secretly speculated.
After all, he had never had any dealings with an Inner Strength Realm expert.
Though he did not know General Ding's true strength, he knew that General Ding's cultivation had definitely reached the Inner Strength Realm!
If it truly was him, then why?
To let me grow, enter the prefectural city, and even the provincial capital!
What could he gain from that?
Lin Feng thought it over but found no clues at all.
Since he could not figure it out, he would stop thinking about it for now!
Only when his strength was sufficient would he be able to learn the secret behind all this.
Lin Feng then changed direction and headed toward the center of the Shantytown.
The sounds of fighting and shouting were growing quieter and quieter!
It seemed that the chaos caused by the Monsters was gradually being brought under control!
Not long after, Lin Feng ran into Chen Fei.
Chen Fei's left hand was injured, its flesh torn and mangled.
It had been simply bandaged.
When he saw Lin Feng walk over safely, a smile appeared on his face.
"Brother Lin, are you all right? How did you disappear in the blink of an eye just now?"
"Brother Chen, are you all right? I saw an old neighbor in danger just now, so I rushed over.
When I turned back, you were already gone!
I could only act alone!"
Lin Feng offered a random explanation. After all, he had indeed come from the Shantytown.
"I'm fine. It's only a minor injury. The Demons are gradually retreating into the deep mountains now!
The situation has been brought under control. Once we return to camp, I can get it treated!
Luckily, it didn't injure the bone!"
Chen Fei said indifferently. Compared with the colleagues who had lost their lives, he was already doing quite well!
Today, he had slain several Demons and accumulated a batch of merit medals. He could exchange them for another Leopard Fetus Tendon Strengthening Pill!
Perhaps his cultivation would improve a little afterward!
Before long, their squad had assembled.
Looking at everyone, aside from several veteran trainees of the Marrow Cleansing Realm who had not been injured, everyone else had suffered injuries to varying degrees.
Their squad had originally numbered more than a dozen. Lieutenant Wang was dead now, while over half of the rest had been killed or wounded.
And these were Demon Purging Division trainees. The constables and soldiers had suffered even heavier casualties.
This Demon calamity was even greater than the one several months ago that had claimed Lin Feng's father's life!
Lin Feng looked at the casualty ratio and the Shantytown engulfed in flames, then let out a long sigh.
Had he not moved his family into the city, his mother, little sister, and A Yu would likely have been unable to escape this disaster!
Although he had shouldered immense pressure, at this moment, he felt that everything he had given was worth it!
Before long, everyone returned to the main camp.
Lin Feng's heart stirred. He quickly headed into the courtyard, wanting to see whether General Ding was in his room.
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