Snowy Night — Marrow Cleansing Pill (Part 2)

At around eight in the evening, Shanghai was at its most enchanting and most prosperous.

A globally limited-edition stretched Chevrolet, newly released in 2013, sped past the Bund. Inside were Tanaka Meinan, three bodyguards, and a friend accompanying him.

That accompanying friend, Yamashita Kohara, was in fact his true bodyguard! Yamashita Kohara was a kendo master of the Pure Sword Style.

Tanaka Meinan was feeling utterly pleased with himself, utterly delighted!

He had actually obtained a Marrow Cleansing Pill—the legendary Marrow Cleansing Pill. Of course, in exchange for it, he had handed over a business deal worth nearly a billion US dollars to a Chinese corporation—the Yuming Group.

The Yuming Group had given him a single pill—the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

"Tanaka, could this Marrow Cleansing Pill be fake?" Yamashita Kohara, Tanaka Meinan's bodyguard, was also a swordsmanship master of the Pure Sword Style.

"Yamashita, you needn't worry about that. I am one hundred percent certain this Marrow Cleansing Pill is real." Tanaka Meinan's smile was incomparably radiant.

"Ah, then congratulations. Once the general receives the Marrow Cleansing Pill offered by Tanaka, Tanaka's status in the Black Dragon Army afterward..." Yamashita Kohara said with a smile.

Tanaka Meinan merely smiled smugly. "Once I present this Marrow Cleansing Pill, my status will surely rise greatly. When that time comes, heh heh!" A cold gleam flashed through Tanaka Meinan's eyes.

Looking at Yamashita Kohara beside him, Tanaka Meinan sneered inwardly. How could you possibly know my brother's status among the Five Ninja Sects? And the Yuming Group's backing is far beyond anything you could imagine.

My brother paid such a huge price to obtain this Marrow Cleansing Pill. What exactly is it for? Could it really be only to raise my status? Tanaka Meinan had always feared his elder brother.

Tanaka Meikyo, vice sect master of the Earth Ninja Sect, one of the Five Ninja Sects, was also one of the Black Dragon General's five great lieutenants. He was unfathomable, incomparably sinister, cruel, and terrifying! To achieve his goals, he stopped at nothing!

"Mr. Tanaka, we've arrived at the hotel!" The driver stopped the car in front of the Shangri-La Hotel.

Tanaka Meinan was especially excited today. Nighttime was the most wonderful time—how could he return to the hotel at a time like this?

"No rush. The chairman of the Yuming Group gave me a VIP Gold Card. I want to take a look at that wonderful club he mentioned!" A pleased smile appeared on Tanaka Meinan's face. Of course, he knew what kind of place that club was.

"Yes!" The driver immediately continued on...

Li Yang, following from afar, smiled faintly. "Oh, not returning to the Shangri-La Hotel? You really are quite sensible. Killing someone in the Shangri-La wouldn't be easy to clean up. Since you aren't going back, I'll have many more opportunities!"

Outside a luxurious villa in Shanghai's western outskirts.

"Tanaka, this really is a fine place. But let me make this clear first—I'll pass on the pleasures here, so don't drag me into them!" Yamashita Kohara truly deserved to be a kendo master of the Pure Sword Style. Disciples of the Pure Sword Style ate vegetarian food and generally did not enter such special places.

Tanaka Meinan said with a smile, "Yamashita, I know you devote yourself to studying the sword, but pleasure must still be enjoyed. Don't worry, I won't force you. At the very least, Yamashita, you must come in with me. Your task on this trip is to protect me. You cannot leave my side, so you have to go in with me."

Yamashita Kohara gave a bitter smile, then stepped out of the car. His task truly was to protect Tanaka Meinan; he could not leave Tanaka Meinan's side.

"Let's go!" Tanaka Meinan led Yamashita Kohara forward, with three bodyguards following behind. Their destination was the gates before them.

Whoosh!

A frigid streak of Blade Energy flashed past!

"Careful!" Yamashita Kohara's calm kendo state of mind rippled. He immediately spotted the flying dagger and shouted, flipping his hand as a longsword appeared in it. He prepared at once to block the flying dagger with his sword. Yamashita Kohara was a top-tier kendo master; with a flick of his right wrist, his longsword cleaved decisively outward. A dazzling glimmer of sword light flashed through the air, clearly showing that Yamashita Kohara's sword was a treasured blade.

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Yamashita Kohara's mouth, because his sword had completely blocked the flying dagger's path.

Hidden in the darkness, Li Yang gave a cold smile. His state of mind instantly entered the "Joyful Spirit Realm," and his consciousness immediately connected with the flying dagger!

Change direction!

When the flying dagger was about two meters from Yamashita Kohara, it abruptly changed direction! With Li Yang's powerful wrist strength, the infusion of Internal Energy, and Little Li Flying Dagger's unique technique, two meters was utterly meaningless before the dagger's lightning-fast speed.

Yamashita Kohara's kendo state of mind jolted violently, but before he could react, the flying dagger had already pierced through his throat!

"Little Li Flying Dagger!" Yamashita Kohara's eyes widened round. He recalled a legendary top expert of Shanghai, but before he could understand why Little Li Flying Dagger had appeared to deal with a minor figure like Tanaka Meinan, he was already dead!

"Ah!"

Only then did Tanaka Meinan let out a terrified scream.

Whoosh, whoosh... Li Yang's hands flashed like lightning as he fired four flying daggers in rapid succession!

Tanaka Meinan and the bodyguards behind him did not even have time to draw their guns before flying daggers pierced their throats.

"Tanaka Meinan! Hmph!" Li Yang recalled Tanaka Meinan's monstrous crimes described in the files—he had raped and murdered three Chinese female students studying in Japan, one of whom was the only daughter left behind by a fallen comrade of a Security Bureau leader.

Tanaka Meikyo had specifically sent Tanaka Meinan this time because Tanaka Meinan was merely a minor figure in the Black Dragon Army.

Though the Yamaguchi-gumi's Black Dragon Army had committed countless evil deeds, the Security Bureau would not dispatch top experts for an assassination unless an important figure entered China. A minor bootlicker like Tanaka Meinan clearly would not receive much attention; sending a Pure Sword Style expert was more than sufficient.

But Heaven's net was vast and its mesh wide—Tanaka Meinan's past atrocities had met their retribution today! No matter how Tanaka Meikyo thought about it, he could never have imagined that he would fail in this place.

"Who goes there?!" A security guard at the gates of the luxurious villa suddenly barked coldly.

A dark-colored stone hanging from Li Yang's chest suddenly flashed red. Li Yang felt an impulse rise from the depths of his heart, and his mind grew hazy. In a flash, he rushed to Tanaka Meinan's corpse. With a reach of his hand, Blade Energy flashed from the flying dagger, instantly slicing open Tanaka Meinan's clothes. Li Yang immediately took out a jade box hidden in the lining of Tanaka Meinan's clothing. The moment he obtained the jade box, the stone on his chest flashed red once more, then dimmed. In an instant, Li Yang became completely clearheaded.

"What was that? How did I know Tanaka Meinan had a jade box on him? How did I know it was hidden in the lining of his clothes?" Li Yang was utterly bewildered, but then he heard the footsteps of the villa's security guards.

Li Yang had no time to think. He immediately circulated his Internal Energy, accelerated, and vanished down the street like a wisp of green smoke.

When a small squad of security guards emerged from the luxurious villa, they saw only five dead Japanese men sprawled on the ground and a driver frozen with fright.

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