Using Ruthlessness to Control Ruthlessness, I'm More Ruthless Than You!

"Genius, genius..."

Su Yingxue's mind roared, buzzing like countless rolling thunderclaps.

What kind of damn genius could be this outrageous?

She really wanted to curse!

[Next, to upgrade the Azure Wave Art to the Minor Accomplishment realm, 250 Merit Points are required!]

A new line of text appeared.

Lu Chen stared intently at the panel before him.

250 points?

Still 160 points short.

Forget it, he wouldn't wait.

He'd add points to other cultivation methods later.

He glanced at his cultivation again.

His cultivation had directly increased from Third Rank (3%) to Third Rank (90%).

This was equivalent to going from the initial stage of Third Rank to the Great Accomplishment stage of Third Rank.

Internal energy cultivation methods were indeed powerful!

"Thank you, Senior Sister Su!"

Lu Chen expressed his gratitude. "Besides the cultivation method, do you have any other martial arts? Could you teach them to me as well? Don't worry, the more martial arts I learn, the greater my chances of killing Zhao Hu will be!"

Su Yingxue's mind was filled with immense shock. She looked at Lu Chen and said, "Yes, besides the cultivation method, the most famous martial arts at our Azure Wave Martial Hall are a Third-Rate blade technique called the Layered Wave Saber Technique, and a Third-Rate movement technique, Grass Treading Flight."

"Oh? Could you teach them to me?"

Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

Su Yingxue's expression was complex as she immediately recited the two martial arts.

Just like before, Lu Chen listened with extreme focus.

By the time Su Yingxue finished reciting them once, his panel had already completed the recording.

[You have comprehended the Layered Wave Saber Technique, Layered Wave Saber Technique: Beginner!]

[You have comprehended Grass Treading Flight, Grass Treading Flight: Beginner!]

Looking at these two newly acquired martial arts, his mind fell into thought.

He had 90 Merit Points left, not enough to add points to both martial arts simultaneously.

He could only choose the one that was currently most valuable for adding points.

And in terms of speed, that was clearly his current weakness.

So!

"Merit Points, add points to Grass Treading Flight!"

Lu Chen chanted silently in his heart.

Whoosh!

The entire panel instantly blurred.

Grass Treading Flight rapidly changed, and it felt as if four to five years had passed in his mind in an instant.

[You have consumed 90 Merit Points, Grass Treading Flight has been upgraded to the Great Accomplishment realm].

A line of text appeared.

Several important meridians in his legs seemed to have been instantly unblocked.

His entire body felt light.

Seeing this, Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that only the cultivation method's upgrade consumed an exorbitant amount of points. The Third-Rate martial arts were still within an acceptable range. Even upgrading them to the Perfected realm would only cost a little over a hundred Merit Points, unlike the cultivation method, which required two to three hundred points for each level upgrade.

"Did you remember it all? Do you want me to say it again?"

Su Yingxue suppressed her astonishment and asked.

"No need, I've remembered it all."

Lu Chen replied. "By the way, Senior Sister Su, do you have anything to eat? Could you get me something to eat?"

He touched his stomach.

He hadn't eaten anything for nearly a day since yesterday.

His stomach was truly aching with hunger.

"Wait, did you really remember it?"

Su Yingxue couldn't help but ask again.

"Yes, look if you don't believe me!"

Lu Chen suddenly used the Grass Treading Flight. With a whoosh, countless afterimages appeared in an instant. He ran around the courtyard once and landed back in his original spot in the blink of an eye.

Su Yingxue's mind suddenly roared, and her pretty face went blank.

"Monster, what kind of monster are you?"

"I told you, I'm a genius!"

Lu Chen replied, "Can you prepare food for me now?"

"Okay, I'll go make it."

Su Yingxue didn't know how she left, her mind filled with deep shock.

She had to admit she was utterly devastated.

There really were such martial arts geniuses in this world!

Not long after.

Su Yingxue prepared a table full of food.

"Junior Brother Lu, you eat here first. I'll go out and gather some information to see what the situation is like outside," Su Yingxue said.

"No problem."

Lu Chen buried his head in eating, replenishing his energy.

Su Yingxue quickly left.

About half an hour later, she returned.

"Junior Brother Lu, something's happened... The yamen arrested many villagers, reportedly from your former village. Also, over a dozen of the poor people who caused trouble last night have been beheaded, their heads hung at the market... One of them, Sister-in-law Zhang Rong, is said to have colluded with demonic fiends and failed to report it..."

Su Yingxue walked over and quickly said, "Moreover, Captain Guo issued an ultimatum, saying that if you don't surrender yourself by then, he'll behead ten people every day until all those rioters are killed..."

"What?"

Lu Chen suddenly looked up, a terrifying aura instantly emanating from him.

Like a fierce tiger awakening.

Heart-stopping!

"Can the yamen really act with impunity? They can execute poor people so easily, aren't they afraid of causing unrest?"

"It's useless, Junior Brother Lu. Those poor people were arrested under the pretense of colluding with demonic fiends and intending to rebel... Even if they're killed, it's a just kill. Besides... this is a world of martial power. The people at the bottom can't make even the slightest ripple."

Su Yingxue gave a bitter smile.

Want to rebel?

Even a First Rank martial artist could easily kill dozens of people working together.

This was the sorrow of a world of extraordinary powers.

Martial artists were on high, not just in name.

"You're asking for death!"

Lu Chen punched a stone pillar.

The killing intent in his heart reached an unprecedented level.

The group of poor people from last night were, in the end, implicated because of him.

If he hadn't sent those people to move goods for the Iron Scale Gang, they wouldn't have been arrested.

Nor would they have been killed!

He had underestimated this world's rottenness!

Underestimated the malice in people's hearts!

"You want to force me out? Fine! Then I'll satisfy you!"

A sinister grin appeared on Lu Chen's face.

Want to be ruthless?

Let's see who's more ruthless?

"What's Guo Feng's strength?"

"Guo Feng should also be in the Third Rank realm, definitely no higher than Fourth Rank. The strongest person in the city is the Magistrate Lin Mingyuan, but he's gone out of the city to worship Buddha and won't be back for a few days. All matters within the city should be handled by his son right now."

Su Yingxue said.

"Is that so? Thank you, Senior Sister Su!"

Whoosh!

Lu Chen stomped his foot, and his body instantly vanished.

It was as fast as teleportation.

Even with Su Yingxue's sharp eyes, she only caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing by before Lu Chen disappeared.

"Junior Brother Lu!"

Su Yingxue cried out in alarm and immediately rushed forward.

The entire city was in an uproar.

Countless residents were discussing the events animatedly.

In the middle of the bustling marketplace, dozens of heads were hung from flagpoles.

This drew a massive crowd and much chatter.

Captain Guo Feng stood with a cold expression, seated on a chair, surrounded by constables and soldiers.

They were determined to force Lu Chen to show himself.

Beside him stood other commoners, about a dozen or so, who had just been dragged out of prison.

Their faces were filled with terror, and they wept uncontrollably.

"We're innocent, we're innocent..."

"I don't even know this Lu Chen. All I wanted last night was my wages..."

"Please, I don't want the money anymore, just let us go..."

"Begging for mercy? Crying?"

Guo Feng's face was chilling, a hint of mockery in his eyes. "You can only blame yourselves for following the wrong person. If you don't reveal Lu Chen's whereabouts for even a day, I'll start executing them in waves. I don't believe Lu Chen won't show up."

"Sir, please, I'm innocent, I'm truly innocent!"

A commoner wailed and kowtowed desperately.

"Silence!"

Guo Feng's face turned grim. "Rip out his tongue!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Several constables immediately stepped forward and began to act.

"Captain Guo, why are you involving innocent people? Aren't you afraid this will spread and cause a sensation throughout the land?"

Zhao Dezhu's eyes turned red as he cried out tragically.

"A sensation throughout the land?"

Guo Feng sneered. "You think you're worthy of saying that? Colluding with Demonic Fiends leads only to death! Not only will you die, but your entire family will die. This is the consequence of withholding information and colluding with Demonic Fiends. I'll start by killing your whole family to see if Lu Chen will come to save you?"

In the crowd.

Zhao Hu, the head of the Pride Sun Martial Hall, Chen Baisha, the leader of the Sea Sand Gang, and other key members had been lying in wait for a long time. They all wore cold smiles as they surveyed their surroundings.

The moment Lu Chen dared to appear, they would pounce without hesitation and subdue him!

"Lu Chen, Lu Chen, I wonder how long you can hide?"

Zhao Hu thought with a sinister laugh.

This plan was exactly what he had suggested to Guo Feng last night.

He couldn't believe Lu Chen would be so heartless as to ignore the suffering and death of so many people on his behalf.

"Report!"

Just then, a constable on horseback galloped swiftly from a distance. He quickly dismounted and scrambled towards Guo Feng, his face a mask of horror. "Captain Guo, your entire family... your entire family has been slaughtered! From the eighty-year-old elder to the three-year-old child, all killed by Lu Chen!"

Boom!

Guo Feng, who had been sitting there with a mocking expression, suddenly felt his mind go blank, his ears ringing.

It was like countless thunderclaps exploding in his head.

He simply couldn't believe it.

Then, his eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he let out a mournful roar to the heavens: "Lu Chen! I'll fuck your ancestors!"

Whoosh!

He leaped up, grabbed the constable on the spot, his eyes blood-red, and roared, "When did this happen?"

"Just now..."

The constable's face was pale with fear. "Lu Chen stormed your home, and no one could stop him. Your elderly mother was blown apart with a single punch, her body parts scattered everywhere. Your wife was smashed into the wall, turning into bloody pulp. Your three-year-old son was a horrific sight... Oh, and your eldest son seems to have been captured alive. Everyone else died without a burial place!"

Boom!

Guo Feng's eyes welled with blood as he wailed to the sky, his voice piercing and desolate.

Like an old ape crying out in agony.

It was enough to bring tears to the eyes of anyone who heard it.

"Lu Chen, I'm going to kill you!"

Tears and blood streamed down his face, his sanity shattered. He lunged forward violently, not bothering with his horse, and charged directly towards his home.

He never imagined Lu Chen could be so ruthless!

His eighty-year-old mother!

His three-year-old child!

And his wife, who had just turned twenty-five!

Lu Chen, how could you be so cruel!

Families are supposed to be off-limits!