Razing the Fierce Tiger Gang

"Wei Fan?"

"Ghost..."

"How could there be ghosts in broad daylight? Constable Wei is fine."

"Constable Wei really came back? How could the Tiger Demon have let him go? Have tiger demons all turned vegetarian?"

Wei Fan's return truly stunned everyone.

"Wei Fan, did you really persuade the Tiger Demon?"

Hu Qing ran over in delight, her face full of admiration.

Wei Fan nodded. "The Tiger Demon was very reasonable. After I told them of the sins they had committed over the years, they all came to their senses.

Not only did they not harm me, they all decided to atone for their sins with death. I couldn't stop them even if I tried.

And Constable Wang too. I never expected him to be in league with the Tiger Demon. He also came to his senses and killed himself alongside them."

Everyone was dumbstruck.

It was not that they believed that nonsense about atoning with death, but that the tiger demons were all dead.

They did not doubt Wei Fan's words. If the tiger demons had not died, Wei Fan could not possibly have returned. As for how the tiger demons had died, only Wei Fan knew.

"He really came back. Was the person behind him really so terrifying that they slaughtered all the tiger demons?"

Luo Wen, who had rushed over upon receiving the news, stared in shock at the eloquent Wei Fan. Even now, he still believed there was an expert backing Wei Fan.

"Where are you going?"

A yamen runner tried to head outside, but Wei Fan reached out and stopped him.

The man's expression changed. "I... I'm going on patrol!"

Wei Fan sneered. "You want to go notify the Fierce Tiger Gang, don't you? From this moment on, whoever steps out that door, don't blame me for showing no mercy."

The man did not dare make a sound, nor did he continue walking out.

"After we wipe out the Fierce Tiger Gang, we'll deal with parasites like you."

Wei Fan said in a deep voice, "Now that all the tiger demons are dead, who is willing to join me in pulling out the Fierce Tiger Gang, this malignant tumor?"

He had rushed back precisely to destroy the Fierce Tiger Gang.

"I am!"

The moment those words fell, Hu Qing was the first to raise the blade in her hand.

"Count me in!"

Zhou Qi was the second to speak. He had a decent relationship with Wei Fan, so naturally he had to support him at a time like this.

Besides, without the tiger demons, there was nothing left about the Fierce Tiger Gang to fear.

"I am willing to follow Constable Wei and destroy the Fierce Tiger Gang!"

"I'm willing too!"

After Zhou Qi, more and more people began shouting.

The Fierce Tiger Gang had once acted without restraint because tiger demons stood behind them. Many yamen runners had clashed with them while carrying out their duties.

Now that the tiger demons were gone, apart from those who had colluded with the Fierce Tiger Gang, everyone wanted to beat a dog that had fallen into the water. Even several constables present stepped forward.

"To destroy the Fierce Tiger Gang, does the squad leader have any objections?"

Wei Fan looked at Luo Wen.

Luo Wen's heart gave a jolt.

He knew Wei Fan was not asking for his opinion. He immediately took a deep breath and said, "Then pull out this malignant tumor. Everyone, take your weapons and follow Wei Fan's command. Arrest all Fierce Tiger Gang members at once."

After a while, everything was ready and the men had gathered. A large group of yamen runners marched grandly toward the Fierce Tiger Gang's headquarters.

Fierce Tiger Gang!

Few people in Cloud City knew that the Fierce Tiger Gang's leader had been eaten by the Tiger King last night. The deputy leader, Zhang Huaiyu, was preparing to take over as gang leader.

"What should I prepare as a gift for the Tiger King when I become gang leader? A beautiful virgin, or sturdy flesh and blood?"

Zhang Huaiyu pondered. If he became gang leader, he had to curry favor with the Tiger King. He could not end up being eaten by the Tiger King one day like the former leader.

"Gang Leader, something terrible has happened..."

Zhang Huaiyu saw his trusted subordinate running over in a panic and immediately said sternly, "Why are you shouting and making such a fuss? How will you help me manage gang affairs in the future?

Didn't you go to Five Mile Village? Why are you so flustered?"

Zhang Huaiyu's expression darkened. He was deeply dissatisfied with his subordinate's performance. With such a temperament, he could not entrust important matters to him in the future.

The trusted subordinate's face was filled with terror. "This subordinate just returned from Five Mile Village. In Five Mile Village, this subordinate saw the corpses of a group of Tiger Lords. They had all been killed. Corpses were strewn everywhere."

"What did you say? You saw the corpses of Tiger Lords all over the ground?"

Zhang Huaiyu took one step forward and instantly lifted his trusted subordinate into the air, his expression ugly.

The trusted subordinate struggled in midair and said anxiously, "Gang Leader, put me down quickly. We need to run together, or it will be too late. So many Tiger Lords have died—the Tiger King will definitely swallow us alive."

"You're right. We need to run quickly, or it will be too late!"

Remembering how the Tiger King had swallowed the gang leader in one bite last night, Zhang Huaiyu snapped back to his senses as though struck by lightning. He swiftly put down his subordinate and began gathering valuables.

"Something's wrong, hurry and go!"

He had only gathered things for a short while when shouts of battle came from outside. Zhang Huaiyu called to his trusted subordinate and ran out, thinking the Tiger King had come for them.

When he ran outside, he saw Fierce Tiger Gang members in the courtyard—some dead, some surrendered—while a group of yamen runners seized people everywhere.

It wasn't the Tiger King?

Zhang Huaiyu froze, then roared, "What are you doing? You dare come to the Fierce Tiger Gang to arrest people?"

He feared the Tiger King, but he did not fear mere yamen runners. Before him, even the yamen's squad leader did not dare act presumptuously.

He only knew that the tiger demons sent to Five Mile Village had died. He had not yet realized that since the yamen dared come to arrest people, something might have happened to the Tiger King as well.

"Arrest these two as well! If they dare resist, kill them without mercy!"

Zhang Huaiyu's roar immediately drew the attention of many yamen runners. Several of them walked toward him at once, intending to shackle him.

Zhang Huaiyu shouted, "I am Zhang Huaiyu, leader of the Fierce Tiger Gang. I am friends with your Clerk Wei. You dare arrest me?"

At those words, the several yamen runners hesitated.

Many Fierce Tiger Gang members had not practiced martial arts in order to avoid being eaten by tiger demons, but people at the gang leader's level were not weak in martial arts. Moreover, Zhang Huaiyu had invoked a clerk.

These yamen runners were all old hands. Naturally, they understood that someone of Zhang Huaiyu's standing had not merely colluded with tiger demons; he needed connections among Cloud City's upper ranks as well.

"Leader of the Fierce Tiger Gang? You're exactly who we're arresting! The yamen has now confirmed that the Fierce Tiger Gang colluded with demons and monsters and harmed the people. Even being friends with the City Lord would be useless. Surrender obediently!"

With a furious shout, Zhang Huaiyu looked up. A young man dressed in a constable's uniform had not been intimidated by him and was walking toward him.

"Resist, or surrender?"

For a moment, Zhang Huaiyu's heart and mind battled fiercely.

If the yamen arrested him, he was confident he would be fine, but it would delay his escape.

"Gang Leader, be careful! He's that Wei Fan!" his trusted subordinate suddenly shouted.

Zhang Huaiyu's heart jolted. This fellow wasn't dead yet?

Luo Wen's voice rang out. "Zhang Huaiyu, the Tiger King is dead. You had better surrender obediently!"

The Tiger King was dead too?

Zhang Huaiyu went completely blank. No wonder the yamen dared charge into the Fierce Tiger Gang's headquarters. Their backer was already dead.

"Arrest me, then!"

Zhang Huaiyu held out both hands, assuming a posture for Wei Fan to shackle him.

With the Tiger King dead, there was no need for him to flee, much less resist. With his network of connections, he would be released after a few days in custody. By then, even without the Tiger King as his backer, he would still be a lord.

"You dare resist?"

But after extending his hands, what greeted him was not shackles, but Wei Fan's furious roar and a flash of snow-bright blade light.

"I didn't resist..."

The thought had only just arisen in Zhang Huaiyu's mind when he felt his head fly into the air.

Slayed Zhang Huaiyu, gained 15 years of cultivation

"You..."

Zhang Huaiyu's trusted subordinate pointed at Wei Fan with a trembling finger.

"You dare resist too!"

As his hand rose, another flash of blade light greeted him.

"Those who dare resist shall be killed without mercy!"

After cutting the two men down, Wei Fan bent over, picked up the bundles they carried, and continued onward.

"Those who dare resist shall be killed without mercy!"

Others began imitating Wei Fan. For a time, arresting people was no longer the priority, and bloody light burst forth everywhere.

Luo Wen said nothing, his expression dark as he watched the scene.

In the end, of the fifty or sixty members at the Fierce Tiger Gang's headquarters, the yamen only arrested a dozen or so. The rest were all killed while "resisting."