Suppressing and Killing a Fifth-Level Grandmaster

Su Fei's expression did not change as he faced the worried gazes of the Imperial Guards and Commander Feng.

The true energy of the Nine Yang Divine Art circulated within him. He slowly raised his right palm, golden energy gathering in its center. It was the most domineering move of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms: Dragon Ascending to Heaven.

A dragon's roar rang out.

Golden dragon-shaped energy surged forth with a roar, crashing head-on into the gray giant palm.

The two utterly different forces annihilated each other, blasting apart the surrounding earth with their aftershock.

The gray giant palm, powerful enough to shatter boulders, was completely torn apart by the golden dragon.

Seeing this scene before him,

Qin Wushang's pupils suddenly contracted, his face filled with disbelief.

"Impossible."

Before he could react, the golden dragon's momentum did not diminish. Roaring, it coiled around his body.

Then came a cracking sound. Qin Wushang's body shattered like broken porcelain, splitting into pieces as blood and organs splattered across the ground.

He died completely without even letting out a scream.

Qin Wushang, who had taken the Life-Sacrificing Pill, was so fragile before Su Fei that he could not withstand a single blow.

The entire scene fell silent.

Commander Feng clutched his chest, his eyes wide.

As if he had witnessed the most unbelievable sight imaginable, Qin Wushang, whose strength rivaled the Grandmaster Realm fifth level, had actually been blasted apart by Su Fei's single palm strike.

"When did this brat become so fierce?"

The White Lotus Cultists who had intended to flee with Qin Wushang were struck as though by lightning. They stood frozen in place, the last sliver of hope in their eyes completely extinguished.

Ashen-faced, they threw down the weapons in their hands.

The Imperial Guards were stunned as well. The tide had suddenly turned.

Only after a long while did thunderous cheers erupt.

"Officer Su is mighty!"

"Officer Su is invincible!"

Every Imperial Guard looked at Su Fei with reverence and gratitude.

If not for Su Fei turning the tide, this mission would have certainly failed.

He turned to look at those surrendered White Lotus Cultists.

"Bind them all."

The Imperial Guards snapped out of their daze and hurriedly stepped forward to carry out Su Fei's order.

At that moment, Su Fei's words were like an Imperial Decree to them.

Seeing that all the White Lotus Cultists had been bound,

the Imperial Guards began clearing the battlefield, piling the corpses of the White Lotus Cultists together.

These Imperial Guards had just gone through a fierce battle, yet every one of them was beaming. They had killed so many White Lotus Cultists this time; leaving aside the merit, the valuables confiscated from them would certainly be substantial.

Su Fei waited for a while, yet no notification of mission completion appeared. He found it rather strange.

What's going on with the system today? Don't tell me it crashed?

The system had never malfunctioned before.

Mission requirement: Assist in wiping out the White Lotus Sect stronghold (Lijia Village), capture or kill all those in charge.

There were two objectives. For the first, wiping out the White Lotus Sect stronghold at Lijia Village, Su Fei had never left.

It was impossible for anyone to have escaped.

Then it had to be the second objective: capture or kill all those in charge.

Hadn't the White Lotus Envoy already been captured?

That mission should have counted as completed too.

Could there still be someone in charge who had not been captured and had escaped?

No, not a single White Lotus Cultist had fled Lijia Village.

Unless that person in charge had remained hidden among the White Lotus Cultists and never revealed themself.

If that was the case, then it made sense.

Su Fei suddenly saw the light.

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Su Fei quickly walked to Commander Feng's side. Seeing him sitting there with a hand over his chest as he regulated his breathing, his face still pale, Su Fei knew that Qin Wushang's strike had injured him badly.

He first helped him sit down on a relatively clean stone step.

"How are your injuries, sir?"

Commander Feng waved his hand and took a breath.

"Nothing serious. I'm merely injured. A few days of rest and I'll be fine. But you truly exceeded my expectations."

"You killed Qin Wushang with one palm strike. In terms of strength, you are already stronger than this old man. It seems that the Qingzhou Thousand Households Office will soon be under your command."

Su Fei shook his head.

"Sir, I have no intention of seizing power. I only wish to carry out my duties in peace."

"Sir, I suspect that there is still a powerful expert from the White Lotus Sect lurking in the Lijia Village stronghold."

Commander Feng knew of Su Fei's ability to solve cases.

"You mean?"

Su Fei said gravely,

"Although Qin Wushang was the White Lotus Envoy, as far as I know, he often left Lijia Village to handle matters elsewhere. While he was away, who presided over this place?"

"A stronghold with over two hundred White Lotus Cultists could never be maintained by a single person in charge who was often absent.

"Besides Qin Wushang, there must be another person in charge here, responsible for its daily management."

Commander Feng furrowed his brows and pondered carefully for a moment.

"Su Fei, you are right. That Qin Wushang was flamboyant by nature and did not seem like someone who could settle down to handle trivial affairs. The defenses of Lijia Village and the deployment of its cultists were all arranged in perfect order. There should indeed be another person in charge."

"What a White Lotus Sect, hiding so deeply. How do you plan to investigate?"

"Gather every living White Lotus Cultist in the open space at the center of the village."

"Whether wounded or captured, not a single one may be overlooked. I want to inspect every one of them."

Commander Feng nodded.

"Commander Ling!"

Commander Ling, who was directing the battlefield cleanup nearby, hurried over upon hearing the call.

"Immediately gather every captured White Lotus Cultist in the open space. Carry the wounded there as well. There must be no mistakes."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, fifty or sixty White Lotus Cultists had been gathered in the open space at the center of Lijia Village. Each wore a fearful expression, squatting or sitting under the tight watch of the Imperial Guards.

Among them were quite a few severely wounded people missing arms or legs, who could only stand steadily with support from their companions.

Su Fei stood at the edge of the open space, his sharp gaze sweeping over the crowd.

Using the God-tier Insight Technique, he carefully examined each person's expression and aura.

He slowly entered the crowd, beginning with the first cultist and scrutinizing them one by one.

At a single look from him, some cultists immediately shrank back, lowering their heads as their entire bodies trembled. Others had numb looks in their eyes, as though they had already accepted their fate.

Several heavily wounded people lay sprawled on the ground, their breaths weak, without even the strength to lift their heads.

Su Fei walked through the crowd, his gaze lingering briefly on every face.

Commander Feng stood quietly to one side and watched.

He knew of Su Fei's investigative ability and did not wish to disturb him at this time. He merely had the Imperial Guards surround the open space so tightly that not even water could seep through, preventing anyone from causing trouble.

Su Fei examined all of them, yet unexpectedly found no flaw.

These cultists appeared flawless, yet the system's mission still had not been completed.

There had to be something wrong with these people.

Su Fei suddenly spoke, his voice cold.

"Commander Ling, pass down the order. Cripple the Dantians of these cultists."

The moment these words fell, the entire place erupted in uproar.

All the White Lotus Cultists panicked.

To them, martial arts were the foundation upon which they stood.

Though they had been captured, they had not yet fallen to the point of having their martial arts crippled.

"Mercy, sir! We are only ordinary cultists, we don't know anything."

"Please spare us! We'll never dare again!"

The White Lotus Cultists instantly collapsed, their cries and pleas for mercy rising and falling one after another.