Shock

Ji Fang was somewhat bewildered.

Just as he was looking at the Black Water Gang members lying all over the courtyard, and the blood everywhere, feeling a bit unsure how to react, several people walked out from behind the row of low houses.

The one leading them was bloated and obese, looking like he weighed a full three hundred pounds, but he walked without swaying and was very steady. His small eyes flickered with a chilling, eerie light.

The Black Water Gang Leader.

Zhang Hai!

Along with Zhang Hai's appearance, the remaining Black Water Gang members in the low houses also emerged sporadically, gathering beside Zhang Hai.

Ji Fang naturally recognized Zhang Hai's appearance. Seeing him appear now, he immediately cast aside all other thoughts, gritting his teeth and looking at him, saying:

"Where is my sister?"

"..."

Zhang Hai narrowed his eyes, stared at Ji Fang for a moment, then looked at the blood and bodies scattered everywhere. He suddenly looked outside and said in a deep voice, "May I ask where I have offended which senior? Please show yourself, senior, so I may offer tea and apologize."

As the Black Water Gang Leader, he had traveled extensively in his youth and had seen many scenes in Kyoto. Although the scene before him was startling, he immediately judged that it had nothing to do with the young Ji Fang.

To be able to remotely control a weak young man like Ji Fang to kill so many people here, even easily killing the two Ninth Rank Martial Artists under his command, Martial Artists did not possess such means.

This was a Sorcerer!

And a Seventh Rank Sorcerer!

Zhang Hai was well aware of the status of a Seventh Rank Sorcerer, so he immediately adopted a humble posture.

Not offending those who cannot be offended was his way of survival, and it was also the reason he could control the Black Water Gang and run rampant in the East Forest Street area for over a decade.

It was just that in recent years, he had become addicted to wine and women, his body had grown fat, his martial prowess had declined, and he had almost exhausted everything worth plundering in East Forest Street. He was close to being unable to satisfy the appetites of those in the Five Cities Garrison, so the Black Water Gang had gradually begun to decline.

Seeing that Zhang Hai ignored him, Ji Fang immediately clenched his fists. Just as he was about to say something more, he unconsciously paused, noticing that all the Black Water Gang members were looking behind him.

Step, step, step.

Very light footsteps came from behind.

Chen Mu slowly walked, stepping from outside the courtyard into the courtyard, one step at a time. Each step seemed to overlap with the heartbeats of everyone present, causing all the Black Water Gang members to lose control of their bodies for a moment, each revealing expressions of fear.

Zhang Hai looked at Chen Mu, a hint of astonishment appearing in his eyes. He hadn't expected him to be so young, and he had no impression of him at all. He didn't seem to be one of those people from the Directorate of Celestial Observation.

A dead silence.

In this oppressive atmosphere, Ji Fang couldn't speak for a moment, only frozen in place.

Under everyone's gaze, Chen Mu slowly walked up to Zhang Hai and said indifferently:

"Zhang Hai?"

"Yes."

Zhang Hai responded respectfully.

"Do you remember Mo Zhu?"

"Mo Zhu..."

Zhang Hai showed a hint of confusion. After searching his memories, a trace of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and he cautiously said, "Are you talking about a woman? I wonder what your relationship with her is..."

Chen Mu calmly said, "Her younger sister is now my maid. Also, I promised her that I would send you to the Yellow Springs Road to meet her."

"You, you must be joking. It's just a woman..."

Zhang Hai's voice was somewhat stiff as he spoke.

And in the next moment.

Zhang Hai's obese body suddenly erupted. His seemingly respectful and harmless face instantly became incredibly ferocious, like a fierce beast opening its bloody maw, tearing fiercely towards Chen Mu's face with a claw.

"Be careful!"

This sudden outburst caught everyone off guard. Ji Fang was also startled and subconsciously cried out a warning, but before his voice fell, Zhang Hai's attack had already arrived!

What kind of person was Zhang Hai? He had been living in the dark underbelly for many years and had seen countless life-and-death situations. He could tell at a glance that Chen Mu was not joking and had truly come to kill him.

Moreover, the other party was a Sorcerer, of noble status, and would never look down on him. Begging for mercy or any other words would be useless.

Therefore.

Zhang Hai had already made up his mind the moment Chen Mu's words fell!

Although he had been indulging in wine and women in recent years and his martial prowess had weakened, he was still a Seventh Rank Martial Artist back then, and he had not fallen below that level even now!

And although Sorcerers were of noble status, Sorcerers above Seventh Rank were even said to crush Martial Artists of the same level.

But Chen Mu was too young!

Young, arrogant, and conceited, to the point that he dared to approach within seven steps of him as a Sorcerer!

He could sense that Chen Mu's blood energy was weak, clearly indicating that he had never practiced Martial Arts. At such a close distance within these seven steps, even if Chen Mu was a Seventh Rank Sorcerer, what did it matter!

Youthful arrogance was Chen Mu's cause of death!

As for what to do after killing Chen Mu, Zhang Hai had also thought it through in an instant. At the very least, he definitely couldn't stay in Kyoto. He would immediately abandon everything, leave Kyoto directly, and flee a thousand miles away. No matter how much influence the Sorcerer Chen Mu had behind him, he would still have a chance to survive.

How fierce was the strike of a Seventh Rank Martial Artist?

Although that palm was fat and bloated, this claw was enough to tear apart the skull of a tiger or leopard and could even bend and deform steel. The mere force it generated was enough to make one's breathing stop.

Let alone Ji Fang and the others, even the Black Water Gang's deputy leader, an Eighth Rank Martial Artist who was closest to Zhang Hai, couldn't react in time and watched this scene in horror.

He hadn't expected Zhang Hai to dare to attack a Sorcerer.

And so fiercely and decisively!

But at such a close distance, such a strike would probably really kill that Sorcerer!

The Black Water Gang's deputy leader seemed to have already seen the scene where Chen Mu couldn't block in time, and his entire head was instantly crushed by Zhang Hai.

But.

Facing Zhang Hai's sudden explosive strike, Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end. That indifferent look had never put Zhang Hai in his eyes.

Zhang Hai's suddenly erupting body crossed six steps in an instant, but it froze in mid-air at the position where there was still one step left from Chen Mu.

A bloody hole appeared on his forehead.

The blood hole ran from his forehead all the way through to the back of his head. Through this blood hole, one could even see the still stunned Black Water Gang members behind him, as well as the Black Water Gang's Deputy Leader.

"..."

Zhang Hai's ferocious and savage expression was also completely frozen on his face at this moment.

He looked at Chen Mu, his eyes flashing with stupor and disbelief, finally carrying a hint of unacceptable despair. His fat and bloated body heavily crashed to the ground.

A heavy thud,

As if the ground itself trembled.

Chen Mu's gaze slowly lowered, meeting Zhang Hai's wide-open, unseeing eyes.

"You could be considered a figure, but you've only heard of a Sorcerer's methods."

What pierced Zhang Hai's head was naturally the Flying Sword Heavenly Question. A flying sword activated by a Sixth Rank Sorcerer's methods was so fast that Zhang Hai couldn't react at all. Others couldn't even see it.

In fact, even if Chen Mu were only a Seventh Rank Sorcerer, Zhang Hai's attack would still have failed. It's not an exaggeration that Sorcerers of the same rank can crush Martial Artists. Zhang Hai clearly had never truly witnessed a Sorcerer's methods.

Beyond seven steps, the flying sword is fast.

Within seven steps, the flying sword is both accurate and fast!

Distance was completely meaningless.

Only Martial Artists of a higher rank, whose defense could withstand the flying sword, or whose speed could evade it, would find distance meaningful in this situation.

However, Zhang Hai daring to suddenly erupt and decide to assassinate him in this situation did make him somewhat of a figure, causing Chen Mu to regard him slightly higher.

The scene was deathly silent.

When Chen Mu's gaze fell upon the Black Water Gang's Deputy Leader and the other members, everyone suddenly reacted, revealing horror and fear.

"Spare..."

The Black Water Gang's Deputy Leader immediately wanted to kneel down and beg Chen Mu for mercy.

But only half of his plea for mercy was uttered before a blood hole appeared on his head.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!

Under Ji Fang's somewhat shocked gaze, he saw that the remaining dozen or so Black Water Gang members in the courtyard almost simultaneously had a blood hole appear on their heads, exploding into a mist of blood both front and back.

All their fear and terror were frozen on their faces, and then they fell to the ground one after another with thuds, turning into corpses.

Only Chen Mu stood calmly in place,

Like an immortal descended upon the world!