Dead!

Pang Heihu could not be killed by relying on the Blood Fiend Asura Saber alone.

After all, he was at the Late Xiantian Mortal Transformation Realm, on the same level as Gao Kaiyuan in his prime.

Moreover, Pang Heihu was not alone—he had the entire Black Tiger Gang behind him.

Han Zheng had not considered seeking out Zhang Tianyang.

If people from the Incense Cult had come looking to cause him trouble today, Han Zheng would certainly have gone to Zhang Tianyang for aid without the slightest hesitation.

But taking the initiative to kill Pang Heihu had nothing to do with the Incense Cult's threat.

Zhang Tianyang had devoted all his attention to investigating the Incense Cult. Han Zheng was not about to be so tactless as to ask him to make a move.

From the very beginning, his relationship with Zhang Tianyang—and with the Demon Extermination Division behind Zhang Tianyang—had been one of cooperation.

He would not sell his life to Zhang Tianyang, and likewise, Zhang Tianyang would not truly help him wipe his ass over every matter.

Besides, even without seeking out Zhang Tianyang, Han Zheng was still confident he could kill Pang Heihu and destroy the Black Tiger Gang!

Han Zheng turned and headed straight for the Three Harmonies Gang.

The sky had already gone dark, but Jiang Tai had not yet rested.

He was now the Three Harmonies Gang's sole gang leader.

Yet although he had finally gotten his wish and become gang leader, Jiang Tai did not feel any more at ease.

The Three Harmonies Gang had once stood first among the three gangs because they had three Late Xiantian Mortal Transformation Realm experts.

Though the three of them had schemed and plotted against one another, under external pressure, they could still join forces.

Now Cao Bin and Gao Kaiyuan were dead. He was still young, and neither his strength nor foundation could compare to Pang Heihu and Qiu Tianying. He simply could not contend with them.

Furthermore, the Three Harmonies Gang had suffered grievously from its internal strife. In an instant, it had fallen from first among the three gangs to dead last.

In just a few days, many of the streets, gambling dens, and other territories occupied by the Three Harmonies Gang had been snatched away by the other two gangs.

Jiang Tai had worried over these matters for days, yet there was nothing he could do.

At that moment, a gang member knocked on the door. "Gang Leader, someone outside claims to be an old friend of yours. He says he wants to see you."

Jiang Tai froze. An old friend of his?

Other than the people within the gang, where in Black Stone County did he have any old friends?

"Let him in."

This was the Three Harmonies Gang. Jiang Tai was not worried about the other party playing any tricks.

After having his men bring the visitor to the discussion hall, Jiang Tai came out and saw Han Zheng leisurely drinking tea there.

"Han Zheng? Since when did you become my old friend?"

Jiang Tai was stunned when he saw Han Zheng.

Strictly speaking, he and Han Zheng had only met once at the Moon Drinking Pavilion, where they had exchanged polite greetings.

The reason Han Zheng had left such a deep impression on him was that he had found Han Zheng somewhat familiar.

Han Zheng smiled and lowered his voice. "Gang Leader Jiang, I at least helped you seize the position of Three Harmonies Gang leader. How does that not make me your old friend?"

"So it was you!"

Jiang Tai's pupils contracted sharply.

He had previously felt that Han Zheng's figure looked somewhat familiar.

But no matter what, he had never imagined that the person who had helped him seize the Three Harmonies Gang and kill Gao Kaiyuan had actually been Han Zheng, a Martial Arts Academy disciple!

A Martial Arts Academy disciple who had only just emerged into the world—no, one who had not even formally graduated from his master's tutelage—had secretly single-handedly driven the internal conflict of the Three Harmonies Gang, the greatest gang in Black Stone County, and killed Gao Kaiyuan, a Late Xiantian Mortal Transformation Realm expert.

No one would believe such a thing even if it were told to them!

Jiang Tai drew a deep breath. "Han Zheng, you hid yourself deeply indeed!

"I'm afraid even your master, Li Jingzhong, has no idea what kind of disciple he has taught, does he?"

Han Zheng said blandly, "My teacher is only responsible for teaching me martial arts. As for how I kill people, that is my own business."

"So you revealed your identity to find me today because you want to kill someone too?"

"Gang Leader Jiang truly is clever!"

Jiang Tai sneered. "But why should I help you kill someone? Do you think knowing some inside information means you can hold me by the throat?

"Now that Gao Kaiyuan and Cao Bin are dead, their trusted men have all become my trusted men.

"The Three Harmonies Gang is already my Jiang Tai's Three Harmonies Gang alone!"

"Gang Leader Jiang, don't be so sensitive. If I wanted to hold something over you, why would I reveal my identity?

"I do indeed want you to help me kill someone, but this will benefit you as well.

"Pang Heihu's daughter, Pang Feiyan, did not know the immensity of heaven and earth and involved herself in colluding with the Incense Cult. I have already killed her.

"Along with her, an early Xiantian Mortal Transformation Realm martial artist and three Houtian Late Stage martial artists also died.

"With such high-end fighting strength gone, the Black Tiger Gang will surely suffer a grievous loss of vitality.

"Pang Heihu probably does not know yet. This is the perfect chance for you and me to join hands, kill Pang Heihu, and wipe out the Black Tiger Gang!"

Han Zheng looked at Jiang Tai, pointed at him, then pointed at himself.

"You take the Black Tiger Gang. I want Pang Heihu's life."

Jiang Tai lightly licked his lips, staring fixedly at Han Zheng.

He wanted to say something, but at this moment, he discovered that aside from nodding and agreeing, he had no other choice.

The Three Harmonies Gang was now being suppressed by the Black Tiger Gang and the Sky Eagle Gang, and he himself had no solution.

Just when he was dozing off, Han Zheng had delivered a pillow. What reason did he have to refuse?

The most terrifying thing about this young man was that he could always find a reason that made it necessary for you to work for him and follow his plan.

This was not coercion. It was simply that following his plan would bring him the greatest benefits possible—so why should he refuse?

Jiang Tai let out a long breath. "I suddenly feel that old man from the Cangshan Sword Sect is simply blind despite having his eyes open.

"He took Song Tianqing and Lin Qing away, yet missed you."

Han Zheng spread his hands helplessly. "Nothing I can do about it. My talent is poor, after all."

"Talent? Talent is bullshit!"

Jiang Tai laughed loudly. "I would even dare say that those martial artists raised in greenhouses will absolutely be no match for you in the future. The Cangshan Sword Sect will definitely have a day of regret!"

Having said that, Jiang Tai immediately shouted outside, "Men! Gather all the elites of the Three Harmonies Gang's battle hall! Attack the Black Tiger Gang!"

Han Zheng smiled. He had known this would be the outcome.

He had offered Jiang Tai benefits, so Jiang Tai could not refuse.

Inside the Black Tiger Gang.

Pang Heihu suddenly felt restless, as though he had lost something. His heart even began to palpitate.

"Someone, make some of the things Miss likes to eat and send them over. Do not let my Feiyan go hungry."

Pang Heihu instructed someone to prepare food for Pang Feiyan.

But even after giving the order, he still felt restless. In the end, he simply decided to go and see for himself.

Yet when he arrived, he discovered that Pang Feiyan was gone, and He Sheng was gone as well.

"Where are they!? Where is Miss? Where the hell has He Sheng gone?"

Pang Heihu exploded at once.

One of He Sheng's subordinates trembled so badly that he could not speak.

"I asked you, where did Miss go!"

Pang Heihu grabbed the man and lifted him up, like a ferocious tiger.

"Miss went with Hall Master He to capture Han Zheng."

He Sheng's subordinate knew the details as well. He had been left behind specifically to guard against Pang Heihu suddenly arriving.

But faced with Pang Heihu's overwhelming presence, he did not dare lie at all. He told Pang Heihu everything from beginning to end.

"Idiots! Damn it!"

Pang Heihu cursed twice in fury, but he was not cursing his daughter. He was cursing He Sheng.

He was a hall master of the Black Tiger Gang, and a martial artist who had stepped into the Xiantian Mortal Transformation Realm—yet he had been so brainless!

Originally, Pang Feiyan had not truly involved herself in the Incense Cult affair.

But if she had moved against Han Zheng, she would truly be involving herself in it!

Han Zheng might be Li Jingzhong's disciple, but he was currently working for Zhang Tianyang.

Even when beating a dog, one had to consider its owner.

If they moved against Han Zheng, would that not be equivalent to slapping Zhang Tianyang in the face?

"Quick! Immediately bring Miss and He Sheng back!"

Pang Heihu had no time to think further. He immediately summoned the Black Tiger Gang's trusted subordinates and prepared to head out.

At that moment, intense cries of battle suddenly erupted outside the Black Tiger Gang's headquarters.

"Gang Leader, this is bad! People from the Three Harmonies Gang have attacked!"

A savage expression appeared on Pang Heihu's face. "Jiang Tai, that shameless wretch who murdered his own brother, actually dares to come knocking on our door? He has truly eaten a bear's heart and leopard's gall! Come with me and kill them!"

As he gathered the gang members, Pang Heihu led his men out of the headquarters.

Only after leaving the headquarters did Pang Heihu see that another person stood beside Jiang Tai—Han Zheng.

Had Pang Feiyan and He Sheng not gone to ambush Han Zheng?

Yet Han Zheng was now with Jiang Tai. Where were his daughter and He Sheng?

Pang Heihu's heart immediately skipped a beat, and a terrible premonition rose within him.

"Han Zheng! Where is my daughter?"

Pang Heihu's hands trembled slightly.

Han Zheng grinned, exposing two rows of neat white teeth. "Dead!"

Pang Heihu's mind buzzed, turning blank in an instant.

The next moment, his inner force and blood qi surged wildly around him. That powerful aura even blasted the gang members around him flying.

"I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

In an instant, Pang Heihu's beard and hair stood on end as he drew a jet-black saber from behind his back.

The saber was long and broad in shape, nearly half a man's height. Its entire body was black as ink, yet its blade gleamed with dark light.

A savage tiger's head was carved into the hilt, while the blade extended from the tiger's gaping maw.

Jiang Tai held a Tempered Copper Short Staff in his hand.

He was not truly skilled with weapons. His real specialty was palm techniques.

"Be careful! What Pang Heihu holds is the mystic weapon, Ink Saber Killing Tiger. He spent a huge sum buying it from Refining Blade Forge, Shannan Dao's foremost weapon-forging sect.

"With this mystic weapon and his Tiger Roar Saber, it took Gao Kaiyuan and... Cao Bin joining forces just to suppress him!"