Granny Wang's Death, Demonic Pearl in Hand

Inside and outside Guangju Xuan, all was silent.

The diners outside, who had been chattering away and certain the Hat Guest would die, looked at the hat-wearing Lin Xuankong as though they were looking at a demon.

Even Gu Beicheng, who was hacking at the Demonic Vine, lost focus at the sight. In that moment of distraction, the vine nearly coiled around his chest and abdomen. He hurriedly steadied his mind and continued dealing with it.

Lin Xuankong, meanwhile, kept attacking the Demonic Vine with Spirit Crane Finger.

He secretly thought, With Sky-Shading Locust Swarm landing six hits in a single throw, Xu Zhongxiong lasted one breath under such dense bombardment. He truly lived up to Blood Tiger's name!

A shrill cry suddenly rang out.

"Zhongxiong, Zhongxiong~~~~"

Seeing Xu Zhongxiong collapse, dead beyond doubt, Granny Wang finally snapped back to her senses. She cried out loudly, her face full of killing intent. "You dare kill my son Zhongxiong? No matter who you are, I will flay you alive!"

Lin Xuankong looked at this disgusting old sow-dog who treated human life as grass, his eyes likewise brimming with killing intent.

"If you want to kill and flay me, then come. Why shout so loudly?"

"Since you want to kill me, why are your knees bent and fear showing in your eyes? Why do you look like you're about to run?"

"Did the Demonic Pearl drain too much of your vitality, old sow-dog? Can't you hold on anymore?"

Before he had even finished speaking, the Demonic Vine binding him and Gu Beicheng suddenly shuddered, then turned into a cloud of black smoke and vanished. Granny Wang, who had just been shouting that she would flay Lin Xuankong, changed expression. Her legs tensed, and she shot backward in retreat.

Lin Xuankong had guessed correctly.

Just as Li Xiaolan had said, Demonic Pearls consumed an enormous amount of vitality. Ordinary Mortal Transformation Layer One Martial Cultivators simply could not sustain them for long!

At that moment, Granny Wang, whose Demonic Pearl had consumed nearly seventy percent of her vitality, kept retreating frantically.

Though she was at the late first layer and stronger than Xu Zhongxiong, she still did not dare flee toward Guangju Xuan's entrance. Lin Xuankong's Sky-Shading Locust Swarm had scared the wits out of her!

She madly drove her vitality, crashing toward the private room behind her, intending to break inside and then smash through the wall to escape!

Unfortunately, though her retreat was faster than a galloping horse—

It was not faster than Lin Xuankong's Sky-Shading Locust Swarm!

Inside Guangju Xuan,

An incomparably dense whistle of projectiles cutting through the air rang out once more.

Countless shadows shot from Lin Xuankong's hands toward Granny Wang!

Half a breath later,

Granny Wang, who had retreated several zhang and crashed into the private room, stiffened and crumpled to the floor!

Her elbows, shoulders, abdomen, and knees had all been struck by Locust Stones. Bone and flesh shattered, and blood flowed freely.

One Locust Stone, tracing an arc through the air, smashed into her mouth. Her teeth were all shattered, and her tongue was smashed to pulp as well!

Granny Wang, grievously wounded, collapsed to the ground and screamed without end. Lin Xuankong stepped into the wrecked private room.

Standing beside Granny Wang, he said coldly:

"You must want to know who I am.

And I very much want you to know!"

With that, he lifted the black veil from his hat and peeled back one corner of his mask.

"Uuu, uuu..." Granny Wang, on the brink of death, struggled to look at the face before her.

After seeing Lin Xuankong's features clearly, the muscles of her face immediately twisted. The look in her eyes shifted again and again, from disbelief to utter shock, then to extreme terror, until finally it became venomous resentment!

She gathered her last scraps of vitality in her throat, wanting to cry out the name of the man before her. She wanted word to get out, wanted the Black Tiger Gang to avenge Zhongxiong and avenge her. But her utterly ruined tongue could only produce a string of muddled whimpers!

"This stone is for that brother you murdered in the vat!"

Lin Xuankong flicked out a Locust Stone, smashing it into Granny Wang.

"This stone is for that youth you imprisoned for a day and a night!"

Another Locust Stone struck Granny Wang.

"This stone is for my wife!"

"This stone is for me!"

"This stone is a gift for you,

For all the innocent women you tore apart and tormented!"

Having said that, Lin Xuankong no longer paid attention to Wang Qiluo as she walked toward death in rage and hatred. With a wave of his hand, he picked up the Twin Vine Demonic Pearl nearby.

He turned and left the private room. After killing the remaining Black Tiger Gang remnants, he swiftly gathered the silver taels from Blood Tiger Xu Zhongxiong and the dozen or so others, then headed toward the entrance.

By then, the diners who had been watching the excitement outside had already fled without a trace.

They had not run when Xu Zhongxiong battled Gu Beicheng.

They had not run when Granny Wang brought out the Twin Vine Demonic Pearl.

But after witnessing Lin Xuankong's terrifying hidden-weapon technique, not a single one dared remain to watch any longer!

They knew that even Xu Zhongxiong and Granny Wang could only withstand one breath. If that hat-wearing monster who used hidden weapons decided to silence them, not one of them would survive!

"Thank you, Senior, for saving my life. Beicheng's gratitude knows no bounds.

May I ask whether Senior could leave behind a name? Beicheng will certainly repay you someday!"

Gu Beicheng wrapped his sister's corpse in his outer robe. Looking at Lin Xuankong, he wore a trace of fear on his face.

He knew he was absolutely no match for the hat-wearing monster before him.

This Martial Cultivator also did not seem to be any steward of the Yin Talisman Sect, so Gu Beicheng felt deeply uneasy and immediately expressed his gratitude.

"Wanderer Under Heaven, Ask Me Not!"

Lin Xuankong stepped out the door and leaped away.

Standing atop the roof of his own Wooden Building,

Lin Xuankong gazed toward Shuinan Street.

Not long after he returned home, endless shouts of killing rose from the direction of Shuinan Street.

Countless members of the Black Tiger Gang Great Marsh Hall and disciples of the Yin Talisman Sect continuously converged on Shuinan Street. Countless torches flickered along the Long Street, and countless figures darted between the Wooden Buildings!

The Black Tiger Gang and the Yin Talisman Sect had fought over territory for years and had long been like fire and water. Gu Beicheng challenging Blood Tiger, along with the deaths of Blood Tiger and Gu Beicheng's Sister, were merely the fuse!

Even without the deaths of Gu Beicheng's Sister, Xu Zhongxiong, and the others today, the deaths of Gu Nancheng or Xu Zhongci tomorrow would have sparked this great battle!

He just did not know how many Martial Cultivators who had once strutted about in glory and stood high above others would lose their lives tonight, nor whether Zhang Wu, who had always intended to kill him, would die in this battle.

Lin Xuankong watched for a while, then leaped down from the Wooden Building.

After entering the outer room, he used the oil lamp's light to look at the silver taels laid out on the table.

Xu Zhongxiong, Wang Qiluo, and the others, who loved amassing wealth, clearly had more money on them than Ma Xiong. The money they carried alone amounted to over two hundred taels. Added to the silver taels he had obtained from Ma Xiong, he now had more than three hundred taels of silver!

With so much money, he could not have saved it up even if he sold flatbreads for a hundred years!

With so much money, having one Nine Revolutions Qi Nourishing Soup a day would probably last him more than half a year. For quite a long time to come, he should not have to worry about money!

When the Young Lady came back, he could take her to the old man's stall that sold stuffed pastries and let her eat her fill. Even if she took only one bite from each pastry, that little food-lover's belly would be stuffed round!

Of course, Lin Xuankong's most gratifying gain was Wang Qiluo's Twin Vine Demonic Pearl!

According to Gu Beicheng, this Twin Vine Demonic Pearl had once appeared at an auction in Liang City, where it had drawn countless Martial Cultivators into bidding. Who could have imagined that such a precious Demonic Pearl would end up in the hands of Granny Wang Qiluo, an old woman who had not even joined a gang!

Lin Xuankong held the Twin Vine Demonic Pearl in his hand, his eyes gleaming brightly.

He had already tested it. Just as he had expected, when this Demonic Pearl activated Demonic Vines, they moved according to his will with incredible speed.

Not to mention that Mortal Transformation Layer One could not evade their binding, even stronger Mortal Transformation Layer Two or Layer Three Martial Cultivators likely could not dodge their sudden coils. And as long as he had enough vitality, these Demonic Vines could proliferate almost without limit!

As for vitality consumption,

Compared with the Man Luo Demonic Pearl, which consumed nearly ten points of vitality every breath, the Twin Vine Demonic Pearl consumed vitality at roughly three points per breath. Of course, that was still an enormous rate of consumption.

An ordinary Martial Cultivator, such as a late first layer Martial Cultivator like Granny Wang, would exhaust all their vitality after only seven or eight breaths!

However, his Destiny possessed the ability to store vitality.

[Mortal Transformation Vitality: 386/100000]

With so much vitality, he could sustain it for well over a hundred breaths!

If he could activate the Twin Vine Demonic Pearl for so long, then even against Mortal Transformation Layer Two or Layer Three opponents, he might not be in danger! He could first use the Demonic Vines to restrain them, then use Sky-Shading Locust Swarm to attack the "fixed target" from afar without end. Even if he could not kill a Mortal Transformation Layer Two or Layer Three Martial Cultivator, he could probably still batter them until they were covered in dust and grime!

If Zhang Wu had not died in the battle, how would he feel when he encountered Lin Xuankong's Twin Vine Demonic Pearl and Sky-Shading Locust Swarm in the future?