Chased from the Start, I Acquired the Fastest Sword
Chapter 44

I'm Out, What Are You Going to Do?

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The entire courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Ge Jingchun didn't speak, and Mei Qianluo also remained silent.

But unlike Ge Jingchun's calm composure, Mei Qianluo had fine beads of cold sweat on his forehead.

It wasn't just because of the pain in his body, but mainly because he had fallen for that person's trick.

Thinking about it now, that person could have cut off his arm with a single strike. He only needed to strike once more to take his life. But why didn't he?

Instead, he stood there and spoke gently?

He gave himself a chance to escape.

But... was that really a chance?

He was now weak from blood loss and short of breath, his internal energy far worse than before. If this person was truly following behind him, could he sense it?

The more he thought about it, the more his heart felt terrified.

Meanwhile, Ge Jingchun coldly scanned the surroundings, trying every method to find the fourth person in the area.

But then he heard laughter suddenly ring out, faint but particularly grating.

Ge Jingchun's face sank, and he turned to look at the figure in black on the ground.

It was a woman.

Clad in black and masked, her face couldn't be seen clearly, but her graceful figure was fully apparent.

She was laughing somewhat wildly at this moment, making Ge Jingchun's expression grow even uglier:

"A dying person... what are you laughing at?"

"The esteemed Flying Cloud Withered Leaves, lost an arm in a single exchange.

"That formidable Mystic Staff Crouching Dragon... now seems like a coward, wary of everything around him.

"Seeing you two end up like this, shouldn't I be laughing?"

The woman spoke with a laugh, but her voice wasn't very loud.

After all, she was injured and had just walked back from the brink of death. Her condition wasn't good at the moment.

Ge Jingchun shook his head slightly:

"If I remember correctly, you should be the Xia Family's youngest daughter, Xia Wanshuang.

"Back then, the Gang Leader led us to wipe out your entire Xia Family. You were lucky, you just happened to be away from home.

"We haven't seen you appear all these years, and we haven't pursued you relentlessly.

"Wouldn't it be better to live a good life, get married, and have children? Why seek your own death?"

As he spoke, he walked towards Xia Wanshuang.

At the same time, he was secretly vigilant in all directions.

He suspected that the expert who had severed Mei Qianluo's arm was already nearby.

He just hadn't shown himself because he was too alert.

Therefore, he deliberately made a show of wanting to kill Xia Wanshuang, intentionally exposing a weakness, so that when that person made a move, he could deliver a thunderous strike!

But even after he walked up to Xia Wanshuang, there was no change in the surroundings.

At this moment, even Mystic Staff Crouching Dragon couldn't help but wonder if he was being overly suspicious.

However, if he hadn't come, that would be even better.

After killing Xia Wanshuang, he would report this matter to the Gang Leader, gather all the experts of the Divine Sand Gang within Heavenly Dance City, and together they would go and surround and kill that expert...

Thinking this, he was about to make his move when he suddenly felt a chill all over.

This chill was definitely not an illusion. He turned back sharply and saw that a shadow had appeared behind Mei Qianluo at some point.

His figure was shrouded in darkness, and Ge Jingchun couldn't see the person's face clearly.

But he could see the hand holding the saber.

The saber was held horizontally before Mei Qianluo's throat. Mei Qianluo's mouth opened and closed, but not a single word came out.

He had been struck on his mute acupoint!?

His body was also held, his arms could move, but he couldn't grab the person behind him.

Besides waiting for death, there was no other way!

"Stop!!"

Ge Jingchun exclaimed in shock, his heart completely cold.

He had been vigilant enough, and his plan to expose a weakness using Xia Wanshuang had succeeded.

But the result was different from what he had expected.

He couldn't even sense when this person had appeared. This person's movements were completely silent?

In the instant the thought arose, the blade had already circled Mei Qianluo's throat. His head didn't fall to the ground; it was caught by another hand gripping his hair.

Ge Jingchun's eyes were about to split.

He and Mei Qianluo had been friends for decades. As the Second Boss and Third Boss of the Divine Sand Gang respectively, although they had some minor disagreements on a daily basis, their friendship was generally deep.

He never expected that one day he would watch Mei Qianluo get his head chopped off with a single saber, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Ge Jingchun tapped his foot, and his body shot out like an arrow from a bowstring.

But just as he had sprinted about a zhang, Mei Qianluo's headless corpse came whistling towards him.

Ge Jingchun's face sank. He extended his hands and caught Mei Qianluo's headless corpse. As he did, he felt a purple energy swirling around it, carrying immense force. He was involuntarily pushed back by the corpse, his body retreating continuously.

He didn't stop until he reached the door of the room.

When he looked up again, the person who had been in the courtyard was gone.

"Come out!!"

Ge Jingchun roared in a low voice.

The reason he didn't shout loudly was mainly because he was worried about being discovered by the Heavenly Dance Guards.

He picked up the dragon-headed staff by the door.

This was his weapon.

Mystic Staff Crouching Dragon primarily referred to his set of the Subduing Dragon Staff Technique. The 'Mystic' in front described how cunning this person was.

However, no matter how many schemes or tricks he had, they were useless at this moment.

The person who had come was elusive, easily beheading Mei Qianluo as if he hadn't killed the Third Boss of the Divine Sand Gang at all, but merely an insignificant nobody.

With such skill, he couldn't afford to think of anything else.

And after his shout, something actually did come out.

A dark object came hurtling towards him with a whistle.

Ge Jingchun guessed almost instantly that it was Mei Qianluo's head.

He had the thought of bringing his staff down and smashing the head directly.

But in the end, he couldn't bear to... He sidestepped, letting the head crash into the room.

Just as he was about to follow the direction the head came from to find the hidden person, a gust of wind suddenly came from behind him.

When did he get behind me?

Ge Jingchun's heart tightened. He spun around abruptly, swinging his dragon-headed staff. With a bang, he sent the person behind him flying.

But Ge Jingchun showed no sign of joy.

Because the person he had sent flying... was Xia Wanshuang!

A flickering saber light was suddenly caught in the corner of his eye, and a chilling killing intent was already at his back.

This time... it was real!

But Ge Jingchun no longer had time to turn back.

He had just put all his strength into that strike, and now his old strength was exhausted, and his new strength hadn't yet emerged.

Even though he knew this saber strike from behind was fatal... he couldn't react at all.

Chh!!

The saber edge entered flesh, making a sound like tearing silk.

He had expected the saber to cut down from places like his shoulder, but he never imagined it would come from under his armpit.

It wasn't a cut... but a stab!

The saber edge shot directly out of his shoulder, dripping with blood. Just thinking that this was his own blood, Ge Jingchun felt a chill run through him.

He cried out in surprise, wanting to break free.

But how could he leave when his body was pierced by the saber?

He saw the saber edge shift, making a poof sound, and an arm was directly severed.

Immediately after, his ankles felt cold. He looked down and saw thin streams of blood flowing from his ankles. He instinctively tried to step forward; his legs lifted, but his feet remained where they were.

With a thud, his whole body fell directly to the ground.

He heard a voice from above:

"You told me to come out, and I'm out. What do you intend to do?"

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