I'm Out-What Will You Do About It?

The entire courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Ge Jingchun said nothing, and Mei Qianluo remained mute as well.

Yet unlike Ge Jingchun's calm composure, fine beads of cold sweat covered Mei Qianluo's brow.

It was not merely because of the pain from his wounds. More importantly, he had fallen into that man's vicious trap.

Thinking back on it now, that man could have severed his arm with a single slash. All he needed was one more move to take his life—so why had he not struck?

Why had he stood there talking to Wen Rou instead?

He had given him a chance to escape.

But... was that truly a chance?

His blood was depleted, his breath short, and even his inner energy was far weaker than before. If that man really followed behind him, would he be able to detect it?

The more he thought about it, the more terror gripped his heart.

Meanwhile, Ge Jingchun coldly swept his gaze around, searching every possible place for the fourth person here.

Then laughter suddenly rang out—weak, yet especially grating.

Ge Jingchun's expression darkened as he turned to look at the black-clad figure on the ground.

It was a woman.

Dressed in black and veiled, her exact features could not be seen, but her exquisitely curved figure was impossible to hide.

Her laughter was somewhat wild, making Ge Jingchun's expression turn even uglier.

"Someone on the verge of death... what are you laughing about?"

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

"And the formidable Mystic Staff Crouching Dragon now acts like a coward, guarding against everything around him.

"Seeing the two of you reduced to such a state, should I not laugh?"

The woman spoke with a smile, though her voice was not loud.

After all, she was wounded. She had just taken a trip through the gates of hell, and she was not in good condition now.

Ge Jingchun gently shook his head.

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

"Back then, the Gang Leader led us in wiping out your entire Xia Family. You were fortunate enough not to be home at the time.

"You have not shown yourself all these years, and we never hunted you down to the bitter end.

"Would it not have been better to preserve your life, marry, and bear children? Why seek your own doom?"

As he spoke, he walked toward Xia Wanshuang.

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

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

It was only because he saw how guarded Ge Jingchun was that he had not shown himself.

Thus, Ge Jingchun deliberately made as if he were about to kill Xia Wanshuang, intentionally exposing a flaw. Once that man struck, he could deliver a thunderous blow!

Yet even after he reached Xia Wanshuang's side, nothing around them changed.

At that moment, even Mystic Staff Crouching Dragon could not help wondering whether he had been overly suspicious.

Still, if that man had not come, so much the better.

After killing Xia Wanshuang, he could report this matter to the Gang Leader and gather every expert from the Divine Sand Gang in Heavenly Dance City to join forces and surround that expert to death...

With that thought in mind, he was about to strike when a chill suddenly ran through his entire body.

This coldness was no illusion. He spun around sharply and saw that, at some unknown moment, an extra shadow had appeared behind Mei Qianluo.

Its body was shrouded in darkness, and Ge Jingchun could not make out its face.

But he could see the hand holding the blade.

The blade lay across Mei Qianluo's throat. Mei Qianluo's mouth opened and closed, yet he could not utter a single word.

His mute acupoint had been sealed!?

His body had also been restrained. His arm could move, yet he could not reach behind himself to grab the person there.

Other than waiting for death, there was nothing he could do!

"Stop!!"

Ge Jingchun cried out in alarm, his heart turning ice-cold.

He had already been vigilant enough, and his scheme of exposing a flaw through Xia Wanshuang had succeeded.

Yet the result was entirely different from what he had expected.

He had actually been unable to sense when this person appeared. This person had moved without making the slightest sound?

The instant the thought surfaced, the blade had already circled Mei Qianluo's throat. His head did not fall to the ground only because another hand seized it by the hair.

Ge Jingchun's eyes nearly split with rage.

He and Mei Qianluo had shared a friendship spanning decades. As the Divine Sand Gang's Second Boss and Third Boss respectively, they had their occasional minor disputes, but their bond remained deep overall.

He never imagined that one day, he would watch helplessly as Mei Qianluo was beheaded with a single stroke, while he himself could do nothing at all.

Ge Jingchun tapped off the ground, shooting forth like an arrow released from the bowstring.

But before he had dashed more than a few yards, Mei Qianluo's headless corpse came whistling toward him.

Ge Jingchun's expression darkened. He thrust out both hands, and as he caught Mei Qianluo's headless body, he felt purple energy winding around it, carrying tremendous force. The corpse drove him backward uncontrollably.

Only when he had retreated all the way to the doorway did he manage to halt.

When he raised his head again, the person from before had already vanished from the courtyard.

"Come out!!"

Ge Jingchun growled.

The reason he did not shout at the top of his lungs was mainly because he feared alerting the Heavenly Dance Guards.

He grabbed the dragon-head cane beside the door.

It was his weapon.

Mystic Staff Crouching Dragon primarily referred to his Subduing Dragon Staff Technique; the word "mystic" before it described his many schemes and tricks.

Yet no matter how many schemes he possessed, they were useless at this moment.

The intruder appeared and vanished like a ghost, effortlessly killing Mei Qianluo, as if he had not slain the Divine Sand Gang's Third Boss at all, but merely some insignificant nobody.

Such skill left no room for any other thoughts.

And after his shout, something truly did emerge.

A black object came howling through the air in a savage assault.

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

He wanted to bring down his cane and smash the head to pieces.

But in the end, he could not bear it... He sidestepped, allowing the head to crash into the room.

Just as he was about to follow the direction from which the head had come and search for the hidden person, a fierce wind suddenly rose behind him.

When did he get behind me?

Ge Jingchun's heart tightened. He whirled around, swung the dragon-head cane, and with a bang, sent the person behind him flying.

Yet there was not the slightest joy on Ge Jingchun's face.

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

A flickering blade-light suddenly entered the corner of his eye, and the icy killing intent had already reached his back.

This time... it was real!

But Ge Jingchun no longer had time to turn around.

His previous attack had exhausted his old strength, while new strength had yet to arise.

Even knowing that the blade behind him would take his life... he could not make any response at all.

Slish!!

The blade pierced flesh with the sound of torn silk.

He had assumed the blade would slash down from somewhere like his shoulder, yet he never imagined it would come from beneath his armpit.

It was not a slash... but a thrust!

The blade burst straight out through his shoulder, blood pouring down. At the thought that all of it was his own blood, Ge Jingchun felt a chill creep through every inch of his body.

He cried out in shock and tried to break free.

But with his body pierced through by the blade, how could he escape?

Then the blade shifted, letting out a muffled pop as one of his arms was torn straight off.

Immediately afterward, a chill spread across both ankles. Looking down, he saw thin streams of blood flowing from his ankles. He instinctively lifted a leg to step forward. His leg rose, but his foot remained where it was.

With a thud, his entire body crashed to the ground.

Then a voice came from above his head.

"You told me to come out. I'm out—what will you do about it?"