Crushing! Violent Resistance to Arrest? Then Die!

"Colluding with demonic cultists?"

Damn, that's quite a label to slap on someone...

The onlookers couldn't help but show strange expressions, thinking that this Banner Chief was quite the showman.

After that Zheng family young master stirred up trouble with a broken jade bracelet, you immediately retaliated by slinging accusations of colluding with demonic cultists?

Was this what they called "using his own method to return the favor"?

"Lord Gu!"

Gazing at the handsome figure slowly approaching, Xiao Yun's anxiety instantly vanished, his face flushing red with excitement.

"Is he that Lord Gu my brother always talks about?"

Xiao Qing'er also quietly poked her little head out, blinking her eyes as she curiously sized up Gu Cheng.

"Utter nonsense!"

Dong Lei's face darkened, and he retorted in a gruff voice, "On what grounds do you accuse me of colluding with demonic cultists? Do you have any evidence?"

Damn it!

These law enforcers just love to frame people!

Although he, Dong, had been a bandit for a few years, taken dozens of lives, and even caused the deaths of several pregnant women.

He had never done anything as wicked as colluding with demonic cultists!

"Exactly! Dong Lei is a retainer hired by my Zheng family, and his background is completely clean!"

Zheng Qian chimed in, his gaze towards the young man filled with coldness. "On what basis are you slandering him? Do you have any evidence of him colluding with demonic cultists?"

"Evidence?"

Gu Cheng's lips curled into a dismissive smile as he retorted, "Then do you have any evidence that someone else broke your jade bracelet?"

"You..."

Zheng Qian was instantly rendered speechless, the back of his head stinging as if slapped by a boomerang.

He took a deep breath and, in a fit of enraged embarrassment, roared, "Dong Lei! Kill this bastard for me!"

"Understood!"

The bald, burly man had already been thoroughly provoked by Gu Cheng. Upon hearing the order, he grinned menacingly and charged forward.

His palm-like hands, as large as cattail fans, ferociously grabbed towards the other, resembling a brown bear hunting its prey.

"Be careful!"

The sickly young girl subconsciously cried out in alarm.

"Don't worry, Qing'er, Lord Gu is very strong," Xiao Yun softly reassured his sister.

He had witnessed Gu Cheng in action twice before and was full of confidence in his superior's strength.

Hmph! This damned bald guy!

Even if his body refinement techniques are powerful, how can they compare to Lord Gu's blade?

As long as Lord Gu swings his blade... wait!

Why isn't Lord Gu carrying his saber today?!

The smile on Xiao Yun's face instantly froze.

Seeing the tower-like strongman about to reach Gu Cheng, the latter remained unfazed.

Xiao Yun's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, quickly settled down again.

It's fine! So what if he's not wearing his saber? What's the big deal?

Judging by Lord Gu's confident demeanor, he must have another plan!

As long as he uses his agile footwork to create distance from that brute and avoids a direct confrontation... Holy crap!

Xiao Yun almost popped his eyeballs out.

Gu Cheng, facing the bald strongman's ferocious charge, not only didn't dodge or evade.

Instead, he put his left hand behind his back and extended his right hand forward, striking a pose as if he intended to grapple with the opponent using only one hand.

"You're courting death!" Dong Lei roared with laughter, enraged.

His palm-like hand formed a tiger's claw, firmly gripping Gu Cheng's right hand, his arm muscles instantly bulging, veins erupting like earthworms!

His entire body's strength converged on his five fingers and palm, attempting to crush the opponent's palm into a pulp!

However, soon.

The smile on Dong Lei's face gradually disappeared...

What was going on?

What was this hand of his made of?!

Why, no matter how hard I tried, did it show no change?

A trace of terror flashed in the bald strong man's eyes.

He wanted to withdraw his palm and escape, but was horrified to discover that his palm seemed to be firmly clamped by a pair of iron tongs.

No matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free, nor could he even make the other person's body move an inch!

Such terrifying physical strength was by no means possessed by ordinary martial artists.

The only answer was...

"Body... Body Refinement cultivator? He's actually a strong expert in the Mortal Breaking Realm!"

"Damn it! Are these people from the Demon Suppression Bureau crazy? Making such a powerful expert in the Mortal Breaking Realm a Banner Chief?"

Dong Lei gasped, looking at the youth's calm, water-like black eyes, his mood felt like it had plunged into a bottomless abyss.

At this moment, he was extremely certain that coming to Changle County to lie low was absolutely the biggest mistake he had ever made in his life.

It was just a pity that everything was already too late.

"Looking at you like this, do you intend to resist arrest violently?"

"According to the laws of the Yan Dynasty, in your situation, the Demon Suppression Bureau has the right to act on its discretion and kill you on the spot!"

Gu Cheng's gaze was deep, and he spoke incredibly cold words in a plain tone.

Before the bald strong man could beg for mercy.

The youth's right hand suddenly exerted force, crushing the bones of the opponent's palm into fragments, and then his right arm violently swung downwards.

A surging and powerful force instantly transmitted along their palms to Dong Lei, like Mount Tai pressing down on an egg.

Boom—

Under the effect of that immense force.

Dong Lei's towering physique heavily knelt on the ground, smashing two large pits into the ground.

His body joints were severely twisted, and countless bones were broken. Blood slowly flowed from his seven orifices, indicating that his internal organs had also suffered severe damage.

"You... you..."

Dong Lei's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Gu Cheng with a face full of terror.

He opened his mouth, but before he could utter a complete sentence, he completely stopped breathing.

[Killed a mid-stage Qi Blood Realm evil cultivator: Gained lifespan: forty-seven years!]

"Hmph, useless trash compared to Tang Yuan..."

Gu Cheng snorted coldly, carrying Dong Lei's corpse with one hand, and casually tossed it away like garbage.

The muscular strong man, weighing over three hundred jin, spun in the air and, like a cannonball, was sent directly towards Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian was still in a state of brain shutdown.

When he slightly regained his senses, he looked up and saw Dong Lei's face, bleeding from his seven orifices and with eyes wide open in death, rapidly enlarging in his vision...

"Ah—"

Bang—

As the corpse smashed down on his head, the young master of the Zheng family's shrill scream instantly came to an abrupt end.

Those ten or so house servants then seemed to wake up from a dream.

First, they glanced at Gu Cheng with inexplicable shock. Seeing that he had no intention of continuing his attack, they then hurriedly pulled their young master out and carried him away along with Dong Lei's corpse.

The onlookers around also recovered from their shock.

They gazed at the exceptionally handsome Banner Chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau, their faces filled with inexplicable shock.

This guy actually killed the guest invited by the Zheng family in one move under everyone's watchful eyes, and severely injured the young master of the Zheng family!

Was he not afraid of retaliation from the Zheng family afterward?

Furthermore, how could such a slender physique unleash astonishing power comparable to that of a demon?

"Lord Gu... he also cultivates Body Refinement techniques?"

"As expected of Lord Gu! He easily accomplished what others could not!"

Xiao Yun, however, saw through the trick.

While deeply shocked, his admiration for his superior grew even more fervent.

His sister, Xiao Qing'er, who was hiding behind him, was also quietly observing the tall and slender figure that was like a god of war, with a strange light flashing in her beautiful eyes.

"He truly is someone who can earn my brother's sincere admiration."

"Such terrifying martial arts talent, even in the entire Tianshui Commandery, he'd likely rank within the top five."

"If we could enlist his help in a few more years, perhaps we could really kill those bastards..."

As she thought this.

A rare, genuine hatred flashed in the sickly girl's eyes.

Along with her originally pale complexion, a touch of unhealthy flush appeared.