Position

Century Thug!

A week ago, nearly a hundred people had bled...

No!

If he counted the people from Three Stars Property Management and Sword Tasting Hall, it was well over a hundred!

In less than a month, this Century Thug had used the lives of over a hundred people to show everyone in Guangzhou City just how vicious and ruthless he was!

Especially since most of the hundred or so people he had killed were people with status, strength, and influence!

Among them was even Fang Lieyun, a top martial master whose power everyone in the Garrison Department understood, even if they didn't like him!

Fang Lieyun was dead.

And he had managed, all by himself, to turn the tables and kill every one of the dozens of External Refinement and twenty-odd Internal Strengthening Martial Artists who had pursued him!

Under these circumstances, how many people would the Garrison Department need to send to capture this criminal with its shoddy equipment?

And how much would they have to sacrifice?

Of course, there was one other crucial point.

Even if they really managed to capture and kill this Century Thug, without connections backing them...

How would the credit ever fall to them?

So when Huang Shang shouted and revealed Li ChunJun's identity, hoping to draw the other Garrison Department members in the Family Compound out to attack him together, it didn't work at all. Instead, it scared everyone into silence.

At this moment...

They wanted to call the police, too!

But they didn't dare!

As long as it hadn't happened to them, they could just pretend nothing had happened.

Besides...

A deputy director was dead.

There was only one person to a post. With Huang Shang dead, perhaps they'd get a chance at a promotion and a raise.

Li ChunJun came to a stop in front of Huang Shang without a hint of urgency.

Huang Shang dragged his right leg behind him. The intense pain had drained the color from his face.

But when he saw Li ChunJun approaching, he still forced himself to endure it and hurriedly said, "Stop! We can talk this out. Whatever you want, I can give you! I can give you money—one hundred million! You can leave Guangzhou City and disappear. With that hundred million, you can live like a king anywhere. I can even find a way to get the Wanted Order on you lifted..."

"Where is Jin Zhiya?"

Li ChunJun asked.

"Jin Zhiya..."

Huang Shang gritted his teeth. "She... She hasn't come back at all! We already sent word to the Red Sun Sword Sect, but she's set on completing the second round of the assessment there. It's like she never heard us—she's just ignoring it..."

Li ChunJun said nothing.

Jin Zhiya...

She was more rational than he'd imagined.

From her online chat history with Jin Haoxuan, it was clear she spoiled and indulged her younger brother.

But now...

Jin Haoxuan was dead, and so were Jin Guangming and his wife.

Yet she could hold back her hatred and stay at the Red Sun Sword Sect to prepare for the second assessment and fight for formal disciple status!

To the Red Sun Sword Sect, the death of a Nominal Disciple might prompt an investigation, but not a major response.

But if anything happened to a formal disciple, the entire Red Sun Sword Sect would hunt down the culprit.

The difference in weight was like night and day.

After a moment, he continued, "Where are the Jin Family members?"

Whether she came back or not, it wouldn't stop him from wiping out the Jin Family.

"At Jinghu Sixth Manor. They've all hidden there."

Huang Shang sold out the Jin Family without the slightest hesitation.

Better someone else die than you.

The Jin Family had stirred up this thug. They couldn't handle him, fine—but they'd even dragged the rest of them into it.

Now he hated the Jin Family with a vengeance, too.

"If you want revenge on the Jin Family, I can help! Mo Lei is dead, and the Garrison Department is currently under my control. I can use its intelligence network to track down every member of the Jin Family. Also, if Jin Zhiya comes back, I'll let you know right away..."

Huang Shang pleaded, "While I was in office, I made a few small mistakes, but I also did a lot of good. That should balance things out..."

"Good things?"

Li ChunJun said, "Tell me how you got your hundred million."

Huang Shang froze, then hurriedly replied through his pain, "I had no choice! It's how the business works. If you want to get ahead and get things done, you have to take that money. I've been holding to my principles and haven't dared take more. Besides... under the law, someone at my level only gets a hundred million. That's not a crime deserving death."

"I've put you in a difficult position."

Li ChunJun said.

"Uh..."

The sudden "understanding" left Huang Shang bewildered.

"Since you're in such a difficult position, I'll help you out."

Li ChunJun raised the sword in his hand.

Huang Shang had sensed something was wrong the instant Li ChunJun's tone changed. When he saw the Sharp Sword raised high, terror seized him!

"No! You don't have to help me... Really, there's no need..."

He hurriedly wriggled across the ground, trying to get up.

But Li ChunJun's sword flashed out at once.

The blade fell like a bolt of execution, plunging through his back and piercing his heart. Its tip emerged from his chest, pinning his half-risen body to the ground.

"You do."

Li ChunJun replied softly.

Then he twisted the hilt and pulled the sword free.

Huang Shang's mouth opened and closed. His body jerked for a moment, then gradually fell still.

Li ChunJun wiped the blood from his sword, put it away, and strode off. Soon, he disappeared into the night.

For more than ten minutes after he left, the entire Family Compound remained silent.

It wasn't even nine at night, yet the compound was as dark and quiet as the dead of night, with not a single light on in any home.

"Level 6 creature killed. Experience +27!"

"Level 6 creature killed. Experience +29!"

"Level 5 creature killed. Experience +12!"

"Level 6 creature killed. Experience +26!"

Life Level: 10 (725/1000)

After leaving the Family Compound, Li ChunJun didn't pause for a second.

He hurried straight to Jinghu.

During this fight, he had deliberately avoided the splattering blood, so not a drop had gotten on him.

And since it was still early, there weren't many cars on the road, but there were enough that he could find a taxi.

He flagged one down and headed straight for Jinghu.

Jinghu was a famous scenic area in the outskirts of Guangzhou City.

Thirteen years ago, anyone could visit and enjoy the scenery. But its beauty caught the eye of a powerful figure, so it was closed off to the public under the pretext of an upgrade.

That "upgrade" had lasted thirteen years.

The citizens of Guangzhou City had raised the issue with higher-ups, but never received an answer. Gradually, they accepted that the area was off-limits to the public.

Over time, it became a resort that only a handful of Guangzhou City's powerful families had the privilege to enter.

As things stood, even Li ChunJun's taxi could only drop him off at the edge of Jinghu. He would have to walk another kilometer before reaching the actual grounds.

If the security guards patrolling the area, wearing City Construction Department badges, spotted him, they would drive him off immediately.

Anyone who tried to argue the point might get beaten up and detained on charges such as disturbing the peace or picking quarrels and provoking trouble.

Relying on his sharp instincts and keen hearing, Li ChunJun avoided the guards' patrols and hurried toward the Jin Family Manor.

But when he arrived at the manor, he came to an abrupt stop.

There...

was an ambush.

Not exactly an ambush. A large number of fully armed experts had gathered there, clearly hired by the Jin Family at great expense to protect them.