When the Lights Were Off, They All Looked the Same...

"Could it be that everything we had done was under his control?"

Fang Chang was truly afraid. Even when he had watched Da Zhuang die right in front of him, he had not been this terrified.

That feeling of someone foreseeing everything made him feel as though he was being watched, as though the other party knew every one of his secret perversions.

"Luckily, I haven't completely lost my conscience. Otherwise..."

Fang Chang felt somewhat fortunate. Otherwise, next time, someone else would be dealing with his corpse.

Another half month passed just like that. Xiao Lang directly robbed more than a dozen assassins, all of them at the Dou Master level, with most of their bounties ranging from two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand gold coins.

This allowed Xiao Lang to earn around five million gold coins outright!

Although it was far less than what he made selling medicine, the thrill of ambushing people with a Thumping Stick was incredible!

Everyone who wanted to kill him ended up being robbed by him instead. Xiao Lang thoroughly enjoyed this reversal.

But after playing around for more than ten days, he was getting a little tired of it.

More importantly, not a single system choice had been triggered.

But this day was finally different.

Liu Yemei was ready to make his move.

The reason he had waited so long was because the people from the Assassin Organization and the Jia Lie Family seemed to have noticed something was wrong. He could no longer use Xiao Lang to rob other assassins of their money.

After all, the Assassin Organization had clear rules: members of the same organization were not allowed to bully the weak or indiscriminately kill lower-ranked assassins. Those who did so would die!

They did this to ensure that low-ranking assassins could grow smoothly instead of being slaughtered by their own people!

They needed fresh blood as well.

Xiao Lang had also risen by more than one level, and just one more Dou Master-level opponent would be enough for him to break through to a five-star Dou Master again!

But he still felt it was too slow.

More than a dozen Dou Masters had only raised him two levels. It was nowhere near as good as answering a multiple-choice question.

As usual, Xiao Lang slipped into the alley. But unlike usual, someone had arrived in this alley before him.

"Kid, you finally came."

Liu Yemei looked at Xiao Lang with a smile at the corner of his mouth, as though a pig he had raised for years was finally ready for slaughter.

"Fang Chang, you sold me out?!"

Xiao Lang immediately understood. He looked furiously at Fang Chang and was about to run back, only to find two people blocking the entrance to the alley.

"Young Master Liu, as agreed beforehand, my wife and I get two million!" One of the bearded men at the alley entrance took out two large battle axes from his Storage Ring and stared viciously at Xiao Lang, as though he were looking at two million gold coins.

"This little brother has quite a handsome face. What a pity..." said the curvaceous woman beside the bearded man.

The woman had a lovely voice and a great figure, but her appearance was rather difficult to praise.

Seeing her face, Xiao Lang looked at the bearded man with admiration. He really was a warrior!

He had thoroughly embodied that saying.

When the lights were off, they all looked the same...

"Heh, I'll peel his skin off later and use it to make a mask!"

Hearing his woman praise another man's looks, jealousy immediately flared in the bearded man's heart. He glared fiercely at Xiao Lang, clearly no stranger to this sort of thing.

"Everyone's here, right?"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Lang's expression changed, and he smiled as he swept his gaze across the crowd. "If everyone's here, then let's begin the feast."

"..."

At first, Liu Yemei had felt a little nervous upon seeing Xiao Lang's calm smile. But after hearing those last words, his cheek twitched. Was there something seriously wrong with this kid?

"Kid, I'll give you two choices. First, hand over everything on you obediently, and I can grant you a dignified death."

"Second, you can try to resist. The more you resist, the more excited I become. But the consequence will be being tortured to death by me. Which do you choose?"

Liu Yemei looked at Xiao Lang excitedly. If he were not worried that delays might cause trouble, he would have preferred Xiao Lang to choose the second option, because he loved that perverse feeling of torturing people.

At the same time, a system choice appeared before Xiao Lang's eyes.

[Choice One: The three are all heinous evildoers. Choose to bury the three of them. Upon completion, level increases by one, and Earth Attribute Fighting Skill effects increase by 10%!]

[Choice Two: The three are all heinous evildoers. Choose to cremate the three of them. Upon completion, level increases by one, and Fire Attribute Fighting Skill effects increase by 10%!]

[Choice Three: The three are all heinous evildoers. Choose to give the three of them a water burial. Upon completion, level increases by one, and Water Attribute Fighting Skill effects increase by 10%!]

[Choice Four: The three are all heinous evildoers. Choose to acknowledge thieves as your father and join them. Upon completion, level increases by one, gain the title "Great Villain," and increase the chance of being caught by 100%!]

After briefly looking over the four options, Xiao Lang knew what he should choose.

And seriously, what the hell was that "Great Villain" title? A 100% increase in the chance of being caught? Was this system trying to tell him that evil deeds would always be exposed?

It really was a positive-energy system.

Xiao Lang was speechless. As for the first three, he would obviously choose the third one: Water Attribute Fighting Skill effects increased by 10%!

After all, he did not have Fire Attribute Dou Qi or Earth Attribute Dou Qi at all.

"Kid, don't try to stall for time. And don't even think about escaping from here. I paid a great price to kill you."

Liu Yemei looked at Xiao Lang. "Being able to die at the hands of two three-star Da Dou Shi and one five-star Da Dou Shi means we think highly of you."

"Run? You must be joking. How could I possibly run? I was only thinking about how to bury all of you." Xiao Lang smiled.

"You're stubborn even at death's door!"

Liu Yemei made the first move. He pulled the flexible sword from his waist and stabbed it toward Xiao Lang!

"You think a mere five-star Da Dou Shi can kill my younger brother? Aren't you taking me, Xiao Li, far too lightly?"

At that moment, a figure flashed past like lightning. With a soft pfft, a long spear pierced straight through Liu Yemei's heart and nailed him to the wall behind him.

"Seven-star Da Dou Shi?!"

Upon sensing Xiao Li's aura, the bearded man and the woman's eyes widened. They turned to flee, only to discover that a man was already standing behind them, staring at them coldly as though they were two corpses.

"If you want to kill my younger brother, I'll slaughter even the organization behind you!" Xiao Ding's hands had already turned wooden, forming a pair of wooden fists that gleamed with metallic light and looked incomparably hard. The aura of an eight-star Da Dou Shi emanating from him instantly filled the bearded man and woman with despair.

"A misunderstanding! This is all a misunderstanding! We were only hired by someone."

As he spoke, the bearded man shoved the woman in front of him toward Xiao Ding. At the same time, he swallowed a blood-red pill, causing his aura and speed to surge. He charged straight at Xiao Ding. As long as he escaped this place, he could ensure that no one would ever find him.

Profound Tier High-grade Dou Skill: Wave-Stepping Slash!

Unexpectedly, Xiao Lang suddenly lunged forward. His entire body seemed to flash, and he appeared behind the bearded man. Then, the Thumping Stick in his hand struck the back of the man's head.

Whether it was because Xiao Lang was too strong or because the 55% stun effect had triggered, the bearded man collapsed unconscious onto the ground.

Of course, the most important reason was that the bearded man had no desire to fight, while Xiao Lang possessed a Dou Skill that allowed him to dash forward. That was why this strike succeeded.

Otherwise, in a direct confrontation, Xiao Lang would not have been the bearded man's match at all. After all, they were separated by an entire major realm, unless Xiao Lang possessed more exotic water!