"Ruoxuan, it's okay. Don't overthink it. They got what they deserved!"
Ning Wangshu gently reassured her. After a pause, he continued, "I just used soul-searching on one of them. The terrible things these people have done would take forever to list, and every one of them has blood on their hands."
"So don't think I was being cruel or anything..."
Hearing Ning Wangshu's words, Ning Ruoxuan finally came back to herself. She let out a long breath, looked up at him, and managed a somewhat strained smile. "Brother, I know. I just... I'm not used to it yet."
"Mm!"
Seeing that his sister seemed to be feeling a little better, Ning Wangshu relaxed slightly. Then he said, "All right, Ruoxuan. I'll take you home first."
"Then... I need to go out for a bit!"
Hearing this, Ning Ruoxuan thought of what Ning Wangshu had just said. She seemed to want to say something, but after a moment's thought, she held back and simply nodded. "Okay!"
After removing the concealing Magic he had set up earlier, Ning Wangshu continued back to the rental apartment with his sister...
"Ruoxuan, keep this with you. When I'm not around, it'll protect you from any danger you might encounter."
"Once it's activated, I'll sense it immediately, too..."
Ning Wangshu took a Jade Talisman from his Storage Ring and handed it to Ning Ruoxuan.
The Jade Talisman contained a powerful Defensive Array that would activate automatically if its wearer encountered danger.
Ning Ruoxuan quickly accepted the Jade Talisman he offered her. "Thanks, Brother!"
"Mm."
Ning Wangshu smiled, ruffled her hair, and said, "All right, I'm heading out for a bit. I'll be back soon."
"Okay!"
After Ning Wangshu left, Ning Ruoxuan looked at the Jade Talisman in her hand and let out a soft breath. Then she thought about how calmly Ning Wangshu had acted after killing those men, and her heart suddenly ached for him.
"Brother must have been through this countless times in that world of immortal cultivation. He said he spent over nine thousand years there. He must have faced life and death over and over again..."
Thinking of this, Ning Ruoxuan couldn't help looking up and gazing out the window.
At Jiang Long's villa.
He was explaining something to more than a dozen of his most trusted men...
Suddenly!
With a loud bang, someone kicked the villa's front door wide open!
Jiang Long and his men all froze, then instinctively looked toward the entrance.
When they saw Ning Wangshu stroll in unhurriedly, Jiang Long's expression immediately turned cold. He barked, "Who are you? How dare you defy me and barge into my home!"
"Whoosh—"
At the same time, his men all stood up. They glared at Ning Wangshu and began to form a loose circle around him!
Ning Wangshu raised an eyebrow and glanced at Jiang Long's men, then let out a scornful laugh. "Defy you? What makes you think you're worthy?"
"Outrageous! Who do you think you are, disrespecting Brother Long? You're asking to die!"
One of Jiang Long's men flew into a rage and charged straight at Ning Wangshu.
Ning Wangshu gave him a sidelong glance, then suddenly let out a heavy snort!
The next moment—
Jiang Long's man was struck as if by a tremendous blow. His body shot backward, and when he hit the ground, blood was already pouring from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. He was dead!
Jiang Long and his men were stunned by the sight!
Then the whole room erupted in an uproar!
Everyone looked at Ning Wangshu with unmistakable fear.
He had sent a man flying with nothing but a snort, and the man had bled from every opening and died... It was utterly unbelievable, like something out of a ghost story!
Jiang Long was just as horrified. But after taking a deep breath, he forced himself to stay calm and said in a low voice, "Who the hell are you? I, Jiang, haven't offended you, have I?"
Ning Wangshu replied coolly, "You don't need to know who I am. Just know that I'm here to send you to your grave!"
Hearing this, Jiang Long was both shocked and furious!
Though he was shaken by Ning Wangshu's unbelievable display of power, Jiang Long had spent years in the underworld. He was no coward!
"Send me to my grave? You must be tired of living! I don't care who you are. You come onto my turf and start causing trouble, and even if you were the Jade Emperor himself, I'd make sure you never left!"
"Get him! He wants to put on a magic show in front of me? Let's see what he can really do!"
Jiang Long roared furiously, his whole body radiating menace.
His men exchanged glances. They were frightened too, but they weren't ready to believe in anything supernatural. They immediately rushed him all at once...
Watching Jiang Long's men charge at him viciously, Ning Wangshu expressionlessly raised one finger and casually swept it through the air—
"Chhk!"
A faint glimmer flashed from Ning Wangshu's fingertip.
The air seemed to split apart under an invisible force...
The next moment—
Jiang Long's men suddenly stiffened, their forward momentum cut short.
Before Jiang Long could react, he saw heads roll from his men's necks. Blood spurted wildly, staining the luxurious villa red!
Blood ran like a river!
"Thud!"
Seeing his dozen or so men all decapitated in an instant, Jiang Long froze. He dropped heavily to the floor, his pupils contracting as terror rose uncontrollably in his eyes.
"You... you..."
Jiang Long trembled from head to toe. His mouth went dry. At last, he felt fear.
The young man before him wasn't human!
He was a devil!
Seeing Jiang Long's reaction, Ning Wangshu grinned with satisfaction.
Then he glanced at the headless corpses on the ground and taunted, "Your brothers are waiting for you. Don't keep them waiting too long!"
Hearing Ning Wangshu's words, Jiang Long finally snapped out of it. He scrambled away on hands and knees, shouting in panic, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I can give you money, as much as you want. Just please don't kill me..."
As he begged for mercy, a cruel glint suddenly flashed in his eyes.
In the next instant, a pistol appeared in his hand from who knew where. He aimed it at Ning Wangshu and pulled the trigger, a smug, vicious grin spreading across his face—
"Bang!"
At the sound of the gunshot, a bullet shot out.
Ning Wangshu merely shook his head, slowly raised a finger, and lightly pointed through the air.
The next moment, the bullet froze in midair!
Jiang Long's vicious grin instantly stiffened. In its place came utter shock and terror!
He never imagined Ning Wangshu could stop a bullet!
And he had done it in such an unbelievable way, suspending the bullet in midair...
"Did you think I hadn't noticed you sneaking out your pistol? How naive!"
"I only wanted you to understand that none of your tricks—not even a gun—are any use against me!"
With that, Ning Wangshu flicked the finger he had raised.
The bullet suspended in midair shot back in an instant. With a soft thud, it sank into Jiang Long's forehead, leaving a bloody hole...
Jiang Long's eyes widened, filled with unwillingness. As if unable to rest in peace, he toppled backward, stiff as a board.
Ning Wangshu glanced at Jiang Long's corpse and shook his head. Then he flicked his finger again, sending out a wisp of True Fire. In an instant, it reduced all the bodies and blood on the ground to wisps of green smoke that vanished without a trace.
It was as if nothing had ever happened there...