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After leaving his grandfather's room, Qin Shaofeng felt a weight settle over his heart.

There were only three days left. This was nothing like his plan.

According to Qin Shaofeng's original plan, one month would have been enough to reach the Houtian Martial Artist Realm, even surpassing all the strength he had possessed before.

By then, the City Lord competition would have been no problem for him.

But plans never kept pace with change!

Although he now had more than three hundred low-level demonic beasts from the Beast Arena, and his calculations had shown that using the method of killing monsters above his level earned him a great deal of experience,

in the end, all that experience had only raised Qin Shaofeng to level 8, Body Tempering Eighth Level.

The Body Tempering Eighth Level was still nowhere near enough. Qin Shaofeng knew that Zhang Lingtian of the Zhang Family—the elder brother of Zhang Lingyun—had already reached the Houtian Third Level, and seemed to be at the peak of it.

In these circumstances, he was no match for his opponent.

"No, I can't keep going like this. Otherwise..."

A glint flashed in his eyes. Qin Shaofeng had finally made up his mind.

It seemed he had no choice but to do it.

Without hesitation, once he had decided, Qin Shaofeng turned and headed for a certain place in Qin Manor: its secret dungeon.

Qin Shaofeng had learned from his grandfather long ago that, aside from Zhang Lingtian, who had been spared because of the Zhang Family and the impending competition, the other two men who had attacked him had been captured. They were being held in Qin Manor's dungeon, awaiting his decision.

Qin Shaofeng still remembered how strong those two men had been when they attacked him. They had been far beyond his strength, seemingly experts at the Houtian Ninth or even Tenth Layer.

Experts like them were rare in Lanjiang City. They were men of some standing.

Neither man belonged to the Zhang Family. To avoid drawing attention and ensure everything went smoothly, the Zhang Family had paid a hefty sum to hire two vicious criminals with countless evil deeds to their names.

Now that Qin Shaofeng had come to see them, he had already made up his mind.

Originally, Qin Shaofeng hadn't wanted to take this step, but now he had no choice.

In the dim dungeon, two prisoners lay in a cell, tortured until they were barely recognizable.

When Qin Shaofeng saw what they looked like, he was startled.

They were nothing like the two Houtian Ninth and Tenth Layer experts he remembered.

What Qin Shaofeng didn't know was that, after learning these two men had crippled his grandson's dantian, Old Master Qin had been so furious that he'd ordered his men to give them a thorough "welcome." They had confessed every detail of their plot against Qin Shaofeng.

Character: Wu A'da

Level: Mid Houtian Tenth Layer

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Character: Wu A'er

Level: Late Houtian Ninth Layer

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Under Fiery Golden Eyes, all the information about the men who had tried to kill him appeared before Qin Shaofeng's eyes.

Perhaps sensing someone approaching, the two men lying on the ground spoke.

"Please... please let... let us go!"

"Spare... spare us!"

Their voices came weakly from A'da and A'er, who lay on the ground, trembling and struggling. But Qin Shaofeng remained unmoved.

"Hmph. You should've thought of that before!"

Qin Shaofeng spoke coldly. A trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes. Then, steeling himself, he stopped hesitating, grabbed a broad saber nearby, and brought it down on A'da and A'er.

This was Qin Shaofeng's first time killing someone!

His first in either his past or present life!

Although he knew these two men were vile criminals who had committed every kind of evil, and that killing them was like delivering heaven's justice,

after actually killing them, Qin Shaofeng still felt a powerful wave of discomfort.

Through that discomfort, Qin Shaofeng heard several system notifications.

System Notification: Congratulations, player Qin Shaofeng. You have reached the experience required to level up. Player Qin Shaofeng has advanced to Houtian First Layer!

System Notification: Congratulations, player Qin Shaofeng. You have advanced to the Houtian Realm. The system has awarded you one Normal Lottery opportunity, and the Lottery System has been activated!