After dealing with the corpses and cleaning the courtyard and house, Luo Yi casually picked up a dao one of the thugs had brought. Under cover of night, he headed toward the courtyard he remembered.
Since it was so dark, he wandered around the alleys for quite a while before finally finding the right place.
The courtyard before him looked exactly like the one he had seen in his memories, confirming that he had come to the right place.
Unclear about the courtyard's layout and worried that making too much noise would disturb whoever lived there, Luo Yi had no choice but to climb over the wall as quietly as he could.
Once inside, he saw that one of the rooms was still lit by candlelight.
"What's going on? The light's still on this late, and they're not asleep?"
Puzzled, Luo Yi held his breath and carefully approached the door of the lit room.
He extended a finger and carefully poked a hole through the paper window. Just as he was about to peek inside—
"Who's out there, sneaking around?"
Hearing a woman's voice from inside, Luo Yi knew he had been spotted. He stopped hiding and kicked the door open.
As he entered the room, he secretly sprinkled the powder hidden at his waist onto the floor.
After scattering the powder, Luo Yi looked at the burly figure seated beside the table, as strong as a black bear. What the hell?
"Wolfie, is that you? You're so naughty! Making me play Guess Who with you!"
Seeing someone enter, the woman spoke in a booming voice. When no one answered, she turned around and saw Luo Yi standing in the doorway.
"Who are you? Where's my little Wolfie?"
Hearing the woman's voice, Luo Yi felt goosebumps rise all over his body. Before he could answer, she spoke again.
"Ooh! You're quite the handsome one! You're the guy Wolfie took his brothers out to kill tonight, aren't you? And you actually found your way here! That useless Wolfie must be dead by your hand."
"But that's all right. I've been getting a little tired of him lately. Since you killed him, you can take his place." Having finished speaking, the woman rose from the table and started walking toward Luo Yi.
"Ugh." Hearing what the woman said, Luo Yi nearly threw up. He had only wanted to rob her and had worried about killing an innocent person, but the thought of this woman trying to toy with him sent a chill through his body.
He drew the dao at his waist and charged at her.
"Ooh, young man, you've got quite a temper. Drawing your weapon at the slightest disagreement isn't good for you. Let big sister teach you a thing or two—show you how to serve someone properly."
The more outrageous the woman's words became, the harder Luo Yi swung.
Seeing that he was serious, the woman hurriedly drew a Longsword hidden beneath the table and turned it aside to block Luo Yi's slash.
"Clang!" The sound of iron striking iron rang out.
"You're actually in the Flesh Refining Realm?" The woman had thought she could easily catch Luo Yi's strike, but the astonishing force transmitted through her hands startled her.
Hearing the woman cry out "Flesh Refining Realm," Luo Yi was puzzled. I only used seventy percent of my strength, and aren't I in the Skin Refining Realm? Could this be the effect of reaching the Limit of the Skin Refining Realm?
He realized that the woman before him was an expert in the Flesh Refining Realm.
At the same time, he thought about what might happen if he fell into her hands. The thought was almost too horrifying to bear, and a chill ran through him. He quickly focused all his attention.
Neither side gave the other a chance to catch their breath. The Longsword and dao clashed again and again.
The dao in Luo Yi's hands was just an ordinary weapon used by thugs, no match for his opponent's Longsword. After more than a dozen exchanges, the woman's sword cleaved his dao in half.
"Damn, what rotten luck." Luo Yi tossed aside the half-dao and clenched his fists.
He kept dodging the woman's attacks until he finally found a chance to trade injury for injury. Luo Yi put all his strength into a punch that landed on her hand. A crack sounded, and her arm broke.
At the same time, the woman's Longsword pierced Luo Yi's shoulder.
"What kind of defense is this?" Seeing that her full-strength thrust hadn't pierced him through, the woman hurriedly tried to pull away and retreat.
A flash of panic crossed the woman's eyes. Luo Yi reached out with his left hand and grabbed her Longsword, then put all his strength into a punch aimed at her head with his right.
"Get away!"
Seeing the fist aimed at her head, the woman hurriedly let go of the Longsword and lifted her right leg, kicking toward Luo Yi with a sweeping kick.
Her kick came with a rush of wind, powered by all the strength in her body.
An ordinary Skin Refining Martial Artist would be seriously injured at best if they took a kick like that.
Knowing that their strength wasn't all that different and that it would be hard to take her down quickly, Luo Yi worried that too much noise might bring her allies running. He wasn't about to let such a good opportunity slip away.
He held his ground and spread his arms, intending to take the kick head-on and then grab both her legs.
Her sweeping kick landed squarely on Luo Yi's waist. A cruel smile spread across her face as she taunted him.
"Even if you're a Flesh Refining Realm martial artist, taking my kick head-on must hurt, doesn't it, young man? You don't look very old, and you don't have much combat experience. You're much too eager for a quick win. From now on, come with big sister. When we're in bed, I'll teach you a thing or two about fighting."
After taking the woman's kick head-on, Luo Yi realized that her strength wasn't all that great. He guessed that the powder he had secretly scattered in the room when he entered was taking effect.
"Sounds good, big sister. I wonder if you've noticed anything wrong with your body?"
Looking at Luo Yi's teasing expression, the woman lifted her leg, preparing to attack again. Then her head began to swim, and her raised leg weakly dropped to the ground.
"You poisoned me? How despicable!" After saying that, the woman fell stiffly to the ground, her wide eyes filling with terror.
As the woman stared at him in shock, Luo Yi put all his strength into a punch to the joint of her knee.
"Crack." The sound of breaking bone rang out again.
With the bones in her hands and feet broken, the woman let out a series of frantic screams. "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Looking at the woman lying on the ground and screaming, Luo Yi didn't want to waste time. He pulled the Longsword from his shoulder and was about to end her life when—
"Spare me, young man, please! I'm the deputy leader of the Green Wolf Gang. If you kill me, the Green Wolf Gang won't let you get away with it. And I have a lot of silver. Let me go, and I'll give it all to you."
So she was a deputy leader after all. She was stronger than that Little Wolf Head.
Luo Yi didn't rush to act. He put away the Longsword and looked at the woman.
"Tell me where the silver is hidden, and I'll give you a quick death. Otherwise, the consequences..."
Hearing Luo Yi's words, the woman knew there was no escape for her today. She simply closed her eyes and said nothing.
"Sigh. Since you're looking for death, I'll grant your wish."
He stopped torturing the woman. The Longsword in his hand swept across her neck, and a great gush of blood sprayed out.
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