Killing Mu Li

"Our Young Group Leader entered the mountains along Myriad Medicine House's herb-gathering route, while the Third Group Leader took the path the mercenaries usually use."

The mercenary finished speaking quickly, then looked up at Lin Feng's chin and asked uneasily in a low voice, "Sir, I've told you everything I know. Can you let me go now?"

"Mm, go." Lin Feng nodded, then waved his hand, signaling that the mercenary could leave.

"Thank you, thank you."

The mercenary hurriedly cupped his hands in thanks. A vicious glint flashed through his eyes as he thought bitterly, Once I meet up with the Young Group Leader and call over the experts from the group, let's see whether you die or not, brat.

Yet his face was full of ingratiating smiles as he turned to leave.

Stone Crushing Fist.

Bang.

Just as he was rejoicing at having escaped death, the mercenary heard a young shout from behind him.

His body suddenly flew into the air. By the time he landed again, he had fallen into eternal sleep.

"Heh, I still think killing you is better than letting you go back."

Without paying any attention to the fresh corpse on the ground, Lin Feng turned toward the direction where Mu Li was.

Then he gave a chilling smile. "Wolf Head Mercenary Group, since you wanted to kill me and steal my treasure, let's see whether you can withstand my revenge!"

As the sun set, the mercenary squads that had spent the day searching the Monster Mountain Range began returning to camp in twos and threes.

Most of them looked rather relaxed.

After all, in their eyes, Lin Feng had long since been frightened into fleeing all over the Monster Mountain Range. What danger could there possibly be?

Moreover, many of them had not seen Mu Li's miserable state. They all thought Lin Feng had only managed to defeat Mu Li earlier because he had struck their Young Group Leader by chance in the dark.

Yet in the shadows they could not see, a pair of sharp eyes was fixed firmly on them.

Hidden atop a tree branch, Lin Feng scanned the surroundings. Seeing that there were no other squads ahead of or behind this group of mercenaries, he swiftly left his position and turned into a black shadow as he shot toward them.

Bang.

As a fist struck flesh, one mercenary instantly vanished from the others' sight.

"Enem—"

Another quick-reacting mercenary had just opened his mouth to shout and draw the attention of nearby mercenaries.

But before he could finish, a punch sent him flying away. No one knew where he had gone.

"Seventeen. Now, Mu Li's squad should only have Mu Li and the few guards beside him left."

Looking at the dozen or so corpses in Wolf Head Mercenary Group uniforms that had been casually placed in the forest beside the road, Lin Feng leaped several times and followed the only road toward Mu Li's camp in the valley.

"Why are those guys so eager today? It's almost dark, but not a single one has returned yet."

By the campfire, one of Mu Li's guards looked at the empty camp and said curiously.

Another guard turned over the meat he was roasting, carefully brushing it with honey as he casually replied, "Maybe they're after the Young Group Leader's reward of one hundred thousand Gold Coins. It can't be that they ran into that kid and all got killed, right?"

"Hmm?!"

The speaker had meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart. The first guard instantly realized something was wrong.

Even if some mercenaries coveted the one hundred thousand Gold Coins, surely not every single one of them would be like that!

He hurried into the main tent nearby and shouted to Mu Li, who was resting inside, "Young Group Leader, something's happened! Not one of the mercenaries who went out has returned!"

"What?!"

Awakened so abruptly, Mu Li was about to fly into a rage. But upon hearing the guard's words, all sleepiness vanished as he cried out in alarm.

Before he even had time to put on his clothes and shoes properly, he rushed outside to look.

At this hour, the camp would normally be bustling with voices. Now, it was deathly silent!

Under the cover of night, the empty camp seemed somewhat lifeless.

"Leave, quickly! Get out of here and go to the Third Group Leader!"

Although Mu Li did not know what had happened, the situation before him was clearly not right.

Meeting up with the other group as soon as possible was the safest course of action.

"Yes. Stop roasting meat, all of you. Hurry and escort the Young Group Leader to the Third Group Leader."

That guard hurriedly called over the other two guards, preparing to leave.

Seeing this, the other two guards also threw down what they were holding and quickly surrounded Mu Li as they headed out of the camp.

"Gentlemen, where are you going?"

The moment they left the camp, they saw a youth standing in the middle of the road, staring at them with a smile.

"It's you!" Mu Li focused his eyes and immediately recognized Lin Feng.

Then, as though he had thought of something, Mu Li trembled and said in a tone of disbelief mixed with self-deception, "Those mercenaries... you only lured them away, right?"

Seeing Mu Li's expression, Lin Feng smiled. "Those mercenaries? They're all waiting for you."

His face was filled with killing intent, and his smile carried a hint of savagery as Lin Feng continued, "Don't worry. I won't keep them waiting too long. I'll send you down to join them right now!"

Hearing this, Mu Li looked at the mountains on either side and could not help feeling endless regret.

When he had chosen to set up camp in this valley, there had been only one road leading outside. He had thought it easy to defend and hard to attack.

Now that someone had blocked the entrance, they could not even get out, much less escape with their lives.

Crimson Fire Palm!

After speaking, Lin Feng stomped down hard. Using the recoil, he arrived before Mu Li in the blink of an eye.

Wood Hardening.

Seeing this, Mu Li hurriedly unleashed his Fighting Skill as well and met the attack head-on.

Bang.

The two attacks collided, and Mu Li was immediately sent flying back toward the camp.

Lin Feng did not rush to kill Mu Li. Instead, he darted and weaved several times, killing the three Five-star Dou Zhe guards.

Then he slowly walked over to Mu Li's side and looked down at him lying on his back, his face pale.

The shattered bones in both his arms had pierced through his skin, exposed to the air.

Because of Lin Feng's palm strike, he was severely wounded and could only struggle weakly on the ground, seemingly trying to rise.

Lin Feng looked down at Mu Li and said calmly, "Don't worry. The other leaders of your Wolf Head Mercenary Group will soon come down to accompany you too. You can go down first and scout the way for them."

Mu Li clearly knew that Lin Feng would not spare him today. He spat out a mouthful of blood and said viciously, "If I'd known, I should've gone all out back then and kept you in that cave."

"Heh, that would've required you to have the ability."

Lin Feng gave a disdainful smile. He showed not the slightest courtesy toward someone who had wanted to kill him.

He raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and smashed it fiercely toward Mu Li's heart.

"Heh, everyone in Qingshan Town knows that Xiao Yi Xian and you obtained high-grade cultivation techniques and Fighting Skills in that cave. Myriad Medicine House must want them badly too. You'd better worry about your lover's safety instead. Hahaha—urk."