The Killing Intent Suddenly Appeared—What Were They Looking For?

"Niù Kun, pick up that guy's head."

Ma Gan stopped in his tracks and ordered.

Niu Kun answered. The moment he reached the gap at the corner, he met Shen Han's eyes inside.

"You two..."

Shen Han immediately darted out and stepped two paces aside. "I was merely passing through. I didn't see anything."

In a situation like this, he did not want to cause trouble.

"Is that so?"

Niu Kun's gaze turned hostile as he raised the long saber in his hand.

Seeing this, Shen Han retreated several more steps. "Rest assured, you two. I guarantee that I know nothing about what happened tonight."

"Ha ha ha!"

Ma Gan burst into wild laughter. "Do you think we're fools, brat? Blame your rotten luck for running into us brothers. In your next life, be born into a better family!"

After saying that, he told Niu Kun, "In this world, only the dead don't talk. Go, slaughter him!"

Niu Kun advanced step by step and said coldly, "Don't worry. My saber technique is quick. You won't suffer much."

Whoosh!

The instant he finished speaking, silver light flashed. The long saber in his hand came crashing down from above, cleaving straight toward Shen Han's neck.

"Why must you force me!"

Shen Han gritted his teeth fiercely and leaped aside, barely evading the fatal slash.

In that instant, he saw through it.

The force behind Niu Kun's saber exceeded five hundred jin. This man was undoubtedly a Skin Refining Realm martial artist!

"Oh? You even dare dodge. Interesting."

A cold smile curled at Niu Kun's lips as he charged in again with his saber.

He absolutely could not let that saber hit him, or he would be dead or maimed... Shen Han focused with all his might, slipping forward and making Niu Kun's long saber miss once more.

Then Shen Han turned around and swiftly used the Basic Fist Technique to strike at Niu Kun.

Niu Kun froze slightly, raising his saber to meet the attack.

In a flash of lightning and fire, Shen Han suddenly withdrew his fist and leaped to Niu Kun's side. Seizing the moment before Niu Kun could retract his swinging saber, he stretched out his hands and locked onto Niu Kun's arm.

Rip!

The next moment, Shen Han pulled with all his strength.

He wielded the Skin Refining Realm's five hundred-odd jin of force to its fullest.

Niu Kun's right arm was torn clean off his body.

For a moment, blood sprayed everywhere.

"Argh! Argh!"

Niu Kun rolled on the ground in unbearable agony, while the long saber remained clutched in the right hand of that severed arm.

"Die!"

Shen Han did not stop moving. He snatched up the long saber and drove it into Niu Kun's heart, silencing his cries at once.

The entire process had taken only a few breaths.

Niu Kun had already died on the spot.

"You!"

Ma Gan, standing nearby, sucked in a breath of cold air. "You... you're also a martial artist who has entered the realm?"

As he spoke, he threw the sack from his back onto the ground.

"Brother, can I leave now... then?"

Before the final word had even left his mouth, Shen Han moved. He yanked the long saber from Niu Kun's chest, its blade covered in Niu Kun's blood.

Swish!

In the next instant, he flung it at Ma Gan across from him.

Ma Gan had not expected Shen Han to pull such a stunt. He hurriedly dodged, but it was already too late. A large amount of blood splashed into his eyes.

"Bastard!"

Ma Gan flew into a rage and charged forward, brandishing his long staff.

With blood blurring his vision, his aim was poor.

Clang!

Shen Han made a snap decision and hurled the long saber hard at Ma Gan. Saber and staff collided, sending sparks flying in all directions.

At the same time, he sprang forward and flashed behind Ma Gan.

Boom!

He unleashed the perfected Basic Fist Technique straight into Ma Gan's back.

Ma Gan had no time to defend himself and could only take the heavy punch solidly. His body stumbled uncontrollably forward, swaying as though about to fall.

Shen Han pressed his advantage and threw another punch.

Thud!

His iron-hard fist struck Ma Gan squarely in the side of the face. Ma Gan could no longer remain standing, and his body flew sideways, only rolling to the ground after crashing into the stone wall of the alley.

"No, don't kill me..."

Ma Gan felt as if his skull were about to split apart. His entire body was wracked with pain, and he could not move.

Shen Han picked up the long saber once more.

"Qiankun Two Rats belong to Iron Fist Martial Hall. If you dare..."

"Save it for King of Hell!"

Shen Han brought the saber down, cutting through Ma Gan's neck.

He knew very well that when dealing with such vicious criminals, it was either kill or be killed. There could be no softheartedness!

"Time to search the corpses..."

Shen Han searched the two men thoroughly. His luck was not bad—he found a total of forty taels of silver.

After tucking the silver into his clothes, he glanced at the head lying on the ground not far away.

"I wonder who this person was..."

Walking over to the sack, Shen Han probed it with the long staff. There seemed to be a human body inside!

Could it be... the owner of that head?

He lifted open the mouth of the sack. A cascade of long hair spilled out, followed by the delicate face of a woman.

"Sister Yun Yi!"

The woman was actually Lu Yunyi!

Shen Han was greatly alarmed. There was no blood on Lu Yunyi's body, so he hurriedly checked her breathing. Thankfully, she was still alive; she had merely fainted.

A wave of relief immediately washed over him.

If he had not happened to kill those two men, Sister Yun Yi would have been taken away by them!

Wait, those two rats had claimed to be from Iron Fist Martial Hall.

Iron Fist Martial Hall was one of the county's three great powers. Why would they capture Sister Yun Yi, a defenseless woman?

And what was this "brick" they had mentioned?

"The air is dry, beware of fire!"

Suddenly, the Night Watchman's voice drifted over from afar.

There was no time to deal with the corpses!

Without another thought, Shen Han hoisted the unconscious Lu Yunyi onto his back and swiftly left the place.

He returned to the small courtyard.

Lu Yunyi still had not awakened.

Shen Han laid her flat on the bed in his room and gently held her wrist to check her pulse.

"She was knocked unconscious by a palm strike to the back of her neck..."

This was not difficult to treat. Shen Han extended a finger and applied slight pressure to the Yutang Acupoint on her upper chest.

Cough, cough!

Lu Yunyi immediately came awake.

The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Han before her.

"Little Shen, I..."

She looked around and discovered that she was in Shen Han's room, already safe.

"Wah..."

She suddenly burst into heart-rending sobs, weeping until her heart seemed torn apart.

Shen Han hurriedly tried to comfort her.

Lu Yunyi's tears poured forth like a spring. "My brother... my brother was killed by them..."

What? That man's head had been Lu Qiling's?

Shen Han found it even more unbelievable.

After a long while, Lu Yunyi's crying gradually subsided.

She raised her tear-filled eyes and stared blankly at Shen Han. "Little Shen, why am I here?"

"Sister Yun Yi, it happened like this..."

Shen Han decided to conceal the fact that he had killed them. "When I was returning home from Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant, I passed an alley entrance and saw two corpses, along with a head and a sack. I opened the sack and only then discovered you inside."

"They died?"

"Yes, they seemed to have been killed by sabers."

Shen Han said, "Perhaps some righteous hero drew his blade when he saw injustice.

Sister Yun Yi, how did they find you?"

Lu Yunyi's body trembled slightly. "Tonight, those two thieves blocked my path. They said they had already killed my brother, and... and even showed me my brother's head..."

This was simply absurd... Shen Han thought to himself.

"Then they said that they had captured my brother a month ago and demanded that he reveal where that thing was.

But my brother refused to speak even if beaten to death, so they tortured him.

Just yesterday, they finally lost patience and killed my brother with a single slash.

They came to find me again in order to learn where that thing was."

Lu Yunyi's teeth chattered. As she spoke, tears once again burst from her eyes.

"What exactly were they looking for?"