Explosive Arrow

"Demon King of Killing Wang!"

In the darkness, Li Ran's pupils contracted.

(He went to Back Street twice a week to pick out women. After checking them out in person, he would take them home.)

This was one of the tips the Golden Finger had provided the first time Li Ran had seen Demon King of Killing Wang.

Li Ran still remembered the look in Zhou Miaomiao's eyes as she begged him for help in the elevator.

He hated himself for not noticing something was wrong sooner, and for not being strong enough back then.

If he had been, Zhou Miaomiao wouldn't have died so horribly.

Including Zhou Miaomiao, Wang Gan had six innocent lives on his hands.

He was also extremely suspicious and paranoid, and the moment anyone suspicious appeared in his field of vision, he would become alert.

Back when Li Ran hadn't been strong enough, he'd had to keep out of Wang Gan's way whenever he came home. He hadn't even dared to take the elevator.

Now, he was strong enough.

In the darkness, a murderous glint shone in Li Ran's eyes.

"It's time to settle this!"

"This place is very safe. You don't need to be so tense, sir."

The woman led Wang Gan down a dark alley.

Wang Gan said nothing, glancing behind them from time to time, his expression wary.

The woman took him to a run-down courtyard. Two young women sat by the small entrance to the ground floor of a three-story house, playing on their phones.

"Girls, we have a customer."

At the woman's call, the two young women immediately put away their phones and ushered Wang Gan into the house, one on each side.

"Yip!"

A black Three-Tailed Fox appeared in the courtyard outside the house and yipped toward the interior.

Wang Gan, who had just entered the house, immediately rushed back out and warily watched the miniature Three-Tailed Fox in the courtyard.

"Sir, don't go."

The woman hurried after him. Seeing the black Three-Tailed Fox, she said with distaste, "Where'd this mangy fox come from? Get lost."

The little fox didn't leave. Its bright, uncanny eyes remained fixed on Wang Gan.

"Have you seen this fox before?" Wang Gan asked.

The woman shook her head. "We get cats and dogs around here all the time, but this is the first fox I've seen."

Wang Gan's expression changed. "This is bad!"

He immediately bolted out of the courtyard.

Whoosh!

A flaming arrow shot out of the darkness toward Wang Gan's back.

Just as it was about to hit, Wang Gan suddenly turned around and raised his right hand, catching the flaming arrow with ease.

"That's it?"

Wang Gan stared into the darkness in the corner of the courtyard, where a human-shaped silhouette blended into the shadows.

"Who's there?"

Wang Gan narrowed his eyes and peered through the darkness at the silhouette, but he couldn't make out the person's face.

Zzzzt—

The arrow in his right hand suddenly made a strange sound, like the sizzling fuse of a firecracker.

His expression changed. He knew something was wrong!

Boom!

A deafening explosion sent a huge ball of fire bursting outward.

The brilliant blaze lit up the entire courtyard like daylight.

Wang Gan was flung seven or eight meters away, crashing straight through the courtyard wall.

The women in the courtyard turned pale with fright, shrieking as they scrambled inside.

Wang Gan climbed out of the broken wall, his entire body charred and smoking. He was covered in soot and grime.

"Come out! Get out here!" Wang Gan roared furiously at the silhouette in the darkness. He tore off his tattered shirt, revealing a muscular torso.

Yip!

The miniature fox suddenly vanished from where it stood.

"Hm?"

Wang Gan furrowed his brow and whipped around. A ferocious Dark Three-Tailed Fox had appeared behind him!

Swish, swish!

The Dark Three-Tailed Fox immediately struck Wang Gan across the face with two Rending Claws.

Wang Gan raised his right arm to block. It had already transformed into a huge blade made of muscle and countless tentacles.

Its Scarlet Iris eyes shone with an uncanny demonic light. Its attack didn't stop. Its tails grew wildly, like three strips of silk whipping through the air, instantly wrapping around Wang Gan and binding him into a ball of constricting fur.

This was the Dark Three-Tailed Fox's skill, Dance Strangling. Its three tails grew wildly, binding the enemy before crushing them.

Used by surprise, the move could catch an enemy off guard and even restrict their movements.

Besides, Scarlet Iris benefited from twenty percent of Li Ran's total attributes. Its Mysterious Power had now reached 556, higher than Wang Gan's.

The only drawback was that Scarlet Iris hadn't advanced to A-rank.

"Ah!!!"

A roar of fury came from within the ball of fur.

"Damn fox! I'm going to skin you and make myself a fur coat!"

Swish, swish, swish!

With a loud crash, the ball burst apart, scattering fur through the air.

By now, Wang Gan had completely lost his human appearance. Both his arms had become huge curved blades made of muscle and countless tentacles, and another enormous curved blade had grown from his head. A long, crimson tongue whipped from his gaping maw. He looked like a monster covered in giant blades.

"Die!" Wang Gan roared, charging straight at the Dark Three-Tailed Fox.

"Don't run! Get back here!"

But the Three-Tailed Fox was done playing with him. It lightly leaped onto the courtyard wall.

Wang Gan flew into a rage. He leaped into the air, swinging his arm blades as he went for the Three-Tailed Fox.

Whoosh—

Another flaming arrow shot out of the darkness toward Wang Gan.

"You're trying that again?"

Having already fallen for it once, Wang Gan wouldn't be fooled again, and he certainly wouldn't catch the arrow with his hand.

He dodged, twisting lightly in midair to evade the arrow.

Boom!

The instant the arrow passed his shoulder, it exploded again.

Wang Gan was blasted out of the air and onto the ground. When he stood up again, half his body had been blown apart.

The Three-Tailed Fox on the courtyard wall covered its mouth with a paw and watched him with a sly, amused look.

Seeing this, Wang Gan burned with rage.

He'd actually been toyed with by a fox!

"No, I can't let that damn fox distract me again. I need to deal with the person in the darkness first!"

With that thought, Wang Gan glared viciously at the dark corner. He couldn't see anyone, but he could sense where the person was lurking with a bow.

"Gah!"

He opened his gaping maw, and his crimson tongue shot toward the silhouette in the corner like a streak of red light.

Swish!

A cold flash gleamed in the darkness. With a single sweep, a Blood Moon Arc Slash burst forth, directly severing the crimson tongue Wang Gan had shot out.

The Blood Moon Arc Slash continued toward Wang Gan without losing any of its force.

"Ugh... ugh!"

Wang Gan groaned in pain and paled with shock, hurriedly dodging to the side.

The red moonlight shot toward the buildings behind him, gouging a horrifying gash in the wall.

"Ugh... my tongue... ugh..."

Wang Gan was in such pain that his mouth filled with blood, and his voice became muddled.

"Who... who is it? Get out here!"

Watching Wang Gan's fury and despair, a cold glint flashed in Li Ran's eyes. He drew his bowstring again and aimed at the roaring Wang Gan.