Ferocious

"Heh, these days, what's the difference between an official runner and not? They're all just dogs of those families."

A cold laugh came from among the many thugs, followed by a series of chaotic sounds. In the sunlight, some glittering objects could be seen flying over, accompanied by another handful of white quicklime sprinkled from the walls on both sides of the alley.

Chen Mu remained calm in the face of danger. He immediately roared, and his entire right hand swirled, instantly tearing off his long robe. Then, with the 'Raging Wind Stance', he vigorously waved and wrapped, engulfing a large amount of quicklime, along with those glittering hidden weapons like throwing knives.

Chi-la!

The glittering throwing knives and hidden weapons were extremely sharp and keen. Even with the Raging Wind Stance to wave the robe and wrap them up, a small number still pierced through the robe and landed on Chen Mu's body. However, because most of the force had been deflected, they were bounced off.

Chen Mu hesitated almost not at all. With a flick and roll of the robe in his hand, his entire person disappeared beneath the robe, transforming into a violently rising figure that charged forward, directly and ferociously crashing into the crowd of thugs!

The alley was narrow.

If he were continuously splashed with quicklime and bombarded with all sorts of thrown objects, even if he had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't be able to withstand it. A martial artist's strength allows them to fight ten opponents alone, but that's under normal circumstances. Otherwise, if they were insidiously ambushed and caught off guard, even a seven-year-old child with a poisoned, sharp dagger could take the life of a master who had cultivated Saber Intent!

Chen Mu charged into the crowd, his Yamen Saber sweeping across, and wherever the blade light reached, several people immediately fell to the ground, wounded. Although the situation seemed even more dangerous, with sticks and blades coming at him from all directions, all aimed at his body, close combat allowed him to avoid those threats compared to the splashing quicklime and thrown objects.

At the same time.

Chen Mu secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately, he had already achieved Mo Pi Minor Accomplishment. The splashing quicklime and the chaotic hidden weapons were basically rendered useless by his wrapping and engulfing.

Otherwise, if he had been hit by several rounds of ambushes earlier, and had to deal with them hastily, he would probably have been injured. Once his eyes were blinded or his vital points were injured, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Kill!"

Chen Mu, who had charged into the crowd, wielded his Yamen Saber like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, wantonly slaughtering. In an instant, four or five bandits were killed on the spot by him.

Perfect Saber Intent combined with Mo Pi Minor Accomplishment was like adding wings to a tiger. The current Chen Mu was much faster in both physique and speed than before, and he could also unleash the power of his Saber Intent even more effectively. His strength had increased by more than just a little.

If he had not achieved Mo Pi, relying solely on his Saber Intent, he might indeed have been surrounded and killed on the spot after being ambushed and subjected to quicklime and other despicable methods. But now, with just these unskilled thugs, wanting to kill him was a pipe dream!

In just a moment.

There were already seven or eight thugs lying dead around Chen Mu, and more than a dozen others were injured, wailing and retreating. Some of the thugs looked at Chen Mu with a hint of shock in their eyes.

He wasn't wearing his Yamen uniform today, and because of his young age, he didn't have any intimidating presence in his appearance. But at this moment, covered in blood, with cold eyes, and corpses lying beneath his feet, a strong sense of oppression came over them.

"Don't be afraid of him, he's just one person!"

A thug roared from the crowd.

Immediately afterward, others nearby picked up all sorts of things and threw them at Chen Mu, including splashing quicklime powder, stones, daggers, and other harmful implements, not caring about injuring their own people for a time.

Chen Mu reacted extremely quickly. Facing the splashing quicklime and bricks and daggers, he immediately bent over and charged forward, directly crashing into a thug's arms with his saber. The quicklime powder splashed all over his back and the thug's body.

"Where did these thugs come from? So ferocious..."

Chen Mu avoided the threat, his brow furrowed slightly.

Normally, even gang members and fierce people who had experienced some brawls should have been discouraged and retreated after he had killed more than a dozen people in succession. But the group in front of him not only didn't retreat, but even intensified their efforts, not hesitating to injure their own people in order to splash quicklime and such things into the crowd. Their ferocity was appalling. Chen Mu had rarely seen such fierce and reckless people in his duties before.

At that moment, Chen Mu had no interest in fighting these people to the death. He aimed in a direction and directly charged forward, slashing and hacking five or six people in a row, wanting to break through the encirclement and rush out of the alley. But just as he was about to break through the crowd, a large amount of quicklime was splashed over again, causing the entire alley ahead to be filled with a white mist.

The scene became even more chaotic. Some thugs accidentally inhaled some and immediately let out painful sounds. But even so, they still didn't reduce their ferocity, and the sharp weapons in their hands still aimed at Chen Mu's body.

At this time, Chen Mu had no choice but to hold his breath, and even couldn't open his eyes. He could only lean against the wall, unleash the Raging Wind Saber Intent, and the Yamen Saber flew up and down like a thousand winds howling, continuously slashing and killing the nearby thugs.

He has to break out!

Chen Mu's thoughts flashed through his mind. Even if the air ahead was thick with lime powder, he had to hold his breath and charge through. In such a chaotic situation, blades and swords were no joke. He didn't want to be caught out by a surprise attack.

But just as Chen Mu was about to gather his strength and charge forward,

A voice filled with fury overwhelmed the roars of the many thugs.

"Insolence!"

Hearing this voice, Chen Mu felt a sense of certainty. He wielded his Yamen Saber, waving it up and down to protect himself, and half-jokingly said, "Brother Min, if you had come any later, I might not have seen the sun tomorrow."

He could only hear shouts of 'Min Baoyi', 'retreat', 'the wind is tight', and so on. The many thugs fled in droves, no longer caring about surrounding and killing him. Then, a fierce Saber Wind came from the other end of the alley.

Although he couldn't open his eyes for the moment, he could tell from the sound alone,

This was Min Baoyi's saber!

A powerful martial artist with Lian Rou Minor Accomplishment, whose muscles were condensed and strong, and who had also cultivated Saber Intent, stood at the peak of his power. His saber techniques were fierce and unmatched. Wherever he went, there was no one who could withstand a single blow. He bulldozed his way through like a wild beast.

After Chen Mu barely wiped the lime powder off his face with blood and managed to open his eyes a little, what he saw was a hellish scene. All kinds of flesh, blood, and organs were smeared everywhere in the alley. Many of the thugs' corpses were torn apart as if by wild beasts!

Min Baoyi was very angry.

As the Yamen Director of the Nine Stripes Ward City Guard, he dared to say while drinking with Chen Mu that he could ensure peace in the Nine Stripes Ward, and he naturally had the confidence to do so. It wasn't just his own strength; besides the two hundred men in the City Guard under his command, he even had many 'eyes and ears' who reported the movements in the Nine Stripes Ward to him at any time.

As a result, he had barely finished drinking and talking with Chen Mu when something happened to Chen Mu. If his informants hadn't been watching all the time, noticed something was wrong, and immediately reported it to him, and if he hadn't been nearby, he didn't know how he would have explained it afterward.

"So many people, able to create such a situation without alarming me..."

Min Baoyi knew very well in his heart.

This matter wasn't aimed at Chen Mu, but at him, or rather, at Xu Hongyu. They wanted to kill Chen Mu in his territory to give him a shock and Xu Hongyu a warning.

Min Baoyi, carrying his blood-stained Yamen Saber, stopped beside Chen Mu and said in a deep voice, "How are you?"

"I'm fine, just splashed with some lime, I'll be fine after washing it off."

Chen Mu shook his head and said, "Brother Min, do you know where these people came from?"

"Not clear for now."

Min Baoyi said with a composed face, "However, I deliberately let some of them run away. As long as we keep an eye on these people, we can find the source. Don't worry, brother will give you an explanation for this matter."

Hearing Min Baoyi say this, Chen Mu didn't ask any more questions and followed Min Baoyi back to the City Guard to deal with the mess on his body.