I'm Just Here to Kill People

At this moment, a voice reached Kangetsu's ears: "Lord Kangetsu, those people have been tied up!"

Hearing these words, Kangetsu slowly opened his indifferent eyes and stood up slightly.

Then he asked, "Are they tied up?"

"Yes, Lord Kangetsu, they are already tied up!"

Before the man could finish speaking, Kangetsu was already walking toward those people.

With every step he took, a crackling sound emanated from Kangetsu's body; it was the sound of his physique growing slightly taller as his strength increased.

By now, Kangetsu had already arrived beside the members of the Hagoromo clan.

The men guarding the Hagoromo clan were Jingxia and Watanabe. At this time, Watanabe said, "Lord Kangetsu, there are only twenty people who surrendered. Excluding the genin and the elite chunin killed by you, the ten killed by Explosive Tags, and the twenty we killed ourselves, these twenty are all that remain."

Following Watanabe's finger, Kangetsu looked at the twenty Hagoromo clan chunin. Although they had surrendered, there was not a trace of despair in their eyes, for they believed these captors would surely use them to ransom for money from their clan.

But they were wrong—terribly wrong.

The twenty Hagoromo clan members sitting on the ground were stunned in that instant.

Kangetsu had raised the Black Blade in his hand, and two heads immediately went flying.

They were stunned. Not only were the Hagoromo clan members stunned, but Jingxia and Watanabe, standing nearby, were also frozen in shock.

Yet, in that split second of bewilderment, five more heads rose into the air.

Seeing this, all the remaining Hagoromo clan members roared, "Why?! We have already surrendered, why are you still killing us!"

Kangetsu, however, had no desire to answer the question. He swung the Black Blade again, and three more heads flew off.

Watanabe and Jingxia hurriedly grabbed Kangetsu, saying, "Lord Kangetsu, stop killing! These are prisoners who surrendered; we can trade them for money!"

Kangetsu shook off Watanabe's right hand and another head soared into the air.

At this moment, Kangetsu said with a cold curl of his lip, "Are you questioning me?"

Even as he asked, his hand did not stop, and three more heads flew up.

Watanabe, Jingxia, and Inoue—who had just arrived with a smile—all fell silent. They watched, not daring to move, because Kangetsu had previously warned them about acting without orders: "In the future, if anyone dares to act without my command, there will be no need for the enemy to kill you! I will finish you off myself!"

Thus, the three were frozen in place, watching as head after head flew into the air.

Once Kangetsu killed the final person, a series of popping sounds erupted from his body. Suddenly, his killing intent surged, becoming even more refined.

This was because, despite them being mere chunin, the sheer number of kills, combined with the fact that Kangetsu had been operating at the initial stage of Mingjin, allowed him to break through to the middle stage of Mingjin under the influence of their killing intent.