A shrill scream that set one's teeth on edge rang out.
Xiao Wu stepped lightly off the black-clad man's chest and landed.
Every bone in the man's body had been broken in dozens of places. He was limp as a noodle, spitting blood, with barely any breath left.
Clearly, even if a healing Soul Master were here right now, this man would have to be more careful in his next life.
The two remaining black-clad men saw this and were scared out of their wits.
This little girl was even more terrifying when she got violent than that evil Tang San.
Zhu Zhuyun obviously wasn't going to help them. Staying here would only get them killed.
In a situation like this, it was every man for himself.
The two exchanged a tacit glance, then shouted in unison.
"Let's attack together! Kill her!"
Before the words had even left their mouths, they took off running—one to the left, the other to the right.
At that moment, they wished their parents had given them two more legs.
Xiao Wu had been ready to unleash another Lightning Eight-Fold Kick, but when she saw the two turn and flee, she was instantly furious.
"You can run, but you can't escape!"
She gave a sharp cry, then used Teleportation and chased after the black-clad man running to the left.
The black-clad man on the right was overjoyed.
He prayed silently in his heart: Brother, rest easy. I'll carry on living well, with your dying wish in mind.
I'll take good care of your wife and daughter, too. As for your son, who's only just turned a month old, I'll send him down to keep you company so you won't be lonely down there.
Unfortunately, his plans were all too rosy. Su Chen had no intention of letting him go.
He was a man who believed in returning favors.
They had just tried to kill him, and now they thought they could simply dust themselves off and leave? There was no such bargain in this world.
He stopped beating the old eunuch, casually flung his slipper aside, raised the Wolf Tooth Sword in his hand, and swung it at the black-clad man fleeing to the right.
Skill activated!
The black-clad man, who had been running for his life, suddenly went weak at the knees.
With a thump, he dropped to his knees.
Then his entire body spun around against his will, turning a hundred and eighty degrees to face Su Chen, before he began sliding toward him on his knees with an almost eerily smooth motion.
This bizarre, sinister scene nearly made the black-clad man watching from the sidelines piss himself.
That brat's Soul Skill had an absurd range! He could force someone to their knees from this far away?!
Thank goodness their young mistress had such startling wisdom and hadn't sent them to help.
Otherwise, they wouldn't even know how they died.
He swore to himself that from now on, he would always obey his young mistress.
While Su Chen was focused on someone else, the old eunuch, beaten into a pig's head, finally regained control of his body.
Soul Power surged wildly through him. He scrambled upright and stumbled backward as fast as he could.
He no longer felt any murderous intent toward this evil brat. His mind held only two words: run for your life!
Su Chen glanced over. Oh? This old eunuch was trying to run?
He turned his wrist and aimed the sword at the old eunuch again.
Thump!
The old eunuch hadn't gotten far before his knees slammed into the ground. He began sliding toward Su Chen on his knees again.
When Su Chen switched targets, the black-clad man who had been halfway through his slide discovered that he could move again.
Overjoyed, he thanked his ancestors for their protection, scrambled to his feet, turned, and kept running.
Su Chen shifted the sword's point.
Thump... The black-clad man hadn't taken two steps before he fell to his knees again, sliding toward Su Chen once more.
The old eunuch had just regained control. He hadn't even had time to turn around before Su Chen's sword pointed back at him.
Thump! The old eunuch slid toward Su Chen on his knees again.
Next, the strangest scene in the history of Douluo Continent unfolded in Star Dou Forest.
Su Chen held his sword, pointing it left, then right.
The black-clad man stood, ran a couple of steps, fell to his knees, and slid.
The old eunuch stood, ran a couple of steps, fell to his knees, and slid.
They were like voice-activated toys with a switch, seamlessly alternating between standing and sliding on their knees.
Their knees carved two deep, straight, parallel trenches into the dirt.
System notifications flooded Su Chen's mind.
[ Ding! You created an extremely abstract scene. Gained 1000 Abstract Value. ]
[ Ding! You created an absurdly abstract scene. Gained 1000 Abstract Value. ]
Watching this, Zhu Zhuyun and the others felt their scalps prickle.
A freak!
He was definitely a mentally twisted freak!
What kind of genius was this? He was obviously the legendary Evil Soul Master who took pleasure in torturing people!
Meanwhile, Xiao Wu had already caught up with her target.
"Crow Flies the Plane!"
"Tornado Destroys Parking Lot!"
She was kicking the black-clad man around in midair like a ball, his screams rising one after another.
Both of them were more twisted than the other.
Zhu Zhuyun was afraid that the creepy brat would point his sword at her.
She didn't want to slide over on her knees with her backside sticking out in front of everyone.
She quickly gathered her subordinates and, forcing herself to look calm, threatened them fiercely. "Tang San! We'll meet again someday. I'll remember you! We're leaving!"
The remaining black-clad men had been waiting for her to say that.
The moment they heard they were running, they practically used all four limbs to flee as fast as they could.
When Su Chen heard that, he couldn't believe they dared to threaten him.
He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Heh heh heh! You dare threaten me, Tang San? You've chosen the Way of Seeking Death!"
"Witness the Tang Sect Secret Arts: Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Mother's Embrace!"
Zhu Zhuyun heard "You've chosen the Way of Seeking Death" and a bunch of terms that sounded impressive but meant nothing to her.
But her instincts told her they had to be powerful weapons.
She regretted it deeply. If only she hadn't threatened him!
"Run! Scatter!"
The group scrambled away faster than rabbits and vanished into the depths of the forest in the blink of an eye.
Su Chen had only been making threats. He had no intention of chasing after them.
Left behind, the old eunuch and his subordinates had lost all hope when they saw Zhu Zhuyun flee.
Falling into the hands of this evil brat would be worse than death.
Having had his fun, Su Chen couldn't be bothered to waste any more time.
The moment the black-clad man clamped both hands around the Wolf Tooth Sword, Su Chen brought it down and finished him off.
Naturally, the old eunuch met the same fate.
At the sight of the bloody scene, Su Chen's stomach churned a little, but he quickly suppressed it.
This was the first time he had truly killed someone.
He kept his emotions off his face. This world followed the law of the jungle. If he hadn't had his rule-based skill, he would have been dead beyond a doubt.
After reassuring himself, Su Chen saw Xiao Wu drag another black-clad man back by the collar.
Clearly, this man had met the same fate as the one before him and gone to join his great-grandmother in the afterlife.
Xiao Wu tossed him to the ground and ran over to Su Chen to claim her praise. "Boss, I was amazing, right? I took care of one in no time!"
Su Chen gave her a thumbs-up. "Well done. I'll give you extra food tonight—two more carrots."
Xiao Wu pursed her lips and protested. "I don't want carrots. I want meat! I want spicy rabbit heads."
"You even eat your own kind? That's cruel."
"As long as it tastes good, who cares!"
Their casual exchange left Zhu Zhuqing completely dumbfounded.
Zhu Zhuyun had run off, and she had survived just like that?
It was so absurd she didn't know what to say.
Struggling through her severe injuries, she walked up to Su Chen and bowed with difficulty. Her voice was weak but sincere as she said, "Thank you, Young Master Tang San, for saving my life. Zhu Zhuqing will never forget this kindness."
"Why are you insulting him?"
When Xiao Wu heard Zhu Zhuqing call her boss Tang San, she instantly got annoyed. She planted her hands on her hips and glared at her. "You're Tang San! Your whole family is that evil brat Tang San!"