Li Mu held Black Frost against the young man and swept his gaze over the Firewood Gang members around them, who raised their crossbows in panic.
"Will all of you come out and throw down your crossbows, or will you watch him die and gamble that your arrows are faster than my sword?"
"Don't mind me! Shoot him dead!" the young man roared.
Smack!!
Li Mu slapped him hard across the face. The young man's cheek swiftly swelled, and he fell silent.
"Release our Young Gang Master." An older Firewood Gang member spoke up. Signaling to the others, he was the first to lower his crossbow.
The rest had no choice but to follow suit.
Li Mu said, "Brothers hiding out there, are you going to watch your Young Gang Master die?"
"Ah... come out! All of you, come out!" As the blade pressed down, the Firewood Gang's Young Gang Master cried out in pain.
More than a dozen figures emerged one after another from among the trees, tossing down their crossbows.
The Firewood Gang members glared furiously at Li Mu, demanding that he release their Young Gang Master.
"We won't be going in. Go prepare the medicines listed here for us, and I'll release your Young Gang Master."
"You're going back on your word!!" the Young Gang Master shouted.
Smack! Li Mu slapped him again. Both sides of the Young Gang Master's face swelled up, and this time, he truly stopped talking.
"Speak. Tell them to prepare the medicinal herbs." Li Mu gestured for Xing Yuanjia to hand the list of herbs to the Firewood Gang's Young Gang Master.
Xing Yuanjia was already dumbfounded. He had never expected Li Mu to be so powerful, his movement technique so fast it was unbelievable!
What impressed him even more was Li