Moving Out a Dou King Patron Still Meant Death! As Long as I Killed Everyone, No One Would Know I Did It!

They left the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's gates.

Inside the Bloodbattle Mercenary Group, an eight-star Dou Practitioner and trusted subordinate could no longer suppress his doubts. Lowering his voice, he asked, "Commander, we came all this way in the middle of the night to join the fun, and we're really leaving just like that? Those were two peerless treasures! What if Mu She and the others get their hands on them...?"

"Shut up!"

Fei Lei abruptly turned around, the veins on his forehead bulging while cold sweat had long since soaked his back. He lowered his voice, his tone carrying the overwhelming terror of someone who had narrowly escaped death.

"If you're sick of living and want to die, you can go back and stay there right now!"

"Damn it! What do you idiots know?!"

Fei Lei's voice trembled. "I recognize that halberd! And I recognize that guy's aura even better!"

"Last month, I led a team hunting deep in the Magic Beast Mountain Range and saw that demon with my own eyes! He's the humanoid magical beast from the rumors, the one slaughtering people everywhere! I was hiding atop a cliff at the time, and I watched him split a second-tier magical beast clean in two with a single strike, without even releasing his Dou Qi!"

Still shaken, Fei Lei wiped away his cold sweat and quickened his escape.

"Forget three Dou Masters joining forces—even if every mercenary group in Qingshan Town banded together and threw in a Great Dou Master, they still might not be that monster's match! Those idiots with Mu She want to die, but we're not going with them! Move!"

Had he known Mu She's target was this man, he never would have come in the first place!

Watching Fei Lei lead the Bloodbattle Mercenary Group away without a second thought, Mu She's expression turned extremely ugly.

But he had already made his threats, and his son had been crippled. At this point, he was stuck riding the tiger.

Fortunately, the greedy Snake Nest Mercenary Group had not been frightened off and still stood firmly by his side.

Two Dou Masters and nearly two hundred men. The advantage is still mine!

"Time's up."

An Yi stopped the countdown. Slowly raising the Tiger Soul Halberd, he looked at those who remained, his tone carrying the coldness of death itself.

"So, the rest of you have chosen death voluntarily?"

"Fine, then... let's begin."

"Putting on a show!"

Mu She sneered, drew the refined steel spear from his waist, and waved it fiercely. "Attack! Chop him into mincemeat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the hundred-plus mercenaries around him exchanged looks. Incredibly... not a single one moved!

The terrifying rumors of An Yi instantly killing two mercenaries in the tavern that day with a casual gesture, then crippling young commander Mu Li's limbs with a flick of his fingers, had long spread throughout the camp with the mercenaries who had escaped.

These men who lived with blades at their throats were fierce by nature, but they were not fools. No one wanted to be among the first wave of cannon fodder.

Seeing this, Mu She knew his men had been scared out of their wits.

With no other choice, as the commander, he could only force himself to lead the charge first in order to steady morale!

"A bunch of trash! Watch how I slaughter him!"

Mu She roared. The powerful Dou Qi belonging to a Dou Master surged wildly through his body, and a gauze-like layer of Dou Qi rapidly appeared over his skin, pushing his defense to its limit.

The instant his Dou Qi reached its peak!

Mu She stomped down, shattering the bluestone beneath his feet. His body became a blur as he thrust out his spear and charged at An Yi with unstoppable, violent momentum!

"Die!!"

The spearhead tore through the air, leaving a pale afterimage as it stabbed straight at An Yi's face!

Facing this thunderous strike.

An Yi neither dodged nor evaded. He did not even raise the halberd in his hand to defend himself.

He simply stood there quietly, as if the sheer force of Mu She's attack had frightened him senseless.

Seeing this, Mu She was overjoyed.

This brat really only succeeded through sneak attacks and hidden weapons! His close-combat reactions are this slow? Die!

Yet, at that utterly fatal instant when the sharp spearhead was less than half an inch from An Yi's brow, when the wind from the spear was already brushing against the visor of his armor—

An Yi moved.

His left hand, which had been hanging naturally at his side, rose seemingly slowly, yet with a speed so strange it was almost unreal.

"Smack!"

A soft sound rang out.

Mu She's refined steel spear, carrying the full-force strike of a Dou Master and capable of piercing steel plates, was casually caught in An Yi's left palm!

The spearhead could not advance even a fraction further!

Even the Dou Qi clinging to the spear shaft instantly collapsed beneath that terrifying brute strength!

"What?!"

Mu She's pupils suddenly contracted. A storm of shock rose in his heart, and his soul nearly fled his body!

Catching a Dou Master's full-powered spear thrust with bare hands?!

How was that possible?!

Instinctively, he tried to pull away and retreat.

But it was too late.

An Yi did not even spare him a glance. His left hand remained fixed on the spear shaft as his right hand casually swung the Tiger Soul Halberd.

"Whoosh—"

A dark golden, crescent-shaped gleam flashed through the night sky like lightning.

There was no earth-shaking force, no violent sound. Everything happened so quickly it seemed like an illusion.

In that instant, the air fell into absolute silence.

Everyone was stunned, staring blankly ahead.

Mu She remained frozen in place, still gripping his spear with both hands in the posture of preparing to retreat.

The layer of Dou Qi around his body had not even had time to make the slightest defensive response.

The next second.

A thin red line appeared around Mu She's waist.

Then, before everyone's horrified eyes, the commander of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, who had dominated Qingshan Town for years, a proud Dou Master... was severed directly in two at the waist!

His upper body slid heavily to the ground along with a spray of blood and spilling organs!

One strike! Bisected at the waist!

"Clang."

An Yi released his left hand and casually tossed the refined steel spear, now broken in two, onto the ground.

He slowly turned his head. Though his expression could not be seen beneath the silver helmet, those eyes, as though looking upon a dead man, locked firmly onto the Snake Nest Mercenary Group's commander not far away, whose legs had gone weak as he collapsed onto the ground.

"Now, it's your turn."

"No! Don't come any closer!"

At this moment, the Snake Nest commander no longer had the slightest greed for treasure. Seeing Mu She's miserable corpse on the ground, warmth spread through his crotch as terror made him piss himself.

He scrambled backward on all fours, shrieking hoarsely as he brought out his greatest backer.

"M-My son is the son-in-law of the He Family in Blackrock City! Y-You'd better think this through! The He Family of Blackrock City is a colossal power with a Dou King guarding it!"

"If you know what's good for you, stop now! Hand over the armor and weapons on you, and I'll present them to the He Family on your behalf! I guarantee you'll enjoy endless wealth and glory from now on!"

"A Dou King?"

Hearing that title, An Yi's footsteps paused slightly. He seemed genuinely wary as he raised an eyebrow. "That does sound impressive. As I am now, I really can't afford to provoke a Dou King."

Hearing this, the Snake Nest commander let out a long breath of relief, believing that the patron he had invoked had finally intimidated this madman. He was just about to get up and leave this hellish place.

"Good that you know better. Since you know you can't afford to provoke them, then hurry and—"

"So..."

An Yi drew a deep breath, his tone filled with chillingly extreme rationality and coldness. "Since I can't afford to provoke that Dou King right now, I definitely can't let you live and go back to report this."

"As long as I kill every last person who was here tonight, leaving none alive, who would know that I was the one responsible for what happened tonight?"

"..."