This Man Was Born to Counter Me-He Cannot Be Allowed to Live

Gao Fei glanced at the fat man ahead of him. If I go, I go! You said it yourself.

"The authorities can't protect people, and you won't even let them protect themselves? Come on, next place."

Liu Chief Constable's facial flesh trembled violently with rage. He had never expected this man to completely refuse to play by the rules.

Didn't he understand sarcasm?

It had been a reminder, meant to let Gao Fei know who called the shots here, yet he had actually taken him at his word.

Sweeping his gaze around, he saw Zhang Constable resting with his eyes closed while all the yamen runners turned their heads away.

Several times, his hand gripped the hilt of his blade, only to loosen again.

Then, thinking of their final destination, more than half his anger dissipated. He turned and left.

"Hmph! You're something else!"

"Thank you for the compliment. Shall I handle the next village too, and ease your burdens?"

Liu Chief Constable nearly stumbled to the ground. I'll endure!

"No need!"

The atmosphere along the way was extremely oppressive. Whoever spoke, Liu Chief Constable would glare at them.

In the end, no one dared to open their mouths.

Zhang Constable, who had originally been walking at the front, deliberately fell back and gave Gao Fei a thumbs-up.

The next village had reported five missing people. However, those who had vanished had returned on their own and had not gone to the city to withdraw the case.

The five had been far away at the time, then passed out. They had not seen clearly who had saved them.

Thus, they did not recognize Gao Fei and Lu Xiaoliu.

Liu Chief Constable extorted one thousand copper coins from each of the five families before leaving.

One thousand copper coins equaled one tael of silver. Ordinary folk basically did not use silver; if they ended up with counterfeit silver, the loss would be too great, so no one was willing to take that risk.

Tao Hua Village

This was the third village they had passed through today, and the second to last.

It was still that same village chief.

Likewise, they were unable to enter, remaining outside the fence.

Especially when the villagers saw so many constables arrive, they became even more unwilling to open the gate.

This time, they had not come because of a report, but because a constable had died here.

The official report stated that he had died fighting monsters while protecting the people.

But Liu Chief Constable did not see it that way. Many people had seen Gao Fei leave the city together with him that day.

It was impossible for a seasoned Middle Qi-Blood Realm cultivator to die while a newly advanced Middle Qi-Blood Realm cultivator survived without a scratch.

The first village had merely been inspected in passing, as a cover.

At the second village, when those people had been sent away that day, Gao Fei had dragged back more than ten Rat Demon corpses.

At the third village, when the constable had died, Gao Fei had dragged back a Dog Demon corpse.

Many people had witnessed him haul corpses back twice to sell. There was simply no way to conceal it.

Added to the death of Lin Shaoxiong of the Lin Family, Liu Chief Constable did not believe all this was mere coincidence.

"Gao Fei, what crime do you think murdering a constable warrants?"

After speaking, he did not wait for an answer at all, as though he had long since confirmed it.

He walked to the wooden fence and kicked one post after another. Three kicks shattered the fence made of logs.

"Village chief, are you trying to rebel?"

After entering the village, they found the same villagers around them holding long spears, while two people in the distance aimed bows and arrows at the newcomers.

Killing intent appeared in Gao Fei's eyes. This Liu Chief Constable had appeared at every place connected to him—from the ghost he encountered upon arriving in this world, to the later killing of the Lin Family. He had been involved the entire time.

No. This man was born to counter me. He absolutely cannot be allowed to live.

Yet Gao Fei could not discern the fat man's cultivation from his skin and muscles, which made him hesitate. When should he strike? Could he even beat him?

I'll find a chance to test him.

Killing that Middle Skin Tempering Realm Rat Demon had made him much more wary. One could not be careless in anything; it was all too easy to capsize in a gutter.

The village chief ran from behind the crowd to the front.

"My lord, how could we possibly rebel? It's only that the village's meager fields are barren. We no longer have any money or silver; we do not even have white flour. We truly have no way to entertain everyone. Please forgive us."

Gao Fei glanced at the village chief. This old bastard's good. He didn't even blink while lying. They had received no small share of the silver from selling that Dog Demon.

Liu Chief Constable chuckled.

"The constable who came last time was a monster's lackey, a traitor to mankind. You killed him, which was a great merit. I came this time to understand what happened so I can return and help you fight for reward silver."

Hearing this, Gao Fei inwardly cried, Not good!

He could only speak first. "I participated in killing the Dog Demon back then. The constable truly died in a sneak attack by the Dog Demon. They merely played an assisting role—how could they receive reward silver?"

As he spoke, he swept his gaze viciously across the crowd, dissuading the villagers who wanted to speak up and take advantage.

The more people there were, the harder it was to keep their stories consistent. Their account would be riddled with holes. It was better not to let them speak from the start.

"Did I ask you?"

"Oh, I understand, I understand. The credit for killing that traitor to mankind belongs to you, Liu Chief Constable. Everyone understands, right?"

Gao Fei began smoothing things over, as though an official were claiming credit.

"Yes, yes! It was Liu Chief Constable. Whoever asks, the answer will be the same."

The village chief was a shrewd man and hurriedly picked up the thread. After saying that, he turned to the villagers and shouted, "Have you all remembered?"

"We remembered."

"Good!"

This method of smoothing things over would only work while Gao Fei was present today. The moment they were questioned separately afterward, the truth would immediately come spilling out.

Liu Chief Constable failed to get anything from them, yet he was not angry. He was even smiling.

He turned and led everyone toward the final village.

The distance there was three times the total of all the previous roads—over forty li.

Before they arrived, scattered Dog Demons of Unawakened Intelligence began appearing along the road.

Gao Fei showed no courtesy. He directly hurled his long spear and killed three of them.

Each was worth one Merit Point.

By then, he could confirm that Minor Monsters of Unawakened Intelligence truly gave only one Faction Merit Point.

It was simply unknown how humans were calculated.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the other two yamen runners, seized by an urge to test it out.

His last shred of reason made him restrain himself.

By the time they reached their destination, it was already afternoon.

The village was abandoned. Its houses had long since fallen into ruin, and there was not a single household left.

At this moment, Gao Fei was not far from Liu Chief Constable, whose back was still turned toward him.

He raised his long spear and slowly approached the resting Liu Chief Constable. Since he did not know his cultivation, if he could launch a sneak attack, he would strike first.

Seeing this, Zhang Constable moved away from the others and stood off to one side alone.

Liu Chief Constable had been facing away from Gao Fei, but suddenly turned around and burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Ha ha ha! You still wanted to make a move? The villages before were all meant to confuse you... Come out. Your blood food has arrived."

The instant he finished speaking, more than twenty Rat Demons appeared on the surrounding hills, walking upright and carrying short blades.

They closed in from all four directions.

From the Rat Demons' skin color and height, Gao Fei discovered something.

Even the weakest among them was stronger than the Rat Demon he had killed last time.

Five of them were especially tall, standing a head above the other Rat Demons.

"So you're the traitor to mankind!" Lu Xiaoliu finally realized.

"The front lines have been defeated. Without support from Qing Province, defeat will come sooner or later. I am merely seeking a sliver of hope for Yueyang County, saving people by taking a roundabout route. There are human protected zones within the Demon Race too. Establishing another one is not impossible."

Gao Fei was dumbfounded. What kind of thinking was this? Surrendering? Humans and monsters were fundamentally two different species—how could they possibly treat humans well?

Even humans who surrendered to other humans were divided into ranks, then ruthlessly exploited.

He simply could not understand it.

The two yamen runners glanced at the situation around them and decisively spoke.

"Chief Constable, I support you. I'll go with you."

"My lord, I surrender!"

Since that was the case, Gao Fei no longer hesitated. He hurled his long spear at one of the yamen runners.

He swiftly followed after it. He would kill these "foot soldiers" first. He had held back for far too long; his spear was already thirsting for battle.

Just as the spearhead was about to pierce him, a long blade cleaved the spear aside.

Gao Fei quickly grasped the rear of the shaft, pulled back his spear, and turned.

A move: Returning Horse Spear!

Before he had turned his head, the spear had already arrived. A tremendous resistance met it.

Only when he turned back did he see clearly—the spearhead had stabbed fiercely into Liu Chief Constable's chest.

He withdrew the spear. Several drops of blood flowed from a hole the size of a finger.