Smoke Scattering, Clouds Vanishing (Part 1)

At that moment, a cold snort rang out. "Fool!"

A Daoist leaped over the eaves and hurled down an enormous head. It smashed onto the ground, rolled with a rumble, and revealed its true face before everyone.

It was an enormous gray wolf's head!

"D-demon! A Monster!" Cheng Bancheng had already been scared out of his wits by the day's events. At the sight of that massive wolf head, he dropped onto the ground with a thud, shrieking as he scrambled backward on all fours.

County Magistrate Huang was not much better off than Cheng Bancheng. Had the wolf Monster not already been dead, he too would have staggered back in terror.

"There was actually a Monster in the Dragon-Tiger Gang!"

"No wonder the previous county magistrate had not dared to touch the Dragon-Tiger Gang. When I took office, I found it strange, so I proceeded with the utmost caution."

"At first I thought their power was too great, but investigation proved otherwise. Then I suspected they were formidable local tyrants with countless connections. Who would have thought they were actually colluding with Monsters!"

Shuddering from fright, County Magistrate Huang hurriedly looked up for the Daoist who had slain the wolf Monster. Yet in that brief moment, the Daoist's figure had already vanished. He did not know whether the man had left or concealed himself.

"This must be an expert invited by Prefect Qi. Worthy indeed of Prefect Qi—he even knew of the Monster beforehand and had a way to deal with it!" County Magistrate Huang's admiration for Qi Hongxin knew no bounds.

"With the Monster and their gang leader gone, the remaining gang members will surely be a scattered heap of sand. The men sent to suppress them will certainly proceed without a hitch. From this day forth, Hongping