Chapter 1114: Chapter 760: Contraband
Yang Xiao had already set up dozens of mirrors in the vicinity; today he intended to unleash a massacre.
The suddenly appearing Mirror Ghost caught the elder on the right off guard, as dense black light burst forth from the black stone.
Facing three such formidable opponents, Yang Xiao dared not be careless. He launched a killing move right from the start, instantly piercing the body of the elder on the right with a dozen sinister forces.
But immediately after, the Mirror Ghost was knocked back by a palm strike, as the middle elder’s reaction speed was terrifying.
This blow should have been enough to claim the life of the elder on the right, but it was interrupted at the critical moment, resulting only in severe injury.
Most of the people left inside the house had no ability to protect themselves, so Yang Xiao let the Mirror Ghost take care of the people outside, while he stayed to deal with these three old fogeys.
To be precise, it’s now two and a half old fogeys remaining.
The right elder was severely injured and was no longer a threat. Through the previous probing, Yang Xiao realized that the most troublesome among the three was the one in the middle. This person had repelled the Mirror Ghost with a single move, and that red glove held many secrets.
The Mirror Ghost seemed unscathed from being repelled, but it bore a palm print that turned black and began to fester at an astonishing speed. If it were not for the Mirror Ghost’s lack of pain sensation, a normal person would’ve collapsed long before.
Yang Xiao was not worried at all about the battle outside. Though the Mirror Ghost was entangled after briefly killing a few, it was mainly because a few strong Fierce Grade individuals were holding the front. Once the Mirror Ghost took down one or two of them, breaking their formation, it would lead to a one-sided slaughter.
Thanks to his training during this period, the Mirror Ghost’s agility had greatly improved, and its special constitution allowed it to handle Magic Artifacts with more proficiency than Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao only needed to focus on the three guys in front of him. Masters hardly have any transitional phase; the battle heated up right upon engagement. The strongest, the elder in gray, having witnessed the prowess of the Human Bone Staff in Yang Xiao’s hand, took two hard blows yet persisted in close combat with him.
The elder in white, wielding a Jade Long Sword, also joined the fray, making it two against one as they surrounded Yang Xiao.
The black elder, who had been heavily injured from the start, had his left half paralyzed by the Mirror Ghost, but he gritted his teeth, persisted, and raised his right hand. He clutched a broken wooden token, seemingly snapped off a Spiritual Tablet, pointed it at Yang Xiao, while chanting incantations.
Yang Xiao wielded the Ghost Bamboo Stick tightly, benefiting from the stick manual given to him by Brother Ming Yue. For a while, the gray and white elders couldn’t do much to him.
However, their coordination was seamless, and with the distraction caused by the black elder’s spell-like actions, Yang Xiao couldn’t quickly eliminate his opponents.
After more than a dozen moves, Yang Xiao didn’t want to entangle further with them. He purposely left an opening and smashed down with the stick, forcing back the gray elder’s Black Tiger Heart-Taking move. Predictably, the white elder, tirelessly entangled, fell into the trap and thrust a sword towards the opening Yang Xiao exposed at his chest.
It wasn’t just a single sword. Before the blade reached, a dozen sword lights followed like shadows. If hit, he feared he would be turned into a beehive, but Yang Xiao was faster. The Ghost Bamboo Stick swept across sideways, seemingly about to cleave open the white elder’s chest.
At this moment, it came down to sheer ruthlessness. The white elder was indeed a veteran of the martial world, advancing instead of retreating, using a life-for-a-life fighting style, as the sword light in his hand became even sharper.
But just as Yang Xiao’s bamboo stick was about to hit the white elder first, an unexpected event occurred. A strange force slightly pushed the Ghost Bamboo Stick outward, as if something invisible was shielding the white elder.
Life and death among masters are often a hair’s breadth apart. With this twist, Yang Xiao went from victory to defeat, about to be pierced through the chest by the sword.
To make matters worse, his retreat was blocked by the gray elder, who launched a vicious Eight Diagrams Heart-Pushing Palm at his back.
There wasn’t time to use the Soul-Capturing Mirror to escape now, so Yang Xiao made a decisive move. He stepped back and took the deadly palm from the gray elder directly on his back.
The gray elder was overjoyed, knowing full well the potency of this palm strike. To put it mildly, even if caught off guard, their own Marquis would lose half a life to this strike, let alone the young man before them who hadn’t truly entered the Ghost Level yet.
But at the moment his palm landed, the gray elder’s face changed dramatically. He suddenly felt an unprecedented strange sensation assaulting at incredible speed, and then his chest throbbed with pain.
Simultaneously with being struck by the gray elder, Yang Xiao activated the Taoist Ghost’s ability. While he indeed took a solid hit, the corrosive power attached to the Blood Gloves backfired onto the gray elder. Utilizing the momentum from being blasted away, Yang Xiao also withdrew from the battlefield and disappeared mid-air using the Soul-Capturing Mirror.
The most panicked now was the black elder watching from afar. After all, he had just used his ability, and it was thanks to his help that the strange force had saved the white elder earlier. But now, alone and severely injured, he almost had no ability to defend himself.
His anxiety was justified as, in the next second, he felt a chill down his spine.
Yang Xiao appeared from a mirror hidden in the grass, striking with a powerful Mountain Opening Formation, killing the black elder on the spot before he could react.
With no chance to cry out, the black elder’s upper body suddenly exploded, his organs and skeleton splattering in the air like water, creating an extremely gruesome scene.
Yang Xiao hates people who attack from behind the most.
Slowly retracting the bamboo stick, Yang Xiao raised his face and stared at the two people in the distance who were frightened. A cruel smile appeared on his slightly pale face under the mask, "Today... none of you are leaving!"
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At the same time, battles also erupted in two other places in the town. Tong Han led an attack on Marquis Zhengdong’s residence, while another team led by Granny Jin stole from An Nan Marquis’s house.
Under the premise that the other side’s elites were fully unleashed, calling the battles on both sides a one-sided massacre would not be an exaggeration.
These were all part of Yang Xiao’s long-planned strategy, but people like Granny Jin didn’t know the detailed content of the plan; she had just received the orders.
Besides Yang Xiao himself, the only person who knew the entire plan on his side was Tong Han. Even Ling Yanyu was kept in the dark.
The fights at three places naturally attracted the attention of Peace Hotel. Soon, a large group of Ghost Slaves were dispatched from the hotel, led by two high-level Ghost Slaves wearing the You Character Masks.
But just as they were stepping out from the hotel’s main entrance, a person emerged from the nearby dark alley, walking unsteadily, as if injured.
"Daoist Qingfeng?" One of the Ghost Slaves immediately approached and confirmed his identity.
"Who did this to you?" The other Ghost Slave didn’t expect anyone in Xiang Ma Town to dare attack Daoist Qingfeng, after all, considering the reputation of his master, the Guardian Envoy of the hotel.
Daoist Qingfeng’s face had blood, but the wound was not visible for the moment. His breath was disordered, clearly suffering severe internal injuries. "Someone... someone ambushed me. I was patrolling tonight, passed by... passed by Pingxi Marquis’s territory, found some people lurking nearby, quite a few actually. I went to ask, and these bastards... without saying a word attacked me."
"They’ve gone too far!" One Ghost-level Apostle who had previously benefited from the Second Demon Taoist exploded on the spot and shouted, vowing to gather people to deal with them. Truly reckless to provoke at the wrong place at the wrong time.
This Xiang Ma Town is different from the outside; it only respects the Peace Hotel’s emblem, nothing else matters.
"Wait, there are disruptions elsewhere too. You escort Daoist Qingfeng, I’ll go check out what’s happening at Marquis Zhengdong’s place." The other Ghost-level Apostle quickly said.
Unexpectedly, Daoist Qingfeng widened his eyes in resentment, "What’s more important than avenging me? Come on, follow me, help me vent this anger!"
Daoist Qingfeng’s task tonight was to hold these guys off, providing time for Tong Han and Granny Jin’s teams, and also catching the thieves red-handed to confirm that the three parties attacked Pingxi Marquis.
Under Daoist Qingfeng’s persistent persuasion, the two Ghost-level Apostles had no choice but to gather people with him and quickly head to Yang Xiao’s residence.
By the time Daoist Qingfeng led his group there, the battle on Yang Xiao’s side was already over. Including the leading three old fellows, Yang Xiao and Mirror Ghost had slaughtered a total of 21 people, leaving no survivors.
After controlling the Mirror Ghost with a wooden wedge, Yang Xiao gained an extremely strong and loyal force.
Looking at the ground full of corpses, Yang Xiao felt terrifyingly strong.
As Yang Xiao had previously confirmed the script with Daoist Qingfeng more than once, their testimonies perfectly matched. Moreover, since Yang Xiao had killed everyone on site, naturally, no one could raise objections.
After all, it was true that the three groups initiated the attack on Yang Xiao, which was clear from the scene.
On the other side, when the Ghost-level Slaves escaped and rushed over, the battle was long over. Tong Han, Granny Jin, and others returned fully loaded with spoils, suffering minimal casualties.
Ling Yanyu was responsible for inventorying the spoils and verifying losses, while Yang Xiao returned to his room and sent a message to Nalan Shuo.
However, he waited for a long time, almost until dawn, before receiving a reply from Nalan Shuo. Nalan Shuo informed him that the three marquises, including Marquis Zhengdong, were no match when faced with experts dispatched by the General Bureau. Marquis Zhenbei was seriously injured on the spot and died due to untimely rescue; the remaining Marquis Zhengdong and Marquis An Nan have been captured, now controlled by the Provincial Bureau.
"Definitely don’t let them go, they have numerous cases in hand, certainly enough to eat peanuts," Yang Xiao decided to maximize the organization’s power. Execution, must execute!
"Little Yang, things aren’t as simple as you think, this matter is not that straightforward."
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