123: Murder and arson bring wealth and power!

Li Qing's face was expressionless.

"Perfect, I had no intention of letting 'Shadow Kill' off either."

Since this organization had waded into this muddy water!

He wanted to see exactly who had issued the mission.

Of course, most importantly, he had something that had fallen into this organization's hands!

A metropolis was indeed different.

Spirit Stones were everywhere!

He reached out, grabbing for Blood Blade's neck.

Blood Blade roared, the Yuan power at the Peak of the Meridian Opening Realm erupting violently. The crimson dagger in his hand transformed into a bloody line, stabbing towards Li Qing's heart.

This was his desperate, life-or-death strike!

However.

Clink!

A crisp sound rang out.

Blood Blade's dagger, powerful enough to pierce steel plates, stabbed at Li Qing's chest but failed to leave even a single white mark.

It was as if he had struck not flesh and blood, but a Primordial Divine Mountain.

"This... this is impossible..."

Blood Blade's conviction crumbled at this moment.

His killing move couldn't even break the defense?

What a fucking joke!

Li Qing's hand clamped around his neck, lifting him up.

"Send a dream message to your master."

Li Qing's voice was icy and bone-chilling.

"Wash your necks clean. I will personally come to collect my bounty very soon."

"Crack."

He crushed Blood Blade's throat bone and casually tossed the corpse aside.

Then, he turned, looking in the final direction.

There, Poison Scorpion had already collapsed in fear, a wet patch of warmth in his crotch.

On the street, the smell of blood permeated the air.

Li Qing walked step by step towards that last person who had collapsed in terror.

His footsteps were light, but in Poison Scorpion's ears, they were like the death knell of the Grim Reaper, each step landing on his heart, tightening his already shattered nerves even further.

"No, don't come over..."

Poison Scorpion lay on the ground, scrambling backward with hands and feet, the foul stench emanating from his crotch.

Making this once-feared assassin appear utterly wretched at this moment.

His eyes were filled with boundless terror.

Formations were his most prized skill.

Deadly poison was his signature, fame-making technique.

Yet today, before this youth, all his pride had been utterly crushed underfoot.

Was this even human?

This was definitely not a power achievable by human strength!

To stomp and shatter the "Seven Star Soul Locking Array" with one foot—what kind of terrifying power was this?

He even suspected that what he faced was not a human at all, but a Primeval Ferocious Beast wearing human skin!

Li Qing ignored his pleas, walking up to him.

Looking down at him from above, his calm face held no emotion.

"Where is the 'Shadow Kill' stronghold?"

Li Qing's voice was cold and flat, devoid of any trace of feeling.

"I... I don't know..."

Poison Scorpion instinctively spoke.

However, before he could finish his sentence.

Thud!

Li Qing's foot lightly stepped onto his thigh.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.

Poison Scorpion's thigh bent inward, white bone shards piercing through flesh and blood, exposed to the air.

"Ahhh—!"

A heart-rending scream erupted from Poison Scorpion's mouth, but he quickly forced himself to swallow it back.

Because he saw that Li Qing's other foot was already slowly lifting, aimed at his other leg.

"I'll talk! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

The fear of death and the excruciating, piercing pain completely shattered his psychological defenses.

In the past, he was always the one torturing others.

This time, it was someone else torturing him.

Fortune's wheel turns.

He dared not conceal anything, pouring out everything he knew like spilling beans.

"In the Southern City of the Royal Capital, Locust Tree Alley, under the third dye workshop, is our 'Shadow Kill's largest transit stronghold in the Royal Capital!"

"It's overseen by the 'Silver-Medal Assassin' Ghost Hand, he... he's also a Peak of the Meridian Opening Realm expert!"

"All our mission handovers, intelligence transfers, and bounty collections are conducted there!"

"There's also a contact code phrase! The code is 'The wind is fierce tonight, suitable for returning', the response is 'Where to return, the River of Forgetfulness'!"

Poison Scorpion spoke extremely fast, terrified that if he spoke even a little slower, this demon-god before him would lift his foot again.

Li Qing listened quietly, the expression on his face unchanged.

A transit stronghold, a Peak of the Meridian Opening Realm person in charge.

Although not the core of the "Shadow Kill" organization, for him, it was sufficient.

He had obtained the information he wanted.

"Your Excellency, I've told you everything, I've told you everything! I beg you, spare my life! I swear, I'll never dare oppose you again! I'll serve you like an ox or a horse, I..."

Poison Scorpion looked at Li Qing, his eyes filled with pleading and hope.

He thought that his cooperation and provision of such important intelligence should at least buy back his life.

"Hmm, what you said was indeed very useful."

Li Qing nodded, seemingly agreeing with his words.

A wild joy of having survived a catastrophe instantly appeared on Poison Scorpion's face.

However, the next second.

Li Qing's foot moved.

Without the slightest warning, fast as lightning, it stomped down violently.

Thud!

Poison Scorpion's head burst apart like a ripe watermelon.

Red and white matter splattered all over the ground.

That expression of wild joy was forever frozen on his shattered skull.

Li Qing slowly withdrew his foot.

Spare your life?

Those who want to kill me have only ever met one end.

That is death.

He bent down, expressionless, and rummaged through the still-warm corpses of Poison Scorpion and Savage Ox.

Soon, two money pouches filled with Gold Notes and Medicinal Pills, along with a few Martial Skill Secret Manuals that looked rather extraordinary, were tucked into his robe.

Murder and arson bring richest gains.

This was an unexpected windfall.

After finishing this, he finally stood up and surveyed his surroundings.

The entire Vermilion Bird Avenue had now become a scene of ruins.

On the ground, the enormous footprint crater left by his stomp was a shocking sight.

The surrounding shops had cracked walls and shattered doors and windows.

Dozens of corpses lay haphazardly in pools of blood.

The air was thick with the pungent smell of blood.

Li Qing's brow furrowed slightly.

The commotion seemed to have gotten a bit out of hand.

With a thought, the Yuan power within his body began to circulate.

Water from the Canteen at his waist automatically flowed out.

The water flow spread outwards from him as the center.

The bloodstains on the ground, the dust on the corpses, and his own aura in the air were silently erased under the flow of this water.

He even casually used the surrounding rubble and soil to slightly fill in that enormous footprint.

Although it couldn't completely conceal the traces, it could at least confuse matters, making subsequent investigations more difficult.

After finishing all this, he nodded in satisfaction.

He straightened his still immaculate black robe, as if the earth-shattering slaughter that had just occurred had nothing to do with him.