60: Chapter 60: The drama of one man versus one nation is about to begin!

Facing Qin Muyuan's playful gaze,

Zhang Xueshan had only one thought in his mind right now—

Run!

In the next instant, he violently channeled the internal power within his body into his legs.

He immediately executed the Night Curtain Leg Technique he had learned from his younger brother, Zhang Xuefeng!

Like a rabbit, Zhang Xueshan shot forward in an instant.

Run! He had to flee as fast as possible!

That young man dared to target his younger brother Zhang Xuefeng, which meant he was definitely a powerful figure at the Martial Master Realm.

An expert of that caliber could easily pummel a first-rate Martial Artist like him without breaking a sweat!

Therefore, fighting was impossible—fighting was out of the question for the rest of his life.

Fleeing.

Fleeing was the only useful method!

Fortunately, even if he wasn't good at anything else, he had specifically learned the Night Curtain Leg Technique from his brother Zhang Xuefeng.

Although this Night Curtain Leg Technique wasn't great for attacking, when it came to running away for one's life...

Unless a Martial Master exceptionally skilled in leg techniques showed up, ordinary Martial Masters would find it hard to catch up to him—

However, the very moment this thought crossed his mind,

Zhang Xueshan suddenly felt a chill in his chest.

Immediately following that, he realized cold wind was howling wildly through the space where his heart should be.

His steps gave out, and he crashed forward while still at full sprint, collapsing onto the ground with a thud.

Zhang Xueshan looked down.

All he saw was a hole blasted through the center of his chest.

His heart, which had been beating moments ago, was completely gone, blasted into dregs by an unknown attack!

"I... just... died like this..."

Deprived of blood pumped from his heart, Zhang Xueshan's lips quickly turned purple and his face grew deadly pale.

Then his vision went dark, and he died on the spot.

"H-He's dead?!"

The sight of Zhang Xueshan being instantly killed by a flash of lightning left the Huoyun City soldiers surrounding Qin Muyuan utterly stunned.

"What are you dazed for? Go down and keep him company."

Before they could recover from their stupor, Qin Muyuan moved once again.

His figure wove through the crowd like a ghost, his bone nail swinging down like the Grim Reaper's scythe.

In just a moment, all the soldiers surrounding Qin Muyuan died in regret right then and there.

[Blood Sea Tier 2 (35%) → Blood Sea Tier 3 (21%)]

[Consecutive Kills Tier 2 (76%) → Consecutive Kills Tier 3 (49%)]

The newly acquired green martial art [Blood Sea] advanced to Tier 3 Realm.

The blood qi around Qin Muyuan became increasingly condensed, almost forming a blood-colored phantom figure by his side.

He looked like the God of Carnage descending upon the world.

"So this is the power brought by essence blood..."

Qin Muyuan clenched his fists, sensing the growing power and blood qi within his body.

The effect of the green martial art [Blood Sea] was that it could absorb the enemy's essence blood and convert it into one's own physique and strength.

When the bone nail killed an enemy, the purest blood energy in the enemy's body would flow along the bone nail into Qin Muyuan's palm.

At Tier 3 Realm, [Blood Sea] made Qin Muyuan feel that his strength had increased by more than 10%.

This 10% might seem small.

But what if this 10% wasn't an additive boost, but a multiplicative modifier?

Meaning, taking the current 650% Physical Body power boost from [I Love Killing] and multiplying it directly by 1.1!

"This is terrifyingly overpowered!"

Qin Muyuan sucked in a breath of cold air, making yet another contribution to the global warming of Huoyun Country.

In addition, the [Consecutive Kills] martial art obtained alongside [Blood Sea] had also risen to Tier 3.

The effect of [Consecutive Kills] was that the more people killed within a certain timeframe, the higher the weapon's sharpness would become.

Killing these small fries right now might not show much use, but if facing a BOSS with extremely high defense...

Like Yushui, for instance.

Qin Muyuan was confident that if he went back to fight Yushui again now, he'd literally beat the crap out of her!

If he couldn't, it would only be because Yushui had taken a clean dump beforehand!

"Let's go."

After clearing these speed bumps blocking his way, Qin Muyuan led the terrified Chen Shuang and Liang Jiujiu forward again.

Soon, he brought the two to the entrance between the inner and outer city districts.

At the entrance, a new batch of guard soldiers had spawned.

It was just that their appearances were different from the previous guard soldiers, and they constantly wore trembling, terrified expressions.

The moment these soldiers saw Qin Muyuan, their faces paled drastically, and they abandoned their posts, fleeing without a trace.

"See, I told you. Though some NPCs never learn, plenty of NPCs actually do learn their lesson."

Qin Muyuan said with satisfaction.

The moment he escorted Chen Shuang and Liang Jiujiu out of the inner city district, a notification finally popped up on the quest panel.

[Quest Completed: Reunite Chen Shuang with her husband Liang Jiujiu and help them safely evacuate]

[Rewards: Exp +1000, Shop Points +8000, White Skill: Remove Your Equipment]

Quest complete, White Skill: Remove Your Equipment obtained.

Liang Jiujiu stopped, turned around, and bowed deeply to Qin Muyuan in solemn gratitude, saying, "Hero Qin, there is no need to see us off any further!"

His eyes were full of emotion as he continued, "The debt of gratitude for Hero Qin saving us both is something I, Jiujiu, will never dare to forget in this lifetime. It will be engraved upon my heart forever!"

Beside him, Chen Shuang also snapped back to her senses, unhooking a cloth pouch from her waist and presenting it to Qin Muyuan with both hands, saying earnestly:

"Hero Qin, this was originally a peace pouch I hand-stitched to protect my husband's safety."

"Now, thanks to you, my husband has returned safe and sound."

"This pouch, I give to you."

"I know Hero Qin holds great righteousness and walks a dangerous path. May it offer you some protection, keeping you unharmed and safe wherever you go!"

"Easy enough! Easy enough!" Qin Muyuan's eyes lit up as he accepted the peace pouch.

[Chen Shuang's Hand-Stitched Peace Pouch]

[Quality: None]

[Effect: Carrying the gratitude of Chen Shuang and Liang Jiujiu, it might bring good luck.]

"Oh... it's just a souvenir..."

Instantly, the light in Qin Muyuan's eyes faded.

For a combat-oriented player like him, souvenirs that were neither cool-looking nor capable of boosting combat power were useless trinkets.

Still...

Qin Muyuan casually stashed the peace pouch into his inventory.

Since it was given to him, he might as well keep it around.

Watching Chen Shuang and Liang Jiujiu embrace and leave, Qin Muyuan turned back around and re-entered the inner city district.

Switching his tracked quest, the quest objective arrow refreshed.

The arrow pointed toward the center of Huoyun City—the Imperial Palace Area where the Emperor of Huoyun Country resided!

The show of One-Man vs. A Whole Nation was about to begin!

"I wonder if I'll unlock a new achievement..."

Qin Muyuan thought back to the [High Official Bane] achievement he had unlocked.

That achievement was obtained by killing several high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

So, wiping out the emperor should grant an achievement too, right?

Qin Muyuan wasn't greedy; he only wanted achievements like [Golden Throne], [Blood Corpse Throne], [A Bowl at the Start], and the like.

"Wangcai, we're going to kill the emperor. Are you scared?"

As Qin Muyuan walked toward the Imperial Palace Area, he patted Wangcai's head and asked.

"Awoo!"

Wangcai threw back its head, letting out a heroic, lofty wolf howl.

"Not bad! As expected of my dog."

Qin Muyuan nodded slightly.

Once this quest was done, he could consider buying a [Yao Beast Intelligence Pill] from the game shop to raise Wangcai's cultivation Realm.

At the very least, it would make it easier for Wangcai to chop wood, light fires, do laundry, and cook meals in the future.

Walking through the deserted streets of the inner city district, Qin Muyuan soon arrived at the entrance to the Imperial Palace Area.

Looking at the activity inside, an intense Battle Intent flared across his face:

"Yo-ho! I was wondering why the inner city was deserted—turns out everyone is right here!"