Free Web NovelChapter 41: Chapter 41: Slaughter and Shockwave
Closing the file, Fang Xing stood up and left the General Guard Room.
Life as the Chief Constable had become much easier.
As long as he was willing to delegate, his subordinates would handle the trivial matters.
Fang Xing had no interest in such power struggles.
The four senior Constables were happy about this as well.
After Fang Xing’s promotion, he didn’t interfere much, which was what they liked most about him.
If he really had wanted to interfere, there would have been nothing they could do.
After all, Fang Xing was in command of all the constables.
From the senior Constables down to the regular ones, he could appoint or dismiss them with a single word.
He didn’t even need to report to the County Magistrate.
This was the power of the Chief Constable. He was a formal official—even if only a Ninth Grade Official, he was still an official!
The senior and regular Constables, on the other hand, were merely Junior Officials.
...
After leaving the County Yamen, Fang Xing took a walk, heading over to the Golden Wolf Gang’s vicinity ahead of schedule to scout it out.
"Hm?"
When he reached Anqing Square, Fang Xing suddenly stopped. His gaze fell upon a large crowd gathered at the entrance of a courtyard.
He strode over to the edge of the crowd and looked into the courtyard.
Inside, several Constables were bustling about. A corpse lay on the ground.
Blood was pooled around it.
It was a gruesome sight.
"Who’s the dead guy?"
"You don’t know? That’s the Gang Leader of the Wild Wolf Gang. Heard he was killed by the Golden Wolf Gang yesterday."
"Serves him right. Good riddance. All these bastards deserve to die. It’d be best if they were all wiped out."
"Shh! You got a death wish? If someone from the Golden Wolf Gang hears you, you’re toast."
...
’The Gang Leader of the Wild Wolf Gang, Chen Cheng.’
Listening to the chatter, Fang Xing’s gaze sharpened. He stared at the corpse in the courtyard, his brow deeply furrowed.
The Wild Wolf Gang was also on his list.
But he hadn’t expected the man to be killed by the Golden Wolf Gang before he could even make a move.
The Wild Wolf Gang’s leader was a Bright Force Martial Artist.
’Fifty Enhancement Points, gone just like that.’ He felt a sharp sting of regret.
Fang Xing stood there, his face devoid of expression as he stared at the body.
After a moment of quiet observation, he turned and walked away.
’I have to make my move tonight.’
’Losing a Bright Force Martial Artist means losing fifty Enhancement Points.’
’This disrupts my plan to break through to Neutralizing Force.’
’They must die!’
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Time passed, and soon night fell.
Late that night, in Tongfang District’s Linxi Courtyard, the door to the main house slowly opened. Fang Xing, clad in a set of Night Clothes, stepped out.
A black cloth masked his face, leaving only his eyes exposed.
He glanced up at the scattered stars, then his figure blurred. Like a cat in the night, he vanished from the courtyard without a sound.
A short while later, in a dark, deep alley in Anqing Square, North City, Fang Xing appeared like a phantom. His black Night Clothes allowed him to merge perfectly with the darkness.
He stepped out of the alley and stopped before a residence, taking a moment to observe it.
’First target: the Golden Wolf Gang’s Military Advisor, their manager in name.’
Lin Qiu!
’This residence is his home.’
With the detailed file on the Golden Wolf Gang, he knew this information like the back of his hand.
With a single leap, he soared like a bird, easily clearing the ten-foot-high courtyard wall and landing silently within.
Once inside, Fang Xing pressed himself into a corner, closed his eyes, and extended his senses. freewebnovel.cσ๓
His Perception into the Subtle ability was even more advantageous in the dark.
In addition to detecting minute changes in the air, he could also sense the ebb and flow of a person’s life force.
Soon, his attention fixed on a single room.
’Sleeping soundly, are we...’
Beneath his mask, the corners of Fang Xing’s mouth curved into a smile.
’Good that he’s asleep. It’ll make things quicker!’
WHOOSH—!
With a single step, he was before the door.
The door was shut and bolted from the inside. Fang Xing placed a hand on it, channeling his Demon Suppression Force. The bolt silently shattered, and a crack appeared in the doorway.
He pushed the door open without a sound and approached the bed, looking down at the soundly sleeping man.
With a slight flick of his wrist, a dagger appeared in his hand.
The foot-long dagger’s blade gleamed with a deadly cold light.
SLICE—!
With a single, light slash, a red line appeared on the man’s neck, and blood began to well up.
A fatal cut to the throat.
A wisp of crimson energy rose from the body and flowed into him.
There was no struggle, no resistance. Everything went smoothly.
After absorbing the crimson energy, Fang Xing gently wiped the blood from his blade and scanned the room.
He searched the room, found some gold and silver, and placed them in a pouch. Then, he silently slipped out of the room and vanished into the night.
...
A stick of incense’s time later, Fang Xing’s figure appeared before a second residence.
He repeated the process, dispatching the second target without any issue.
With two targets down, he quickly made his way to another residence.
’The last one. Jin Xiong.’
Gazing at the residence, Fang Xing’s figure blurred as he swiftly vaulted the wall and entered the courtyard.
Using his powerful Perception Ability, Fang Xing quickly pinpointed Jin Xiong’s room.
He silently breached the door and slipped inside.
He approached the bed, where a man and a woman were sleeping soundly.
Just as Fang Xing prepared to strike, the slumbering Jin Xiong groggily opened his eyes.
He opened his eyes to see a masked face and a pair of ice-cold eyes staring down at him. Jin Xiong froze for a second, but then a jolt of adrenaline hit him, and he instantly understood.
"You—"
Jin Xiong had just started to speak when a hand clamped down on his neck like a vice.
It was like an iron pincer, immobilizing him completely.
His face instantly flushed red, veins bulging on his forehead as an overwhelming sense of suffocation seized him.
"Take a deep breath," a low voice whispered in his ear. "Dizziness is a normal reaction."
The fear of death consumed Jin Xiong. He subconsciously tried to fight back, but he couldn’t summon an ounce of strength.
CRACK—!
With a sharp snap, a feeling of utter helplessness washed over him. His expression was forever frozen in that instant.
Fear, shock, and indignation...
His consciousness plunged into darkness, lost forever.
Fang Xing’s expression remained impassive as he slowly released his grip.
A wisp of crimson energy instantly entered his body. Having dealt with Jin Xiong, Fang Xing’s gaze fell upon the beautiful woman still sleeping on the bed, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
A red line appeared on the woman’s neck, and blood began to flow. The metallic scent of blood instantly filled the air.
After eliminating them both, Fang Xing scanned the room, found some gold and silver, and then departed as silently as he had arrived.
...
Back home, Fang Xing changed his clothes, sat on his bed, and checked his status panel.
Name: Fang Xing
Cultivation: Peak of Dark Force
Enhancement Level: Two-Star (0%)
Enhancement Points: 162
’Three... Not bad.’
Looking at his total Enhancement Points, Fang Xing let out a breath, then lay down and closed his eyes.
「Early morning.」
After breakfast, Fang Xing went to the County Yamen as usual.
By morning, news that the three leaders of the Golden Wolf Gang had been killed was already spreading, causing a minor stir.
But it quickly died down. People often died in the conflicts between underworld forces; it wasn’t anything particularly unusual. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
With the demise of Jin Xiong and the others, the Golden Wolf Gang quickly collapsed.
A gang without a Martial Artist to lead it couldn’t possibly survive.
The other factions quickly moved in to carve up the Golden Wolf Gang’s territory, and it didn’t even take them a full day.
All of this was exactly as Fang Xing had predicted.
The Golden Wolf Gang was just the beginning. His cleansing plan was now officially underway.
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「A month passed in the blink of an eye.」
The season had turned to late autumn.
For Qingshan County, that month had brought a terrifying storm!
One gang after another had been annihilated.
In the North City District especially, nearly all the small and medium-sized factions had been wiped clean.
Dozens of factions were more or less eliminated in that single month.
The few that remained, without exception, all had ties to the two great gangs.
Rumors began to fly.
Some said the two great gangs wanted complete control of North City and were eliminating the competition.
Others claimed it was the three great families, acting from the shadows to clear out these factions.
There were even whispers that it was the work of Cult Demons.
All sorts of rumors filled the air.
The many different versions of these rumors instilled a deep fear in the remaining small and medium-sized factions of Qingshan County, causing them to flock to the Five Great Forces for protection.
