Free Web NovelChapter 906: Chapter 651: Yang Xiao is Here, Who Dares to Act Recklessly?! _2
"You have some nerve, today I’ll show you how formidable I can be!" Yang Xiao didn’t waste words, lifting his horsetail whisk he charged forward, he had been holding back for a long time.
Yang Xiao himself had owed Qu Muzhi a favor before, so this time Qu Muzhi didn’t just stand by, he lifted his spear and charged, delivering a mighty blow of the Great Splitting Spear Technique at Elder Pu’s back, almost scaring the soul out of him. Elder Pu quickly used his ability to turn into a human crutch, instantly moving behind a low tree, but Qu Muzhi’s strike missed, changing the spear to a staff, he leaned back and swept horizontally with the speed so fast, only afterimages were visible.
The sight of tree trunks as thick as bowls being broken in half by the strike, wood chips splattering everywhere, was extremely brutal. Elder Pu staggered back more than a dozen steps before he could barely distance himself, then controlled a nearby ghost child to attack Qu Muzhi.
"Old dog, eat my strike!" Yang Xiao, who had stealthily sneaked behind Elder Pu, suddenly acted, striking him on the back of the head with his staff. Elder Pu, experienced in the world of martial arts, reacted swiftly by turning his head slightly, so the staff hit heavily on his shoulder. Yang Xiao landed a kick fiercely from behind on Elder Pu’s waist, sending him flying.
This kick Yang Xiao used all his strength, kicking the person 5 or 6 meters away, and only then did Elder Pu fall to the ground like a cut-off kite.
Actually, if he had used Ghost Duster at that moment, that would have been enough to dispatch the old man to the underworld, but that tool was too brutal, and would make the scene difficult to clean up afterward.
This is Rongcheng, after all, he had to consider the impact, and additionally... he had to capture this old man alive, who would be more useful alive than dead. frёewebηovel.cѳm
"Whose child is still up and crying out this late, not only do children not understand, adults don’t either, a creature that’s born without anyone to raise!" Not far away, a door was pushed open, and a clad man shouted from the inside.
Seeing this, Elder Pu immediately controlled the ghost child to rush towards this household. Qu Muzhi leaped to intercept, shooting several spears at the ghost child from afar. Surprisingly, all the spears missed, the ghost child dodged all attacks with flashing movements, rapidly charging toward the man.
"Run!!" He shouted to the disturbed, sleepy-eyed man, but it was a step too late, the ghost child collided with the man and plunged into the room; the next second, screams of a woman erupted from the room but lasted only for a moment.
Qu Muzhi charged forward with his spear, but seeing his adversary distracted, Elder Pu got up from the ground and turned to flee. He hadn’t made it two steps before a strange mental attack struck him from behind, knocking him to the ground.
Elder Pu’s vision blurred, he gripped his walking stick trying to make a final struggle. A cold light flashed before his eyes, and the walking stick, along with the left hand holding it, no longer belonged to him—Yang Xiao held a cleaver and chopped off his left hand.
"Ah... Ahhhh..." Elder Pu, having lost his left hand, emitted an agonizing scream, clutching the amputated limb and rolling on the ground, Yang Xiao stepped forward and kicked him, knocking him unconscious.
"Buzz..."
A strong wave of power emanated from behind. A long spear, thrown like a javelin, targeted the unconscious Elder Pu on the ground.
"Captain Qu, show mercy!" Yang Xiao stepped in front of the spear, hurriedly blocking the attack with Ghost Duster.
Worried that Captain Qu might act impulsively and do something irreversible, Yang Xiao tied Elder Pu up and threw him into the Mirror World, then picked up the long spear and approached Captain Qu.
Captain Qu stood in front of the house door, his pale face already scorching and flushing with anger. Just approaching him, Yang Xiao caught a strong stench of decay, the dark room inside was silent.
Lifting the Ghost Lantern, the horrors inside were revealed, there lay three decaying, stinking corpses, with corpse water flowing freely on the floor.
The man lay face-up on the floor, his yellowed eyeballs still wide open, seemingly unaware of what had occurred before his death.
On a makeshift bed constructed from old wooden planks was a child, already decomposed beyond recognition.
The woman faced downwards, fallen beside the bed, head towards the bed and feet outwards. From her position, it was evident that in the face of danger, the woman instinctively tried to protect her child, but sadly, ordinary people like them stood no chance against the assault of the ghost.
Handing the spear to Qu Muzhi, Yang Xiao slowly exhaled, "Captain Qu, don’t act rashly. If we kill him now, we won’t be able to explain ourselves clearly. Let’s take him back and interrogate him slowly. We must make him pay the price!"
Under the escort of Qu Muzhi, the two returned to the Lin’an Patrol Office under cover of night. After arranging for Elder Pu to be detained, Qu Muzhi had to leave to report the day’s events to Director Huang Guozhao at the City Center Official Residence.
Yang Xiao had no objections to this, recognizing that Qu Muzhi was an eyewitness to today’s events, and such matters couldn’t be hidden and would inevitably come to light.
It was already the early morning hours. Elder Pu was no ordinary person. With Director Nalan absent, Yang Xiao was worried about complications and personally stayed in the detention room to guard him while drafting a report to submit to the Provincial Office.
This incident was no small matter. An elder from Yiling Academy dared to attack the current Captain of the Patrol Division within the territory of the Rongcheng Patrol Division. Once this news broke out, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar. Without explicit instructions from the Provincial Office, Yang Xiao knew he couldn’t act recklessly.
This was no longer a private grudge. If mishandled, it could damage the relationship between the Patrol Division and Yiling Academy. Yang Xiao wasn’t a man who shied away from problems, but he didn’t want this incident to impact Director Nalan and the Lin’an Patrol Bureau.
He wasn’t alone; he had the brothers of the Patrol Division behind him. With Nalan Shuo absent, he was acting as the Director and had to be responsible for everyone.
After bringing back Elder Pu, Yang Xiao immediately ordered an emergency plan to be activated, raising the alert level. The patrol team was deployed for vigilance while the investigation team members were quickly called back. Thanks to Nalan Shuo’s training, the Lin’an Patrol Office was turned into a fortress in no time.
However, what Yang Xiao didn’t expect was that trouble came knocking a few hours later, before dawn. While drafting the report in the detention room, he vaguely heard chaos outside. Just as he stood up, the door was pushed open, and Xi Menxiu hurried in, "Captain, something happened outside. People from Yiling Academy are at our door demanding we hand over the prisoner!"
Hearing this, Yang Xiao slammed the table and angrily said, "They’ve got some nerve. Do they really think our Patrol Bureau is made of mud?!"
"What do we do now? They’ve already broken in and injured several of our patrol brothers. Right now, Ms. Bei is confronting them." Xi Menxiu visibly panicked, as no one had ever experienced such a scenario before.
"Don’t panic. Stay here and notify the nearby official residences about what’s happening here. Also, report to the Provincial Office. Say that Yiling Academy is besieging our Patrol Division and that there are casualties on our side. Acting Director Yang Xiao is currently negotiating with Yiling Academy."
After finishing, Yang Xiao took out the keys, unlocked the detention room door, and grabbed the still unconscious Elder Pu, dragging him outside. This person was of utmost importance—he couldn’t let him out of his sight for a moment. Otherwise, it would be hard to say if Yiling Academy might use a diversion while sending skilled individuals to secretly rescue him. Then, they would have been in trouble, possibly even being falsely accused.
When Yang Xiao walked out to the courtyard of the Patrol Division, he realized just how severe the situation was. Dozens of people from Yiling Academy had arrived, and the gate of the Patrol Division had been rammed open. Perhaps also fearing to escalate the situation beyond salvaging, these individuals dared only to bluff within the courtyard, not yet bold enough to barge into the Patrol Division office building.
At this moment, Beibei was leading her men in blocking the courtyard, with the two groups less than 5 meters apart. Swords drawn, spears ready, bullets loaded—the conflict was on the brink of eruption.
The next second, a figure flew out, diagonally leaping over the crowd, heavily crashing at the intersection of the two groups.
This sudden scene shocked both sides, causing them all to involuntarily step back. It was then that the people from Yiling Academy saw clearly—the figure lying on the ground, face down and quite disheveled, was their Elder Pu.
At this moment, the usually authoritative Elder Pu was bound hand and foot, trussed up like a rice dumpling, lying on the ground as still as a dead dog, his condition unknown.
"Elder Pu!!" someone shouted.
The personnel from the Patrol Division parted, clearing a path. A young man dressed in the black uniform of the Patrol Division walked out from the middle.
"Yang Xiao is here. Who dares to act recklessly?!"
