After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

Qingyi has always preferred quiet, so Chen Futu had arranged for her to stay in the garden, which was heavily guarded.

As soon as Chen Futu and his companions arrived outside the garden, they sensed something was wrong; a faint smell of blood permeated the air.

"not good!"

Several corpses lay beneath the trees in the distance, including members of the Tiger Guard and disciples of Zhongnan Mountain.

Yu Qian shouted, "Quickly summon the Longcheng garrison!"

Pingkang Ward descended into chaos as the guards of several civil and military generals rushed out, while a hundred shadow guards quickly assembled at the No. 1 residence and surrounded the garden.

Chen Futu rushed into the main hall, only to find no one there. The chessboard was scattered with chess pieces and blood, and there were overturned teacups.

"teacher!"

Chen Futu's face turned pale, and he shouted loudly, followed by a shrill male laugh, "Chen Futu, you've finally arrived."

"who!"

Di Renjie and Yu Qian looked around, but couldn't see anyone.

Suddenly, Ake appeared and protected Chen Futu, her eyes glancing towards the southwest.

A massive, dark figure stood in the tree. It was a blood-red man carrying a large hammer on his shoulder, his smile both wicked and arrogant.

"Hiding your head and showing your tail, you're asking for death!"

Ake lunged forward, her Moon Blade arriving instantly.

The man was strong; with a single sweep of his hammer, he sent the Moon Blade flying. He licked his lips and grinned at Ake, "Tsk tsk tsk, you are the ominous star. Your strength is not bad, but unfortunately, you can't stop us in the end."

Chen Futu shouted, "Speak! Where is Qingyi?!"

"Qingyi? She has broken a taboo. Today we will take her life, and soon the King of the Northern Frontier will be able to see her head."

"I'm going to your mother!"

Enraged, Chen Futu fired his gun.

Bang bang bang, several bursts of bullets flew by. Caught off guard, the man was suddenly pierced through the chest by bullets powerful enough to tear through the body's defenses. He screamed and ran away.

Chen Futu shouted, "Ake, chase after them and capture them alive for me!"

"Here!"

Ake pressed down, aimed at the direction the man had fled, and as if locked on, instantly transformed into a streak of light and disappeared.

"Yu Qian, Di Renjie, you two stay here to oversee the situation and maintain order. I'm going to take a look!"

Chen Futu took out the Dragon Sparrow from the system space, and with a sway of his body, he uttered, "Swift Meteor."

This was the first time Chen Futu had used his great lightness skill. He felt that half of his internal energy had been drained in an instant. Then, his body rose into the air, like a gust of wind, and quickly chased after the man who had fled.

This feeling is indescribably mysterious, as if the whole world is beneath your feet, and as if you have merged into this world. With just a little mental activity, you can lock onto the direction.

At such a rapid speed, the sharp wind almost blinded him, ultimately revealing his weakness.

In about a breath, Chen Futu traversed two or three hundred meters in mid-air at a height of ten zhang, catching up with the man. He then fell from mid-air onto the roof, drew his gun, and fired to block the man's path.

The man reacted quickly, swinging his sledgehammer to block the bullet, but was then kicked in the back by Ake who had followed up. The man spat out a mouthful of blood, his spine almost broken by Ake's kick. He rolled on the ground, got up, and roared, looking utterly pathetic and frantic, "Damn woman, you better not fall into my hands, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Ake raised her moon blade and assumed a fighting stance, whispering softly, "Ten Directions of Annihilation—"

Ake finally used her trump card, a move comparable to the Azure Lotus Sword Song.

Chen Futu didn't even see how Ake made her move. She appeared in front of the man as if by teleportation, and with one strike, she sent him flying high into the air. She transformed into countless dark shadows, each leaving a long trail of motion in the air, extremely sinister and eerie.

What followed was the Moonblade's frenzied cutting.

"Ahhh-"

"The Enforcement Hall will not let you get away with this!"

The man's limbs turned into blood and flesh, flying everywhere, making the vast area look as if a rain of blood had fallen.

Chen Futu stared blankly at him.

That's terrifying! No wonder Ake doesn't use this move easily; it's practically an instant kill. Even the Vajra Child Skill at its full power probably couldn't withstand such a high-speed cut, let alone a flesh-and-blood body.

In the blink of an eye, Ake's figure flashed several meters away, accompanied by a series of dark lights. With her back to the spot where the blood rain fell, she quickly sheathed her moon blade, snapped her fingers, and said, "Slash."

shhhhh!

The man in mid-air was once again slashed by hundreds of black lights, and finally crashed to the ground with a wail, barely clinging to life.

"That's so cool..."

Chen Futu couldn't help but sigh.

I've never seen such a gorgeous move before, and it's obvious that Ake held back. Otherwise, the man wouldn't have survived; he would probably have been chopped into dumpling filling.

The man lay on the ground, barely breathing. His limbs were crippled and cut into pieces, the muscles and flesh intertwined in a gruesome sight.

Ignoring all that, Chen Futu grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up, demanding, "Tell me, where is Qingyi!"

"Hehe, I'm not going to live anyway, why should I tell you?"

"Did you kill that couple?"

"It was me. I originally intended to set the fire to attract the guards of Pingkang Ward, but when I saw such a beautiful young woman, I couldn't resist, so... hehe, I must say, she's really juicy—"

The man was still going crazy even as he was about to die.

Chen Futu struck him with his sword, but the man laughed even more maniacally, "King of the Northern Frontier, save your energy, Qingyi is doomed."

"System, scan this man. What is his identity? Where is Qingyi now?"

This system is a selection system.

"After I'm done, I'll clear the discount store again."

Xue Jingang comes from a Jianghu organization called the Ancient Palace, which belongs to the Enforcement Palace, one of the Six Palaces.

[At a farm three miles north of the city, Qingyi is engaged in a fierce battle, and Tianjizi is seriously injured.]

[The situation in Qingyi is critical, triggering an option.]

[1. Choose to immediately go to the rescue, and you will be rewarded with the boxing manual "Great Creation Fist"]

[2. Choosing not to get involved in the conflict and to stand by and watch someone die will be rewarded with the longevity cultivation method "Taiyi Nourishing the Nerve"]

"I choose one!"

[Please note that this rescue operation is extremely difficult, and the host has a 99% chance of dying.]

"Has the opponent surpassed the Grandmaster level?"

[The opponent is the deputy hall master of one of the six halls, Blood Eye, whose strength is at the early stage of Sainthood.]

"Isn't the one in blue a sword saint?"

Her cultivation level was only at the peak of the Grandmaster realm, and her artistic conception had reached the level of Sword God, which only Saints could comprehend. People in the martial arts world rarely saw Saints, so they couldn't distinguish the high-level strength classifications.

"No wonder so few Grandmasters have comprehended the essence of intent, power, and the divine. Can Ake defeat that Blood-Eyed guy?"

[Ake and Qingyi are of similar strength, but Ake has only grasped the killing intent of a saint. However, Li Taibai was able to fight Xue Tong to a draw, and he is a true sword saint with martial arts cultivation.]

"But Li Taibai's time limit has expired! Does the system have any other options? Can I rent him for a day?"