Super System in the Early Tang Dynasty

Li Xingzhi endured the excruciating pain, poured some wound medicine onto a piece of coarse cloth, and tightly bound it to the wound!

The immense pain from the wound made him grind his teeth so hard they creaked. In his previous life, when had he ever suffered such an injury? Li Xingzhi wished he could grab that father and son right now, skin them alive, cut them into eight pieces!

As he walked further into the house, the loud noise of the door being smashed open startled everyone in the mansion. Several strong and armored soldiers came out to meet him, but Li Xingzhi cut them down one by one with his sword! There were no other obstacles in his way!

Having killed more than a dozen people, Li Xingzhi was in a bloodthirsty frenzy!

He was covered in blood! He was still draped in that yellowish-white substance, bits of flesh and rotten meat, like a demon crawling out of hell! He killed anyone he saw, hacking at anyone he looked at, with little rationality left!

His eyes emitted a crimson light, and anyone in the manor who was looked at felt as if they were about to fall into the underworld! Those with weak wills went insane!

When Wang Xiucai arrived with his men, the entire ugly mansion was in ruins. People inside had either fled, hidden, died, or were crippled, making it look like a living hell!

Even the valiant servants behind him, who had already experienced countless battles, couldn't help but gasp at the sight! Although Wang Xiucai remained calm, he was also shocked by Li Xingzhi's methods!

Fortunately, Li Xingzhi still had a shred of rationality and didn't burn the entire Chou family's house down! Otherwise, if the fire had started, countless people in the entire Tanzhou City would have been left homeless!

Li Xingzhi saw the group of people in front of him and was about to raise his knife to kill them! Wang Xiucai's heart tightened at the sight, and he quickly gathered his strength and shouted, "My lord!"

He paused, and a bloodshot glint flashed in his eyes as if he were struggling!

Before long, the bloodshot light in Li Xingzhi's eyes gradually faded, and a look of bewilderment appeared in his eyes.

When he came to his senses and looked at the dilapidated state of the ugly mansion around him, a sense of shock swept through him! Although he had just entered a state of frenzy, the last shred of reason made him understand what had just happened.

He didn't care about anything else and checked his merit points on the system panel. They were already -10! According to the rule of deducting ten merit points for each ordinary person who had not done anything evil, he had killed at least a hundred unarmed people!

Li Xingzhi's face immediately turned pale. The stench of human flesh and liver blood, and the sight of the mangled flesh and blood covering his body, even though he had experienced it once before, still made him feel nauseous, his stomach churning.

More than anything, it's a sense of guilt!

He never imagined that one day his hands would be stained with the blood of ordinary people!

After venting all the anger in his heart, Li Xingzhi suddenly felt a little scared!

He had always fantasized about having superhuman abilities, but when he finally gained them, he felt out of control for the first time. It was as if a demon was inside him, controlling the power and not knowing when it would take him down!

Normally, with Li Xingzhi's current accumulated merits, he wouldn't have fallen into a killing situation so easily. However, because his power suddenly increased and his foundation was not yet stable, he was almost bewitched by witchcraft and ended up committing massacres, which allowed the external demons to take advantage of his weakness!

"What should we do now?" Li Xingzhi asked Wang Xiucai, his face pale.

After all, committing a massacre in broad daylight at the home of the county magistrate of Tanzhou City is no small matter! It's just that for some reason, the Marquis of Wu hasn't come to investigate yet.

"I wonder if my lord has personally killed that ugly county magistrate?"

Li Xingzhi looked at Wang Xiucai, shook his head, and his eyes were filled with a chilling light!

"Young master, what's that over there?" Wang Xiucai asked, pointing behind Li Xingzhi.

Li Xingzhi turned around and saw an altar that had not yet been dismantled. Banners fluttered around it, stained with a lot of human blood, and a headless corpse lay in the middle. It was really eerie!

"An altar?!" He glanced at the altar, his teeth itching with hatred! If it weren't for this thing, how could Erlang have collapsed and remained unconscious?

At this moment, Wang Xiucai went up and touched the ashes on the altar. "The ashes are still hot. They probably didn't expect that you would come so quickly."

It should be noted that from the time Erlang was cursed to when Li Xingzhi stormed into the Li residence, only a quarter of an hour had passed! And from the time he broke down the gate of the ugly mansion, it was less than a quarter and a half of an hour! At this point, how could the ugly young master and his son have any time to pack their things and escape?

A glint flashed in Li Xingzhi's eyes. "Sir, you mean—those two scoundrels are still in this ugly mansion?!" He immediately became excited, picked up his broadsword, and prepared to go to the ugly mansion to search for them.

“Whether he’s in this ugly mansion or not, I don’t know,” Wang Xiucai shook his head, which disappointed Li Xingzhi. “However, the storm hasn’t subsided yet. With that ugly county magistrate’s cunning, he certainly hasn’t left. I just don’t know where he’s hiding in Tanzhou City!”

Searching the entire city of Tanzhou one by one would be like looking for a needle in a haystack! Although Li Xingzhi was somewhat disappointed, he knew that this was the best outcome. They were still in Tanzhou; they could search slowly and surely, eventually catching the old mudskipper. Besides, the old mudskipper had that burden of an ugly young master following him around!

"Young master, let's leave before the Marquis arrives. Otherwise, we might cause more trouble!" Given Wang Xiucai's habits from his time as a bandit, he disliked dealing with officials and the Marquis. He had already prepared to fight to the death before he came! Strangely, for some reason, the Marquis hadn't arrived yet!

Although Wang Xiucai found it strange, he couldn't worry about that now; leaving this troublesome place as quickly as possible was the most important thing.

"Hmm!" Li Xingzhi responded.

He looked at the altar, feeling indignant and resentful.

However, there was no other way at the moment, so they followed Wang Xiucai outside.

As Li Xingzhi walked, he looked around reluctantly, hoping to find something. Unfortunately, the ugly county magistrate was too cunning and left nothing behind.

Once he stepped outside, Wang Xiucai looked around and, seeing no one lying in wait, breathed a sigh of relief!

Looking at the deserted, gloomy, and dark streets under the setting sun, Li Xingzhi felt empty inside.

He hung his arms at his sides, feeling somewhat powerless.

Since coming into this world, Erlang had been inseparable from him, the two almost always together. Wherever Li Xingzhi was, Wang Erlang was sure to be there too. Although Erlang was young, he was quite well-behaved and sensible. Li Xingzhi treated him like a younger brother, even like his own child. Although he had been a bachelor for over a decade in his previous life, Erlang's presence made him feel the care between brothers and the affection between father and son! He never expected that Erlang would now be unconscious and his fate unknown!

The system he had always relied on had now become useless! It couldn't save his only family member in the world!

Li Xingzhi felt powerless, helpless, and confused, but mostly filled with guilt and self-blame! If it weren't for his arrogance, how could Erlang have been harmed by such a villain!

Seeing Li Xingzhi's lifeless eyes, pale face, and dejected appearance, and with the setting sun in the distance, Wang Xiucai couldn't help but feel anxious—if he were captured by Wu Hou, he would likely be forced to flee for his life once again. He himself didn't care much, but Li Xingzhi was someone he couldn't ignore, and besides, there were several venomous snakes lurking in the shadows!

Just as Wang Xiucai was about to urge Li Xingzhi to leave, an unusual noise from the corner caught Li Xingzhi's attention.

There lay a corpse there, a throwing knife still stuck in its neck. It was the same guy who had been lying on the wall when Li Xingzhi entered, oblivious to his fate.

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