Chapter 56 – Cut Off

Not long after the Guards departed, someone suddenly visited the Guard headquarters.

The elite warrior guarding the gate’s eyes lit up, and he immediately greeted, ‘Young Master Jin, what brings you here?’

It was the burly Jin Datong. Jin Datong, with his full voice, said, “I’m going to find Old Luo for a drink!”

Although he was speaking normally, his voice was extremely loud, making the elite warrior’s ears ring. The elite warrior said regretfully, “What a coincidence, Captain Luo is on a mission. I heard he discovered the Murder Demon’s location and is heading there now!”

Upon hearing this, Jin Datong frowned and said, “Murder Demon? You found the Murder Demon’s location? When did this happen?”

“Just now. I heard someone threw in a piece of paper, saying the Murder Demon’s location is on the east side of the city. I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

Jin Datong was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized, and chuckled, “Alright then, since Old Luo isn’t here, I’ll go drink by myself first.”

With that, Jin Datong turned and left.

“Young Master Jin, please go slowly. Please visit often!”

…

It was nighttime, but fortunately, a giant crescent moon hung in the sky, casting a silver light that allowed one to see dimly.

The Second Squadron began to set out. Su Hao covered his face with a black cloth and, using radar positioning, walked ahead of everyone.

As he approached the cave entrance on the east side of the city, Su Hao suddenly accelerated and arrived at the cave entrance first.

He pushed aside the stone blocking the cave entrance, and with a powerful strike of a small stone in his hand, he loudly knocked on the cave entrance, creating the sound of hurried footsteps, and shouted into the cave entrance, “There’s a cave entrance here! I’ve moved the stone!”

“Quick, quick, the Murder Demon is inside! We can’t let him escape!”

Then he changed his voice, deepening his tone, and shouted, “There are 5 Grandmasters here, he definitely can’t escape!”

“He’s dead for sure. He killed so many people and destroyed so many families. We must tie him to a rack and burn him alive!”

“Let’s go in!”

Soon, Su Hao sensed through radar perception that the Murder Demon hidden in the cave had moved. It seemed very nervous. It circled inside the cave for a while, then quickly moved away in another direction.

As Su Hao expected, there were usually two exits in such locations.

Su Hao stopped talking, threw away the stone in his hand, and entered the cave. By this time, the guards were also preparing to arrive.

This small cave was not complicated. After walking twenty meters forward and turning, and walking a bit further, they arrived at the cave chamber. Su Hao observed for any possible traps and cautiously entered the secret room.

This cave chamber was not special. It merely contained some equipment, bottles, and jars. A bookshelf was placed on the side, and an oil lamp and a harmony brazier flickered, dimly illuminating the secret room.

This was a super-simplified version of a laboratory.

The special part was a small room on one side of the secret room. Inside, many corpses were scattered haphazardly. The people who had just been captured were lying on stone slabs, and the Murder Demon seemed to be preparing to do something.

The moment Su Hao entered, his gaze locked onto a brazier beneath the bookshelf. A large pile of books and documents in the brazier was burning fiercely.

“What a waste!” Su Hao immediately rushed forward, kicking over the brazier with one foot. A large amount of paper ash scattered, along with more unburnt books. Su Hao didn’t care, stepping on them and quickly extinguishing the fire.

“Huh? Where is this?”

At this moment, a student on the test bench woke up groggily, looking at the surroundings in confusion.

Su Hao cursed his bad luck and quickly stepped forward, delivering a chop to the student’s neck. The confused student fainted again.

He wasn’t reassured, so he delivered a hard chop to the neck of everyone lying on the test benches, ensuring they wouldn’t wake up for a while.

The flames from the books had been extinguished, with only faint red lights flickering. The remains of completely burnt paper floated in the air.

Su Hao stepped forward and flipped through them. He found that many of the preserved books, although bearing burn marks, were largely intact due to Su Hao’s timely rescue. The scattered documents, however, had already turned to ash.

With a regretful expression, he took out the prepared pockets and began stuffing the damaged books into them, quickly filling them up.

He looked around again, found no special items, and turned to quickly leave through another exit.

At this moment, the guards had already entered the cave entrance and would soon arrive here.

After exiting, Su Hao immediately pursued in the direction of the “Murder Demon.”

He believed the most valuable items must still be on the other person.

The “Murder Demon” was retreating in the direction outside the city wall and had already run far beyond it. However, they were still within Su Hao’s radar range, and their speed was far slower than Su Hao’s. This meant the “Murder Demon” couldn’t escape.

Conversely, even if they were to fight and Su Hao found himself outmatched, he could still use his speed advantage to quickly retreat.

After the pursuing guards exited, they lost track of Su Hao and the “Murder Demon” in the darkness of the night. They began to spread out and search, but it was futile.

Su Hao first found a hidden spot along the way to stash the book package before fully committing to the pursuit.

Meanwhile, the “Murder Demon,” unaware of being pursued, slowed down slightly after running at full speed for a considerable distance.

This was exactly what Su Hao wanted. Blood Qi surged beneath his feet, increasing his speed. The wilderness was desolate and uninhabited, perfect for him to unleash his full power and have a satisfying fight.

That’s right, this time he intended to fight with the goal of killing his opponent, going all out.

Ever since his Grandmaster-level Blood Qi was replenished to its peak, he hadn’t truly unleashed his full strength or experienced the extent of his combat power, or rather, his destructive capability.

In previous battles, he had almost always overpowered his opponents, resolving them with ease. There was no challenge, no enjoyment in fighting.

This time, his opponent was a high-level Grandmaster. He expected to feel sufficient pressure and experience the thrill of a real fight.

With this thought, the immense Blood Qi within Su Hao began to surge with his emotions, almost compelling him to let out a long roar to the heavens.

Su Hao’s speed increased rapidly. The Long Blade at his waist was now in his hand, gleaming coldly under the moonlight.

He saw his opponent, the Murder Demon, rapidly fleeing into the distant darkness under the moonlight.

His figure was like that of a young man around twenty years old, carrying a messy small bundle on his back. His long hair flew backward due to his rapid sprint, and his left hand held a thick Long Blade.

Su Hao did not conceal his presence and approached at full speed.

When he was about thirty meters away, Murder Demon noticed Su Hao following behind him.

Murder Demon turned his head and saw a figure moving at high speed under the moonlight, holding a cold blade and charging at him with unstoppable momentum, so terrified that he almost lost his footing.

“Who is it!” Murder Demon, seeing that he was about to be caught, simply drew the Long Blade in his hand and turned to meet him.

Su Hao not only didn’t stop, but his Blood Qi exploded under his feet, and his short-distance sprint speed increased again.

The Long Blade in his hand was infused with a massive amount of Blood Qi, almost overflowing.

He raised his blade.

The might of Mount Tai.

He swung his blade.

The force of a breaking river.

Murder Demon was almost suffocated by the momentum of Su Hao’s charge.

“Hah!”

He could only let out a roar to boost his morale and swing his blade to block.

“Clang!”

(End of Chapter)