Chapter 27 Kill Dong Xiao

In the latter half of the night, the entire Lanyue City seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, completely silent.

Xu Jingming, Zi Teng, and Mr. Lu, all wearing black masks and dressed in black, stood at the corner of an alley, gazing at a distant residence.

"That is Dong Xiao's residence," Mr. Lu pointed out. "Inside, besides Dong Xiao, there are several maids and servants, as well as more than ten members of his gang. These gang members are generally weak and not worth mentioning, but once they launch a signal flare, the Huayue Gang will immediately know and quickly rush to support him."

"Before they even arrive, we will have already killed Dong Xiao," Zi Teng confidently stated.

"According to the previous plan," Xu Jingming said, "we'll enter through the side door and follow the main path. People in gangs are very vigilant, and their residences often have hidden traps in many places. On the contrary, the main path... the maids, servants, and guards frequently use it, so it's relatively safe."

"Walking the main path makes it easy to be discovered by the gang members," Mr. Lu said, looking at Zi Teng. "Once you discover any gang members, you must immediately kill them and not let them shout out."

"Don't worry," Zi Teng nodded.

"Dong Xiao is very afraid of death. He always sleeps in his own small courtyard, and that courtyard must be full of traps," Xu Jingming said. "I'll be the first to go in then."

"Mm," Zi Teng and Mr. Lu both nodded.

The three immediately acted silently.

They arrived at the east side door of the residence. First, Zi Teng leaped up, crossed the courtyard wall, and quietly landed behind the door. Her feet were like a cat's paws, landing softly and almost silently. After landing, Zi Teng carefully looked around, and Xu Jingming and Mr. Lu also leaped in.

After achieving cellular-level control, one's footsteps could indeed be lighter than a cat's, moving silently.

"Let's go."

This residence was much smaller than that of Chang Yi.

Entering from the side door, passing through a door and a corridor, led to the inner residence.

Xu Jingming and the others quickly approached and suddenly saw two gang members guarding the entrance of the inner courtyard, drinking wine and chatting softly.

"Why hasn't Qiu Lao Er come to take over? We've been guarding for half an hour extra today. He'll have to make it up to us next time."

"The boss recently gave him a widow, so Qiu Lao Er probably overslept."

The two muttered.

*Pfft pfft.*

Two darts instantly pierced into their heads, and the two immediately collapsed.

Zi Teng then appeared, holding her long saber and gently cutting the inner courtyard gate. *Chih*—with her control over saber energy, the thick door bolt was easily cut off, and a thin string on the bolt was also severed.

"Jingle jangle~~" A bell tied to the string suddenly fell to the ground, making a piercing jingle in the silent night.

Six gang members on duty in different places throughout the residence were instantly jolted awake.

Xu Jingming, Mr. Lu, and Zi Teng's expressions all changed.

"There's a bell on the inner courtyard door bolt? He's too careful!"

"We can't worry about that now."

Xu Jingming, holding his long spear, took the lead and kicked the inner courtyard gate.

"Bang!"

This kick had tens of thousands of pounds of force, and the wooden courtyard gate directly exploded open, sending a large number of shattered wooden pieces flying into the inner courtyard in all directions. This triggered many mechanisms, such as animal traps, ropes, and hidden weapons.

This made Xu Jingming, Zi Teng, and Mr. Lu secretly grumble.

Everyone said that people in gangs were very careful, but this was too careful! They filled their courtyards with all kinds of traps at night. It seemed simple, but once someone fell into one... even experts would be injured if they didn't die.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a five-colored signal flare shot into the sky, like a five-colored flower, extremely conspicuous in the night sky.

It was the Huayue Gang's signal flare!

"Bang bang bang." Mr. Lu also continuously kicked the walls to the side, and countless pieces of rubble flew, smashing into various parts of the inner courtyard and the houses. Anything with a mechanism was likely triggered.

"Go."

Xu Jingming, Mr. Lu, and Zi Teng rushed out of the collapsed walls, each leaping more than ten meters in one step, arriving in front of the main house in the inner courtyard.

Mr. Lu directly threw out two circular blade wheels, which rotated, easily cutting open the house and flying into the house to cut wildly. Xu Jingming, with his long spear, struck the walls, and a large section of the wall immediately collapsed, sending countless bricks and stones flying, while Zi Teng held many darts in her hands, constantly on alert.

Such a large house was instantly destroyed and collapsed by Xu Jingming and the others. Arrows and poison liquid fell down, obviously damaging some of the mechanisms inside the house when they destroyed it.

"Crashing in so recklessly, are these assassins?" Dong Xiao, who had already woken up when the bell rang, saw two circular wheels whistling and cutting inside the house, followed by the collapse of a wall at any time, and the house beginning to collapse, was very depressed.

"Daring to come so forcefully, they must think their strength overwhelms me. Fine, I'll save my life first." Dong Xiao originally wanted to sneak attack, but was afraid, and immediately hit the mechanism on the bedside, and the entire bed immediately sank, falling into the underground secret chamber below.

The reason he always slept in his house was because it had been modified with many mechanisms and an escape route.

"Swish!" A spear shadow swept through the collapsing wood and stones and had already charged in. Xu Jingming, Mr. Lu, and Zi Teng had already rushed in. Mr. Lu even threw out his circular blade wheels to cut in all directions, searching for Dong Xiao.

"His aura..." Zi Teng pointed to the ground in front. "It's underground!"

Every star life who embarked on the path of evolution practiced mind cultivation techniques, and some were particularly good at sensing. Zi Teng was clearly better at sensing than Xu Jingming and Mr. Lu.

"Bang bang bang." Upon hearing this, Mr. Lu sent a circular blade wheel flying past, a super-high-speed circular blade wheel! Each one carrying over ten thousand pounds of cutting force, instantly cutting open the bricks and stones, revealing an underground passage.

"Go."

The circular blade wheel flew into the underground passage first, and Mr. Lu followed. Xu Jingming and Zi Teng followed closely behind.

...

"They discovered the underground passage, and they didn't care about any mechanisms, just charging in so recklessly, are they crazy?" Dong Xiao had just pulled down the gate when he heard the rumbling sound constantly approaching, and couldn't help but change his expression.

Normal experts would carefully explore the underground passage, for fear of falling.

But obviously, Xu Jingming and the other two, one charging in the front, and the other two following closely behind! They didn't even care if one of their companions died! What they cared about was... killing 'Dong Xiao' as quickly as possible.

Because in their hearts, Dong Xiao's life was worth 900,000 universe coins. They themselves would only lose 100,000 universe coins if they died once. A very worthwhile deal!

"Bang."

The sharp three-sided circular blade wheel tore through the gate, and Mr. Lu saw Dong Xiao fleeing in a panic at a glance.

"Three, who hired you? I'll give you double the money!" Dong Xiao shouted loudly, for fear of losing his life if he shouted too slowly.

*Whoosh!*

Dong Xiao blocked the whistling circular blade wheel with a short halberd, and the circular blade wheel flew back and landed in Mr. Lu's hand.

Mr. Lu, Xu Jingming, and Zi Teng all stared at him, their eyes glowing.

"Double the money?" Mr. Lu opened his mouth in a hoarse voice.

"The person who hired us spent a full three hundred taels of silver," Xu Jingming said in a low voice. "Can you afford double that?"

"Yes, I have double. Six hundred taels, I can afford it!" Dong Xiao said. "I'm the vice leader of the Fengyue Hall!"

Xu Jingming and the other two exchanged glances.

"Give us the silver now, and we'll spare your life," Zi Teng also said. "Otherwise, you will surely die today."

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Dong Xiao said with a smile. "If I give it all to you, what if you go back on your word? How about this, I'll give you two hundred taels of silver first! Tomorrow... you can send someone to contact me again. If I don't give you the rest, with your strength, it won't be too late to come and kill me again."

"Give us two hundred taels first? That's too little."

"The person who hired us paid three hundred taels."

Xu Jingming, Zi Teng, and Mr. Lu stared at Dong Xiao with murderous intent, like three wolves looking at a little lamb.

Dong Xiao did not doubt it. He was a second-rate expert himself and a member of the Huayue Gang. A reward to kill him would cost two to three hundred taels of silver. Anything less wouldn't be enough to hire strong enough experts.

"These three are terrifyingly strong, each one no less than me, but I spend money freely and have a lot of expenses. I only have two hundred taels of silver in cash... where am I going to get six hundred taels," Dong Xiao thought to himself.

"At least give us three hundred taels first, and tomorrow we'll send someone to contact you again and give us the other three hundred taels," Mr. Lu said in a hoarse voice. "Alright, I don't have time to waste with you. Yes or no, one word."

"I can't gather that much silver right now. How about this, there's a hidden compartment in that wooden cabinet with two hundred taels of silver hidden inside," Dong Xiao immediately said. "You can take those two hundred taels first as a sign of my sincerity. As for the other four hundred taels... you have to give me time to prepare, and I'm also afraid that if I give it all to you at once, you'll kill me."

"Bang."

Xu Jingming pierced the wooden cabinet with a spear, and the entire wooden cabinet shattered, revealing a small hidden compartment inside that was cracked open, revealing silver ingots inside, each ingot weighing 10 taels, a total of 20 ingots.

In the Bloody Rain World, gold and silver were very valuable. One tael of silver was equivalent to one thousand coins!

"I keep my word, here are two hundred taels..." Dong Xiao was still saying.

*Shuu shuu shuu!!!*

Zi Teng had already suddenly launched a series of darts! Mr. Lu followed closely behind, also throwing out a blade wheel. The blade wheel whistled away, and Xu Jingming, holding his long spear, also attacked.

"You don't keep your word!" Dong Xiao revealed a look of shock and anger. He didn't dare to turn around and run, because exposing his back to these three assassins was suicide. He waved his double halberds in an alternating motion, blocking all the darts. At that moment, the blade wheel had already whistled in front of him.

Dong Xiao was furious and unwilling. He blocked with one short halberd, and after blocking the blade wheel with the other, he suddenly threw it out. Only a few meters away, Mr. Lu, who was charging too fiercely, also changed his expression, using his blade wheel to block it.

"Clang!"

The thrown short halberd was too fast and too close. Mr. Lu's blade wheel could not completely block it, and the short halberd grazed his waist, tearing out a large piece of flesh.

"Pfft." Xu Jingming's long spear took the opportunity to pierce into Dong Xiao's throat.

Two fists were no match for four hands! Facing the combined forces of Xu Jingming and the other two, Dong Xiao simply could not block them.

"I was still too reckless." Mr. Lu looked at the wound on his waist. By controlling every cell, the large wound tightened, with only an occasional drop of blood slowly seeping out.

"Take the silver and leave quickly." Xu Jingming grabbed a piece of clothing from the underground chamber, wrapped up the two hundred taels of silver, held his spear in one hand, and carried the silver package in the other, turning around and leaving. Mr. Lu and Zi Teng immediately followed.

*Swoosh swoosh swoosh,* the three leaped to the ground into the ruined house, each turning into a blurred afterimage, and quickly left along the way they came.

And in the middle of the night, the Huayue Gang members were still on their way.