Chapter 383 - 199: Stepping Stone

Chapter 383: Chapter 199: Stepping Stone

"You dare!"

Cai Xiaodong initially thought that invoking the flag of the East Pole Kingdom would intimidate the adversary, but who would have expected that the criminals in front of him were so utterly vicious.

"What wouldn’t I dare to do?"

Ming Guangzhong laughed maniacally; although his veins flowed with Eastern blood, he had long become a minion of the Source Blood Association, disregarding his homeland and showing no mercy when killing his compatriots.

"What are you waiting for? Do it!"

The police battalion he commanded originally served his grandfather, Ming Xuechang. Back when Ming Xuechang was the County Magistrate, all these officers were from Chenli Country.

But the justice they maintained wasn’t true justice, nor peace; instead, they chose to act as accomplices, becoming Ming Xuechang’s vicious apparatchiks, infamous for their endless crimes, killing without a second thought.

Now, seeing Ming Guangzhong’s orders, they immediately rushed forward, captured Cai Xiaodong, dragged him aside, and dug a deep pit.

Ming Guangzhong stepped forward, looking down at the tightly bound Cai Xiaodong, grinning cruelly: "Why don’t you kneel and bow a few times, and I’ll spare your life?"

"Pah, you’re a crook, I’m a soldier; you think I’d kneel to you? Dream on!"

At this point, Cai Xiaodong had already resolved himself to die heroically. When accepting the mission, he knew the dangers involved; even the odds of survival were slim.

Yet, to rescue the trapped compatriots, he accepted the mission without hesitation.

To bow down to the criminals?

Absolutely impossible!

"Haha, such courage."

Ming Guangzhong sneered, giving Cai Xiaodong a thumbs up, but then turned coldly and instructed his subordinates: "Quickly, bury him; we still have a journey ahead!"

After saying this, he fiercely glanced at the other hostages, sternly threatened: "Anyone causing trouble will end up like him!"

Such brutal actions successfully intimidated the other hostages. Previously, stirred by Cai Xiaodong, they were considering resistance.

Now, witnessing Cai Xiaodong about to be buried alive, they became as timid as quails, quelled any thoughts of defiance, and were forced onto the truck, full of despair.

In the pit, Cai Xiaodong stood firm and straight, as dirt kept falling on him, it couldn’t conceal his pride and righteousness.

"You demons and spirits, those who commit injustice will surely perish; divine retribution will come sooner or later!"

"Hehehe, divine retribution? Laughable, here in Mengding City, I am the divine! Once I’ve sold you pigs, I’ll immigrate to the Western Pole Kingdom, live in a villa, drive luxury cars, enjoy life, live long. But you, you’re about to die."

Ming Guangzhong held up his gun, his expression unruly and arrogant.

"Really?"

A figure descended from the sky—it was Ye Qingzhou.

"A-Ab... Absolute Sword..."

Ming Guangzhong, who was once arrogant, was now terrified, his teeth chattering: "M-Master Jue Absolute Sword, I’ve researched. You’re wanted by the East Pole Kingdom. I’m also wanted; we’re in the same situation, no need for mutual destruction. R-Right... I can pay you, lots and lots of money!"

"Do you think you’re deserving of the same level of bounty as I am?"

Ye Qingzhou sneered scornfully, and with a casual sword strike, he severed Ming Guangzhong’s legs at the knees.

Then he turned, swung a Sword Qi, lopping off the heads of the Ming family’s corrupt police wielding shovels. Not stopping, he plunged into the crowd, amidst gunfire, engaging in a massacre.

Wherever the Black Shark Sword reached, a bloody storm ensued. Ming family’s soldiers fell like crops in a field, reaped by the sword’s sweep.

Within minutes, the police battalion painstakingly built by Ming Xuechang was slaughtered by Ye Qingzhou and his sword.

The entire street was littered with corpses, blood flowed like rivers—a terrifying scene. Even the hostages on the truck looked at Ye Qingzhou with apprehensive eyes.

That was humanity’s most primal fear; to them, Ye Qingzhou seemed like a bloodthirsty monster.

Ye Qingzhou glanced at the truck, selected a few of the strongest men: "You, you, and you, get off."

The chosen three, staring at the blood-dripping Black Shark Sword in Ye Qingzhou’s hand, dared not refuse, obediently alighted the truck, followed Ye Qingzhou towards Ming Guangzhong.

At this moment, Ming Guangzhong clutched his severed legs, wailing in agony: "My legs! My legs! Save me, someone save me!"

Ye Qingzhou proceeded forward with indifference, beckoned with True Qi to pull Cai Xiaodong out of the pit, then flipped Ming Guangzhong inside and ordered the three hostages behind him: "Bury him."

"Ah?"

The men flinched with fear.

"What, is there a problem?"

"No! No problem!"

All three harbored deep hatred for Ming Guangzhong; more so getting an order from Ye Qingzhou, the god of death?

They raised shovels and began burying the man, their movements swift—it was thrilling, and in their minds, a sense of delight emerged.

As for questioning Ye Qingzhou’s actions?

Anyone who glanced around would dare not even breathe heavily.

Be aware, Ming Xuechang’s family controlled three military units: one border battalion, one police battalion, and one militia battalion, commanding three battalions overall.

Among them, the police battalion officially claimed only two to three hundred men; in reality, it had grown to over a thousand. Even Chenli’s governmental forces in Mengding were fewer in number than the Ming family’s private army.

This thousand-strong force was the primary security for Wo Hu Manor and, after Source Blood Association’s military training, was assigned to the fraud district.