After a brief silence, the tavern erupted into laughter.
"Just as Little Wu left, another one comes. Officer Ma is really sincere!"
"Are you still talking? If you weren't too crazy yesterday, Little Wu wouldn't have been scared off. That kid was so honest and innocent; it would have been great if he stayed for a few more days..."
"But this one looks better than the one from yesterday. He's quite handsome."
"Let's be careful today. Lao Qian said if we scare this one off, there won't be anyone left..."
"Escape? Don't even think about escaping this time," a thin man slowly stood up, his deeply sunken eyes staring at Chen Yifei like a zombie. "Not bad, quite young and in good health. His organs should sell for a good price."
"Bone Knife, this is going too far. It won't be easy to end this afterward..."
"Hmm, Bingquan Street was destroyed by the disaster, and it was originally the fault of these law enforcers. What? Don't they allow us to ask for some compensation?" The thin man known as Bone Knife sneered.
The people in the tavern all looked at Chen Yifei by the door, like a group of greedy and hungry beasts examining the prey that had been delivered to them.
Chen Yifei stood there, seemingly oblivious to their words. He took a pen out of his pocket and tapped it on the form.
"Bone Knife, right?" Chen Yifei wrote down this name.
"Let's start with you... Where were you on the night when Bingquan Street was destroyed?"
Seeing that this young man dared to ask questions, everyone looked at each other in surprise. They knew that yesterday, Wu Youdong was so scared by this scene that he couldn't even speak... Was this kid really reckless or just stupid?
Bone Knife's eyes narrowed slightly. He stood up and slowly walked towards Chen Yifei.
"Where was I?" Bone Knife blew on his black fingernails, and then his pale knuckles, like eagle claws, grabbed Chen Yifei's neck!
"I was in your mother's bed!!"
In the blink of an eye, a cold glint flashed in Chen Yifei's eyes. His right hand, holding the pen, suddenly stabbed back, and the tip of the pen instantly pierced through Bone Knife's palm!
Under the pain that seemed to pierce his bones, Bone Knife screamed. Before he could react, a hand rapidly enlarged in his vision, then pressed down on his head, slamming it heavily onto the ground!
Path of the War God, [Trial]path, third stage - [Dance of Murder]!
Bang—!!
Wood splinters flew, and crimson flowed.
Everyone just felt a blur before their eyes, and Bone Knife was slammed into the floor by the young man with one hand. The thick cotton coat lifted slightly, and the entire tavern fell into a deathly silence.
"Assaulting a law enforcer is a serious crime," Chen Yifei said calmly.
He slowly straightened his back, patted his bloodstained palms, and his gaze swept over everyone.
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[Audience Expectation...]
After a brief silence, the people in the tavern finally regained their senses. The shock and astonishment in their eyes were overshadowed by violent murderous intent. Three of them even drew their guns and aimed at Chen Yifei on the spot!
"Damn, a tough nut?!"
Chen Yifei had known they had guns. In the instant they drew them, he flipped the nearby bar table over!
The massive table flipped in the air, and a group of figures immediately moved aside, causing chaos in front. At the same time, Chen Yifei bent over and flashed out from under the table, swinging a wine bottle and smashing it into the face of the nearest gunman!
Crash!
The wine bottle shattered, and sharp fragments slashed across the man's cheek, leaving several crimson scars.
Chen Yifei countered with an elbow strike, knocking the man unconscious instantly.
In the blink of an eye, two flashes of gunfire erupted in the distance, and bullets whistled directly towards Chen Yifei!
In the dim light, Chen Yifei's figure moved as agilely as a ghost. His thick cotton coat fluttered and twisted, pierced by two bullets, but none of them landed on Chen Yifei's body.
This was Chen Yifei's first time using the [Murderous Dance], and the most pronounced sensation was that his body felt weightless like a ghost.
In such a cramped and chaotic tavern, he could navigate through it like a fish in water. As long as he could anticipate the enemy's gun-raising motion, he was confident in dodging the bullets... Of course, the premise was that there weren't many gunmen.
As he dealt with the first gunman, the other two immediately felt a sense of crisis as if they were locked on by a wild beast.
Their gazes tried to track Chen Yifei's position, but with Chen Yifei continuously flipping tables and chairs to obscure their vision, it was nearly impossible. They only heard a whistling sound by their ears, and the next moment, their heads were hit hard, losing consciousness.
Chen Yifei dealt with another gunman, grabbed the gun with his other hand, and repeatedly fired at several burly men rushing towards him with knives.
Bang bang bang——!
Several blooms of blood appeared on their legs, and they immediately screamed in pain, falling to the ground one after another.
Cries of pain, curses, gunshots, and the sound of tables and chairs crashing filled the air. It had only been thirty seconds since Chen Yifei entered the tavern, and the entire place was in disarray. Out of the original fourteen people in the tavern, thirteen were brutally taken down!
Chen Yifei casually threw the empty pistol aside, stepped over the body of a burly man with four broken ribs, and as the man screamed in pain, he leisurely walked to the only intact chair in the room and sat down.
"Boss, a glass of whiskey." Chen Yifei kicked the burly man again, and another scream echoed, "Put it on his tab."
The one-eyed boss who had been standing behind the counter throughout finally came to his senses and looked at Chen Yifei with eyes full of fear.
Being able to open a tavern on Ice Spring Street and become a gathering place for most residents, this one-eyed boss was naturally not an ordinary person. He had traveled through the seven districts and met many people, but a young man like Chen Yifei, who acted so decisively and ruthlessly, was the first he had seen.
Damn, is this the preparatory seat?
If you said this guy was a law enforcer, he would believe it!
The one-eyed boss wisely put away the revolver he had secretly clutched in his hand, lowered his head, took out a glass, and began to prepare the whiskey.
"Name." Chen Yifei crossed his legs, placed the form on his lap, and said calmly.
No one answered in the silent tavern.
"I'm asking you!"
He kicked the burly man's broken ribs.
"Aaaaah... Li Mang! Li Mang!" The burly man immediately gave in.
"Where were you on the night of the Disaster invasion?"
"I, I was in this tavern."
"Did you see the appearance of that Disaster?"
"I think I saw it... I was just coming out to relieve myself and saw it fleeting across the street... It should be human-shaped." The burly man spoke the truth, trembling.
Chen Yifei didn't say anything more. He stood up, received the whiskey from the counter, gently shook it twice, and the clear ice cubes clicked against the glass.
Then, he lifted the glass and slowly poured it over the burly man's bloody wound...
"Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!" The heart-rending scream echoed through the street.
"It's true!! It's all true!!!"
"You know what? Without concrete evidence, reporting to law enforcers based on words like 'seems' and 'should'... is considered rumor-mongering." Chen Yifei's eyes slightly narrowed.
"Let me ask you again... Did you see it?"
"I, I... I really..."
The glass in Chen Yifei's hand gradually tilted, and more and more whiskey poured over the wound, causing the burly man to shake in pain!
"...No!! I didn't see anything!! I didn't see anything at all!!!"