Zhao Lei had no idea why Su Minghao had suddenly become stronger. But one thing was clear to him—Su Minghao was a muddy body, and it was absolutely impossible for him to follow the martial arts path.
"If you don't come into the warrior's path, you will always be an ordinary person," Zhao Lei thought to himself. "No matter how much stronger you get, you can't fight with the Broken Axe Hunting Group, who are all warriors."
So, Zhao Lei didn't feel any fear. He was sure that Su Minghao would be horrified, just as he had been before.
"Broken Axe Hunting Group?"
Su Minghao's heart turned cold at the mention of the name. His toes squirmed furiously, and suddenly, Zhao Lei screamed. His cheeks twisted in pain.
The Broken Axe Hunting Group was a feared gang in the area. They had a notorious reputation for robbery and violence.
Su Minghao's thoughts raced back to the two bullies who had once beaten him to a pulp—the tattoos on their earlobes! Those were from the Broken Axe Hunting Group!
"Alright, Broken Axe Hunting Group!"
The sense of shame and killing blended in Su Minghao's mind, fueling his anger even further. His heart burned with rage, and he stamped his foot once more.
"Ai! Su Minghao, didn't you hear? Let me go!"
Zhao Lei's voice was full of desperation as he watched Su Minghao's emotions intensify. "Let me go quickly, let's settle our scores!"
"It's not that easy to settle scores."
Su Minghao laughed fiercely, bloodlust in his eyes. "With how you used to treat my parents nicely, and now how you're teasing me afterward, you'll have to spend your whole life paying for this hatred!"
"No! Su Minghao, I was wrong!"
Zhao Lei, this nervous and frightened fool, finally lowered his head in horror. Seeing the killing aura in Su Minghao's eyes sent a chill down his spine.
"Please. I am sorry. Don't kill me!"
"Humph!"
Su Minghao's face grew even paler as he reached out, grabbing a black Tang knife from the side wall.
"Don't kill me! I was wrong, I apologize!"
As soon as Zhao Lei saw Su Minghao grabbing the knife, his fear reached its peak. "You know you can't kill people in the city! That's the iron law! If you kill me, you'll die as well!"
"The iron law is for the weak to follow. This is a consensus!"
Su Minghao's cold smile sent a shiver down Zhao Lei's spine. Slowly, he pulled the sharp blade from its scabbard, his eyes gleaming with the promise of vengeance.
"Shao Shao, spare me! I... I don't want to die!"
Zhao Lei's terror quickly shifted to despair. Snot and tears streamed down his face as he begged for his life.
"It's not impossible to spare your life."
Su Minghao pressed the cold blade to Zhao Lei's neck, drawing a thin line of blood. "Tell me everything about the Broken Axe Hunting Group. The background, location, number of members, and their strength."
"I'll tell you! Don't do it!" Zhao Lei begged frantically.
With the long knife pointed at him, Zhao Lei felt cold, his hair standing on end.
"I just joined the Broken Axe Hunting Group. I know nothing about the gang!"
"I know only that the head of the gang is a legitimate martial artist, and the two deputy leaders of the gang are pseudo-martialists, incredibly powerful!"
"The other fellow members range from the elementary tempering body to the best tempering body, and there's a great amount of ordinary folks like me."
"The den of the Broken Axe Hunting Group is at Golden Fruit Building. I only go to the outside of the Golden Fruit Bar. I don't know the inner location!"
"I also learned that there's an outside base of the Broken Axe Hunting Group near the city, in Wind Wolf F-class."
"That's all, I said it all, kill me!"
Zhao Lei said it all in one breath, shuddering with fright, tears streaming down.
"There are two members of the Broken Axe Hunting Group."
Su Minghao repeated the two bullies' expressions and inquired, "Do you know?"
"Yes, I know!"
Zhao Lei nodded in amazement. "One is Dou Zhong and the other one is Cai Feng! They have both been undergoing tempering and have stayed in fortresses outside the city for many years.
They came back yesterday, and I just so happened to have had a drink with them all night at the Golden Fruit Bar."
"But I don't know why, they left early yesterday morning and swept a crowd away. I was low-ranking and not permitted to join, so I came back."
"Well!"
Su Minghao nodded, and with a sigh, he slid the Tang Dao back into its scabbard.
Zhao Lei sighed in relief at seeing this, his whole body dripping with sweat, like a stray dog just fetched from the water.
But Su Minghao grinned at that moment and moved his foot from Zhao Lei's head to his other healthy limb.
"Su Minghao! What are you going to do!!"
Zhao Lei's eyes squinted in an instant, his voice shaking with horror. "No! Don't!"
Su Minghao gave a deaf ear to Zhao Lei's begging and crashed his foot down.
"Crack!"
"Ahhhhh!"
Zhao Lei squealed like a pig, tears and snot flowing down his face.
"It's not over yet!"
Su Minghao gave a faint smile and kicked his foot at Zhao Lei's thigh for the umpteenth time. "Yes, all limbs will be broken!"
"Please, Master Su!"
"Don't--!"
"What!!"
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