The Shadow-Seeking Butterfly pointed out the direction.
Xie Litang had just sheathed her sword and was about to leave.
Suddenly...
Whew.
Boom!
An ultra-high-speed missile trailing a tail of flame slammed down right beside her, exploding with a deafening roar.
Xie Litang's massive health pool of 160 million instantly dropped by a mere sliver of skin.
"Holy crap."
Xie Litang walked out of the flames.
Her battle armor was shattered, making her look somewhat bedraggled.
She drew her sword once again and cursed furiously, "I thought you people had assessed the situation clearly and would let this matter end here. I wanted to exchange sincerity for sincerity, but I ended up getting a missile instead!"
Xie Litang was not a bloodthirsty or cruel person; those she killed were merely people who held grudges against her.
She had originally planned to clean up the remaining bloodline tails of the Ye Family and leave with Yang Yiyi, never expecting to be greeted by a missile.
Xie Litang transformed into a crimson flame once more and charged straight into the defensive line formed by the City Defense Force and the Peacekeeper Bureau.
Swish!
She was as fast as red lightning.
Trailing a long red streak along a straight line, everyone in her path exploded one after another.
"Retreat!"
"Retreat quickly! Scatter and retreat!"
The officer of the City Defense Force and high-ranking officials of the Peacekeeper Bureau screamed at the top of their lungs.
The officer felt bitter in his heart but could not voice it. His original intention was to support an elder of a prominent family being hunted down with a missile strike, never expecting that old bastard to be so useless.
They had made their choice to serve the prominent families.
Now, they had to bear the consequences.
Hum...
Because her speed was too fast, Xie Litang's long sword sliced through the air, causing a soft hum.
As if realizing something, the officer screamed in terror, "I'm from the Department of Military Affairs!"
Swish!
The long sword flashed with sharp white light as it swept past.
Xie Litang didn't even look back, scoffing coldly, "From the Department of Military Affairs? It's not like I haven't killed your kind before."
Anyway, she had offended plenty of people already.
What difference did one more or one less make?
The City Defense Force and Peacekeeper Bureau began a total rout, scattering so thinly that Xie Litang couldn't even bother to chase them.
Mainly, her buff duration was almost over, and true to her principle of not letting anything go to waste...
...she took the glass bottle filled with ants hanging from her waist and tossed it into the air.
Then, with a single stroke, she shattered it.
Empowered by the extreme speed of the Blood Escape Technique...
...the sword in Xie Litang's hand moved so fast that it left behind afterimages, slashing wildly at the ants falling through the air.
【Clang!】
【Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang...】
With a base health pool of 160 million, every single proc yielded a permanent increase of hundreds of thousands in health.
She was truly stacking Heartsteel to her heart's content this time, though her behavior looked a bit... baffling?
The buff duration ended.
Xie Litang finally sheathed her sword.
Stepping onto her turbofan hoverboard, she flew in the direction guided by the Shadow-Seeking Butterfly. Unusually, no one came to stop her along the way; she had slaughtered to the point where the city implicitly granted her free passage.
Inside the Black Swan Bar, a young man looking like a wealthy playboy was living a life of debauchery.
"Brothers, let's get hyped!"
"Tonight, Young Master Ye is paying for the whole venue!"
Although called "Young Master Ye," he was not part of the main line, but merely an illegitimate son among the many members of the Ye Family.
Born without inheritance rights, indulgence was his only option.
Xie Litang stepped inside.
She toyed with the pistol in her hand.
The moment Young Master Ye laid eyes on Xie Litang, he couldn't look away.
Grabbing stacks of cash off the table, he tossed them toward Xie Litang and said with glowing eyes, "Spend the night with me, little chick, and all of this is yours."
Xie Litang fired directly.
Bang!
Young Master Ye exploded into pieces across the floor.
Screams instantly erupted inside the bar. Xie Litang grabbed the microphone and said, "Sorry, folks, Young Master Ye can't pay the bill today. Don't be scared, I'm not a bad person. I'm leaving right away, so enjoy your drinks and food!"
Xie Litang left as soon as she said it.
The Shadow-Seeking Butterfly guided her to the second location, the Black Gold Beauty Spa Center, where she eliminated an illegitimate daughter of a collateral branch of the Ye Family.
The third location: a hotel banquet.
The fourth location...
...
In the end, Xie Litang gazed into the distance and sighed, "The remnants of the Ye Family are basically all purged. The only one left is Ye Lingyun, who is still at the Martial Arts University."
That's right—that same woman who had awakened the Angel ability and had been beaten within an inch of her life by Xie Litang.
The distance was simply too far to reach her for a purge.
She could only wait until they met again in the future to kill her.
Four or five in the morning.
It was the darkest hour before dawn.
Carrying a coffin on her back, Xie Litang walked into a burger joint she used to frequent most often.
"Boss, give me three Crazy Thursday specials, the custom Super Big Mac double beef burgers, and colas with light ice."
Beep.
【Payment Successful.】
Kill when needed, live when supposed to.
Carrying the three burger meals she received, Xie Litang finally stepped onto her turbofan hoverboard and flew toward the city line gates.
Strangely enough, wherever she went, everything was extraordinarily quiet, and no one came to trouble her.
Even when she reached the city line gate, the soldiers guarding the city were nowhere to be seen.
Only the pitch-black muzzles of the Namo Gatling Defense Cannons—which Xie Litang had always wanted to test out—were aimed at her, yet no one dared to fire.
Only after her figure flew far away did a man who looked like a captain walk out.
Wiping cold sweat from his forehead, the captain said with lingering fear, "Man, that jinx is finally gone. Scared the crap out of me; I thought a fight was gonna break out."
A subordinate soldier asked in confusion, "Captain, is it really fine to just let her leave like this?"
The captain glared fiercely at the soldier and said with frustration, "If we don't let her leave, do you want to clash with her head-on or something? Last night, an entire battalion-strength unit of our City Defense Force was crippled by her alone!"
The soldier clicked his tongue in disbelief.
On a dirt mound not far from Jianghai City...
...Xie Litang put down the coffin on her back, opened it, and gently woke the person inside.
Yang Yiyi's eyebrows were tightly knit as if she were having a nightmare. After a long while, she opened her eyes and asked, "Miss Xie, are we safe?"
Xie Litang handed over a burger and said, "We're safe."
"What about the Ye Family?"
"Basically all dead. Direct line, collateral branches, not a single one missed. Even their preserved sperm and blastocysts in the gene bank were poured down the drain. Even the eggs in their house were shaken until the yolks broke."
Yang Yiyi lowered her head and took a bite of the burger, saying after a long moment, "It's really delicious."
Hearing this, Xie Litang beamed with joy and said, "Back when my family was poor, my sister and I loved this kind of high-calorie, high-carb food the most."
Yang Yiyi breathed a complete sigh of relief. She knew she had won her gamble this time.
Even if Xie Litang was an S-Grade wanted criminal, what of it? In the end, this world spoke through strength.
What she lost was merely a startup business, but she stood to gain far more.
The distant dawn cast a sliver of glow; the world was surprisingly beautiful.
Gradually...
...her vision began to go dark, and she finally couldn't hold on any longer, passing out.
The drug injected into her by the Ye Family had inflicted severe damage on her body.
Xie Litang hurriedly set down her burger and carefully placed Yang Yiyi back inside the coffin.
She offered gentle comfort, "Don't worry. No matter how expensive Qi's potions are, I'll buy them for you. Whatever famous doctors you need, I'll hire them for you. You'll be fine."
Xie Litang's personal legendary super-saleswoman had demonstrated her loyalty.
She would reward her handsomely in turn.
Rate on N.U.
