Chapter 473 - 273: Slaying a Fifth Rank, Twists and Turns!

Li Xuan felt Su Mu’s gaze sweep across his face, and inexplicably his heart skipped a beat. But seeing Su Mu quickly retracted his gaze and looked as if nothing was amiss, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don’t scare yourself."

On the deck, Su Mu’s gaze swept around. Before boarding, Su Mu had already swum around the ship underwater several times and had gained a rough understanding of the structure of this great ship, now combining what he saw upon boarding.

Immediately, a detailed blueprint of the ship appeared in his mind.

With his mind this way, Su Mu feigned urgency on his face.

"Quick, take me to see the Young Master!"

On the deck, everyone cast their eyes on Li Xuan. It should be for him, the Incense Master, to lead people to the cabin. As Li Xuan secretly observed Su Mu, his eyelids jumped.

"Zhao San, you take him to the cabin."

The River Bandit named Zhao San was startled when he heard the words, finally snorted lightly, "Follow me!"

Walking a few steps, the Jiao Blood Gang river bandits on the ship entered Su Mu’s sight one after another. Among them, a few had an aura similar to that of the Blood Wolf Woman who attacked the Black Whale that night.

There were several demon martial artists on the ship. The strongest aura came from inside the cabin. Judging by the aura alone through the cabin, it was slightly stronger than that of the Blood Wolf Woman before, most likely Liu E, another Hall Master of the Jiao Blood Gang.

The Jiao Blood Gang outside the cabin knocked on the door. Inside, the excitement was disturbed, erupting into a furious roar.

"You damn bastard... You better have something important to say, or I’ll slaughter you and throw you into the sea to feed the sea demons."

Sea demons?

Su Mu was moved, but now wasn’t the time to care about these things. After the low roar, the faces of the Jiao Blood Gang outside the cabin turned pale, they knelt in terror and cursed Li Xuan’s ancestors to the eighteenth generation in their hearts.

"Young Master, I have something important to report."

"Is it Blue Tiger? Come in."

Creak.

The door opened a crack, and Su Mu pushed the door open and entered. Immediately, several different gazes simultaneously fell on him. Liu E, with a face like a delicate scholar clothed in white, had an expression that changed unpredictably, pondering what on earth Blue Tiger was going to report.

Beside Tao Han, Zhao Yixin’s, with a scholar’s attire, eyes were cold and sharp, a wave of spiritual power swept back and forth across Su Mu’s body.

In the cabin, besides the three, there were a few beautiful women accompanying them, as well as several iron cages containing disheveled, scantily clad girls resembling demon beast cubs sold in the Black Market. These girls were bloodless, trembling all over as if sifting chaff.

"Hehehe, Liu brother, this batch of goods is quite good, especially that little girl. I will taste her well later..."

Beside him, Zhao Yixin didn’t react. Tao Han merely glanced over and continued to comment without any restraint, eyes intertwining the wicked, excitement, and indifference. To him, the people in cages were not people but ants that could be humiliated and killed at will.

After they’ve had enough of playing, killing, burying, or cooking them, it’s just according to their mood.

Noticing Blue Tiger standing still after entering the cabin, Tao Han’s eyes narrowed, the previously wicked excitement was tinged with a bit of coldness, and the tone also became a bit colder.

"Speak, what’s the matter?"

"Young Master, news just received..." Su Mu lowered his head, his gaze falling on Liu E. Tao Han burst into a rage, "You dog slave, say when I ask you to say!"

"Yes, Young Master."

Su Mu feigned fear, "Just received news, The Giant Wave Gang and Jiang Jiu Alliance are coming..."

The voice carried heaviness and a timely quiver.

"What?!"

Tao Han suddenly stood up, flipping the table full of diverse snacks and preserved fruits in front of him, immediately a clattering sound erupted in the cabin.

"Liu E, do you want to die!"

Liu E’s expression changed drastically, instinctively he wanted to deny, but the words stopped at his throat. After a moment of thought, it wasn’t impossible. He himself didn’t do such a thing but couldn’t ensure his subordinates hadn’t leaked the information.

This change in expression was caught by Tao Han, further enraging him, affirming in his heart that Liu E betrayed him.

"Tao brother... I will definitely get to the bottom of this matter, and will also ensure your safety tonight!"

"Check your mother’s head! Do I need your protection?!" Tao Han, whose temperament was perverse and arrogant, once he identified something wouldn’t doubt himself. Seeing Liu E’s actions reinforced in his mind that Liu E was the ghost, betraying him.

"We’re leaving, Liu E, you’re good... just you wait!"

Tao Han cursed out loud, Zhao Yixin by his side wanted to say something but was stopped by Tao Han’s raised hand, briefly considering that regardless of the truth of the message, he’d rather believe it existed than not, better to leave first.

The Jiao Blood Gang, Giant Wave Gang, and Jiang Jiu Alliance were the three major River Bandit groups of Donglai River, with a particularly poor, life and death relationship between the Jiang Jiu Alliance and the Tao Family.

The Jiang Jiu Alliance was formed by the remnants of the nine River Bandit groups eradicated back then, the major driving force behind the eradication being the Tao Family at that time.

The two immediately rose with a flick of their sleeves, and when they brushed past each other.

The ’Blue Jade’ standing still, with his head slightly downcast, suddenly moved.

"Crack, crack, crack—"

Su Mu’s spine undulated like a Great Dragon. Within him, twelve large meridians, numerous veins glowed with cyan light, the Secret Realm patterns on the Jade Bone all lit up, Qi Blood surged like ferocious Flood Dragons, with the Jiao Tendon Jade Bone and all Qi Blood being fully activated in an instant.

Every inch of flesh rapidly vibrated at a speed uncatchable by ordinary eyes, from which a roar of tiger, cry of deer, bear growl, monkey howl and bird trill burst forth from Su Mu’s body, silently spreading a river of Qi Blood ten feet long.

Among the five demon sounds, two were particularly high-pitched.

A bird trill and a monkey howl.

Jiao Tendon Jade Bone!