Chapter 436 - 418: Astonishing Evil Qi, Control

Zheng Maotu’s expression stiffened, and rage burned in his heart.

He was the esteemed master of the Black Tiger Gang, an expert at the Ape Tendon Realm. And now, on his own turf, in the Black Tiger Gang’s headquarters, someone was ordering him around so arrogantly!

He was tempted to lash out, but seeing the man’s domineering and belligerent attitude, he worried he had run into someone he couldn’t afford to offend. After all, Black Stone City was currently teeming with all sorts of powerful and shady characters from Jian’an Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, Liangzhou Prefecture...

"Friend, I am Zheng Maotu, master of the Black Tiger Gang. This Joy Building is my establishment, and I’ve always valued peace. Since you wish to have a drink, I will have one with you."

With that, he sat down. The oiran behind him immediately stepped forward, her slender jade-like hand gracefully pouring a cup of wine for Zheng Maotu.

She then raised the wine pot again, her hand brushing over the back of Su Yu’s hand as she poured him a cup as well.

The senior sister in his arms immediately furrowed her delicate brows and shot the oiran a glare.

"Giggle... Don’t be angry, miss. This gentleman is clearly a man of great importance. Why not let Yin’Er serve you both?"

Zheng Maotu drained his cup in one gulp and cupped his fists. "Friend, eat and drink your fill. Here in the Joy Building, I, Zheng Maotu, will ensure you are well-received!"

Su Yu didn’t drink the wine. His tone was neutral. "Master Zheng, I hear you control all this territory in the west of the city."

"You flatter me. But it’s true that everyone in this area, no matter who they are, shows me, Zheng Maotu, some respect."

As he spoke, he let out a perfectly controlled trace of his Qi and Blood, mixed with a hint of Evil Qi. It was clear he had taken many lives.

Su Yu acted as if he hadn’t noticed and continued, "I hear the Black Tiger Gang usually collects Peace Coins amounting to sixty percent of a business’s earnings. If I recall correctly, most businesses only have a gross profit of fifty to sixty percent. With the price of grain skyrocketing, if you take sixty percent, most people will probably end up with their families broken and their lives ruined."

The moment he said this, the room fell silent.

A flicker of malice flashed in Zheng Maotu’s eyes. He guessed that Su Yu had most likely come with ill intentions.

But he didn’t lash out immediately. He suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Friend, where are you from? What does it have to do with us whether those stubborn peasants live or die?"

Seeing the tense atmosphere, the oiran immediately giggled and moved to Su Yu’s side. Her voice was as sweet as a songbird’s. "Young Master, you came here today for pleasure. Yin’Er will be sure to serve you well. My oral skills are my specialty, you know. Would you like to try them?"

As she spoke, she placed a slender, jade-like finger into her mouth, her tongue moving nimbly.

Su Yu grabbed the oiran’s wrist. With a slight squeeze, he made her cry out in pain. "Ouch! Young Master, that hurts."

"Get out!"

SMACK!

Su Yu poured out the wine in his cup and slammed it down again in front of Zheng Maotu.

"Pour the wine! Fill it ninety percent full. Don’t spill a drop, and don’t be a drop short!"

"You little bastard! You really think I’m a pushover!"

Rage erupted from Zheng Maotu’s heart. He could no longer hold back.

A dagger glowing with a green light suddenly appeared from his sleeve, and he thrust it at Su Yu’s throat.

As an Ape Tendon Realm expert, at such a short distance, the explosive snap of his Ape Tendons made his speed reach an extreme. An ordinary person wouldn’t even have time to react.

But Su Yu was even faster. A short, emerald-green sword appeared in his hand and shot forward—the very same sharp weapon he had obtained from the Ancient Cave Mansion.

CRACK!

The short sword instantly sliced the dagger in two, then chopped down on Zheng Maotu’s wrist. With a squelch, it cleanly severed his entire hand.

"Ah!"

Along with a piercing scream, blood splattered everywhere. A large splash of it landed on the nearby oiran’s pale chest and face, scaring her so much that all color drained from her features. The whites of her eyes showed, and she fainted.

Zheng Maotu’s scream immediately attracted the attention of the people outside. Dozens of Black Tiger Gang members swarmed in like a plague of locusts.

The injured Zheng Maotu was about to flee when Su Yu threw another punch. The blood-red Evil Qi was so dense it was almost tangible. Compared to the Evil Qi Zheng Maotu had shown earlier, it was the difference between a great river and a tiny stream.

Zheng Maotu’s eyes seemed to see a savage Demon Ape, and he trembled in fear. Already injured, his reaction speed was much slower.

BOOM!

Su Yu’s fist struck his chest, sending him flying backward into the door.

The force of the blow was astonishing. It shattered the door completely, and his body slammed heavily onto the floor of the second story.

Inside the room, Lin Wanzhu took out a clean white handkerchief and gently wiped the blood from Su Yu’s fist. She smiled and said, "Ah Yu, killing an Ape Tendon Realm expert of the same realm is as easy as slaughtering a chicken for you now. I’ve never seen anyone as fierce as you."

"With my own strength, I’m afraid I wouldn’t last ten rounds against you."

After killing Zheng Maotu, the violent urges in Su Yu’s heart vanished, and his usual calm returned.

He smiled and pinched his senior sister’s pale chin, teasing, "Senior Sister, you haven’t seen me when I’m even fiercer. When the time comes, we might have to battle for several hundred rounds!"

Lin Wanzhu immediately understood his teasing. She playfully spat. "You little rogue, you’ve really learned some bad habits."

The two of them stood up, their composure restored, and walked out of the room.

By now, more than a dozen members of the Black Tiger Gang had surrounded the area, led by a Hall Master at Flesh Refining Realm Perfection.

Seeing Su Yu and Lin Wanzhu emerge, the Hall Master was about to shout a reprimand.

FWIP! FWIP! FWIP...

Su Yu didn’t bother listening to their nonsense. He flicked his hand, and several Tungsten Gold Coin Darts shot out, striking their vital points.

"Urk... urk..."

"He’s killing people!"

The remaining men instantly scattered and fled, throwing the entire Joy Building into chaos.

Su Yu walked over to the corpses, retrieved his Money Darts, and nonchalantly descended the stairs.

Along the way, if he spotted any members of the Black Tiger Gang, he killed them on the spot. He even went out of his way to sweep through the entire rear courtyard, slaughtering the Black Tiger Gang to the last man and plundering their wealth while he was at it.

Soon, streams of Evil Qi flowed into Su Yu’s Dantian like small brooks.

The red sphere of Evil Qi spun rapidly, greedily absorbing every wisp of Evil Qi. It caused a pervasive aura of Evil Qi to emanate from Su Yu’s entire body, making him seem like a God of Slaughter.

Lin Wanzhu’s own comprehension of auras was now profound, and she immediately sensed the Evil Qi spreading from Su Yu. She was shocked.

’Such dense Evil Qi. There’s something wrong with the Evil Qi on Ah Yu. It’s as if he’s killed not just thousands, but tens of thousands of people!’

She stepped forward, took Su Yu’s hand, and said softly, "Ah Yu, is this Evil Qi eroding your mind? You must be careful!"

Heeding his senior sister’s warning, Su Yu immediately used his Divine Sense to look inward and feel the changes in his body. The Evil Qi, after its recent promotion, was a bit too dense. It now enveloped his entire body, unlike before when it only concentrated on specific areas like his fists.

He keenly sensed that he might indeed be under its influence.

This included his personal decision today to kill Zheng Maotu and this entire group of Black Tiger Gang members.

Su Yu immediately withdrew all the Evil Qi from his body. Like fledgling swallows returning to their nest, the dense red Evil Qi rapidly flowed back into the sphere in his Dantian.

The killing intent in his heart also subsided somewhat.

"Don’t worry, Senior Sister. I can still control this Evil Qi. But you’re right, the amount is startling. I did kill a few too many today."

Feeling the soft peaks of his senior sister’s chest pressing against his shoulder and inhaling her faint, feminine fragrance, Su Yu returned to his usual state.

"Notify the Flying Feather Guard and have them handle the cleanup."

"Now that the Black Tiger Gang is gone, it will probably cause some chaos. But a new gang will rise up soon enough. This new gang needs to be under our control, to give the common people a better chance to survive."

Having returned to normal, Su Yu began to analyze the situation seriously.

He had been educated in his past life and knew that the world’s problems couldn’t be solved simply through slaughter.

Take the Black Tiger Gang, for instance. The gang occupied an ecological niche; its existence wasn’t meaningless.

Without a unified Black Tiger Gang, many smaller gangs would run rampant, and their exploitation might be even worse.

’It would be better to support a suitable gang myself.’