Beside Mu Li, the skinny man who had spoken earlier, the second leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Gan Mu, probed: "Brother, what do you mean..."
"What I mean, I mean to check, check!"
Mu She turned his head and roared angrily: "This kid dared to pick a grudge against me, Mu She, should I just let it go? How will outsiders view my Wolf Head Mercenary Group?
Mu Li, Gan Mu, pass the order to me tomorrow, turn all the backgrounds of this kid upside down, and make sure the origin of his martial arts and fighting skills. If there is someone behind him, let's find out first.
If there is no one, this matter will not be let go. It just so happens that I feel that my Feng Xiang Sha practice is a little slow, maybe it will be an opportunity to change martial arts!"
"Yes!"
Mu Li and Gan Mu hurriedly bowed and agreed. They were not surprised that Mu She made such a decision. Their Wolf Head Mercenary Group would not give in so easily!
"Captain Mu She is really angry!"
Mu Li and Gan Mu were preparing to go downstairs to arrange the work when suddenly a strange voice spread in the hall. Several people present looked in the direction of the voice at the same time and saw a shadow shrouded in a black robe walking out from the dark and coming in front of them very naturally.
Yan Qingshan stood there with a smile on his face. The bright candlelight stretched his shadow very long. He smiled and said, "Captain Mu She, this is the first time we meet. I have been relying on you for a long time!"
Mu Li stepped forward, his face was no longer gloomy and extremely ferocious, "Yan Qingshan, you actually dare to come to my Wolf Head Mercenary Group to cause trouble!"
"You are Yan Qingshan, you are so brave!"
Mu She looked at Yan Qingshan who was slowly walking out of the shadows, revealing a hint of ferocity, "You just had a grudge with my Wolf Head during the day, and you came to my door late at night. Do you really think that I, Mu She, am made of mud!"
A trace of ridicule appeared at the corner of Yan Qingshan's mouth, "No, no, no, Captain Mu She, I'm not targeting you. I want to say that your Wolf Head Mercenary Group is made of mud!"
"Very good, kid, you are so brave. I don't care where you come from or who is behind you. Today, you can stay forever!"
Mu She took a deep breath, and his expression became extremely ferocious and resentful.
Yan Qingshan paced forward, seemingly about to confront Mu She. "Captain Mu She, don't be so confident!"
Before Mu She could move, Gan Mu, standing beside Mu Li, stepped forward. "Little bastard, you actually dared to speak to our captain like that? You're truly audacious!"
Yan Qingshan said with a grin, "Gan Mu, the Second Captain of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, a Nine-Star Fighter. At your age, you're still playing the fool. How dare you come out and embarrass yourself!"
"Boy, you've angered me! Don't think you can act recklessly just because you've mastered advanced techniques!"
As Gan Mu spoke, pale green Dou Qi rapidly surged from his body, and his pair of iron fists gradually faded to the color of dead wood.
"Excuse me, you seem to have forgotten that I also have Wood-attributed Dou Qi. The suppression of the same attribute is sometimes even more pronounced than that of the opposite attribute!"
Yan Qingshan moved, instantly closing the distance between him and Gan Mu. He struck him hard in the chest and abdomen, destroying his protective Dou Qi and attacking him repeatedly.
"Puff!"
Gan Mu's chest exploded, and the surging energy made him spurt blood as he retreated repeatedly. He stood up, his face pale, and pulled out a steel rod from his back, rushing forward again. "Don't be so arrogant, kid! After I kill you, your advanced skills will be mine!"
Gan Mu shot out, and the iron rod in his hand danced with a turquoise whirlwind of energy. Yan Qingshan's figure flashed and crossed, and he stabbed Gan Mu's chest with his palm, knocking him flying again.
Although the two's data on paper was similar, Gan Mu and Yan Qingshan both had wood-attributed Dou Qi. If the level of the skills of the same attribute Dou Qi was too different, it would easily lead to a suppressive situation, not to mention that Yan Qingshan was still using the methods of advanced fighting skills.
"Warm-up, it's almost over!"
Yan Qingshan and Gan Mu clashed several times, Gan Mu steadily losing ground. After repelling his opponent once more, Yan Qingshan shook himself and gathered his Dou Qi. The surging Dou Qi formed a faint, energized lion head, roaring to the heavens.
"Mad Lion Roar!"
"Wind Blade Dance!"
Mu She, leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, finally intervened at the crucial moment. He leaped in front of Gan Mu, his broadsword dancing wildly. Afterimages of cyan blades appeared before him one after another. Boom
!
A dense web of blades formed before Mu She, the roaring lion heads radiating energy waves. The moment the two collided, the entire courtyard erupted in a thunderous explosion. The ground shook, mud bricks flew everywhere, and both men retreated almost simultaneously.
Mu She took a step back to recover, while Yan Qingshan retreated several steps, finally employing the Phoenix Soaring Step to barely dissipate the force from his foot.
His current stats on paper approach those of a Nine-Star Fighter practicing Huang-level techniques. Combined with Xuan-level fighting skills, he could even easily defeat a rival. However, this strength still lags far behind a Fighter Master, let alone one employing Xuan-level fighting skills.
Mu She's overall stats are at least 7.0. With the exception of his Spiritual Strength, everything else is roughly three times Yan Qingshan's. One plus one is far greater than two, let alone one plus one plus one. If Yan Qingshan hadn't been accumulating power for a while when performing Wild Lion's Chant, he wouldn't have even had a chance to release it.
Mu She, on the other hand, was actually even more shocked. This Wind Blade Dance was his trump card, a low-level Xuan-level fighting skill. With this fighting skill, he had repeatedly earned the title of the strongest in Qingshan Town.
Now, facing Yan Qingshan, to be on the safe side, Mu She allowed Gan Mu to make the first test move, observing and then making his move when he felt confident. He immediately used his strongest trump card, a Xuan-level fighting skill, but he had never expected such a result.
The dusty clouds finally cleared, and Yan Qingshan reappeared. Mu She glanced around with a scowl. Despite all the commotion, not a single one of his men had arrived. It was obvious Yan Qingshan had made preparations beforehand.
Yan Qingshan looked across at Mu She, a faint smile playing on his face. The gap between a Fighter and a Fighting Master was enormous, and even a high-level Xuan-level Wild Lion's Chant wasn't enough to bridge it, but the delay was enough for him.
Yan Qingshan smiled at Mu She and said, "Captain Mu She, there's no need to worry. While you were planning how to deal with me, I took care of all your men. No one will come to disturb us."
"Boy, you're quite ruthless!"
Mu She glanced around. Silence reigned, no sound or footsteps were heard. It was likely that, as Yan Qingshan had said, there really was no one there. "I'm confused. We, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, had no grudge against you before today. So, just because of what happened today, you're going to destroy us, the Wolf Head?"
"Of course... it's not that simple, you Wolf Head Mercenary Group have bad luck!"
Yan Qingshan stood still and said, "During this period of time, I need the resources of Wanyaozhai to do something, but you Wolf Head have set your sights on Wanyaozhai. I was originally thinking about how to convince Boss Yao, but now someone has given me a pillow when I was sleepy. I have to thank you!
As for why I found Wolf Head tonight, it can only be said that your Wolf Head has a bad reputation. During the day, more than one person reminded me to be careful of your revenge. After hearing it so many times, of course... I am like this as a person. Either I don't do it, or I do it to the extreme.
As for why I found you tonight, you didn't expect that I would take action tonight. If I didn't take advantage of such a good opportunity, could it be that I dragged it on to give you time to prepare!"
"Do it to the extreme? You have to do it to the extreme... cough cough... what's going on..."
Mu She smiled coldly when he heard this. When he was about to say a few harsh words, his face suddenly changed and he coughed violently twice, covering his mouth and coughing out a pool of blood.
"Father!"
Mu Li was horrified upon seeing his father injured. He took only a few steps before stumbling to the ground. A swirl of color covered his face. He gasped for breath, his breathing extremely labored and his breath steadily weakened.
"You... poisoned him!"
Mu She looked at his dead son, then turned to see Gan Mu and He Meng in similar condition, both collapsed to the ground. Recalling his own unexplained coughing up of blood, he couldn't understand what had happened.
But he was even more puzzled by how Yan Qingshan had poisoned him. He wasn't a fool, yet he hadn't noticed a single clue until now.
"Medicine and poison are inseparable. You should have expected me to poison you. During the day, your son and He Meng were each struck by my palm, leaving a nearly odorless drug on their bodies. Spending too much time with them will contaminate them."
Yan Qingshan slowly stepped forward, smiled at Mu She, and said, "This drug isn't poisonous, but when mixed with another, it can be extremely effective. However, its effect on fighting masters is only modest, but you're lucky.
Tonight, I happened to have a rare and unique poison, so I tried it on you. It's surprisingly effective, saving me a lot of trouble. Otherwise, even with my trump card, it would have been quite a hassle to take down a fighting master!"
"Damn it!"
Mu She struggled to utter the words, frantically circulating his
Dou Qi in an attempt to dispel the poison. Unfortunately, his face quickly turned to horror. As his Dou Qi circulated, he noticed his strength fading even faster, and Yan Qingshan's shadow loomed over him.
"Don't waste your energy!"
Yan Qingshan walked over to Mu She and squatted down, looking at the one-star Dou Shi who was struggling to raise his head, without a trace of pity in his eyes. "Once this poison takes effect, it will have already penetrated into the body's marrow, and there's basically no cure.
Speaking of which, I really have to thank you for your caution. If you had acted the moment you saw me, maybe I wouldn't have waited until the poison took effect!"
"You, you, you... uh..."
Mu She looked up at Yan Qingshan, pointing at him with trembling hands, wanting to say something. Yan Qingshan put his palm on his head, and with just a little force, this Dou Shi who once sat firmly on the position of the number one master in Qingshan Town was silent.