"Hand over all your bank cards!"
The guy with the triangular eyes barked.
Around 2 a.m., the group dragged Tao Bai to a desolate field.
Tao Bai glanced at the mounds of earth before him.
Huh, wasn't this the very spot where he'd performed the funeral rites for Pan Sheng?
The effects of the truth serum weren't hard for Tao Bai to counteract.
Within a minute of drinking it, he used his spiritual power to break free forcefully.
But to play along with their charade, he obediently pulled 15 bank cards from his robe and handed them to the guy with the triangular eyes.
The guy with the triangular eyes took the cards, feeling quite pleased with himself, and continued barking,
"What are the PINs for these bank cards?"
"HuaXia Bank's password is 245698,
ICBC's is 137980,
Bank of Communications' is 662732,
Agricultural Bank's is 731853..."
Tao Bai rattled off a few random passwords.
After hearing them, the Triangle-Eyed Man felt a headache coming on.
He couldn't remember a single one!
The passwords were all different and showed no pattern whatsoever!
Damn it, this guy was really something else!
"Who remembered the passwords?"
Triangle Eyes scanned the group, but they just looked at each other, none speaking up.
"Useless!
Can't even remember a few passwords!"
Triangle Eyes pointed at them, cursing furiously.
"Who brought paper and pen? Write the passwords down for me!"
Triangle Eyes roared.
The group kept their heads down, still silent.
"Useless! Good-for-nothings! All of you! Dammit!"
Triangle Eyes raged impotently, slapping his own head hard.
But his brain stubbornly refused to recall those damn passwords.
What the hell is this?!
What if we let him withdraw the money first, then deal with him?
Wouldn't that take too long?
Damn it!
What kind of useless brain did my mother give me?
Tao Bai watched them scurry about like ants on a hot pan, finding it utterly amusing. He couldn't help but laugh.
"Fuck! What the hell are you laughing at?!"
Triangle Eyes roared.
"A bunch of idiots trying to rob BenZuo?! Hahahaha!"
Tao Bai laughed aloud.
His gaze sharpened, his entire demeanor shifting instantly.
Where was even a trace of his earlier docile obedience?
"Damn it, bitch! You didn't give him water?!"
Triangle Eyes glared at Xiao Yu, demanding an answer.
"I definitely gave him water! I saw him drink it myself!"
Xiao Yu protested vehemently.
"Then why isn't he affected?!"
"How the hell should I know?!"
"Fuck it, guys!
Charge!
Beat him half to death first!
You bitch, go buy paper and pen nearby, then get your ass back here immediately!"
Triangle Eyes bellowed, and several men charged toward Tao Bai with knives.
Xiao Yu sprinted off in the opposite direction.
Playing it safe,
Tao Bai activated his defensive shield, circling several grave mounds as he fought his way back.
The moment Xiao Yu vanished from sight, he unleashed his full spiritual power, retreating swiftly ten paces away.
He gathered energy in his palms.
Golden light swirled around his hands, runes flowing within.
Tao Bai was mimicking the Wind Feather Blade—
A killing technique of the Wind-Devouring Bug.
"What is that?!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"
Tao Bai wielded his hands like blades, swinging them in rapid succession.
Rounds of high-speed, spinning golden energy blades sliced through the night sky, hurtling toward the group like 20-inch tires!
One blade crossed paths with a small knife wielded by one of them.
The knife couldn't withstand the impact for even two seconds before being severed.
Though the blade's momentum slowed slightly, the man still took a deep gash.
A gash nearly an inch deep ran from his right shoulder to near his heart, instantly drenching him in blood as he howled in agony.
That was his brand-new HRC60 military knife!
His right hand trembled uncontrollably—
That blade had just saved his life!
What the hell was that golden light?
The others weren't so fortunate.
Some lost arms, some lost legs, some lost heads...
One was cleaved in two at the waist, his feet still frozen in a charging stance while his severed head on the ground bellowed, "Charge, brothers!"
The head on the ground thought it had merely fallen and was about to scramble back up to charge.
Just then, someone stomped on it.
The head snapped up, cursing, " Fuck! Who... the hell doesn't have eyes?!"
Then he witnessed a bizarre sight—
A pair of legs charging forward, completely severed from the torso!
Intestines spilled out as the legs raced onward!
A foul, putrid stench of blood assaulted his nostrils, making him retch violently!
Where was his upper body?
Triangle Eyes braced himself on the ground, trying to stand up, when his eyes suddenly widened in horror!
Fuck!
Where are my feet?
I'm done for...
Triangle Eyes suddenly realized that the feet charging over his head were his own!
He let out a wail and instantly passed out!
The charging feet also quickly stumbled to the ground, unable to run any further.
The decapitated man stumbled forward a few steps before collapsing.
The burly man whose right arm had been severed by the air blade stared at Tao Bai, his pupils violently dilating. Gritting his teeth against the excruciating pain, he spun around and began running in the opposite direction.
Tao Bai swung a Wind Feather Blade, severing his head clean off!
"First time using it, accuracy's a bit off."
Tao Bai murmured to himself, glancing at his golden right hand.
At his feet lay two gasping figures.
One had been severed cleanly below the knees;
The other, the man who'd blocked the strike with his military knife, bore the lightest wounds.
Tao Bai swung a Wind Feather Blade, severing that man's neck.
Now only one gasping figure remained at his feet...
He stared at Tao Bai in terror, mouth agape, too nervous to speak.
"Don't panic. Your military knife blocked a fatal blow so that I won't deliver the finishing blow. Don't let me catch you again. Take care of yourself."
"Blood-Link Mill, go!"...
The Blood-Link Mill gained four more souls, bringing its total to forty-nine.
After asking the recent souls a few questions, Tao Bai absorbed the Blood Grinder back into his body.
The man lying on the ground, whimpering softly, thought to himself:
"So gods truly exist in this world!"
The remaining money on the bodies was meager, making further searches unnecessary.
After retrieving 15 bank cards and using the Qiankun Gourd to absorb several clumps of malevolent energy, Tao Bai departed for the ATMs of the four major banks to withdraw cash.
This time, however, not every card worked—some had been frozen.
Over the next two days, he gradually withdrew more funds.
Tao Bai roughly counted the HuaXia currency in the earth-colored storage pouch—
It had reached over 6.5 million.
During this time, Tan Yang sent him several QQ messages inviting him out for drinks, but Tao Bai chose to ignore them.
Apart from meditating and cultivating, he hadn't done much else these past two days.
Tao Bai noticed his physical abilities had improved again.
His speed, strength, instinctive reactions, and ability to withstand blows were all better than two days prior.
The combination of怨血 (Resentment Blood), 化煞酒 (Malevolence-Dissolving Wine), and 阴髓 (Yin Marrow) produced a triple-strength body-tempering effect that left Tao Bai thoroughly satisfied.
Having received no word from Old Zhang these past two days, he returned to the villa ruins deep within Magpie Mountain but found nothing new.
Draped in a black outer robe—red within, black without—
He made a trip to Sanjie Town to "visit" Wang Fugui and replenish his wealth.
On the seventh day back in the mortal realm, Tao Bai's wealth had accumulated to over seven million.
He had so much money he didn't know how to spend it.
Wang Fugui had successfully sold those three cars, netting several hundred thousand yuan, and wore a broad smile.
Though he was limping, his complexion had improved significantly.
The limp didn't hinder his repair work at all.
The auto shop underwent a makeover and was renamed "Lame Guy Auto Repair."
Within days, daily earnings jumped by 20-30% compared to before.