Chapter 584 - 323: Open and Honest, Completing the Flood Dragon Shocking Skill!

"Bang!"

A shattered body flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

"Wah—"

Zhang Ying’s face twisted as he opened his mouth wide, blood mixed with organ fragments spewed out uncontrollably. His miserable body was flung four or five zhang away before heavily smashing into the ground, causing an earth-cracking pit.

Watching Zhang Ying struggling in the pit, attempting to climb out but clearly losing sensation in his arms, Su Mu showed a trace of regret on his face. Zhang Ying was still too weak, unable to hold on any longer this quickly.

Tap tap!

Footsteps approached, and the struggling Zhang Ying on the ground suddenly trembled violently. His once meticulously groomed long hair now hung loose, strands soaked in blood and gore stuck to his face. He lost his prior superiority, now filled only with extreme panic and screams.

"You... you cannot kill me, I have the Vice Gang Leader behind me... No, he was the one who ordered me to do everything, he instructed me to kill you..."

Su Mu’s expression remained calm, he lifted his right foot and then stomped down hard.

"Pfft—!"

The screams abruptly stopped, Zhang Ying’s eyes bulged, and his head exploded like a rotten watermelon, blood and brains splattering everywhere.

Su Mu lifted his foot without a speck of dust, unleashing Gang Force from his palm to collect the Sumeru Ring from Zhang Ying’s hand, then quickly searched the corpse.

Finally, he stood up slowly, his deep eyes gazing in a certain direction, landing on a distant tree.

"Have you seen enough, sir? Or do you need Sun to invite you out?"

"I didn’t expect you to be hiding so deeply. This time, Gongyang Jue has offended someone he shouldn’t have..." A cool, crisp voice sounded from behind the tree.

With a stunning face, flowing red dress, and hair like a dragon, it was Baili Hongtang!

"Should I call you Lin Langtian, Wang Chan... or Sun Li?"

"Second Miss?"

Su Mu was somewhat surprised as he looked at Baili Hongtang walking out from behind the tree. She openly appeared ten zhang away from him, and while he could see her, all other senses like hearing and smell, even spiritual power, seemed to have failed.

"This girl possesses a Breath Concealment Technique no less profound than the Small Faceless Transformation Technique."

At this moment, Baili Hongtang had a primitive large bow of unknown material on her back. As Su Mu’s gaze fell upon that bow, he felt a slight stinging pain. It was inscribed with flame-like ancient inscriptions, as if flames were blazing.

"Names are just symbols... How did you discover me?"

Su Mu wasn’t one to beat around the bush, acknowledging his identity and directly asking his question.

Upon hearing Su Mu’s confirmation, Baili Hongtang’s eyes reflected undisguisable shock and complexity. The person before her, even split into two, would be considered a prodigy!

Who could have imagined that the Alchemy Dao prodigy favored by Master Cang was the very same Martial Dao prodigy Wang Chan who killed the Tao Family’s second ancestor with a single strike?

Baili Hongtang guessed Su Mu’s real age was just over twenty, showcasing a talent as boundless as the heavens, the most extraordinary genius she had ever seen in her life.

"My eyes are different from ordinary people, I can see things that are hard for others to see with my innate ability." Baili Hongtang replied candidly, with a light laugh.

"Eyes?"

Su Mu was surprised, though not overly astounded. Previously in the Land of Cyan Clouds, Zhao Qing’s son, the Hunter-trained lad named Er Gou, possessed intuition far beyond ordinary. Considering Baili Hongtang’s innate eye-related abilities wasn’t too surprising.

"Indeed, I can see a cloud of impermeable black mist enveloping you, one that even light cannot penetrate... I’ve seen this kind of black mist only on you."

"To see it on two people at the same time with identical black mist prompted me to consider more deeply, but initially, I wasn’t entirely certain."

Su Mu listened quietly, awaiting the revelation.

"So, I tested you as well."

"Tested?"

Su Mu thought back to recent events, knowing Baili Hongtang had people secretly protecting him, yet he believed he hadn’t exposed himself.

"It was that Cangwen Deer Meat. You acted cautiously and perhaps checked if the meat had been tampered with, but you neglected one thing..."

"Hmm?"

"I had Uncle Lu deliver you Sixth-Grade deer meat daily, incorporating various spiritual materials in the cooking. Even a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist would find it difficult to endure such nourishment from two pounds of deer meat each day."

"Is that all?"

"Exactly."

Seeing Su Mu’s astounded expression, Baili Hongtang smiled and nodded. Momentarily dazed, Su Mu never expected to leave such a small flaw unwittingly.

In truth, it wasn’t entirely Su Mu’s fault. With his Cross-Training Martial Arts expertise, plus Fifth Refining Force, Fourth Bone Forging, Yijin, and the baptisms of Fire Sparrow Essence Blood and a drop of golden blood from the Sun Family Ancestor, his physique was far beyond ordinary Martial Artists or even those training in the same Cross-Training Martial Arts.

Yet, Su Mu himself considered it normal, thinking that a few pounds of deer meat were no challenge, inadvertently overlooking its abnormality.

Su Mu sighed slightly, unsure whether to blame his carelessness or the meticulous attention of the woman before him.

"Did you just use the Flood Dragon Shocking Skill?"

Switching topics sharply, Baili Hongtang’s confident apricot eyes locked onto Su Mu, whose lips twitched with slight embarrassment, but he candidly admitted.

The Cyan Fish Gang’s Second Miss not recognizing her gang’s signature skill would be better off raising pigs at home. Denial was futile.

Su Mu flashed Spiritual Light from his hand, directly retrieving a copy of the "White Flood Dragon Flipping River Map" ancient scroll and tossing it out. Baili Hongtang caught the scroll, knowing without looking it was the ancient scroll stolen from Feiyu Pavilion that night.