Chapter 570 - 367: Tonight’s Show Has Just Begun

Chapter 570: Chapter 367: Tonight’s Show Has Just Begun

"SOB SOB SOB..."

A familiar sobbing sound came from the house, but it was different from before. Previously, this courtyard, used to imprison the girls, had been unguarded.

After the new Gang Leader took over, he had arranged for a strong Red Blood Gang member to be stationed here, keeping a close watch on the imprisoned girls.

A man in his thirties lay on a bamboo recliner in the courtyard, his eyes closed. He was sipping wine and humming a lewd tune.

To be singing so leisurely in such an environment, the man had to be cruel and merciless.

"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK..."

The courtyard gate was suddenly knocked upon. The man on the recliner heard the knocking but kept his eyes closed, calling out lazily, "The gate’s unlocked. Let yourself in."

"CREAK."

A figure pushed the gate open and entered. They first glanced at the house, from which a dim yellow light glowed and the occasional sob could be heard. Then, they walked unhurriedly toward the man on the recliner.

"TAP, TAP, TAP..."

The footsteps echoed in the quiet courtyard, sounding exceptionally clear.

"Coming to my place this late at night? Looking for some fun?

I have to tell you, things are different now. The girls in the house are going to be sold for a good price. No one can touch them.

If you want some fun, go out and spend some money to take care of it yourself," the man on the recliner said slowly, his eyes still closed.

"TAP, TAP, TAP..."

The footsteps grew closer. When the man on the recliner heard no reply, he sensed something was wrong and immediately opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw not one of his brothers, but a young man dressed in sackcloth.

Just as he was about to get up and ask who the intruder was, before he could even rise or speak, a sharp ice spike shot toward him.

At such a close distance, the Red Blood Gang member had no way to dodge.

"SQUELCH."

He clutched the ice spike that had pierced his neck, his eyes filled with terror. In an instant, the life drained from him.

In Lin Li’s eyes, these Red Blood Gang members were all scum.

Killing this scum was both settling an old score and ridding the public of a menace, so he felt no ripples of emotion in his heart.

After casually killing the guard, Lin Li walked to the house where the crying came from and pushed open the door.

Compared to the last time he was here, there were several more girls in the room.

The girls, who had been captured because their families couldn’t repay their debts to the Red Blood Gang, jumped in fright when they saw Lin Li push the door open. Thinking he was one of the gang members, they immediately stopped crying.

The newer girls looked at Lin Li in terror, shrinking back, afraid that the person who had just entered would do something improper to them.

But the girls who had seen Lin Li once before were surprised. They hadn’t expected the young man who had urged them to leave last time to come back.

"You need to leave this place quickly..." Lin Li said to the girls in the room.

Lin Li was met with silence. Although the girls desperately wanted to go home, they all knew why they had been brought here.

’It’s better to just stay here obediently than to go home, get caught again, and suffer a brutal beating.’

"There’s about to be a fire here. If you stay any longer, you’ll be burned to death..." Lin Li said.

"A fire?" Hearing Lin Li’s words, the girls all looked confused.

"Hurry up and go! Leave this courtyard, turn right outside the gate, and keep going straight. There’s a back gate there you can use to leave.

Don’t worry about the Red Blood Gang coming after you once you get home.

For a long time to come, they won’t have the spare energy to deal with you. And in the future, they most likely won’t bother you again..." Lin Li said.

The girls exchanged glances, completely disbelieving Lin Li’s words.

Their reaction was understandable. After all, they were strangers; how could they be expected to believe what Lin Li was saying?

Lin Li knew that mere words wouldn’t be enough to make them act, so he decided to use his actions to get the girls in the room moving.

"WHOOSH."

He mobilized the Spiritual Energy in his Dantian. A faint golden Spiritual Light flashed in Lin Li’s palm, and an apple-sized, orange-red Fireball appeared in his hand.

The girls’ eyes widened as they stared at the Fireball that had suddenly appeared in the stranger’s hand.

They knew this stranger was a Cultivator, but they didn’t know what he intended to do.

Although the girls didn’t trust Lin Li, based on his earlier words urging them to leave, they knew in their hearts that this stranger was at least a good person.

Therefore, they weren’t afraid of the Fireball in Lin Li’s hand; they were just filled with confusion.

Lin Li didn’t leave the girls in suspense for long. As soon as he formed the Fireball, he immediately demonstrated its purpose.

Under the girls’ bewildered gazes, they saw Lin Li flick his hand, tossing the orange-red Fireball at a wooden table in the room.

"AH!"

The girls all cried out in alarm at the sight. The wooden table, struck by the Fireball, immediately burst into flames.

At first, the Fireball only lit a corner of the table, but soon it engulfed the entire thing.

"You’d better leave now! If you stay here any longer, the whole house will be on fire, and you won’t be able to get out," Lin Li said with a smile, looking at the stunned girls.

Now the girls understood what the stranger had meant when he’d said a fire was about to break out.

All the girls in the room desperately wanted to go home; they only hesitated out of fear that the Red Blood Gang would track them down again and recapture them.

Now that Lin Li had set their room on fire, he had indirectly given them a reason to go home. This spurred the girls, who already desperately wanted to leave, into action. They immediately got up and scrambled out of the room as the fire spread.

The girls kept Lin Li’s earlier instructions in mind. After escaping the house and leaving the courtyard gate, they immediately turned right and ran straight ahead. At the end of the path, they saw a wooden door that was slightly ajar.

The girl in the lead pushed the wooden door open and stepped out. Seeing this, the other girls no longer hesitated and quickly followed.

"WHOOSH, WHOOSH, WHOOSH..."

Lin Li walked out of the house and created several more Fireballs in succession, setting the gloomy courtyard where the girls had been imprisoned completely ablaze.

The terrifying, raging flames became incredibly lovely at that moment. They devoured everything flammable and began to spread to the other courtyards.

"Tonight’s show is just getting started," Lin Li muttered as he watched the growing sea of fire. Then, with a thought, a black bandit’s hat appeared in his hand.

"What a huge fire!" The escaping girls ran for their lives. One of them, a girl with short hair, glanced back and saw the Red Blood Gang’s headquarters glowing under a fiery sky, and couldn’t help but cry out in astonishment.

’Is he going to burn down the entire Red Blood Gang headquarters?’ A similar thought popped into the girls’ minds as they watched the distant, fire-lit base.

At that moment, they finally understood why the kind stranger had told them the Red Blood Gang wouldn’t have the energy to bother them for a while.

After all, if the Red Blood Gang’s headquarters was completely burned down—such a major event—how could its members possibly have the time or inclination to deal with insignificant people like them who had escaped during the chaos?

"Let’s get out of here!" a girl with a ponytail urged her companions, who were staring blankly at the blazing Red Blood Gang headquarters in the distance.

"Right." The girls snapped back to their senses, nodded, and continued to flee, moving farther away from the Red Blood Gang’s base.

"You don’t think anything will happen to him, do you?"

"Probably not. He came here once before. He’ll definitely be able to leave safely this time, too."

Under the cover of Night, the soft whispers of the fleeing girls could occasionally be heard on the breeze.

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