Chapter 601 - 597: The Law Enforcement Team Knelt

"Who is it?"

The sturdy man froze, then spun around.

When he saw Hong Yu in his black cloak, a look of wild joy flashed in his eyes. He snarled coldly, "Well, well, so it's you, kid. Haha, to think I'd find you here after searching high and low for nothing! I've been looking for you all day, and you just delivered yourself to me!"

Hong Yu grabbed his hand. Without even looking up, he said flatly, "You were looking for me? Do you have a death wish?"

"Fuck, you still dare to act so arrogant in front of me?"

The sturdy man was brazenly confident. "Do you have any idea who you hit yesterday? My Young Master is the only son of Lord Ape Tong, the Steward of the Law Enforcement Team! You injured the Young Master yesterday, and the Steward was furious. He was about to send the Law Enforcement Team to capture and execute you and that pair of siblings tonight. I can't believe you delivered yourself to us."

A smug and rampant grin spread across his face.

The sturdy man knew perfectly well he was no match for Hong Yu. After all, he had been taught a harsh lesson the day before.

But the thought that he was in the Four Kings Hall, where the Law Enforcement Team was headquartered, instantly erased all his fear.

Even with his hand in Hong Yu's grip, he remained fearless and defiant.

He continued to spout vicious, insolent threats.

He clearly believed that once Hong Yu learned of Ape Tong's identity, he wouldn't dare to harm him again.

This line of thinking wouldn't be wrong if applied to most people. Few would dare to continue attacking him under these circumstances.

Unfortunately for him...

The one he was facing today was Hong Yu!

"Let me interrupt. Do you remember what I told you yesterday?" Hong Yu asked, his eyes narrowing.

"What?"

The sturdy man was taken aback.

He quickly understood what Hong Yu meant. Just as the word "What?" left his lips, Hong Yu's five fingers, wrapped around his hand, suddenly tightened.

It was a force that plunged him into despair.

"CRACK! CRACK!"

Amidst a series of sharp cracks, the sturdy man's face contorted in agony as he watched Hong Yu crush the bones in his wrist.

But that was only the beginning.

"I forgot to tell you. Besides hating it when people use their power to bully others, what I hate even more is when someone dares to hit my friends!" Hong Yu's calm tone was like a block of Ten Thousand Years Cold Ice crashing to the ground, silencing the noisy crowd to the point where they didn't even dare to breathe.

It was as if they had been plunged into a freezing ice cellar.

"CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!"

Hong Yu slowly twisted the sturdy man's arm.

The man's right arm bent into a grotesque shape—one hundred and eighty degrees, three hundred and sixty degrees, seven hundred and twenty degrees...

With each rotation, another bone snapped. After Hong Yu had twisted it a full three times, the man's right arm was like a rope of flesh, the bones within completely shattered. The largest remaining fragment was likely no bigger than a thumb.

"Y-y-you... you Demon..."

The sturdy man shrieked, clutching his broken right arm.

But Hong Yu's expression remained unchanged. With a THUD, he kicked the sturdy man in the lower abdomen, shattering his Dantian and destroying his cultivation completely.

"M-my Dantian! You dare to cripple me? Y-you dare to do this to me?" the sturdy man roared in despair, his fierce demeanor crumbling.

He was a mighty War General!

In the Nanshan Collection, he would have been well-treated by any faction. Who could have imagined he would end up like this?

"We're not done yet!"

Hong Yu walked over.

"Stay away! N-no..."

The sturdy man was terrified.

He scrambled backward in terror, wailing and begging for mercy.

"Scared now? Begging me to stop now? When you were beating Zhao Hu and his sister, did you ever think about this? Did you ever think they would feel pain?"

"When you were hitting my friends, why didn't you think you were a Demon then? When they were desperately begging for mercy, where was your compassion? So you see, it's not that I'm vicious. You brought this on yourself. 'If you don't court death, you won't die.' You insisted on seeking your own doom, so don't blame me!"

Hong Yu said slowly and deliberately.

He grabbed the man, lifted him up, and tossed him in front of Xishang Ling. "He's all yours," he said flatly.

"Alright!"

Xishang Ling let out a sinister chuckle. With three swift stomps, he snapped the man's arms and legs.

He was the great Young Master of the Xishang Tribe! When had he ever suffered such an indignity?

To be slapped in his own territory.

How could he possibly tolerate that?

"You really enjoyed hitting me, didn't you!"

"Zhao Feng'Er is my sister, and you dared to hit her? You're asking for a beating!"

"Dammit, no one has ever dared to hit me in my entire life! You're courting death..."

With every curse, Xishang Ling's palm flew. SLAP! SLAP! He beat the man's face until it was swollen like a pig's head, shattering his entire skull.

Still not satisfied, he stomped on the man's chest.

Only then did he spit resentfully.

"Boss, how did I do?" Xishang Ling asked Hong Yu with a sly grin.

The scene of Hong Yu teaching the sturdy man a lesson had completely won over the Young Master of the Xishang Tribe, who now acknowledged him as his boss.

Hong Yu rubbed his nose. 'The great Young Master of a tribe is calling me Boss?'

'This feels pretty good.' He then smiled and said, "Not bad! But it would have been perfect if your last kick had landed between his legs!"

"Ah, you're truly the Boss! I'll fix that right now!"

Xishang Ling gave a fawning smile, scurried over, and kicked the man between his legs. With a sickening crunch, the man died completely.

"Boss, was that right?"

"Perfect!"

Listening to their conversation, everyone nearby felt a chill run down their spine. "..."

Even the six experts from the Law Enforcement Team who had been surrounding Zhao Hu and his sister gulped and backed away. "Y-you, stay back! W-we're the Law Enforcement Team! If you dare to attack us, y-you'll be making an enemy of the Four Great Tribes!"

"Hmph!"

Hong Yu snorted coldly.

He ignored the few Law Enforcement Team experts. Xishang Ling would naturally take care of this matter.

Instead, he helped Zhao Hu and his sister up, gave Zhao Hu a Spirit Pill to heal his injuries, and stood aside to quietly watch Xishang Ling.

Xishang Ling knew this was Hong Yu's way of testing him.

He immediately put his hands on his hips and said in a low voice, "The Law Enforcement Team? Hmph, I see your Law Enforcement Team is getting more and more out of line, even learning how to frame innocent people. Today, I'm going to set your team straight!"

"Well, well, who the hell has such a big mouth? Daring to set our Law Enforcement Team straight?"

"Tsk tsk, what bumpkin is this? Dressed like a hick and still spouting such nonsense, wanting to straighten out our Law Enforcement Team?"

A series of sarcastic voices came from behind the crowd.

Then...

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! The sound of a large contingent of troops marching echoed out.

Over three hundred experts from the Law Enforcement Team, led by a pot-bellied, big-eared middle-aged man, charged over aggressively. Each one radiated killing intent, eager for a fight. Their Primordial Weapons glinted with a sinister cold light, pulsing with a Bloodthirsty glow.

Seeing this, the six Law Enforcement Team experts looked relieved. They immediately reported to the pot-bellied middle-aged man, "Steward, your subordinate was carrying out his official duties and punishing two little thieves. But we didn't expect them to have accomplices, who arrogantly killed Luo the Sixth and spouted nonsense about punishing our Law Enforcement Team!"

"This Steward is aware."

That middle-aged man was Ape Tong, the head of the Four Kings Hall's Law Enforcement Team and the father of the young ruffian Hong Yu had crippled the day before.

Another sturdy man beside him stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear.

Ape Tong's vicious gaze swept over to Hong Yu. "Good, very good. So you're the kid who crippled my precious son? Truly remarkable. I never thought someone in the Nanshan Collection would dare to bully me. Today, not even the Celestial King himself can save you!"

"Men! Seize all these petty thieves for me! Cripple their arms and legs and bring them back. I'm going to tie them to a fire pillar and roast them, watch them burn to death!"

Ape Tong issued the order with an arrogant expression.

In the Four Kings Hall, aside from the direct descendants sent by the Four Great Tribes to oversee things, the three Stewards in charge of the Pill Division, the Artifact Division, and the Law Enforcement Team held the most power.

Among them, the Law Enforcement Team wielded the greatest Martial Force.

Therefore...

Ape Tong's status was extremely high. He looked down on everyone except the direct descendants of the Four Great Tribes.

"Kill!"

"Kill any who dare to resist without mercy!"

The crowd of Law Enforcement Team experts radiated killing intent, shouting ferocious slogans as they prepared to attack.

Xishang Ling, who had his back to Ape Tong the whole time, had an ashen face. If he hadn't seen and heard it all for himself, he would never have believed the Law Enforcement Team had become so lawless.

He spun around, his icy gaze landing on Ape Tong. His voice was bone-chillingly cold. "Ape Tong, you insolent fool! You're courting death!"

"Hm?"

Ape Tong froze, squinting at Xishang Ling.

Unfortunately, both sides of Xishang Ling's face were swollen high. Ape Tong didn't recognize him at first and barked coldly, "You audacious maniac, how dare you address this Steward by name! Are you trying to die?"

"Ape Tong, you'd better take a good look at who I am!"

Xishang Ling flipped his hand, revealing a Token.

The Token was pitch-black, carved with a large "Shang" Rune on the front. On the back was a magnificent ancient hall, the very image of the Four Kings Hall.

"Shang? Th-this is the Hall Master Token of the Xishang Tribe? Wh-who are you? How do you have the Hall Master Token?" Ape Tong's heart skipped a beat as he stared at Xishang Ling in disbelief.

After seeing the Hall Master Token, the previously bloodthirsty Law Enforcement Team was also stunned.

"What's going on? How does this kid have the Hall Master's Token?"

"The Hall Master Token never leaves the Hall Master's possession. Could this kid be the Hall Master?"

"Impossible, right? What kind of Hall Master would wear such shabby clothes?"

The Law Enforcement Team members broke into a flurry of discussion.

Ape Tong squinted, studying him carefully, and finally recognized Xishang Ling's face. He stumbled and fell to the ground with a THUD. "Y-y-you're Xishang Ling? The Hall Master from the Xishang Tribe?"

"Hmph. So your old eyes aren't completely blind yet."

Xishang Ling said viciously, "Your Law Enforcement Team really has some nerve! You even dared to hit me, your Hall Master! If I don't punish you severely today, I'll write my name, Xishang Ling, backward!"

"You swarm of parasites in the Four Kings Hall! You see the Hall Master Order and you still don't kneel? Are you planning to rebel?"

Xishang Ling roared.

He swept the Hall Master Token in front of the Law Enforcement Team experts. The once arrogant experts exchanged uncertain glances.

But when they saw Ape Tong kneeling on the ground like a spineless shrimp, their faces turned ashen, and they all dropped to their knees in unison.

The entire Law Enforcement Team was kneeling.

They didn't dare to remain standing!

If they defied a Hall Master, they would be hunted down by all Four Great Tribes. It was a crime that would lead to the extermination of their entire clans.

In an instant...

A gloomy shadow fell over the Law Enforcement Team. They all hated Ape Tong and that sturdy man to the core. Why the hell would you provoke a Hall Master for no reason?

Weren't they just courting death?

It really was just as the old saying goes—if you don't court death, you won't die!