“A Wang, A Cai!”
Lu Ming looked at the two figures at the entrance and spoke coldly.
These two were responsible for guarding the Su Manor’s main gate. They often mocked the original owner, and this time, they even killed him.
The eighteen knife wounds on the original owner’s body were all thanks to them.
Hearing Lu Ming’s voice, the two immediately snapped out of their shock.
“You’re a human, you’re a human.”
A Cai’s eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone returned to calm.
It’s good that he’s a human; if he’s a human, he’ll die. There’s nothing to be afraid of.
“You almost fooled me!”
“Young Lord, you’re making things very difficult for me.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to just go to Hell obediently? Walk faster, and you can reincarnate sooner and be a human again.”
“And you won’t have to suffer so much.”
A Cai sighed and shook his head.
As he spoke, the two men moved their steps slightly, surrounding Lu Ming from left and right.
They noticed Lu Ming’s clenched fists, but their eyes were still full of disdain.
Everyone in the Su Family knew that this Young Lord was a good-for-nothing without rank; the true Young Lord of Sword King City was actually a waste, while the fake one was a Dragon and Phoenix among men. What a great irony!
However, after tonight, there would be no true or fake ones in this world.
Only the living are real.
A Cai slowly drew his knife, his movements slow but full of pressure, with a chilling killing intent permeating the surroundings.
Just then.
Clang!
A flash of cold light appeared, illuminating half of the dilapidated temple.
A Wang’s knife came down from behind Lu Ming, powerful and extremely fast.
This strike would definitely split Lu Ming from head to groin, in two.
However, just as the blade was about to strike Lu Ming’s head.
Lu Ming moved.
His figure moved only slightly, very subtly, without even turning to look, and he avoided the strike.
Whoosh!
The sound of wind rose.
A fist, like a ghost, thrust into A Wang’s chest.
Mountain-Opening Fist!
Great shock!
Terrified to death.
A Wang recognized this punch, and it was precisely because he recognized it that he was utterly shocked.
This punch was still that punch, but it was completely different; it was like a punch delivered by a ghost or a god.
Thud!
The fist slammed into A Wang’s chest.
Pfft!
He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his entire body flew backward, crashing heavily against the wall before falling down.
Pfft!
Another mouthful of blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs, gushed from his mouth.
All the ribs in his chest were broken; this punch shattered his heart meridian. Barring any unexpected events, his life would end here.
All of this happened extremely quickly, in an instant.
From Lu Ming’s attack to A Wang’s fall, A Cai’s long knife had only been half-drawn, and the battle was already lost.
His movements also froze there.
“A wolf feigns sleep to lure the enemy!”
“Heh…”
“As expected of A Wang and A Cai, this tactic is quite fitting for your names.”
Lu Ming’s sarcastic tone rang out.
From the moment they entered and started talking, to the later drawing of the knife, A Cai had been trying to attract Lu Ming’s attention, but the real killing blow was from A Wang.
It was a good tactic, but unfortunately, they encountered Lu Ming, who was empowered by the Shen Zhao Sutra.
“You, you’ve entered the ranks?”
“Have you been hiding your strength all this time? No, you just entered the ranks; otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to severely injure you before.”
A Cai’s face was filled with disbelief.
A chill rose from the soles of his feet to his head, and he felt as if he had fallen into icy water.
Having witnessed Lu Ming’s skill just now, he no longer even had the courage to draw his knife.
Although he was also an Early Stage Ninth Rank, he knew that if he made a move, he would definitely die, because A Wang was the best example.
They were both stray dogs on the streets of Sword King City, without even the qualifications to learn swordsmanship, so they could only use knife s.
He was incapable of taking Lu Ming’s punch.
Thump!
A Cai knelt down, very smoothly. For a stray dog like him, wagging his tail and begging for mercy was a perfectly normal thing to do.
It was just that before, it was for the seven Young Misses of the Su Family and Young Lord Su Jing; now, it was for the true Young Lord of the Su Family.
“Mercy, Young Lord, I was forced.”
“Killing you was not my intention.”
“Please, great men don’t dwell on the faults of small men. Please spare me this one time. I will never dare to do it again.”
A Cai said this while kowtowing.
A hint of sarcasm hung on Lu Ming’s lips.
Even a gatekeeper of a prime minister’s mansion is a high-ranking official. Normally, A Cai and A Wang would look down on the original owner when he came to pay his respects; even the nobles of Shouchun City who wanted to befriend Su Zhengfeng would treat these two guard dogs politely and with smiles.
And now, this dog finally revealed his true colors.
“Who sent you?” Lu Ming’s voice was cold.
“I don’t know!”
A Cai answered very straightforwardly, and Lu Ming frowned.
He quickly added, “It was a secret order from Sword King City. We only received a kill order and acted according to it.”
Saying this, A Cai pulled out an ancient small sword, less than an inch long, from his sleeve. The words ‘Sword King City’ were carved on the blade.
“The secret order was delivered by a man in black. We only know he’s from Sword King City, but we truly don’t know who he is.”
A Cai held nothing back in his desire to live.
“Who else participated?”
Lu Ming continued to ask. He didn’t believe that Sword King City would only send these two good-for-nothings for this operation.
“Also, also…”
A Cai hesitated slightly, but seeing Lu Ming take a step forward, he immediately stopped his hesitation.
“Also the Golden Money Gang and the Cao Gang. Sword King City sent people to contact them, asking them to assist us two.”
“However, because we two wanted to hog the credit, we left them behind and acted first.”
At this point, a hint of regret flashed in A Cai’s eyes.
He had thought killing Lu Ming would be as simple as killing a chicken, but he never expected it to turn into such a situation.
If only he had known, he should have waited for the Golden Money Gang and Cao Gang to act together.
“Golden Money Gang? Cao Gang?”
Lu Ming murmured.
The original owner was originally a Cao Gang Disciple, so he didn’t expect the Cao Gang to be involved; and the Golden Money Gang, as another force in Shouchun City that rivaled the Cao Gang, their participation was not unexpected.
If the plan had truly gone according to design, then the original owner—no, even he himself—would probably not have escaped death.
The Golden Money Gang had many masters, and their Gang Leader, Jin Bao, was a Seventh Rank master, a figure who could make Shouchun City tremble with a stomp of his foot. As for the Cao Gang, it was only a branch in Shouchun City, not as strong as the Golden Money Gang, but it also had an Early Stage Seventh Rank master in charge, making their strength terrifying.
Fortunately, these two dogs acted on their own initiative.
He had gained a chance to breathe.
“Last question, do Su Zhengfeng and his wife know about your actions?”
Lu Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly as he asked the most crucial question.
Su Zhengfeng and his wife had just left, and this secret order came down.
A coincidence?
Too much of a coincidence!
When A Cai heard this question, a look of hesitation immediately flashed across his face.
He stammered,
“Probably… probably…”
“Speak!”
Lu Ming took another step forward, looking down at him from above, his fists clenched, and a formidable fist pressure permeated the air.