Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 180 - 137: Red Iron Essence, Demon Beast Blood!

This unusual occurrence seemed to have been waiting for some time.

In an instant, two thick clouds of green mist floated up from both the corpse puppet and the deceased black-robed elder Qi Wuxing, and in the next moment, the green mist shot towards Su Mu’s chest, completely devoured by the Gu insect inside Su Mu.

With a fleeting sense of disorientation, Su Mu shivered all over, his expression shifting unpredictably, and immediately entered into a state of introspection. In this state, he noticed that the black mist originally shrouding his chest seemed to have become even darker than before.

Moreover, an inexplicable chill emanated from his chest, yet the Gu insect did not react, nor did his body show any abnormalities, and the Gu insect went back into slumber after consuming the corpse Qi.

"The, the Manor Master... is dead?"

Not far away, a horrified figure’s legs gave way, collapsing on the ground, and the exclamation interrupted Su Mu’s thoughts.

"This, this assassin Li Feiyu is much more powerful than the rumors suggest, he’s as strong as a monster, even the Manor Master died at his hands, and he hasn’t even used a weapon!"

Su Mu took a deep breath, his heart set on leaving, and he continued to plunder the belongings from Qi Wuxing, but only found a token, a white bone bell, and a money bag.

Su Mu also carefully searched the Iron Armor Corpse Puppet, but unfortunately, it was just a puppet and had no possessions.

At this moment, Su Mu’s gaze fell on the token he had found on Qi Wuxing. It was entirely dark blue, like the color of summer river water, engraved with the words ’Flood Order’.

Flood Banner Lord, Flood Order?

Su Mu’s deep eyes flickered, quickly associating it with the Blazing Order from Zhou Tiande, realizing that the Black Mountain Army’s banner lords were divided according to the Five Elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The Flame Banner and Flood Banner Lords had both fallen to Su Mu, and the Sharp Gold Banner which had 300 heads decapitated in Shuangbai Town was also related to Su Mu.

Three out of the Five Elements Banner Masters were all connected to Su Mu. However, Su Mu was unafraid. He and the Black Mountain Rebel Army were originally enemies; with many debts to their name, he was not worried, and if they wanted to collect debts from him, they could try it out!

"Flood Banner Lord? This guy is indeed one of the Black Mountain Rebel Army, bringing him back might earn some credit with the Demon Slayer Bureau."

With Qi Wuxing dead, the remaining three wolf-shaped corpse puppets were now standing idly, as if marionettes with their strings cut. Su Mu immediately moved towards the still-living person.

Seeing Su Mu approaching, that person seemed to have encountered something extremely terrifying and immediately crawled backward using hands and feet.

"Hero Li, spare me, please spare me..."

Su Mu coldly glanced at the person, "Take me to Lin Yun’s treasure trove."

"Yes, yes, I will take Hero Li there immediately."

As the battle concluded, this large underground cave turned silent. Not long after, Su Mu passed by a dungeon whose gate had been broken with brute force, the marks looked fresh, likely done by Zhang Jin just now.

Su Mu’s eyes cast into the depths of the cave’s darkness. Ahead, he heard many breathing sounds, deliberately suppressed yet unable to conceal their fear.

Soon, a figure emerged from the darkness. Zhang Jin stepped out upon seeing Su Mu’s figure and was overjoyed.

"Benefactor, it really was you who won!"

Zhang Jin exhaled long and loud, then shouted back, "Everyone, come out quickly, the bandit leader has been executed, captured and killed by my benefactor Li Feiyu!"

Upon hearing the latter part of the sentence, Su Mu frowned, "How do you know my identity?"

"Earlier, I heard during the fight between the benefactor and the bandit, the bandit’s sinister laughter echoed the name ’Unparalleled Boxing and Stick Skills, Li Feiyu’."

Su Mu paused, the earlier change in the Gu insect had left him somewhat unsettled and he hadn’t thought of such a simple logic. Just as Su Mu was about to speak again.

Dense footsteps approached from the depths of the cave, one figure after another emerged from the darkness.

Bam, bam, bam!

Someone suddenly knelt before Su Mu, then forcefully kowtowed several times, their head pounding on the ground until it was bloodied. The first to kneel was followed by more and more, about thirty to forty people altogether kneeling before Su Mu.

Most of these people kidnapped by Qi Wuxing were ordinary civilians, men and women, young and old, twenty of whom appeared dressed as blacksmiths, while some had a steady gait, being Bone Forger Martial Artists skilled in Cross-Training Martial Arts.

Many looked emaciated, their skin clinging to bones from hunger. Qi Wuxing captured innocent civilians, using the living as corpse refining materials, occasionally killing a few for entertainment—he was extremely cruel.

Seeing these people made Su Mu’s eyes brim with killing intent, Qi Wuxing deserved to die, as did all those from the Black Mountain Rebel Army!

"Great benefactor’s righteousness, thank you, Hero Li, for stepping forward to eradicate evil and saving us. For this life-saving grace, this old man is willing to serve Hero Li like a beast of burden..."

An old man wept tears of gratitude, trying to kneel as he spoke, but Su Mu stepped forward and gently supported him.

"I just happened to pass by tonight; those who do many injustices, like the Lin Family Manor, will face their demise eventually, old man there’s no need for such gratitude."

Happened to pass by?

Hearing this, Zhang Jin’s eyes revealed admiration. In his life, Zhang Jin rarely held such admiration for anyone; now Li Feiyu was one, having clearly said he came seeking revenge tonight.

Yet now dismisses it lightly as merely passing by.

Su Mu didn’t know what was in Zhang Jin’s mind, but he did speak the truth: he really had just happened to pass by. If not for the three robbers, Su Mu wouldn’t have known there was such a base of Black Mountain Rebel Army under Qingyun City’s nose, like Lin Family Manor.