Chapter 0016 – Do You Know the Answer – Absolute Returns

In the afternoon, Xu Dalong brought a dozen Yellow Springs Pavilion investigators.

The news that a large-scale investigation was about to begin spread, and the people within the Demon Army were on edge. There were rumors that I was going to use Zhang Hu as a breakthrough to thoroughly investigate all members of the Demon Army.

That night, something happened.

I was resting in my room when a Yellow Springs Pavilion investigator ran in panicked.

“It’s not good, you have to go check it out!”

I rushed to the scene, only to see the hallway outside the interrogation room in shambles, with the Demon and the investigator wrestling.

“Stop it all!”

I separated the crowd and stopped the melee.

An investigating officer fell in a pool of blood and was seriously injured. Not only was his face scratched beyond recognition, but even his ribs were broken.

Xu Dalong was enraged and tried to rush up, but he was knocked to the ground by his opponent.

“Is it badly hurt?”

“I’m fine, but my companion is badly hurt.”

“Get it to the healer!”

The other investigating officers rushed to carry the injured man away.

The initiator of the incident, the first brigade captain, Gao Gang, was even still standing there with a big strut.

“Did you do this?”

“It’s me.”

He was surrounded by his men, so he wasn’t scared at all, instead he had a smug look on his face, and his men were all forcing themselves to laugh.

“It seems that my prophecy is coming true.”

Xu Dalong knew what I was referring to and couldn’t help but gulp.

“What prophecy?”

The High Party looked puzzled, and Xu Dalong answered for me, “Captain Gao, it’s best for you not to know.”

“Then I’ll also give this male a prophecy that he’ll end up being driven out of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect due to his failed bid for the position of heir and be reduced to defecting to those hypocrites of the righteous path.”

A large group of Demon members laughed.

Instead of getting angry, I said happily, “What a great prophecy!”

“Good prophecy?”

“I’ve been kicked out of the Heavenly Demon God Sect, and I’m still alive? And I’m still able to eat and drink without working for it! This is a life we can only dream of! Thank you so much for your prophecy! I must go live this kind of free and easy life.”

The High Party was mocked by me in return, and his face was suddenly gloomy.

“Why did you injure someone from the Yellow Springs Pavilion?”

“I accidentally bumped into him on the road, and he actually tried to make me apologize, so I had to step in and teach him a lesson.”

“I think you bumped into someone on purpose, and even if he asked you to apologize, you wouldn’t let it go, would you?”

The High Party didn’t retort, just laughed, and his men followed suit.

“You are, all of you, poison.”

The High Party asked in confusion, “What poison?”

“Your men, they are your poison.”

“What are you babbling about?”

I know that as long as his men are still around, he will not put his foot down and will only end up in self-destruction.

“High Party, did you not use the same means to kill a disciple of our sect last year? The year before that, you also killed three people because of an argument with someone at a tavern.”

Those people were all nobodies, and the demon army had blocked the news in time so that it didn’t become a big deal.

“Those who disrespect their seniors deserve to die.”

He glared at me viciously, as if to say, “So are you.”

“You know what? I brought something with me this time.”

“What is it?”

“The power of preemption.”

When he heard the words “decapitate first and report later”, there was a sudden silence around him.

The High Party, however, sneered, “So what if you have this power? Do you have this ability?”

His men laughed again.

That’s the poison I’m talking about, stupid people who are always swayed by the eyes of those around them.

At this moment of saber-rattling, he was even bluffing; he simply didn’t understand what kind of stage he was now standing on.

I took a step forward, and the High Party’s men immediately surrounded me.

“If you dare to touch a hair on the head of our great captain’s head, you’ll be an enemy of the entire Demon Army!”

“I’m not like you guys who just hide behind others.”

The High Party raises his bandaged right hand.

“I owe my hand to you!”

I raised my right hand and said, “I’m not using my right hand today.”

“!”

The High Party obviously didn’t expect me to say that and froze.

But he remained immersed in the illusion he had woven, unable to extricate himself.

“If you’re hurt, go tell the godfather so he can avenge you, huh?”

Once again, his men roared with laughter, and they laughed, raising the temperature of the stage.

“Even if I die here today, no one will hold you responsible.”

“Do you dare to swear?”

I drew my saber and slashed two chilling rays through the air.

The High Party finally agreed to my challenge.

“Good! I’d like to see what you’re capable of!”

The High Party drew his sword and held it in his left hand. He dared to agree to my challenge because his left hand was equally dexterous, whereas I was right-handed.

I put my right hand behind my back and slowly walked towards the high party.

“What, are you afraid I’ll suddenly use my right hand?”

“Hmph! Cut the crap! You think you’re sure to win? I heard that you recently fought with that group of losers from the Southern Dao Sect, do you think you’re great?”

“The really great performance was yours.”

“Shut up!”

The High Party roared and swung their swords at me.

I see this duel as an opportunity to practice, real combat is the best practice, a duel with the Demon Army’s Great Captain is not something you can come across all the time.

The High Party makes vicious moves and wants to put me to death.

Every time my blade brushed against him, a sound of regret would ring around me.

It seemed to them that I could be stabbed by him at any moment, but my heart was in the right place.

After exchanging blows, I was even more certain that with my current strength, I could easily defeat him even with my left hand.

The outcome of this fight, the most important thing that everyone cares about, is how many moves I can take care of him in.

I decided that I would fight quickly and end the fight within forty moves. That way, word would get out:

The Sword Duke killed the Demon Army’s first captain in forty moves.

It took me more than twenty moves to defeat Liang Dong, the disciple of the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon before, so it should be considered reasonable if I can resolve the Gao Party within forty moves.

In the fortieth move, I changed my footwork and bullied my way to the top.

As soon as I grabbed his wrist holding the sword, the High Party tried to break free, but it was too late.

I flicked my wrist and twisted it hard.

“Ka-ching!”

The high party’s arm was twisted so hard by me that the bone pierced through the flesh and exposed it.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh!”

He let out a murderous scream and I took the opportunity to punch him in the face.

“Bang!”

The high party fell to the ground in response, and I rode on top of him, swinging and pounding. If I had used my internal power, he would have been dead already, but I didn’t do that, just attacked him with pure power.