Chapter Seventy-Four: A Certain Kind of Torment Called "Mami Mami Hon"

After all, two powerful practitioners at the Meridian Opening stage had been utterly toyed with by someone at the Qi Induction stage—humiliation beyond measure! Worse yet, they found themselves fearful of this Qi Induction cultivator, cautious even with a mere fire starter, wary that Lin Fan might still have tricks up his sleeve.

Letting Lin Fan escape from their encirclement—if word got out, neither would have a place to stand in the future.

Their subordinates had to die. Even if those were their most capable men, once they claimed the bounty, they could always cultivate a new batch, perhaps even stronger. There was nothing to regret.

“Negative emotion value from Seven Slaughters, +999....”
“Negative emotion value from Shadow....”
“From....”

The negative emotion values kept flooding Lin Fan’s interface like an endless tsunami, one wave after another, never abating.

But Lin Fan had no time to pay attention to this now. He’d barely run several dozen miles before Seven Slaughters and Shadow had caught up, right behind him.

After another mile, they were barely tens of meters away.

Their eyes radiated murderous intent, cold and unyielding as an ancient iceberg. Their entire bodies surged with vital energy; this distance was enough for them to launch a fatal attack on Lin Fan.

Still, they were shocked by Lin Fan’s speed—his movement technique was not inferior to theirs, perhaps even superior. If not for his weaker cultivation, they wouldn’t have been able to catch up at all!

“Die!”
“Perish!”

Seven Slaughters and Shadow roared, their vital energies surging, about to attack Lin Fan.

But suddenly, Lin Fan turned his head and smiled eerily, speaking slowly and forcefully, “The ones who’ll die... are you!”

Both were startled, an ominous feeling rising in their chests.

“Damn, we’ve been tricked!”

Their hearts trembled as Lin Fan hurled a black, blade-like weapon at them. It sliced through the air at lightning speed, emitting a piercing sound as it shot toward them.

Just hearing its wind-whistling told them this weapon was razor-sharp. The earlier fire starter had been a feint; this was Lin Fan’s real hidden card.

Perhaps Lin Fan had been waiting for them to chase him.

“Dodge!”

Without hesitation, they slowed and darted to the sides.

Boom—

A thunderous explosion sent snow flying, leaving a pit about a meter deep in the ground. Sweat beaded on their foreheads; thank goodness they’d dodged quickly, or...

Wait—something was off.

A meter-deep pit? That’s it?

Black lines appeared on their foreheads. With Qi Induction stage cultivation, injecting vital energy—even throwing a random stone could make such a pit, especially in snow!

They stiffly turned to look at the pit. When they saw the black, blade-like object within, their eyes instantly turned crimson.

Damn it! Before it was a fire starter, now it’s a grill?!

Are you here to train, or to have a barbecue?

Just moments ago, they’d felt fortunate to have dodged quickly—but what did it matter? If that grill had landed on them, it’d have just bent; they wouldn’t even have a scratch.

“Lin Fan, you little bastard! I swear I’ll kill you or I’m not human!”

Seven Slaughters howled to the sky, hair wild, while Shadow trembled violently, as if struck with epilepsy, muttering half-coherent curses.

Gritting his teeth, he could only sputter: “Good... good... good, good!”

They were so enraged by Lin Fan that they couldn’t speak—teeth grinding, jaw clenched.

“Negative emotion value from Seven Slaughters, +999.+999.+999.......”
“Negative emotion value from Shadow, +999.+999.+999.......”

Both erupted with vital energy like thunderous storms, blasting the ground beneath them, chasing Lin Fan with wild fury, leaving a trail of turbulent energy like smoke signals.

Their eyes were bloodshot, hair disheveled by the wind, never removing their gaze from Lin Fan’s figure ahead.

Because they’d paused just now, it took them twenty more miles to catch up with Lin Fan.

Yet, as they were about to act again, Lin Fan tossed another black object toward them.

If rage could drive someone mad, they were truly losing their minds.

Are you teasing us like dogs?

Throwing things again and again!

Do you think we’re scared anymore?!

Without a word, both unleashed their strongest attacks—one with sword energy, the other with bursts of blood light—both surging toward Lin Fan.

At that moment, the black object reached them, and Lin Fan’s voice echoed in their ears.

“There’s a torture called ‘mami mami hong!’”

Before they could comprehend his words, the black object exploded.

Boom—a deafening blast, the world flipped, snow flew, wild energy swept forth with the force of a Meridian Opening cultivator’s full-strength strike, instantly and without warning inflicting heavy injuries. Blood gushed from their mouths.

“Damn, this time it’s for real...”

Seven Slaughters and Shadow had just gotten used to Lin Fan bluffing, thinking he had no more cards, so they’d dropped their guard—and were struck violently.

The injuries weren’t fatal; after all, both bore the brunt of a full-force blow at the Meridian Opening stage. But their hearts suffered a million points of damage.

“Brother, which time was real and which was fake?!”

On the verge of tears, they silently wondered, their clothes torn, hair wild, blood at their lips.

To be honest, they didn’t want to chase anymore.

But if they didn’t, their secret would leak, exposing them to the Jiang family’s retaliation—and Lin Fan’s vengeance if he ever rose to power.

Far behind, their own subordinates watched as their leaders were repeatedly humiliated, despair mounting.

For some reason, their murderous intent faded, and they felt an urge... to laugh out loud?!

Awkward, indeed!

But no one dared laugh, fully aware how dire the consequences would be. They all suppressed the urge.

“Let’s do it!”

Seven Slaughters gritted his teeth, watching Lin Fan vanish into the distance, then turned to Shadow. “We’ve been toyed with too many times. No matter the reason, this brat must die. But in our current wounded state, it’s unlikely we can catch him!”

“Just tell me what to do. As long as we kill that little bastard, I’m in, as long as it’s fair!” Shadow broke in, cutting Seven Slaughters off.

“Straightforward!” Seven Slaughters nodded, pulling out two pills, showing them in his palm. “These are Three-Turn Golden Pills. For a quarter hour, they’ll let us explode with mid-stage Meridian Opening strength, but we’ll be bedridden for a month afterward.”

“If I take one alone, I could kill that brat, but you might stab me in the back while I’m injured. So we’ll take them together, kill him, and split the bounty—agreed?”

Seeing Seven Slaughters’ intense gaze, Shadow knew he was serious.

If he refused, Seven Slaughters would take the pill first and kill him before going after Lin Fan.

“Fine!”

Shadow accepted the pill without hesitation, tossing it into his mouth and swallowing.

Seven Slaughters, seeing Shadow’s decisiveness, asked, “Aren’t you afraid I poisoned it?”

“I’ll accept it!”

Shadow’s honesty touched Seven Slaughters, who then swallowed his pill as well.

“For your trust, when we get out, let’s merge our mercenary groups and wipe out the Greedy Wolf Mercenary Group. As for who’ll lead, we’ll compete fairly then!”

The pill’s effect was instantaneous; Seven Slaughters’ aura soared to the peak of the Meridian Opening stage, then exploded higher, clearly stepping into the mid-stage.

Shadow nodded at Seven Slaughters’ words. “Agreed. We’ll merge our groups after we get out!”

“Hmm? Why isn’t your vital energy fluctuating?”

Seven Slaughters noticed that Shadow, who’d swallowed the pill first, showed no change in cultivation, unlike himself.

“Uh, wait, here it comes!”

Shadow reached into his mouth, retrieving a pill from between his fingers and truly swallowing it. Immediately, his aura surged to the mid-stage, just like Seven Slaughters.

Seven Slaughters: “???”

What about trust? What about honesty?

So, it’s one trick after another?

And you said you accept it... You said it so righteously, you almost moved me, talking about merging our groups—damn it...

Shadow, seeing Seven Slaughters’ purple face, looked a bit embarrassed. “Uh... I always act cautiously, hope you understand!”

“Go to hell! No merging! When we get out, I’ll wipe out your mercenary group first....”

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