356 Falling into the Trap (2/2)

At first, Supreme King regarded this as a trivial matter but finally picked up notice as the news of Wildhorse's incredible kung fu spread to him time and time again. He noticed a shadow of New Moon Hall's training in some of Wildhorse's skills.

The results of the investigation were unexpected: Supreme King found out that Old Man Mu was reduced to a state of neither human nor a ghost.

During those days, Old Man Mu was famous in the Western Region, but he held Supreme King in such high esteem, to the point that he had never committed a crime in Golden Roc Fort's territory. Moreover, they hit it off easily now that they had a common enemy. Supreme King would help to keep his secret and in turn, he would provide his services to Supreme King.

Lady Meng and Meng Yuzun was obsessed with seizing Slave Huan's Dajue Book of Swordcraft and requested for Wildhorse's help at that time. The news reached Old Man Mu's ears but he did not pay much attention to it. It was only until he was ordered to kill Dragon King and saw the elusive sword move for himself that his heart stirred.

The two children did not learn well. If that kind of swordcraft fell into my hands... Old Man Mu's heart stirred once again. He still believed that his kung fu was second to none in this world. Perhaps he was only a little inferior compared to Supreme King, but he still envied this particularly unusual swordcraft. Like a fool who collected paintings and calligraphy, once he saw something special, he could not help but covet it.

This was supposed to be a killing mission, but now he had another purpose.

Not only did Old Man Mu liked killing people, he also deeply enjoyed the process of doing so. Other people's fear was a feast to him, and his insatiable hunger could never be satisfied.

Therefore, he was very happy as he stood on Wildhorse's shoulders and saw Dragon King and his entourage had divided into two groups, ”The brats of Supreme King seem really good-for-nothing. No wonder they lost favor.”

Wildhorse was a capable servant. His only shortcoming was that he could not talk. Old Man Mu, on the other hand, was a garrulous man and was content to talk by himself, ”Which one shall I kill first? Dragon King and that woman from New Moon Hall or the three babies of the Shangguan family? I told her I will cut her into pieces. She has definitely already set up a trap together with Dragon King. Haha, it's not so easy to fool me, you know. I'll kill Supreme King's daughter first, let's see if he will come and save her. Then, I'll kill that woman. That's right, that's right.”

Wildhorse made several gestures.

”Dragon King is tricky and foxy? I think he's at the end of his tether. He failed to kill me twice and revealed his background to me instead. Either something is wrong with the Dajue Book of Swordcraft or he uses it in the wrong way. Anyway, Dragon King's unique skill can only be used once. He must channel his Internal Strength in order to attack a second time. Just this window of time is enough for me to kill him ten times over.”

After speaking, Old Man Mu jumped nimbly onto the ground. In a few jumps and bounces, he had already disappeared, faster even than a galloping horse.

Wildhorse made a face of disgust. Even though he had a debt of gratitude toward Old Man Mu, there was no way Wildhorse could take a liking to this man who had shrunk himself into a dwarf. He wanted to vomit every time he came into contact with him.

Wildhorse and Old Man Mu had surprisingly similar definitions of kindness and hatred.

The small group of five split up. Dragon King and Maid Lotus walked close to the deserts, while the three siblings of the Shangguan family traveled along the Gobi desert. They were half a mile away from one another. They would not arrive in time even if they wanted to help each other.

Old Man Mu quickly caught up with his target. He could not run all night like a galloping horse, so he jumped onto the sides of a horse that nobody was riding and tugged the horse belly strap to secure himself and stealthily watched.

His Lightness Skills had always been very good, but it became even better after he shrinking into a dwarf.

The three people were obviously frightened and were traveling in a hurry. The faces of Shangguan Hong and Shangguan Fei were especially pale.

Which one should I kill first? Old Man Mu pondered. Despite his excellent kung fu, he was still cautious and preferred to kill the easiest opponent first.

Both Shangguan Ru and Shangguan Hong were easy prey since one did not possess the killing desire and the other had poor kung fu.

As long as one of them was killed, the remaining two would certainly run to Dragon King for protection. Old Man Mu decided to follow behind them and take the opportunity to kill the New Moon Hall disciple, thus fulfilling the promise he made before midnight.

This was his plan.

Old Man Mu decided that his target would be Shangguan Hong.

He was not in a rush. He preferred to do it right before dawn. Other than the fact that people tended to be more relaxed at that time, he wanted was to create a killing style that left a deep impression.

Now was the time since he still needed to give the other two enough time to run to Dragon King for help.

Shangguan Hong looked even more helpless than a baby, but Old Man Mu didn't mind. He had killed many people who were physically weak, and the pleasure was always the same, merely lacking in the thrill when compared to killing an expert.

The Five Hole Punch was a kung fu where the hands had to be made into claw-shapes. It was a very powerful kung fu and even more effective than sabers or swords. Old Man Mu found it outrageous that not many people wanted to learn it.

He gently jumped off the horse and landed on his four limbs like a fine fox. He quickly moved in front and burrowed under the belly of another horse. The rider was Shangguan Ru. He resisted the impulse to remove the girl's heart, and sped up to surpass two other horses and caught up with Shangguan Hong's horse.

The galloping horse hoofs became the best cover for him. Even the Jianghu experts were unable to notice a little shadowy figure in the dark, much these three children who lacked experience.

Flipping over with his right hand and mounting the horse, he struck a blow and dismounted with his left hand before hiding again.

This was Old Man Mu's usual technique and he had never once failed. If his rival was an expert, he could take his heart out from behind, but since it was Shangguan Hong, he could easily kill him from the front.

Everything went smoothly when he mounted the horse. Shangguan Hong did not notice anything. However, the unexpected occurred when he struck his blow. The chest of his target was harder than steel and even his sharp claw was unable to penetrate it.

Old Man Mu was shocked. Even though it had not worked out as he thought, he would still need to dismount, but he was unable to move at all as a strong arm held onto his belly. At the same time, a dagger stabbed into his lower abdomen. From the strength and the speed of the move, he could tell it was not an ordinary person with kung fu.

The man was obviously Shangguan Hong, but his skills were like an expert who had practiced for more than ten years. Old Man Mu was even more appalled when he realized that he had fallen into a trap.