Chapter 832 - You Were Stabbed! (2/2)

Ji Shou: “…”

He felt as if he had eaten a mouthful of mouldy grains. He can’t talk to these tribesmen!

The Flaming Horns did not think anything was wrong. Shouldn’t they be proud of such an impressive fellow tribesman?

Ji Shou took a deep breath, deciding not to waste his time on them, then his eyes swept across the street again. “Put down anything you weren’t supposed to take. Or DIE!”

Thud! Slam!

Those who planned to run suddenly dropped the stolen goods as if they were burning rocks. Their lives were more important than money.

Some people thought they could get away with it but their mates nudged them, warning them with a look that they should never die just for such little money. Ji Shou did not usually interfere with minor street scuffles but when he did, the outcome was brutal. There would even be collateral damage and they did not want to be dragged into it.

Ji Shou stood silently, as if unaware of their internal dilemmas. A group of soldiers quickly walked down the street to gather all the dropped items together.

“Check if anything is missing,” said Ji Shou.

The tribesmen looked at Wei and Mai. With their permission, they started to look for their belongings. They did not take the other King City gamblers’ things – because there was no need to- all they wanted was their own stuff.

“Where is my crystal?!” yelled Abuli, very upset. Ever since Shao Xuan called it a ‘crystal’, he did too.

Many people had seen Abuli’s crystal too so they knew that it was truly missing. The crowd turned to the betting house staff in unison.

“We didn’t take it!” Bo Yi explained, breathing heavily. He was innocent here!

“Here.” An emotionless voice came. At the same time, a crystal as thick as an arm was tossed at Abuli.

Catching it hurriedly, Abuli looked at Gan Qie in delight. “Gan Qie, you found it for me? Thank you so much!”

Gan Qie approached them, his clothing torn in many parts. The most obvious tear was from an arrow and a knife pierced through his body.

The Flaming Horns were not very surprised by this. When they fought, they prioritised their own lives but Gan Qie did not. These injuries were very common to him.

“Ah! Gan Qie, you were stabbed!” Abuli shouted, “QUICK QUICK QUICK!”

The King City folk thought the bigfoot rich man was calling for a doctor but Abuli merely tossed the crystal towards a person next to him, then grabbed the handle sticking out of Gan Qie, and pulled it out.

He pulled it out…

The street was pin-drop silent.

“Eh, there’s another arrow!” He pulled again!

No blood flowed, no bloody flesh came from the wound. It was a life-threatening injury but they did not even hear a pained cry. No, the main character here, Gan Qie, did not make a single sound. His face did not change as if he did not feel any of the wounds on his body.

“Sigh, there’s too much stuff on you! But they’re so small, it’s too difficult to get them out.” Abuli felt like he should help Gan Qie to repay him for bringing the crystal back.

But Gan Qie was getting impatient so he shoved Abuli aside. All the hidden weapons lodged in his flesh were suddenly pushed out. They fell to the ground with multiple clinks and clanks.

Ji Shou: “…”

The guards: “…”

Thank goodness they were trained soldiers. If their hands trembled now, they might have fired an arrow already. Misfiring an arrow now would mean a death sentence for themselves.

The crowd gulped, staring at Gan Qie like he was a terrifying monster.

He now had a new name in King City— Gan Qie the Undead.

Ji Shou watched in horror as Gan Qie ‘excreted’ all the hidden weapons in him, not bleeding even a drop of blood. A soldier quickly rushed over and whispered in Ji Shou’s ear. He was part of the troops who went to check on the loud boom.

When he heard the report, Ji Shou’s pupils constricted and his eyes changed.

The boom came from one of Changle’s gathering points. It had been attacked.

Su Li was severely injured, carried away by other Changle people who had hurried to King City. The number of casualties was unknown, the entire gathering point had been flattened. All that was left was just a patch of sandy ground, its original structure completely gone. There were no traces of its past.

The person who did all of this was the person who just arrived.

Ji Shou had only one comment to make of all this — they deserved it!

But the Flaming Horn people were definitely quite dangerous.

Gan Qie?

Other than Shao Xuan of Flaming Horn, Ji Shou memorised the name of the second threat.

Woah—

Gasps came from other areas of the city but this time, it was not because of another attack. The purple smoke cast above King City was starting to change. It was dissipating like mist.

The signing ceremony at the palace was coming to an end.