Cultivation System: Stronger with Age-Chapter 78 - 62: The Black Tiger Gang Trembles, The Mysterious Black Soul Wondrous Jade

Qingshui Street Entrance, ruins—the former Zhang Residence!

Thousands of Black Tiger Gang members, each holding a torch, stood around the ruins. The torches illuminated the nearby streets and alleys, making them as bright as day. The citizens in the surrounding residential streets had long been awakened by the commotion. However, not a single person dared to come out and watch. They all peeked through the cracks in their windows before shrinking back into their beds, trembling with their wives and children.

Every Black Tiger Gang member around the ruins had drawn their weapons. These weapons glinted menacingly in the torchlight, thousands of cold points of light flashing around the ruins. However, if any citizen dared to observe closely, they would find that the Black Tiger Gang members, usually so rampant in Great Marsh Prefecture, now had faces filled with apprehension, and their eyes betrayed a hint of fear, even as they gripped their sharp long knives.

It wasn’t just the ordinary gang members who felt a chill in their hearts, fear etched on their faces. The nearly two hundred Leaders of the Black Tiger Gang Great Marsh Hall were also terrified. This fear extended to the dozens of Deputy Stewards and even the more than ten high-ranking Stewards of the Great Marsh Hall; a trace of dread was evident in all their eyes. Through interrogating neighbors near the Zhang Residence, they had learned a crucial fact. A short while ago, the person who fought for a brief period of a little over ten breaths at the Zhang Residence, reducing it to ruins, was dressed in black, wore a conical hat, and a Ghost Face Mask. It was the Conical Hat Guest!

Thus, they now understood. The Conical Hat Guest, whom they had initially believed to possess only Second-Layer Cultivation, actually had terrifying strength. Three Third-Layer Stewards (including Zhao Dalong, the Black Tiger Gang’s reputed genius at the Mid-grade Third Layer), one Deputy Steward, and dozens of elite gang members had all perished within a mere ten breaths.

Thinking back to a few hours before, when they were still planning to search for the Conical Hat Guest in groups, full of vigor...

Search, my foot! Against such a ruthless and fierce Conical Hat Guest, if they fell into his hands, they wouldn’t even have the chance to be captured alive!

Realizing this, how could they not be terrified!

At this moment, every member of the Black Tiger Gang Great Marsh Hall tightly gripped the knife in their hand. They looked formidable, but the hair on their bodies stood on end from sheer terror.

At the center of the ruins, Vice Hall Master Liy Ruofeng stood nine feet tall, his eyes icy. The Jade Gourd in his hand faintly glimmered. He glanced at the charred ground beneath his feet and spoke in a deep voice to the several Stewards and Grand Chief Stewards beside him, "Qian Liu, Ma Sandao, didn’t you confidently assert that the Conical Hat Guest was around Mid-grade Second-Layer Cultivation, at most Late Stage Second-Layer?"

Qian Liu, a Steward of the Black Tiger Gang at Second-Layer Perfection, turned pale. He knelt on the ground with a THUD and said, trembling, "I misjudged, leading to Steward Zhao’s death. I am willing to bear all punishment; I only beg the Vice Hall Master to spare my family, the old and young!"

Steward Ma Sandao’s expression changed dramatically. His Qi Blood roiled as he frantically retreated. However, Ma Sandao had retreated little more than twenty zhang when a pitch-black shadow suddenly appeared on the ground. Like an inseparable shadow, it caught up to Ma Sandao and merged with his own shadow. Then, the eerie shadow wriggled, extending pitch-black hands from beneath the ground to grab Ma Sandao’s legs.

Liy Ruofeng, activating the Jade Gourd in his hand, watched Ma Sandao expressionlessly from afar. The eerie black shadow on the ground ignored Ma Sandao’s attacks as it grasped his legs. Its pitch-black arms slowly stretched and extended, as if intending to tear Ma Sandao in two. After attacking for a moment, Ma Sandao suddenly let out a horrifying scream and frantically circulated his Qi Blood to resist...

Half a breath later, Ma Sandao, torn into pieces by the eerie shadow, lay scattered all over the ground.

Liy Ruofeng then said in a deep voice, "Ma Sandao’s misjudgment caused the deaths of three Stewards. Furthermore, he attempted to flee from his crime. For this, his entire family shall be exterminated as a warning!" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Witnessing this, the thousands of Black Tiger Gang members stared at the eerie shadow. They shivered inwardly, their faces deathly pale.

A few Stewards secretly shook their heads. To think Ma Sandao actually attempted to flee right in front of Vice Hall Master Li—what wishful thinking!

Liy Ruofeng no longer paid attention to the crowd and strode towards one side of the ruins.

At this moment, a sense of deep dread also filled the heart of this Vice Hall Master of the Black Tiger Gang Great Marsh Hall.

Zhao Dalong was Hall Master Zhao Renxiong’s most prized descendant. Zhao Renxiong’s Martial Arts Cultivation was far beyond what he himself could ever hope to achieve... When Zhao Renxiong arrived at the Great Marsh Hall tomorrow, he would likely turn the entire Great Marsh Prefecture upside down!

The Grand Chief Steward Sima Liuyun, following beside Liy Ruofeng, said in a low voice, "Vice Hall Master, Zhao Dalong himself volunteered for the mission to attack Ma Jiang and to lie in wait for the Conical Hat Guest. All the Stewards and Grand Chief Stewards can testify to this. As for the matter of the Conical Hat Guest, it was indeed Ma Sandao’s erroneous judgment... Ma Sandao’s head should somewhat appease Hall Master Zhao’s resentment. After all, the one who killed Zhao Dalong was the Conical Hat Guest!"

Liy Ruofeng sneered. "What do you know? It’s not just that Zhao Dalong lost his life... Zhao Renxiong gave him his Black Soul Wondrous Jade!

"Our Black Tiger Gang Leader spent a hundred years, along with countless efforts and resources, to refine only fourteen Black Soul Wondrous Jades.

"Eight were offered as tribute to the Royal Family, leaving six with the gang. One of those six was exchanged for a set of Nine-Scaly Armor, so only five of these priceless jades remained!

"Now, due to Zhao Dalong’s death, one has been effectively gifted to the Conical Hat Guest. How could Zhao Renxiong possibly resign himself to that?"

Sima Liuyun’s expression changed. "Hall Master Zhao’s Black Soul Wondrous Jade was on Zhao Dalong? But... Zhao Dalong didn’t use it when he attacked Ma Jiang!"