I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 139 - 119: No One Leaves Alive

"What’s going on?" Hearing the loud noise, Ruan Linghong’s face changed suddenly, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.

His Red Saber Stronghold is considered a local powerhouse in this region. If not for outsiders, no one would dare act recklessly here.

"Black Wolf, go take a look." Ruan Linghong said to a young man standing behind him.

"Yes."

The man walked straight toward the direction of the stronghold gate.

Ruan Linghong laughed heartily, "It’s a minor issue, everyone, don’t mind it. Let’s continue eating and drinking."

...

Boom!

Looking at the iron gate over a dozen inches thick of Red Saber Stronghold being bent and deformed under his punch, Qin Yuesheng grabbed the entire iron door with both hands and directly tore it off the wall.

Instantly, the prideful defenses of Red Saber Stronghold were breached by Qin Yuesheng, entering as if in an empty realm.

Swish, swish, swish!

Arrows shot forth, but Qin Yuesheng didn’t even bother to dodge. As soon as these arrows neared his body, they seemed to hit an iron wall, snapping and falling to the ground.

The bandits on the arrow tower stared in amazement. What kind of immortal is he?

Striding into Red Saber Stronghold, a group of bandits wielding long spears formed a serpent formation, charging at Qin Yuesheng, thrusting their spears at his physique.

Sharp points exposed, the spearheads were polished to be sharp and smooth. If an ordinary person were stabbed, they’d easily get a bloody hole.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Qin Yuesheng didn’t evade or dodge, allowing the bandits to stab their spearheads into his body. His inner strength immediately blocked their attacks, preventing them from even touching him.

Actually, even if Qin Yuesheng didn’t use inner strength, these bandits couldn’t harm him. After all, his physique was at Outer Forging Perfection, already impervious to mundane weapons.

However, just because a person is immune to weapons doesn’t mean their clothes are. If these spearheads pierced his body, his clothes would be tattered again, and he didn’t want to be mistaken for a Beggar Sect disciple a second time.

Buzz!

Inner strength adhered from the spearheads to the spear shafts, immediately spreading to the bandits’ hands around Qin Yuesheng.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

Under the effect of inner strength, the bandits’ palms instantly cracked at the web of their thumbs. Only they knew the pain of the injury.

"Ah!!!"

One by one, the bandits dropped their spears, clutching their hands and kneeling to the ground.

Qin Yuesheng continued forward. Any bandit daring to stop him was slapped away, their fate sealed in either death or disability.

Soon, as no bandit dared approach Qin Yuesheng, a young man dressed in black timely appeared before him.

His appearance was like a spotlight, attracting the attention of all the bandits.

"It’s Black Wolf! He’s here."

"Black Wolf is the chief’s apprentice. His martial arts are exceptional, and he, too, is impervious to spears and blades. With him here, he can definitely subdue this guy."

Black Wolf’s arrival gave all the bandits a sense of reassurance, gradually calming them.

"Why have you intruded into my Red Saber Stronghold? Today is my master’s ’Old Red Saber’s’ birthday. Expert fighters from surrounding strongholds have gathered here. Beyond this inner door is the banquet. If you truly intend to cause trouble, weigh your actions carefully," Black Wolf said coldly.

"I’m not here to cause trouble." Qin Yuesheng stopped. "I’m just here to inquire about someone. If I find out their whereabouts, I’ll leave immediately."

Black Wolf: "Who?"

"’I am here too’ Liu Zhizhang."

"We don’t have this person here."

"I know. I just want to know his whereabouts."

"I said, we don’t have this person in our stronghold. You should leave. Today is my master’s birthday, so I won’t pursue your offense."

"Heh! If you refuse to speak, others surely will." Qin Yuesheng swiftly drew his saber, slashing directly at Black Wolf.

Instantly, a blade aura extended from the Evil-Subduing Saber, demonstrating unbounded power.

As Qin Yuesheng’s saber slashed down towards Black Wolf, the Evil-Subduing Saber emitted a sharp ring upon slicing through the air. The red sabers in the bandits’ hands around him began trembling uncontrollably, seemingly wanting to fly out of their hands.

Seeing Qin Yuesheng suddenly attack, Black Wolf attempted to counter with his own saber. But unexpectedly, his red saber had developed an uncontrollable force after the Evil-Subduing Saber’s ring, drawing it firmly towards the ground, unwilling to face the Evil-Subduing Saber.

Black Wolf’s face changed, hurriedly abandoning his saber to dodge. But it was too late; Qin Yuesheng’s saber slashed down from his shoulder to his waist.

Instantly, a pile of entrails spilled out, and Black Wolf clutched his abdomen, screaming in agony.

Qin Yuesheng slashed again, a perfectly good head flew off, ending Black Wolf’s physical pain.

With Black Wolf dead, the faces of all the mountain bandits nearby changed instantly, turning ashen, and the red sabers in their hands dropped powerlessly to the ground.

Looking at the inner door Black Wolf had walked out from, Qin Yuesheng excitedly flicked the blood off the Evil-Subduing Saber: "Are all the surrounding bandits gathered here? That’s truly good news."

Immediately, he stepped through the door.

...

A hundred banquet tables were bustling with people drinking and eating.

Qin Yuesheng stepped out of the inner door to see this scene before him.

The setup was similar to banquets held by wealthy and reputable merchants; nothing particularly unusual.

Qin Yuesheng’s appearance didn’t attract much attention; after all, today was Ruan Linghong’s birthday and wedding banquet. It was normal for many mountain bandits to attend, and no one could guarantee they knew all the bandits within ten miles.

"Guest, do you have your invitation?" A mountain bandit promptly approached to check with Qin Yuesheng.

Qin Yuesheng smiled: "Is everyone here?"

"Almost, the notable village chiefs from the area have arrived; I can’t say for the others," the bandit replied with a smile.

"Great, then could you please help me deliver a gift to your big boss?" Qin Yuesheng smiled as he closed the inner door and bolted it.

Then he gently tapped the bolt, which embedded into the door panel, leaving breaking the door as the only way out.

"Guest, you..." The bandit was stunned.

Before he could react, Qin Yuesheng grabbed his waistband and hurled him towards the head table of the banquet.

"Ah!!!"

The man instantly turned into a human meteor, arching through the air above the banquet tables, causing guests below to look up in shock and surprise.

Very soon, the scene caught the attention of Ruan Linghong, who was drinking.

Seeing the bandit getting closer to the table Ruan Linghong sat at, he seemed about to crash onto it.

Ruan Linghong, quick-eyed and deft, picked up his cane, holding the stick in his left hand, and slammed its head with his right.

The cane shot out like a siege crossbow, impaling the bandit mid-fall and carrying him towards the far wall, where he was pinned.

This sudden commotion naturally drew everyone’s attention, especially Ruan Linghong’s ire. If his table was smashed in front of him, he’d become a laughingstock within ten miles.

"May I know who you are?" Ruan Linghong stood and thundered.

Everyone looked towards where the bandit had flown from, seeing a young man smiling in front of the inner door, holding a black saber.

"I came here just to find one person, even where he might be," Qin Yuesheng said, pointing at the door behind him, "So today, if I don’t find out what I want to know, no one leaves here alive."

"What a big mouth," shouted a corpulent man from the nearest banquet table to Qin Yuesheng.

Without blinking, Qin Yuesheng threw a flying knife, which entered the man’s right eye, exited from the back of his head, and ended his life instantly.

Bang!

The fat man’s large body toppled forward onto the table, flipping it over and smashing all the tableware to the ground.

"Second brother!!!"

The burly man with bristly beard beside the fat man widened his eyes in disbelief that his second brother could die so suddenly.

Furious, he drew his blade and rushed at Qin Yuesheng.

Bang!

Qin Yuesheng kicked him, sending him flying like a kite landed several meters away, his chest collapsed, dead beyond doubt.

"You bandits are hot-tempered, aren’t you?" Qin Yuesheng tilted his head, "Aren’t you going to hear who I’m looking for? Maybe one of you knows, and you might save your life."

Ruan Linghong saw Qin Yuesheng kill his two guests in seconds, his face turned dark as water, then he voiced, "Aren’t you afraid even if you find out, you’ll have no life to use it?"

"That’s not your concern," Qin Yuesheng replied, looking at Ruan Linghong from afar, "I’ll ask: ’I Lai Ye’ Liu Zhizhang, does anyone here know where he’s hiding?"

"I Lai Ye?"

"Seems like another poor soul with a woman sullied at home."

The guests began to murmur.

Ruan Linghong couldn’t hold back any longer; this man had utterly ignored him, the Village Chief of the Red Saber Stronghold.

Suddenly, Ruan Linghong leaped, stepping lightly on banquet tables, swiftly closing in on Qin Yuesheng.

"Catch the blade, big boss!" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

A Red Saber Stronghold bandit promptly tossed his personal saber to Ruan Linghong.

Ruan Linghong caught it mid-air, unsheathed it, and attacked Qin Yuesheng with blade skill.

In an instant, saber shadows danced; even at his age, Ruan Linghong’s saber technique remained sharp.