Martial Star Ocean - Chapter 10 Pig Killing Saber

Chapter 10 – Pig Killing Saber

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Zheng Longxing summoned another aide and handed a letter to him. “Deliver this letter. Inform the master from the Bloodmoon Gang to prepare himself according to these arrangements and be ready at any time.”

“Yes.” The aide turned and left.

In the shadows of the chamber, this county commander’s lips split open. He diabolically laughed, “Haha, a young magistrate in his teens suffered such a humiliation and committed suicide after being unable to bear it. This reasoning is flawless. Even if they investigate, they won’t be able to find anything…hehehahaha!”

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“My Lord, we’ve arrived.”

Ma Junmo pointed towards a forest of stones in front of them.

This stone forest was located in the southwest corner of Alabaster County City. It was in a remote, distant location and there were strange and bizarre rock formations all around. There was thick green vegetation and the air was moist. Many snakes and poisonous insects dwelled here, and a heavy miasma permeated the land.

This place was occupied by the Divine Orchard Gang over 20 some years ago. After all these years of operating from this location, this place had become like a small mountain village. A tall fence stretched around the area. This was the headquarters of the Divine Orchard Gang and it was a nearly impregnable bastion with a layout as confusing as a maze. Even if an army of 300-400 people came, they would still find it difficult to assault this base.

When speaking of this region, the people of Alabaster County City would often shudder and pale.

All of the residents of the city regarded this stone forest as a land as terrifying as an Asura hell.

“You can go back.” Li Mu turned and said to Ma Junmo. Then, he lifted the steel saber in his hands and headed towards the front gate of the Divine Orchard Gang headquarters.

“My Lord…” Ma Junmo wanted to persuade Li Mu again, but when the words reached the tip of his tongue he just couldn’t speak them. He straightened his back and clenched his teeth. “I will accompany you inside…” Just as he said these words he began to regret them. Once they went inside, how would they come back out?

Li Mu waved his hand without even turning his head. “You wait out here.”

Ma Junmo’s legs became like lead. He didn’t even take a single step forwards.

He turned around. He could see that in the far off distance, on the road they used to get here, there were a number of people looking towards them. There were some officials from the County Administrative Hall, some members from other gangs and factions, and even some bodyguards from wealthy families and so forth…news of this matter had clearly spread at an astonishing speed and all of the high-level figures in Alabaster County City were paying attention to this event.

Was a heaven-shaking tsunami about to roll towards them?

Ma Junmo suddenly felt a spell of dizziness come over him.

At this time, Li Mu arrived at the front gates of the Divine Orchard Gang headquarters.

Two stone columns that were over 20 meters high stabbed into the heavens like stone daggers. A door was built between them. This door was made from ancient wood that was thousands of years old and was incredibly heavy and thick. It was dyed bright red, just as if it were soaked in blood. Several disciples of the Divine Orchard Gang stood at the entrance, all of them wearing crimson, blood-red clothes, and all of them exuding a perverse and eccentric aura. Their eyes were cruel and callous as they stared at Li Mu walking towards them.

“Divine Orchard Gang Leader Sikong Jin, roll out of your nest and see me!”

Li Mu’s anger began to ignite. He took wide steps forwards.

The Divine Orchard Gang disciples were like sparrows whose nest had been disrupted.

“Who are you?”

“Halt…”

“It looks like you want to die. You dare to rush into the headquarters of my Divine Orchard Gang?”

Angry shouts sounded out. The members of the Divine Orchard Gang approached.

Li Mu paid them no heed. He shouted out, “Sikong Jin, I don’t believe that you don’t know I’m here! Hurry up and get the hell out here!”

These words were like a thunderclap in broad daylight. They cracked through the air, causing everyone’s ears to buzz and hum. They immediately revealed expressions of astonishment.

This young county magistrate, how could his voice be so loud? Was he a martial arts powerhouse? No…there wasn’t any sense of aura emitting from his body.

“He actually dares to shout out the name of our gang master. Capture him.”

A gloomy and dire voice spread out from behind the front doors.

“Go!” The members of the Divine Orchard Gang rushed forwards.

Li Mu bent down a little. Strength began coursing through his legs.

The ground beneath his feet instantly cracked like a spider’s web.

Then, like an engine suddenly pushed to the limits, he hurtled forwards.

His speed was as quick as lightning.

The disciples of the Divine Orchard Gang simply weren’t able to respond to what had happened. All they saw was a flash of light and a figure flicker in front of them. A gust of wind rushed past them and blew them off their feet. As for Li Mu, he had already disappeared.

“What?”

The distant Ma Junmo’s heart tightened. His pupils shrank.

This level of speed…even a master at the perfection of the Energy Unity realm would be unable to possess such speed, right?

What was going on here?

Could this County Magistrate Li actually be a martial arts master who had hidden his abilities all along?

Gasps of surprise sounded out from afar. Those observing were also startled silly.

And soon after –

Bang!

The sound of a thunder crash erupted, sounding like the beating of divine drums.

Li Mu rushed towards the great gates of the Divine Orchard Gang headquarters like a raging gust of wind. He kicked at the gates.

Then, beneath the gaze of numerous eyes filled with shocked disbelief, something incredible occurred. With that single kick, the great 10,000 jin heavy gate suddenly blew apart like two fragile planks of wood. The gate doors were blasted several meters away before they struck the stone forest and caused a cloud of dust and smoke to rise up. Pieces of stone flew about and the ground for several miles began to shake as if an earthquake were occurring. This sort of crazy and violent scene was simply indescribable.

“Heavens…”

“What!?”

“My mother!”

“How is this possible?”

“This…this is…just what sort of strength is this!?”

Cries of alarm were shouted out one after another from behind Ma Junmo.

In that moment, the minds of countless people had gone completely blank as if they lost all capacity to think.

This included Ma Junmo.

He was a master who originated from the Alabaster Sword Faction, but even in his lifetime he had never seen such terrifying strength before. That young fellow had rushed forwards as fast as a bolt of lightning, and in that moment he had been like a dragon in human form. This was simply not strength that a martial arts master at the Energy Unity realm should possess. In fact, this far outstripped the Energy Unity realm…

“Sikong Jin, you still aren’t coming out? Do you want me to tear apart this little rat nest of yours?”

Li Mu roared out. His voice was like rolling thunder, blasting through the skies of the headquarters.

Screams of shock and pain transmitted from the Divine Orchard Gang stronghold within the stone forest.

The collapse of the great gate had smashed apart dozens of stone pillars. Many disciples of the Divine Orchard Gang had been hiding amongst them, and they had been injured when they couldn’t dodge in time. Many of them had their legs and arms smashed to a pulp by stones and it was only now that they were able to react. Voices of fear and panic cried out. Amongst the stone powder and dust, there were also the faint shouts of angry gang masters…

On normal days, this Divine Orchard Gang headquarters was like a dark and gloomy living hell. But now this living hell was like a sparrow nest that had been smashed by a stick and was completely stirred into chaos.

Li Mu gathered power in his legs. He leapt up 10 meters and landed on the fallen doors with a loud bang.

“You crazy fool, you deserve death for destroying my headquarters’ gate.”

A cold humph emerged from the clouds of dust and rock. A sharp keening blade sound followed right after.

The clouds of dust and rock split apart.

A gray figure leapt through the skies like an eagle. He carried a two meter long saber that he brought slashing down.

This saber carried a terrifying momentum.

But Li Mu cultivated the Xiantian Arts and his reaction rate and senses far outstripped those of an ordinary person. Although this saber seemed as fast as lightning, it was in reality incredibly slow. He took two steps to the side, dodging this saber that was hidden in the dust.

This simple evasive movement came from Li Mu’s instincts.

But from the far off distance, beneath the watchful gazes of numerous different parties, what they actually saw was Li Mu moving like flowing water and clouds, every step he took filled with profound skill and accurate timing, like an antelope leaping through the mountains.

Clang!

Sparks splashed out.

The saber chopped onto rock. Sounds of cracking stone rang out into the air.

“Who are you?” Li Mu turned to the gray figure holding the saber.

This was a cruel and ferocious man that seemed around 40 years old. He was thin and narrow and his gray hair hung scattered around him. He wore black flexible armor and his entire body exuded a dark and sinister aura and a sour rotting smell. Upon hearing Li Mu, the man proudly smirked, lifting his two meter long saber and saying, “I am ranked third in the Divine Orchard Gang’s Four Heavenly Guardians, Heaven Severing Saber Xu Zhi. No matter who you are or where you came from, since you dare to break down the gates of my Divine Orchard Gang headquarters then you must pay the price.”

“Four Heavenly Guardians?” Li Mu’s eyes narrowed. “So when your people broke into the medical hall, killing a county guard and capturing Zhang Li and her daughter, you were also among them?”

“Haha, yes, I was there.” Xu Zhi raucously laughed.

He already knew that this youth in front of him was the county magistrate and was only pretending not to know.

The orders from above had been to publicly humiliate this young country magistrate. Since he received these orders, he would naturally carry them out well…hehe, if he were to cut off an arm or leg or beat him half to death, that should be considered as humiliating him.

“It’s good that you were one of them.”

Li Mu’s heart burned with rage, but his eyes actually remained calm.

He thrust his steel saber into the ground and then pulled up the overly spacious sleeves of his robe. After he tied them up he tested them and found that they were just tight enough. Then, he picked up the steel saber that he took from the dead Zhang Ru.

With this, Li Mu seemed like a different person. He looked like a street gangster that was preparing to fight; he lacked the elegance of a martial arts master. The people secretly spectating from afar were already shocked speechless, but after seeing this scene they all felt it was a bit funny. It was just like a peerless fairy maiden from the heavens fidgeting because she had a sudden urge to use the restroom while still in public.

However, in the next moment, a scene that stunned everyone occurred once more.

The moment Li Mu grasped the steel saber, strength rushed down his thighs and legs. It exploded into the ground and even the rock beneath his feet was blown up into dust…

The ground shook.

He rushed forwards.

As fast as lightning.

“Mm?”

Heaven Severing Saber Xu Zhi’s pupils shrank.

This was because everything blurred in front of him for a moment, and after that, Li Mu disappeared from his sight.

Woosh!

Saber light flashed.

In the blink of an eye, Li Mu appeared ten meters behind Xu Zhi.

Because he rushed forwards too recklessly, he had to take two additional steps before he came to a stop.

Bang!

The two meter long saber fell to the ground.

“You…how…I…” Heaven Severing Saber Xu Zhi grabbed onto his neck with both hands. “You…just…what saber skill was that?”

Li Mu looked down at the standard county guard saber in his hand. He said, “Pig Killing Saber.”

Indeed. What he used was the pig killing knife saber technique he learned back on Earth when he worked at the slaughterhouse.

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