Su Que killed Fan Wuyang in almost a single breath.
After Fan Wuyang called out the names of his two subordinates, he had already alarmed the White Lotus Sect members in the inn.
But when the White Lotus Sect members stepped out of their rooms and looked toward the outhouse, they could not see Su Que anymore.
They could only see two corpses outside of the outhouse.
And Fan Wuyang's feet sticking out from the outhouse.
The White Lotus Sect members hurried down from the inn and went to the backyard, where they saw Fan Wuyang in the latrine.
Fan Wuyang's face was sunken and shattered.
His right arm was twisted beyond recognition.
This scene left the White Lotus Sect members dumbfounded.
"Who... who on earth did this?!"
The White Lotus Sect members were instantly left speechless.
The attacker not only managed to smash Fan Wuyang's head but also twisted the arm he used to practice the "Yin Wind Claw" to such an extent!
"Guan... Brother Jie, what should we do now?"
A flustered White Lotus Sect member stammered as he asked a man named Guan Jie.
This Guan Jie, with more seniority and the strongest among the present White Lotus Sect members,
was naturally the leader of this group after Fan Wuyang's death.
"What else can we do!"
Guan Jie frowned and replied:
"This person could kill Hall Master Fan, so it's likely we are no match for him either!"
"We should leave quickly while he's not aiming at us yet!"
"Guan... Brother Jie, should we collect Hall Master Fan and the others' bodies?" another underling asked.
Guan Jie stepped away and said,
"What's the point of collecting bodies! If we die, no one will be around to collect ours!"
The other White Lotus Sect members found this reasonable and followed Guan Jie away, leaving behind the corpses of Fan Wuyang and the two White Lotus Sect members.
A while later, a White Lotus Sect member returned and quickly searched the bodies of Fan Wuyang and the two White Lotus Sect members.
After searching all three bodies, he muttered, "How come everything on them is gone? Could it be that person killed them because he needed money?"
Muttering to himself, he reluctantly left.
...
Late at night.
The White Lotus Sect members hurriedly packed their bags and left the inn.
Fearing that whoever killed Fan Wuyang might come back with intentions to kill them too, they did not dare take the main road but instead chose a narrow path.
Soon, they passed through a forest along the path.
This forest, named "Po Feng Forest," was a little over twenty miles outside of Jade Water City, with a small hill beside it.
Among them, the most powerful, Guan Jie, was just a Second Blood Refining martial artist.
Although his body was strong, since he hadn't refined his Five Viscera, his vision wasn't clear in the dark.
Not to mention the other White Lotus Sect members with even lesser skills.
The sound of their footsteps treading on soil, withered leaves, and dry branches continuously echoed in the forest.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a White Lotus Sect member let out a heart-wrenching scream.
He clutched his leg and fell to the ground.
"What happened?"
The other White Lotus Sect members were thrown into panic and quickly stopped to look.
They saw that the fallen White Lotus Sect member had a beast trap clamping on his foot.
Blood gushed from his foot.
"Which heartless hunter set a beast trap here!"
Guan Jie cursed and then ordered another White Lotus Sect member to help open the trap.
The remaining White Lotus Sect members continued moving forward.
"Light a fire to see your way carefully, there could be more traps on the ground!"
Guan Jie suddenly instructed.
Hearing this, the other White Lotus Sect members responded affirmatively and proceeded to break branches to make torches.
At that moment, they suddenly heard a rustling sound from their left, growing louder.
Lighting their fire sticks, they hurriedly looked and saw ten or so sharpened wooden stakes charging toward them!
"Quick, dodge!"
Guan Jie shouted, leaping aside.
But not all White Lotus Sect members reacted as quickly as him.
The sharp wooden stakes struck down, instantly impaling four White Lotus Sect members and severely injuring three others.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
Three more White Lotus Sect members stepped on beast traps while attempting to dodge.
Seeing those either dead or injured, Guan Jie's pupils contracted.
Now he knew that these traps and stakes were all deliberately placed by someone!
Fearful, Guan Jie decided to ignore the remaining sect members and, lighting a fire stick, fled in a different direction, illuminating the path at his feet.
Swish!
Suddenly, a figure leapt out from the forest, and from ten or more steps away, raised his right hand, throwing a cloud of lime powder toward Guan Jie's face!
In a panic, Guan Jie shut his eyes, turning to flee.
But then the sound of wind breaking arose, and a fist punched through the lime powder, striking Guan Jie's skull.
Bam!
Guan Jie's skull suddenly shattered, blood and brain matter splattering out.
Su Que withdrew his fist and dashed toward the other White Lotus Sect members.
After killing Fan Wuyang, Su Que intended to stop there, planning to stay quietly in his room overnight and leave Tenglong Town the next day.
But he saw the White Lotus Sect members hastily packing their bags to leave.
Initially, he wasn't sure how strong the White Lotus Sect members were, or if he could defeat them.
But seeing them leave in such a hurry, Su Que reckoned they were quite weak, severely fearing him who could kill Fan Wuyang.
At that moment, Su Que decided he'd kill the remaining White Lotus Sect members as well.
After all, practicing martial arts was costly, and the White Lotus Sect members carried quite a bit of money on them.
This tempting opportunity was too good to pass up.
Still, he wasn't entirely sure if those White Lotus Sect members left because they feared him, so he brought a large bag of lime and two large bags of beast traps with him.
He laid an ambush ahead of the path the White Lotus Sect members would take.
Most of the other White Lotus Sect members were One Blood Martial Artists, much weaker than Su Que.
Su Que dashed forward, launching a flurry of punches!
His fists landed heavily on the White Lotus Sect members, each thud resounding in the forest.
It was Su Que's Fist Force transmitting into their hearts, instantly shattering them!
Before long, a dozen or so bodies lay scattered throughout the forest.
"I didn't expect you to be this weak."
Standing in the forest, Su Que looked around and murmured.
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have needed to go to the trouble of setting up an ambush and could've killed the White Lotus Sect members outright.
While thinking this, Su Que quickly searched the bodies of the White Lotus Sect members.
Soon, he stuffed over ten money pouches into his clothing.
Then he collected the beast traps from the ground and put them into the bag slung over his shoulder.
As he left, he meticulously cleared any footprints and traces on his path.