Chapter 2: Murder Without Leaving a Name

  Jin Jian Nan's spirit was on the verge of collapse, and he dodged Tang An as if he had seen a ghost. His left hand covered the broken right arm, and fresh blood gushed out from between his fingers, no matter how hard he pressed. The dense crimson was washed away by the rain, creating a red ripple around him.

  "Who are you? What have they done to offend you? Why must you kill them all?"

  Jin Jian Nan stared at Tang An, his face pale and hopeless, without any anger. He already felt that he was going to die here. But he was not resigned to it, nor did he want to die inexplicably at the hands of a strange young man who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

  Tang An stood in the rain, although he was already exhausted, but his back had always been straight. In front of the enemy, he never gave himself any reason to slack off!

  "Jin Jian Nan, you are the great disciple of Chi Jin Jian Wang Rui Tu, this is your original sin that deserves death. However, you don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you. I promised Hong Yu, your life belongs to her. And I will only make you live a life worse than death!"

  Tang An held the long sword in his hand, and the sword was washed by the rain, being splashed by the heavy rain, ringing out a clear sound. Fresh blood also seeped down with the rainwater, drop by drop, dripping onto the ground, and the ripples that rose up carried a faint color of blood, like a beautiful mandala flower.

  He slowly walked step by step towards Jin Jian Nan. The sword was in his hand, the sword was in his heart, and also in everyone's eyes!

  "You are... Tang An!" Jin Jian Nan's eyes widened in shock at that instant.

  He suddenly remembered who this person was!

  At the age of fifteen or sixteen, a horse-drawn carriage from eight years ago, and his own deadly three-day broken-back dagger!

  Eight years have passed, and what was once a tiny ant-like kid in his eyes has grown to this extent?

  Unbelievable! Incredible!

  "You killed Wang Shi-di, and you also killed over a hundred disciples of Mount Shu. You're here for revenge!!"

  Jin Jian Nan's eyes had already shown a hint of terror. He involuntarily retreated, rolling and crawling backward, even forgetting the pain from the wound on his right arm.

  "I will never forget your persecution of me! I was less than seven years old that year!"

  "Everyone who did wrong must take responsibility. You may have all forgotten that eight years ago, there was a little kid who was driven to desperation by you, and had to carry a partner whose life or death was unknown, like a wild dog frantically running around in the mountains."

  "You have forgotten, but I will never forget! The pain you gave me, I have also never forgotten!"

  "Since you've forgotten, I'll remind you with blood!"

  "You've done something wrong, you have to face the consequences! Now is the time for you to pay your debts!"

  Tang An held his sword, its light cold and menacing. Under the rain's washing, the blade seemed to shine even brighter.

  This was undoubtedly a sword that was extremely sharp and extremely beautiful. But what Jin Xian felt was only the thorough chill on the sword!

  Jin Jian swallowed hard, backing away while anxiously staring at Tang An. His forehead was covered in sweat, his hair all stuck together, and it was impossible to tell what was rainwater and what was sweat. His body was covered in blood, the ground was also covered in blood. He had already fallen into a deep abyss of despair, surrounded by people everywhere, but when he looked around, those people seemed like malevolent spirits come to collect his soul!

  With a "thud", contrary to everyone's expectations, Jin Jian Nan suddenly knelt down.

  "Tan An, please spare me... I don't know anything, it has nothing to do with me! Master's orders, I wouldn't dare disobey!"

  Tang An gazed down at Jin Jian Nan, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to beg for mercy. His face was expressionless, neither pleased nor displeased.

  Revenge is a depressing thing. Killing people isn't a joyful thing either. As he takes his revenge, he can't help but think back to those hard and desperate days in the past.

  But when he thought of those days, his heart was bitter yet still sweet. Because at least there was someone who had been with him all along, for eight years, and never left.

  "Please... " Jin Jian Nan's words were still on his lips, but suddenly a cold light flashed out and shot straight at Tang An's chest.

  "Go die!" Jin Jian's face turned red with rage, as if he had gone mad!

  Although Tang An said he wouldn't kill him, Jin Jian Nan understood. Tang An would absolutely not let him off either. Life or death, this was definitely more painful than death! Jin Jian Nan's pleading for mercy was simply to make Tang An lower his guard and unleash his most confident move.

  A dagger hidden in one's sleeve can cut off one's intestines in three days!

  Clang!

  Tang An's right hand held a long sword that thrust upwards, but Jin Jian Nan's dagger suddenly fell from mid-air.

  He coldly stared at Jin Jian Nan, and Jin Jian Nan's small tricks were nothing but child's play to Tang An, who had never relaxed his vigilance. What Tang An wanted to do was to watch his opponent struggle. Let him see hope, but time and again shatter his hopes, until he made Jin Jian Nan collapse in despair!

  Jin Jian Nan's face suddenly changed, and his face was shocked! "At such a close distance, how did he dodge it? How is this possible? Is he still human?"

  "Ridiculous!" Tang An's right hand moved with a long sword, and it swept across the left hand that Jin Jian stretched out.

  "Whoosh!" Fresh blood suddenly spurted out like a fountain.

  "Thud." Jin Jian Nan's left hand also broke off and fell to the ground, but his fingers were still shaking nonstop.

  "I said I wouldn't kill you, but you're looking for death yourself!"

  "With a 'whoosh' sound, Tang An's long sword flashed by, and instantly a human head flew up into the air."

  Blood splattered everywhere, and Jin Xiang Nan's tall figure also fell down powerlessly, not even daring to twitch...

  Liu Wuyong stood on one side, staring blankly at Tang An's movements. His right hand was still raised in mid-air, but he didn't dare put it down now. Cold sweat suddenly poured down his forehead like a waterfall.

  "My goodness, it's really scary. Luckily, I'm lucky and didn't do anything stupid before another poor guy took the fall for me. Otherwise, today, my 180 pounds would probably be left here."

  Looking at Jin Jian Nan's headless corpse, Liu Wu Yong still had a lingering fear and touched his own neck, making a hissing sound: "That guy must have been in a lot of pain."

  Tang An turned around and frowned at Liu Wuyong.

  Liu Wuyong pretended he didn't see it, then turned around and slapped the back of his head loudly, shouting: "You bunch of bastards listen up! From now on, no more bullying kids on the street, and no more harassing decent women on the street either! Did you hear me?"

  "Even if you guys go collect protection fees in the future, you'd better be smiling when you see me! And if you ever die on the streets, don't you dare say it was my doing!"

  "And, damn it, all of you, cheer up and remember this young hero's handsome face clearly, don't go looking for trouble for yourselves! Otherwise, I'll send you to the afterlife ahead of schedule!"

  Liu Wuyong said with a flushed face, and made a bow to Tang An, smiling apologetically: "Young Master, I won't invite you back for afternoon tea. When you're free, don't come to the Yanjing Prefecture yamen to visit me either. Let's just pretend we didn't see each other today. How about that?"

  Liu Wuyong finished speaking and didn't wait for Tang An's response, he simply waved his hand and immediately retreated. As for that Nine Cities Inspector... "Damn it! Today I'm really out of luck! This official position, I just can't do it anymore. I'll go back to Yangzhou and open a brothel! Even if the Duke of Dingyuan comes looking for me later, I won't be able to take him on, but can't I just hide? The world is so big, I don't believe I'll always be this unlucky!"

  Tang An didn't care about Liu Wuyong's thoughts, he turned back and walked to each corpse to check if anyone was still alive. There were ninety-nine corpses in total, all of which he checked thoroughly, finding that every single one had been killed with a single sword strike. Only then did Tang An quietly leave into the heavy rain.

  Who dares to stop?

  It's unbearable naturally.

  Ming Xiao patted Xie Shi Yi's shoulder and left with a big laugh. Behind him, there were countless attendants, opening the way and guarding, people who teased and amused themselves, no one knew how many.

  Xie Shi Yi gazed at Tang An's back, his face expressionless, and only said: "A man should kill without leaving a name..." After finishing speaking, he began to dance with the Purple Electricity sword in his hand on top of the corpses around him. After dancing, he suddenly looked up at the sky and laughed loudly three times, saying: "Martial arts, swordsmanship, killing! From now on, the Jianghu will no longer be lonely..."