Chapter 191: Deadly Retribution
"What? Master? Ha, it turns out someone else has already played with him." The little fat man beside Lu Qi, still unaware of the seriousness of the situation, sneered disdainfully at Nana, then squinted his eyes to leer at Mu Qingxue once more.
This time, however, he didn't get to stare long. Nana removed her coat, revealing a backless top, and the eight legs of the human-faced demon spider behind her erupted outward with a fierce aura. Everyone sensed danger—but it was already too late.
The tips of the Eight Spider Lances were coated with a deadly poison and pierced their bodies. The penetrating wounds were bad enough, but the true terror lay in the poison's corrosive effect, slowly eroding their flesh until their bodies rotted away.
"Help! Boss Lu! Quick! Get someone to save me! I'm in agony!"
The lecherous fat man writhed on the ground in agony. Since he was the first to leer at Nana, she gave him special treatment: unlike the others, who would die quickly, his slow-acting poison would make him suffer for hours before death.
As for Lu Qi, the so-called boss, Nana used the Eight Spider Lance to slice open his body and remove his internal organs.
"You can't kill me! Not daring to cause trouble is mediocrity—Shrek's school motto! It's also the assessment task for this period! If you kill me, Shrek will avenge me! No one judges Shrek but Shrek!"
"My father and grandfather won't let you go! They're powerful—Soul Saint and Soul Douluo levels! You can't escape Qingmu City!"
Lu Qi shouted with his last reserves, trying to scare Xiao Qiang and the others into submission and hoping to find a way out.
Xiao Qiang approached and said calmly, "Don't worry. I'll send your father, grandfather, or whoever makes decisions for you in Shrek to see you soon."
"You—"
Before Lu Qi could say more, a strip of tape sealed his mouth, silencing him.
Not long after dealing with Lu Qi, the city defense army arrived at the hotel.
Leading them was a middle-aged man with seven soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black—proving his status as a Soul Saint. This man was Lu Feng, the lord of Qingmu City and Lu Qi's father.
Upon entering, Lu Feng immediately spotted Xiao Qiang and the others. "I am Lu Feng, lord of Qingmu City. Who are you, and what is your relationship with my son?"
"Oh, your son? We have a heart-to-heart relationship with him."
Lu Feng snorted coldly at Xiao Qiang's words. "Hmph, a bunch of bad friends. My son was denied entry into Shrek's inner courtyard because of you little beasts."
Xiao Qiang was speechless. Bad friends? Him?
"Do you really think 'heart-to-heart' is literal here?" Xiao Qiang asked, raising an eyebrow.
Lu Feng froze, then suddenly his expression twisted with fury.
"Boy! You dare kill my son? You're courting death!"
Lu Feng's seventh soul ring flared, and his martial soul body erupted.
Xiao Qiang raised his hand, effortlessly condensing soul power and slapping Lu Feng's face. Lu Feng's martial soul body was blasted away.
Blown back, Lu Feng's anger vanished, replaced by the realization: this was a Soul Douluo disguised as a teenager.
Unluckily, he'd met an old monster who liked to bully children.
"Run! Tell my father this is a Soul Douluo no less than level 85! Get my father to find Shrek!"
Lu Feng shouted before forcing his spirit body up to block Xiao Qiang. However, Xiao Qiang quickly subdued him.
"Nana, drag him in. Try your Eight Spider Lance again. Ten thousand years ago, Tang San used it to devour others' life energy and talent. Let's see if yours can do the same."
"Yes, Master."
Nana stabbed Lu Feng's arms, legs, and Dantian with the Eight Spider Lance.
Lu Feng's cultivation and vitality as a Soul Saint were quickly absorbed. His face grew haggard, vitality draining fast.
"Evil, evil Soul Master…" Lu Feng murmured with his last breath. He truly felt he had hit a wall.
"Don't slander me. The Eight Spider Lance was the first soul bone of the Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago. You want to call the Sea God an evil Soul Master?"
"I…"
Lu Feng tried to speak, but the overwhelming vitality loss and the spider's poison ended his life.
"Master, this…" Nana hesitated. She was unafraid of killing, but this method—like that of an evil spirit master—made her uneasy, as she hated evil spirit masters deeply.
Xiao Qiang rubbed Nana's head gently. "No mercy for the enemy is kindness to yourself. But remember, know who the real enemy is."
"This ability to devour is nothing wrong—it depends on whom you use it against. His son asked for it first. If it were someone weaker, they'd be beaten or worse. Imagine if we couldn't fight back. Treating such people like this is not excessive."
Xiao Qiang recalled his past life, where drunken men forced women to drink and be abused, with no power to resist.
If not for his current strength in this feudal era, such things would have been impossible to stop.
"I understand, Master. What now? Should we wait here?"
"No. We do what we must first. With so many openly and covertly causing trouble, I doubt we'll find the eight-ringed Soul Douluo in his family easily. We'll see if that person shows when we return."
"Yes, Master."
… …
Three days later, in Qingmu City, the old city lord Lu Hu stood respectfully aside, barely daring to breathe before the person seated in the main seat.
The eight-ringed Soul Douluo was so suppressed that he didn't dare move.
Clearly, the person in the main seat was a Titled Douluo.
"You mean someone from Shrek was killed during a disturbance? And the killer is a Soul Douluo above level 85?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. My grandson was only—"
"Enough. My Shrek student is dead. Right or wrong doesn't matter. Anyone who kills a Shrek student must die."
The Titled Douluo's nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, five black—glowed as a Level 93 Titled Douluo's overwhelming aura filled the room.