Evil of all ages

Chapter 240 It smells so good
Having suffered considerable internal injuries, Huang Taihong realized that he was still pushing himself too hard against a master of innate strength.

But he is not a reckless person.

If someone dares to step into the ring, they must have a plan.

He silently called out to the system in his mind.

Despite his deep fear of the system and his preparedness to never acknowledge it again and pretend it didn't exist, he chose to take the risk for his fiancée.

The system responded and displayed a panel, allowing him to directly claim the reward for punching Xu Zhengqi.

Once he receives this reward, he will immediately become a Xiantian expert.

That's why he dared to step into the ring.

"Little bug, you're quite tenacious, but unfortunately you're only at the peak of the acquired realm."

After the beast finished speaking in a cold voice, it attacked Huang Taihong fiercely.

"bump"

The warhammer and the longsword clashed together.

This time, Huang Taihong only took three steps back.

This made the beast's eyes narrow; it sensed that the opponent's strength had increased.

Not wanting to give the other person a chance to breathe, he slammed the hammer down on them again.

"bump"

Another collision, and this time Huang Taihong only took two steps back.

This inexplicably alarmed the wild beast.

Without holding back, he smashed the weapon down on Huang Taihong.

With each collision, Huang Taihong's aura did not weaken; instead, it grew stronger.

“Pu”

Suddenly, Huang Taihong's aura changed.

"What"

When the beast sees its opponent break through in the battle.

He was dumbfounded.

This works too! ?

"Impossible, this can't be true."

The wild beasts couldn't accept it.

Breaking through during battle is a privilege reserved for protagonists in historical novels.

In reality, who would dare to do that?
Everyone is terrified of going astray in their cultivation, so they are extremely cautious when attempting breakthroughs.

Now someone had done this right in front of him, how could he not be astonished?

"This is the innate state!?"

Huang Taihong never expected that he would break through to the Innate Realm so easily.

Suddenly he was less resistant to the system.

Perhaps this is the "it smells so good" phenomenon!
Upon breaking through to the Innate Realm, Huang Taihong noticed that the speed of the ferocious beasts had slowed down considerably.

This gave him an intuition that he could easily defeat wild beasts.

With a single stroke of his longsword, he not only firmly blocked the beast's warhammer, but also forced the beast to retreat five steps.

This made Huang Taihong understand.

Even though they are all at the initial stage of innate development, there are still differences between people.

The beast glared at Huang Taihong with a ferocious expression. It had only just broken through, yet its strength was so great that it forced Huang Taihong to retreat five steps. How could Huang Taihong accept this?

"It's fake, it must be fake. He was just being overpowered by the beast, how could he turn around and force the beast to retreat five steps?"

"No, no... this isn't real. It must be a wild beast that's bored and is just pretending to take five steps back to scare us."

"Beast, stop playing around, kill him, kill him..."

"..."

The audience panicked when they saw the beast retreat five steps.

They've placed a heavy bet on the beasts; they don't want to lose money.

"drink"

Hearing the audience's doubts, the beast roared, its aura surged, and it charged towards Huang Taihong.

Huang Taihong was not careless. Even though he knew that his opponent was much weaker than him, he was still able to survive more than a hundred life-or-death battles.

His combat experience is certainly no less than that of someone who has fought on the battlefield.

His gaze hardened, and he channeled his inner energy into his broadsword, charging towards the roaring beast.

Within ten moves
He gradually became familiar with the power he gained after his breakthrough.

Within twenty moves

He slashed the beast's shoulder, and the beast's warhammer grazed his arm.

Thirty moves

He slit the beast's throat with a single stroke, sending it on its way.

The referee declared him the winner. He walked away with the bunny girl, and the shouts of "fixed match!" and "refunds!" could still be heard from the audience.

However, this was a matter for the Colosseum, not his concern; he only wanted information about the buyer.

"I won. Tell me, who bought my fiancée?"

Upon seeing Lu Tianyi, Huang Taihong couldn't wait to ask.

Shadow Pavilion

Lu Tianyi replied.

Shadow Pavilion?
Upon hearing this, Huang Taihong looked at Lu Tianyi with a puzzled expression. Why did this "Dark Influence" sound like the name of an organization?

“Shadow Pavilion is an assassin organization. They bought a group of girls from us, probably intending to train them to be female assassins.”

Seeing Huang Taihong's confusion, Lu Tianyi provided more information.

Hearing that an assassin organization had bought his fiancée, Huang Taihong felt heavy-hearted. All he wanted was for his fiancée to be back, so why was it so difficult?

Who is the leader of the Shadow Pavilion?

How do I contact the people in the Shadow Pavilion?

Huang Taihong asked.

Lu Tianyi shook his head slightly, refusing to answer Huang Taihong's question.

"What price do I need to pay to get the information I want?"

Huang Taihong then brought up the claim that the Ghost Market was always responsive to requests.

"We apologize, but we were already in the wrong for leaking the buyer's information."

"Therefore, our Ghost Market refuses to provide you with any assistance or intelligence."

Lu Tianyi stated that the Ghost Market will no longer do business with Huang Taihong.

When Huang Taihong heard that the Ghost Market had blacklisted him, there was nothing he could do.

He turned around, ready to leave.

"Although our Ghost Market can no longer meet your needs, money talks, and our Ghost Market will not turn away any customer."

"The taverns in the Ghost Market are full of all sorts of people. If you drink there, you might hear some useful information."

Lu Tianyi suddenly spoke up to remind him.

"Thank you very much"

Huang Taihong didn't know why the other person wanted to remind him, but since the other person had kindly reminded him, he still turned around and bowed to express his gratitude.

Seeing that Lu Tianyi ignored him, he turned and left.

A tavern

With so many guests coming and going, Huang Taihong heard a lot of gossip and news.

For example, those who talk about the Empress Dowager are audacious and dare to say anything.

Perhaps because this is a ghost market, the imperial court's influence cannot reach here.

It is said that the Empress Dowager is 32 years old, and women of that age are like wolves and tigers, with great desires.

Surprisingly, the Empress Dowager did not keep any male favorites.

They say the Empress Dowager has a peculiar fetish, preferring women to men.

Next came the news of a marriage alliance.

In order to form an alliance with Da'an, the Empress of Western Liang married her thirteenth sister to the young emperor. The marriage procession was already on its way to Da'an.

They also heard that there was a domineering big cat in the south of the city that would try to trick girls into eating it and rob outsiders of money.

……

I heard so much gossip and news, but there was nothing about the Shadow Pavilion.

Seeing that it was getting late and he couldn't stay in the Ghost Market any longer, Huang Taihong returned to the South City Prison.

"Okay, I'll have someone ask around for you. If there's any news about the Shadow Pavilion, I'll definitely let you know."

When Huang Taichu saw his second brother return, he asked him to help find the Shadow Pavilion. He agreed verbally, but he had no intention of helping at all.

“My brother-in-law is back. He was badly injured, so I’m going to visit him.”

"Just stay put, I'm sure you'll be released soon."

After Huang Taichu finished speaking, he went fishing. As for seeing Di Qingtian, what a joke, what was there to see him for?

The next day

The Empress Dowager's decree arrived, and Huang Taihong was indeed released.

Once released, Huang Taihong first settled down at the Han residence, and then went out to inquire about how to contact the people of the Shadow Pavilion.

With such a high-profile inquiry, Xu Ming, the Lord of Shadows, immediately received the news.

"What does he want with our Shadow Pavilion?"

Xu Ming looked at Kong Kuangfeng, the deputy leader of the Shadow Pavilion, with a puzzled expression and asked.

"He's looking for his fiancée."

Kong Kuangfeng replied.

"His fiancée isn't in the Ghost Market, so how did she find her way to our Shadow Pavilion?"

(End of this chapter)