The Imperial Guards, like Yama, slaughtered until the Empress cried out for help.

As dusk approached, dark clouds rolled in and a light drizzle began to fall.

Takeshita Ken, the head of Shirayuki Manor, has finally returned.

He had just returned from Wankong County, the most prosperous county under Luoshui City, and also one of the planned locations.

He traveled through three counties and confirmed that the plan was correct in each one.

He was already envisioning a successful plan, gradually eroding Yongning County and the Wu Dynasty.

Suddenly, he frowned.

"Where are the gatekeepers today? Where have they gone to freeload again? Looks like they need to be punished properly."

"How can we let our guard down at this critical juncture?"

Perhaps it was because he was in high spirits when he was happy, because he had a smile on his face when he said this.

As he entered Baiying Manor, he gradually realized that something was wrong.

It was quiet, so quiet.

He could only hear the soft patter of the rain.

My nose twitched slightly; I smelled blood and burning.

Takeshita Ken's expression suddenly changed.

"Oh no! The warehouse!"

He lifted his foot and ran towards the warehouse.

Gradually, his pace slowed down as he saw the dismembered corpses scattered all over the ground. Looking up, he couldn't see any intact bodies along the way, and blood flowed like a small river.

His cherished warehouse had been completely burned to the ground.

Takeshita Ken knelt down on the ground, his eyes becoming vacant.

"You're Takeshita Ken?"

Takeshita Ken's mind went blank as he turned towards the direction of the sound, where he witnessed a scene that horrified him even more.

In the direction of the warehouse gate, dozens of mangled corpses were piled up into a small mountain, while Shen Qing, dressed in a blood-stained silver robe and holding a black oil-paper umbrella, sat quietly on the mountaintop.

A bolt of lightning flashed, illuminating Shen Qing's cold and stern face.

Takeshita Ken still had an empty look in his eyes.

"Who are you?"

Shen Qing put the oil-paper umbrella aside, stood up and pulled out the Qinghe sword that was deeply embedded in the corpse, causing a spray of blood.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Shen Qing, a centurion of the Fusi Division of Luoshui Town."

A flicker of anger flashed in Takeshita Ken's eyes: "You killed all my men?"

Shen Qing's eyes showed some dissatisfaction.

"It doesn't seem very exciting?"

"That's right, I killed them all. It was so satisfying, I've never felt so good before."

Takeshita Ken stood up, clenching his teeth, his anger blazing: "You deserve to die!"

Shen Qing laughed even more blatantly and recklessly: "Yes, yes, yes! I deserve to die!"

"Your men are really loyal; they're all charging at me like they're out of their minds."

"Oh, right! They were calling your name until their dying breaths. Where were you while they were fighting their bloody battle, Master of White Cherry Manor?"

Ken Takeshita could no longer bear it and let out a roar as he lunged at Shen Qing.

But just as he rushed up the mountain of corpses, Shen Qing raised his foot and casually kicked Takeshita Ken away, sending him rolling in blood all the way.

Shen Qing nodded in satisfaction: "Very energetic, but not enough. Let me add some more ingredients."

"You're quite close to Shinichi Yamamoto and Susuke Matsushita, aren't you?"

Takeshita Ken stood up, wiping the blood from his face, his voice trembling: "What did you do to my second and third brothers?"

Shen Qing pointed to Takeshita Ken's right side, where there was a charred corpse imprinted on the wall.

"That's my third brother, Matsushita Suke. Well, he's a little burnt, so you probably won't recognize him."

"As for Yamamoto Shinichi? He's probably wishing he were dead in the Embroidered Uniform Guard prison."

Ken Takeshita trembled uncontrollably, and scenes kept flashing through his mind.

Matsushita Suke and Yamamoto Shinichi were his sworn brothers. The three of them came to the Wu Dynasty together, and their relationship had long been extraordinary.

"How could that be..."

"Aren't you going to avenge them?"

"Revenge? Yes, revenge."

Takeshita Ken raised his head, his anger reignited, and charged at Shen Qing. He unleashed the fastest speed he had ever experienced, even creating illusions. The faces of his second and third brothers flashed through his mind, and he vaguely felt that his power had reached its peak.

He roared madly.

"Second brother, third brother! Watch your elder brother avenge you."

The punch was thrown with a sonic boom.

But the next moment, Shen Qing simply raised his palm and easily caught Takeshita Ken's fist.

Shen Qing was extremely dissatisfied. He clenched his fist and flung it forcefully, sending Takeshita Ken flying onto the mountain of corpses. Then, he stepped on Takeshita Ken's chest with one foot and exerted force with his left hand.

A tearing sound was heard as Takeshita Ken's right arm was completely severed.

Shen Qing swung Takeshita Ken's arm like a hammer, sending him flying several meters away.

"All bark and no bite! I thought you were going to unleash your full power!"

Takeshita Ken struggled to his feet, his eyes filled with confusion.

Is this really a human? He could sense that Shen Qing's cultivation level was three levels lower than his own, but was this strength right?

Back in Japan, he remembered his master praising him as a genius, one in a million, and a top performer among those of the same level. Just now, he had unleashed the fastest speed and strongest power of his life.

Yet he was still beaten like a dog by someone whose level was even lower than his.

Shen Qing slowly walked down the mountain of corpses and headed towards Takeshita Ken.

"Is this all you can do? You still want to avenge your brothers? You still want to avenge your men? You can't do anything, you can't protect anything."

Takeshita Ken glared fiercely at Shen Qing.

"You devil! The Empire will not let you get away with this! One day we will conquer the Wu Dynasty, and you will become our slave!"

Shen Qing picked at his ear and stepped on Takeshita Ken's chest.

"That's such a cliché harsh statement, nothing new at all."

"Still thinking about your plan, huh? Don't worry, I saw right through it. I've already locked up all the Japanese pirates in Luoshui City."

Shen Qing lowered his head, his face full of mockery.

"Are you still glad that you made a few extra preparations and sent soybeans elsewhere?"

Takeshita Ken's pupils suddenly contracted.

Shen Qing slowly took out his diary from his bosom.

"Sorry, I've read your diary. I know all the places you wrote about. As long as I take the diary back to the Zhenfu Division, those Japanese pirates will be dead in less than half a day!!!"

Ken Takeshita completely broke down, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

"Aaaaaah..."

The next moment, the sound stopped abruptly. His chest was completely trampled by Shen Qing, and a surge of domineering true energy burst out, turning his corpse into blood and foam.

[You have killed a cultivator at the Innate Realm. Congratulations on successfully plundering the entry: Ninjutsu Prodigy (Purple)]

Shen Qing tucked the diary back into his bosom and kept it close to his body. The moment he took the diary out, Takeshita Ken's emotions completely erupted. With his innate six senses, no emotion could be hidden. Everything recorded in this notebook was true.

Suddenly, the ground began to tremble slowly, and a roar came from outside the villa from Zhang Shan.

"Gentlemen, follow me into Baiying Manor, support Commander Shen, and annihilate the Japanese pirates!"

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of black-clad riders stormed into White Cherry Manor under the cover of dusk, and the shouts of battle were deafening, but gradually the shouts of battle faded away.

Because they found that when they rushed in full of enthusiasm and were ready to fight, no one paid any attention to them.

They soon discovered the burning warehouse and galloped over on horseback.

Everyone was stunned.

The ground was littered with severed limbs and blood flowing like a river; even the eighteenth level of hell couldn't be more devastating.

Zhang Shan looked at Shen Qing and asked incredulously, "Are you done killing them?"

Shen Qing sheathed Qinghe's sword and opened the black oiled paper umbrella.

"It's all done."

"You didn't say you were coming, I should have saved two for you."

Zhang Shan swallowed hard: "So we came all this way for nothing?"

"You didn't come here for nothing. You can now confiscate their property. Over the years, Baiying Manor has amassed countless riches. Take them all back with you."

Fang Ming and the others surveyed the lavishly decorated manor. There were still many silver coins and banknotes scattered on the ground, which had fallen from the bodies of the Japanese pirates. They had only one thought in their minds.

This is truly Chinese New Year!