ACSP: Chapter 152: Having been a coward for half a lifetime, shouldn't I finally go out with a bang?
After finishing his words, Asakura walked toward City Lord Li Hongfei while holding his bone whip.
His appearance gave City Lord Li Hongfei a great sense of pressure.
City Lord Li Hongfei could feel that this man's strength was far more terrifying than the two Dongdao Contractors from just now.
He did not dare to be negligent and quickly activated the [Mind Body Switch Technique], controlling Inoue Gessui to launch an attack.
"Give up your resistance; you have no way out..."
Asakura was expressionless. While sidestepping to avoid Inoue Gessui's attack, the bone whip in his hand had already quickly lashed out, wrapping around City Lord Li Hongfei's body like a spiritual snake.
City Lord Li Hongfei just wanted to struggle to break free.
But a large number of bone spurs suddenly sprouted from that bone whip.
Puff puff puff...
As a spray of fresh blood splattered out.
City Lord Li Hongfei's body was instantly riddled with countless bloody holes by dense bone spurs.
After being severely wounded, City Lord Li Hongfei could no longer maintain the secret technique in his hands and was forced to deactivate the [Mind Body Switch Technique].
Inoue Gessui finally regained control over his own body.
"Asakura-kun, this guy's secret technique is impossible to guard against. For safety's sake, we should just kill him."
Inoue Gessui picked up the large blade that had fallen to the ground and looked toward Asakura for instructions.
Facing this Asakura, he didn't dare to have any improper thoughts.
Because the contracted character the other party possessed was incredibly abnormal.
He wasn't Kage-level, yet he was superior to Kage-level.
Within their East Island Vanguard, he had also been entrusted with the heavy responsibility of Vice Captain-General by the higher-ups of the Nanga Shrine.
He could kill Matsushita Goshige for profit, but he didn't dare to make a move against this person.
"No rush. This man is the City Lord of Jinghai City. If we keep him, he will be of greater use..."
Asakura dragged his bone whip over to City Lord Li Hongfei, used the tail on his back to coil around the man's body, and then lifted him up like a piece of cargo.
Inoue Gessui knew Asakura wanted someone to use an investigation skill to search City Lord Li Hongfei's memories to obtain more intelligence about this city, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
He knew all too well.
When he had just assassinated Matsushita Goshige, City Lord Li Hongfei had seen everything clearly.
If Asakura extracted that part of the memory from the man's brain...
...he would be finished.
Furthermore.
If Asakura found out there was another Jinchuriki Contractor here...
...his plan to seize the Tailed Beast's power would also go up in smoke.
No.
I absolutely cannot let Asakura take City Lord Li Hongfei back alive.
Inoue Gessui thought for a moment before speaking up again to persuade him: "Asakura-kun, haven't many Great Xia Kingdom Contractors in this city already surrendered to us? If you want intelligence, you can get it entirely from them. There's no need to keep this time bomb, right?"
Asakura turned around and gave him a meaningful look: "What? You really want him dead?"
Inoue Gessui quickly explained: "Asakura-kun, don't misunderstand. I just feel that the Empire's great undertaking has only just begun. We should proceed steadily and be a bit more cautious."
Asakura laughed dismissively upon hearing this: "Don't worry about that. I just received word that Captain-General Shimura's fleet has also arrived in this sea area. Calculating the time, they should have landed by now."
"What did you say? Captain-General Shimura is here too?"
"Yes. Not only that, I previously reported the situation here to the Nanga Shrine headquarters. His Majesty the Emperor takes this very seriously and has already ordered the mobilization of troops. I believe it won't be long before our East Island army lands here. When that time comes, the secret realm resources of Great Xia will completely become our property, and our East Island will use this as a springboard to become the most powerful empire in the world."
Asakura spoke with increasing excitement, as if East Island's grand blueprint had already been realized.
Seeing that the other party had put it that way, Inoue Gessui did not continue to persuade him.
Because he felt that the other party had already become suspicious of him.
If he continued to harp on this matter, it would only be counterproductive.
Isn't it just killing a Great Xia Kingdom Contractor?
He had plenty of ways.
Once Asakura took the man back to camp, he could still kill City Lord Li Hongfei and leave no trace.
Asakura used his tail to coil around City Lord Li Hongfei and walked toward the exit of the City Lord's Mansion.
However, Inoue Gessui did not follow.
He deliberately showed a burning gaze as he looked at the dying Zhang Xiaolin.
Asakura noticed his situation and also turned his head to glance at Zhang Xiaolin, a playful smile instantly appearing at the corners of his mouth.
"Gessui-kun, I know it hasn't been easy being cooped up at sea for over two months, but this woman looks like she's about to stop breathing. Aren't you afraid she'll die halfway through and spoil your fun?"
Inoue Gessui's eyes flickered: "Asakura-kun, don't you think this kind of broken, tragic beauty has a unique flavor?"
As he spoke, he was already licking his lips and walking toward Zhang Xiaolin.
Asakura did not stop him upon seeing this.
After all, everyone has different tastes and hobbies.
If his subordinate liked this kind of broken, tragic beauty, he couldn't very well stop him.
Just a woman from the Great Xia Kingdom—if she died, she died; it was no big deal.
However.
Just as Inoue Gessui reached Zhang Xiaolin...
...City Lord Li Hongfei suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly: "Xiao Tu, how much longer are you going to fucking hide? Hurry up and take Xiaolin away..."
—Rumble!
Before the words had even finished echoing...
...a rock wall rose from the ground beneath Inoue Gessui's feet, directly isolating him from Zhang Xiaolin.
"Not good, there's someone else here..."
Inoue Gessui quickly swung his right arm, using the [Great Hydration Arm Technique] to smash the rock wall blocking him with one punch.
However, Zhang Xiaolin behind the rock wall had already disappeared without a trace.
"Damn it, someone used Earth Release to save that woman! Go after them! We absolutely cannot let them leave Jinghai City alive!"
Asakura immediately barked at Inoue Gessui, while his tail tightened instantly, nearly strangling City Lord Li Hongfei to the point of suffocation.
"Don't worry, they won't get away..."
Zhang Xiaolin had the Tailed Beast's power hidden within her; how could Inoue Gessui let her leave?
However.
Just as he was about to pursue Xiao Tu and Zhang Xiaolin...
...City Lord Li Hongfei, who had been tortured into a wretched state, suddenly burst into a fit of crazed laughter:
"Hahaha~ I used to be suppressed by the Chen family, and I suffered all sorts of indignities for the development of Jinghai City. Now that I'm going to die, I might as well go out in a blaze of glory!"
Asakura realized something was wrong and was about to do something.
But City Lord Li Hongfei was one step ahead and spat a Senbon needle from his mouth.
—Whoosh!
The tiny Senbon needle sliced through the air and struck a hidden trigger mechanism in the corner.
The trigger caused a chain reaction, instantly igniting hundreds of thousands of explosive tags buried beneath the City Lord's Mansion.
The next second.
—Boom boom boom...
Following a series of world-shaking roars...
...the entire City Lord's Mansion was instantly swallowed by a mass of fire that soared into the sky.
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