Chapter 81 What's the Use of Official Power?

"Who?!"

"How did they get out?!"

"Ah! It's Chen Mu! And that Liu Ziming!"

Chen Mu raised his eyes to look, only to see Head Constable Wang's eyes widened, his gaze locked firmly on the two of them.

The masked men beside him were also looking at each other in dismay, their movements stiffening slightly.

They had only just abandoned Liu Ziming not long ago, and hearing the distant wails of ghosts and the howling of yin winds, they were secretly gloating, thinking that it was a certain-death trap inside.

They never expected that in just a quarter of an hour, Chen Mu would have actually brought Liu Ziming and killed his way out of the Forbidden Ground!

Seeing that although Chen Mu's breath was unstable and he was wounded, the killing intent in his eyes was actually colder than the yin winds in the Yangu Pit.

And that Liu Ziming, though disheveled and with a serious leg injury, was undoubtedly still breathing!

Just what kind of monster was this Chen Mu?!

"You... you..."

Head Constable Wang's voice was filled with shock and suspicion, his finger pointing at the two of them, trembling slightly.

Half of it was shock, and the other half was panic after his conspiracy was exposed.

He suddenly realized that he might have severely underestimated the true strength of this young man before him; the Ghostly Creature at the Zhao Residence couldn't keep him, and not even the Ghostly Creature in the Yangu Pit could do anything to him.

He was still alive, so could he himself survive?

Chen Mu slowly stood up and raised his hand to wipe away the bloodstains remaining at the corner of his lips.

"Head Constable Wang, it is truly a coincidence to meet you in such a ghostly place!"

"It seems I am not dead yet, which makes you... quite disappointed."

Chen Mu gripped the soul-slaying blade and walked forward slowly, his tone mocking.

Head Constable Wang gave a start, subconsciously stepping back, but then glanced at his subordinates beside him and stiffened his back, putting on a fierce front as he shouted sternly.

"Chen Mu! What do you want to do! Let me tell you, I am the Squad Leader of the Demon Suppression Division! Your direct superior! Do you dare to touch me?!"

"Superior?"

The corners of Chen Mu's mouth curled into a mocking arc as he pressed forward step by step.

"Murdering colleagues, colluding with Ghostly Creatures, throwing court officials into a Forbidden Ground to feed ghosts..."

"Head Constable Wang, having a superior like you is truly a blessing for us brothers."

Head Constable Wang's face instantly flushed red, then a fierce glint appeared in his eyes, and the guilt on his face quickly transformed into sinister malice and calculation.

"Fart! You are slandering me! It was clearly Liu Ziming who stumbled into the Yangu Pit by mistake, and we were just about to try to rescue him when we discovered it!"

"It was you, Chen Mu, who appeared suddenly and disrupted the situation. I see that you are the one with ulterior motives!"

"Come here! Seize this madman who trespassed into the Forbidden Ground and attempted to attack his colleagues with me!"

Distorting the truth and counter-accusing was always Head Constable Wang's usual tactic.

The men around him were all carefully selected experts. Upon hearing this, although they still held much fear toward Chen Mu, the long-standing prestige of Head Constable Wang's command remained.

Furthermore, with the advantage of numbers, they immediately exchanged glances, drew the swords from their waists, formed a formation, and pressed toward Chen Mu and Liu Ziming.

The footwork and Qi of these few men were clearly more than a notch stronger than ordinary yamen runners; at the very least, they were all experts who had touched the threshold of the Dao Entry Realm. It seemed Head Constable Wang had invested heavily for today's operation.

Chen Mu looked at the group closing in on him, a trace of impatience flashing in his eyes.

He had just experienced a bitter battle and his mental energy was greatly depleted. He really had no interest in wasting time with such small fry, so he immediately sheathed the soul-slaying blade into his sleeve and drew the long sword from his waist with his backhand.

"You're courting death!"

Before the words fell, he had already arrived.

He activated the Divine Void Step under his feet, his figure drifting like a ghost, weaving back and forth through the gaps in their encirclement.

Sword light erupted everywhere!

He didn't even use the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, just ordinary attacks combined with his extremely eerie movement technique.

"Puff!" "Ah!" "Clang!"

The sounds of blades entering flesh, screams, and bodies falling to the ground rang out in succession.

In just the space of a breath, several so-called experts fell to the ground one after another, wailing and rolling, having already lost all combat capability.

And Chen Mu still stood to the side, his sleeves slightly dirty, as if he had never made a move.

Head Constable Wang was completely stunned, immediately scared out of his wits, and retreated again and again.

He knew Chen Mu was formidable, otherwise he wouldn't have suffered a setback in front of the Zhao Residence, but he never imagined that in just one night, Chen Mu's strength had surged another notch!

Even dealing with these few quite capable subordinates of his was like cutting vegetables!

At this moment, he felt the fear of death intensely and shrieked.

"Chen Mu! I am a court official! Even if I am guilty, it is absolutely not your turn to take action!"

"You, a mere yamen runner, have no authority to kill! Killing a superior is tantamount to rebellion! It is a major crime punishable by the extermination of one's nine generations!"

"Think clearly! Is it worth ruining your bright future for a Liu Ziming! Lord Xu is my brother-in-law. If you kill me, he will definitely not let you off, and there will be no place for you in Yunmeng!"

His voice was gradually distorted, but he still clung to his last straw of hope. He believed that as long as Chen Mu still had a shred of reason, he would absolutely not dare to openly kill a court official, especially his direct superior!

Chen Mu's footsteps did indeed pause. Looking at the disheveled Head Constable Wang opposite him, the killing intent in his eyes was temporarily hidden, replaced instead by a bit of calculation and amusement.

Just when Head Constable Wang thought he had persuaded Chen Mu and successfully escaped death, a cold voice came from behind.

Weak, but carrying unquestionable majesty.

"Oh? He doesn't have the qualifications to kill you, but is that enough for me?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Qi Huan staggering over, clutching a bleeding wound, his face pale, gasping for breath, with bloodstains still hanging from the corner of his mouth; clearly, his injuries were extremely severe.

When Head Constable Wang saw Qi Huan, he was first overjoyed, thinking he had grasped a life-saving straw, but then he realized what the other party had said, and his heart instantly went cold.

Qi Huan was a Banner Officer of the Prefecture Demon Suppression Division. Although nominally half a rank lower than Xu Changze, he was directly under the jurisdiction of the Prefecture Demon Suppression Division, which was a different system from the local government!

Xu Changze could suppress him, could trip him up, but he absolutely had no authority to dispose of him directly!

More importantly, Qi Huan also had the authority to "make decisions on the spot and act as the situation demands," especially in major cases involving collusion with evil spirits and murdering colleagues.

Head Constable Wang tried hard to squeeze out a fawning smile.

"Chief Qi... you... are joking, of course you have the qualifications... but, this subordinate is after all a Squad Leader of the Yunmeng Demon Suppression Division, a subordinate official personally appointed by Lord Xu..."

"Even if there is to be a disposal, it should be... it should be asked of Lord Xu first... to go through the proper procedures."

"Otherwise... I am afraid your superiors, and Lord Xu's superiors... will be hard to answer to..."

He once again brought out Xu Changze, trying to use official rules and potential subsequent trouble to suppress Qi Huan.

He was betting that Qi Huan, as a Prefecture Banner Officer, cared more about official nobility and hierarchical relationships, and would not dare to execute the county magistrate's brother-in-law and a Squad Leader of the Demon Suppression Division without clear evidence and procedures.

"Answer to?"

The anger in Qi Huan's chest erupted instantly. He was already full of pent-up anger due to his severe injuries and being suppressed by the Ghostly Creature, and now he was being pressured by this filthy scoundrel using official rules and backing, making him even more furious.

He suddenly straightened his back, not wanting to disturb his wound, causing his mouth to twitch in pain, but his movements were not sluggish at all.

He stepped forward a few paces, swung his arm around, and gave Head Constable Wang a fierce slap across the face!