Chapter 357: Bomb Him Again Until the World Turns Upside Down

“Done!”

Xu Xiaoshou gazed at the empty ling chi before him, feeling utterly satisfied.

The eighteen furnaces of explosives in the courtyard were even more unstable.

However, the young man's mindset had already shifted.

“Even if I really blow up Zhang Fu once, what's the point?”

“With their wealth and resources, it would probably only take half a day to restore everything here.”

“And as for me, once I hide in Yuan Fu, getting out again would be quite difficult…”

At that thought, Xu Xiaoshou's eyes darted around shrewdly.

He remotely maintained the posture of simmering with a small flame while slowly feeling his way out, until he reached the previous corner.

“Probably only I could refine pills so carelessly and wander this far.”

Xu Xiaoshou mocked himself; he truly wasn't afraid.

This dan would explode if it had to, and besides, under his “Aotang Style Refining Pill Technique,” as long as it didn't form the pill, it was generally hard to detonate.

He looked at the guard's body on the ground.

Yes, Xin Gugu had secretly struck and directly ended the guy's life.

Xu Xiaoshou hadn't stopped it and couldn't have stopped it, and if he had to, he probably wouldn't have anyway.

“People always change.”

With a quiet sigh in his heart, Xu Xiaoshou acted swiftly, stripping off his own clothes and slipping into the guard's garments, then cremating the body with a burst of fire.

“Go in peace.”

After finishing, he patted down his clothes.

His aura was at mid-Yuan Ting Jing, not much different from the guard's.

Recalling the guard's mannerisms and behavior in his mind, Xu Xiaoshou smudged his face a bit to imitate them as best he could, then finally curled his lips into a smirk.

Glancing back at Dong Ting District, he suddenly had the odd illusion of a clown looking back at a sick ward.

“Goodbye.”

He extended his hand, pressing his right palm against the back of his hand.

Jin Zhao Ning Dan Technique, activate!

“Boom rumble!!!”

Beneath the pitch-black night sky, dozens of thunderous explosions erupted in succession, shaking the entire earth violently.

The refinement of the Chi Jin Dan had already shattered the Dan Ta's roof and sent the Yun He fluttering against the ceiling.

The formation of the Lian Ling Dan had blown up half of the Dan Ta, with the raging Jin Zhao Tian Yan nearly burning the entire structure to ashes.

And now, with a full eighteen portions of xian tian dan materials that even Xu Xiaoshou felt pained to use, the terrifying explosive force was beyond anyone's imagination.

The corner was already a safe distance from Dong Ting District.

Yet, with this blast, the fearsome shockwave still hit in an instant.

Xu Xiaoshou stood firm.

But that was due to his “tenacity.”

He could withstand it, but the ground beneath his feet could not.

The earth cracked open, with shattered soil and broken ling trees hurtling through the air. In mere moments, the entire wave of destruction swallowed up Dong Ting District.

Houses collapsed, space hummed with energy.

Air currents surged in reverse, and a massive gray mushroom cloud blocked out the moonlight entirely.

Not only was Zhang Fu thrown into utter chaos by the explosion, but the city lord's mansion on Nan Tian Street and various major forces all turned their gazes toward the blast site.

At the Dan Ta.

Shi Ti was in the midst of repairing the outer wall barrier on the seventh floor under the cover of night.

Hearing that familiar explosion, the old man jolted in alarm.

The nightmare from daytime hadn't faded yet, and now, before he could even sleep, another one had arrived?

“Zhang family?”

“Hehe, looks like I'm not the only one having bad luck!”

“This Tian Sang City seems to be getting restless these days—better to perfect that barrier quickly!”

At the city lord's mansion.

Fu Xing also heard the familiar blast and felt an odd unease.

But he quickly dismissed the absurd notion in his mind.

“It should be from the Zhang family's direction… Did they provoke some great power?” Fu Xing murmured.

Beside him, a curvaceous woman gazed toward the explosion as well.

“Young Master Fu, from the sound of it, that's at least on par with a battle at the peak of Zongshi level, or maybe even a new Wang Zuo clash.”

“Shall we go and check it out?”

Liu Jing inquired. Her injuries from the earlier fight with that scruffy uncle had already fully healed thanks to the city lord's mansion's abundant resources.

At this point, if a fight broke out, she wouldn't hesitate at all.

“No need.”

Fu Xing waved his hand. “The Zhang family's territory is their own domain, and they have their own people there.”

“If we go, it might be okay if it's something major, but if it's trivial, we'd just end up being a nuisance.”

“If they really can't handle it, they'll call for help, and then…”

Fu Xing smirked slightly. “Naturally, that's a different story.”

Liu Jing nodded, though her eyes fixed on the distance held a few hints of worry.

A woman's intuition told her that the best approach was to go now and crush the potential threat in its infancy.

But since Young Master Fu had spoken and his reasoning was sound, she must have been overthinking it.

“It should be no big problem.”

“Probably just that with more people entering the city lately, they've run into a few hot-tempered ones.”

She nodded firmly.

“Yes, that's it.”

At Nan Tian Street, in the small manor.

“Has it started?”

Mu Zixi pouted, eyeing the distant mushroom cloud with dissatisfaction.

Others might think this was some kind of ultimate technique ending a great battle.

Accompanied by this explosion, perhaps the fight would conclude and fall silent.

But only she, Xu Xiaoshou's one and only junior sister…

Mu Zixi knew all too well that this was often just the beginning!

She jumped down from the roof and knocked on her head.

“Hey, come out and talk!”

In the great hall of Zhang Fu.

The quiet atmosphere still lingered.

Bringing Zhang Xinxiong's friends over had merely delayed things a bit; no one suspected anything amiss.

After all, the vastness and splendor of Zhang Fu were enough to captivate anyone lacking worldly experience.

Even with a guide leading the way!

And right after this stretch of eerie silence, the terrifying explosion left everyone stunned.

“What happened?”

The elders in the hall shot to their feet in unison, their faces etched with shock.

“From the sound, that's an explosion inside Zhang Fu?”

“It couldn't be Old Dai refining pills and blowing up the furnace again?” someone asked in alarm.

“Are you out of your mind?! If it were just a furnace explosion, could it have this kind of impact? Just from the noise, you could guess with your knees that someone's attacking our Zhang family!”

“But, who are our enemies?”

At that, everyone was baffled.

They all knew this person spoke euphemistically.

The proper way to interpret his words was…

Attacking the Zhang family—which one of our many enemies is it?

Zhang Taiying's brows furrowed deeply as he took a deep breath.

The matter with Xu Xiaoshou was already headache-inducing enough, and now, someone actually dared to strike at Zhang Fu during this critical time?

“Courting death!”

Even knowing that rival forces might sabotage their expansion plans, being hit like this still filled him with intense fury deep down.

Zhang Taiying slammed the table and bellowed.

“Who is it? Find them for me!”