Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!
Chapter 253 - 45: Eliminate the Roots to Prevent Future Troubles (First Update, Seeking Monthly Votes)_3

Chapter 253: Chapter 45: Eliminate the Roots to Prevent Future Troubles (First Update, Seeking Monthly Votes)_3

Thud! Thud! Thud!

They say the essence of human combat is to hurl stones at one another.

I’m not sure if that’s true or not.

But Xu Shu had truly taken this principle to its extreme.

Seven or eight rocks thrown, each like a heavy cannon, had already left a pile of corpses with their heads smashed in at the entrance, dead beyond a doubt.

The last man with copper skin, after emptying his clip and fumbling to reload, was no match for Xu Shu charging forward like Kua Fu Chasing the Sun. He burst through the door like a tiger descending the mountain, pinned the man to the ground, and cackled, "Got any accomplices? Spit them out, and you might not die!"

Having his neck clutched, the copper-skinned man felt as if it were about to break. Overcome with terror, he glanced around and pointed toward a table with someone underneath, shouting, "Him, he is..."

Xu Shu glanced over and saw it was a woman holding a child. So he asked, "What’s her name?"

"Eh?" The copper-skinned man was stunned.

"Got the brains to be a robber, have you?"

Crack.

Xu Shu twisted his neck, breaking it and twisting off his head to place it on the hotel’s front desk.

Brook’s obese body struggled to hide on the ground, his face turning green with fright. Swallowing hard, he looked up and said, "Sir, this..."

He suddenly didn’t know how to deal with this young Transcendent.

Xu Shu asked, "You said earlier that the next Patrol Team won’t be here for another month, right?"

"Yes, that’s right! If you want to report this to the authorities, or maybe to the city..." Brook quickly nodded, thinking the young Transcendent was kind-hearted and actually wanted to report the crime.

Little did he know, Xu Shu merely clapped his hands.

"Then there’s no need to report it."

Having said that, he looked around the entire hall. With fewer than twenty people left, scattered and hiding behind various tables and cabinets, he loudly declared, "Everyone come out; I have an announcement."

No one dared not to obey; they crawled out from under the tables, trembling and fearing what he might do next.

Xu Shu cleared his throat and quickly flashed a small badge, then declared confidently, "I am a Bounty Hunter from the Astronomy Association, tasked with hunting down fugitives. These people were despicable Esoteric believers. If anyone asks, just say this was a case handled by me, Li Fengtian, got it?"

Aside from the name, his words were almost entirely true, holding up to any subsequent investigation. He made it simple in case they didn’t understand the term ’sword catcher.’

Of course, there was probably not going to be any investigation. Hardly anyone had the idle curiosity to bother with the lives and deaths of the Wasteland Wanderers.

Xu Shu was just being cautiously habituated. This way, even if someone did investigate, they wouldn’t trace it back to him.

The others exchanged glances, eagerly agreeing.

"Understood, sir!"

"Thank you, sir, for ridding us of these villains!"

In reality, no one knew exactly what had happened, nor whether this ’Astronomy Association Bounty Hunter’ was legitimate or whether what he said was true.

But who cared?

Everyone had scuffled their way through the Wasteland, and they all understood one principle.

In this world, whoever has the bigger fist makes the rules.

To kill eight armed robbers as easily as if squashing ants?

Who would dare to question that?

"You..." Xu Shu turned to Brook, the man who had some connection to the Patrol Team.

Brook quickly said, "It was all thanks to you, sir, for bringing the evildoers to justice! From now on, this lighthouse shall be named the Li Fengtian Lighthouse, to spread your esteemed name!"

"Pff, that’s not necessary."

Xu Shu almost laughed out loud.

He then threw the eight corpses outside together.

Having learned from the previous example of Ao Yaolin, and now with the means at his disposal, Xu Shu set the bodies on fire, reducing them all to ashes.

Afterwards, he didn’t leave the place but returned to the hotel and asked Brook to open another room for him.

This time Brook caught on fast and provided the best room on the third floor.

After instructing not to be disturbed, Xu Shu entered his new room.

Having locked the door, he stealthily climbed out the window, scaling up towards his original 12th-floor room.

Once inside and the door securely locked, Xu Shu opened the Tai Chu Scroll.

Now that the immediate danger was eliminated, his earlier thoughts and plans could be executed.

Here, he would grind several more Mark Altars for self-protection!