"A distinguished guest?"
As Mai and all the villagers looked at the newcomer, they were all surprised and exclaimed.
Indeed, the person who arrived was Shen Lang, but he was clearly still drunk. He staggered with every step, making people worry he would fall to the ground the next moment.
"Village Chief, I apologize for my tardiness."
Looking at the dozen or so villagers lying dead on the ground, Shen Lang shook his head vigorously, trying to clear his head, and said, "If I hadn't been so drunk, they wouldn't have died."
"Distinguished guest, this is not your fault. It is the evil deeds of these devils."
Mai looked at Shen Lang and said, "You should leave quickly, or they will kill you too."
"Yes, distinguished guest, please leave quickly."
The other villagers echoed.
"Leave?"
Boydton sneered upon hearing this and said, "Don't even think about it."
"Kid, I didn't intend to kill you, but since you've seen this, you can't be allowed to live."
With that said, Boydton shot William a look.
With just a glance, Neil understood perfectly. He raised the gun in his hand and fired at Shen Lang.
"Bang—"
With the sound of a gunshot, the bullet flew towards Shen Lang.
Mai and the villagers of Taohua Village had witnessed the power of the weapon in Neil's hand. They knew that once the gun fired, Shen Lang, the distinguished guest, was sure to die.
Therefore, after hearing the gunshot, Mai and the villagers of Taohua Village all lowered their heads, unable to bear to witness the gruesome sight of Shen Lang being shot in the head.
However, as second after second passed, Mai and the villagers did not hear Shen Lang's scream. Out of curiosity, they looked up and saw Shen Lang standing in place, looking calm.
As Mai and the villagers looked on in disbelief, Shen Lang opened his clenched right hand, and a bullet appeared between his palms.
"What?"
Seeing this, Mai and the villagers were dumbfounded. They never imagined that this distinguished guest could catch the projectile weapon they had fired.
That's right, Mai and the villagers had been isolated from the world and had never seen firearms, so they assumed the opponent was using a type of hidden weapon similar to a crossbow.
"This..."
It wasn't just the villagers and Mai who were shocked, but also Boydton and his subordinates.
The eight men stared at Shen Lang, completely disbelieving that he could catch a bullet with his bare hands. What kind of monster was this kid?
"Your bullet, take it back."
As everyone was shocked, Shen Lang looked at Neil, who had fired the shot. His eyes suddenly turned cold and terrifying. With a wave of his right hand, the bullet in his hand was reflected back.
"Ah—"
Shen Lang could control a needle as fine as a hair with ease; a bullet in his hand was even more so.
Neil didn't even have time to react before he was shot through the forehead by the returning bullet, which then exited the back of his head. He was instantly blown up, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his pupils dilated, his life extinguished, and he fell heavily backward.
"Neil..."
Seeing that Neil had been shot in the head by Shen Lang with a single bullet, Boydton, William, and the others were all startled, staring at Neil in terror.
"Distinguished guest..."
Mai and the villagers had the same expressions on their faces, calling out to Shen Lang as if he were a god.
To Mai and the villagers' delight, after the incident, Shen Lang's drunkenness seemed to have mostly subsided, and he appeared full of vigor.
"Well, the wine in your Taohua Village is good, but it's really too strong."
With most of his drunkenness gone, Shen Lang said to Mai and the villagers, "It was my first time drinking your Taohua Brew, and I could barely handle it, but thank you for your hospitality."
"To express my gratitude to you, I promise you that from now on, not one of you will be injured or die again. And those who have harmed you will not leave here alive."
Shen Lang looked at Mai and the villagers, his tone casual, yet it was a promise.
He never made promises lightly in his life, but every promise he made, he kept. That was Shen Lang's way.
After speaking, Shen Lang looked at Boydton and the others and said, "I won't bully you. Come at me together."
"What?"
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Boydton was furious and said, "Kid, do you dare to look down on us?"
"It's not looking down on you, it's giving you a fair death."
Shen Lang said to Boydton with a serious expression, "Among you all, your martial cultivation is the highest, but you are only at the early stage of the Earth Realm. The others are mostly at the middle stage of the Profound Realm. If you come at me one by one, it would be too unfair to you."
"Arrogant."
Boydton said angrily, "To say such things, do you think you are a strong cultivator at the middle stage of the Earth Realm?"
With that, Boydton said to William and another long-haired man from Bear Country, "William, Paul, go kill him. Remember, this kid can catch bullets with his bare hands and shoot them out quickly, so don't use guns."
"Don't worry, Boydton. Even without guns, we can kill him with ease."
William and Paul smiled and said, "You just watch from the side and see how I kill this kid to avenge Neil."
William and Paul were the closest people within the organization. They were not only trained by the same coach but also often carried out missions together worldwide.
Over the years, they had faced countless dangers, but each time, they had survived by working together.
William and Paul never imagined that their close friend would die one day, and moreover, at the hands of an unknown young man like Shen Lang.
Although William and Paul had smiles on their faces, they were truly enraged inside.
Paul and William had carried out countless missions together; they didn't even need to speak, just a glance would convey what the other meant.
The next second, Paul's eyes turned cold. With a forceful wave of his hand, two wrist blades shot out from his wrists, and he charged at Shen Lang.
Paul's wrist blades were dark red all over, stained by the blood of countless killings over time. He himself didn't even know how many people he had killed.
In fact, Paul was also the fiercest among the original three-person team, earning him the nickname "The Bear Country Tiger."
Paul's attack was truly as ferocious as a tiger's, and his fangs were the wrist blades on his hands. Facing Paul's attack, Shen Lang did not choose to block head-on. Instead, he quickly pushed himself backward, evading the sharp wrist blades.
At this moment, William did not join the attack, but quietly observed everything.
William rarely took action in the original three-person team. He was a opportunist; Neil and Paul would always attack first, and then he would strike when the opponent showed an opening.
When William did act, it was always a fatal blow.
William was waiting for Shen Lang to reveal an opening under Paul's relentless assault.
He firmly believed that in this world, even a cultivator at the Heavenly Realm had weaknesses, let alone Shen Lang.
As long as he could find it, Paul was confident he could kill Shen Lang with a single blow.