Lin Hao smiled as he watched Zhuque charge at him with fierce, ruthless intent.
Zhuque’s strength was at the peak of Inner Strength, and her techniques were both devious and vicious.
Even against experts of the same level, few would be able to match Zhuque.
In fact, Zhuque could even contend with those at the Perfected Inner Strength realm.
However, it was unfortunate for her that the person she faced today was Lin Hao.
Lin Hao smiled, reached out, and grabbed the sharp blade Zhuque thrust at him. Then, he flicked a finger at Zhuque’s wrist.
Zhuque felt her arm go numb, and her hand instantly lost its strength.
Then, for the first time in her years of combat, the dagger, which had never left her hand, was snatched away by Lin Hao, its cold gleam extinguished.
Lin Hao disarmed her and then struck Zhuque’s shoulder with a palm, sending her staggering back.
“Stomp, stomp, stomp!”
Zhuque retreated several steps before finally regaining her balance.
Then, Zhuque looked at Lin Hao, her face flushed with anger, and pointed at him, saying, “You!”
Lin Hao ignored the furious Zhuque, idly twirling the cold, gleaming dagger in his hand as he looked at her and asked, “Now can you tell me what you want?”
Lin Hao’s expression was calm, but to Zhuque, it was pure provocation!
“Do you really think I have no way to deal with you?!” Zhuque gritted her teeth and glared at Lin Hao.
Lin Hao looked at the enraged Zhuque, feeling a touch of helplessness. “Can we just talk things out properly?”
“What’s there to talk about with a scoundrel like you!”
Zhuque snorted angrily, then drew a pistol from her back and aimed it at Lin Hao.
In the darkness, a red laser beam pointed directly at Lin Hao’s forehead.
“Hands up!” Zhuque commanded coldly, looking at Lin Hao.
Lin Hao looked at Zhuque pointing the gun at him and finally raised his hands in resignation.
He had initially intended to disarm her directly, but he reconsidered and abandoned the thought for the moment.
Zhuque was no ordinary person; she was from a special department.
If he were to disarm her, and she reported it back, they could easily frame him for some crime and send people to arrest him, which would be troublesome.
Although he could flee overseas, that wasn’t what he wanted.
With these thoughts, Lin Hao shook his head and looked at Zhuque. “What exactly do you want? Speak.”
“What do I want?” Zhuque looked at Lin Hao and said coldly, “Why don’t you ask yourself what you’ve done?”
“Do you really think that with a bit of skill, you can act with impunity and disregard national laws?”
Lin Hao looked at Zhuque and finally understood why she had come to find him.
If he wasn’t mistaken, it was because he had driven the Zhou and Zhao families out of Modu.
However, although he was the one who did it, he hadn’t killed anyone from start to finish.
The only person who had died by his hand was Zhou Renxiong of the Zhou family.
But Zhou Renxiong was from the cultivation world, and even if he had killed him, Zhuque would only have the right to inquire.
Although Xuanhuang was the enforcer for the cultivation world, they generally did not intervene unless there was a large-scale conflict within the cultivation world.
Therefore, even though he understood Zhuque’s intentions, Lin Hao couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled.
If Zhuque was only here because he had driven the Zhou and Zhao families out of Modu, then her interference was a bit too broad.
If that were the case,
Even if Zhuque was from Xuanhuang, Lin Hao would still demand an explanation.
As for Xuanhuang,
Others might fear them.
He did not.
Lin Hao thought about these things and then looked at Zhuque, saying, “I have not disregarded national laws. Everything I have done has been in accordance with normal procedures.”
“Of course, if you truly believe I have violated any regulations, feel free to state them.”
“You!”
“You really won’t shed a tear until you see the coffin!” Zhuque said angrily, looking at Lin Hao. “Tell me, how many people have you killed these past two days!”
Lin Hao frowned as he looked at Zhuque. “I only killed one person, Zhou Renxiong of the Zhou family.”
“Only Zhou Renxiong!?” Zhuque gritted her teeth and looked at Lin Hao. “How did Zhou Renjie die? How did Zhou Renjie’s father, Zhou Bo, die!”
“Besides them, there’s also Zhao Ming of the Zhao family!”
“And, how many did you kill in the battle at Yanbei Bridge tonight!?”
“Can you even count them all?”
Zhuque looked at Lin Hao with a stern expression and said, “Do you really think no one will deal with you for such indiscriminate killing?”
“Putting aside everything else, aren’t you afraid of those people turning into vengeful spirits to find you at night after you’ve killed so many?”
Lin Hao looked at Zhuque. Hearing the last sentence, he suddenly understood why this woman had tried to scare him by impersonating a ghost as soon as she appeared.
Lin Hao found it amusing and shook his head, then looked at Zhuque and smiled. “So, this is how people from your Xuanhuang operate.”
“They can’t distinguish right from wrong, can’t tell black from white, and condemn others without even investigating properly.”
“So this is Xuanhuang. Truly impressive.”
“Shut up!” Zhuque shouted at Lin Hao. “Slandering Xuanhuang is you asking for death!”
“Slander?” Lin Hao looked at the furious Zhuque and chuckled. “I’m merely stating the facts, and that’s slander?”
“Of the people you just mentioned, aside from Zhou Renxiong, who did I personally kill?”
“And in the shootout at Yanbei Bridge tonight, did I kill anyone?”
“At most, I broke their limbs or knocked them unconscious.”
“Moreover, whether it was the Zhou family, the Zhao family, or the shootout at Yanbei Bridge tonight.”
“The real victims are me, aren’t they?”
“After all, they were the ones provoking me and bullying me from beginning to end.”
“Especially at Yanbei Bridge tonight, if Xiao Hei and I didn’t have some ability to protect ourselves, who could have survived that situation?”
“Could you?”
“You!”
Zhuque glared at Lin Hao, momentarily speechless by his words.
However, she quickly gritted her teeth and said, “You’re just quibbling!”
“Even if you didn’t kill Zhou Renjie and Zhao Ming directly, you certainly caused their deaths indirectly!”
“Can you say you bear no responsibility at all!?”
“And you still have the audacity to shamelessly claim that others provoked and bullied you!”
As Zhuque spoke, she looked at Lin Hao and said coldly, “No matter how much you argue today, you have to come with me!”
With that, Zhuque continued to point her gun at Lin Hao with her right hand, while her left hand reached for her back and pulled out a pair of silver handcuffs.
These silver handcuffs looked similar to ordinary police handcuffs, but their material was entirely different.
Ordinary silver handcuffs could be broken with a simple exertion by martial arts experts.
However, these, even a master at the Perfected Inner Strength realm, could not break.