This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!

Chapter 139: Chapter 113: Slaying Ghosts to Breakthrough_2

Yu Hu naturally wouldn’t just sit idly by and wait for defeat, he struck back, constantly having the Inspection Bureau arrest officials from the Chief’s faction.

For years, the two sides had been battling it out, each holding a big bunch of evidence against the other, and their officials were not exactly respectable; catching them in wrongdoing was guaranteed.

Over several days, the Court of Judicial Review received multiple cases related to official corruption each day, every one of them involving major crimes related to fiscal malfeasance and murder!

Late at night, a middle-aged, rotund man walked out from the main gate of the Court of Judicial Review.

“Sir!”

A subordinate, who had been waiting outside the gate for a while, hurried over to support him.

“Sir, how did it go, everything alright?”

The subordinate asked with a concerned expression.

The middle-aged man shook his head listlessly, “For now, it’s okay. Let’s go, let’s head back.”

His name was Kong Peiquan, he was a Third Level Director of the Internal Affairs Office, a Second Rank Subordinate Official, and a member of the Chief’s faction.

Two years ago, he had taken a bribe to illegally award a contract to build a pavilion beside the road outside the city to someone else, and to earn more money, that contractor cut corners and used subpar materials; the resulting pavilion was of terrible quality.

Normally, this would be just another corrupt affair that wouldn’t get much notice. However, a sudden thunderstorm resulted in a tragic accident; at the time, over twenty passersby had taken shelter inside the pavilion when it suddenly collapsed, killing fifteen and severely injuring seven!

To control the fallout, Kong Peiquan had initially pulled many strings, threatening and enticing the victims’ families to suppress the matter and stop them from making official complaints.

Some families, however, were stubborn and insisted on seeking justice, leading Kong Peiquan to have them all wiped out.

This incident caught the eye of the Tiger Saber Gang, who secured critical evidence and held onto it until now, using it to strike back.

Consequently, representatives from the Inspection Bureau came knocking at Kong Peiquan’s door and took him away on charges related to the deadly incident, subsequently handing him over to the Court of Judicial Review.

However, after spending two days in the jail at the Court of Judicial Review, Kong Peiquan was released due to “insufficient evidence”.

This was Gu Zhenhui protecting him, handling the evidence held by Tiger Saber Gang, allowing him temporary safety.

Yet, after such an ordeal, Kong Peiquan was well aware that his official career had essentially come to its end, finding it hard to advance further due to the stigma attached to him, perpetually susceptible to attacks by the Tiger Saber Gang. Gu Zhenhui wouldn’t allow such a subordinate to rise to a higher position.

That’s why Kong Peiquan felt so listless and indifferent.

Soon, he got into a car with the help of his subordinate and left the Court of Judicial Review.

The car eventually entered a mansion in the Kaiping District, where the driver got out and opened the door for Kong Peiquan.

Kong Peiquan got out of the car fatigued and saw a shadowy figure standing ahead in a daze.

He jumped in alarm, “Who?!”

His driver, who also acted as his guard, immediately drew a revolver from his waist and pointed it behind him.

Swipe—

A flash of a blade, and the guard’s gun-holding hand was severed at the wrist!

Before he could scream, his head flew off.

Kong Peiquan watched this happen with a face filled with horror, his mind blank.

It was only when he saw the green Evil Ghost mask on the attacker’s face that he realized who he had encountered:

“Green… Green-faced Ghost?”

Previously, after the ‘Market Entrance’ incident, Kong Peiquan had been somewhat scared and worried.

But he thought since Green-faced Ghost targeted officials from the Court of Judicial Review, being from the Internal Affairs Office, he should relatively be safe, deciding to see how things went after the large-scale investigation.

Later, he found out that Green-faced Ghost had single-handedly slaughtered through a convoy of the Tiger Saber Gang, killing their Master!

Initially, he should have been more frightened and worried, but since the Big Leader from Qingyuan Fist Village intervened in that battle, Kong Peiquan believed that Green-faced Ghost was actually connected to Qingyuan Fist Village, thinking that previous actions were aimed at dealing with Tiger Saber Gang and not really about championing justice and fighting corruption.

That made him feel secure again.

But now, the Green-faced Ghost suddenly appeared before him.

“Why… why…”

Kong Peiquan asked, trembling.

Swipe—

Li Fei didn’t answer his question. Instead, he swung his blade and decapitated the man.

This time, the blade he held was the “Ghost Slash” given to him by Shangguan Xiao.

A few days ago, he had visited Qingyuan Fist Village to ask Shangguan Xiao to secretly gather intelligence on the officials of Xing City. He wanted to know which officials deserved death.

After some deep reflection, Li Fei had cleared the last bit of his mental barrier.

He had started on the path of “Breaking Heart Barrier” by killing Feng Zhenshan, which was the first time he faced the darkness and corruption of the feudal era.

At that time, he realized that he alone couldn’t change much. He didn’t kill corrupt officials to be remembered as a great hero; he did it to live more freely.

After finally eliminating Tiger Saber Gang, the most significant obstacle, he realized his mental barrier wasn’t just about the Tiger Saber Gang.

The remaining barrier had been branded in his heart from the start—or perhaps, from a previous life!

He had been powerless and died suddenly in his previous life. But now, he wanted to live this life to the fullest!

Thus, he sought out Shangguan Xiao to get accurate intelligence.

Now, with the Chief’s faction and the Tiger Saber Gang at each other’s throats, stabbing each other in the back, this information was easily obtained without effort.

At this stage, the Chief’s faction and Tiger Saber Gang could no longer unite or dare to provoke a third party, fearing their opponents would exploit any weaknesses.

This meant Green-faced Ghost could kill without restraint!

If these corrupt beings displeased him, and he could easily eliminate them without endangering himself, why not do it?

Using his Ghost Slash Blade to slay the human “ghosts” was truly satisfying!

That night, Green-faced Ghost systematically hunted down his targets, killing seven Subordinate Officials and eleven Clerks!

Eventually, he placed all their heads under the archway at the Market Entrance. Wooden plaques, pre-written with their crimes, were inserted next to each head.

After completing all this, the time was approaching dawn.

Li Fei turned to leave the Market Entrance.

Just at that moment, a ray of sunlight broke through the darkness and shone down.

Dawn had arrived.

Li Fei looked back at the breaking dawn far away.

Though faint, it was brilliant.

For a moment, he thought he saw his past self smiling at him.

Under the mask, a smile also appeared on his face.

At that moment, all the barriers in his heart disappeared, leaving no more mental barriers!

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The next morning, the second “Market Entrance” incident once again shocked Xing City!

Gu Zhenhui and Yu Hu received the news with both shock and anger, yet they were helpless.

At this time, it was no longer possible for both sides to unite for a massive search operation to arrest Green-faced Ghost, as they were busy stabbing each other in the back, and any distraction could reveal vulnerabilities.

Moreover, Gu Zhenhui and Yu Hu were worried that targeting Green-faced Ghost would involve Qingyuan Fist Village again, complicating matters even further.

In a sense, Green-faced Ghost was also solving problems for them. His methods were just more straightforward, brutal, and indiscriminate.

In the end, both the Tiger Saber Gang faction and the Chief’s faction silently swallowed this bitter pill, choosing to continue promoting new officials.

However, this time they were strictly selecting and restricting the new officials’ conduct. They could be corrupt, but not to the extent of drawing out Green-faced Ghost.

Seeing no response from above, the lower-ranking officials became restless.

Some who had previously taken chances now dared not.

Thus, the Court of Judicial Review faced another wave of self-confessions, with many more officials coming forward than last time!

Suddenly, Green-faced Ghost, with his singular effort, had forced Xing City’s officialdom into the cleanest state it had seen in decades.

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