bookbashuk Chapter 316 Kamar-Taj and Kunlun are neighbors
Chapter 316 Kamar-Taj and Kunlun are neighbors
Chapter 316 Kamar-Taj and Kunlun are neighbors
Du Mu completely disrupted Lady Gao's emotional flow.
She paused for a moment before regaining her composure and continued, "Young man, the Hand is not as simple as you think. It seems you're all from the East. If you leave with your men now, I can pretend nothing happened."
Du Mu chuckled and said, "I've always respected the elderly and cared for the young. Since you're an old man, if you cooperate obediently, I might let you off the hook."
"Besides, you're already getting on in years. Why not spend your precious youth enjoying square dancing instead of learning from those lifeless young people and becoming gang leaders? What's the point?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Gao's face darkened: "So you're determined to go against the Hand? Offending someone from the Hand doesn't end well. Your family, friends, and everyone connected to you will be implicated because of you."
Her words were chilling and carried a clear threat.
"It's just a mere Hand."
Du Mu, however, remained unconvinced, his face filled with disdain: "Then do you know who I am?"
When Madam Gao saw Du Mu's arrogant demeanor, she couldn't help but frown.
The Hand Association had previously searched for information about Du Mu, but the information they found was pitifully scarce, almost a complete blank.
Could this guy have some incredible background?
Madam Gao became suspicious, staring warily at Du Mu, and tentatively asked, "Who are you?"
Du Mu chuckled: "It's fine if you don't know."
Mrs. Gao:
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They didn't even know Du Mu's identity, so it seemed they couldn't really use family and friends to threaten him.
Madam Gao's face twitched, and her gaze gradually turned cold, becoming sinister and sharp.
"Since you're determined to die, then you can't blame me."
As soon as she finished speaking, she slammed her cane on the ground, pushed off with her toes, and charged forward at breakneck speed.
She was incredibly fast, not at all like an old woman in her twilight years.
Du Mu casually tossed the Murakami out like a hidden weapon.
Madam Gao dodged to the side, and Murakami flew past her, grazing her clothes, and once again embedded himself hard in the wall.
She didn't care about the villagers' lives or deaths at all. In the blink of an eye, she had rushed in front of Du Mu, snatched his cane, and smashed it down on his head with a sharp whistling sound.
Du Mu raised his hand and gripped the staff firmly.
Unexpectedly, Madam Gao suddenly twisted her wrist and pulled it outward. Inside the cane was a thin, sharp blade. With a flash of cold light, it pierced straight towards Du Mu's throat.
Du Mu reacted quickly, raising his cane upwards to block the sword with the cane itself.
When her first attack missed, Madam Gao flicked her wrist again, and the sword blade coiled around her like a venomous snake, each move aimed at vital points, sometimes blinding and sometimes stabbing at the lower body. Her moves were fast and ruthless, giving Du Mu no chance to breathe.
Du Mu calmly parried the attack, then immediately swung his staff horizontally in a backhand motion.
Madam Gao raised her sword to meet the attack head-on, but the extremely powerful force emanating from the staff sent her flying backward, her feet leaving the ground.
She twisted her body in mid-air to dissipate most of the impact, barely managing to stabilize herself and land back on the ground.
Madam Gao narrowed her eyes and said in a deep voice, "Such powerful strength! What kind of kung fu is this?"
Du Mu smiled dismissively: "A basic attack."
"Ping? I've never heard of this kind of kung fu before?"
Madam Gao was completely unfamiliar with game terminology and couldn't understand what Du Mu was saying at all, thinking it was just a move from some reclusive sect.
She stopped asking questions and, standing a dozen meters away from Du Mu, suddenly raised her long sword and slashed fiercely in the direction Du Mu was.
The sword blade pierced the air, producing a clear and melodious sound.
Just as Du Mu thought the old woman was getting old and blind and was slashing randomly from a distance, he suddenly felt an invisible blade of energy rushing towards him.
It was exactly the same as the sword energy that Du Mu remembered.
Du Mu dodged to the side, and the blade of energy grazed past him, striking the load-bearing pillar behind him. The concrete pillar was instantly carved with a deep groove.
Taking advantage of the situation, Madam Gao charged forward again, her sword shadows filling the sky. One after another, sword energies wrapped in sword light swept towards him in dense array.
Du Mu dodged left and right, his sword energy striking the ground and carving out crisscrossing cracks.
"What a fine sword!"
Du Mu praised, "It's only fair to reciprocate; you should also try my swordsmanship."
With that, he flipped his palm, and a golden Desert Eagle appeared out of thin air.
Madam Gao was taken aback: "You call this swordsmanship?"
Du Mu smirked: "Why isn't American Iaido swordsmanship?"
Before Madam Gao could react, Du Mu raised his hand and pulled the trigger.
boom! boom! boom!
Three bullets whistled out, almost simultaneously, and shot towards Madam Gao in a triangular formation.
Having studied abroad for many years, Madam Gao was well aware of the terrifying nature of this weapon.
Her expression changed, and she dared not be careless. She immediately raised the long sword in her hand, flicked her wrist, and slashed out three sword energies, blocking the bullet in mid-air.
Madam Gao immediately launched into a tirade: "Young people have no martial ethics! What kind of swordsmanship can shoot bullets?!"
Du Mu stated confidently, "This is sword energy."
What the hell is this sword energy?!
Madam Gao's lips twitched, and she took the initiative to close the distance with Du Mu, sweeping out her long sword with a blade of energy!
The saying goes well.
Seven steps away, the spear is faster; within seven steps, the sword is faster!
Du Mu pushed off with both feet, flipped over her head in mid-air, and fired a volley of shots in mid-air.
boom!boom!boom!boom!
Bullets rained down from above, and Madam Gao hurriedly raised her sword to parry, deflecting each incoming bullet.
Before she could even catch her breath, Du Mu had already landed steadily, and in his other hand he had a golden Desert Eagle. Holding the guns in both hands, he unleashed a barrage of close-range fire at her.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—!
With the blessing of Death's Eye, Du Mu activated unlimited ammo mode, and bullets were poured at Madam Gao as if they were free.
Madam Gao's expression changed drastically, and she desperately swung her sword to intercept him.
But the bullets were dense and fast, and at such close range, there was simply no way to stop them.
puff!
A bullet pierced her calf, drawing a trail of blood.
"what!"
Madam Gao cried out in pain, her right leg buckled, and she almost knelt down on one knee.
Before she could regain her footing, the dark muzzle of a gun was already pressed against her forehead.
Du Mu looked at him like he was an idiot: "You actually dared to close the distance? Don't you know that within seven paces, a spear is not only fast, but also incredibly accurate?"
Mrs. Gao:
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You admit it was a gun!?
With a gun pointed at her forehead, even a top expert like Madam Gao couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.
To save her life, she forced a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Young man, let's talk this out. Didn't you say you respect the elderly and care for the young? You wouldn't really lay a hand on an old woman like me, would you?"
Du Mu grinned and said, "That's right, I respect the elderly and care for the young."
Just as Madam Gao breathed a sigh of relief, Du Mu added another sentence.
"But you are not young."
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Mrs. Gao:
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Du Mu glanced around the arena and saw that Matt and his two companions were gradually losing ground. He then said to Madam Gao, "Tell all your ninjas to stop fighting."
Madam Gao dared not disobey, and could only shout, "Everyone, step back!"
Upon hearing the order, the surrounding ninjas did not hesitate for a moment and immediately withdrew from their attacks.
Matt and the others were finally able to catch their breath.
Facing a group of opponents who are impossible to kill, the pressure is immense.
Du Mu lowered his head and stared at Madam Gao, then asked, "Tell me, what exactly is the Hand plotting?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Gao's expression stiffened slightly, but she still stubbornly insisted, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Matt frowned and said in a deep voice, "Stop pretending. We already know what you've been doing. You've built an underground altar and are offering sacrifices of human blood to the Hand's evil god."
Madam Gao simply closed her eyes, remained silent, and pretended to be dead.
Frank's temper flared up when he saw this: "Let me do it, I promise I'll pry her mouth open."
Du Mu glanced at Madam Gao's fearless face and shook his head: "It's no use. This old woman is very resilient. Ordinary torture will hardly make her talk."
"Then kill her!"
Frank was filled with murderous intent and raised his gun to pull the trigger.
Unlike other superheroes, he has only one principle: the guilty must die.
Madam Gao is not only a core member of the Hand, but also the number one drug lord in Hell's Kitchen.
To prevent the secret of her drug production from being leaked, she ordered a large number of innocent people to be blinded, rendered mute, or deaf, and then thrown into a dark and gloomy underground workshop to work for her. She committed countless evil deeds.
In Frank's view, such a person does not deserve to live.
Matt quickly stepped forward to stop him, insisting that all criminals should be brought to trial by law, a principle diametrically opposed to Frank's.
The two immediately started arguing, debating what constituted guilt and innocence.
Du Mu waved his hand: "It's alright, I have a great memory recovery technique that will guarantee that this old guy will remember everything."
Upon hearing this, Matt and Erica's expressions changed drastically.
Lady Gao was still unaware of what was about to happen. As soon as she opened her eyes to see what Du Mu was up to, she saw a huge foot rapidly enlarging in her field of vision.
Bang!
Madam Gao's vision went black, and she fell heavily to the ground.
Before she could even react, a barrage of punches and kicks rained down on her, causing her to roll on the ground, screaming in agony.
The scene of the old lady being brutally beaten was truly too cruel.
Erica stood to the side, watching this scene, her whole body trembling uncontrollably, as if some extremely unpleasant memory had been stirred up.
Now it was Matt's turn to lose his temper. He raised his foot to stop him, but Frank grabbed him.
"Never mind, never mind."
Frank said this, but his expression clearly showed that he wished Du Mu would put in even more effort.
Du Mu showed no sign of stopping; every punch and kick he delivered was full of force, and Madam Gao felt as if her old bones were about to fall apart at any moment.
"Wait... I mean..."
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Madam Gao was in so much pain that she could no longer hold on and opened her mouth to say something.
Before she could finish speaking, Du Mu smacked her in the mouth with his elbow, effectively shutting her down.
Du Mu sincerely praised, "Truly, his spirit is resilient; he won't utter a single word even after all this."
Everyone:
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Not far away, Murakami, covered in blood, had just pulled himself out of the wall, but when he looked up at the scene, he silently shoved himself back in.
You can't see me, you can't see me.
Du Mu beat her for several minutes straight, without asking a single question from beginning to end.
The people present suspected that this guy was just itching to beat someone up.
Seeing that Madam Gao was already losing consciousness, Du Mu decisively used his hypnotic skills, sending a burst of mental energy directly into the depths of her consciousness.
An unknown energy suddenly surged from Madam Gao's body, attempting to resist Du Mu's mental invasion.
However, her willpower defenses had already been shattered by Du Mu's purely physical means. That energy was like a pile of loose sand, unable to coalesce at all, and was easily broken through by Du Mu's mental power.
Madam Gao's body trembled, and her gaze gradually became empty and dull.
Du Mu spoke again, asking, "Tell me, what exactly is the Hand plotting?"
"Summon the beast, and let its vessel, Black Void, lead the Hand to conquer Kunlun and seize the Dragon Bone."
Under Du Mu's hypnosis, Madam Gao no longer concealed anything.
"What is Kunlun? And what is dragon bone?"
Du Mu immediately became interested; the two words sounded distinctly Eastern.
Madam Gao explained, "Kunlun is one of the oldest sacred sites in the East, the source of martial arts and mystical power. The Iron Fist Guardians of Kunlun possess great power, which comes from defeating and absorbing the essence of the immortal dragon Shou Lao."
"As for the dragon bones, those are the remains left behind after the death of Elder Shou. Those bones contain incredible life essence, which can prolong human life and can also be used to resurrect the dead."
Upon hearing this, Du Mu's face clearly showed surprise.
He originally thought of the Hand Society as a small organization hidden in Hell's Kitchen, but he never expected that by following this thread, he would uncover such a huge backstory.
Earth is truly a place where hidden talents abound.
Du Mu sighed inwardly, then asked, "So what's the background of your Hand Society?"
Madam Gao replied blankly, "Our Hand Society's five fingers were originally from Kunlun. Back then, it was because we stole the dragon bone without permission and attempted to pursue immortality that we were regarded as traitors by the elders of Kunlun and expelled from the holy land."
Du Mu suddenly realized.
No wonder Madam Gao had such skills; she learned them from Kunlun.
Du Mu pressed further, "Where are the dragon bones you stole?"
Madam Gao replied, "We used it all up long ago. It is thanks to the lifespan granted by the dragon bones that the five of us have lived to this day. We are at least several hundred years old. But over the years, the dragon bones have been completely consumed, with almost nothing left."
"Once the supply of dragon bones is cut off, our lifespan will come to an end. That's why we are willing to do anything to summon beasts and use their power to return to Kunlun to retrieve the dragon bones and extend our lifespan."
What a waste!
Du Mu inwardly lamented the loss and continued, "Where is that Kunlun?"
Madam Gao said, "The entrance is located deep in the Himalayas, but the Kunlun portal is not always open. It only opens once every ten years, and each time it lasts for a very short time."
"Only during the opening period can people from the outside enter Kunlun through a special portal. Once the portal is closed, no one can enter Kunlun."
Du Mu was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
Himalayas?
Isn't that the hidden place of Kamar-Taj?
So it turns out Kamar-Taj and Kunlun are neighbors!
Du Mu immediately made up his mind and then went to visit Kunlun next door.
There was no other meaning; it was just a simple exchange of feelings between neighbors.