Chapter 161: The Ultimate Countermeasure!

A single finger, and a man's hand was severed!

Furthermore, the hand that was severed belonged to someone who had just stepped into the Transformation Realm!

Sato Mukai instantly dismissed his previous guesses. Qin Mu possessed, at the very least, the strength of the Great Completion of the Transformation Realm!

For years, he had been injecting himself with micro-doses of forbidden drugs, allowing his cultivation to steadily rise, eventually breaking through to the Lesser Completion of the Transformation Realm at the age of forty-three.

With the aid of these forbidden drugs, he was confident that even if he were to face an opponent in the Mid-Transformation Realm, he would still have a chance to escape.

Yet, facing Qin Mu's empty-handed finger strike just moments ago, his legs had locked up completely, leaving him with no choice but to raise his blade in desperate defense.

"Could it be that Huaxia also possesses forbidden drugs capable of forcibly enhancing one's cultivation realm?"

Unable to accept the fact that he had been defeated by a young man more than twenty years his junior, Sato Mukai frantically searched for an excuse.

"That's right! Lord Yuan once told me that this brat is a researcher of medicines!"

"Damn Huaxia! While they hypocritically preach righteous condemnation against using drugs to enhance a martial artist's cultivation, there are undoubtedly plenty of them doing the exact same thing behind closed doors!"

Even as hatred boiled within Sato Mukai, Qin Mu stepped forward. Panic gripped Sato Mukai's heart, and collapsing to the ground, he scrambled backward again and again.

"Baka! Baka! Don't come any closer! I am a member of the Martial Arts Association!"

Qin Mu did not even spare him a glance. He simply bent down and removed the jade bracelet from the severed arm.

"Scoundrel! That item belongs to me! It belongs to Japan! What do you think you're doing taking it?!"

Seeing Qin Mu take the jade bracelet, Sato Mukai began to curse and rave.

"Your property?"

Qin Mu let out a cold snort. A piercing gaze swept over him, and Sato Mukai fell silent in an instant.

The craftsmanship of this jade bracelet was peerless; a simple investigation would reveal its true origin, leaving no room for his nonsense.

"It seems this jade bracelet isn't the first, is it? I wonder how many other cultural relics have passed through the Yuan family's hands and fallen into Japanese possession?"

"If I do not execute you, how can I uphold the majesty of our nation?!"

Qin Mu's gaze narrowed. He brought two fingers together, raised them into the air, and moved to strike Sato Mukai dead.

At that exact moment, a sudden commotion erupted.

The sound of firearms being cocked rang out as a group of Japanese men emerged from the judges' stands, pointing their weapons directly at Qin Mu.

A gun?!

"What is going on here?"

"How do these people have guns?!"

Seeing the firearms on the judges' stand, the martial artists below panicked instantly.

No matter how high their martial prowess or how refined their internal energy, it was impossible for them to withstand the power of modern firearms!

It was precisely because of this that martial arts had gradually declined and fallen from prominence across the world.

After all, a martial artist who had trained for fifty years could still be easily defeated by a child holding a gun.

In Jiangcheng, a city of a million people, there were barely tens of thousands practicing martial arts when all was said and done.

Thus, upon seeing the guns, the crowd scattered in every direction, terrified of being caught in the crosshairs.

"Huaxia man, I advise you to put away your murderous intent!"

A nearly bald middle-aged Japanese man stepped forward, likewise wearing the robes of the Martial Arts Association.

"Noda-kun! You've arrived just in time!"

Sato Mukai's eyes lit up instantly, as if he had caught sight of a savior.

"The lords at the Martial Arts Association were worried about you, so they sent me to provide backup. I didn't expect to arrive just in time to catch this."

With that, Noda looked down at Qin Mu from his lofty vantage point, a sneer spreading across his face.

"Heh, brat, just because of a little strength, you dare to kill a Japanese martial artist? You have no idea what true power is!"

"So what if your martial arts are formidable and you suppress your peers? Can you stop a bullet? Hahaha!!"

With a dozen guns aimed right at Qin Mu, even if he were wearing a bulletproof vest at this range, he was guaranteed to die without a doubt!

"Noda-kun! Save me!"

Stanching the heavy bleeding from his left arm with his internal energy, Sato let out a shrill scream.

"Don't worry. With me here, this brat won't be able to lay another finger on you!"

Noda made a reassuring promise and signaled for his men to go down and tend to Sato.

Yet, at that very moment, Noda heard a laughing retort carried from afar.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Qin Mu's finger strike had not dissipated; instead, he slashed it down through the air!

Swish!

A deep gouge was cleaved straight across the arena, and Sato Mukai's right hand was severed by Qin Mu's finger as well!

"Ah! My hand! My hand!" Sato Mukai screamed in agony.

Having both hands severed was no different from killing a martial artist outright!

Seeing Qin Mu make his move right before his eyes, the veins on Noda's forehead bulged, and he broke into a stream of furious curses.

"Baka! Vile Huaxia pig! Go to hell!!"

To strike down a Japanese national right in front of him—this punk had completely ignored his warning!

Just as the group of Japanese men raised their firearms, preparing to execute Qin Mu in a hail of bullets, a thunderous roar echoed from outside the venue.

"Hold your fire! Whoever the fuck dares to pull the trigger will be executed for treason!"

Noda understood Mandarin. The moment those words registered, his brows knitted together as he looked toward the entrance.

Liu Qiye led a team barging through, holding a document high in the air.

"A special protection decree issued by the Southern Military Region! I order everyone present to stand down and place yourselves under my command!"

"Anyone who defies this order will be treated as an act of provocation against our nation's majesty! Death is the penalty!"

Hearing this, Noda's trigger finger froze instantly, his eyes locked desperately on the document in Liu Qiye's hand.

Sure enough, stamped clearly in the bottom right corner of the paper was the official seal of the Southern Military Region!

This was a genuine document!

The Southern Military Region had actually gone to such lengths, issuing a special decree specifically to protect this punk?

How could this be possible?!

However, the fact that Sato was involved in smuggling cultural relics had already been exposed to Qin Mu.

If Qin Mu were allowed to survive, it would undoubtedly spell disaster for their Martial Arts Association!

Noda's mouth twitched. Making a split-second decision, he violently swung the muzzle of his gun around and pulled the trigger straight at the document in Liu Qiye's hand!

Bang, bang, bang!

Tongues of fire erupted from the barrel as several bullets streaked through the air, heading straight for Liu Qiye!

Liu Qiye's pupils contracted sharply. He threw himself aside to dodge, narrowly escaping being hit.