Chapter 126: An Unexpected Encounter in a Foreign Land

But Higgins had managed to come this far, so it was impossible that he had no defenses at all. Guns were hidden in various concealed spots throughout the villa. Under the sofa he was sitting on, there were no less than three handguns.

Decisively pulling out a Desert Eagle, Higgins quickly stood up. The dark muzzle pointed straight at Lin Mu’s face. Only then did he feel a bit more at ease.

“Who are you? How did you get in?”

The handgun gave Higgins confidence. He looked at Lin Mu suspiciously as he asked. Just as he spoke, the Desert Eagle in his hand—a powerful handgun nicknamed the Pocket Cannon—fired.

From start to finish, this gangster-like boss never intended to ask Lin Mu who he was. His question was only to distract Lin Mu.

For Higgins, a stranger had quietly slipped into his villa. No matter who the person was or what their purpose might be, he didn’t want to know. All he wanted was to kill the person first.

But the bullet didn’t hit Lin Mu. Instead, it shattered a vase behind him, sending fragments flying everywhere. Lin Mu moved like a ghost, swiftly arriving right in front of Higgins.

Before Higgins could fire a second shot, Lin Mu directly kicked him in the chest. With a sudden burst of Zhenqi, a powerful shockwave immediately dislocated all the bones in Higgins’s body.

Lying on the ground, Higgins tried hard to move his hand, but no matter how much he tried, his fingers couldn’t even bend a little.

“Who on earth are you?”

Blood foamed at the corner of his mouth as Higgins looked at Lin Mu with difficulty.

Lin Mu was about to speak, but just as his lips parted, his figure flickered again. A bullet instantly passed through the spot where he had been standing, leaving a bullet hole in the wall.

It turned out that Sia had also pulled out a handgun from under the sofa. She took a shot while Lin Mu was turning around, but unfortunately, Lin Mu was highly sensitive to his surroundings and had long noticed the woman’s actions.

Darting in front of the blonde woman, Lin Mu formed a sword-finger and cleanly tapped her chest. With a slight release of Zhenqi, he directly severed her Heart Meridian.

For Lin Mu, taking a person’s life was just too simple. He didn’t need complicated methods. Any fatal point on the body was the best weapon for him.

Ignoring the woman who had collapsed on the ground, Lin Mu turned and walked back to Higgins’s side. He crouched down and looked at Higgins, who was continually foaming blood.

“Who I am is not important. What matters is that you made the wrong decision, and now you must pay the price. And me? I’m the one collecting that price.”

Lin Mu gave a soft laugh.

“This is my turf. There are over two hundred people guarding outside. You definitely won’t leave this place alive!”

Higgins didn’t beg for mercy. From the moment he stepped onto this path, he had already anticipated this day. He just didn’t expect it to come so soon.

Looking at Higgins’s sinister expression, Lin Mu shook his head with a smile. “Is that so? Perhaps you forgot how I got in. Now, I just need to go back the same way, and I can leave here safely.”

As the two were talking, voices could already be heard from outside. It seemed the two gunshots just now had drawn the attention of the people outside. Higgins looked at Lin Mu and revealed a cruel smile.

“If there’s a next life, remember not to make the wrong decisions again.”

After Lin Mu finished speaking, he reached out and tapped Higgins’s heart. Then his figure flashed into the previous room and quietly left the villa along the path he had come from.

“OH! SHIT!”

The underlings who rushed into the villa only saw Higgins and Sia lying on the ground. They grabbed their heads and let out cries of disbelief.

Their boss had actually been silently taken down under tight security, and they didn’t even know who the killer was.

Having eliminated the threat from the Luo Family, Lin Mu felt quite satisfied. Looking at it this way, Wang Qing and the others should have a lot fewer troubles now, at least no longer having to worry about sneak attacks from these small fries.

After all, the members of the Luo Family weren’t like these people; they each had superb martial skills. Ordinary people, even with regular firearms, couldn’t handle them.

Apart from being wealthy, the Luo Family members were no different from ordinary people in other aspects.

Wandering onto the street again, Lin Mu finally had time to appreciate the night scene of Manhattan, getting a close look at one of the world’s most bustling areas.

Bright lights, dazzling luxury… These eight words were Lin Mu’s most fitting description of Manhattan. The people here all seemed to be in a kind of daze; no one was completely sober.

Mixing among these people, Lin Mu felt, in a daze, as if everyone else was drunk while he alone was awake.

“No, Well, it’s too late now. I think I should go back to sleep.”

A woman’s voice came through, sounding a bit woozy.

“Miss Du, this is just when nightlife is starting. How can it be late? The best time of the day is just beginning. Come on, let’s have some fun and enjoy ourselves!”

A man’s voice, carrying an obvious sinister laugh, urged from the side.

“Sorry, I have a bit of a headache. I want to go home now.”

The woman rejected the man’s suggestion.

“Miss Du, are you not giving me face? I’m not this polite to just anyone.”

The man clearly was a bit displeased, and his tone darkened.

“Thank you for your hospitality, Well, but I really have to go home.”

The woman still didn’t agree to the man’s invitation.

“Someone, take Miss Du back. She’s drunk.”

The man’s voice lightly ordered.

“I don’t want you to take me back! What are you doing! Let me go! Let me go!”

At first, the woman didn’t know what these people were going to do, but then she realized and began to struggle fiercely.

Lin Mu strolled leisurely on the street, admiring the dazzling lights of Manhattan while observing the ugly truths hidden beneath the neon glow.

He wasn’t some great saint who would rush to help whenever he saw injustice.

There was too much sorrow and misfortune in this world. Even at the peak of his powers, the Expert who once stood at the pinnacle of the Cultivation World couldn’t help everyone.

Across the street, outside a nightclub, a few men and women were tugging and pulling at each other. The sound of an argument drifted over. Lin Mu originally just listened and smiled casually, but then he involuntarily stopped walking.

Because that woman’s voice felt very familiar to him, as if it echoed in his ears every day in the past. Yet it also carried a strange unfamiliarity, as though he hadn’t heard it for a long time.

Curiously, he looked across the street. Although the dazzling lights kept changing colors, making it hard to recognize the people below, it wasn’t a problem for Lin Mu. He immediately recognized who the woman was.

Du Xiaoyue, his former fiancée.

Even while having fun at a place like a Manhattan nightclub, she was still dressed very innocently, giving off a sense of incongruity compared to the heavily made-up women on the street.

At first glance, one would feel that such a woman shouldn’t appear in such a chaotic place.

Lin Mu had personally gone to the Du Family to call off the engagement. Since that time, Du Xiaoyue hadn’t appeared on campus. He heard from others that she had gone abroad to study.

Although the two no longer had an engagement, seeing Du Xiaoyue being pulled and tugged, her delicate brows tightly furrowed in discomfort, Lin Mu still felt uneasy inside.

Before he even realized what he was doing, his feet had already automatically stepped forward, heading straight toward the group across the street.

Only when he stood beside those people did Lin Mu snap back to reality. He found them all looking at him with confusion, and he inwardly sighed helplessly.

They were all descendants of the Yellow Emperor. He couldn’t just stand by and watch a fellow countrywoman being bullied freely in a foreign land, right?

Lin Mu found a perfect excuse for his actions.

“She is my friend. I hope you will stop bothering her.”

Pointing at Du Xiaoyue, Lin Mu said with a soft smile.

Du Xiaoyue also looked somewhat surprised. Although she had drunk a little, she wasn’t drunk at all—just slightly tipsy. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have flatly refused the young masters’ invitations.

Having traveled across the ocean alone to study at New York Media University, Du Xiaoyue had a very strong will. She refused to become a sacrificial pawn in a family alliance marriage and vowed to carve out her own path through her efforts.

But after arriving in New York, she realized how naive her earlier thoughts had been. The waters here were much deeper than in Donghai. Moreover, she didn’t have the support of her family’s influence.

For a woman, especially a beautiful one, it was truly difficult to make her way here.

Fortunately, with her excellent demeanor and clever mind, Du Xiaoyue made some very good friends, including a few girls whose family backgrounds were quite extraordinary.

Thanks to the care and protection of these girls, although Du Xiaoyue was often harassed, no one actually dared to lay hands on her.

But tonight was an exception. This Well had clearly set up an elaborate scheme to lure her out. Halfway through the fun, the others had all found excuses to leave, leaving only the two of them.

Sensing Well’s ill intentions, Du Xiaoyue quickly pretended to be drunk and prepared to leave. Today, she didn’t have her good sisters by her side. One misstep, and she might regret it for life.

But her plan was seen through by Well. Moreover, she hadn’t expected that Well would actually dare to use force, directly ordering his men to take her back by compulsion.

This was Manhattan. Even if she screamed for help on the street, no one would come to her aid. Du Xiaoyue knew this very well.

Just as she was feeling utterly desperate, a man with a smile walked up beside her. That face, both familiar and somewhat strange, belonged to Lin Mu, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Lin Mu, what are you doing here?”

Du Xiaoyue looked at Lin Mu somewhat dazedly and murmured her question.

“Xiaoyue, long time no see.”

Lin Mu smiled slightly and greeted her.

Watching all of this from the side, Well’s expression darkened, and a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes.