Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 292: Chapter 191: Monster (2)

And so,

Su Xing didn’t say anything more.

Su Yu didn’t waste any time either. He walked straight to a nearby teammate, grabbed a map, marked four locations on it, and handed it to Su Xing, saying:

"Brother, I’ll take you."

"No need."

Su Xing shook his head.

"It’s better for you to stay here than to follow me to such a dangerous place."

Although Su Xing hadn’t asked him to, Su Yu still offered to go with him. But after Su Xing refused, Su Yu, though reluctant, didn’t say anything more and just watched his brother leave.

"Hey..."

"How could you let your brother go out alone?" a member of the special organization standing nearby asked.

"Yeah, your brother looks tough, but the file says he’s an ordinary person. Ordinary people are incredibly fragile in a place like this. Shouldn’t we send someone to protect him?"

"No need."

Su Yu shook his head and said,

"He’s just going to take a look around nearby. Nothing will happen to him."

"’Nearby’ is... also dangerous."

They exchanged glances, but since Su Yu, Su Xing’s own brother, wasn’t worried, they, as outsiders, felt they had no right to say anything. They just swallowed the doubts they had about the situation.

「Summer Resort.」

It was originally a small mountain village.

The village was said to be extremely old, and the remaining buildings were dilapidated. Though small in scale, it had always been inhabited.

However,

ever since the Cang City government decided to develop tourism,

this area was turned into a tourist destination. The village, which already had a small population, saw its numbers dwindle further due to inconvenient transportation and the government’s policy of encouraging residents to move out for the development.

A few years ago, it’s said,

the last remaining elderly resident passed away.

With the end of the village funeral, this historic mountain village officially became a ghost town. It was gradually transformed by the government and various investors into the Summer Resort it is today.

They called it a "transformation,"

but really, they just built a modern hotel.

As for the dilapidated village buildings, they were all preserved just as they were. City dwellers nowadays have a taste for this sort of thing; they prefer unique attractions like this.

This information

all came from Su Yu.

As an official organization, the special unit would naturally investigate all information thoroughly before a mission. The particularly dangerous locations Su Yu had marked for Su Xing were all within this mountain village.

Su Yu had also planned to tell Su Xing about the village’s terrifying folklore, but Su Xing had no interest in ghost stories and refused, feeling they wouldn’t be helpful.

CREAK...

Su Xing pushed open the old wooden door, which let out a grinding screech that set one’s teeth on edge, like a wail of agony.

Su Xing paused at the entrance, peering into the aged wooden house. The interior was filled with an unidentifiable, strange smell and a thick layer of dust.

There were many messy footprints on the floor, both new and old. Someone must have been here not long ago.

Su Xing scanned his surroundings and found the wooden house was tiny. Besides the living room, which was visible at first glance, there was only a small bedroom to the left.

This kind of house was a lot like the ones where nearly hundred-year-old elders lived in the countryside. At least, the house he had visited his great-grandmother in as a child was very similar.

After a moment’s hesitation,

Su Xing walked toward the room on the left.

Upon entering the room, the first thing he saw was an old-fashioned dressing table. On top of it sat a very antiquated bronze mirror.

"..."

"How many years has this thing been sitting here?"

Su Xing walked to the dressing table and began to examine the ancient bronze mirror.

It had to be said,

although it was daytime, the thick fog made sunlight scarce. On top of that, the house was made of wood and thatch with very small windows, so almost no light could get inside.

All in all,

it was extremely dark.

Staring at an ancient bronze mirror in such a dim environment, surrounded by rustic furniture, certainly created a suspenseful atmosphere straight out of a horror movie.

According to Su Yu,

when they came here, the image of an old man would suddenly appear in the mirror. He would chat with them for a bit, but if they said anything he didn’t like, he would attack immediately.

In fact, one of their members had been injured this way.

However,

this old man was at least reasonable—

at least he didn’t go on a killing spree without a word, like Hanhan did.

But...

Su Xing stared at the bronze mirror for a long time.

Never mind an old man; there was nothing in it but the reflection of his own face.

"..."

Su Xing frowned.

’Do these things really know to bully the weak and fear the strong?’

’Do they have some level of sentience?’

Since he couldn’t find anything, Su Xing didn’t waste any more time and turned to head for the next marked location.

But just as Su Xing turned to leave, his reflection in the mirror strangely didn’t follow. Instead, it twitched and distorted, finally transforming into the image of an old man.

The old man stared at the departing figure, his eyes filled with fear and apprehension, and murmured:

"How could a Martial Artist have come to the Secret Realm?"

"And such a powerful Martial Artist at that."

"Thank you for the compliment."

A voice suddenly rang out.

Su Xing, who had seemingly already left, reappeared before the mirror like a ghost. At his current speed, such a feat was incredibly easy.

"!!!"

"You! How are you back?!"

The old man looked completely startled. The flesh on his face began to tremble violently as if it had a life of its own, and his voice quavered.

"What do you mean?"

"Am I not welcome in your home?"

Su Xing’s voice was cold.

"No! Welcome, welcome!"

The old man’s face was a mask of terror, yet he forced a smile, creating a truly grotesque expression.

"I’d like to see what kind of thing you really are."

Su Xing spoke as if he hadn’t heard the old man, his words meant for himself. Then, specks of black light suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Huh?"

"Madman! You’re a madman!!!"

The old man seemed to realize what Su Xing was about to do, but his reaction was a beat too slow. The Black Sword in Su Xing’s hand had already flashed out in an instant, completely unavoidable!

BANG!

The entire bronze mirror, along with the old man within it, was instantly cleaved in two. A series of crisp cracking sounds followed, and then it completely shattered into a pile of fragments.

As the bronze mirror shattered, the old man who had been hiding inside appeared in the room. His body was covered in a dense network of wounds, like cracks on smashed glass.

Having materialized, the old man seemed to understand the vast gap in power between them. He had no intention of fighting back. He dropped to all fours and scrambled frantically toward the door in a bizarre posture, like a large, humanoid spider.

But just as the old man was about to burst through the doorway, Su Xing grabbed a handful of his white hair. Amidst his piercing screams, Su Xing dragged him right back into the room.

"..."

Lu Anning stood to the side in silence. Though Su Xing hadn’t asked her to come, she had left the resort to find him as soon as she was done comforting Zhao Xue. She knew that to save her friends, this place had to be destroyed.

And then...

she witnessed this brutal scene.

Coach Su, who was always so gentle with her, was now brutally beating an old man. The bizarre and surreal scene instantly gave her a completely different impression of him.

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