The night was dim despite the bright moon.
Su Xin was shrouded in a black robe, walking slowly along the spacious street, with the moonlight and streetlights stretching his shadow long and far.
As a tourist destination, Tongwa City had streetlights glowing all night, along with many 24-hour shops whose neon lights of various colors made the night quite beautiful.
As a result, many foreign tourists visiting Tongwa City enjoyed roaming outside at night, admiring the exotic night scene.
Before long, Su Xin saw a couple holding hands walk out of a convenience store, laughing and chatting as they entered a small path.
However, they hadn't noticed that a group of young men was scattered in different directions outside the convenience store, silently surrounding them as they stepped out.
Before the couple could walk far,
five young men had completed their encirclement, blocking their path from both the front and the back.
Su Xin followed at a distance, not intervening immediately, but hiding behind a tree to observe the situation first.
The young man in the couple reached out to protect his girlfriend behind him, nervously peering at the encircling attackers from both sides, and shouted loudly:
"What do you want? Don't mess around! We have eight other friends traveling with us, they're just ahead and will be here soon!"
"Haha! Really?"
A dark-skinned youth among the five smirked and scoffed:
"From the moment you appeared in Tongwa City, everything has been under our control. How many of you there are, which tour group you're with, how much money you've spent, where you've visited, which hotel you're staying at—we know it all. Do you think we targeted you for no reason?"
"Do you want to shout loudly for help? Go ahead, shout as loud as you can, and see if anyone dares to come over, haha! Idiot!"
"Alright, enough talking!"
Another person interrupted him, and then ordered:
"Grab them!"
The five suddenly accelerated, charging toward the now pale couple.
"Split up and run!"
The young man shouted, releasing his girlfriend's hand without hesitation and darting toward a flower bed, leaving the girl frozen on the spot.
Facing the crisis, this fashionably dressed young woman also unleashed an unprecedented potential. The sadness and resentment of being abandoned were quickly suppressed as she reacted rapidly, darting to the other side of the street.
She knew that if they ran in the same direction, the five would chase them, and she would be the one caught in the rear, ending in tragedy.
But if she ran in the opposite direction, the assailants would have to split up. Considering she was a woman and started late, fewer would chase her, giving her a greater chance to escape.
She understood that, given the thorough preparations and the deployment of five people, their motives were not merely for money.
In that instant, her mind recalled scenes of vile crimes from movies she'd seen, sending shivers through her, urging her feet to move even faster.
Just then,
a dark figure suddenly appeared in her peripheral view, like an instant teleportation from a movie, abrupt and silent.
Her brain hadn't processed it yet.
The instinct to survive kept her sprinting at full speed, dashing past the figure not far from her side.
The gust from her sprinting stirred the robes of the figure, causing them to flutter lightly. The woman instinctively turned her head, curious about what was hidden beneath the robe.
Her mind clicked back.
"Huh? Did this person teleport here?"
The young woman was alarmed at heart.
Meanwhile, the two chasing her had clearly seen Su Xin's sudden appearance, their steps halting in shock, exchanging horrified glances at the extraordinary phenomenon.
Su Xin regarded them placidly.
His gaze fixated behind them, setting a space-time anchor point with his mind, his hands hidden within the robe forming a silent gesture.
An instant teleportation placed him right behind one of them.
Directly facing the person's back.
With his right fist clenched, the metallic material of the Finger Tiger revealing savage protrusions like a beast's fangs, they drove fiercely down as Su Xin struck.
"Bang!"
The person collapsed with a scream.
The other, too overwhelmed to help or counterattack, fled in panic.
Su Xin withdrew his fist, gathered strength, assuming a punching stance, locking his gaze three meters ahead of the fleeing man.
Set a space-time anchor point.
Again, his hands formed a gesture, instant teleportation.
In teleportation, his posture remained unchanged, but the direction could be freely adjusted.
Thus, when he reappeared, he was crouched before the person, poised for a punch, facing directly in front of the fleeing target.
The fleeing man unwittingly offered himself up, meeting Su Xin's powerful punch with his chest.
"Bang!"
The man crumpled.
"Ding! Gained 80 causality points."
Su Xin glanced briefly at the woman, then turned toward the fleeing man's direction, stepping slowly, fixing his gaze ten meters ahead.
Setting a space-time anchor point, instant teleportation.
Continuing to step slowly, gaze still fixed ten meters ahead, setting a space-time anchor point, instant teleportation.
This movement was repeated several times.
The scene in the young woman's eyes was—Su Xin appeared to be walking leisurely, yet his figure flickered continuously, each flicker covering a precise distance as if measured with a ruler.
This miraculous display left the young woman gaping, causing her to forget the crisis entirely.
"Is he a god?"
...
Elsewhere,
the man was overtaken by three attackers, brutally beaten, and lay weak on the ground.
At that moment, Su Xin teleported behind one of the people, landing a heavy punch on their back.
"Ah!!"
The piercing scream alerted the other two.
As they instinctively prepared to counter, Su Xin had shifted his focus to another's back, setting a new space-time anchor point.
Just as one of them swung a baton, Su Xin teleported behind him, delivering another punch.
Although the Finger Tiger wasn't a blade or weapon, it was a metal tool that hurt tremendously when struck, with each knuckle having a small protrusion, allowing the punch to seem like it could pierce through the opponent's body, inflicting significant harm.
Without defense, a heavy strike to the back like this would disable anyone entirely.
Moreover, Su Xin's ghostly teleportation discouraged any thought of fighting back.
Soon enough, the three were all down.
"Ding! Gained 65 causality points."
Hearing the system notification, Su Xin turned away without hesitation.
As for what would happen to the couple next, it was not his concern. Having saved them once, if they didn't know to escape quickly, they deserved what they got.
However, the causality points earned this time intrigued Su Xin quite a bit.