Ma Jingxing's words choked in his throat, the arrogance on his face instantly freezing as his face flushed bright red.
In front of the carriage, Geng Weizhi warily sized up these uninvited guests.
When he clearly saw the lean man's face, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he cried out in shock:
“Slippery-as-Oil, Wang Neng?!”
“Patrol Envoy, watch out!”
“This man is one of the three great experts under Qu Bushi, the Tenth Chief of Chenjian Dock! He has a twisted and cruel nature, and loves torturing people to death. The robberies he leads never leave a single soul alive!”
As he spoke, his eyes swept rapidly over the others, his alarm growing with every passing second:
“That burly man is the Mountain Pillar, Zhu Yong, and that woman... though I've never met her, to appear here alongside Wang Neng and Zhu Yong, she must be that poisonous woman, Sun Erniang!”
Whoosh!
The moment these words were spoken, the surrounding air seemed to freeze into ice.
Chenjian Dock!
The three great experts under Qu Bushi!
These words were like a dark cloud pressing down heavily on everyone's heart.
Inside the carriage, Young Master Wen's face turned pale, and his legs began to tremble.
The two sisters, Ji Xue and Ji Yao, instantly lost their color, their beautiful faces turning as white as paper.
Young Master Ma was scared out of his wits, his eyes darting around as he stealthily surveyed the surroundings, looking for an escape route.
“Oho, someone actually recognizes my name.”
The mockery on Wang Neng's face vanished, and his venomous eyes locked onto Geng Weizhi.
“Since you've ruined my fun, I'll sacrifice your dog life to the heavens first!”
Whoosh!
Before his voice could fade, Wang Neng suddenly exerted power through his feet. His withered figure dragged out an afterimage as he closed the distance, his hand turning to strike downward with a force that could crush dry weeds!
【Wind-Cleaving Palm】!
Wang Neng had bitterly practiced this palm technique for nearly a decade, and had long since reached mastery in it. Driven by his cultivation of the Great Accomplishment of the Blood Tempering Rank, his strike tore through the air, triggering a piercing sonic boom.
The wind from the palm was like a blade, bringing a chilling cold as it rushed at them.
Geng Weizhi's face filled with horror, and he instinctively raised his saber to block.
“Ignorant fool!”
A sinister grin curled on the corner of Wang Neng's lips.
He could already picture the opponent's skull shattering, red blood and white brain matter spurting out.
In the blink of an eye!
A large hand resembling an eagle's claw precisely clamped onto Wang Neng's wrist!
【Heavenly Mystic Eagle Force: Cloud-Seizing, Heaven-Intercepting】!
Smack!
Blood qi surged, releasing a dull explosion.
Wang Neng only felt his wrist being locked in place like an iron band. A domineering force penetrated his bones, followed by an agonizing pain that pierced through to his very core!
“Not good! This guy is tough!”
Terrified to his core, Wang Neng made a split-second decision to change his move and retreat frantically.
But that large hand twisted and bent upward with the momentum!
Crack!
The sound of breaking bones was like a dry branch snapping.
Wang Neng's eyes widened like brass bells, his features twisting out of shape from the agonizing pain. A pig-slaughtering shriek erupted from his mouth:
“Aaaah! Pain! Pain! Pain!”
Shen Xiuhan's gaze was as cold as a blade.
His upper body twisted slightly, and with power erupting from his waist and hips, his right leg thrust out like an Overlord's Spear piercing through heaven and earth!
【Thirty-Six Paths Sky-Collapsing Kick: Spear-Thrust Kick】!
Bang!!
In the next instant, Wang Neng's body flew through the air like a broken sandbag. He was kicked off his feet, flying seven or eight paces backward before crashing heavily into the dirt, kicking up a cloud of dust.
“Cough... cough, cough...”
Amidst the rising dust, only the sound of Wang Neng painfully coughing up blood echoed through the woods.
A dead silence fell over the entire area.
Whether it was Sun Erniang, Zhu Yong, or the seven or eight fierce bandits; or Young Masters Ma and Wen, and even Ji Xue and Ji Yao inside the carriage—as they looked at Shen Xiuhan's straight, pine-like figure standing proudly in front of the carriage, all of them were dumbfounded, their expressions filled with shock.
“C-Careful... This guy is n-not, cough cough, not someone who has just entered the Blood Tempering Rank as the intelligence said... Brothers, attack him together!”
Wang Neng struggled to roar.
A Mingjin martial artist's blood qi was like a furnace, and their physical body far surpassed that of ordinary mortals.
An ordinary man would have had his internal organs shattered and died on the spot from that kick. Yet he had only spat out two mouthfuls of blood, and was actually wobbling as he tried to stand up.
But how could Shen Xiuhan give him a chance to catch his breath? Strike while the enemy is down.
“Sun Erniang! Quickly go report to the Tenth Chief, beg him to come rescue...”
Wang Neng wanted to call for help, but his roar quickly came to an abrupt halt.
In his peripheral vision, Sun Erniang screamed, her face as pale as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight:
“Watch out!”
Watch out?
In the next instant, a sharp, piercing whistle of tearing wind suddenly exploded by Wang Neng's ear!
Wang Neng's scalp went numb, and he instinctively wanted to turn his head to block.
Unfortunately...
A shadow of a leg, carrying the force to collapse mountains and split peaks, swept upward and struck his chin!
【Thirty-Six Paths Sky-Collapsing Kick: Mountain-Collapsing Kick】!
Crack!
Wang Neng's half-kneeling body was lifted straight off the ground by this kick. A mouthful of yellow teeth mixed with fresh blood sprayed out like scattered flower petals.
The force penetrated his jaw, snapping his head backward at a bizarre and terrifying angle, tearing apart his flesh, cartilage, trachea, and blood vessels all at once!
Thud!
Wang Neng crashed heavily at Sun Erniang's feet, causing her lips to tremble:
“T-Third Brother...”
Unfortunately, Wang Neng could no longer answer her.
His neck was torn open with blood gushing like a fountain, leaving only a thin layer of skin at the back of his neck barely holding his head. He had completely stopped breathing.
Sun Erniang was frightened out of her wits. Without another word, she turned and fled.
“Trying to run?”
Shen Xiuhan sneered.
Activating 【Swift Swan, Swimming Dragon】, he shuttled and soared through the forest like a phantom.
The withered leaves beneath his feet were swept up by his inner force as the distance between the two closed rapidly.
A few breaths later, Shen Xiuhan leapt into the air, swooping down fiercely like an eagle hunting a rabbit.
With his five fingers curved into claws, his large hand tore through the cold wind, heading straight for the crown of Sun Erniang's head!
“I can't escape! I'll fight to the death!”
Sensing the fierce wind approaching from behind, a ruthless gleam shot from Sun Erniang's eyes. She grit her teeth, turned around, and raised both arms!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Cold light flashed from her sleeves as two spikes shot out like a viper's tongue, darting straight for Shen Xiuhan's face!
“Child's play.”
Though in mid-air, Shen Xiuhan remained calm. His legs, like two agile steel whips, crossed and sheared through the empty air!
【Thirty-Six Paths Sky-Collapsing Kick: Intercrossing Kick】!
Clang! Clang!
The two spikes flew off at an angle to the left and right, embedding themselves deeply into the tree trunks on both sides, their ends still vibrating and humming.
“Die!”
With her weapons missing their mark, Sun Erniang shrieked shrilly. She threw a punch straight toward Shen Xiuhan's chest.
Shen Xiuhan's eyes were cold as lightning. He tilted his upper body slightly, letting the punch graze his clothes and miss.
Then, his large hand shot out like a spirit snake leaving its cave, driving straight in and easily clamping around Sun Erniang's neck!
The viciousness on Sun Erniang's face instantly collapsed, replaced by endless terror:
“Hero, spare my life! I am the woman of Qu Bushi of Chenjian Dock...”
Crack!
The tooth-grating sound of bone snapping ruthlessly cut off her unfinished plea.
Shen Xiuhan squeezed his fingers with absolute force!
Sun Erniang's eyes bulged, and crimson blood trickled down the corner of her mouth.
She clawed frantically at the forearm around her neck, trying to pry open the death-grip claw.
But all her struggles were in vain.
With the enhancement of his Great Perfection of the 【Iron Bone Technique】, Shen Xiuhan's arm only gained a few faint red marks.
After just two or three breaths of time, Sun Erniang's wildly flailing arms went limp and hung down. Her voluptuous body collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud, her life completely snuffed out.
Shen Xiuhan cast aside the corpse and suddenly spun around.
Around the carriage, the sound of battle already shook the heavens.
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