Chapter 72

The woman retorted loudly, not to be outdone. "Do you think I don't want to ask other men for help? But think about what you've done yourself! A guy just accidentally bumped into me while serving food, and you insisted on forcing him to kneel down and apologize in public!"

Back in high school, a boy who had a crush on me confessed his feelings to me. You had someone break his arms and legs, stripped him naked, and hung him from a street lamp. Unable to bear the blow, he jumped off a building and committed suicide while hospitalized.

"You have no conscience, but I do! Having witnessed these things firsthand, how could I dare ask other men for help? Men without connections dare not offend you, and men with connections look down on me. In the end, I could only turn to Yao Bilian."

Han Lin's facial muscles trembled incessantly, and combined with the chaotic True Qi swirling around his body, he appeared exceptionally ferocious.

If it were his arrogant and domineering self, he would definitely have disdainfully said that those boys were too useless, like toads trying to eat swan meat, and they deserved to be taught a lesson.

But once he said that, the same logic applied to him, and he deserved to be reprimanded by Yao Bilian.

Unable to refute the question, he could only change the subject. "I treated you so well back then, I bought you whatever you wanted, I satisfied all your vanity, why did you leave me?"

The woman said, "I am vain, and I only approached you because you were rich and powerful, but that doesn't mean I'll do anything for money. I don't like things like candle wax, whips, anal plugs... and you even wanted to put a carp down there! You pervert! In your eyes, I'm not a living person, just a sex toy! Even if you give me more money, I can't stand someone like you!"

"You want to satisfy your vanity without paying the price? There's no such thing as a free lunch."

"Yes, I didn't understand this in the past, which is why I shed so many tears later. It was all because of the foolishness I had back then!"

Han Lin snorted and threw the man violently, knocking over the dining table and shattering a porcelain bowl, rendering him unable to get up.

He stepped forward, grabbed the woman's hair with one hand and lifted her up, then pointed at the unconscious man on the ground with the other, and sneered, "So, now that you're sensible, you've found such a good-for-nothing."

The woman was quite resolute; even with her face covered in blood from the fall, she retorted, "He may not be capable, but he knows how to respect me... take care of me, cherish me, and dote on me. In my eyes, he's a hundred times better than you!"

Han Lin's face was so dark it was almost dripping with ink. He grabbed her hair and yanked it violently, sending the woman crashing into the wall and coughing up a mouthful of blood in pain.

"What's the use of being a good person if you can't even protect a woman when it really matters? A piece of trash is a piece of trash," Han Lin sneered.

The woman struggled to sit up, coughing up blood as if she had suffered internal bleeding from the impact. She still managed a wry smile, "Yes, that's why I admire... admire Yao so much. She's rich, powerful, and talented, yet she never bullies us ordinary folks. She knows how to take care of women, and more importantly, she's responsible and magnanimous—completely different from someone like you. If it weren't for... if it weren't for the country's prohibition, I really wanted to spend my life with her... Han Lin, haha, you're not even as good as one of her toes!"

"You're asking for it!"

Han Lin flew into a rage, his overflowing True Qi becoming even more chaotic and violently trembling, as if possessed by a demon god. He raised his foot to stomp on the woman's head.

Just then, two gunshots rang out from outside. Two bullets shot rapidly toward Han Lin's temple, causing him to instinctively feel a sense of crisis. He quickly turned to the side and swung his palm.

With a hissing sound, protected by his True Qi, Han Lin actually blocked the bullet with his palm, trapping it between his index, middle, and ring fingers, leaving only a faint scorch mark.

Who used the hidden weapon?

Han Lin turned his head to look in the direction from which the bullet came, but he couldn't find the attacker. Instead, he saw a huge black shadow looming over him, like a truck crashing into him, accompanied by a powerful aura like Mount Tai pressing down.

"Ping Mountain Lands!"

The newcomer was none other than Pan De, who immediately unleashed the ultimate technique of his own Ping Mountain Sect, his palm strikes fierce and unparalleled, unstoppable.

Seeing this imposing force, Han Lin dared not be careless. He hurriedly channeled his inner strength and struck out with both palms to meet the attack. As their hands collided head-on, a muffled explosion was heard, and he was sent flying, crashing through the wall and plummeting from the eighth floor.

In terms of Internal Cultivation, Han Lin was far superior to Pan De, but firstly, he couldn't control all his True Qi, and secondly, he was suddenly attacked and hadn't had time to circulate his energy, so it was reasonable for him to be defeated.

Yao Bilian had been lying in ambush on the adjacent balcony, seized the opportunity to chase after Han Lin, biting him and using her Leg That Follows Like a Shadow in mid-air, delivering a series of sharp leg strikes from high above.

"You bastard Yao—"

Upon seeing Yao Bilian, Han Lin went berserk, his features contorted into a grotesque grimace. He unleashed the Marrow-Extracting Spirit-Tormenting Claw with both hands, shattering one leg strike after another.

Then he took a deep breath, and his True Qi accelerated and spread outward, slowing his descent. He took the opportunity to reach out and grab Yao Bilian's left leg.

Once he gets a firm grip, the terrifying force of the Marrow-Extracting Spirit-Tormenting Claw can immediately pull out the entire thigh bone. All the martial arts recorded in the "True Scripture of Sinful Punishment" are insidious and vicious.

But just then, two more gunshots rang out, and two bullets pierced the air, striking Han Lin's ear canal with incredible accuracy.

If it were any other part of his body, Han Lin would have dared to use his True Qi to withstand it, risking minor injuries to cripple Yao Bilian. However, he did not expect the attacker to choose such a tricky angle. The ear canal is adjacent to the brain and is of vital importance, forcing him to fight back.

"Damn it! Watch me throw this hidden weapon back the way it came, and kill you in one fell swoop, you despicable scoundrel who only knows how to attack from the shadows."

Han Lin was furious. He reached out and grabbed the two bullets, intending to throw them back the way they came. But before he could exert any force, the two bullets exploded on their own, injuring his palms.

"The Hegemon Draws the Bow!"

Having caught her breath, Yao Bilian raised her right leg high, forming a bow and arrow stance with her left leg. A large amount of True Qi gathered at her heel, and she slammed it down like a giant swinging a hammer.

With a bang, Han Lin crashed to the ground like a meteor, his speed suddenly increasing, and he slammed solidly into the earth, sending rocks flying and dust billowing everywhere.

Yao Bilian used the momentum to jump onto the fifth-floor balcony, panting heavily as she calmed the shock of using her special move.

"Did it succeed?"

She stared down, trying to see through the smoke and dust to check Han Lin's injuries.

"You bitch, don't think you can hurt me like this!"

A loud shout echoed from the sandstorm, the soaring sound waves generating a powerful gust of wind that dispersed the swirling dust, revealing Han Lin, whose head was smashed and bleeding, but who seemed even more ferocious than before.

"I'm not the same person I used to be. Even if I have to go to hell, I'll drag you down with me!"

Han Lin swirled his hands around his body as if grinding grain, his surging True Qi stirring up the surrounding pebbles. With a push of his hand towards the sky, these pebbles shot towards Yao Bilian like arrows, their speed no less than that of bullets fired by Si Ming.

Yao Bilian quickly dodged, leaping nimbly between the balconies of the apartment building like a hooded assassin. Almost the instant she left, the balcony she had been standing on was blasted to pieces by a volley of rubble. The rubble, propelled by Han Lin's True Qi, was no less powerful than a shotgun.

"Die! Die! Die! Let's see how long you can keep dodging! Hahaha..."

Han Lin continuously used his True Qi to swirl the broken stones, bombarding Yao Bilian above, enjoying the thrill of chasing his enemy, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Just as he was feeling incredibly pleased with himself, a Judging Official seemed to appear out of thin air, piercing his throat with lightning speed, leaving faint ink marks where the pen tip passed.

When the Mohist Knight Guard are hunting down super criminals, they naturally won't just send Pan De alone; other experts are also lurking in the shadows.