Zhao Ritian spat. "Damn it, I refuse to believe this!"
"Ritian!" Lu Chengwen shouted, stopping Zhao Ritian as he was about to charge. "Something's wrong with him. Wasn't his dantian destroyed?! Why is he still this strong?"
"So what if he's strong? We still have to fight!" Zhao Ritian said.
Long Aotian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "His strength is too great. Freakishly great!"
Lu Chengwen looked at Jiang Xiaogou. "The power scaling's broken. I'm gonna get chewed out for this."
The two brothers looked at him together. "What are you talking about?"
Lu Chengwen said, "There has to be something wrong with him. Don't rush in. Drag this into a battle of attrition and wear him down! I think his dantian can't keep it up for long."
Long Aotian nodded. "Will he obediently drag things out with us?"
Lu Chengwen thought for a moment. "Talk to him. Villains love talking, and once they talk too much, they tend to die."
Zhao Ritian looked at Lu Chengwen. "Lu Chengwen, you really ought to get your head checked. I've never heard of any expert dying because he talked too much."
Lu Chengwen looked at him. "That's because you don't read!"
Even Long Aotian found it absurd.
"I'll give it a try."
Long Aotian took two steps forward. "Jiang Xiaogou, you..."
Bzz—!
Jiang Xiaogou pointed with one hand, and a blazing stream of energy crackled across the ground toward him. Long Aotian was shocked and was just about to dodge when Zhao Ritian kicked him in the face.
Long Aotian crashed sideways, then scrambled back up with a clear shoeprint on his face. "What the fuck are you doing!?"
"I saved you, that's what I'm doing!" Zhao Ritian said. "Without me, you'd be dead!"
Long Aotian furiously wiped