The dust filling the sky was blown by the wind into wisps and strands, trailing away behind them.
Amid beastlike gasps, a tall figure gradually came into focus through the dust.
"This!!!"
Countless ruffians stared at that figure, their pupils shrinking sharply as every hair on their bodies stood on end!
Xie Han's body swelled at a visible rate. His already loose clothes had been stretched until they burst apart. He hunched over, panting violently, his skin splitting open all over to reveal the ghastly white beneath!
Knotted masses of muscle, like fleshy tumors, burst through his body!
His neck!
His back!
His limbs!
His abdomen!
Xie Han looked like a wild beast covered from head to toe in tumors!
Thick veins bulged like tree roots across his skin. Blood continuously seeped from his pores, forming a scarlet membrane over his body.
At a glance, Xie Han, with a small braid at the back of his head and wearing only an iron-armored skirt, resembled a mountain of flesh covered in tumors and bent at the waist!
"Demon Embryo Pill!"
In an instant, Third Young Master, dressed in white as pure as snow, flashed a look of surprise from his private seat on the second floor of an inn beside Ten Li Long Street.
"Who would have thought that two mere ruffians fighting over turf would have Second Brother's shadow behind them?" He narrowed his eyes, a glint flashing within them.
In all of Pingjiang City, only his own neither-man-nor-ghost Second Brother possessed Demon Embryo Pills!
"Young Master, should I intervene? Fang Xuan is, after all, Old Man Yu's man. He belongs to our faction. If he lost in an open and fair duel, that would be one thing, but now—"
Before the old servant could finish.
Third Young Master waved his hand. After letting out a soft breath, he said calmly, with a trace of pride in his voice:
"No need to help him. Since Fang Xuan wishes to enter my Sikong Family and work for me in the future, he must possess some ability."
"Watch closely. If he wins, he will be qualified to stand before me."
The old servant opened his mouth, but merely sighed and nodded, saying no more.
Ten Li Long Street.
Under the scalp-numbing, horrified gazes of countless ruffians.
"Fang Xuan! I want you dead!!"
Xie Han abruptly raised his head, madness blazing from his eyes as he began charging at Fang Xuan.
Every step he took made the ground tremble faintly, while the bluestone slabs beneath his feet cracked apart!
"Brother Xuan!"
Chu Chong's expression changed instantly. He grabbed Fang Xuan and prepared to run.
Anyone who was not a fool could see that something was wrong with Xie Han!
"You move aside first."
Fang Xuan shoved Chu Chong away, then suddenly raised his own head to look at Xie Han charging toward him.
The blood and qi throughout his body surged wildly, his bones crackling and popping.
"Now... this was interesting!" Fang Xuan took a deep breath, a cold, savage smile spreading across his lips.
The next moment.
Bang!!
Fang Xuan slammed his right foot into the ground. A tremendous force erupted from beneath his foot, leaving a shallow crater in the earth!
His entire body shot forward like a cannonball, excitement blazing in his eyes as he hurtled toward Xie Han!
A low, ferocious laugh rang out in midair:
"Come! Xie Han, let's see who lives and who dies today!!!"
The two figures collided violently!
Xie Han drew back his right arm like a fully drawn bow, then, after a brief gathering of force, smashed it forward!
Fang Xuan likewise clenched his five fingers into a fist and ruthlessly hammered it down at Xie Han's head!
Bang!!!
Fist met fist with a dull, heavy boom!
Crack—!
The crimson membrane formed from blood over Xie Han's body shattered instantly like a dropped mirror!
Then came the sound of bone breaking!
"Not bad strength. A weak body, though!"
Fang Xuan shattered Xie Han's entire right arm with one punch. Then he spun through the air, his right leg whipping out like a long lash and smashing hard across Xie Han's chest!
In an instant, the blood membrane on Xie Han's chest burst apart. He shot backward and crashed into a wall, smashing it to pieces!
That strength barely reached the level of a Skin Arhat at the First Heavenly Gate, but his physical toughness was clearly lacking!
Had he taken some secret medicine, or used some secret art?
A fierce glint flashed through Fang Xuan's eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped forward after him!
The instant Xie Han crashed into the wall, Fang Xuan arrived as well, his fists raining down on Xie Han like a violent storm!
Every punch was monstrously heavy, shattering Xie Han's blood membrane and tearing apart his bones and flesh!
He gave Xie Han no room to catch his breath at all!
After wandering the martial world for so many years, the first lesson Fang Xuan had learned was that even when a lion hunted a rabbit, it had to use its full strength!
The second lesson was that either one did not strike, or, once one struck, one struck ruthlessly, leaving the opponent no chance to breathe or turn the tables!
"Fang Xuan!!!"
With a roar, Xie Han swung his remaining left arm at Fang Xuan as well!
Before that punch could land, Fang Xuan threw another punch and shattered his left arm too!
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!!
Fang Xuan's fists struck Xie Han's chest like chained lightning.
At first, Xie Han could barely block one or two blows. But soon, he was increasingly unable to keep up. Within only a few breaths, he had completely lost the ability to resist.
Amid the unceasing sounds of heavy impacts, Xie Han's eyes widened. The ground beneath him trembled constantly from the beating, his body shaking like chaff in a sieve as mouthful after mouthful of blood spilled from his lips.
The color rapidly drained from his face. The layer of blood membrane over his body shattered completely, and he was beaten by Fang Xuan's frenzied barrage like a broken puppet.
"Die for me!!!"
Just as Fang Xuan roared and prepared to finish Xie Han for good.
"Stop!"
A roar of extreme fury rang out from the second floor of an inn beside the street.
The next moment.
A tall, burly figure came charging toward Fang Xuan like a fierce tiger descending the mountain!
His movements were like startling thunder, his charge like a ravenous tiger!
"Zheng Juexiong of the Tiger Sprint Hand?!"
"Old bastard, you're bullying the young with your age?!"
"Brother Xuan!!!"
In an instant, Chu Chong, Big Eyes, and the others turned pale, their eyes splitting with rage.
"Fang Xuan, this was merely a dispute between fellow disciples, yet you sought to take a man's life! Your methods are so ruthless and brutal. If I, Zheng Juexiong, do not cripple you today, you will surely bring endless disaster upon my Black Whale Gang in the future!"
Before his words had even faded, a vicious glint flashed through Zheng Juexiong's eyes. He had already raised his palm and slammed it fiercely toward Fang Xuan's head!
"Die for me!!!"
He had never expected Fang Xuan to have already opened the first Heavenly Gate of the Entry Realm. Even if he had to disregard the rules today, he had to kill Fang Xuan!
Roar—!
Under that palm strike, boundless force gathered in Zheng Juexiong's palm, releasing a tiger's roar like rumbling thunder!
Vaguely, it seemed that what charged forward was not Zheng Juexiong, but a mountain-descending tiger that chose men to devour!
"So you finally couldn't sit still?"
Fang Xuan took a deep breath, resolve and ruthlessness shining in his eyes.
"Whale Sand!!!"
Fang Xuan let out a savage roar. Both arms instantly turned crimson, like red-hot coals, sending up curls of green smoke!
A black Jiao Mark emerged on the back of his hand!
The blood and qi throughout his body surged madly. His clothes exploded apart, revealing a body crisscrossed with scars!
A faint red membrane emerged over his bronze-colored skin!
"Come!!!"
Murderous light filled Fang Xuan's eyes as he violently thrust both arms forward!
Wail—!!
A piercing whale cry rang out from between his arms!
Vaguely, it was as if a great whale leaping from the sea had appeared behind Fang Xuan!
This was the blood-and-qi phantom Fang Xuan had formed only after training Whale Sand Palm to Perfect Mastery!
Bang!!!
Fist and palm collided!
It was as if a leaping great whale and a fierce tiger lunging in for a bite had crashed together violently!
The next moment.
Fang Xuan was sent flying backward, crashing into the crowd!
"Brother Xuan!"
"Master Fang!!"
In an instant, Chu Chong, Big Eyes, Water Monkey, and One Line Sky, along with countless East Hall ruffians, all changed expression and hurriedly gathered around him!
"I... I'm fine."
Fang Xuan opened his mouth and spat out blood, struggling to rise from the ground.
"Zheng Juexiong! You dare hurt Brother Xuan? I'll kill you!!"
"Fuck your mother, I'll fight you to the death!!"
One Line Sky, Water Monkey, and the other two instantly saw red. Throwing caution to the wind, they prepared to rush at Zheng Juexiong and fight him to the death.
"All of you, stop right there!"
Enduring the agonizing pain in his chest, Fang Xuan let out an angry roar.
One Line Sky and the others slowly stopped, their eyes red-rimmed as they turned back to Fang Xuan.
"Brother Xuan, you gave me and my mother our lives. I'm not afraid." Big Eyes Chen Jingming clenched his fists tightly and spoke through gritted teeth.
Zheng Juexiong stood in the center of the street. He first tucked his faintly trembling hand into his sleeve, then glanced at Xie Han, who had clearly become a cripple. Only then did he turn a gloomy gaze toward Fang Xuan, who was shielded layer upon layer by over a hundred East Hall ruffians.
He knew that he had only one chance to strike.
Even though he stood at the peak of the First Heavenly Gate among Entry Realm Martial Artists, he could not possibly force his way through over a hundred ruffians and kill Fang Xuan.
Even if over a hundred ruffians merely scraped at him like sandpaper, they could scrape him to death.
"Fang Xuan, you crippled the lead fighter of my South Hall. Within three months, I will have you collect the corpses of your whole family!"
Zheng Juexiong took a deep breath. After giving Fang Xuan a cold glance, he turned and left.
Countless South Hall ruffians hurriedly lifted the unconscious Xie Han and quickly followed after him.
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