Boom!!
In an instant, Xiang Chengjiang's chest caved in violently, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared across the golden membrane covering his skin.
His entire body staggered backward. With every step he took, the floor beneath his feet cracked apart. After retreating ten steps in a row, he could no longer suppress the immense force from that punch and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Fang Xuan, you... you've reached the mid-stage of the First Heavenly Gate?"
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his expression turning incomparably ugly.
How long had it been since Fang Xuan had entered the realm and killed Xie Han?
At most, just over a month.
In barely over a month, he had climbed from the early stage of the First Heavenly Gate to the mid-stage!
With such cultivation speed, across the entire Great Yang Dynasty, perhaps only those peerless prodigies on the Hidden Dragon Rankings could possess it.
And beyond that...
"Why does this fellow's mid-stage First Heavenly Gate cultivation possess such terrifying strength?" A chill ran through Xiang Chengjiang's heart.
You caused the other party to feel fear. Crimson King Eyes progress +5!
A line of small text swiftly flashed past Fang Xuan's eyes.
"Oh? Sure enough, the stronger one's cultivation and the firmer one's will, the more fear value they can provide?"
Fang Xuan raised an eyebrow, then looked at Xiang Chengjiang. He rolled his neck slightly and looked down at him. "You're afraid?"
"There's something strange about this Fang Xuan. Attack together!"
A vicious glint flashed through Xiang Chengjiang's eyes. He pulled out a pair of knuckle guards from his sleeves and slipped them onto his fingers. With one stomp, he charged at Fang Xuan once more!
The other three elders of the gang exchanged glances. Viciousness likewise burst from their eyes as they instantly drove their blood and qi, charging toward Fang Xuan!
They had already seen it clearly. Fang Xuan had come tonight intending not to rest until one side was dead!
Since that was the case, they would fight until the fish died and the net tore!
They were people of the martial world. They had spent their lives licking blood from the edges of blades; what they lacked least was courage!
Boom—!
In an instant, four figures attacked Fang Xuan at once!
"Six Yang Fist!"
Xiang Chengjiang drove his blood and qi to the limit. His punch was fierce and vicious, blazing golden light erupting from its center as it shot straight for Fang Xuan's face!
"Scorpion Leg Technique!"
Among the three great gang elders, Tan Bo was renowned for his leg techniques. He braced both hands against the ground and raised one leg behind him, as though transforming into a venomous scorpion with a barbed tail.
His right leg, like a venomous stinger, flashed like lightning. It folded through the air, kicking toward Fang Xuan's groin like a nimble giant python. It was vicious, sinister, and tricky beyond measure!
Another gang elder moved like a ghost. After several leaps and shifts, he arrived behind Fang Xuan, both palms crashing down like a raging storm!
The last elder had likewise cultivated the Dragon Whale Technique. He pushed both palms flatly forward, unleashing the Whale Sand Palm, while the sound of whale cries rose from his arms!
For a moment, the four of them completely sealed off every path of retreat, intending to grind Fang Xuan to death on the spot!
"Crimson King Eyes, open!!"
Fang Xuan gave a low shout. Countless red threads like tiny worms emerged within his distinct black-and-white eyes, filling his entire eyeballs.
Deep within his pupils, his round pupils abruptly transformed into dark golden vertical slits.
An overwhelming kingly pressure, impossible to describe in any words, erupted in an instant!
Bang!!
This pressure was formless, yet it bore down on them like Mount Tai!
The attacks of all four men stalled simultaneously. Their minds trembled violently, and it felt as though huge waves were smashing against their brains, splitting their heads with pain.
And in that fleeting instant—
"Every last one of you old bastards, die!!"
A vicious glint flashed through Fang Xuan's eyes. He thrust out a punch, smashing it into Xiang Chengjiang's chest and sending him flying backward.
Immediately afterward, Fang Xuan did not stop. He stretched out a large hand and seized the head of Tan Bo, who was crouched on the ground like a venomous scorpion.
Bang!!!
Gripping Tan Bo by the head, he smashed it viciously into the ground.
The heavy floorboards made of solid wood instantly shattered into a huge hole. Tan Bo's nose bridge collapsed, his face covered in blood, as he was smashed straight down into the first floor.
The next moment—
The gang elder who had likewise cultivated the Dragon Whale Technique regained his senses.
Before he could react, a pair of dark golden vertical pupils covered in red threads had already appeared before his eyes.
"With strength this limp and soft, you call that the Whale Sand Palm?"
A low, savage laugh rose from Fang Xuan's throat as he fiercely pushed both palms forward.
"Watch carefully."
"Whale Sand!!!"
In an instant, the black Jiao Mark on Fang Xuan's arms flashed with a faint gleam. Behind him, a blood-and-qi phantom of a great whale leaping from the sea vaguely emerged!
Bang—!!!
That gang elder was instantly struck as though by the front of a train. The blood-and-qi golden membrane over his flesh, supposedly as indestructible as diamond, shattered at once into countless fragments.
The next instant, his chest violently caved inward, while two glaring palm prints emerged on his back. He was sent flying through the air in an arc before crashing heavily onto a table.
In the blink of an eye, three of the four men who had attacked Fang Xuan had been beaten back.
Thud, thud, thud!
Thud, thud, thud!
Dull impacts continuously rang out from Fang Xuan's back.
"Zhang Bo, have you hit enough?"
Fang Xuan turned around and looked down expressionlessly at the old man, who barely reached his chest.
This gang elder's martial cultivation was not particularly high. Even in his prime, he had only reached the early stage of the First Heavenly Gate. Now that he was old, his blood and qi had declined.
Apart from his movement technique remaining intact, his strength had long since fallen far short of what it once was.
"F-Fang Xuan..."
The short Zhang Bo blankly withdrew his hands. Swallowing hard, he raised his head to look at Fang Xuan.
His face had already turned deathly pale, and cold sweat had soaked his back.
You caused the other party to feel intense fear. Crimson King Eyes progress +10!
Threads of invisible heat flowed into Fang Xuan's eyes.
"Sure enough, the older people get, the more afraid they are of death."
The corner of Fang Xuan's mouth curled with a mocking sneer.
The next moment—
Smack—!
A heavy slap smashed viciously across Zhang Bo's face, sending him crashing backward all the way.
For a moment—
The entire Gambling House fell into an eerie, deathly silence.
Xiang Chengjiang and the other three each bore injuries. They stared fixedly at Fang Xuan, their faces filled with the horror of men seeing a ghost.
"What... what the hell was that just now?!" Xiang Chengjiang clenched his fists, a disbelieving roar emerging from his throat.
On the other side, the singers and musicians were already trembling uncontrollably, huddled together with faces drained of all color.
They wanted to flee, but it was as though roots had grown beneath their feet. They could not move even an inch.
Among everyone present, only the blind female musician stood helplessly in a corner, her face blank with confusion.
You caused the other party to feel intense fear. Crimson King Eyes progress +0.2!
You caused the other party to feel intense fear. Crimson King Eyes progress +7!
You caused the other party to feel intense fear. Crimson King Eyes progress +0.1!
You caused the other party...
Lines of small text kept flashing past Fang Xuan's eyes, like ripples spreading across a lake after pebbles fell into it.
Threads of invisible energy, like slender snakes, slithered out from the crowd and surged into Fang Xuan's pupils from every direction.
This fear value transformed into the purest feed, nourishing those dark golden vertical pupils.
"Fang Xuan."
Xiang Chengjiang and the other three gritted their teeth and struggled to their feet.
"This farce should end."
Fang Xuan spread his hands and closed his eyes. Streams of air seemed to be drawn toward him, rising around him and stirring his thick black hair.
He had neither the interest nor the time to slowly squeeze fear value out of these people.
What he wanted was simply to maximize the fear value in the shortest possible time!
"Have you ever heard the unceasing roar of tempestuous waves upon the eight-hundred-li Ping River?"
Fang Xuan slowly opened his distinct black-and-white eyes.
Behind him, the faint sound of flowing water arose.
The next moment—
The sound of water grew louder and louder!
Like thunder exploding, like raging waves battering the shore!
Bang!!!
At last, that faint sound of flowing water had transformed into a world-shaking furious tide!
"Martial Dao Divine Power: Thousand Torrent Stream!!!"
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