One Punch Xiao Yan

As soon as his words fell, the formerly lively entrance of the Ten Thousand Medicines Shop suddenly fell utterly silent.

What was this young man talking about? Was he serious?

Did he want to die?

After the brief silence, many of the mercenaries present wore slightly grim expressions. Their eyes narrowed, carrying clear hostility.

In Green Mountain Town, there was no mercenary who did not feel fondly toward the white-clad girl at the center of the crowd. Thus, after hearing Xiao Yan's frivolous words, they instantly wanted to beat this black-clad youth senseless.

"Little brother, are you lost? If you need help, I can ask someone to assist you."

A little stunned by Xiao Yan's words, Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face flushed faintly. In the end, she asked uncertainly.

She suspected that this young man's brain was not quite right.

Looking at her gentle and kind appearance, still somewhat like it had been back then, Xiao Yan's heart trembled faintly once more.

If not for the Woeful Poison Body, this girl might have remained the respected and beloved Xiao Yi Xian of Green Mountain Town for her entire life.

If his Previous life self had possessed such strength earlier, she would never have become the Heaven Poison Woman, feared by everyone and ruthless to the extreme.

Fortunately, it seemed that the heavens had given him a chance to make up for his regrets.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan drew a deep breath. His dark eyes held a gentleness that made Xiao Yi Xian feel strange and, at the same time, caused her heart to tremble faintly.

"You heard me correctly. I'm going to take you home."

Xiao Yan's voice carried a hint of teasing, just like when he had come to Green Mountain Town to find her after Becoming Emperor back then.

However, the mercenary group erupted at once.

So this kid was openly flirting with Xiao Yi Xian!

Damn it, he dared defile the goddess in the hearts of Green Mountain Town's mercenaries. He was courting death!

After hearing Xiao Yan's last sentence, Xiao Yi Xian finally understood that the youth before her was no foolish lost boy. He was genuinely audacious enough to flirt with her.

As a flush appeared on her cheeks, a trace of anger also rose within her.

Looking at the restless mercenaries around her, Xiao Yi Xian helplessly rubbed her forehead before gently waving her hand and quietly retreating behind the others.

"Everyone, go easy when you attack. He's still a child, so don't actually beat him to death."

Xiao Yi Xian was indeed a kind woman, but she understood that the prerequisite for kindness was being able to protect herself first.

Someone who could not even protect himself yet blindly released goodwill toward others was not kind. He was simply foolish.

Such foolishness would only awaken greed in others, eventually turning them into sharp blades that harmed him.

Although Xiao Yan's strange gaze had caused a trace of inexplicable agitation within her, she was not so naive as to believe that this half-grown brat before her was her destined one.

After receiving Xiao Yi Xian's nod, several unfriendly-looking burly men who had been standing in the middle of the scene immediately stepped forward.

Even from the scars on their bodies, it was obvious that these men were likely accustomed to living by the blade.

"Wait! Count me in too!"

Qin Cao, the shop assistant inside the medicine shop, leaped over the counter and joined the group of burly men.

"Brat, I've been making my way around Green Mountain Town for so many years, and this is the first time I've ever been ambushed by a child. No matter what else happens today, I'm definitely taking back this slap."

As the burly men slowly surrounded Xiao Yan, many of the onlookers wore schadenfreude on their faces.

To dare flirt with Xiao Yi Xian, if this youth could walk out of Green Mountain Town today, it would be an insult to all of them, the mercenaries.

However, what somewhat exceeded their expectations was that, faced with the mercenaries' encirclement, the youth standing in the center showed not the slightest panic. Instead, he wore an exasperated expression.

"Can you stop fighting all the time? If you get injured, it really won't be good for you."

Hearing this, the many surrounding mercenaries were momentarily stunned. Then they all burst into hearty laughter.

A child who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen actually dared speak to mercenaries like them this way. Whatever else could be said, the boy certainly had quite a lot of courage.

Among the crowd, Xiao Yi Xian was also slightly startled upon hearing this. For some reason, a faint sense of unease suddenly arose in her heart.

It seemed that there was truly something different about this youth.

"Stop putting on an act for me. I have to return this slap today. Brat, I'm going to knock your teeth all over the ground!"

Before Xiao Yan could finish speaking, Qin Cao was the first among the mercenaries to attack.

After being slapped by Xiao Yan, he had felt utterly humiliated. Naturally, he desperately wanted to teach Xiao Yan a harsh lesson. Otherwise, he would become the laughingstock of Green Mountain Town in the future.

He lightly tapped the ground with his toes, and his body shot forward. His palm viciously swept toward Xiao Yan's still-childish face.

With that slap, an ordinary youth might not only suffer severe injuries but could even have two teeth knocked out. Clearly, this fellow genuinely wanted to hit Xiao Yan.

"Sigh, you're the ones who started it. In that case, don't blame me."

Looking at Qin Cao and the several burly men around him, Xiao Yan helplessly sighed. He shifted his body slightly and easily dodged Qin Cao's slap.

As the force of the palm brushed past his hair, Xiao Yan twisted his waist. His fist suddenly smashed into Qin Cao's lower abdomen like a cannonball.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a muffled boom, Qin Cao, who possessed the strength of a Dou Zhe, fell helplessly from the air under everyone's horrified gazes.

His body curled up on the ground. Like a shrimp arched into a bow, he painfully clutched his lower abdomen.

"Damn it, this kid's a tough one!"

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the several surrounding burly men changed. From Xiao Yan's movements just now, they could naturally tell that his ability to defeat Qin Cao with one move had not been due to luck or anything of the sort.

This underdeveloped youth before them truly had some skill.

"Let's attack together."

The burly men exchanged glances and actually attacked Xiao Yan simultaneously. Clearly, they were also worried that they would end up on the ground like Qin Cao after being struck by that strange punch.

Although it would not sound good if word spread that they had ganged up on a child, it would be even more humiliating if this kid knocked them down.

"Attack together? Do you think numbers will help you?"

Looking at the several burly men rushing him all at once, Xiao Yan shook his head. His body slipped into their encirclement like a ghost.

The several burly men joined forces, but before Xiao Yan's ghostly Movement Technique, they could not even touch a hair on him.

All that remained were muffled thuds, one punch after another, like the booming of war drums.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Accompanied by several muffled booms, the originally fierce and sturdy burly men curled up on the ground in agony like Qin Cao before them, resembling shrimp.

In the brief span of a few moments, five or six burly men at the Dou Zhe level had been effortlessly knocked to the ground.

Not a single one had been able to withstand even one punch.

Looking at this scene, the mercenaries who had originally been watching the commotion finally revealed looks of horror and could not help sucking in cold breaths one after another.