"Where are there undefeated victors? Where are there people who never depart? Where is there an endless song? Where is there a feast that never ends?!..."
The BGM from "Fung Wan 2" was still playing, but Li Congxin found it unbearably annoying.
The situation before him was extremely dangerous, yet this music that had suddenly started playing simply would not change, no matter what. He could not even use his cheat to deal with the situation.
Left with no choice, Li Congxin had already decided to endure serious injuries and use his secret weapon to kill one of them first.
"It's over... It's over... It's over..."
Just as Li Congxin had prepared himself to burn his boats and fight to the death, the rapid sound of police sirens suddenly reached everyone's ears from far away.
Li Congxin had never thought police sirens could sound so beautiful—far more pleasing to the ear than the music playing through his system's BGM!
Sure enough, upon hearing the sirens rising and falling in the distance, the three fingers of The Hand all changed expression at the same time.
Were they afraid of the police?
It would be a lie to say they weren't, but they were not overly afraid, either.
However, their current goal was to kill these people who kept causing trouble for them. If the police arrived and they continued fighting, they would inevitably have to battle the police as well.
With their strength, they naturally would not fear a squad of police officers.
But the question was, could they really fight the police head-on?
The three of them were all old monsters who had lived for more than four hundred years. They were not some ignorant Frank D'Amico.
If they wiped out this wave of police officers, the consequences would become truly serious. Even under pressure from the media and public opinion, the government could not simply stand by. After wiping out one squad of police, they might face ten squads next time. After wiping out ten squads, their next opponents might be the military!
If they kept fighting head-on like this, they would eventually find themselves battling the machinery of an entire nation. At that point, aside from being crushed into paste, would they have any other path left?
What, you say they could flee back to The Hand's headquarters in the island nation?
Didn't they know who was backing that island nation?
They had not hesitated to sacrifice dozens of subordinate ninjas today in order to lure out everyone from the Heroes Alliance. Their goal was to resolve this trouble once and for all. They absolutely had not come to deal with one small problem only to provoke an even bigger one that they could never afford to offend!
They had all lived for more than four hundred years. They would never make such a low-level mistake out of impulsiveness.
Thus, the three old monsters exchanged a glance and decisively made the wisest choice.
"Finish this quickly!"
With Bakuto's reminder, the three old monsters simultaneously intensified their attacks.
Madame Gao, who was clashing staffs with Li Congxin, suddenly drew a gleaming sharp sword from her cane. Its blade resembled a silver dragon swimming through the air as it met the cloth staff Li Congxin smashed down at her head.
The fabric of the cloth staff in Li Congxin's hands had been specially developed for him by Old Pi. It was even tougher than a car seat belt, and even an ordinary military dagger would have difficulty piercing it. On top of that, it was far heavier than ordinary cloth. In Li Congxin's hands, it was like adding wings to a tiger.
Yet even this cloth staff was easily sliced into countless scraps of fabric when Madame Gao twisted her sword around it!
Taking advantage of the opening, Madame Gao thrust forward. With a tremor of her blade, she produced several sword images that enveloped Li Congxin's brow, throat, heart, and other vital points.
Well done!
Li Congxin had experienced his fair share of storms by now. Even when facing a life-or-death crisis, he did not panic in the slightest. He lowered his right wrist, and a Ruyi Bang no bigger than an ear pick shot out from his wristwatch, striking straight at Madame Gao's face.
At the same time, Li Congxin sank his qi into his dantian and roared at Madame Gao, "Grow!"
As his voice rang out, the Ruyi Bang expanded in the wind, transforming directly into a metal staff as thick as a goose egg. It smashed down toward Madame Gao's face.
Madame Gao clearly had not expected Li Congxin to possess such a treasure. In her panic, she hurriedly withdrew her sword to defend herself. Relying on the instantaneous burst of terrifying speed granted by the enhancement of "qi," she somehow managed to block Li Congxin's sudden strike to the head under circumstances where it should have been nearly impossible.
"Clang!" Amid the deafening crash, the Ruyi Bang was knocked back.
Li Congxin caught the staff in one hand and swung it horizontally toward Madame Gao's waist.
Madame Gao had also recovered by then. Still shaken, but with an even stronger killing intent in her eyes, she reversed her sword and swept it downward, catching the tip of the Ruyi Bang perfectly.
"Clang!" Another crisp clash of metal rang out. This time, Li Congxin's Ruyi Bang lacked the cloth staff's flexibility to absorb the recoil. Madame Gao unleashed her full strength and sent his qi and blood roiling with a single strike. The webs between both his thumbs and index fingers split open, and he staggered back three steps, nearly colliding with Hawkeye, the ADC behind him.
When a strength-based fighter encountered someone even stronger, he would be suppressed in every aspect.
That was exactly the situation Li Congxin was facing now!
By comparison, Daredevil, who was fighting with technique, and Punisher, who was fighting with ferocity, were actually in better shape than he was.
Li Congxin took a deep breath and tightened his grip around the cold Ruyi Bang once more.
No matter what, he had to hold out until the police arrived to save the situation.
As for his trump card?
That thing had the greatest destructive power, but landing a hit was a real headache. Unless he used it at point-blank range, he had no chance of hitting an expert like Madame Gao.
"Hey!" Just as Li Congxin had fallen into an absolute disadvantage and was preparing to risk his life delaying her—
A familiar voice suddenly came from nearby. Everyone turned to look and saw a man wearing an Ant-Man Suit charging toward Madame Gao at incredible speed.
It was Old Pi!
Li Congxin's spirits lifted, but Madame Gao had already turned around and brought her sword down toward Old Pi's head.
Yet in the face of Madame Gao's descending sword, Old Pi neither dodged nor retreated. Instead, he leaped straight toward the blade. At the same time, his body instantly shrank to a size nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. Dodging the sword, he slammed violently into her face.
"Bam!"
Madame Gao was knocked off balance by Old Pi's strike, followed by a bloodcurdling scream.
When everyone turned to look, they saw that the four-hundred-year-old expert's right eye had been reduced to a bloody mess. A great deal of blood gushed from the socket, resembling tears of blood!
Seeing this gruesome scene, Li Congxin shuddered almost instinctively.
Holy crap, so this was how the Ant-Man Suit was supposed to be used!
Compared to this, Scott's fighting style in the movie was simply too gentle—so gentle that it inevitably made people question the Ant-Man Suit's power.
Only now did Li Congxin finally understand.
The reason the Ant-Man Suit had not seemed particularly powerful in the movie was not that the Ant-Man Suit was weak. It was because its user was not ruthless enough!
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