Martial Arts Are Meant to Kill Enemies (Third Update, Asking for Monthly Votes)

Martial Arts Are Meant to Kill Enemies (Third Update, Asking for Monthly Votes)

"The alert has been completely lifted. It should be safe now." After giving it some thought, Li Yuan walked out of his room.

His aunt and younger siblings were still asleep.

"I'll go to school first." Li Yuan left home and walked out of the residential complex.

The military vehicle that had been parked at the end of the intersection at four in the morning had already vanished.

There were no patrolling soldiers in sight, either.

However, Li Yuan's gaze was sharp. He could see that high in the distance, roughly several hundred meters up, a drone was still hovering.

It seemed to be standing guard.

Li Yuan headed straight for the tram stop, but after waiting for quite some time, no tram came.

"Forget it."

"I'll run to school instead." Li Yuan turned and began jogging down the street toward the school.

With Li Yuan's physical fitness, even what he called jogging could be maintained at eight or nine meters per second.

He could reach school in under ten minutes.

On both sides of the street, many shops were gradually opening, and quite a few pedestrians who appeared to be heading to work had emerged as well.

The more people there were, the greater the sense of security.

As he rounded another street corner.

Suddenly.

"Young man, your morning run seems a little late today." A cheerful voice rang out.

"Wasn't there an attack by Star Realm Creatures last night? I waited until the alert was lifted before coming out." Li Yuan slowed considerably and replied with a smile, "Boss, you're opening up today too? You didn't take a day off?"

The one calling out to Li Yuan was none other than the owner of Fuwei Noodle Shop.

He was moving things around.

The two had encountered each other many times. They were very familiar strangers.

"Rent still has to be paid. Can't afford to stop." The owner chuckled. He was slightly plump, but his arms were powerful, easily lifting a large table.

"Hope you strike it rich, Boss." Li Yuan tossed out the casual blessing and continued running ahead.

He passed the entrance to a narrow alley barely wide enough for one person. It was pitch-black inside.

Out of instinct.

Li Yuan glanced over.

Immediately afterward, he spotted a blurry figure darting out from a sewer at the far end of the alley.

Judging by its path, it seemed intent on racing down the alley and charging onto the main road here.

"Hm?" Li Yuan's heart suddenly tightened, as though he had sensed an instinctive danger.

But his running body had already carried him more than twenty meters onward by inertia.

Then.

Li Yuan finally came to a complete stop, turned around, and fixed his eyes on the alley entrance as his feet subconsciously backed away.

Thump! Thump! Li Yuan's keen hearing had already caught the faint, urgent sounds continuously echoing from within the alley.

"Huff!"

"Huff!" There also seemed to be heavy, ragged breathing.

Instinctively.

Li Yuan retreated beside a still-closed shop by the roadside, because two hollow metal rods were propped against the wall, apparently used to support goods.

Some unseen thing seemed to be warning Li Yuan that he should run immediately.

But before Li Yuan could react.

Boom!

A tall, gaunt figure suddenly shot out from the narrow alley and landed on the sidewalk.

How sharp was Li Yuan's vision? He saw it clearly in an instant.

It was a nearly two-meter-tall humanoid creature with four arms. Its skin was an azure blue, like the color of the ocean. It had long emerald hair, scarlet eyes that gleamed with intelligence.

It was as though it had crawled straight out of the water.

Its limbs were long, its proportions superior to those of a human, lending it a sense of elegance. The ends of its hands and feet had evolved into sharp webbed claws. Most eye-catching of all was the structure on its back, resembling both a fish fin and a fish tail.

"A Fish Spirit Race? A Star Realm Creature!" Li Yuan recognized it instantly, and every hair on his body stood on end.

Star Realm Creatures came in every strange and grotesque form. Some resembled the various animals of Blue Star, some were humanoid, and some looked like enlarged insects... Yet humanoid creatures accounted for one-third of them.

And the Fish Spirit Race was an extremely famous kind. They could live both on land and in water.

In the many attacks Jiang City had suffered throughout its history, the Fish Spirit Race had been the main force.

"Why is there still a Star Realm Creature that slipped through the net here?" Li Yuan's scalp tingled as if facing a great enemy. "Wasn't the alert lifted?"

Almost instinctively.

[Target creature. Life level: 10.2. Ranked Creature. Severely injured. Current level approximately 9.2. Killing it may yield Spirit Nourishment.] With a thought from Li Yuan, his mind felt a faint wave of exhaustion, and he obtained the creature's life information.

Level 10.2!

It had already entered the ranks, equivalent to a true martial artist.

However.

What slightly lifted Li Yuan's spirits in the information was its severely injured state.

The physical prowess it could unleash seemed to be only at level 9.2.

"Was it shot?" Only then did Li Yuan notice a bullet wound on the Fish Spirit Race creature's chest. There was not much blood flowing, which was why he had not seen it at first.

If one's physical fitness reached the martial artist level, their body would be robust. Unless a small-caliber bullet struck a vital point, it simply could not kill them in a single blow.

Besides discovering its severe injuries, Li Yuan also noticed the final line in the scan: "Killing it may yield Spirit Nourishment."

What was that?

Li Yuan had previously inspected the life levels of many martial artists, but he had never encountered such a prompt.

It sounded slow.

But in reality, within the single second after the Fish Spirit Race creature burst from the alley, Li Yuan had already identified and assessed the enemy.

At the same time, instinctively.

Li Yuan grabbed one of the hollow metal rods beside him, faintly adopting an attacking stance as he stared hard at it.

Among all the information on Star Realm Creatures Li Yuan had studied from childhood to adulthood.

These Star Realm Creatures were all incomparably savage. Once encountered, battle would inevitably erupt.

Yet, to Li Yuan's surprise.

Boom!

Seemingly sensing that Li Yuan was not someone to be trifled with, the injured Fish Spirit Race creature instantly turned around. Its body moved with astonishing speed, webbed claws skimming over the brick pavement as it lunged at the owner of Fuwei Noodle Shop dozens of meters away.

It was incredibly fast.

Clearly, in its perception, Li Yuan was not easy prey.

"A Star Realm Creature?" The noodle shop owner had also seen the Fish Spirit Race creature pouncing at him. Adrenaline surged through his body, and he instinctively snatched up a kitchen cleaver from nearby!

Just then.

"Whoosh!" The air exploded with a low, piercing shriek!

A hollow metal rod nearly three meters long cut through the sky like a giant arrow, shooting directly toward the Fish Spirit Race creature.

The Fish Spirit Race creature was fast, but the metal rod came faster—and fiercer!

"Roar—"

The Fish Spirit Race creature sensed the danger instinctively and tried to dodge, but it was already slower on land, and it was injured as well.

Thump!

The long metal rod smashed viciously into the Fish Spirit Race creature's shoulder. The terrifying impact sent its nearly two-meter-tall, slender body hurtling toward the side of the ground.

Bricks shattered.

Its body rolled across the pavement.

Blood seeped from the surface of its fish-scale-like shoulder, then rapidly stopped!

"Heh! Boom—"

The Fish Spirit Race creature abruptly flipped over, letting out strange, repeated growls that seemed filled with fury. It stared at Li Yuan dozens of meters away, completely ignoring the closer owner of Fuwei Noodle Shop.

Its two arms lifted slightly. A chilling glint shone along their sides, like bone blades.

"Want to kill me?" Li Yuan had already gripped the last metal rod, staring intently at the Fish Spirit Race creature.

Just now.

When he saw the noodle shop owner in danger, Li Yuan had almost instinctively hurled the metal rod in his hand.

Li Yuan had always acted cautiously and was never willing to take risks lightly.

Because Li Yuan knew that he only had one life.

But to stand by and watch someone die without lifting a hand—especially someone he knew?

Li Yuan asked himself, and he truly could not do it.

And once he had thrown the metal rod.

Facing this Fish Spirit Race creature and seeing its bloodthirsty eyes, there was no longer any fear in Li Yuan's heart.

Or rather, there was no room for further thoughts. Only instinct remained.

"Martial arts are meant to kill enemies." All that remained in Li Yuan's heart was an indescribable courage and boiling blood.

"Roar—"

The Fish Spirit Race creature let out a low growl and suddenly shot toward him at astonishing speed.

Boom!

Li Yuan did not hesitate in the slightest. With a movement of his body, he unleashed the Dragon Movement Technique, charging at it like a swimming dragon.

Long weapons required enough room to be wielded.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Having realized that Li Yuan was no easy opponent, the Fish Spirit Race creature did not attack as casually as it would when slaughtering ordinary humans. Its two arms swung like twin blades, attempting to cleave Li Yuan apart.

Splat!

The metal rod was like a great spear. Just as it was about to meet the Fish Spirit Race creature's arms, the rod's tip abruptly surged in speed, splitting into dozens of afterimages and causing the creature to lose focus for an instant.

Immediately afterward, the metal rod flashed through the gap between the Fish Spirit Race creature's arms like lightning.

It struck directly into its eye.

One of the five ultimate killing moves of the Rock Spear Technique—Qunshan Wanxiang.

Thump! Like a grape being violently crushed, its eyeball burst apart instantly.

Watery blood splashed everywhere!

Thump! The force of the collision also made Li Yuan's arm tremble, and his body sprang backward.

Dissipating the force.

"Ahhh—" The pain of its exploding eye brought piercing agony to the Fish Spirit Race creature, and its vision involuntarily went dark.

Instinctively, one hand covered its injured eye.

Thump!

But the metal rod in Li Yuan's hand was incomparably nimble. It struck again like lightning, mercilessly smashing into its other eye.

Burst!

Both eyes were blinded! Its entire body howled madly.

"Your skill is too poor. You haven't even reached the Third Stage." Li Yuan murmured to himself.

The heavy rod rose high overhead. His arm exerted force once more, smashing viciously toward the crown of its head.

(End of Chapter)