After Du Youbang introduced himself, he once again fixed his icy gaze on Song Ren.
The other two death-row inmates also looked over.
Of the four people present, three had already given their names.
Only Song Ren remained silent, making him stand out sharply.
The bald Xu Shao rubbed his egg-shaped head and spoke with great interest: "Among those present, one dismembered a corpse, one wiped out an entire family, and another was the leader of a gang during its heyday."
"So, would you mind telling us about your glorious deeds?"
"Or perhaps let me help you remember?"
By the end of his words, the bald man's expression had grown increasingly strange, and blood vessels bulged in his eyes.
He flexed his fingertips, his words carrying an uncontrollable tremor. His entire body was quivering with excitement:
"It's been far too long since I last savored the ultimate pleasure of tearing a living person apart."
"Ha, ha, brother, want to play?"
Song Ren raised his head and glanced at the bald man.
He wasn't surprised that someone like this would be among the death-row inmates on this trip. He simply found the man repulsive.
He turned back and glanced at the other two inmates, who were waiting expectantly for the show to begin.
Song Ren's voice remained calm. "I heard the prison warden say that once we leave Stanley Prison, it won't matter where or how anyone present dies."
Lu Zhengyang frowned slightly. This man's tone was beginning to sound wrong.
Du Youbang watched coldly from the side.
At this moment, the bald man began to hunch over as if he were having an episode. His breathing grew inexplicably labored. "Yes, yes, that's right. So, shall we become friends?"
"Me, I've always been very~ enthusiastic toward my friends."
Song Ren lowered his eyelids, and a cold glint gradually filled his eyes. "You don't seem enthusiastic to me. You seem more like an animal in heat."
The bald man grinned brightly. "Is that so?"
"My old friends used to praise me like that, too. Now you're saying the same thing."
"I knew you wanted to be friends with me."
As he spoke, he casually walked toward Song Ren.
Beneath Song Ren's calm gaze, he watched the man without blinking. Only when the man came within five paces did he speak again.
His expression had turned utterly grim. "Hey, bald guy."
The bald man's eyes were filled with bloodlust, and his excitement continued to rise. "Hey! What is it? Have you agreed to become friends with me?"
Song Ren deliberately took a step forward, his voice so low that the air seemed to freeze. "Do you know how many eyes King Ma has?"
His voice fell, accompanied by the hum of the speeding vehicle.
Song Ren suddenly lunged forward.
The bald Xu Shao merely blinked, and a grim face had already appeared before him.
His heart lurched. That bloodthirsty desire rapidly turned cold, and just as he reached out to seize Song Ren by the throat,
a sharp pain suddenly shot through his calf, making him instinctively retreat half a step.
Song Ren abruptly seized the collar of his prison uniform, sending his body stumbling forward again!
Reflected in the bald man's pupils was a knee driving straight into his face.
He raised both hands to shield his jaw, but the violent impact still sent his head jerking sharply backward.
In the hurried glimpse he managed, the figure that had been standing before him had vanished.
Song Ren rolled beneath his armpit and swiftly moved behind the bald man.
He dropped his shoulder and sank his elbow!
His tightly clenched knuckles turned white, while his hard features remained utterly expressionless.
He punched the other man squarely in the lumbar spine, catching him off guard.
The bald Xu Shao felt a sharp pain in his lower back, and half his body began to go numb.
A trace of pain had only just appeared on his face when Song Ren hooked his chin from behind.
Song Ren took a large step backward. The bald Xu Shao staggered, his body yanked backward and sent crashing down.
Bang!
Another short knee strike slammed into the bald man's shoulder blades.
His body briefly hung in midair.
In the next instant, Song Ren had already lowered himself.
He drove his elbow into the back of the bald man's head.
Then, following close behind, he braced his palm and thrust up, lifting the bald man's entire back.
The Hoof Seal on Song Ren's back grew hot once more.
With one punch, he sent the bald man's entire body rising at an angle.
The next moment, beneath the swaying glare of the fluorescent lamp, the bald man faced the sky, his body hovering slightly in midair.
Song Ren's fluid, dazzling martial arts unfolded before the widened eyes of the other two inmates.
Using the bald Xu Shao's spine as a hard board,
the instant he began to fall, Song Ren unleashed a barrage of fists and kicks.
Straight punches, Cannon Fist, Three Flowers, Breaking the Stele, knee strikes, grabbing blows, elbow strikes, Double Heaven Frame, Iron Bridge and Iron Horse...
From beginning to end, the bald man never had even the slightest chance to resist.
His agonized howls were gradually drowned out beneath the barrage of fists and kicks.
Under the muffled, thunderous impacts, his flesh and bones were shattered inch by inch.
The brand-new prison uniform was beaten into tatters beneath the outpouring of blows.
The back beneath it, tattooed with a vivid peony, quickly became a bloody, mangled mess.
The bald man's body practically floated in the air, remaining there for several full seconds!
Fragments of flesh and blood sprayed everywhere!
His entire back was twisted at an utterly unnatural angle.
His waist, spine, shoulder bones, and the back of his head!
Not a single inch of skin remained intact across his waist and back. At the final moment, when he crashed down, blood and tissue were still spilling from the bald man's mouth, while his eyes had long since gone vacant.
Thud!
The body hit the ground, making the container boom dully.
The burly Lu Zhengyang was staring in utter shock.
He craned his neck and couldn't help swallowing, his face filled with horror.
As the leader of Fu Yi, the man who had once made other gangs wary, Du Youbang also fell silent.
Killing someone wasn't what shocked them.
Between them, they each had several, even more than a dozen, lives on their hands. How could dead men frighten them?
It was the sharp brutality Song Ren had displayed throughout the entire fight that truly made them wary.
In less than two minutes, he had beaten a vigorous death-row inmate to death with his bare hands.
Especially that back, floating in midair as it was beaten nearly to pieces.
It was something the two of them had never heard of before.
Who the hell was this man?
Du Youbang glanced at the bald man lying on the ground with his eyes still open, then looked at the blood flowing from the container. He subconsciously pursed his lips and stared deeply at Song Ren.
For the first time in his life, he felt such deep wariness toward someone.
Song Ren wiped the blood from the back of his hand and leaned against the corner again.
As he closed his eyes to rest, he also suppressed the surging hot blood in his chest.
This was the first time he had killed someone with his fists and feet.
It really was—too thrilling!
At this moment, it seemed that no one cared about the lifeless body on the floor.
The container fell completely silent. The fluorescent lamp hanging above continued to sway back and forth, and everything seemed as usual.
The truck carrying the container eventually stopped at a secluded, standalone villa in the wilderness.
Barren mountains and wild hills surrounded the area, with a detached villa standing ahead.
It was quiet all around. The rustling of crickets and other insects could still be heard.
Someone opened the container from outside, and the fluorescent lamp went out at the same time.
A strand of clear moonlight pierced through the scattered clouds and shone in through the container door.
The driver, who had just opened the door, froze. The figure lying in a pool of blood inside was impossible to miss.
The sharply dressed driver's face darkened. "Who did this!"
Song Ren raised his head from the corner. "I did."
The driver glared darkly at him, then suddenly broke into a smile and gave him a thumbs-up. "Beautifully done!"
For now, the update schedule will be one chapter every day at midnight, followed by another chapter after noon.