Beat Jia Lie Bi Senseless

The middle-aged man smiled awkwardly. "My name is Zhang San. You can just call me Little San, young master."

"Zhang San? Don't tell me your nickname is Outlaw?" Xiao Jin stared at the middle-aged man before him with a strange expression.

"Outlaw? That's quite a domineering nickname. Fine, my nickname will be Outlaw from now on." The middle-aged man's eyes lit up. He felt that the nickname suited him well. Xiao Jin looked at Zhang San speechlessly and said flatly,

"Go back and tell Sister Ya Fei that I don't need protection. I have some personal matters to deal with now, so please leave."

Xiao Jin spoke politely. Although the man before him seemed somewhat unreliable, Ya Fei had sent him to protect Xiao Jin after all, so Xiao Jin treated him quite kindly.

Zhang San looked at Jia Lie Bi, who was being held by Earth Demon Kui like a chick, and swallowed hard. He hurriedly said,

"Then I'll go back and report to the young lady. Goodbye, Mister Xiao Jin." With that, he vanished from the spot like a flash.

Xiao Jin then looked at Jia Lie Bi, who was being held by the neck by Earth Demon Kui, his face full of terror, and said expressionlessly,

"There isn't much of a grudge between me and your father and son, is there? I'm sure you know exactly what happened between your son and me. Every time, your son was the one who came looking for trouble. Every time he fell into my hands, I spared him and never did anything to him. I hadn't even gone looking for trouble with your son yet, and you actually came to assassinate me. Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

Xiao Jin's words were filled with killing intent. He was considering whether to kill Jia Lie Bi, yet he could not bring himself to make the decision. After all, he had grown up under the red flag in his previous life. He had never considered killing anyone, much less doing it himself.

How did those people who killed as casually as eating after transmigrating get past that mental hurdle? Although he had been on the Dou Qi Continent for some time, all he had thought about was how to earn gold coins and improve his strength. If Jia Lie Bi had not come to assassinate him this time, the thought of killing would never have crossed his mind.

At that moment, Jia Lie Bi said haltingly, "I beg you, don't kill me. I'm willing to lead the Jia Lie Family in pledging loyalty to you. I can also offer up all of the Jia Lie Family's assets. I only ask that you spare this worthless life of mine." Jia Lie Bi humbled himself to the utmost.

Jia Lie Bi's final sentence moved Xiao Jin. After all, whether Jia Lie Bi lived or died made little difference to him; he posed no threat whatsoever. If he subdued Jia Lie Bi, there would be far less resistance when he took over the Jia Lie Family's assets.

Although he had Earth Demon Kui and could easily sweep through the entire Jia Ma Empire, sending Earth Demon Kui to wipe out any faction that refused to submit and bring back its wealth, he still could not bring himself to do such things.

However, there was no need to think so much when it came to factions that offended him. He would simply rob them clean. As for whether they would be slaughtered, that depended on whether they knew their place.

"Put him down." Xiao Jin spoke indifferently to Earth Demon Kui. Earth Demon Kui released Jia Lie Bi. After landing, Jia Lie Bi began coughing wildly and gulping down air.

Just then, with a "pfft," Xiao Jin let out a huge, foul fart. The smell nearly made Jia Lie Bi, who was gulping down air, vomit on the spot. It was truly eye-watering. Xiao Jin was somewhat embarrassed as well. "I meant to let it out quietly, but I couldn't control it."

A trace of barely perceptible viciousness hid within Jia Lie Bi's resentful gaze.

"It's fine. Even the master's farts smell good. Being able to inhale the master's immortal aura is this lowly one's honor." Jia Lie Bi fawned over him. He was too close to Earth Demon Kui now. Only by lulling Xiao Jin into letting his guard down could he possibly turn the tables.

He had already recognized Earth Demon Kui as a puppet. If he could seize Xiao Jin, the one controlling Earth Demon Kui, then this puppet of unknown strength would become his.

As for Xiao Jin's Sixth-grade Alchemist teacher, he could simply destroy Xiao Jin's body and erase all traces afterward. Even a Sixth-grade Alchemist would never trace it back to him. By then, dominating all of Wutan City would be effortless.

"Master, this is everything I own. I now offer it all to you."

Jia Lie Bi removed the Storage Ring from his finger, stepped closer to Xiao Jin, and handed it over. Xiao Jin noticed nothing unusual. After all, in terms of cunning and experience, Xiao Jin had only lived for a little over twenty years. How could he possibly be Jia Lie Bi's match?

The instant Xiao Jin grabbed the Storage Ring, Jia Lie Bi seized Xiao Jin's hand with one hand. His other hand, carrying all the Dou Qi in his body, slammed toward Xiao Jin's head.

"Die, brat. Don't be so naive in your next life." Jia Lie Bi grinned viciously, his eyes filled with deep mockery. Xiao Jin was greatly alarmed and hurriedly circulated all the Dou Qi in his body, forming a Dou Qi helmet around his head. At the same time, he tilted his head backward.

With a bang, Xiao Jin felt his head shake violently, followed by a wave of dizziness. Earth Demon Kui beside him reacted instantly, chopping off Jia Lie Bi's arm with a hand strike before grabbing Jia Lie Bi by the neck again and lifting him into the air.

Jia Lie Bi still looked as though he had not processed what had happened. He had overheard Zhang San's conversation with Xiao Jin and learned that Xiao Jin's teacher was a Sixth-grade Alchemist. The Earth Demon Kui before him was a life-saving measure Xiao Jin's teacher had given him.

Since Xiao Jin was the disciple of a Sixth-grade Alchemist, he was naturally an alchemist himself, so his strength could not possibly be too great. Xiao Jin looked sixteen or seventeen at most. Even if he had defeated Jia Lie Bi's son before, he should only have been around a three-star Dou Zhe.

With his strength as a Five-Star Dou Grandmaster, and with the advantage of a sneak attack, Xiao Jin should have had no chance of surviving.

Yet his solid palm strike had landed directly on Xiao Jin's head, and Xiao Jin was only slightly dizzy, without the slightest sign of injury. Jia Lie Bi froze on the spot.

Suddenly, a heart-wrenching pain shot through his arm. Before he could even cry out, a suffocating sensation gripped his neck again. The scream rising in his throat turned into a series of broken gasps. His face reddened as his remaining hand clawed uselessly at Earth Demon Kui's arm, each breath seeming to drain all his strength.

Xiao Jin recovered his senses as well, his eyes filled with lingering fear. He had nearly capsized. If Jia Lie Bi had known his true strength and had not been careless, or if Xiao Jin had not formed a Dou Qi helmet around his head with all his Dou Qi at the last moment, then he believed his head would have been smashed apart like a watermelon.

After the fear came anger. Xiao Jin had Earth Demon Kui put Jia Lie Bi down, then rushed forward and unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks. Jia Lie Bi had lost an arm and had just been held aloft by Earth Demon Kui's grip around his throat, so he was still gulping for air.

Xiao Jin sent him flying with a punch. Before Jia Lie Bi even hit the ground, Xiao Jin caught up to him at blazing speed, flipped behind him in midair, and delivered another heavy kick to Jia Lie Bi's waist.

With a crack, Jia Lie Bi's old back bent in half. He did not even let out a scream before fainting. Even if he woke up later, he would be a cripple who could never stand again.

Only then did Jia Lie Bi realize that Xiao Jin was also a Five-Star Dou Grandmaster, and that Xiao Jin's true combat strength far exceeded his own. What kind of monster had he brought upon the Jia Lie Family? That was Jia Lie Bi's only thought before he lost consciousness.