The Brave Wins When Narrow Roads Meet

"Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art!?"

The Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art was famed far and wide, and its reputation had spread extensively.

The moment he sensed the change in Baili Qingfeng's aura, Eddie's face went pale.

He had only seen that Baili Qingfeng was young and wanted to scare him a little, making him understand his own power and influence. Then, using both carrot and stick, he would reason with Baili Qingfeng and persuade him to convince Baili Changkong. If all else failed, he could trick him into joining the group to charge into battle. When the time came, with his precious grandson's safety at stake, Baili Changkong would have no choice but to stand by and watch. That way, he could recruit everyone from General Melbourne's faction and use them as cannon fodder for his grand ambitions.

But he had never imagined that after being provoked by him, this Baili Qingfeng would actually activate the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art directly and stake his life on the fight!?

He was fighting to the death!

Given how much Baili Changkong valued this grandson, if Baili Qingfeng truly died at his hands because of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, that old bastard would certainly fight him to the death, even if it meant mutual destruction...

When that happened, not only would his grand plan be ruined, but his own life would be in danger as well!

"Young man, don't get worked up! I was only joking just now..."

Eddie hurriedly shouted as he charged forward, his fist aura—brimming with the clash of weapons and the advance of armies—reining itself in by a fraction.

However, Baili Qingfeng's Spirit Refinement Manifestation was inherently superior to Eddie's still-unfully-condensed Fist Intent realm. On top of that, Eddie had now developed the intention to retreat and restrained his fist force. When his Fist Intent was rammed by the Ancient Thunder Beast formed from Baili Qingfeng's Spirit Refinement Manifestation, it collapsed, and immediately...

It was equivalent to facing the Ancient Thunder Beast's intimidation head-on.

"Rumble!"

Thunder roared in the nine heavens!

Eddie, whose aura had already weakened, was struck as if by lightning. His mind shook violently, as though a snake had been pounced on by a goshawk. His entire body sank into immense terror, his mental will becoming severed from his flesh and falling rigid.

"Spirit Refinement Manifestation!? It's actually Spirit Refinement Manifestation!? The Baili Family has produced a True Dragon!?"

Eddie's pupils expanded violently.

At this moment, he could no longer care whether killing Baili Qingfeng would enrage Baili Changkong and consequently cause his Stability Plan to fall apart, because...

If he had even half a thought to spare...

He would die!

He would die at the hands of this young man whom he had never taken seriously, a man who was actually only around twenty years old!

Between life and death lay great terror!

Eddie had ultimately been a battlefield veteran. He had even lived through the chaotic era of Xia's War of Independence. His temperament and will had been tempered like steel. After being intimidated by Baili Qingfeng's Spirit Refinement Manifestation for a moment, he let out a low roar and broke free of the suppression with a crash, regaining consciousness.

"Kill!"

The fist force he had restrained erupted in full.

It was like a longbow being drawn back, all for the sake of shooting out with even sharper speed.

Unfortunately, the intimidation from the earlier Spirit Refinement Manifestation had already caused Eddie to lose the initiative. With the might of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art behind him, every ounce of strength and Qi and Blood in Baili Qingfeng's body had already broken through the limits of the human body. The power that erupted from every movement was like that of a prehistoric ferocious beast. Just as Eddie's fist force pierced through his arm and blasted out, Baili Qingfeng's fist had already become a sharp sword leaving its sheath and stabbed forward first.

"Whoosh!"

Waves of air burst apart.

The fist force tore through the air with a piercing shriek, leaving Eddie's mind momentarily blank!

"His fist... is faster than mine!"

Eddie instantly realized the problem. It was already too late to change his move. At the critical moment, his chest suddenly caved inward, and at the instant it sank, the arm he had struck out suddenly stretched three inches longer.

Eight Arms Swimming Dragon!

This was the secret technique Eight Arms Swimming Dragon that Eddie had mastered!

Relying on this secret technique to extend his arm three inches out of thin air, his fist force—which had originally been a step slower than Baili Qingfeng's—now went from behind to ahead. It would heavily injure Baili Qingfeng first, just an instant before Baili Qingfeng's fist struck him!

His expression also became extremely vicious, and a terrifying murderous aura surged wildly from him. "So what if he's a True Dragon? Die!"

The brave wins when narrow roads meet!

Baili Qingfeng had chosen the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art and staked his life on the fight, while Eddie was no inferior in the slightest. With vicious determination, he crippled an arm to activate the Eight Arms Swimming Dragon secret technique, launching a counterattack from the brink of death!

"Whoosh!"

The sudden change caused a sharp gleam to burst from Baili Qingfeng's eyes. He drew in a deep breath.

In the next moment, the force of the Qi and Blood within his body that had broken through the limits of the human body surged violently, like a volcano that had boiled and brewed to its utmost limit before erupting with explosive force!

Speed...

One more step faster!

The Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art—complete liberation!

"I only wanted to quietly be an outstanding student with excellent character and grades. Why did you force me to kill!? Why!?"

Baili Qingfeng growled low, his aura resolute and tragic as he surged forward without hesitation!

The brave wins when narrow roads meet!?

A contest of courage!? A contest of ruthlessness!?

Who was afraid of whom!

"Bang!"

The fist forces of the two collided almost at the same instant!

Although Eddie's fist force was powerful, he had ultimately forced his arm to extend three inches with the Eight Arms Swimming Dragon secret technique. In addition, his earlier fist aura had been shattered by the Ancient Thunder Beast from Baili Qingfeng's Spirit Refinement Manifestation. When it landed on Baili Qingfeng, it merely shook his body and broke his ribs on the spot.

However, the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art had stimulated his Qi and Blood to the extreme and also weakened the force by a considerable margin. Although Baili Qingfeng's ribs had been broken and his body had retreated six steps under the impact of that penetrating force, the force discharged through the soles of his feet had stomped the floor into a web of cracks...

But...

That was all!

Eddie, however...

Facing Baili Qingfeng's punch, which had erupted to its utmost limit through the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, he seemed to have been struck by a mortar shell!

The instant the fist force exploded against his chest, the clothes over his chest burst apart. The violent, domineering force crashed into his entire chest, caving it in, breaking his ribs, and shattering the internal organs protected beneath them...

"Bang!"

Eddie's eighty-kilogram, sturdy body was sent flying backward by the terrifying force. While still in midair, he was already vomiting blood wildly.

After flying ten meters, his body slammed heavily into a wall. In an instant, spiderweb-like cracks spread across it, while large amounts of stone chips and dust rattled loose and fell.

One strike...

Life and death decided!

"You..."

Eddie's eyes widened. His internal organs had been shattered, preventing his blood from circulating and causing it to surge upward. His pupils were completely blood-red.

"Whew!"

Baili Qingfeng let out a long breath.

He looked at Eddie, his eyes filled with icy, biting light. "You could have done whatever you wanted, so why involve my family and even try to slaughter my entire household!? What kind of vicious person are you to commit such a conscience-shattering atrocity!? You wanted to kill me, so I killed you! You wanted to wipe out my entire family, so I'll kill your whole family! You have a son named Et? Like father, like son! With you being so vicious, the son you raised must also be steeped in evil. After learning that I beat you to death, he absolutely won't let the matter rest! For my family's safety, I'll send him on his way in a moment so he can accompany you!"

"No... you..."

Eddie suddenly widened his eyes. He struggled, wanting to say something, but the moment he opened his mouth, it seemed he had let out the last breath supporting him.

"Pfft!"

Along with a mouthful of blood spraying out, the words Eddie wanted to say next...

Ultimately never came out.

He simply stared at Baili Qingfeng with wide, unwilling eyes...

His breath stopped, and he died.