Within Arm's Reach, Everyone is My Enemy
Chapter 45

Demon

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"Poof!"

Baili Qingfeng had just killed this Iron Sword Sect martial artist when he heard a splash.

The last person seemed to know he couldn't escape Baili Qingfeng's pursuit, and actually jumped directly into the pond.

He was clearly skilled in swimming. Once in the pond, he dove and quickly swam twenty meters away into the center.

Feeling somewhat safe, he glared fiercely at Baili Qingfeng, "You're dead, you're dead! Baili Qingfeng, you killed our Sect Leader, killed our Elder, and even killed four experts of our Iron Sword Sect. Our Iron Sword Sect will never let you go! When Elder Wang returns with his friends, it will be your death. You will face the endless pursuit of thirty-nine experts from our Iron Sword Sect... Oh, I forgot, you used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art. You won't live until then, but blood debts must be paid with blood. At that time, your whole family, your nine generations, will be buried with you for daring to offend our Iron Sword Sect!"

"Why do you Iron Sword Sect always target my whole family and exterminate my nine generations at every turn!? Why are you all so fierce and vicious! Don't your consciences hurt!?"

"Hahaha, conscience? Haven't you heard the saying, 'Once you enter the martial world, it's like entering a deep sea, and conscience becomes a stranger'? The moment you step into the martial world, you must have this Ideological Awareness!"

"I'm not a martial world person, I'm not a martial artist, I'm just a student, a well-rounded, excellent student at Xia'er University! If it weren't for your Iron Sword Sect's relentless persecution, how would I dare to offend a major sect like your Iron Sword Sect!?"

The Iron Sword Sect expert in the pond vaguely felt that Baili Qingfeng's words were a bit off, but looking at his shocked and angry appearance, he felt an unspeakable pleasure: "Humph, it's too late now. Even if you kneel down and beg for mercy, it's useless. Our Iron Sword Sect..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Baili Qingfeng pick up the pistol abandoned by the previous Iron Sword Sect martial artist and aim it at the Iron Sword Sect expert...

Instantly...

The expression on the face of the Iron Sword Sect expert, who thought he could safely stall Baili Qingfeng by hiding in the pond, froze.

A gun...

Baili Qingfeng actually has a gun!?

Wait a minute...

It seems this gun was brought by their own Iron Sword Sect expert?

A dignified mid-level expert of the Iron Sword Sect, a Qi Nurturing and Blood Exchange level existence, instead of properly practicing the Tiger's Roar Fist, Dragon Crane Eight Forms, and Song Mountain Fist inherited by the Iron Sword Sect, he actually carries a gun!?

Shame! What a disgrace!

He, Bai Yang, originally had a chance to stall Baili Qingfeng to death, but now he's going to be killed by his own people!

"No! Stop, I was just joking..."

"Bang!"

A gunshot!

At this moment, Bai Yang's breathing seemed to freeze. He had never felt death so close.

Then...

Nothing happened!

He missed!?

Looking at Baili Qingfeng's clumsy way of firing, it was clear he was using a gun for the first time!

Realizing this, Bai Yang's desire to win became stronger than ever. He swam frantically, heading towards the center of the pond as fast as he could.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Baili Qingfeng fired six shots in a row.

Despite his marksmanship seemingly improving due to his martial artist's keen senses, he was, after all, firing a handgun for the first time in both his lives combined. To hit someone who had already swum thirty meters away in a dark environment...

It really wasn't an easy task.

But if it was difficult for him, it was even more difficult for Bai Yang.

What immense psychological pressure it was to be targeted by shots one after another, yet never hit?

So great that even Bai Yang, a seasoned martial artist, nearly had a mental breakdown.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Finally, blood splattered.

Baili Qingfeng, firing three more shots in quick succession, landed one, the blood dyeing the pond red.

But this shot didn't hit a vital point, and Baili Qingfeng...

"Out of bullets! Hahahaha, you're out of bullets! Heaven is helping me! Once the after-effects of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art kick in, let's see how you die!"

Bai Yang, in the pond, let out a desperate, triumphant laugh, appearing somewhat deranged.

As for Baili Qingfeng...

He deactivated the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, sat down on a rock, and breathed slightly heavily.

Seeming to sense Baili Qingfeng's weakness, Bai Yang listened for a moment, then burst into another wild laugh: "Hahaha, are you feeling yourself getting weaker and weaker? This feeling of watching yourself slowly approach death isn't pleasant, is it! Once you're dead, I'll go and kill your whole family. Bai Yang keeps his word!"

"Iron Sword Sect! How can you be so evil!?"

Baili Qingfeng stood up angrily, shouting sternly.

Hearing Baili Qingfeng's shout, though weak, but...

Still managing to discern the full-bodied sound of the reprimand, Bai Yang, in the midst of his laughter, seemed to have his neck grabbed, his laughter abruptly stopping...

After a good while, he stammered somewhat: "You... how do you still have the strength to speak?"

Baili Qingfeng sat down again.

He knew that the more it was like this, the more he had to remain calm.

Although that Sect Leader and Elder of the Iron Sword Sect just now, seemed...

A bit weak?

He killed them in an instant.

But he estimated that it was probably because he had the advantage of a sneak attack. If he really fought head-on, it would definitely be a bloody battle with a slim chance of survival.

As for the four Iron Sword Sect martial artists later...

Also very weak...

But, he was just a student, a student who only wanted to study, go to school, listen to music, and practice his fists in peace.

Killing the Iron Sword Sect members seemed simple, but it was still killing people, and killing people itself was a mental burden, a matter of great psychological pressure. Even if the people of the Iron Sword Sect were evil to the core, the scum of the earth, heartless, conscienceless, and worse than beasts, he, as a teenager with a proper moral compass, would still suffer the condemnation of his conscience, would be uneasy, worried, and afraid.

Therefore, although he only suffered a scratch on his left hand while blocking the car door during this bloody battle... oh, it has already healed, he still doesn't dare to underestimate disciples from a major sect like the Iron Sword Sect in the slightest, treating them as formidable enemies, his nerves constantly on edge, not daring to relax even a bit.

This kind of mental damage...

Ordinary people cannot understand.

So he has to sit down, recover as soon as possible, and face the greater crises he may encounter next in his best condition!

Baili Qingfeng sat down to rest, but Bai Yang in the pond gradually turned pale.

He was shot and is now bleeding non-stop, and being in the pond requires constant movement, which further accelerates the bleeding. He is now showing signs of excessive blood loss.

"Why, why is he completely fine after using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art? Is he a monster? Is there no justice!? No! He's pretending, no one can have any strength left after using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, he's bluffing! Yes, he must be bluffing, the reason he's sitting now is because he can't even move!"

Thinking of this, Bai Yang endured the pain and quickly swam to the edge of the pond, carefully crawling ashore.

Seeing that Baili Qingfeng didn't move at all after he came ashore, Bai Yang breathed a sigh of relief: "My guess was indeed correct..."

"Boom!"

Before Bai Yang could finish his words, Baili Qingfeng, who was originally sitting, suddenly stood up, the energy in his feet erupting, the ground shaking. Using this surging energy, he seemed to transform into a cheetah, erupting with unprecedented speed from extreme stillness to extreme motion, pouncing towards Bai Yang like lightning.

That terrifying speed, and the Qi and Blood power stirred up when his figure pounced...

Are you telling me this is a martial artist who just used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art!?

"Ah! Why!"

Bai Yang let out a desperate roar, turning around to jump back into the pond, but as he was about to leap, thunder rumbled in the sky, and a fear originating from the instinct of life made his hands and feet cold, freezing him on the spot.

Spirit Refinement Manifestation!

"Move! Move a little!"

Bai Yang roared in his heart, relying on his extremely strong survival instinct, he struggled out of the paralysis effect of Spirit Refinement Manifestation in a very short time, but at this moment...

Baili Qingfeng had already pounced in front of him like lightning!

"Demon, die!"

Accompanied by Baili Qingfeng's roar, the sword light instantly tore across his neck.

"No..."

In a shrill and unwilling scream, Bai Yang's head flew high...

"I... I am a demon!?"

In the midst of the spinning world, this thought flashed through Bai Yang's mind.

This...

Should be the most serious slander of this century

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