Leiyin VS the Navy Major

As for Miller, although he was known as the "guardian" of the two villages, there were still some people who disliked him.

The village chief, Farmer, was one of them.

As mentioned before, Miller was a retired Navy major who knew Martial Arts and possessed some fighting ability. When he was young, he had fought pirates and sustained several scars on his face. He always boasted that those scars were his medals of military service.

Although Miller's strength was not enough to free the villagers from Anderson's rule, the vast majority of them believed that it was precisely because Miller existed that the villages had managed to survive and avoid being slaughtered by Anderson.

The custom in the two villages of Town East and Town West was that if a man possessed great strength, people would practically beg to marry their daughters to him. Relying on this, along with Miller's lecherous nature, he had never married despite being nearly forty, yet no one knew how many women he had, both openly and secretly.

On top of that, he always liked telling the villagers, "Back in my day..." Farmer disliked him greatly.

In Farmer's eyes, Miller was nothing more than a braggart who could not get anything done. Otherwise, he would have defeated or driven away Anderson long ago, and the villagers would not have had to humiliatingly pay tribute to the "Evil Wolf Pirates" every month.

In fact, Farmer did not believe that Miller genuinely cared about the villagers at all. Miller merely used his meager strength to fish for fame and women.

Therefore, Farmer had secretly gone to the outer islands and found three warriors to deal with Anderson.

One of the three warriors was renowned for his strength, another for his speed, and the last was said to have never met an opponent he could not defeat on the island where he lived.

To avoid implicating the village, Farmer had given them a large sum of money in advance and told them to provoke Anderson themselves when he came to collect the "protection fee." This was to prevent Anderson from suspecting that they had been instructed by someone and then slaughtering the village. However, one of the three warriors fled in terror after witnessing Anderson's terrifying strength, while the remaining two were cleanly killed by Anderson in less than three minutes.

After that, no one dared challenge Anderson again. In truth, everyone had already submitted in their hearts to Anderson's nearly invincible strength.

Therefore, when they heard that an outsider named Leiyin had killed Andrin, it caused an enormous uproar among the villagers.

Even the three-year-old children in the village knew that Anderson was countless times stronger than his younger brother. Thus, killing Andrin would not eliminate the disaster; instead, it would bring calamity.

This was what they meant by failing to control violence and instead inviting disaster.

Therefore, the villagers all begged Miller to defeat Leiyin and offer him to Anderson, preventing him from slaughtering the village.

Miller was more than happy to oblige. He wanted to see exactly how capable this brat who had defeated Andrin really was.

That day, Leiyin was preparing to go train in the rear mountains of Town East Village when Miller and a group of people blocked his path.

Seeing so many people, Leiyin said, "What do you want?"

"Kid, I hear you're pretty impressive. But after defeating Andrin, you only cared about showing off. Do you have any idea how much trouble you've caused us?" said Miller, who stood at the front.

"Exactly! Do you know what a huge disaster you've brought upon us?" the villagers behind him shouted.

Leiyin said indifferently, "I told the village chief that I won't leave this place until I defeat Anderson."

Upon hearing this, the villagers were stunned at first. Then, they all burst into loud laughter at the same time.

"This guy says he's going to defeat Anderson?"

"That's hilarious!"

"Don't think that defeating Andrin means you can defeat Anderson. Those two brothers aren't even on the same level!"

"What an ignorant brat who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth."

Everyone chimed in, their words filled with contempt.

Leiyin did not want to bother with them and continued walking forward, but Miller ran over and blocked him.

Leiyin said, "What exactly are you trying to do?"

Miller sneered coldly. "You heard them, didn't you? None of us believes you. You think a stinking brat like you can defeat Anderson? That's nothing but a fool's dream!"

Leiyin sneered back. "People's mouths belong to them, so what they say is their business. Besides, I made this promise to the village chief, not to you. Whether you believe me has nothing to do with me."

"Stinking brat, it seems I can only kill you and offer you to Anderson." Miller viciously assumed an offensive stance.

Seeing that he meant trouble, Leiyin naturally had no intention of being polite. "If you think you have what it takes, then come and try!"

"He's too arrogant! Teach him a lesson!"

"Make sure to capture this guy!"

"Give him a good beating!"

The villagers all cheered Miller on.

"Prepare to die, brat!"

With that, Miller raised one leg and kicked toward Leiyin's side. Leiyin coated his left arm with chakra and blocked the kick.

Although it looked like an ordinary kick, Miller was a Navy major who had seen countless battles. Moreover, it was said that he knew the [Six Styles], so this strike was no ordinary attack.

In truth, this kick had merely been a probing attack. Miller wanted to test the brat's strength, but he had not expected it to be blocked so effortlessly.

Next, Miller used his ultimate move.

"Six Styles—Finger Pistol!"

Miller extended the index finger of his right hand and thrust it straight toward Leiyin's heart.

With a clang like metal striking metal, Miller's index finger stopped against the left side of Leiyin's chest.

However, his finger could not advance even half a millimeter.

It turned out that Leiyin had instantly gathered chakra around his heart, creating an invisible layer of armor that resisted the attack.

Seeing that the man had directly attacked his vital point, Leiyin naturally stopped holding back.

"Lightning Release—Thousand."

"Stop!"

Just as Leiyin was about to counterattack Miller, an old man came running from a short distance away.

It was none other than the village chief, Farmer.

He ran up to the two of them. "What are you doing?"

Miller looked like a thief crying 'thief.' "Chief, this guy thinks that defeating Andrin makes him something special. I was just teaching him a lesson for you."

"Who are you going to teach? If you've got the guts, say that again!" Leiyin grew furious at his words. He silently circulated chakra throughout his body, preparing to give Miller a brutal beating.

Miller sneered. "You ignorant, arrogant brat. I said—"

"Both of you, shut up!" Farmer shouted, cutting off their argument.

Seeing that Farmer was angry, Miller also fell silent.

Although Miller usually acted as arrogantly as could be, he still did not dare do anything against the highly respected village chief.