Butcher Knife (Contract Signing Bonus Chapter)

"Heh heh, another one coming to die." Hearing the commotion, the Bare-Armed Man turned around with a savage grin, pulled out the steel saber stuck beside him, and blocked Zhu Danchen's attack.

By the time Chen Feng caught up, the two were already locked in combat, exchanging ten rounds of blows.

Zhu Danchen was skilled in nimble Kung Fu, and he had practiced the Judge's Brush in his hand for decades. Every strike targeted his opponent's vital points.

But that Lecher was no pushover either. The steel saber in his hand whistled with force. Though he used only basic moves such as chopping, slashing, lifting, hacking, thrusting, and brushing, he had mastered them to perfection and blocked every one of Zhu Danchen's attacks.

Even when he could not block in time, he would slash directly at Zhu Danchen with an air of mutual destruction, forcing Zhu Danchen to change his moves.

However, the scales of victory soon tipped toward Zhu Danchen. His opponent was clearly running low on internal energy and could no longer handle Zhu Danchen's rapid attacks. His movements grew slower and slower.

Butcher Knife was cursing inwardly as well. As an E+-rank Reincarnator, this was already his fifth time entering a Normal Grade World.

Because the first world he entered had been The Book and the Sword, his luck had been decent. He received a B Grade Evaluation, and the treasure chest rewarded him with a Basic Saber Technique.

Gritting his teeth, he had poured all the Reincarnation Points he had saved up over a long time into the Basic Saber Technique, raising it directly to Advanced level.

He then purchased a Basic Internal Cultivation manual.

In the worlds that followed, he spent heavily to gather information on various worlds and identified several low-martial-arts worlds. Relying on his Advanced Basic Saber Technique, he earned fairly high evaluations in those worlds.

In the previous world, A Deadly Secret, he had even earned the favor of the Blood Saber Ancestor, who accepted him as a disciple and taught him the Blood Saber Great Method.

But at the time, he had no spare Reincarnation Points left and could not quickly master the Blood Saber Great Method. With the mission time nearly up, he could only give it up.

For this Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils world, choosing Bad Reputation was a certainty for someone like him, who believed he already understood the martial world, because eight and a half months was simply too short.

Even if he did good deeds every day, he could at most gain fame in one region. Building Bad Reputation was much easier. As long as he committed a few utterly vile acts, he would soon become known throughout the martial world. Then he could hide in some remote mountain forest until time ran out.

Especially during this village massacre, he had hacked to death a meddlesome young man with a kitchen knife. The man had contributed a steel saber and a saber manual called Sect Breaking Saber, making up for his lack of saber techniques.

After killing everyone in the village, he happened to encounter a young married couple returning home to visit relatives at the village entrance. Butcher Knife immediately killed the man and abducted the woman, intending to vent his beastly lust.

When Zhu Danchen stopped him, Butcher Knife had originally thought another easy victim had arrived. Who would have thought that even with a weapon suited to his hand, he would be completely outmatched? He quickly ran short of internal energy and could only defend passively.

Butcher Knife had not expected to be so unlucky as to encounter a martial arts expert on the very next day.

While blocking Zhu Danchen's attacks, Butcher Knife considered his options. Suddenly, he spotted Chen Feng at the side trying to wake the unconscious woman. His eyes lit up, and he raised his saber at Zhu Danchen in a desperate, life-or-death strike.

Seeing that his opponent was apparently going all out, Zhu Danchen, who had already gained the upper hand, naturally would not clash head-on. He retreated slightly to evade the attack.

Who would have thought it was merely a feint? Butcher Knife suddenly withdrew his force and charged toward Chen Feng and the woman.

"Not good." Zhu Danchen realized he had been tricked the moment he dodged aside. His opponent's target was actually Chen Feng and the woman.

Chen Feng did not know martial arts. If he were taken hostage, things would become troublesome. Zhu Danchen could only rush toward Butcher Knife.

I've been fooled!

Seeing Zhu Danchen rush toward him, Butcher Knife gave a faint smile. He suddenly spun around and swept his saber upward at Zhu Danchen.

With his Advanced Basic Saber Technique, Butcher Knife's upward sweep not only borrowed the force of his body's rotation, but also nearly exhausted all the internal energy in his body. Combined with the strength he had previously enhanced with Reincarnation Points, this strike gave Zhu Danchen the illusion that it was unstoppable.

But Zhu Danchen, desperate to save Chen Feng, had no way to dodge again. He could only raise the Judge's Brush before him.

Clang!

The steel Judge's Brush was sent flying by the upward slash. The saber tip did not slow in the slightest as it swept toward Zhu Danchen's jaw.

At the critical moment, Zhu Danchen tilted his head slightly upward, narrowly avoiding that Fatal Strike.

After one exchange, Butcher Knife immediately discarded his saber, circulated what little internal energy he had left, and sprinted madly into the nearby woods.

Though he had preserved his life, a thin line of blood still appeared on Zhu Danchen's jaw. Clearly, he had not completely avoided that attack.

"Brother Xiaoyao, take care of that woman. I will definitely capture that Lecher alive." Zhu Danchen had always considered himself both wise and brave, resourceful and clever. Yet he had been tricked twice by a Lecher whose Kung Fu was inferior to his own. Unable to save face before Chen Feng, he gave him instructions, picked up the Judge's Brush that had been knocked away, and chased after Butcher Knife.

Chen Feng looked at Zhu Danchen's departing figure and sighed. The woman was unconscious, and Butcher Knife had torn her clothes until only a few scraps remained.

Helpless, Chen Feng took off his own clothes, intending to cover the woman so she would not be exposed. After all, a woman's chastity was very important in this era.

Who would have thought that just as Chen Feng took off his clothes, he heard an angry roar from behind him:

"Bold Lecher! In broad daylight, you dare commit such evil deeds? Stop at once!!!"

Along with the voice came a rapidly flying hidden weapon, which smashed fiercely into Chen Feng's back.

The hidden weapon, infused with internal energy, was more than even Chen Feng's three times normal human stamina could withstand. He was sent flying, and the weapon fell to the ground. It was actually a black Chess Piece.

Not far away, an Old Man past fifty came racing over with a wooden chessboard in his hand. The hundreds of black-and-white Chess Pieces on the board seemed glued in place; despite the Old Man's rapid sprint, they did not shift in the slightest.

The Old Man arrived beside the woman and beckoned with one hand. The black piece on the ground flew back onto the chessboard by itself. Then he angrily berated Chen Feng, "You beast! In broad daylight, you would commit such a heartless and insane act!"

"Senior, this is a misunderstanding..." Chen Feng slowly climbed to his feet as he tried to explain.

"A misunderstanding? You've already taken off your shirt, and you still call it a misunderstanding?" the Chessboard Elder said, pointing at Chen Feng's bare upper body and cutting him off.

"Elder Fan, what is there to say to a Lecher like this? Just kill him and be done with it." Before Chen Feng could speak, a figure rushed over from the distance, a Three-Foot Green Peak stabbing straight toward Chen Feng's heart.

Damn!

Chen Feng ducked beneath the incoming sword tip, but his opponent clearly had no intention of letting him go. With a twist of the wrist, the direct thrust became a downward chop, slashing toward Chen Feng.

Left with no choice, Chen Feng performed a clumsy roll to evade the attack. After scrambling back to his feet, he cursed, "Are you fucking insane? I already said it was a misunderstanding. Can't you understand human language?"