"Your life or your money? Hand over the money, and you can leave!"
Master Jin spoke in a deep voice.
With his neck gripped tight, Liangzi could barely breathe, his young face turning the color of pig liver.
He kept slapping the burly man's arm, apparently trying to say something.
At a glance from Master Jin, the burly man immediately released Liangzi's neck.
After a fit of violent coughing, Liangzi panted, "Spare me, Master Jin! I really was just bragging. I don't have any money!"
"Heh, fine. Still too stubborn to see sense. Cripple this brat's arms!"
Master Jin gave the order.
Immediately.
Terror filled Liangzi's face.
If his arms were crippled, how could he work as a laborer for the Han Family?
How would he survive afterward?
Wasn't Master Jin asking for his life?!
For a moment, Liangzi hesitated. He even considered simply handing over all his savings to Master Jin.
Lose his money to avert disaster?
But-
That was the hard-earned money he had sweated blood for over many years.
He feared death, but he feared poverty even more!
As the two burly men approached with vicious grins, the martial moves he had learned in last night's dream suddenly surfaced in Liangzi's mind.
Along with that miraculous breathing technique.
"Black Tiger Rips Out the Heart!"
Breathing at the precise rhythm from his dream, Liangzi suddenly lunged forward, thrusting both hands out like tiger claws.
He felt his body burn hot, his arms brimming with strength, as though he could tear apart everything in the world.
"What?!"
The two grinning brutes cried out in shock. As they watched Liangzi's claws strike toward them, fierce wind hit their faces, and an overwhelming sense of mortal danger
suddenly arose!
Splurt!
Liangzi's hands pierced straight through the two burly men's chests!
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