What Makes You Think You Can Compete with Me for a Woman?

At that moment, Jia Lie Ao stared fixedly at Xiao Yi Xian with his murky eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing as lewdness practically spilled from him.

"Yo? Where did this little fairy come from? That figure, that face... Tsk, tsk, tsk. She's even more exciting than the top courtesan at Spring Breeze Pavilion!"

Jia Lie Ao reached out, intending to touch Xiao Yi Xian's face. "Little sister, I haven't seen you around before. Are you lost? Want big brother to take you somewhere fun?"

Xiao Yi Xian frowned in disgust and shrank back behind Lu Heng.

The smile on Lu Heng's face vanished instantly.

He narrowed his eyes slightly at the greasy hand reaching toward them, his tone so calm that no emotion could be heard in it.

"You don't want that hand anymore?"

Jia Lie Ao froze, only then noticing the eyesore standing beside her.

He sized Lu Heng up and down. Seeing that he was plainly dressed and still young, he immediately sneered, his arrogant dandyish air fully surfacing.

"Where did this country bumpkin come from? You dare meddle in my business? Do you know who I am? I'm the young master of the Jia Lie Family! If you know what's good for you, get lost and leave this little beauty behind to have a few drinks with me. Otherwise..."

As Jia Lie Ao spoke, he arrogantly jabbed the folding fan in his hand at Lu Heng's chest.

"Otherwise, I'll make sure you can't survive in Wutan City!"

A wave of sighs rose from the surrounding onlookers.

Jia Lie Ao was a notorious bully. Relying on his family's influence, he preyed on men and women alike. Who would dare provoke him? This young man was in for trouble.

Then, the next second.

A crisp crack rang out.

Jia Lie Ao's finger, which had yet to touch Lu Heng's chest, bent backward at a bizarre ninety-degree angle.

"Aah!!!"

A pig-slaughtering scream instantly echoed through the entire street.

Before anyone could react, Lu Heng had already driven a kick into Jia Lie Ao's lower abdomen.

Bang!

Jia Lie Ao flew away like a torn sack, slamming hard into a wall three meters away before sliding limply down. Foam spilled from his mouth, and he even vomited up last night's meal.

The entire area fell silent.

Lu Heng withdrew his foot and snorted coldly. What makes you think you can compete with me for a woman?

Jia Lie Ao's miserable scream finally made the dandies and guards who had been following behind him to watch the show realize what had happened.

"Young Master Ao!"

A burly guard was the first to come to his senses. He rushed to the wall and helped the limp Jia Lie Ao off the ground.

Jia Lie Ao clutched his twisted finger, his face pale as paper as he wailed in agony, having completely lost his mind.

"Get him! Cripple him! I want him dead!!"

At the command, the guards immediately drew the weapons at their waists. More than twenty of them closed in on Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian like starving wolves.

Most of these guards were three- or four-star Dou Zhes. They were more than capable of dealing with ordinary people in Wutan City, but against Lu Heng, they were simply laughable.

Lu Heng gently pulled Xiao Yi Xian behind him, his expression darkening.

He made no unnecessary movements and merely stood quietly in place. Azure Wood Dou Qi and Separating Fire Dou Qi began circulating rapidly within him, mixed with a trace of newly formed Thick Earth Dou Qi as they surged and roared through his meridians.

"You're courting death."

The first to charge forward was a five-star Dou Zhe. The long blade in his hand howled through the air as it chopped straight at Lu Heng's head.

Lu Heng tilted his body aside to evade the blade, then raised his arm and lashed it across the man's chest like an iron whip.

Bang!

It was the sound of bones breaking.

The five-star Dou Zhe let out a muffled groan and flew sideways like a kite with its string cut, crashing heavily into the crowd and instantly losing all ability to fight.

The battle erupted in an instant, yet it was completely one-sided.

Lu Heng was astonishingly fast.

Like an agile leopard, he darted through the crowd, every strike carrying overwhelming force.

His attacks were simple and effective, with scarcely any flashy movements. They were entirely the combat instincts honed in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Everyone struck by him fell screaming to the ground, unable to continue fighting.

It took less than a minute.

More than twenty Jia Lie Family guards lay sprawled across the ground, their groans rising and falling one after another.

Lu Heng came to a stop. The ground around him was a mess of Dou Qi damage and bloodstains, while Xiao Yi Xian behind him remained completely unharmed.

"Who else?"

Lu Heng took a step forward, and the murderous aura forged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood instantly suppressed the entire scene.

The onlookers who had originally been watching the excitement all retreated several steps in fright.

Jia Lie Ao's lackeys were completely dumbfounded.

They knew Jia Lie Ao was always causing trouble, but they never imagined that he would kick an iron plate today.

Just then, a gloomy voice came from the second floor of the tavern.

"What an arrogant brat! You dared strike members of the Jia Lie Family so heavily in Wutan City! Do you really think the Jia Lie Family has no one left?"

A figure in a gray robe slowly emerged from the tavern. He swept his gaze across the guards lying on the ground, and his expression grew uglier by the moment.

This was Jia Lie Xiong, an elder of the Jia Lie Family and a three-star Dou Master.

He was specifically responsible for Jia Lie Ao's safety. He had been inside the tavern listening to music and drinking, only to come out and find his young master beaten beyond recognition.

Jia Lie Xiong trembled with rage, his beard quivering as the aura of a Dou Master erupted from him without restraint, pressing down on Lu Heng like a mountain.

"Brat, kneel and kowtow to admit your mistake now, then break both your arms. This old man may still spare your life!" Jia Lie Xiong shouted grimly.

The surrounding crowd stirred once more.

"It's an elder of the Jia Lie Family! A three-star Dou Master!"

"This youth is finished. No matter how powerful a Dou Zhe is, he can't possibly defeat a Dou Master!"

"Ah, what a pity. He looks like a genius, but he's too young and impulsive."

Xiao Yi Xian's expression changed. She could feel the powerful pressure emanating from the elder.

She instinctively grabbed the corner of Lu Heng's clothes, her voice carrying a trace of worry.

"Young Master Lu, run! He's a Dou Master!"

Lu Heng did not turn around.

Feeling the aura of a Dou Master, he was not afraid. Instead, he smiled.

"A Dou Master?"

He had just broken through and was worrying over not having a chance to test the power of a Dou Master.

"Don't be so certain."

Lu Heng sneered and stepped forward. The surging Dou Qi in his body was no longer concealed as the aura of a one-star Dou Master burst forth in an instant.

Although he had only just entered the Dou Master realm, the wood-, fire-, and earth-attributed Dou Qi within him made his aura far heavier and more majestic than that of an ordinary one-star Dou Master!

Jia Lie Xiong's expression abruptly stiffened.

He had never imagined that this boy, who appeared to be only eleven or twelve years old, was also a Dou Master!

And his aura was no weaker than Jia Lie Xiong's!