Three to Seven

"Of course!"

"I'm merely an unknown nobody, just trying to make a little silver. How would I dare lay a hand on the personal disciple of a Transforming Energy Grandmaster?"

Wang Sheng's disguised hoarse voice came from the alley.

"Heh, personal disciple? You think you deserve that title?"

Yet Wang Sheng sneered inwardly.

Zhao Jie's personal disciples were completely bound to Zhao Jie; they would inherit his Transforming Energy methods in the future.

Other than his son, no disciple had ever been acknowledged as Zhao Jie's personal disciple.

Unless his son died!

At this moment, many people nearby were watching the spectacle and whispering among themselves, but no one dared approach.

Jin Cang's companion and junior brother, Tian Muzhen, slightly relaxed his tightly furrowed brow. With so many people watching, he felt the other side probably would not dare act recklessly.

Besides, Jin Cang was at the middle stage of Dark Energy. Even if someone acted recklessly, it should not reach Tian Muzhen's head!

Jin Cang thought so as well. He nodded at his junior brother Tian Muzhen.

"Senior Brother, don't worry. If anything happens, just shout!"

Tian Muzhen said solemnly.

"I doubt he would dare make a move!"

Jin Cang chuckled. His expression was calm and composed. Draped in a black robe, his burly frame stood out like a crane among chickens, prompting many to sigh that this man was undoubtedly a master of the martial world.

And that was indeed the case. Jin Cang ran an escort agency with dozens of skilled fighters under him. He had also partnered with others to acquire vast tracts of farmland, with an entire village's people serving as his tenants. He was even an elder of the Martial Alliance, holding great status and power.

Tap, tap, tap...

Jin Cang strode toward the shadow-shrouded alley.

The dust kicked up in the alley earlier had mostly settled by now, but plenty still hung in the air like fog, obscuring the view.

After entering the alley, Jin Cang stopped only when he saw a dark figure standing not far away. He was just about to speak.

Suddenly,

The dark figure fell to the ground with a thud.

Jin Cang's pupils contracted. In an instant, he felt an icy killing intent envelop his entire body. Cold sweat burst forth, every hair stood on end, and terror crept over him.

The next moment,

A figure even larger than him emerged behind Jin Cang.

Enormous swollen muscles, black clothes split and shredded apart, long black hair dancing wildly, and a savage, bloodthirsty face.

This was Wang Sheng after activating the second layer of the Blood Stacking Technique. The muscles all over his body knotted like steel, and his tall, burly form no longer seemed human.

"Die!"

Wang Sheng let out a low shout.

He unleashed the killing move of the Great Tablet Shattering Hand. His entire arm seemed to transform into a colossal steel monument, and the terrifyingly surging Dark Energy made the surrounding air hum while the blue bricks beneath his feet shattered in a spiderweb pattern.

Double force, plus the body-forging technique, plus the two-layer Blood Stacking Technique—everything Wang Sheng had painstakingly cultivated erupted in that instant.

"No! No! No!"

At that moment, Jin Cang's eyes nearly split apart. Power surged wildly through his body, his blood like floodwaters bursting through a broken dam as he rapidly gathered all his strength.

Jin Cang barely turned around. He had just gathered his Dark Energy and raised an arm to block when an ear-piercing shriek tore through the air, followed by a crushing wind pressure slamming into his face.

The fierce wind blew Jin Cang's facial skin into a grotesque mess.

The next instant,

The terrifying fist force smashed heavily into his arm.

Crack, crack...

Surging Dark Energy and immense force exploded like raging torrents breaching a dam. Jin Cang's arm broke inch by inch, producing countless cracking sounds like branches snapping.

Jin Cang had only just let out a shrill scream.

Wang Sheng stepped forward, sank his waist into a horse stance in one smooth motion, united the three forces as one, and blasted out the cannon punch his other hand had long been gathering.

Even at such a moment, Jin Cang managed to defend himself. He raised his knee in time and took the blow.

Crack!

His knee shattered. Immense force twisted his entire thigh like a rope, violently deforming it. Blood and white bone were exposed, making for a horrifying sight.

The sound of splintering bones mixed with screams and pierced the eardrums.

Jin Cang's eyes bulged. Blood sprayed from his nose and mouth like arrows as his body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, smashing heavily into a collapsed wall. Blood mixed with dirt.

In only a few breaths, Jin Cang, who had just been heroic and full of confidence, had been beaten into a crippled dog.

"Ah!!!"

Jin Cang's screams sounded like ghosts gnawing at flesh. In the blink of an eye, he had become severely disabled.

Both arms were shattered, and one thigh was ruined. Unimaginable pain crazily assaulted his nerves, making it impossible for him to endure it no matter how hard he tried.

"Why?! Why?!"

"That was the Great Tablet Shattering Hand, the Blood Stacking Technique! Who wants to kill me???"

Jin Cang was in too much pain to speak. He could only let out incoherent shrieks, while his mind frantically screamed its questions.

Elsewhere,

Outside the alley.

Jin Cang's first scream, along with the sound of bones breaking, startled everyone outside.

Everyone was instantly terrified and could not help retreating again and again. Quite a few people even turned and ran.

"Something really happened!"

Only Tian Muzhen remained standing alone in place, his expression abruptly turning extremely ugly as he had no idea what to do.

By their agreement, he should have rushed in to save his senior brother.

But who could have expected Jin Cang to let out such a horrifying scream? It had truly frightened Tian Muzhen so badly that his legs felt filled with lead, and he did not dare move an inch.

Jin Cang was at the middle stage of Dark Energy and had ended up like this. Tian Muzhen, at the early stage of Dark Energy, did not believe he would fare any better if he went in.

Still, Tian Muzhen did not want to bear the infamy of abandoning his senior brother. He had just gritted his teeth and prepared to go in for a look.

Then,

Jin Cang's even more terrifying screams, like the wails of vicious ghosts, made everyone outside the alley's hearts race as fear spread across their faces.

The commoners still watching, along with several Bright Energy Martial Artists, scattered and fled as though actual evil ghosts were chasing after them.

"Damn it, what kind of ghostly thing did Senior Brother run into?!"

Tian Muzhen was filled with terror and truly did not dare move. Sweat poured down his forehead like rain as he stood there numbly. He wanted to run.

But Dark Energy martial masters were still watching from the shadows.

If Tian Muzhen ran today and abandoned his senior brother,

Then once the prideful Zhao Jie learned of it tomorrow, even if he did not cripple Tian Muzhen, he would still break one of his legs.

"This Tian Muzhen is trash too. He doesn't even dare go inside!"

At Thousand Cranes Tower, a Dark Energy martial master watching from the shadows said disdainfully.

"Then you go in and take a look!"

Someone laughed.

"Hmph, I'm telling you, at most there's only someone at Dark Energy Great Perfection inside. It can't possibly be a Transforming Energy Grandmaster making a move. If I went in, it would still be three to seven!"

The Dark Energy martial master craned his neck and stubbornly retorted.

"What a huge mouth you have. You're only at the early stage of Dark Energy, yet you dare claim three to seven against someone at Dark Energy Great Perfection?"

"Nonsense!"

"He throws three punches, I hold the funeral seven days later!"

"If you put it that way, then I can claim five to five too!"

Leaving aside the bickering at Thousand Cranes Tower.

Inside the alley,

After sensing that those outside did not dare enter, Wang Sheng relaxed slightly. Then he picked up the swords and sabers dropped by the bald man and the others, and threw them toward the already crippled Jin Cang.

Squelch...

Several sharp swords and sabers firmly pinned Jin Cang in place. With the massive blood loss, even his screams grew much weaker.