Eight Meters, I Can Still Flip It!

The claw shadows were impenetrable, like a black net.

The Beast Sect Leader swung his claws into countless afterimages, trying to seal off Zhou An's retreat.

But what happened next left him dumbfounded.

The claws came like a raging storm, densely packed.

Zhou An's steps shifted slightly, as though he were dancing. Each time, just before the claws reached him, he narrowly dodged aside.

It was like dancing on a blade's edge, every step incomparably precise.

At that moment, the entire scene fell silent.

Only the howling wind echoed through the forest.

Head Constable Xie and Division Magistrate Zhang stood with their mouths agape, no longer knowing how to express their emotions.

They had just praised his footwork, but now it seemed that it was not merely good—it was extraordinary.

The longer the Beast Sect Leader attacked, the greater the shock in his heart became.

After swinging his claws over a hundred times, he stopped and rapidly retreated.

His face was covered in black shadow, making his expression impossible to see.

Yet his hurried movements made it clear that he was panicking.

"My turn." Zhou An smiled faintly.

His long saber moved like a dragon, sweeping up a blaze of saber light.

The saber light was like threads, layer upon layer, densely enveloping the Beast Sect Leader.

The Beast Sect Leader let out a miserable scream.

The black shadows on his body were ground away by the thread-like saber light, but they quickly returned to normal.

Every time Zhou An raised his long saber, it brought forth densely packed saber light.

He wielded the Butchering Ox Skill with divine mastery.

"Not enough, nowhere near enough!"

Every time the saber light shaved away a layer of black shadow, more black shadow rapidly filled the gap.

The Beast Sect Leader's voice was arrogant.

"This level of attack isn't enough. You may be a master of techniques, but you're not a master whose techniques specifically counter me!"

His eight-meter-tall body brought terrifying pressure.

The Beast Sect Leader raised the claws in his hands, which reflected a chilling gleam under the moonlight.

Zhou An's earlier attack had already reassured him.

The Beast Sect Leader had judged the force of that attack. Even if it could break through his defenses, it could not kill him completely.

He possessed powerful regenerative abilities and could disregard defense altogether.

All he wanted now was to attack wildly.

"Aren't you good at dodging? Isn't your movement technique peerless?"

"Your qi will run out eventually."

"Once your qi is exhausted, how will you dodge then?"

The Beast Sect Leader's voice was arrogant, thick with mockery.

"What can a mysterious expert possibly do to me?"

Head Constable Xie and Division Magistrate Zhang exchanged glances.

They had noticed the problem as well.

Zhou An's saber was fast enough, and his attacks were strong enough, but they still fell just short.

They could break through the defenses, but could not inflict fatal damage.

If the Beast Sect Leader adopted a crazed, wound-for-wound style of fighting, Zhou An might not be able to withstand it.

After all, the Beast Sect Leader was empowered by the strength of beasts, and he also possessed a treasure from the Blood Shadow Gate.

With both boosts, his total amount of qi was immense.

A battle of attrition would drive Zhou An into a desperate situation.

"Go help him!"

Division Magistrate Zhang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth, and struggled to his feet.

They were all grasshoppers tied to the same rope now. Zhou An was their only hope.

If anything happened to Zhou An, they would all die together.

Head Constable Xie nodded and looked at the shattered saber on the ground.

"Back when I fought water bandits at night, my saber was chopped to pieces. I used my hands in place of a saber then. Looks like I'll have to do it again today."

He rose to his feet and approached with Division Magistrate Zhang, preparing to support him from the side.

"Zhou An, don't panic! We're here to help you!" Division Magistrate Zhang shouted.

He received no response.

While dodging, Zhou An merely turned his head and gave Division Magistrate Zhang a strange look.

That gaze was very strange.

It was filled with incomprehension and confusion.

Division Magistrate Zhang and Head Constable Xie both froze.

They could not understand why Zhou An was looking at them like that.

But in the next moment, they understood.

"Why should I panic?"

Zhou An picked up the wooden wok in his left hand and murmured.

"The one who should panic is him."

Under the two men's watchful eyes, Zhou An flipped the wooden wok over.

He dodged aside just as the Beast Sect Leader's claws swung toward him, then pressed the wooden wok against the claws.

Qi surged madly through his body, wrapping around the wooden wok.

Zhou An twisted his wrist and flipped the wooden wok back over.

This flip did not involve only the wooden wok.

The Beast Sect Leader's entire body was flipped over along with it.

Object Juggling, activate!

The Beast Sect Leader felt his head spin, then discovered that his vision had been turned upside down.

His hand seemed to have been glued to the wooden wok.

No matter how hard he struggled, he could not shake it off.

And then... Zhou An began to toss him.

Qi traveled through the wooden wok and spread across the Beast Sect Leader's entire body.

"Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah!"

The destructive property unique to Object Juggling began to take effect.

Pain spread from his claws to every part of his body.

The black shadows covering the Beast Sect Leader were gradually collapsing.

"This... this..."

Head Constable Xie felt utterly speechless.

Division Magistrate Zhang was silent as well.

As they watched the scene before them, stormy waves rose in their hearts.

The eight-meter-tall Beast Sect Leader was actually being tossed around by a wok.

More importantly, Zhou An looked like a chef, while the Beast Sect Leader looked like a dish.

Zhou An's expression was extremely serious.

A tiny wooden wok, and an eight-meter-tall black shadow.

The contrast between the two was striking.

Division Magistrate Zhang and Head Constable Xie felt that their horizons had been broadened today.

It was their first time seeing someone fight by flipping a wok.

And it was a fight to the death!

Wasn't that absurd?

Of course, with the mysterious-expert filter in effect, Division Magistrate Zhang and Head Constable Xie instead found it perfectly normal.

"Experts always have some unique quirks." Head Constable Xie gave an awkward laugh.

Division Magistrate Zhang nodded solemnly. "Don't even mention him flipping a wok. Even if he were... were..."

He felt that he could not make it up anymore.

The two of them were on the verge of collapse.

They had begun to question life itself.

The Beast Sect Leader's screams, in particular, were something else entirely.

Zhou An did not care what they thought. He was very serious now.

Very serious about making the Beast Sect Leader die.

The screams gradually weakened, until pleas for mercy could be heard.

"Spare me, spare me!"

"I'll teach you Beast Worship! I'll teach you the Blood Shadow Gate Secret Technique! With your strength, you can definitely go even further!"

"Please spare me! I don't want to die!"

Under the threat of death, the Beast Sect Leader was finally afraid.

He began begging for mercy.

He wanted to live.

Zhou An remained expressionless, silently tossing the wok.

The cries gradually weakened until they vanished without a trace.

The eight-meter-tall black shadow slowly shrank... and collapsed...

The Beast Sect Leader's flesh separated from his bones.

Before long, he had become a pile of mangled meat, which Zhou An tossed onto the ground.

Live?

If you lived, I wouldn't.

Zhou An casually tossed aside the wooden wok, turned around, and let his gaze wander over Head Constable Xie and Division Magistrate Zhang.

The two men felt their hairs stand on end and both took a step back.

Head Constable Xie swallowed and advised, "Zhou An, you're still young. Don't go down the path of crime..."