But that voice truly made Taunt Bro furious. "Y-You're taunting me while you have the upper hand, fine. But now you're at a disadvantage, practically defeated, and you still dare taunt me? Do you think my attacks are too weak?"
He could not endure it any longer, so he charged at Zhou Yang again.
The two tangled together once more. This time, Taunt Bro attacked Zhou Yang like a madman, seemingly determined to make him understand just how formidable he was.
And that was exactly the effect Zhou Yang wanted. He deliberately showed weakness, even exposed openings for his opponent to exploit. At the same time, he put on expressions as though he were in great pain, numbing his opponent's vigilance and making him believe Zhou Yang was nearing his limit. Meanwhile, Zhou Yang familiarized himself with every aspect of his own abilities, striving to gain complete control over them.
Watching Zhou Yang retreat step by step, Taunt Bro's attacks became even fiercer. His fists and kicks continuously left wounds across Zhou Yang's body. As Zhou Yang's injuries increased and his muffled groans grew louder, Taunt Bro became more and more excited. It was as if tormenting someone like this gave him supreme pleasure.
At this point, Shi and Rain, standing at the edge of the field, had already prepared to intervene. In their view, as those injuries piled up, there would eventually come a moment when Zhou Yang's life was in danger. Hanzo had previously ordered them to save him at a critical moment. If Zhou Yang were killed right under Hanzo's nose, it would not merely be embarrassing—it would mean mission failure.
The two exchanged nods, both feeling that it was about time. Just as they were about to rush over, Hanzo suddenly extended a hand and blocked their path. The two were startled. Why was that? Had Zhou Yang somehow offended Lord Hanzo earlier, causing him to change his mind? So... forget it. Those were not things subordinates like them could speculate about.
Zhou Yang was now practically unrecognizable. His body was covered in injuries, and his face was bruised as well. His black eye looked even more like that of a panda.
After unleashing a series of combos, Taunt Bro also felt somewhat exhausted. He could not help but admire this five-year-old child a little. After taking a beating for a full ten minutes, Zhou Yang could still stand up. But Taunt Bro had no intention of going easy on him. He wanted revenge for his teammate, and he wanted to prove himself. So next, he would launch his killing blow.
After kicking Zhou Yang in the stomach, he grabbed Zhou Yang's body as it fell backward and pulled him back. Then he positioned his elbow along the path Zhou Yang had to take. With a crack, his elbow struck bone. But it was not Zhou Yang's head.
"Have you had enough fun beating me?"
"H-How is that possible? How did you catch my attack?" Taunt Bro stared as though he had seen a ghost at Zhou Yang, who had blocked his elbow with one hand.
Would Zhou Yang explain? Of course not. He always adhered to one principle: the more you said, the more likely you were to slip up; talk too much, and you died. Who knew how many villains had fallen because of their own trash talk? Though Zhou Yang himself refused to admit he was a villain, who was to say that kind of thing only worked on villains?
Taunt Bro also knew that after he had attacked Zhou Yang so viciously, Zhou Yang surely had a lot of pent-up anger to vent. He knew how terrifying Zhou Yang's strength was. If he were beaten like that, he would lose at least half his life. So he wanted to surrender. But his mouth never got the chance to open.
After blocking the elbow strike, Zhou Yang directly lifted Taunt Bro's elbow upward. As he did so, his other hand followed. This hand was not clenched into a fist; instead, his palm was held straight and stiff as he stabbed it directly into Taunt Bro's armpit, instantly causing Taunt Bro's entire right arm to fall out of his control.
About twenty meters away, Taunt Bro's teammate Qianbai sensed that something was wrong when he saw Taunt Bro stop moving, and he immediately ran toward him. But he halted after taking his first step, because he had already seen Zhou Yang's elbow strike his teammate's right cheek. He immediately formed hand seals. At this stage, ninjutsu would definitely reach them faster than he could.
After Zhou Yang's elbow struck Taunt Bro's right cheek, the hand gripping Zhou Yang's body loosened from the impact. Taunt Bro's right cheek had suffered a heavy blow. Not only had he instantly lost the ability to resist, his head also bent toward the direction of the strike. In that brief instant, Zhou Yang straightened the hand he had used to hit him, and his fist shot out, striking Taunt Bro's other cheek once again.
With both sides of his face attacked in rapid succession, Taunt Bro's head felt as if ten thousand bees were buzzing inside it. Blood flowed from his nose and mouth, and he completely lost the ability to resist. But Zhou Yang had no intention of stopping. He was going to teach this motherless bastard a lesson. He would make him understand what he could and could not say.
Never having met his biological parents was already the subject Zhou Yang least wanted to mention. Yet this guy had not only brought it up, but used it to insult him. Was that not adding fuel to the fire?
"Lightning Release, Lightning Senbon." With that low murmur, Qianbai spat out six blue Chakra needles resembling Senbon. This was also the limit of what he could use.
The killing power of Senbon was naturally not high, but because they were formed from Lightning Chakra, they would temporarily paralyze the target upon impact. This was Qianbai's method of stopping Zhou Yang from continuing his attack.
But Zhou Yang's physique far exceeded Qianbai's expectations. After the six Lightning Senbon pierced Zhou Yang's body, Zhou Yang paused for just one second. Yes, only one second. This resistance left Shi and Rain, who had been somewhat bewildered already, even more stunned. It even made Hanzo, who had been sitting steadily on the platform, rise to his feet. All three looked as though they had seen a monster.
"Could this be some kind of special Kekkei Genkai?"
Zhou Yang naturally had no idea about the reactions of those three above. Right now, he was somewhat astonished by the Lightning Release technique that person had just used. Although it had only restrained him for one second, half his body was still numb and tingling.
"I didn't expect one of these three to possess Lightning Chakra. Hah, they are talented after all."
In this numb state, he could not concentrate his strength at all, so he could only give up on breaking this guy's arms and legs. Still, he chased after him and hit him a few more times, just so the remaining two would not be able to gauge his current condition and give him time to recover.
The facts proved that his plan had worked. When the other side saw that he could still attack, they gave up on rushing toward him and even retreated several steps.
Zhou Yang was happy to see that. He lightly kicked Taunt Bro away from his side, pretending to give the other party an opportunity. Then he bent one leg and sat down on the spot, propping his head up with one hand. His posture looked as though victory was already in his grasp and the entire situation was under his control.
After retreating, Qianbai saw that Zhou Yang had actually sat down on the spot. He wondered if Zhou Yang was luring him in by exposing that opening. Then, when he saw Zhou Yang's pose of complete control, he became certain that his earlier judgment had been correct. Zhou Yang had indeed been trying to lure him into close range.
"You're called Zhou Yang, right?"
"So what if I am?"
"I apologize, on behalf of myself and my teammates, for disrespecting you. You truly are a strong opponent."
"Oh? What, are you surrendering?"
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