Jiang Yuechu's Noble Character

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Everyone present felt their brains shrink.

In ordinary times, it was common enough for the hot-blooded brothers to come to blows in the barracks over a momentary burst of temper.

But those had all been low-ranking Demon-Suppression Guards.

When had two captains ever openly fought under so many watchful eyes?

What left everyone even more dumbfounded was that Jiang Yuechu, a girl who looked so slender and delicate, had sent Song Ren flying with a single kick?!

That was Song Ren!

A veteran captain who had spent years in the Demon Suppression Office!

A genuine Bone-Resonance Realm martial artist!

How could he... be so utterly unable to withstand a blow?

Just how terrifying was this newly appointed Captain Jiang's strength?!!

Countless gazes converged on the human-shaped crater.

"Cough... cough, cough..."

Bracing himself against the wall, Song Ren struggled to his feet. With every cough, frothy blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

A piercing pain radiated from where he had been kicked in the chest, as though several of his bones had snapped.

Yet the pain in his body was nothing compared to the horror in his heart.

No one knew his own strength better than he did.

Relying on the Song Family's resources and his years of experience in the Demon Suppression Office, he had only barely crossed the threshold into the Bone-Resonance Realm a few years ago.

He might not compare to those so-called prodigies.

But damn it, he was still a Bone-Resonance Realm martial artist!

Even when sparring with those captains in the camp who had reached Bone-Resonance Realm perfection, he had never lost so cleanly, so thoroughly!

Thinking back to that kick just now...

That force had not been the explosive surge of blood and qi from an ordinary martial artist at all.

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