"Huh? A pretty boy like you wants to play the hero and save the beauty? Haha! Not that I'm looking down on you, but can a brat like you take a single palm strike from me?"
When Yin Zhao saw this, mockery filled his hideously distorted face. "Back then, Junior Sister Yan and that damned old man set me up, keeping my poison arts from breaking through for years. This time, I've made my breakthrough and come specifically for Junior Sister Yan. You think you can stand up for her? Ridiculous! Pretty boy, get on your knees and give me ten resounding kowtows, and I'll consider letting you go!"
"Haha!"
"Brat, get over here and kowtow!"
"Didn't you hear Boss Poison Wolf?"
The three men who had come with Yin Zhao also watched Chen Zheng with mocking expressions. Though none of them had a name on the Black List, they were still villains in China's Ancient Martial Arts world. The moment they had seen An Jing and Su Cheng, evil thoughts had already stirred in their minds.
"Yin Zhao, what's between us has nothing to do with anyone else!"
Yan Susu spoke coldly, trying to pull free of Chen Zheng's grip on her hand, but he pulled her back down again.
"You think I'm some pushover?"
An Jing's fiery temper flared. She slapped the table, turned around, and fixed Yin Zhao and the others with a cold stare.
"Oh! This beauty has quite a temper. I like it! Hehehe! I hope your temper stays just as fiery later!"
Yin Zhao grinned wickedly.
His nickname was Poison Wolf, and he had a name on the Black List. With this breakthrough in his poison arts, he was now a genuine Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster, even stronger than an ordinary Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster. To him, taking down Yan Susu and the other two women would be a breeze!
As for Chen Zheng, whom he saw as a pretty boy, a single poison palm strike would cripple him!
"Pretty boy, you know about China's Ancient Martial Arts world, don't you? Then you must know what a Grandmaster means. A Grandmaster is a realm that a pretty boy like you can't imagine. You'll never be able to imagine just how powerful a Grandmaster is. I'll give you one last ten seconds. Come over and kowtow of your own accord. Once you've kowtowed ten times, I'll be magnanimous and let you leave. Hehe! If you want to stay and watch, that's fine too. I can put on a live erotic show for you, free of charge! Haha! Hahaha!"
Yin Zhao's sinister gaze fell on Chen Zheng again, his words and expression dripping with mockery!
"I'm really curious. Why are there so many morons in this world? I ran into a few before, and a few more popped up today. Was I born with some kind of constitution that attracts mockery from morons?"
Chen Zheng suddenly smiled, his casual voice ringing out.
"Arrogant brat!"
"Morons? Who are you calling morons?"
"He's calling us morons!"
Yin Zhao's three lackeys immediately glared at Chen Zheng, rubbing their fists and flexing their hands as they prepared to attack!
"Huh? You're pretending to be an expert in front of me? Pretty boy, have you read too many novels? You think learning a few moves makes you an unparalleled expert who can play the hero and save the beauty?" Yin Zhao gave a vicious grin. After a pause, he suddenly bared a mouthful of teeth that looked as though something had sawed them to pieces and said menacingly to Chen Zheng, "Do you believe I can turn you into a pile of bare bones right now?"
At that moment, a sinister, terrifying atmosphere shrouded the entire Jasmine Bar!
The few staff members at the Jasmine Bar all trembled in fear, not daring to move!
"Pretty boy, scared stupid? Say something!"
Yin Zhao grinned wickedly!
"Finished talking?"
Chen Zheng spoke casually.
"Huh? You pretty boy, still pretending to be calm in front of me! Hmph! Looks like you won't shed tears until you see your coffin! Get over here right now. I'll grant you a palm strike and send you to hell!"
Yin Zhao sneered dismissively.
"A mere youngster. Ridiculous, ridiculous!"
"You think pretending to be calm will get you out of this?"
"Do you take us for morons?"
Yin Zhao's three lackeys also looked at Chen Zheng with disdain.
They were certain of one thing: even if a pretty boy like Chen Zheng knew Ancient Martial Arts, he could never be a match for a Grandmaster. This brat had merely been pretending to be calm from the start!
They had seen a few people like him before, and every one of them had met a miserable end!
This time, Chen Zheng said nothing. He simply released Yan Susu's hand and walked toward Yin Zhao, step by step.
"Chen..."
Yan Susu froze. Coming back to her senses, she had just begun to call Chen Zheng's name.
"Brat! Take my palm!"
Over there, Yin Zhao suddenly sprang into action. His figure shot like lightning to Chen Zheng's side, and he thrust a palm straight at his heart!
Boom!
The heart-destroying palm strike slammed into Chen Zheng's chest!
"Ah!"
Several staff members at the Jasmine Bar screamed outright in fright!
"Haha!"
"Trash!"
"I thought this brat knew a few moves. Turns out he's garbage who doesn't know anything!"
Seeing Yin Zhao's palm slam into Chen Zheng's chest, his three lackeys burst into laughter.
They had thought Chen Zheng would fight back, that he would at least know a move or two. But he didn't even know how to fight back. Sure enough, this brat had been pretending from beginning to end. He really thought he was an expert, when in fact he was nothing but trash!
"Brat! When you're reincarnated in your next life, try to find yourself a stronger master! Haha! Hahaha!"
One of the lackeys laughed again.
"Feel good?"
But just then, Chen Zheng spoke, his expression and tone as calm as ever.
What?
Yin Zhao's three lackeys froze. What did this brat mean by suddenly asking that?
Wait!
Boss Poison Wolf had struck this brat right in the chest, yet he hadn't coughed up any blood. Something felt wrong!
Crack!
The instant confusion appeared on the three lackeys' faces, a strange cracking sound suddenly came from Yin Zhao's body!
Thud!
Then Yin Zhao dropped to his knees before Chen Zheng with a thud!
"How could... your body possibly... I... all my meridians... they're severed..."
Yin Zhao jerked his head up and stared at Chen Zheng in horror. He struggled desperately to raise his right hand, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only lift it a little, trembling, before it fell again!
"Are you asking why I'm completely unharmed after you struck me, while all your meridians are severed? It's simple. My body can become harder than an alloy in an instant. Could that palm strike of yours shatter an alloy? Isn't it perfectly normal to suffer a backlash if you can't break it? You should be able to understand that explanation, right? If you can't, there's nothing I can do."
Chen Zheng answered Yin Zhao very seriously.
"Pfft!"
Hearing this, Yin Zhao froze, then lowered his head and spat out a mouthful of blood. After that, he never raised his head again! It wasn't that he lacked the strength to lift his head, but that he knew he was utterly crippled!
A Grandmaster!
An Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster had struck someone with his palm. The other person hadn't suffered a scratch, yet all his own meridians had ruptured, and his formidable cultivation had been destroyed in an instant!
Yin Zhao simply couldn't accept such a shock, such a gulf!
He had already shut himself off. At that moment, he was like a walking corpse, or even worse than one. A walking corpse could at least walk, while he couldn't even stand up anymore!
"Boss!"
"You... what did you do to Boss Poison Wolf?"
"You weren't pretending to be calm just now! You're really an expert? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could China's Ancient Martial Arts world have an expert this young?"
Yin Zhao's three lackeys were dumbfounded, crying out in horror as they backed away!
Run!
Get out of the Jasmine Bar!
Get out of this young man's sight!
This bastard hadn't been pretending to be calm. He had the qualifications and strength to be that calm!
This bastard had crippled a Grandmaster without even lifting a finger!
This bastard was so fucking terrifying!