"That's Heaven and Earth's guqin! You killed them!"
When The Beast saw Xu Long come out carrying the guqin, his mind raced, and he had already guessed what had happened.
Barring any surprises, the other nine of the ten greatest killers had probably all been killed, leaving only him.
"Don't worry. You'll be joining them soon enough!"
Xu Long's face was cold and stern. As his fingers plucked the strings, he poured all his Internal Force into the Heavenly Sound Guqin.
Sonic Blades tore through the air with piercing shrieks.
The Beast dared not take them head-on. He turned slightly to evade the attack, then sprang toward Xu Long.
"Bring it on!"
His attack having missed, Xu Long put away the Heavenly Sound Guqin and engaged The Beast in combat.
His Internal Force had not come from painstaking cultivation. Like water without a source, it was scarce and quickly spent.
The Sonic Blades he had unleashed earlier had used up most of it. If he kept going, he would only be able to smash people with the guqin.
Bang!
Their fists collided, and powerful force radiated in every direction.
Dust filled the air, and shattered stones flew.
As if of one mind, both men raised their legs and kicked at each other.
Bang, bang, bang!
Fists struck flesh, bones shattered, and tendons snapped.
The Beast was worthy of being the strongest man in this world. Even gravely wounded, he could still fight Xu Long to a standstill.
One Yang Finger!
Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms!
Thousand-Hand Divine Fist!
Buddha's Palm!
Tai Chi Chuan!
Xu Long unleashed one technique after another, as smoothly as drifting clouds and flowing water.
The Beast was no pushover either. He countered every move without giving an inch.
"All your scheming was for nothing. In the end, it will all come to naught. If you can't kill me today, you'll surely die someday."
The Beast roared. His right arm suddenly swelled, then smashed viciously toward Xu Long's chest.
Bang!
Xu Long crossed his arms and forcibly blocked the blow, but the difference in their strength forced him to retreat to absorb the terrifying force.
Now!
The Beast's previous burst of strength had faded, and his next had yet to rise. Openings appeared in both his body and his mind.
Xu Long, who had been waiting for this moment, gave a cold snort, and more than a dozen Spiral Needles shot toward The Beast from behind.
After forcing Xu Long back with a punch, The Beast exhaled a stale breath, gaining himself a moment's respite.
But just then, a terrifying sense of danger appeared out of nowhere, making his whole body shudder.
This is bad!
The Beast raised his Internal Force, hoping to withstand the attack head-on.
Unfortunately, he had first been surrounded and attacked by a large crowd of Axe Gang members, then raked by machine-gun fire, and finally blown half to death.
After all that, he had lost four-tenths of his strength.
He had fought Xu Long for most of the day in that condition, and most of his Internal Force had long since been spent. How could he have any strength left to block the Spiral Needles?
Puchi!
The hard needles buried themselves to the hilt in his temples, and the battle came to an instant halt.
[Assessment mission: 1. Kill The Beast! Complete! Awarded 1,000 points and one E-rank clearance card!] [Hidden mission: 18. Kill the ten greatest killers! Complete! Awarded 1,000 points!]
"He really was worthy of being the world's greatest killer. He was too strong!"
Xu Long coughed. The pain in his body could not conceal the joy in his heart.
The main mission this time was to survive for ten days. Less than half that time had passed, and all the missions were already complete.
He could wait out the remaining days at his leisure and take in the sights of the 1930s and 1940s along the way.
"Master, what should we do with this kid?"
The Red Queen dragged Sing over and asked Xu Long.
The Beast was already dead, so there was no longer any point in keeping Sing, the protagonist, around.
But Sing was no ordinary person. He was a peerless genius seen only once in a hundred years.
His physique was highly unusual, allowing him to recover no matter how severe his injuries. Without a manual for cultivating Internal Force, he had managed to cultivate a little of it entirely on his own.
Later, through a chance encounter, The Beast had opened his Ren and Du meridians, and he had soared straight to the heavens, becoming the strongest man in this world.
It would be a criminal waste of such excellent material not to slice him up for research!
"Collect some samples, then analyze and study them. Oh, right, get plenty of samples."
Xu Long waved a hand and returned to Pig Sty Alley.
He had done everything he could. The rest depended on the Red Queen's abilities.
Ten days was too short. There were many things he had no time to do, so he could only make a hasty start.
If he had half a year or more, Xu Long was confident he could turn this world upside down.
Leaving everything else aside, he could at least drive those Japanese devils out of China completely. If he played his cards right, he might even be able to wipe out a few small countries.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was time to return.
Xu Long, who had been sleeping soundly in bed, vanished in an instant. When he woke again, he had been transported to the Reincarnation Temple.
[Transport complete! Conscript has returned to the Reincarnation Temple! Mission reward calculation commencing!] [Main mission: 1. Survive for ten days. Awarded 300 points!] [Assessment mission: 1. Kill The Beast. Awarded 1,000 points and one E-rank clearance card!] [Hidden missions: 1. Obtain a martial arts manual. Awarded 800 points! 2. Subdue and destroy the Axe Gang and other Shanghu City underworld forces. Awarded a total of 3,000 points! 3. Kill all ten of the greatest killers. Awarded a total of 4,300 points! 4. Save Coolie and the Tailor. Awarded 600 points! 5. Uncover the secret of the psychiatric hospital. Awarded 1,000 points! 6. Destroy the two countries of Japan and India. Awarded 2,000 points!] [Total awarded: 13,000 points and one E-rank clearance card! Overall evaluation: S. Awarded one E-rank clearance card!] [Global announcement: Reincarnator "Long Aotian" has cleared the world of "Kung Fu Hustle" with an S-rank evaluation! "Kung Fu Hustle" has ended!] ["Train to Busan" has opened. Energy level: D-rank!] ["Wolf Warrior" has opened. Energy level: D-rank!]
The global announcement rang out in everyone's minds, leaving them all thinking, What the fuck?
It had only been a month, and another S-rank evaluation had appeared-and it was the same person again!
The Reincarnation Temple had been open for more than a decade, with tens of millions of entries at the very least. Aside from Long Aotian, the highest evaluation belonged to the Divine Heavenly Emperor, the strongest man of the present age, and even he had only received an A-rank after fighting his way through that world.
What exactly had Long Aotian done? Why had he received an S-rank evaluation twice in a row?
The reincarnators who had not entered the world of Kung Fu Hustle were all marveling at Xu Long's strength, while those who had entered as soon as it opened were mostly cursing up a storm.
It had ended for no apparent reason. They had accomplished nothing and had gotten jack shit apart from the mission to survive ten days.
That was bad enough, but some of them, whether through good luck or bad, had joined the Axe Gang.
They had thought they could do whatever they wanted, but instead, some had died and others had been injured. Even their headquarters had been blown up.
It was just as well that no one knew Xu Long's identity. Otherwise, judging by what he had done, his reputation would probably have stunk up the entire atmosphere.
"Quick... quick... contact him immediately... give him whatever he wants... as long as he joins the North American District..."
"Fifty thousand points, the first embrace of a vampire marquis, and his pick of any woman among the vampires and werewolves. Men are fine too, as long as he's willing to join the Western European District..."
The leaders of several population centers all began offering inducements. Even the conceited, shameless, and arrogant North American District changed its strategy.
"Big brothers, should we invite him too? The North American and Western European Districts have already made their moves, and even Northern Russia and Egypt couldn't hold back. Young people can't withstand temptation. If by any chance..."
In a meeting room in the Huaxia District of the First District, the Fire Demon King, ranked ninth among the world's ten greatest experts, looked worried. On the screen before him were the first-ranked Divine Heavenly Emperor and the second-ranked Xuanming Emperor.