Translator: CinderTL
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Inside the courtyard.
Li Chunjun vaulted over the wall and strode in with large, determined steps.
The guard captain, Sun Yongxing, also coldly stared at Li Chunjun, ready to confront him head-on.
"What audacity!"
Right in front of them, the guards, Li Chunjun had openly climbed over the wall, completely disregarding Sun Yongxing, known as "Hidden Sword." It seemed that during his two years as the guard captain for the Jin family, his absence from action had made people forget his fearsome reputation.
As he stepped forward, an elongated triangular spike was already in his hand.
The two figures closed in on each other at an incredible speed.
Neither yielding nor avoiding!
A deadly encounter on a narrow path!
The killing intent was icy cold!
When the distance between them was less than ten meters, the force under their feet erupted simultaneously.
The meticulously maintained emerald green lawn was trampled into pieces, mud and debris flying everywhere.
In the next moment, the ten-meter gap was crossed in a flash.
Coldly staring at Sun Yongxing's approaching figure, Li Chunjun held his sword in his left hand, raised it to shoulder level, and thrust it forward like lightning. The moment the sword tip pierced the air, it created a sharp whistling sound.
Instantly, the cold, inner strength warrior's consciousness reached its peak.
An inch longer, an inch stronger.
He wielded a triangular spike!
Even though it was slightly longer than a conventional one, facing Li Chunjun's swift and fierce sword thrust, he was still at a disadvantage in terms of reach.
However, there was not a trace of fear in his eyes.
His gaze was fixed on the tip of Li Chunjun's sword!
Just as the sword was about to strike his body, he swiftly sidestepped. The cold blade, carrying a gust of air, narrowly missed Sun Yongxing's clothes, tearing through the fabric.
But after dodging this strike, he didn't waste any more effort. As he sidestepped to avoid Li Chunjun's sword, he also used the twisting force from his waist. At the moment they were about to pass each other, the gleaming triangular spike shot out like lightning, aiming straight for Li Chunjun's kidney.
Fast as thunder!
Precise and deadly!
Even though Li Chunjun realized his predicament, he had no room to counter.
The difference in combat experience between the two was fully displayed at this moment!
However, Li Chunjun seemed to completely disregard this thrust.
With the momentum from his swift stride, he used his body as a weapon, charging forward fiercely. His robust frame slammed into Sun Yongxing, who had just stabbed his kidney.
The violent force erupted upon impact, like a runaway wild horse, crashing into Sun Yongxing's body.
No fancy moves!
A life-and-death struggle!
Directly trading his life for even a single strike, aiming for mutual destruction!
This fearless fighting style made Sun Yongxing's expression change drastically.
He was here to be a guard captain, not to throw his life away.
However, as an inner strength warrior who had experienced dozens of life-and-death battles, even after two years of relative peace as a guard captain, he still possessed the decisiveness and courage required.
The moment his body was struck, he tightly gripped the triangular spike embedded in Li Chunjun's waist.
As Li Chunjun's violent force slammed into him, sending him flying, the inertia and the sharpness of the triangular spike nearly tore apart half of Li Chunjun's body!
"Rip!"
Flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Not just blood, but flesh! Organs!
This was the nature of a deadly encounter on a narrow path!
He was sent flying, his ribs broken, severely injured!
And Li Chunjun...
"Die!"
A low roar erupted from Li Chunjun's mouth!
The moment he sent Sun Yongxing flying, his right hand was already clenched, the force transmitted layer by layer into his fist, descending like a thunderous strike.
Just as Sun Yongxing was sent flying, but only a body's length away, the precise and brutal punch landed on his neck.
At this moment, the inner strength warrior suddenly realized that Li Chunjun had been using...
his left hand all along!
He had originally thought it was because Li Chunjun was left-handed!
Now it was clear that it was all a trap!
Using his own body as bait, luring him to stab his waist, bringing them close together, dispersing his gathered force, and using his own body to restrict his weapon, all to set up the fatal punch with his right hand!
This wasn't a fighting technique!
It was a killing technique!
To kill the enemy at any cost!
Even if the cost...
was himself!
"Crack!"
The force of the punch exploded!
Sun Yongxing's entire neck was deformed!
His cervical vertebrae, atlas, axis, vertebral artery, and nerve roots were all severed simultaneously!
Sun Yongxing's eyes widened in shock, almost bulging out of their sockets!
At this moment, his heart was filled with indescribable fear and regret.
Regret for being so overconfident and underestimating his opponent, insisting on taking action himself to impress the lady of the house.
But more than that, it was fear!
Fear that he had encountered such a ruthless man who was willing to trade his life for his from the very beginning!
Fear of the other's willingness to risk everything, just to kill him with such ferocity!
Even more terrifying was the sensation of his neck being shattered, his body gradually going numb, and the swift encroachment of death.
Unfortunately...
With all his neck bones and nerves severed simultaneously, he could no longer utter a single word.
In this battle, he had ultimately lost.
And along with that loss, his life.
...
"Clatter!"
It was precisely this scene that made Chairman Song, who had just sat down, leap to his feet in fright.
The chair was knocked over.
In a single encounter, Sun Yongxing, the accomplished inner strength guard captain of the Jin family, had been brutally killed by the charging Li Chunjun!
The sharp whistle of the cold, gleaming sword piercing through the air, the fearless life-and-death struggle, the savage ruthlessness of trading life for life—all of this made Chairman Song, who had been calmly preparing to watch the show just a second ago, instantly feel his scalp tingle.
"How could this be!?"
A martial artist!
Although he wasn't a pure martial artist himself, he had heard of the martial arts circles in Guangzhou City.
In this circle, there were no more than a thousand martial artists who had achieved external mastery, each considered a high-end talent in the industry.
Those who had cultivated their internal strength numbered just over a hundred.
These individuals were prominent figures throughout Guangzhou City.
And Sun Yongxing, the Jin family's guard captain, was quite famous even among inner strength martial artists.
Aside from the experts within the local government's law enforcement agencies, Sun Yongxing was undoubtedly ranked in the top ten among civilian martial artists!
Yet, a top-ten civilian inner strength martial artist was killed with a single punch in a single encounter!?
It wasn't just Chairman Song; even the dignified lady's eyes flashed with a trace of panic.
However, when she saw Li Chunjun, who had nearly lost half his life while killing Sun Yongxing, she quickly regained her composure.
"Chairman Song, please calm down," she said, then coldly instructed her assistant, "Our guest has been frightened. This is an insult to our Jin family."
Understanding her meaning, the assistant immediately strode forward and barked at the three men below, "Zhou Que, what are you all standing around for!? Hurry up and deal with him! Do you want his blood to stain the floor!?"
Scolded by the assistant, Zhou Que and the other two men snapped out of their daze, startled by the horrifying scene of their captain being killed in a single encounter.
They keenly grasped the key point in the assistant's words.
Do you want his blood to stain the floor?
That's right!
This Li Chunjun... he's injured!
Severely injured!
Their captain's strike had pierced his kidney, and as he was sent flying, the following motion nearly tore half his waist apart!
With such injuries...
Zhou Que and the other two men's eyes lit up.
"Kill him!"
"Daring to come to our Jin family to kill!? How outrageous!"
"Madam, rest assured, we won't let his blood dirty the floor again!"
The three responded with enthusiastic determination.
One by one, they swiftly drew their weapons—swords, blades, and triangular spikes—forming an encirclement as they charged toward Li Chunjun.
(End of the Chapter)
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