CHAPTER 1796: CHAPTER 1857: WHO’S KNEELING TO WHOM

"What if I refuse to kneel?" Li Yifei retorted.

Heigou showed a fierce expression on his face, baring his teeth as he said, "Not kneeling? Fine, then I’ll break your legs!"

A nearly sixty-year-old worker stepped forward and said to Heigou, "Big brother, we didn’t come here today to cause trouble, we just want to know when we will get paid! And this young man, he’s innocent, don’t involve him in this. Put the gun down, we’re all just trying to make a living, if this turns into something serious, it won’t end well."

"Get the hell out of here!" Heigou wasn’t about to show any respect to an old man, he cursed directly, and after realizing it, glared more fiercely at Li Yifei, even his mouth twisted as he said, "So you’re not a worker at all, you just came to see the show? Great, a bystander dares to hit my people, it seems like today I can’t let you go without shooting you, kid, you’re something!"

Saying this, Heigou began to lower the gun’s aim, from Li Yifei’s head, to his chest, slowly downwards, finally stopping at his groin. Heigou gave a cold sneer, deliberately pausing there for a few seconds, ultimately resting it on Li Yifei’s left thigh, his finger slightly applying pressure, ready to pull the trigger at any moment.

"Don’t..." several workers shouted compassionately.

But Heigou had already decided to kill Li Yifei to scare the others, no, to kill this monkey and frighten the chickens causing trouble.

Just as he was about to shoot, Li Yifei made his move, his actions were so fast that ordinary eyes simply couldn’t keep up, they only saw Li Yifei’s body seem to move slightly, the next second Heigou’s gun flew up several meters high, still ascending, while Heigou’s hand was kicked aside. Another second passed, the gun landed on the second-floor platform, and Heigou clutched his hand, crying out in apparent pain.

Once Li Yifei made his move, he wouldn’t give Heigou a second chance to retaliate. After kicking away Heigou’s gun with the first kick, the second kick followed, landing squarely on Heigou’s knee. If you were planning to cripple me, then I’ll cripple you first. With this kick, even if Heigou’s left knee wasn’t shattered, he wouldn’t be able to stand for a while.

That wasn’t all, Li Yifei’s third kick followed swiftly, leveraging the power of the second kick. Li Yifei had already jumped high, landing a kick on Heigou’s chin. This kick was also charged with force, sending Heigou flipping backward, unable to even scream, his body tracing an arc in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

He landed face-first, so Heigou looked incredibly miserable, and his neck made a snapping sound upon impact, seeming like a dislocation. Regardless, seconds passed before Heigou opened his mouth wide with a pig-like scream.

Heigou had taken beatings over the years, but none as bad as this. Li Yifei’s sudden burst, not only kicked away his gun but incapacitated him within a single breath.

The workers behind were also dumbfounded, many with open mouths as if dislocated jaws, finding it hard to believe someone could be... this powerful. Was this handsome young man sent by the heavens to save them?

If Li Yifei hadn’t shown up suddenly, today would have ended with Heigou’s men slaughtering everyone, knocking down one group, while the others would scatter and escape. Afterwards, the ringleaders would be singled out, one by one, for special punishment.

With Li Yifei’s appearance, the situation’s direction became unpredictable, but at least for now the workers hadn’t suffered any losses, and they quickly began to applaud and cheer.

On Heigou’s side, the row of underlings originally prepared to watch their leader show his might, shooting the audacious young man, ended with their leader being kicked into a backward somersault, face first to the ground, and howling nonstop. They were utterly stunned, and no one thought of pulling their leader up, all eyes on Li Yifei for a full minute, until someone suddenly shouted, "Get him, he dared to hit Dog Brother, let’s cripple him together!"

At this, the group of underlings realized they had weapons, and charged toward Li Yifei.

Li Yifei didn’t hesitate, directly crashing into the group of men in black, using fists, shoulders, and legs, quickly knocking down four or five people. The remaining five or six black-clad underlings were filled with terror, swallowing hard, looking at Li Yifei in disbelief.

In their hearts, they pondered, "Is he even human? Since when does Mile City have someone who can fight like this?" Even the professional security guards of the Li family weren’t this skilled, were they?

Speaking of the Li family’s professional guards, there’s a history. Heigou once sought connections to invite two of Li family’s professional security guards, hoping to get them to train his underlings. But after these security guards arrived and saw the attire of Heigou’s men, they turned and left immediately. Only after Heigou pleaded with them did they demonstrate a bit, which set the standard for comparison for these underlings.

Already fearful in their hearts, how could they fight Li Yifei? Li Yifei’s glance made the remaining standing underlings shiver.

Behind, the workers who had thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle cheered again.

"Fight, beat him to death, use knives!" Heigou finally stood up, realizing this young man was truly formidable. Yet he still wasn’t afraid, because in Mile City, no one dared to mess with the Li family, anyone who did wouldn’t meet a good end!

Heigou was firmly convinced of this, so he remained entirely fearless, still full of fighting spirit.

Hearing Heigou shout to use knives, the few remaining underlings snapped back to reality. Two young ones were so excited their bodies trembled. They followed Heigou to gain experience, to stand out, and now they finally got to use knives after only sticks in the past. How could they not be thrilled?

This excitement transformed into a driving force, and they quickly ran back, pulled out several machetes from the car trunk, the longest over a meter, the regular half a meter, all sharp-edged and very lethal. Not just for cutting people, but cleaving cow bones in one chop.

They professionally wrapped their knife hands with cloth strips, slowly advancing towards Li Yifei.

Li Yifei looked up at the second floor, where there was a window. As Li Yifei looked over, a figure at the bed edge backed away, seemingly afraid of being seen.

Facing the knife-wielding men, Li Yifei hooked his foot, a baton fell into his hand.

"Swish!" Li Yifei flicked his wrist, the baton fully extended, also over half a meter long, with a metal knob on the end, enhancing its weight, increasing the potential damage when it strikes.