CHAPTER 118: CHAPTER 117: BREAK OUT OF THE ENCIRCLEMENT

After Jing Zhengwei grew up, he would visit that place at least once a month.

Assassination.

Otherwise, how do you think a spirited young man could resolve to train in the Qin Ri Harmonious Energy Combat Technique, such self-abusing divine skill—life pressures force one to become tactful.

Although it’s called assassination, most of the time it’s just minor accidents in life, like poison in tea, like being hit by a stray arrow, like... In short, they don’t come openly, and as long as Jing Zhengwei acts together with his two bodyguards, he basically won’t encounter life-threatening danger.

The best way to kill Jing Zhengwei is to bribe the two bodyguards, Mi Die and Li Sang, but although Jing Qingfu has no affection for Jing Zhengwei, he can’t let the Jing family’s heir be exposed so nakedly to danger.

Mi Die and Li Sang both come from small families under the Jing family’s command, old loyal servants, and they have children and families, they can’t run away even if they wanted to. If Jing Zhengwei dies, their whole family will surely follow and perish—protection is useless, as there are a few family elders in the Jing family watching.

Although anything can be used to secure the position of Patriarch, some things can be done but not spoken of. Whether to appease people’s hearts, to show the new Patriarch’s fairness, or even to consider the attitude of the Silver Blood Association, the new Patriarch must eliminate these two negligent bodyguards, to set things straight and completely eradicate the treacherous crime of ’bodyguards colluding with outsiders to assassinate the master’!

However, while open attacks are easy to evade, hidden arrows are hard to defend against, plus Jing Zhengwei left Jing Garden at a young age, independently managing his industry, even with the two bodyguards guarding him, assassins could still seize many opportunities.

If Jing Zhengwei hadn’t trained in the Qin Ri Harmonious Energy Combat Technique early on and hidden a scattergun in his pants, he would have long met his end on the streets. Moreover, Jing Zhengwei’s intuition is very sharp, he feels crises from the unknown, even if unaware of their source, but once he raises his guard, he can naturally take advantage and dissolve the crisis.

When heading to Red Moon Fortress, Jing Zhengwei sensed something unusual about the trip, so he swapped identities with Qing Lan, showing how many times his intuition saved his life.

But even if the assassins fail and perish at mid-course, Jing Zhengwei still encounters at least one assassination attempt each month, whether by poisoning, tossing flowerpots, or even sending mice to bite him—they’re wasting the Beast Taming Skill using it like this.

Jing Zhengwei has long known who the mastermind behind these assassinations is—Jing Zhengwu’s mother, the old witch Lady Dowager.

Years ago, Lady Dowager parted ways with Jing Qingfu due to marital discord, went back to her own family to live, leaving only a son to wait to inherit Jing Qingfu’s estate. Jing Qingfu didn’t mind, after all, he’s his own son, and Jing Zhengwu continues to siphon profits from the Tai Family’s commerce, making it hard to say whether the Jing or Tai family benefits more.

As for why Lady Dowager persisted in sending these trash assassins to kill Jing Zhengwei for so many years, the reason is quite understandable: she occasionally hits two dates for fun.

Much like when you pass by a lottery shop, you buy a scratch card to try your luck, though you know you’ll probably lose, but...

What if?

Furthermore, these rubbish assassins found in the outer city basically only have their rotten lives left, if caught they won’t implicate the Tai family, and if they die, the most they lose is the prepaid deposit. For the Tai family, it’s just a drop in the bucket, but if it succeeds, it’s a huge gain.

Back when Jing Zhengwei’s biological mother died, he publicly slapped Lady Dowager fiercely in front of everyone. So forcefully, his own hand got twisted in the process.

Fortunately, Jing Qingfu stopped Lady Dowager, using the phrase ’He’s just a child’ to save Jing Zhengwei from disaster.

Not sure if this relates to why Lady Dowager chased Jing Zhengwei for seven years.

But regardless, the Tai family always operated within the rules—small tricks are okay, but absolutely can’t involve themselves, the Silver Blood Association isn’t here to play games.

Now, surrounded by dozens of vicious thugs, Le Yuxin realizes this time it’s not a petty assassination but a real attempt to put him to death.

Deploying this kind of setup couldn’t possibly escape the notice of the Silver Blood Association, indicating the opponent is prepared to sacrifice a major force to appease the Silver Blood Association.

Never mind Le Yuxin, even if Jing Zhengwei isn’t dead yet, he’s bound to perish here!

’Oh well, it seems my journey as a newspaper tycoon capitalist is about to end here... Damn it, they attack me only after I set up the newspaper, messing with my mindset.’

Phantom Garb!

Though the alley is deep, now it’s precisely the time of good afternoon lighting. When Le Yuxin saw the thugs, he gently swayed his body to create a layer of phantom garb slightly offset from his true form.

Gunshot!

The gunman lurking within the crowd simultaneously initiated attack, a dozen bullets shot at Le Yuxin and Mu Qingmei from all sides.

Lingxu Battle Technique: Daydream!

Almost simultaneously, the two powerfully stomped the ground, speeding like light, triggering a burst of dazzling light explosions everywhere they passed!

Lingxu Battle Technique has always been favored by gunners, who naturally understand a gunman’s weakness—field of view! This world has no high-tech tools like auto-aim headshots; once the field of view is disturbed, a gunman is immediately useless!

Daydream is specifically a gunman’s dodging technique; rapid linear movement, silhouette breakup, flashy light explosions, plus both wearing phantom garb, they perfectly evaded this round of all-sided shooting!

And up next is the hard-hitting, real strength showdown!

Bam!

Le Yuxin charged into the crowd, picked up the scattergun, and fired a shot!

The sub-shotgun pellets injured two or three thugs, with shouts and screams mixed, and the scattergun ran out of bullets; Le Yuxin flung the scattergun away, turned both hands into claws like teeth, tearing through with a storm of light explosions!

Biting Battle Technique: Desolate Bite!

Claws sunk into mortal flesh, hooking blood and ripping meat!

Le Yuxin took four quick steps, his hands biting ten times in just a few breaths, swiftly dismembering five thugs by cutting off limbs, gouging hearts, slashing throats, and penetrating guts!

The ultimate purpose of all combat techniques is to be applied on the battlefield—whether alone in a duel or coordinating in a brawl, even solo against the enemy’s team!

All hand-to-hand combat techniques invariably pursue a result on the battlefield—faster, stronger, deadlier efficiency in killing! One must kill with a single move, for using more will get oneself killed!

As Le Yuxin strolled through the chaotic combat of flying flesh and blood, he felt his understanding of Biting Battle Technique had enhanced. The Intermediate Biting Battle Technique upgraded in the system contains many techniques he somewhat grasps, only in such bloody brawls can he transform the system’s into his own!

But before Le Yuxin could achieve a breakthrough on the battlefield, he felt his back and right shoulder injured—a knife had cut a wound on his back, a heavy iron rod hammered his shoulder!

"Ha!"

Qin Ri Harmonious Energy Combat Technique: Thunder Sound Strike!

Le Yuxin roared like a thunderclap from clear skies, buffing himself while dealing a debuff to those around. Seizing the moment, his right hand twined the iron rod and snatched it while slashing sideways to hit the swordsman behind; the swordsman’s head burst like a summer watermelon.

This illustrates how enormous Le Yuxin’s strength on the swing was!

The effect of ’Thunder Sound Strike’ works by making all nearby instantly confused with a shout, simultaneously empowering the martial artist with augmented power for their next attack!

However, it can only take effect once on the same person within a short time.

Sounds quite mystical, like a game, doesn’t it? Mystical is right, Harmonious Energy Combat Technique essentially is a spiritual combat technique, its combat skills mainly influence the martial artist’s spiritual power, merely utilizing sound as the medium.

Harmonious energy martial artists strongly believe thunder sound will awe others, thus it will.

Similarly, he firmly believed that Thunder Sound would double his power on the next strike, so it would indeed double his power.

It’s just that this "belief" has a limit. It’s not like "I believe if I call your name, you’ll be sucked into the gourd" — that’s impossible. If I have to say, Aikido Battle Technique is actually more like hypnosis, except it’s self-hypnosis.

But just as Le Yuxin resolved one crisis here, another assault came from the other side.

After taking two steps and tearing apart two vicious attackers blocking his path, he felt a fierce slash on his buttocks.

Luckily, I wasn’t crippled. The "Fearless of Pain" and "Invulnerability" from Aikido Battle Technique still worked, although this "Invulnerability" was a bit exaggerated... Amid the chaos, Le Yuxin was still joking with himself in his mind.

He turned around with a fierce swing, knocking back the attacker behind him, bent down to dodge a head-on slash from the right side, then with the momentum of Desolate Bite, disemboweled a vicious attacker. However, his left knee was violently struck by an iron rod...

I’m doomed, he thought.

A martial artist is not invincible.

Well, maybe there are invincible martial artists, but it has nothing to do with Le Yuxin. Even if one enters the "Peak Extreme Realm," they can only add a layer of Light Armor with weak defensive power to themselves. Yet Light Armor primarily defends against light explosions and is very poor against physical attacks. It can’t even withstand a knife, let alone a bullet.

No matter what level of martial artist, getting shot or slashed breaks defenses — breaking defenses and bleeding means you’ll eventually fall.

Two hands can’t defeat four fists. Le Yuxin is merely systematic but not cannibalistic, so he can’t grow three heads and six arms.

If it were an ordinary person, they might manage to kill their way out, but these vicious attackers clearly value money over life.

Le Yuxin might still kill a few more, but as a price, he would be slashed and scarred by the attackers. There’s no chivalry here, nor a one-on-one fight for Le Yuxin. The mastermind didn’t send so many people to gang up for nothing, were they just invited to watch and narrate?

As long as Le Yuxin showed a flaw, was seriously injured, or fell, he would be carried into a grave by this professional team.

As for breaking through... the enemies would stab Le Yuxin from behind.

"It’s really... a dead end... ah!"

Suddenly, Le Yuxin saw a vicious attacker fly through the air — to be precise, knocked into the air by someone from the other side and crashed over to Le Yuxin, even hitting people!

Le Yuxin was slightly startled, immediately realized something, and unleashed his violence, bulldozing through like a raging jeep!

Disembowel!

Heart gouging and throat shattering!

Limb ripping and bone cracking!

Meanwhile, he continuously used the Aikido Battle Technique for self-enhancement, roaring with "Uh" "Ah" "Uhh" sounds. Intimidated by Le Yuxin’s aura, the attackers were forced back eight steps even with his blood-stained and scarred body under fierce battle!

And at this moment, Le Yuxin saw that on the other side of the battlefield, Mu Qingmei was also surrounded by attackers!

Compared to Le Yuxin, who hadn’t experienced gang fights before, Mu Qingmei seemed much more relaxed. She wasn’t moving chaotically, staying in place and counter-attacking when the attackers came, using them to expand her space while constantly aware of attacks from all sides, focusing mainly on defense and moving less, with surprisingly fewer injuries.

When Mu Qingmei saw Le Yuxin, her eyes slightly changed.

Just then, Le Yuxin suddenly charged forward, his right hand gathering light energy, blasting towards Mu Qingmei!

"Behind you!"

Mu Qingmei extended her index finger on her right hand, the sharp light concentrated at the tip, stabbing at Le Yuxin with murderous intent!

"In front!"

Biting Battle Technique - Yellow Lament!

Formless Battle Technique - Divine Spear!

The two attackers trying to strike Mu Qingmei from behind were blasted away by the light explosion of Yellow Lament!

The vicious attacker who had lifted a broadsword to slash Le Yuxin’s back had his head exploded by the Divine Spear light blast!

Le Yuxin and Mu Qingmei stood back-to-back. Although they were heavily surrounded by attackers again, both couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, it was better for the two to die together than one alone, perhaps there would even be a scapegoat.

"Aren’t they your people?"

"No."

"Then whose people are they?"

"Don’t know."

"Indeed," Mu Qingmei sighed. "You have offended so many people, it’s quite normal not to know which enemy it is."

As they were back-to-back, otherwise Mu Qingmei would have seen Le Yuxin’s face darken.

Damn, even though I told Yin Minghong that no matter who White Night sends, the paper would accept, is this all the muscle-bound force White Night has left!?

Le Yuxin deeply suspected White Night sent this brute to tear down the paper on some dark and stormy night.

This mystic White Night seems unreliable...

"Whatever it is, we’ll talk once we break through! I go first, you cover the rear!"

"Why should I cover the rear!"

"Then you go first!"

"Why should I go first!"

Le Yuxin was about to go insane, "If you keep pestering me, I’ll kill your whole family once I get out!"

"Heh, I’m an orphan, my parents died ages ago." Hearing Jing Zhengwei getting so furious his stomach might explode, Mu Qingmei finally satisfied surged into the crowd to clear a way.

But at this moment, she suddenly realized a small problem—

Right, I am an orphan, so why did I stand out when Jing Zhengwei threatened to kill my whole family just now?