"Pah!"
Li Yan spat the mouthful of bloody flesh onto the ground.
And laughed uproariously.
Seeing the blood pouring from Wang Gou'er's hand.
"Lord Gou!" Chen San, acting as the ultimate loyal lapdog, rushed over with a face full of concern. Raising the stick in his hand, he swung it toward Li Yan's broken legs, shouting, "Do you have a death wish?!"
But before the stick could land.
Chen San, who had just run over, was kicked away, man and stick together, by Wang Gou'er.
Licking the blood flowing down his arm.
Wang Gou'er's face twisted in rage, the scar across his face looking even more hideous. He said, "Li Yan, do you really want to die that badly? I give you a way out and you refuse to take it, you just have to die, is that it?"
"Fine! I'll grant your wish!"
Thud!
Thud!
One kick! Two kicks!
The enraged Wang Gou'er acted like a mad dog. He raised his foot and violently kicked Li Yan's head as if he were kicking a ball!
Although Li Yan was an eighth-grade martial artist.
With a cultivation level higher than Wang Gou'er's.
His blood energy had long been drained by his severe injuries. Soon, the skin on his forehead was kicked open, leaving a gaping wound.
Crimson blood flowed from the gash.
As the blood dripped down Li Yan's cheek, he still held his head high, glaring dead at Wang Gou'er.
"Motherfucker, what a hard bone! You still dare to glare at me!"
"I want to see just how hard you are today!"
Wang Gou'er grew even more furious. He snatched a fist-thick stick from one of the thugs and swung it with all his might onto Li Yan's back, cursing violently with every strike.
"You damned cheap trash! You blind peasant!"
"I offer you wealth and you refuse! You just have to seek death! You dare to bite me! You dare to glare at me! Tell me, aren't you cheap?!"
"Tell me, aren't you cheap?!!"
"How can there be a cheap breed as cheap as you!!!"
Accompanied by the muffled thud, thud of the impacts.
Soon, Li Yan's body collapsed under the beating. Blood sprayed from his nose and mouth as he fell weakly to the ground. Blood splattered everywhere, dripping onto the surrounding snow, dyeing a large patch red.
Witnessing all of this.
Yang Ning's face was a mess of tears and snot.
But having taken a kick from Chen San.
She had almost no strength left to struggle in the thugs' grip. She could only wail and beg, "Lord Gou, I beg you!"
"Stop hitting him! Stop hitting my husband! Let him go! I beg you to let him go!"
"We were wrong!"
"We were wrong!!"
"We know we were wrong!!!"
Wang Gou'er turned a deaf ear to her pleas, continuously swinging the stick onto Li Yan's back. Li Yan's clothes were beaten to shreds!
His flesh and skin were mangled like cotton! His entire body was dripping with blood!
His head, which had been held high the entire time, gradually drooped down, his life or death unknown.
"AHHHH!!!"
Yang Ning wailed, her heart tearing apart.
Wielding the blood-stained stick, Wang Gou'er laughed with twisted pleasure. The dozen or so thugs around him clapped and cheered, excitedly shouting things like, "Beat this cheap trash to death," and "Let this dog slave know who's boss."
It was like a carnival.
A grand feast.
Right until the moment Wang Gou'er raised the wooden stick again, and a cold, massive hand clamped down on his shoulder from behind.
"What."
"Are you doing?"
Just this one sentence.
A sentence completely devoid of any emotion.
A vile chill shot up Wang Gou'er's spine, and his eyes shot wide open in shock. Having already undergone a metamorphosis, cultivated a Divine Aspect, and become a ninth-grade martial artist.
In this instant.
He felt an unimaginable malice radiating from behind him!
"What the hell is behind me!!!" Wang Gou'er hurriedly turned his head. Before he could clearly see who it was, a cold, gleaming blade slashed right at his face!
Falling straight down from above his head!
Aiming to cleave him in two!
Wang Gou'er's eyeballs nearly popped out of his skull. He screamed internally: I'm going to die! If that hits me, I'm absolutely dead!
In his terror, he used every ounce of his strength.
He wrenched himself free from the large hand pressing on his shoulder. While twisting his body to dodge, he raised the stick in his hand to block the blade!
Squelch!
The sound of a blade biting into flesh rang out.
As the long stick in Wang Gou'er's hand was neatly sliced in two, the blade, as cold as the moon, slashed downward across his left eye, cheek, and chest!
The dagger that Qin Guo'er didn't want was incredibly sharp.
When slicing through flesh and skin, it met no resistance whatsoever.
Wang Gou'er's eyeball burst!
His ear, along with more than half of his left cheek, was sliced off!
From the gaping wound on his chest, blood gushed out, the warm red liquid spraying like a fountain onto Yang An's face.
"AHHHHH!!!!"
Having desperately dodged a fatal blow, Wang Gou'er clutched his left eye and stumbled backward, screaming in agony. Only then, through the hazy mist of blood, did he see who the person behind him was. He shrieked, "Yang An! How dare you..."
Seeing that the first strike was shallow.
And hadn't taken Wang Gou'er's life.
Yang An, who at this moment only wanted to kill, didn't give him a chance to finish his sentence. He had already lunged forward with the dagger, slashing out a second strike!
The cold, gleaming blade chased Wang Gou'er as it fell.
This time, he was prepared.
The speed and strength of a ninth-grade martial artist far exceeded an ordinary person's. He hurriedly dodged to the side. However, the moment Yang An saw the tragic state of his home, [Demon Lord Tai Sui] had already activated on its own!
With the tenfold combat power buff.
Even without cultivating a Divine Aspect or beginning his physical metamorphosis, Yang An possessed strength rivaling a martial artist!
Squelch!
The sound of a knife slicing open flesh rang out once more!
This time, the dagger in Yang An's hand sliced straight across Wang Gou'er's chest, drawing a horizontal line of blood!
The flesh peeled back.
Revealing the stark white bone beneath!
Suffering two consecutive wounds.
Wang Gou'er couldn't exert even ten or twenty percent of his strength. Losing his balance, he fell hard onto his backside. The eyes beneath the black dog felt hat had lost all their previous ferocity. Clutching his spurting wounds, he panicked and pleaded, "Yang Erlang! Yang An! Calm down! We can talk this over! Everything is negotiable!"
Yang An didn't say a word.
Holding the dagger in a reverse grip, he lunged forward, viciously aiming for the center of Wang Gou'er's forehead!
Wang Gou'er had grown up amidst slaughter since childhood.
After gaining the favor of a nobleman, he had delved deeply into the study of martial arts. At his peak, he possessed the skills of a peak ninth-grade martial artist. Although his blood energy had waned with age, he still maintained a mid-ninth-grade cultivation.
Initially, he was shocked by the tyrannical aura radiating from Yang An.
And was caught off guard.
But after taking two slashes and being forced into a corner.
Seeing Yang An lunging straight at him, Wang Gou'er, like a cornered dog leaping over a wall, used a desperate move—the "Rabbit Kicks the Eagle" in a moment of crisis.
He kicked out with both legs.
Thud! Both feet squarely hit Yang An's chest.
A ninth-grade martial artist possessed a thousand catties of force. Even though Yang An had activated his Martial God state.
Possessing a defense ten times that of an ordinary person.
After taking this kick.
He was still sent flying over ten feet away. He crashed to the ground, feeling as if his bones had cracked, and spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.
But as the tyrannical, murderous intent churned within him.
He could no longer feel any pain.
Right now, his mind was filled with only one thought: Kill Wang Gou'er. Kill this pack of animals. Not a single one of them gets to live!
Yang An swallowed the remaining blood in his mouth.
Gripping the dagger tightly, he executed a carp kick-up, flipping to his feet. His face covered in blood, his eyes so indifferent they held absolutely no emotion, he took large strides, charging at Wang Gou'er to kill!
Wang Gou'er was terrified!
He, who was called a mad dog on the streets, had for the first time in his life met someone even more murderous, even more insane than himself!
He had taken two slashes and lost an eye.
One of the slashes nearly pierced his chest cavity, missing his heart by a hair.
He had suffered such severe injuries.
And nearly died twice.
Cowardice had already bloomed in Wang Gou'er's heart. He didn't dare fight Yang An to the death. Seeing him charging over with the knife, Wang Gou'er turned without another word and ran toward the gate of the Li family compound!
How could Yang An let him escape with his life?
He kicked a ten-catty rock near his foot, hitting the back of Wang Gou'er's thigh. The impact sent him crashing to the ground, rolling twice.
Yang An closed the distance in two or three strides.
The dagger flashed with cold light, ready to end his life.
Unable to stand up in time, the terrified Wang Gou'er raised his hands in surrender, while his mouth spat threats, "Yang An! You can't kill me! Killing me brings you no benefit! And your whole family will die! Not a single one will escape!!"
At this moment, how could Yang An care about any of that!
He only wanted to kill these animals!
Horrified by Yang An's ferocity, the thugs under Wang Gou'er's command were already so scared their legs turned to jelly. They screamed and scattered, running for their lives.
How could they still dare to hold onto Yang Ning?
Looking at her brother, who was like a crazed demon, tears blurred Yang Ning's vision. Wang Gou'er is in cahoots with the government office. If he kills him, my brother is finished. I have to let him run. I have to make him flee right now!
Sobbing uncontrollably, Yang Ning rushed forward.
And hugged Yang An from behind.
Holding him tight, Yang Ning choked out through her tears, "Erlang, Sis is fine! Sis is fine! Erlang, stop! Stop it! If you kill him, you're finished!!"
Under her calling.
A sliver of rationality returned to Yang An's indifferent eyes, but his entire body still radiated chilling killing intent. "Sis, let me go! Let me kill him!"
"If you kill him, what will you do?! Wang Gou'er has immense power and connections. If you kill him, your head will fall too!"
"Brother! Stop it!!"
"Sis is fine, I'm begging you, stop!!!"
Unable to watch her brother jump into a fire pit for her, Yang Ning hugged Yang An tightly, crying and screaming, refusing to let go even a fraction.
Yang An's mind grew clearer.
He looked around. Besides a few hooligans who hadn't managed to flee in time, a large crowd of commoners had gathered outside the Li family compound to watch the commotion.
Standing on their tiptoes and craning their necks to look.
The moment they met Yang An's gaze.
It was as if those people had seen a vicious ghost. They shrank their necks in fear and hurriedly backed away several steps.
Yang An lowered his eyes, thinking to himself.
Sis is right.
Wang Gou'er is in cahoots with the government. If I kill these dozen animals in broad daylight.
My sister and brother-in-law will both be implicated, and our entire family will be executed. My life is worthless; I'm going to die by that dog of a woman's hands tomorrow morning anyway. Trading this life for this pack of animals is a good deal.
But not my sister and brother-in-law.
They have a long life ahead of them. I've already procured the Black Jade Lotus. They have plenty of good days left to live. I can't drag them down. Tonight... I still have the whole night.
I won't live to see tomorrow.
But I absolutely won't let Wang Gou'er live past tonight either...
Temporarily suppressing his tyrannical killing intent.
Yang An took a deep breath, calming his violently heaving chest. He roared at Wang Gou'er and his gang, "Get out! Get the fuck out of here right now!!!"
The already terrified thugs felt as if they had been granted a grand pardon.
They threw away their sticks.
Crying for their mothers and fathers, they scrambled toward the gate with their tails between their legs.
The hooligan Chen San ran with them, but unfortunately, he was wrapped so tightly in white bandages that he couldn't spread his legs to run. In his desperation, he could only hop out the gate bit by bit.
When he passed by Yang An.
Yang An delivered a heavy kick to his waist, sending him tumbling head over heels. His nose was smashed crooked as he rolled out of the Li family compound.
His subordinates had all fled.
Left alone, Wang Gou'er crawled on all fours for a few steps. Only when he had crawled a safe distance did he dare to get up. He limped out the gate of the Li family compound. Once he was on his horse and certain Yang An wouldn't chase him.
The man who was just begging for his life in terror.
Suddenly grew bold again. Clutching his bloody face, he laughed maniacally, "Hahaha, you ball-less dwarf bird! You spineless piece of filth!"
"Do you dare kill me?"
"Even if I lent you two more guts, do you dare?!"
"Hahaha! Yang Erlang, don't you worry. I, Lord Gou, will come looking for you very soon! I guarantee your sister, your brother-in-law, and you—not a single one of you will escape!"
"Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!"
Having thrown down his vicious words.
Wang Gou'er swung his horsewhip until it was a blur, disappearing down the street.
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