Chapter 17 He Is Finished

The two underlings that Zuo Youren brought with him revealed fierce expressions, cracking their knuckles as they closed in on Chen Xiao.

These two men were tall and burly, with menacing expressions, and were clearly not easy to deal with. They were brothers, the elder named Dalong and the younger named Erlong. Before following Zuo Youren, they had spent many years on the streets, a pair of rogues who feared nothing.

Although their fourth level Body Refinement cultivation was not considered high, it was more than enough to bully the weak. Zuo Youren valued their despicable and shameless style, which was why he recruited them.

And they lived up to his expectations, helping Zuo Youren bully men and harass women, coming up with countless insidious schemes. It could be said that they had done every evil deed imaginable.

The bewitching drug that Xiaoliuzi and Wang Ke had been poisoned with was concocted by these two.

Although Chen Xiao's killing intent had startled them earlier, once they confirmed that Chen Xiao's cultivation was only at the second level of Body Refinement, they looked at Chen Xiao as if he were a lamb to the slaughter.

"Eat my Springing Leg!" Erlong roared as he charged toward Chen Xiao.

"Hah!"

A kick was launched, bringing with it a whistling sound of air being torn.

Erlong was very confident in his leg skills. He had lost count of how many people had coughed up blood and died after being kicked by this leg.

The best way to defeat someone was to crush them in their area of expertise. So when Chen Xiao saw Erlong's kick, he quickly raised his leg to meet it.

"Overestimating yourself!" Erlong was overjoyed. He didn't expect this second level Body Refinement kid to be so ignorant, not knowing how to avoid his attack. He could already hear the sound of Chen Xiao's leg being broken.

"Crack!"

The two legs collided, and the sound of bone breaking rang out as expected.

But it wasn't Chen Xiao's bone that broke, it was Erlong's!

"Ah!" Erlong screamed and fell backward. His calf twisted outward one hundred and eighty degrees, a truly gruesome sight.

"My leg! My leg!" Erlong howled, trying to straighten his leg with his hands, but when he touched it, he found that the leg bone had snapped directly from where Chen Xiao kicked it, with only skin and flesh still holding it together.

"Erlong, what happened to your leg?" Dalong asked anxiously when he saw his brother was injured.

"Brother, my leg, he broke it!" Erlong said almost crying.

Seeing his brother in such a miserable state, Dalong instantly lost his mind and punched Chen Xiao fiercely, roaring, "You little bastard, I'll kill you!"

Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes, then casually reached out a hand, and Dalong's powerful punch was easily stopped by Chen Xiao. Dalong's fist was firmly grasped in Chen Xiao's hand.

Chen Xiao smiled contemptuously and spat out a few words, "You're too weak!"

"How is this possible?" Dalong's eyes widened. He couldn't believe that Chen Xiao had easily stopped his punch. This only happened when there was a huge gap in strength between two people, but Chen Xiao was clearly only at the second level of Body Refinement.

"You're done hitting, now it's my turn." Chen Xiao had a playful look on his face. He secretly activated his Yuan Qi, clenched his other hand into a fist, and a yellow light bloomed on his fist. He then struck Dalong in the stomach.

"Liuhe Fist, Crush!"

This was the second stance of the Liuhe Fist, the Crushing Fist. Used when the enemy's movements were restricted, it crushed the enemy with one strike, with extremely strong lethality.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, Dalong's face instantly turned as pale as paper, and his breathing stopped. He felt as if all his internal organs had been shattered.

Chen Xiao let go, and Dalong collapsed like a pile of mud, his life or death unknown.

In just one exchange, two fourth level Body Refinement martial artists had fallen at Chen Xiao's hands, becoming two crippled men.

"Now, it's your turn!" Chen Xiao showed a sinister smile, his eyes locked on Zuo Youren.

Zuo Youren stared blankly at Chen Xiao, his legs trembling involuntarily, his body slowly moving backward. But behind him was a high wall, blocking his retreat.

He regretted choosing this dead end so much. Now he couldn't even run away.

But who could have imagined that Chen Xiao's strength was so great? Two fourth level Body Refinement martial artists were beaten so miserably in front of Chen Xiao in just one exchange. Was this the fighting power that a second level Body Refinement martial artist should have?

"W-what are you going to do?" Zuo Youren felt a deep fear and began to speak incoherently.

"Hahaha, what do you think I'm going to do? Weren't you the one who was shouting about wanting my life just now?" Chen Xiao looked at Zuo Youren with a playful expression.

"No, you can't kill me. If you kill me, my grandfather will never let you go!" Zuo Youren shouted hysterically.

Chen Xiao approached Zuo Youren step by step. "Now that things have come to this, do you think I'm still afraid of your grandfather?"

"It's okay not to kill you, give me a reason!" As he spoke, Chen Xiao had already arrived in front of Zuo Youren, playing with his prey like an old cat.

"Because... because..." Zuo Youren cowered against the wall, with no way to retreat.

Suddenly, a cold glint flashed in Zuo Youren's eyes, and then he suddenly swung his hand at Chen Xiao in front of him.

Chen Xiao's expression changed drastically. A hidden weapon?!

Looking at Zuo Youren's face again, there was no trace of fear. His previous fearful appearance was all an act. He was just trying to lure Chen Xiao closer and let Chen Xiao relax his vigilance, giving him a chance to launch a hidden weapon.

He didn't believe that Chen Xiao could react and dodge at such a close distance.

Just as he thought, Chen Xiao was hit. Although Chen Xiao had dodged to the side at the first moment, Chen Xiao was too close to Zuo Youren, and an iron caltrop pierced deeply into Chen Xiao's arm.

Chen Xiao immediately endured the pain and pulled out the iron caltrop, but the blood on the wound had already turned black and emitted a foul odor.

The hidden weapon was poisoned!

"Despicable!" Chen Xiao said through gritted teeth.

"Haha, all is fair in war. I might as well tell you, the iron caltrop is coated with my exclusively made Blood Clotting Powder. If you can't take the antidote within a day, you will rot to death." Zuo Youren regained his arrogant demeanor.

Chen Xiao flew forward, reached out and grabbed Zuo Youren's neck, "Hand over the antidote, or you will definitely die before me!"

"I never carry the antidote with me. If you want it, you can only come home with me to get it." Zuo Youren had a good plan. If Chen Xiao didn't go home with him, he would die without the antidote. If Chen Xiao went home with him, there would be so many experts at home, and he would still be dead.

How could Chen Xiao not guess his intention? A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "You're really not afraid of death!"

It had to be said that although Zuo Youren acted despicably, he was also a ruthless character. He was being strangled by Chen Xiao's neck and was almost out of breath, but he still said intermittently, "If you have the guts... you, you kill me... now!"

"Kill you now? You're thinking too beautifully!" Chen Xiao smiled wickedly.

"Pa!" A crisp sound rang out, Zuo Youren's head tilted, and a red palm print appeared on his face.