Chapter 112: Chapter 92: You Have a Lot of Nerve
And in that fleeting moment.
THUD!!
The punch landed!
Lu Chao’s right arm cut through the air, smashing into his opponent’s jaw, causing the man’s eyes to roll back in their sockets as his head snapped up toward the sky.
The next instant.
Before his opponent could even be sent flying, Lu Chao shot out his left arm and grabbed him right by the face.
Then, he viciously slammed him sideways, smashing his head against a lamppost.
CLANG!!
The crisp sound echoed through the street. The nearby passersby, who had been dazed, all covered their mouths, struck by a fresh wave of shock.
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!!
A continuous series of crisp impacts rang out. Lu Chao’s expression had turned completely indifferent, his grip like a vise, crushing all resistance as if he were swinging a hammer against an anvil.
Finally, with a soft thud.
The body in the dark cyan Martial Arts uniform sank weakly to its knees, eyes rolled back.
The metal lamppost was twisted and deformed at about the height of a person, dented inward like a cavern. Blood trickled down the gray pole, leaving a long, crimson streak.
Seeing this from a distance, Zhou Lin’s face filled with horror. His will to fight completely shattered, he hurriedly turned, wanting to escape.
SWOOSH!!
But Lu Chao reacted even faster.
He stomped the ground and charged forward, as primitive and savage as a crashing boulder, using sheer explosive power to rush to the crosswalk and block the man’s path.
"You..."
His expression changing drastically, Zhou Lin tried to raise his arms to block.
But a sharp pain shot through them, and only then did he realize his arms were fractured and difficult to lift.
WHOOSH!!
In contrast, Lu Chao’s face was cold and detached.
The instant he planted his left foot, he twisted at the waist, channeling the force from the sole of his foot up through his back. His Martial Arts Power erupted at the same time, augmenting his strength.
WHOOSH!!
Immediately, his right leg could be seen scything through the air like a great spear sweeping through an army, carving a stunning arc.
The sound of it tearing through the air was as sharp as a whistle. The sole of his black sneaker instantly connected with that horrified face.
CRACK!!
The sound exploded outward as the skin on Zhou Lin’s face rippled like water.
A bloody, broken tooth shot from his mouth. His entire body went airborne, flying sideways before smashing into a car in a nearby parking space.
CRUNCH!!
The car body shuddered, and spiderweb cracks spread across the window.
BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP!!
The car alarm blared piercingly. The gray car door twisted and deformed, caving inward.
Zhou Lin, in his cloud-patterned Martial Arts uniform, was breathing faintly, his body slumped against the car door as if his ribs had been shattered.
Even so, Lu Chao didn’t hesitate for a moment. He strode forward, grabbed Zhou Lin’s blood-drenched head, and forced him to look up and meet his gaze.
"Ignoring Alliance law and maliciously assaulting a Patrol Department officer."
"You two have some real nerve."
He said calmly, single-handedly changing the nature of the incident.
Hearing this, Zhou Lin opened his mouth, a sharp pain coming from the corner of his swollen, bloody eye.
SMASH!!
Lu Chao viciously slammed his head into the car window.
Shards of glass flew everywhere as the man, covered in blood, fell into the car and passed out completely.
For a moment, the entire street fell unnervingly silent.
The surrounding passersby were all shocked and horrified, frozen in place.
After confirming that the two men were no longer a threat, both severely injured and unconscious, Lu Chao ignored all the surrounding stares and stood quietly in place for two seconds.
"Come to think of it, I really should thank you."
His expression was peaceful. He quietly savored the changes from his breakthrough in the Fierce Roar Skill.
’The reason I accepted their provocative challenge, aside from our grudge, was that I’d had this in mind. I wanted to use them for practice.’
’I didn’t expect it to come so naturally and succeed all at once.’
Then, he shook his head.
Lu Chao ignored the two severely injured men, walked to the side of the road, took his black messenger bag from a tree branch, and gently patted the dust off its surface.
Slinging it back over his shoulder, he swiped his communication watch, intending to contact the Patrol Department and the boxing hall.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, with a slight frown, he looked up toward a nearby rooftop.
Cars were driving back and forth, and quite a few pedestrians were walking above.
Everything seemed normal, but...
"Who’s there?"
...
VMMMM!
A black business van drove over the overpass and merged into the flow of traffic.
The honking of horns was muffled by the car window. In the passenger seat, a short-haired young man was toying with a camera-like recording device, reviewing the footage on it.
"Jinshi Boxing Hall sure has some luck."
"After Shen Tianchen was crippled, they ended up with a Lu Chao."
The short-haired youth clicked his tongue, a playful look in his eyes.
The replayed footage was none other than the duel between Lu Chao and Zhao Dongwu. Every move, every secret, was now completely exposed.
"He’s just so-so. Compared to Senior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Lei, he’s nothing special."
The young man with the crew cut in the driver’s seat chuckled. "Let’s go. We’ll go check on the situation on the other side."
"With this combat footage, the weaknesses of the Golden Stone Fighting Skill will be completely exposed. When the time comes, heh heh..."
The two chatted and laughed as the black business van drove away.
Unbeknownst to them, a figure was standing on the rooftop of a low building next to the overpass, silently taking everything in.
His sky-blue Martial Arts uniform fluttered in the wind. He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a lean and powerful build, and thin, chiseled lips that gave him a cold and stern look.
Ignoring the departing black van, he tilted his head slightly, looking down from the rooftop at Lu Chao below, who was being watched with awe by the surrounding crowd.
An almost imperceptible frown creased his brow, and a flash of disgust seemed to cross his eyes.
"An orphanage..."
The words still hung in the air, but he had already vanished.
...
’Who was that?’
Standing by the roadside, Lu Chao stared in the direction of the overpass.
His keen senses made him feel as if he had just been spied on, but when he scanned the area, he couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary.
As he was thinking, the sound of hurried footsteps approached, parting the crowd of onlookers to arrive behind him.
He turned his head and saw Zheng Wu in a white and gray training uniform, breathing heavily with an anxious look on his face. He had clearly rushed all the way from the boxing hall.
