Chapter 295: Chapter 127: Stopping Killing with Killing, Eradicating Future Troubles
Yang Jing’s fist smashed solidly into Li Hongyu’s arm. Li Hongyu felt a colossal force surge through him, making his arm tremble violently. The pain was so intense it felt as if his bones were about to crack, and his face contorted in agony.
The two were instantly locked in combat, a flurry of fists blurring between them as Qi Force erupted outwards.
The moment they clashed, Li Hongyu was already at a disadvantage.
Yang Jing’s fists were heavy and powerful. Each one carried the might of Mountain-Shattering Stone-Splitting, forcing Li Hongyu to retreat again and again.
In less than three moves, a swinging punch from Yang Jing grazed Li Hongyu’s ribs. He let out a muffled grunt as a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, his breathing instantly falling into disarray.
Yang Jing’s current strength was far beyond what it had been when he first broke through to the Transformation realm.
After his *Indestructible True Skill* broke through to the Bright Strength stage, the resilience of his physical body had taken a quantum leap. His Inner Strength had also improved, and his overall power was now comparable to the long-established veteran Huajin Powerhouses of Yuhe County. In fact, he might even be slightly superior. He was not far from reaching the level of Sun Yong, who was at the Peak of Transformation.
Li Hongyu was beaten until he was dizzy and disoriented; he was completely stunned.
’I can’t wrap my head around it. I hit him with three of my fire thunder pellets. Forget serious injuries, how did I not even manage to lightly wound him?’
’Not only is Yang Jing completely unscathed, he’s even more ferocious than before. This completely shatters my understanding of reality!’
After five moves, Li Hongyu was flailing, barely able to parry. He had no strength to retaliate. Several new wounds decorated his body, and fresh blood soaked through his robes.
On the seventh move, Yang Jing capitalized on an opening as Li Hongyu dodged. With a sudden blur of motion, he moved like a phantom to Li Hongyu’s side.
He channeled his Raging Wave Leg technique to its absolute limit, his speed leaving behind an afterimage. At the same time, he clenched his right fist, concentrating his Inner Strength into his knuckles, and viciously smashed it into Li Hongyu’s hip!
CRACK!
The sharp, sickening sound of bone shattering echoed through the air.
Such was the ferocious power of Yang Jing’s punch that Li Hongyu was sent flying sideways as if struck by a giant sledgehammer. He carved a long arc through the air before slamming heavily into a large tree as thick as a bowl.
"CRACK—"
The trunk snapped on impact, and leaves rained down.
Li Hongyu crumpled to the ground like a broken sack, spewing a mouthful of blood that stained the earth red before him.
At some point, the black mask on his face had been blown off, revealing a face contorted with horror and disbelief. His brow was furrowed, his eyes had lost their focus, and wet blood stained the corner of his mouth.
"Wh... why..."
Li Hongyu muttered to himself, his voice as hoarse and grating as a broken gong.
’I can’t understand it,’ he thought. ’I’m a Huajin Powerhouse, too. Even if Yang Jing is more talented, he reached this realm after I did. How can he be this strong?’
’Those seven moves... he was completely dominant. I didn’t have the slightest chance to fight back.’
’I’d finally become a Huajin Powerhouse, a status that was once beyond my reach. I should have been one of the top figures in Yuhe County. But Yang Jing... he utterly shattered the pride I’d felt since my breakthrough!’
Beyond the shock, a deeper fear washed over him like a tidal wave.
He watched Yang Jing approach step by step. Each footfall seemed to stomp on his heart, sending a chill through his entire body.
Li Hongyu struggled to get up, but the moment he tried to exert any strength, an excruciating pain shot from his hip. His vision went black, and he collapsed heavily back to the ground.
It wasn’t just his hip. During that brief seven-move exchange, the force of Yang Jing’s fists had already damaged his internal organs. Now, it felt like his entire skeleton had fallen apart; he barely had the strength to lift a finger.
Despair crept into his eyes.
The killing intent in Yang Jing’s eyes was so thick it was palpable—a ruthless promise to grind him to dust. Li Hongyu knew then that he wasn’t going to make it out of this alive.
"Young... Young Hero Yang!" Li Hongyu suddenly cried out as if grasping his last straw, his voice trembling. "Spare me! I swear I’ll leave Yuhe County immediately and never step foot in Yuhe County... or even Jintai Prefecture again! I... I can tell you where the Flying Horse Thieves hid their treasure years ago. It’s tens of thousands of taels of silver! I’ll tell you where it’s hidden, just please, spare my life!"
As he spoke, he desperately writhed on the ground, trying to inch closer to Yang Jing, his eyes filled with pleading.
However, Yang Jing remained silent from beginning to end.
He walked over to Li Hongyu and stood over him, looking down at the wicked bandit with a gaze completely devoid of warmth.
The next moment, Yang Jing moved.
THUD!
THUD!
THUD!
With a few muffled thuds, his fists struck like precise sledgehammers, landing on Li Hongyu’s limb joints and Dantian.
A series of sickening cracks, the sounds of shattering bone and tearing sinew, rang out one after another. Li Hongyu let out a scream like a slaughtered pig, but it quickly died down. The faint rise and fall of his chest was the only sign he was still alive. His limbs were now twisted at bizarre angles, and with his Dantian destroyed, he was utterly crippled.
Yang Jing slowly withdrew his fists. He looked down at Li Hongyu, who now lay on the ground like a pile of refuse, his expression still showing not a flicker of emotion.
Those three fire thunder pellets from Li Hongyu had indeed taught him a profound lesson.
When facing an enemy, you can never let your guard down, not even for a second, even if they seem like a fish in a barrel.
’I thought I was being careful enough,’ he reflected. ’But if it weren’t for my *Indestructible True Skill* protecting me, even if I had survived the explosion, I wouldn’t have been able to block Li Hongyu’s follow-up strike. I’d be a corpse right now.’
