297 Cleaning up (2/2)

His fist met the incoming rock, and a loud resounding thud echoed in the air, The tremendous power of the impact pulverized the heavy mountain rock that weighed some tens of catty. It shattered into countless pieces, sending them flying in all directions. Still recovering from the shock, Xiao Chaofa was even more surprised and in no position to defend himself, when Xiao Luo suddenly struck a high kick directly into his face.

URGH!

Xiao Chaofa's head was thrown back, and he collapsed with a painful groan as blood gushed out from his mouth.

Everyone was slack-jawed and lost for words, only their ”oohs” and” aahs” were audible as they witnessed a scene that ordinarily could only happen on the Wuxia television programs.

Xiao Ping was also completely stunned, looking on like a paralyzed chicken.

A tremendous sense of fear now overcame xiao Qiudong. He could not believe that this was the same ”weak” Xiao Luo that he had known all his life.

Xiao Chaolai and his six other kinsmen were equally stunned as they saw Xiao Luo's outrageous skills. They suddenly lost their courage, and none dared to rush at Xiao Luo to take him on.

”What, are you scared?”

Xiao Luo turned around and sneered at them.

”Xiao Luo, y-you...you better not overdo it!” Xiao Chaolai shouted, anxious, and stricken with fear.

”I am overdoing it?”

Xiao Luo could not help laughing and said, ”Everyone in the village witnessed the deeds of your brothers, and we are all very aware of who the culprits are that is overdoing it. Come, let's continue, didn't you all want to teach me a lesson? Didn't you all want me to kneel on the ground to apologize? You were so arrogant earlier, so why are you all shivering now?”

Xiao Chaolai and his kin were indeed shivering and experiencing shortness of breath. They couldn't believe that Xiao Luo had become so powerful, he was like a monster, and they feared him.

”If you're not coming for me, then I'm coming for you!”

Xiao Luo flashed a sinister grin, and his eyes glowered for a brief moment. He whooped and flew at them before they knew it, thrashing three men and sending them flying in the air. They howled in excruciating pain, feeling as if the force of the blows shifted their internal organs. And just like Xiao Chaofa, they all ended up flat on the ground, vomiting blood.

One of them reacted in time and swung his wooden cudgel at Xiao Luo.

But, Xiao Luo's fist smashed through it like a culm of young bamboo, and the punch continued to land heavily on his chest, causing him to collapse and spew blood.

Another two men tried to resist, but Xiao Luo used a knife-hand chop on their necks, and they slumped to the ground, passing out immediately.

Xiao Chaolai was the last man standing, and as Xiao Luo approached him ominously, there was no escape. He cringed from Xiao Luo's cold stare.

”It's your turn now!”

His words were cold as steel and heartless, a voice from the hell of Novoland [1].

Xiao Chaolai broke out in a cold sweat and instantly dropped to his knees, begging for mercy. He was so terrified that he wet his pants, and the air was rank with the pungent smell of urine.

”N-no, I-I'm wrong, Xiao Luo, I admit that I'm wrong...please,” Xiao Chaolai pled for his life, he was pale as a ghost and overcome with dread.

”You now know you're wrong? What did you do wrong?”

Xiao Luo's expression was stern and wrathful, seeming like he'd go through the roof at any time, and Xiao Chaolai couldn't help feeling that he was facing a bloodthirsty demon.

”I-I shouldn't have instigated An Yuan to accuse you of slapping her, and I shouldn't have instigated my brothers to deal with you. My mouth is evil, and I deserve to be punished by you.”

Xiao Chaolai kept slapping himself and was in such fear of Xiao Luo that he blurted, ”A-and I shouldn't have slept with An Yuan, sob, sob. I even had an affair with my brother's wife!”

The fear he had towards Xiao Luo drove him to lose his composure entirely, and he inadvertently spilled every single dirty little secret he had.

Everyone heard and was in a complete state of shock as they looked over at An Yuan. Only then did they realize why the two of them were always together, even going up the mountain together to get firewood. Nobody would have suspected that they had an extramarital relationship!

Footnote:

[1] Novoland (Chinese: 九州; pinyin: Jiǔzhōu), is a fictional universe, with a world made up of three continents and nine provinces.

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