Chapter 24 - First Blood! (1/2)

Chapter 24 – First Blood!

In the darkness, Xia Ping looked over towards that unknown object. It was a middle-aged man. His body was covered all over with blood and wounds, his chest heaving erratically as if he had suffered severe injuries. At first glance, it seemed as if he was on his last breath.

Still, just from his vicious and brutal gaze alone, one could tell that this man absolutely hadn’t died yet. And not only was he not dead, he was also incredibly dangerous. It was almost as if he was a cornered ferocious beast, ready at any moment to fight to the last.

“Falling from a fifty-storey building and then taking my punch head on, and yet he’s not dead? This person is absolutely an expert!” Xia Ping’s pupils contracted as he unconsciously took a few steps back from that middle-aged man.

The man’s eyes flashed as his gaze locked into Xia Ping. “I never would have thought that the Black Bear Corporation would actually arrange for somebody to also ambush me at the back entrance as well. Well done. Truly meticulous planning indeed. Still, did they really think that sending a mere fourth layer Martial Disciple is enough to finish me off? What a joke! Kid, although we don’t have any grudges between us, but since you’re blocking my way, then you must die!”

Boom!

As he finished speaking, he abruptly attacked!

High-tier martial skill – Heart Rending Palm!

In an instant, Xia Ping felt the terrifying might of this palm. It’s power was far beyond that of anything that Xiong Batian could muster by several times over. Vicious and brutal, it’s ferocious aura bored down upon him. Almost as if every bit of force was enough to rip him into shreds.

it was even to the extent where that horrifying b.l.o.o.d.y-red killing intent smothered and suffocated the soul, shattering all hopes of resistance! In front of this attack, an ordinary person wouldn’t even be able to move at all before they were killed.

“Die already!” Xia Ping bellowed. Facing off against this crisis of life or death, all of his nerves were taut with tension. Betting it all on the line, he countered with his Five Form Fist!

Dragon Fist – Dragon Claw Manifestation!

He grasped out with his hand like an eagle’s claws and ruthlessly grabbed forward! Behind him, the silhouette of a roaring dragon soared about as several dozen streaks of almost physical pressure violently blasted ahead!

The power of this one move far exceeded the might of the tiger fist. It was already Xia Ping’s strongest attack where he put it all on the line. Tearing through the ground, it crushed the very earth itself apart as it plowed forward towards its target!

BAM!

Fist and claw clashed head on in a great explosion of force, causing the air to howl in agony as the aftershocks blasted by!

Bang. Xia Ping took several steps back as he felt his blood churn.

As for that middle-aged man, he only took one step back but his face was flabbergasted, “How is this possible?! Although the power of my Heart Rending Palm isn’t even a tenth of what it once was, but it still isn’t what the likes of you, a mere fourth layer Martial Disciple can block! No wonder! You’ve practiced the Five Form Fist and have already reached the realm of complete perfection. Then it’s no surprise that you can display such frightening might and use it to face a high-tier martial skill head on. You truly are amazing, a genius even for having such accomplishments at such a young age. However, you shouldn’t have become a dog for the Black Bear Corporation. Now, it will cost you your life!”

After he finished speaking, he abruptly pulled out a silver object.

“f.u.c.k!”

Xia Ping immediately recognized what it was. A laser gun. All it need was a click and the laser fired from it would be able to pierce a one-metre-thick stone in an instant. As for an ordinary human, nothing else needed to be said. They would absolutely die without a doubt.

A chill raced through his body. If he really did let that guy pull the trigger, then he was dead without a doubt. There would be no hopes for survival.

After all, how can a mere mortal exceed the speed of light?!

Snake Fist – Snake Burrowing!

In an instant, his nerves were taut with tension, his senses pushed to their utmost limits. Right at that moment between life and death, his soul entered into an ethereal state as the very world itself seemed to slow down around him.

His thoughts were more than ten times faster than before, so fast that they almost seemed to cause sparks in his brain. Right then and there, Xia Ping could feel that his speed, his power, had reached unprecedented heights!