19 Do You Dare to Fight? (1/2)

Jiang Yi was clearly aware that Jiang Ruhu and himself would have a decisive battle one day. He had to find and settle accounts with Jiang Ruhu after all those years of torment and grievances. Once there was an opportunity, Jiang Ruhu would likewise take the initiative to find him, to defend his status and authority as the head amongst the second-tier descendants of the Jiang Clan.

After making a breakthrough and reaching the second stage of the Cast Tripod Realm the night before, Jiang Yi did not have any fear nor dread for Jiang Ruhu in his heart. He even swaggered up against the mountain, hoping that Jiang Ruhu would stop him. He hoped to take the opportunity to ruthlessly get his revenge.

At that moment, Jiang Ruhu had indeed arrived, but he did not have a shred of excitement deep in his heart. Rather, his face was filled with bitterness and agony. He muttered to himself that he was too careless.

Twenty people!

The weakest of the bunch had a power level at the second stage of the Cast Tripod Realm, with others like Jiang Bao and Jiang Song at ever-increasingly impressive power levels. With so many people there and then, even if he did have a power level in the fourth stage of the Cast Tripod Realm, it would still be difficult for him to leave the Western Hills completely safe and sound. Not to mention that he had only just made a breakthrough in achieving the second stage of the Cast Tripod Realm and that he only had six wisps of black essence force available within his dantian.

What could he possibly do with just six wisps of black essence forces? Perhaps he could inflict serious damage on some people. Once he ran out of black essence force, he would surely be severely beaten up by the crowd of people who would definitely be flying into a rage out of humiliation. If he were lucky, he would only have a few bones broken; if he were unlucky, it was not impossible that he would be beaten to death amidst the chaos. He knew too well that a bunch of wastrel playboys, once they got rash and impulsive, they would definitely not care about the consequences of their actions.

However… did he have any way to retreat or escape?

The twenty people had dispersed early on, leaving him surrounded in the center. The essence forces in all the people's bodies were quietly being circulated. In whichever direction he thought of escaping, he would always remain trapped within. Thereafter, he would get stuck in the middle of a neverending barrage of attacks from all sides.

Calm down! Calm down!

Jiang Yi bent his back slightly and stared at Jiang Ruhu like a wild beast. He gazed at his surroundings through his peripheral vision, while both of his ears were constantly and attentively listening to all movements and sounds. His mind was spinning like crazy as he tried to find a way to break out of his current circumstances.

He must not wind up dead or severely injured; otherwise, he would end up lying in bed for half an entire month. Xiaonu would be in danger by then—should people from the Fengyue Brothel come to find them directly. As such, he had to win this day at all costs, or leave the Western Hills completely unscathed at least.

”What's the matter? Are you scared?”

Upon seeing Jiang Yi become so nervous that his entire body started becoming taut, Jiang Ruhu felt an indescribable burst of elation in his heart. It was so interesting, akin to a pack of tigers playing with a monkey. He quietly circulated the essence forces in his dantian as he slowly walked toward Jiang Yi with a fierce expression on his trembling face and an aggressive spirit surrounding him. He exploded in a loud shout, ”Don't lay a finger on my men if you knew you were going to be frightened by the consequences! Now… it's all too late! However, I, Master Hu, am in a good mood today so I'll give you one chance—we will let you off today if you crawl between everyone's legs, under all of our groins. How about that?”

”Brother Tiger!”

Jiang Bao and Jiang Song felt anxious upon hearing Jiang Ruhu's offer. However, his eyes slightly swept across them. Seeing the ineffable meanings hidden in Jiang Ruhu's gaze, the two people immediately understood his aim and started laughing mischievously. Was it not the best opportunity to launch a sneak attack whilst Jiang Yi was crawling between their legs? Jiang Ruhu had completely no intention of letting Jiang Yi off. Rather, he desired to humiliate Jiang Yi even further.

Jiang Yi did not utter a word, remaining completely silent instead. Jiang Ruhu grew impatient and was ready to wave his hand to allow his men to launch their attack. It was only when Jiang Yi suddenly opened his mouth and responded, ”Very well! I'll crawl. I just hope that… Brother Hu, you will keep your promise.”

”Huh?”

One after another, many people took a glance at each other's faces, giving an expression of astonishment. Out of the twenty people at the scene, over half of them had bullied Jiang Yi before. Beating up Jiang Yi was a small affair with a light sentence, and he had been beaten up to the point of vomiting blood several times before. However, none of them had ever seen Jiang Yi beg for forgiveness, to say nothing… directly admitting defeat and agreeing to crawl between their legs.

Jiang Ruhu was no idiot—otherwise, how could he have possibly become the leader of this group of men? From the corner of his mouth came a faint smile filled with profound hidden meanings and intentions. He quickly turned to exchange glances with the collateral descendant Jiang Ruying, whose power level was at the third stage of the Cast Tripod Realm. Only after giving Jiang Ruying a hidden signal with his eyes did Jiang Ruhu turn his head and nodded at Jiang Yi, replying, ”Naturally, I, Jiang Ruhu, speak words of enormous weight. So long as you crawl between all of our legs and under our groins, I will guarantee that the next time we cross paths, I will let you pass unharmed. Ruying, position yourself in the horse stance!”

That collateral descendant Jiang Ruying, with a power level at the third stage of the Cast Tripod Realm, immediately took two steps forward and squatted down in a horse stance position. With a look of desire to make fun of Jiang Yi, he pointed towards the bottom of his groin and said, ”Come on! Crawl through it!”

”Hahaha!”

”Crawl! Crawl through it!”

The sounds of mockery and laughter immediately rang from all four corners. All were observing Jiang Yi with much excitement as they waited to see the entertaining sight of Jiang Yi bearing the humiliation of crawling underneath people's groins.

”Alright! I will crawl… ”

Jiang Yi gritted his teeth and shouted loudly as he strode with wide paces towards Jiang Ruying. His entire face revealed expressions of indignation and humiliation, as his body trembled uncontrollably from his intense rage. However, he did not show any indication that he would use essence force on his body; he was also staggering forward and stumbling as he walked. It looked as though he did not have a shred of desire to resist.

”Haha—”

Some of the familial descendants silently let their guard down and started laughing uncontrollably. In their eyes, how could a useless good-for-nothing like Jiang Yi ever dare to resist? Even if he chose to resist, on what basis could he rely on to fight back? Could he just rely on his power level alone, being only at the first stage of the Cast Tripod Realm? Regarding the events in which Jiang Bao and Jiang Song were injured by Jiang Yi—everyone had initially disbelieved the stories. At the moment, they were even more so in complete disbelief that such events even happened.

One step, two steps, three steps!

With his head lowered and his teeth gritted, Jiang Yi walked towards Jiang Ruying step by step. When he was just a meter away from Jiang Ruying, he slowly bent down his body as he got ready to squat on the ground and crawl in the direction of the area underneath Jiang Ruying's groin.

”Gulp!”

Just at that moment, an unexpected change suddenly happened!

A glimmer of coldness flashed past Jiang Ruying's eyes. Originally squatting in a horse stance, he bent both of his legs downwards as his body suddenly leaped forward. The yellow essence force revolving around his right leg produced a brilliant windy sound as the leg cut down ruthlessly onto the kneeling Jiang Yi's back like a sharp ax.

This was the man-tier superior-grade martial arts technique, Mountain-Splitting Leg.

Some of the Jiang family descendants were shocked. Surely, one did not need such high-grade martial arts skills to deal with a trivial character like Jiang Yi. Being a martial artist with a power level at the third stage of the Cast Tripod Realm and applying all this power in a single attack, was Jiang Ruying certain he would not simply chop and split Jiang Yi into two? Both having very little courage, two of the descendants even closed their eyes, avoiding the sight and the spectacle of bodily mutilation resulting in a bloody splatter.

”Hmph!”

A deep and cold snort rang out. Jiang Yi suddenly raised up his head, despite having his waist bent, as though he had already anticipated the incoming attack. The fists he had hidden within his long robe sleeves had been circulating blue essence force. Without fear, he proudly smashed his fists onto Jiang Ruying's incoming heavy leg.

”Bang!” ”Crack!”