Chapter 24 (2/2)

The black robed teen spoke calmly, as though he had not seen what that had just occurred.

“The ones who raised their hand at my Uncle Mu were the green dogs behind you, am I right!?”

Having lived two lives in two worlds, Xu Yi could definitely identify the intentions for a truce within the words of the black robed teen. For Xu Yi, what he valued most was the bonds that he forged. What the black robed teen took to be simply making fun of commoners was in fact something that enraged Xu Yi greatly. Even if god had come, he would not let the matter be.

“Constable, know how to appreciate my goodwill. Let me first remind you, anyone who offends my Black Dragon Hall never comes to a good end. Indeed, this matter was caused by me. You killed Zhou, and that is already a blow to me. With that, we should be equal now. You are still young, constable. Perhaps you have not made it far in the martial world yet. You need to know that in the martial world, another friend means another path you can take!”

The black robed teen’s expression remained cool, but his blood was boiling behind his face. If not for the fact that he was not sure that he could take down Xu Yi, he would have let loose long ago.

“To hell with you!”

Xu Yi’s voice was as cold as ice. He pointed his large hammer towards the green robed men and said, “The lot of you ganged up on an old man, resulting in serious injury. According to the Dayue Imperial laws, that is punishable by a hundred strokes of the paddle each. I shall execute the law in place of the Imperial Court. Without a paddle here, I shall use this hammer instead. Because a hammer is much heavier, one strike shall replace a hundred strokes. In other words, the lot of you only have to receive one blow from my hammer.”

As those words were said, sneering could be heard from the crowd.

Anyone with a brain could understand what that laughter meant. How heavy a blow from Xu Yi’s hammer was was evident from the bald man’s body who had flown out of sight, and Head Zhou who did not even have a body left.

Although Xu Yi had said ‘one blow,’ what he actually meant was that he would be taking their lives. The onlooking crowd was already tired of the black robed teen and his group of green robed fighters abusing their might here in Furong Town. Now that a member of Furong Town’s police force could give them peace of mind, they were extremely grateful. There was also a hint of pride within their hearts.

The shame of the green robed men turned into rage, but they still did not dare make a move. They looked at each other, waiting for one another to make a move. Finally, the black robed teen lost his temper.

“F*** you all! What are you bloody waiting for? Black Dragon Hall does not have members who are easily scared to death. Attack! Chop him to pieces!”

The moment he said those words, he grabbed a green shortsword with his left hand and a white metal ball the size of a duck’s egg with his right, and charged towards Xu Yi with a ferocious look on his face.

In actual fact, he was already fuming at Xu Yi. Previously, he had shown some face to Xu Yi because he valued his life and was not willing to face Xu Yi head on. From observing how Xu Yi had easily taken care of the bald man and the others, he deduced that Xu Yi was the same as him, at the later stages of Body Forging. And from the way Xu Yi moved, he feared that Xu Yi had been at that stage for quite a while, unlike himself who had just reached the later stages.

As for whether or not Xu Yi was at the peak of Body Forging, the idea did not even cross his mind. Within the entire Guang’an City, the number of people who can reach the peak of Body Forging before the age of thirty could be counted with one hand.

This person in front of him might have a scraggly beard which made him look old, but the brightness in his eyes and the cold hard lines of his facial features betrayed his youth.

Furthermore, if he were really at the peak of Body Forging, not only in Furong Town, but even in White Horse County, there would be no one that could stop him.

After determining Xu Yi’s level of cultivation, he had thought that Xu Yi would be willing to say a few courteous words in return. The black robed teen would not mind making a new friend.

But little did he expect that Xu Yi would reply with such scathing words, leaving him with no face at all. If he were to back off like this, no good would come to him when he returned to the Black Dragon Hall.

Furthermore, he had a secret weapon with him. Even if Xu Yi’s cultivation was a little higher, if he gave it his all, his chances of winning were still very high.

With these thoughts in his mind, the black robed teen then made his move.