Chapter 54 Doing as he Wishes (1/2)
“Settle accounts? You?”
Lin Tonghong looked condescendingly at Zhou Donghuang with a derisive expression and continued, “Even if that Freezing Wind were here, he would not dare to say such things.”
The last time Lin Tonghong went to Qingshan town intending to seize Zhou Donghuang’s Yunxuan Restaurant, he had been defeated by Freezing Wind and sent packing with his tail between his legs.
Therefore, in his view, the strongest person that Zhou Donghuang and Lin Lan had with them was Freezing Wind.
But he did not know that Freezing Wind’s ability was given to him by Zhou Donghuang, and without Zhou Donghuang, Freezing Wind might not even have attained level-two of Qi-gathering by now.
“Enough!”
Zhou Donghuang had long ago lost his patience, and seeing that Lin Tonghong still dared to carry on with his nonsense, he let out a shout of impatience and sprang into action.
Star-Stepping Footwork!
Zhou Donghuang swayed and stepped in a series of peculiar steps. He moved like a flash of lightning as he suddenly appeared right before Lin Tonghong, who was standing not far away.
Lin Tonghong’s expression changed immediately in the instant that Zhou Donghuang appeared before him.
How could this Zhou Donghuang be so fast?
Just as this thought appeared in Lin Tonghong’s mind, he saw Zhou Donghuang’s palm rise and descend towards his head.
At this moment, his reaction was still a split-second too slow.
There was only one reason why the scene played out as it did: the difference in their ability was too great.
“No—!”
In the same instant that Lin Tonghong cried out in desperation, Zhou Donghuang’s palm landed like a tiger bounding down a mountain.
Pong!!
Zhou Donghuang’s palm struck Lin Tonghong’s skull, and he fell to the ground with a crash, raising a cloud of dust.
From the time Zhou Donghuang first moved till the time he killed Lin Tonghong with a single blow, the entire process had happened in the blink of an eye, too fast for the people present to react.
Now, seeing Lin Tonghong fall lifeless to the ground, the gathered crowd of Lin family members all sucked in a cold breath.
Lin Tonghong was the fourth elder of the Lin family, an outstanding level-three adept of Qi-gathering, with a good chance of attaining level-four of Qi-gathering within ten years. But now, he was dead before them, and moreover, he was dead at the hands of a youth who looked to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old.
“I’m not dreaming, am I?”
“This… this is too incredible. He killed Fourth Elder?”
As the Lin family juniors began to come to their senses, they exchanged glances and saw disbelief and incredulity in each other’s eyes.
Several of them even pinched themselves to confirm that they were not dreaming.
“Fourth Elder!”
The patriarch of the Lin family, Lin Zhuoyue, Second Elder Lin Chonghuan, and the rest of the Lin family leadership regained their senses. Their expressions changed completely.
When they looked again at the youth standing beside Lin Tonghong’s corpse, their gazes were filled with disbelief without exception.
If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that such a youth had the ability to kill the fourth elder of the Lin family, a level-three adept of Qi-gathering, Lin Tonghong.
Among the Lin family leadership, the head elder, Lin Tianzheng, was the last to come to his senses.
“Little Brother Hong!”
After he regained his senses, Lin Tianzheng stared in anguish at Lin Tonghong’s lifeless body, and he wailed in sorrow, his body trembling in anger.
Lin Tonghong was only his cousin, but to him, they were no different from brothers. And now, seeing Lin Tonghong killed before his eyes, he was filled with rage. He had no intention of holding back!
“Zhou Donghuang, you killed my little brother, Hong, I will kill you!”
Lin Tianzheng was furious beyond reason and was not considering whether Zhou Donghuang’s ability was beyond his own. He sprang forward at Zhou Donghuang like a hound fixed on its prey.
Although he was almost beyond reason, nevertheless, when he was approaching Zhou Donghuang, Lin Tianzheng did not dare to be reckless. He used the Lin family’s lesser-grade technique, Crazy Python Punch.
Swoosh!!
Lin Tianzheng was a level-four adept and struck with the strength of four bulls, just over three thousand jin of force, in an impressive show of force. And Lin Tianzheng’s attacking arm in that moment seemed to become a frenzied python, barreling towards Zhou Donghuang.
“A good attempt!”
Faced with Lin Tianzheng’s furious attack, Zhou Donghuang laughed indifferently and shifted his weight as his whole body shot forward.
Swoosh!!
As his body shot forward, Zhou Donghuang threw a punch like a cannonball, and it met the furious assault of Lin Tianzheng’s fist.
Thunderbolt Punch was a second-grade technique with an emphasis on directness, speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness, destroying enemies with sheer force and fury.
With this second-grade technique, Thunderbolt Punch, in addition to Zhou Donghuang’s strength that was no less than Lin Tianzheng’s, one could imagine the power of his attack.
Pong!!
Under the gaze of the crowd, Zhou Donghuang and Lin Tianzheng exchanged blows, and it was glaringly obvious that his fist was a size smaller than Lin Tianzheng’s.