Chapter 92: The Battle of Frigh (1/2)

Shopkeeper Tang turned his face around and looked straight at the sharp knife that had plunged into his waist. Once the knife punctured through his skin, suddenly all my fears evaporated.

He was just a person after all, not an invincible monster! I had no reason to be afraid of him!

This time, even though it was my first time stabbing someone with a knife, I was unfazed, partly because I knew that the position where he was stabbed meant that only his kidneys were hurt. This wouldn’t incapacitate him. Instead, it might irritate him and enrage him even more.

If I hesitated at this moment, both Xiaotao and I would surely end up dead.

I tightened my grip on the knife’s handle and pulled it out with force. Blood spurted out of the wound, and Shopkeeper Tang screamed in agony. He fell back a little, but soon regained his footing. He raised the cleaver in his hand and charged at me.

“Run away, Song Yang!” yelled Xiaotao.

I ducked and used Cave Vision to survey the room. With these eyes, I could perceive every subtle change in his muscles and predict his next move that way.

Because of that, I dodged his attacks easily.

Shopkeeper Tang slashed his knife like a madman in front of me, but I dodged it every time. This irritated him and he squealed like a pig. I took the opportunity when he was vulnerable to stab him in his right shoulder, cutting off his tendon there so he wouldn’t be able to lift his right arm.

Now that his right arm was weak, I stabbed the knife into his chest. The knife plunged through the ribs and pierced his lungs. I did all this with precision, as I was very familiar with human anatomy. I knew exactly where to stab to incapacitate him.

To him, I was just a bag of meat to be put into his buns; to me, he was just a walking corpse!

Shopkeeper Tang already found it difficult to breathe at this point. He glared at me with his terrible eyes. It was as if fire erupted from those eyes. They were full of murderous intent!

I did not anticipate what he would do next. He took the cleaver with his left hand and continued to charge at me.

However, his movements had slowed down considerably at this point. I plunged a boning knife into his left shoulder joint and left it there. That caused him to be unable to lift his left arm anymore. He stumbled forward with great difficulty. The three wounds on his body were spurting blood. His leather apron was now dyed red.

In the end, he slumped onto the floor. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fell to the ground with a heavy thump.

It was over now. I was immensely relieved.

I rushed to Xiaotao’s side and helped her up to her feet. She was shaking. When she saw that I was fine, she hugged me tightly. We didn’t say a word. I could feel her petite body shivering in my arms.

“It’s over now,” I comforted her, patting her back. “Let me see where you’re hurt.”

I examined her whole body and found that her forehead was bruised and bleeding a little. Her wrist was also injured, but it seemed that her bones there were not broken. I was very worried that her ribs might be broken. It would be really bad if the fractured ribs punctured her lungs. I wanted to ask her if I could examine her ribs, but hesitated.

Xiaotao saw through me and grabbed my hand to place it on her ribs. She groaned a little when I touched her. Was she hurt there?

I told myself this was not the time to feel shy, so I examined her seriously with my fingers. After a while, she asked me, “Are my ribs broken?”

“No,” I answered. “But there might be some internal injuries.”

“What about you? Where are you injured?”

“I’m fine!”

I was kicked in the stomach, so I thought the stomach lining might bleed a little since I could feel a burning sensation there. But this little injury was nothing to worry about.

She hugged me again and cried, “I was so worried that you might die!”

After that, I felt a few drops of warm tears stuck on my neck. Xiaotao had rested her head on my shoulder, and her hair was tickling my ear.

Although it felt good to stay that way, it just wasn’t the time for it yet. There was a much more pressing matter at the moment. I freed myself from her and said, “Hurry up and call 120!”