Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 78 - 79 Shi San

Chapter 78: Chapter 79 Shi San

"Ah!"

Almost at the same time, three screams rang out in unison. Three men holding batons and smashing down flew backward simultaneously, crashing harshly onto the ground.

"Kid, it turns out you’re a martial artist, no wonder you’re so arrogant."

Brother Liu was stunned by the sudden turn of events on the field. He had originally thought that his three subordinates would definitely be able to take out Xiao Yi, but to his surprise, it was his own three men who were kicked away by Xiao Yi, one by one.

However, he only hesitated for a moment before immediately snapping back to reality. Moreover, there was no usual fear on his face, instead, he looked at Xiao Yi with a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.

The reason he could remain so calm was not because he had suddenly gone insane or been scared stupid. Although he was called Brother Liu, in fact, he was Sun Hao’s closest bodyguard and enforcer, which meant that below Sun Hao, he was the boss. He was called Brother Liu because his name was Shi San, of course, excluding the mysterious Lord Hong.

And the reason he became Sun Hao’s number one subordinate wasn’t just because of his loyalty, but also because he was a martial artist!

Moreover, he wasn’t just any ordinary martial artist trained in a few days of boxing and stances, as seen in movies. He was a true, initiated martial artist. Just a few days ago, under the guidance of Lord Hong, he had officially entered the Bone Tempering Period, stepping through the gates of Ancient Martial Arts!

For this, Sun Hao even specifically opened a bottle of ’82 Lafite to celebrate!

What does the Bone Tempering Period mean?

It means that he had officially entered the ranks of the ’extraordinary.’ Although he still couldn’t scale walls and vault roofs like the characters in movies and martial arts novels, the high-difficulty stunts performed by the male protagonists in the American series "Prison Break," which made countless viewers’ hearts race and blood boil, were just a very simple matter in his eyes!

Therefore, although he noticed that Xiao Yi’s recent kicks were very skillful in speed, power, and angle, he still had enough confidence that he could take him down easily.

"You’ve noticed that already?"

A trace of ridicule flashed across Xiao Yi’s eyes, his face assuming an exaggeratedly mocking expression as he exclaimed, then his expression quickly turned ice-cold. "Now it’s just you left. Are you going to fetch Sun Hao for me, or shall I take you down too and then, as you suggested, smash this bar to pieces before making him come out?"

Time ticked away second by second. The commotion had already started, yet Sun Hao had not shown up. Xiao Yi was truly becoming impatient and had no mood to waste further words with the man before him, who had just entered the Bone Tempering Period.

"Kid, I don’t care who you are, or who’s behind you, today, you are dead!"

Shi San looked at Xiao Yi’s mocking eyes and playful expression, his mouth twitching, his eyes almost spitting fire as he stared at Xiao Yi, clenching his teeth and saying each word with a forceful ring.

"Is that so?"

The ridicule in Xiao Yi’s expression grew even thicker.

He hadn’t heard anyone speak to him with that tone of voice in a very long time, the people who had spoken to him like that had all gone to have tea with the King of Hell, but today, he was hearing it again, and what’s more, the person saying it was just a newbie who had entered the Bone Tempering Initial Tier.

Shi San, looking at the mocking expression on Xiao Yi’s face, had stopped talking altogether, his only thought now was to smash this pretty boy’s face, his expression was just too annoying, he wanted to see if he could still make that irritating expression when his head was smashed with a punch!

The moment that thought occurred, his hand moved too, forming a fist shape and hurtling straight toward Xiao Yi’s forehead, ready to put his thought into action.

His fist, although appearing clumsy and devoid of any flair, lacking the grand movements of Brother Liu just before, and seemingly not as full of momentum, drove straight toward Xiao Yi’s forehead.

But the smile on his face was more confident than anyone else’s!

He was very aware that his punch was in no way comparable to the previous four men’s, as long as it hit Xiao Yi, his head wouldn’t just instantly burst apart, at the very least his seven orifices would bleed, for his punch was already laced with a powerful explosive Dark Energy.

Watching the fist slowly approach him, Xiao Yi’s mouth curled into a hint of a cold smile, about to let him experience what true power at the Bone Tempering Period was all about!

In the moment his fist was about to strike his face, Xiao Yi moved as well, raising his own fist and meeting Shi San’s with a speed akin to lightning.

"Crack!"

The two fists collided not even three centimeters from Xiao Yi’s face, emitting a crisp sound as if the air itself had burst.

After the collision, Xiao Yi stood unshaken like a mountain, his fist slowly lowered with a faint cold smile on his face.

Shi San’s other hand was clutching the arm that had thrown the punch, his face twisted in agony, he staggered backward five or six steps before finally stabilizing, a trickle of fresh blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

It took him a long time to lift his head with difficulty, eyes filled with incredulous shock as he stared at Xiao Yi in front of him, still unchanging in his demeanor and bearing that cold smile.

His current pain was far greater than that of the four men before, when their powerful forces clashed, he felt like his body exploded, this pain was not comparable to a mere fractured rib or fall, but more unbearable than the physical agony was the torment in his mind, he had thought that having entered the Bone Tempering Period, he truly became a master, that he could finally hold his own, even Sun Hao had started speaking to him politely.

But he could never have imagined, the first time he used his strength after entering the Bone Tempering Period, he would face such a setback, he did not know what level this young man had reached, even though they had just directly confronted each other, he still could not fathom the other’s strength; he only knew the opponent was definitely above the Bone Tempering Middle Tier!

Because when their Fist Strength collided, he felt completely powerless, almost unable to block at all, immediately knocked down as though being obliterated effortlessly by the opponent!

If the opponent were just a newcomer at the Initial Tier like himself, he would never have felt this way!

But how could that be possible? He’s still so young, he looks to be under twenty-five at most, how could he have possibly entered the High Tier of Bone Tempering!

It took him thirty years of arduous training, almost like an ascetic monk, forcefully sustaining an unparalleled mindset, locking away all desires within his heart and practicing day and night, to finally enter the Initial Tier of Bone Tempering at the age of forty!