Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 80 - 81: Courting Death

Chapter 80: Chapter 81: Courting Death

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If it weren’t truly a last resort, he still wouldn’t want to make an enemy of anyone beyond the Bone Tempering Period, no matter what. Making such an enemy was definitely not going to be comfortable.

Thus, although he was furious inside, he still forced himself to maintain a gentle smile on his face. With that gentle smile, he spoke with Xiao Yi, hoping things could be explained and perhaps even develop some friendly ties. As for the bar fight and the many subordinates who were injured, issues of face could be temporarily endured. After using them up or finding a more suitable moment, he could take care of him.

"So it was you."

After Sun Hao admitted his identity, Xiao Yi nodded. At the moment his words ended, his figure immediately floated towards Sun Hao like lightning.

Sun Hao had not expected that, despite his generosity and politeness in his conversation, Xiao Yi would be so disrespectful and attack without warning. In a moment, he felt both anger and urgency, but Xiao Yi’s movements were too fast. He had virtually no time to react before he felt Xiao Yi’s hand, which had been over a meter away, already reaching towards his neck. He saw Xiao Yi’s hand about to clasp his neck, and his face turned pale almost instantly.

Just as Sun Hao felt his heart rise to his throat, the skinny Lord Hong finally made a move. A bony hand emerged just in time as Xiao Yi’s hand reached for his neck and met Xiao Yi’s slender hand.

Seeing that Lord Hong had intervened and blocked Xiao Yi’s hand, Sun Hao felt as if he had deflated a great deal. He let out a long sigh of relief, his legs began to tremble, and his back felt chillingly cold. In that instant, his back was drenched in cold sweat. Ignorance is bliss. If he had not known that Xiao Yi was a high-tier Bone Tempering expert or understood what Bone Tempering meant, he would not have reacted so strongly. But he did know!

"Huh?"

Xiao Yi, upon solid contact with the skinny hand, immediately paused his movement. Looking at the thin and short man beside him, he couldn’t help but show a hint of surprise on his face, uttering a soft exclamation.

Turns out, this skinny man was actually a high-tier expert in Bone Tempering!

This was indeed too surprising for him.

Previously, the skinny man had not made any moves or shown any power, so he had not been able to sense his strength. He only knew that he must be at least beyond Bone Tempering, but he had not expected him to be a late-period high-tier expert!

When did high-tier Bone Tempering experts become so inexpensive?

In one evening, he had encountered two in this bar alone—one in the initial tier and the other in the high tier!

However, by then, he also finally understood why this Sun was so arrogant and why those people speaking of Sun seemed to have their noses high in the air. With two such experts by his side, he could indeed stand proud among his peers.

If it had been just a typical conflict instead of Xiao Yi targeting Chen Jianguo and kidnapping his daughter, he might have considered temporarily making peace with Sun Hao at this point.

After all, he also didn’t wish to create an enemy out of a high-tier Bone Tempering expert for no reason!

"Boy, who are you!"

Xiao Yi’s face showed a hint of surprise, while Lord Hong’s expression turned to shock. He had thought that his strike would cripple Xiao Yi’s hand, but unexpectedly, when he touched the opponent’s hand, Xiao Yi easily slipped away and withdrew his hand. This simple action, seemingly trivial to a bystander, appeared to him as mystifying and alarming as a tempest.

If a high-tier Bone Tempering expert grabs your hand, and you just slip away, does that still count as high-tier Bone Tempering?

But the opponent had managed to break free, and it looked incredibly effortless!

The only answer was that the opponent had at least the strength of the Middle Tier Bone Tempering Period, especially since he hadn’t exhibited his full strength just now, using only about sixty percent of his power.

The man before him, looking only in his early twenties, already possessed the strength beyond the Middle Tier Bone Tempering Period. What did this imply?

He wasn’t as shocked by Xiao Yi’s strength as Shi San was, after all, he had seen people like him before. What really shocked him was the possible identity of this young man; to his knowledge, the only ones who reached such strength at an early age were those hidden Noble Family Young Masters!

Only they had the capacity, the strength, and the means to nurture such nearly genius talents!

So, after concluding Xiao Yi’s strength, his first thought was that Xiao Yi must be a Noble Family Young Master, which was why he was so astonished.

He knew very well that high-tier Bone Tempering experts, seen almost as gods by ordinary people, were considered insignificant, like ants, by some secluded major families. Should he offend them, crushing someone like him in the Bone Tempering Period would be no different from crushing an ant, and he would have absolutely nowhere to hide.

"Interesting, I didn’t expect to find a High Tier Bone Tempering individual in a petty bar. Let’s loosen up the muscles and bones, and have a real go at it today."

Xiao Yi didn’t answer Lord Hong’s question but instead, his lips curled in an amused expression, and his aura suddenly surged, his figure darting towards Lord Hong like lightning.

He didn’t have as many thoughts or concerns as Lord Hong. Once the enemy was identified, striking first to gain the upper hand was his priority.

The moment Xiao Yi’s aura surged, Shi San’s pupils constricted once again. His face turned deathly pale, knowing that in his lifetime, he might never be able to avenge that punch from Xiao Yi. Just from that moment’s aura, he knew Xiao Yi’s strength was something he could never match.

"Courting death!"

Seeing Xiao Yi did not respond to his own words and took the initiative to attack and that too with full force, a flicker of anger crossed Lord Hong’s eyes. Temporarily setting aside his concerns, he sneered through his nostrils and extended his claw-like skinny hand, maximized his aura, and met Xiao Yi’s fist head-on.

"Thump!"

Their fists collided, and the air seemed to explode instantly, emitting a dull blast. Sun Hao, Shi San, and Hua Qingqing all felt a wind caused by the airflow brushing against their faces, even causing a slight tingling sensation.

Hua Qingqing was stunned; she was totally shocked. No amount of explanation from Sun Hao could compare to witnessing such a scene firsthand, making it all the more real and shocking!

All along, she had thought that depictions of fists and kicks clashing, creating chaotic noises, and tearing everything nearby to shreds, as well as the gusts from the punches, only existed on large screens, meant to satisfy visual thrill and deceive children—a purely foolish fantasy.

But now, she was experiencing it firsthand, seeing it with her own eyes!

Thinking back to how she had thought of scolding Xiao Yi earlier, pondering what if she really angered Xiao Yi, and he threw a punch her way...

Her face involuntarily paled, and her legs began to feel wobbly...