Work Prophet
Chapter 567 - 185: A Fierce Man Descends from the Sky

Chapter 567: Chapter 185: A Fierce Man Descends from the Sky

Black Heart Jonny did not immediately lash out with a second whip. He paused momentarily, as if admiring his own handiwork.

After confirming that both the force and angle were correct, he leisurely lifted his hand again.

The whip, with a terrifying whooshing sound, struck Lord Duren’s back once more.

The intense pain spread from the wound like tidal waves, further amplified by the salt water soaked into the whip.

Even someone as resilient as Duren almost lost consciousness from the pain, involuntarily clenching his fists.

"This is the fate of those who slander His Majesty!"

Black Heart Jonny called out to the onlookers, "This man before you was once the Guard Commander of the Imperial Army. He harbored resentment towards His Majesty, and thus spread rumors.

"He claimed that His Majesty was colluding with those winged beings and that they would soon invade our country. However, His Majesty saw through his deceitful lies at a glance.

"In a confrontation with the Priest of Cornelia and the castle guards, he quickly exposed himself, and he has only himself to blame for ending up in this situation.

"His Majesty ordered me to execute this whipping as a warning to others. You must all be honest and faithful, and not spread baseless rumors."

After finishing his speech, Black Heart Jonny hit Duren with another lash, then leaned in and whispered in his ear.

"Lord Duren, there are still forty-seven lashes to go. Please don’t faint too soon, or I will get bored."

No sooner had Black Heart Jonny finished speaking than a whispering murmur arose from the crowd.

He frowned and looked toward the crowd, only to find that many were not looking at the platform, but were raising their heads to the sky.

Seeing this, Black Heart Jonny also looked up and saw a small black dot rapidly plummeting from above his head.

At first, Black Heart Jonny thought it was a large goose or some other bird, but as the object descended further, he finally made out its true identity.

It was a man with red wings.

Black Heart Jonny was suddenly alarmed. He had not been at Junlin Tower on the day of Gars’s coronation, but he had heard about what happened afterward.

He did not expect the winged assassin to be so bold as to come back to Lion Heart Castle.

Moreover, not only had he returned, but instead of continuing to trouble Gars, he had come to Crow Square. What was he doing here? There were no important officials worth assassinating.

As Black Heart Jonny thought this, he saw the figure in the sky leap over his head and swiftly plummet straight toward him!

Black Heart Jonny was stunned for a moment; he could not figure out why the other would attack him.

Nonetheless, he immediately ordered the guards beside him to come and support him.

Black Heart Jonny had never fought these winged beings before, but he had watched the battle between Ireya and Moen. Knowing how agile these beings were, having seen even the Silver Knight fall to Moen, he naturally did not dare take any chances.

However, before the surrounding guards could arrive, the man with red wings had already reached Black Heart Jonny.

He kicked toward his chest while shouting loudly — "Shadowless Kick!"

Black Heart Jonny hurriedly swung his whip towards the attacker’s waist, but with a light flap of the wings behind him, the man somersaulted easily in the air and dodged the attack.

He then landed a solid kick on Black Heart Jonny’s chest, staggering him.

But before he could even straighten his body, the second kick from the opponent had already arrived, followed by the third, the fourth... the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth kicks... Eventually, the crowd beneath the platform couldn’t even tell how many kicks the winged tribe had delivered.

His legs moved swiftly like the wind, almost too fast for the eyes to see, leaving afterimages in the air.

Black Heart Jonny couldn’t fight back at all. He was completely dazed by the kicks and eventually was kicked directly off the execution platform.

He crashed hard onto the ground and couldn’t get up for a long time.

The crowd was in an uproar. Black Heart Jonny, both shocked and furious, said to the guards who were staring dumbfounded, "What are you standing there for, get them!"

Only then did the guards snap out of it and pull out their weapons to rush forward.

Zhu Zhigang glanced at the approaching enemies and noticed they weren’t carrying any bows or arrows, which put him at ease.

He remained calm and collected, standing firmly in his place.

These past days, he had been outside the city, continuing to familiarize himself with his body while figuring out how to integrate his previously learned Martial Arts with the wings on his back. He felt he had made some minor achievements and was just looking for some live combat to practice.

The arrival of the guards was timely.

Contrary to what was shown in movies, the Shadowless Kick was not created by Huang Feihong but was actually the special skill of Cantonese martial artist Song Huitang, who had learned it from his wife.

Huang Feihong was friends with Song Huitang, and they exchanged Martial Arts. Admiring the Shadowless Kick, Huang swapped his Iron Wire Fist and Fuhu Fist for it.

Both mastered each other’s unique skills, and thereafter, Huang Feihong used this leg technique to defeat many strong adversaries, making the Shadowless Kick famous.

Later, Huang Feihong passed this martial art to his disciple Lin Shirong, who had his disciple Zhu Yuzhai organize it.

Zhu Zhigang’s Shadowless Kick was learned from Zhu Yuzhai’s "Tiger-Crane Dual Form".

Besides the Shadowless Kick, it included seven other leg techniques that, when combined with corresponding fist techniques, were extraordinarily powerful.

As two guards charged at him, Zhu Zhigang waited for one to step forward and, pressing his hand against the outer side of the opponent’s forearm, he thrust his right leg into the guard’s abdomen, making him vomit out last night’s dinner.

Zhu Zhigang didn’t stop there. His right hand morphed into a crane shape and pecked towards the guard’s left eye.

The guard, severely injured, let out a piercing scream, "Aaah, my eye!"

While saying this, he fell to the ground and started rolling around.

Meanwhile, Zhu Zhigang heard a swift whoosh from his right—a sword from another guard was slashing down at him.

Zhu Zhigang retreated his right leg and leaned back, dodging the sharp edge, then struck the inner bend of the guard’s right elbow with his left hand, his right hand turning into a crane shape again.

The guard, afraid of this move, quickly closed his eyes, but this time Zhu Zhigang’s strike landed on his temple.

Following with a sliding step forward, he threw an elbow at the guard’s left neck, knocking him out cold.

The commotion among the crowd grew louder, yet in the blink of an eye, Zhu Zhigang had taken down two men. His methods were extremely vile and sneaky, targeting such delicate areas that it was painful just to watch, utterly devoid of any knight spirit.

It was barbaric to the extreme.

Zhu Zhigang himself didn’t see anything wrong with it because transmission of Martial Arts was like this, targeting sensitive areas was common practice, and Martial Arts were fundamentally about fighting and killing.

This was particularly inherited and promoted by his teacher Chen Hegao, who reportedly taught judicial punishments to his disciples when they first started.