Chapter 90: Chapter 67 Arrogant Iron Beast! As Solid as a
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“Big brother… let the men go first.”
Chen Zhuang whispered to Shi Zijian.
This Iron Beast had singlehandedly infiltrated the Black Cavalry Gang, causing massive chaos. He was certainly no weakling. According to Chen Zhuang’s thinking, he would directly order his subordinates to surround and kill him.
No matter how strong this Iron Beast was, even if he was a martial artist of the Qi-Blood Realm, facing the attack of a thousand men, he would inevitably be worn out to the point of exhaustion, dying on the spot in resentment.
However, Shi Zijian’s reply was a cruel smile, “He’s stepped onto my head, I must twist off his head!”
Shi Zijian did not wish to proceed in such a manner; firstly, because it would cause greater casualties among his men, and even if they won, the loss would not be small. Secondly, with his brave and domineering personality, facing such a strong opponent ignited a joy in hunting. He naturally wanted to personally kill his adversary for the greatest satisfaction!
Without waiting for Chen Zhuang to persuade him further, Shi Zijian had already taken a step forward, his boisterous laughter echoing throughout the sky, “Today, I will flay you and break your bones, to show you who has no right to run wild in my Black Cavalry Gang!”
Su Changkong’s heart was heavy but also excited. Several years ago, when he first started learning martial arts and began his journey in the martial way, the Black Cavalry Gang had come to Black Iron Manor, oppressive and extorting. Now, years later, Su Changkong was facing Shi Zijian, the Gang Leader of the Black Cavalry Gang, head-on!
Su Changkong always acted cautiously, never undertaking surefire tasks, but he was neither a coward nor afraid of things. On the contrary, he had the heart of a martial artist, fearless in the face of powerful enemies!
“Gang Leader… is about to make a move!”
“This guy is dead meat!”
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The members of the Black Cavalry Gang were shaking with excitement; in their eyes, Shi Zijian was the strongest in the Clearwater City area, unmatched and unchallenged!
“Kill!”
Shi Zijian could no longer suppress the killing intent in his heart. With a flash, his towering two-meter physique lunged directly at Su Changkong.
“Here he comes!” Su Changkong was also somewhat excited. At his level, even a martial artist of the Divine Bravery Stage like Cao Hong had been slain within three blows of his sword. Shi Zijian, rumored to be the number one expert of Clearwater City, was making his blood boil.
“Boom!”
Shi Zijian’s right fist smashed out fiercely, aiming straight for Su Changkong’s face. The gust of wind brought by this punch was so powerful that it turned the air in front of it into a vacuum, giving Su Changkong a faint feeling of suffocation.
Just this punch alone displayed a might that overshadowed any martial artist Su Changkong had ever encountered!
Without any hesitation, Su Changkong’s body bent slightly, neither dodging nor evading; his right fist shot straight out to collide head-on with Shi Zijian. At the joints of his gauntleted fist, there were half-foot-long spikes. In a head-on collision, Su Changkong would undoubtedly have a huge advantage, as Shi Zijian’s flesh and bones would be pierced through!
“Chih!”
Yet, at the very moment before their fists collided, Shi Zijian suddenly let out a thunderous roar from his mouth. Above his facial features, on the exposed skin, a faint blood light unexpectedly emerged.
The rebuking voice that hit him squarely made Su Changkong halt in his tracks, his Qi and blood surging within him!
In the next second when the fists collided, the imagined scene of Shi Zijian’s fist being penetrated did not occur. Instead, his fist was wrapped in a faint metallic glow, and the metal spikes did not pierce through; rather, they were bent and broken by the squeeze of tremendous force!
“Bang!”
The force borne by his arm compelled Su Changkong to step back uncontrollably, his heavy footsteps deeply indenting the ground!
“Hmm? Is this… the Qi-Blood Realm?”
Su Changkong was somewhat surprised. As both were at Body Refinement Great Achievement, the strength of their physiques should not differ to the point of one overpowering the other. However, after a head-on collision, he found himself suppressed, leaving only one explanation: Shi Zijian was a Martial Artist of the Qi-Blood Realm!
“No, that’s not right… Rumor has it that the first level of the Qi-Blood Realm is the ‘Qi-Blood Veil’, and the Qi and blood around his body are hidden, obviously not to that extent!”
Su Changkong quickly realized it was not so. There was a faint glimmer of blood on Shi Zijian’s face and body, neither of which had reached the point of radiating from the body. This situation was perplexing for Su Changkong, but Shi Zijian was indeed stronger than the average martial artist at Body Refinement Great Achievement by more than just a margin!
With a punch that sent Su Changkong reeling backward, Shi Zijian’s mouth curled into a ferocious grin, “Years ago, I suffered grave injuries, my Qi and blood declined. After years of consuming a large amount of Qi-enriching and blood-supplementing substances, I finally see a glimmer of recovery!”
Shi Zijian, his origins quite mysterious, appeared in Clearwater City three or four years ago. With his extraordinary combat abilities, he quickly established the Black Cavalry Gang and grew its power.
But in reality, Shi Zijian’s background was incredibly extraordinary as well. He was once a member of an elite military unit and a Martial Artist who had undergone the metamorphosis of the Qi-Blood Realm, yet due to serious injuries sustained in a battle that shook Dafeng State, injuries that were difficult to heal, he left in disappointment. He came to Clearwater City to establish the Black Cavalry Gang and plunder resources in hopes of returning to his peak condition.
The injuries Shi Zijian had sustained were too severe, and he had yet to return to his peak form to this day; however, Shi Zijian was confident that no one below the Qi-Blood Realm could contend with him!
In Shi Zijian’s view, he was a dragon trapped in shallow waters; to him, Clearwater City was but a rural backwater, and no one there was worthy of his attention!
“Crackle and pop!”
Shi Zijian’s True Qi swelled, his wild nature fully revealed. His body expanded significantly, muscles bulging like rocks, straining against his clothes until they burst open, revealing an inverted triangle-shaped torso and the numerous scars of blade and sword cuts across his body, his explosive power visibly manifesting!
Upon closer inspection, some of Shi Zijian’s wounds were fatal, especially a cut across his chest which nearly cleaved his torso in half, indicating the life and death crises he must have faced.
“Big brother… it’s time to get serious!”
Chen Zhuang’s face was filled with excitement. He understood the strength of Shi Zijian, far surpassing that of the man who called himself Iron Beast.
At his peak, Shi Zijian was a Martial Artist of the Qi-Blood Realm, battle-hardened. Despite the severe injuries and the drop in his realm, the martial arts he cultivated were still of the Qi-Blood Realm’s level. Shi Zijian excelled in Horizontal Training Hard Skill, capable of forging through legions, such that ordinary warriors, even with sharp blades, couldn’t leave the slightest mark on him!
Even the previous Gang Leader of the White Jade Gang, Bai Tianhao, despite using all his strength, could only inflict a few superficial wounds on Shi Zijian. “Military Killing Fist. Berserker Break Through the Array!”
With one strike that drove Su Changkong back, Shi Zijian’s aura became more robust. His large foot stomped heavily on the ground, like a wild bear smashing the earth.. The bricks and stones caved in and shattered, debris shooting out like bullets in all directions; he himself closed a distance of nearly ten feet in an instant, his right fist carrying an unstoppable force of iron-blooded killing intent!