Chapter 172: Instant Kill

"Yang Cheng, Junjie, take the brothers and leave first," Li Xiaofei said as he shot out of the car window. "Protect Hall Master Chu and regroup inside the city."

"Boss, I'll stay with you," Li Junjie shouted as he scrambled to get out of the car.

As the most loyal and reckless subordinate under Li Xiaofei, he couldn't allow the boss to face danger without him being there.

"Get lost," Li Xiaofei's angry voice came floating back.

"Got it," Li Junjie reluctantly retreated back into the car.

Yang Cheng also urged, "Go faster! If we stay, we'll only become a burden to the boss."

The convoy started rushing toward the base city. Li Xiaofei landed on the ground and immediately leaped upward to stand on a three-meter-high tree.

"Li Xiaofei is here! If you're not afraid of death, come and meet your end!" He shouted.

His voice echoed like rolling thunder. Sure enough, the five or six figures didn't intercept the convoy but quickly surrounded him.

When the dust settled, Li Xiaofei found himself surrounded by an old man, three middle-aged men, and two young men. They were dressed in the uniform of the Dragon Claw Gang; the black combat suits had a fierce three dimensional dragon claw on the front and back. It was so lifelike that it seemed ready to leap off the suits with a roar.

"Where did you stray dogs come from? State your name," Li Xiaofei demanded from his elevated position.

The old man in the lead looked grim and resentful. The other six also had expressions of anger and murderous intent. They had originally planned to use White Snake and others as bait to lure and kill Li Xiaofei.

Unexpectedly, they had yet to even spring their ambush before Li Xiaofei decisively killed White Snake and his men. They had so many gang members in an instant, so how could the six of them not be furious?

"I am Cheng Yunlong, the deputy leader of the Dragon Claw Gang," The old man declared sternly. "Li Xiaofei, you are ruthless indeed to brutally kill White Snake and all his men like that. If you don't give me an explanation today, I will ensure your blood spills within five steps, and you will die without a grave."

"An explanation?" Li Xiaofei sneered. He looked down at them and said, "The Dragon Claw Gang intercepted the Cloudy Sky Gang convoy first, injured my brothers, and then, in front of me, robbed and extorted money. You wanted to kill us all at the slightest disagreement... Ha, I was merely acting in self-defense."

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Nonsense," Cheng Yunlong shouted harshly. "You are inherently vicious. To be so young yet so cruel—imagine what you could become in the future."

"Master, there's no need to waste words with this little bastard. Let's take this chance to kill him," said the young man with a buzz cut as he stepped forward with a cold smile. "Now that he's alone, we can kill him and take over the entire Cloudy Sky Gang. That’ll bring the slum under our control."

"Yes, Master, there's no need to say more. Let me handle killing this little bastard," echoed a young woman with a high ponytail, who seemed eager to act.

These two, Zhou Fengyuan and Wang Yanqi, were Cheng Yunlong's direct disciples. Both were at the second stage of the Limit Breaking Realm and had spent over a decade in the gang building their reputation for being exceptionally fierce and ruthless. Their overall strength ranked in the top ten within the Dragon Claw Gang, and few dared to provoke them.

"Alright, the two of you attack together, but don't underestimate him," Cheng Yunlong commanded with a gesture.

He also wanted to see his disciples succeed. Now that the Dragon Claw Gang had established a relationship with the Ye family, the foremost among the five great families, many in the gang sought to seize this opportunity to gain the Ye family's favor. Cheng Yunlong hoped his disciples could seize this chance by killing Li Xiaofei and achieve a great contribution.

If they managed to catch the attention of the Ye family's high-ranking members, they would be promoted further. As their master, Cheng Yunlong's status within the Dragon Claw Gang would also rise accordingly.

"Thank you, Master."

"Rest assured, Master."

The two joyfully exchanged glances. Zhou Fengyuan unfastened the blade whip from his waist, shook his wrist, and infused it with starforce qi, transforming it into a two-meter-long chaotic blade. It was an exotic weapon. Wang Yanqi also drew her exotic weapon, the Mandarin Duck Ax.

Both figures shot forward, rushing toward Li Xiaofei, who leaped into the air and used the Flying Dragon in the Sky! The palm strike turned into a visible, roaring golden dragon shadow. The terrifying power erupted like a mountain torrent.

"Not good."

"How is he this strong?"

In that instant, the two experts' faces changed drastically. They had to switch from offense to defense, using the collision to land and steady themselves.

At almost the same time, Li Xiaofei landed on the ground. His figure moved like a ghost as he appeared in front of Wang Yanqi and launched a palm strike.

Wang Yanqi dodged his blow, and swung her Mandarin Duck Ax at Li Xiaofei's palm. Li Xiaofei instantly switched to the Nine Yin White Bone Claw. The technique, also known as Bone Crushing Divine Claw, was especially effective against exotic weapons. The claw's force instantly crushed the specially crafted Mandarin Duck Ax like grabbing a piece of tofu.

Immediately, his second claw struck like lightning. Li Xiaofei’s fingers closed around Wang Yanqi's forehead, piercing through as if it were tofu. Wang Yanqi's body went rigid, her breath weakening.

"Junior Sister!" Zhou Fengyuan cried out in alarm.

He immediately tried to spring back, but how could Li Xiaofei give him such an opportunity?

He used Graceful Step of the Waves to instantly appear in front of Zhou Fengyuan. A moment later, his five fingers pierced through Zhou Fengyuan's chest. He tore through Zhou Fengyuan’s ribs and organs until he crushed his heart as if it were rotten soil.

This was the essence of the Nine Yin White Bone Claw. An enemy’s vital points were their enemy's critical weaknesses. The Black Wind Twins [1], with their inadequate martial understanding, had interpreted it as the head.

Their cultivation had gone astray; however, Li Xiaofei's cultivation was the true, authentic version. His technique was more powerful than the original Nine Yin White Bone Claw and its destructive power was terrifying.

He had killed two formidable experts at the Limit Breaking Realm in the blink of an eye. Cheng Yunlong and the others were so shocked that they hadn’t been able to react in time. By the time the two disciples slumped to the ground, any attempt to assist was futile.

"You little beast, how dare you..." Cheng Yunlong almost had a heart attack. His two most promising disciples had been brutally killed right in front of him.

Li Xiaofei had no intention of wasting more words. He used Graceful Step of the Waves and left a faint afterimage in the air before appearing right in front of Cheng Yunlong.

"Die."

He unleashed the One Yang Finger technique.

Cheng Yunlong, a Limit Breaking Realm expert at the seventh stage, had the Inscribed Treasure Bone of the Mystic Armored Shield Turtle implanted in his body. This granted him the secret combat technique Mystic Turtle Shield, which could generate an oval starforce shield around his body that was capable of withstanding attacks from even tenth stage experts at the Limit Breaking Realm.

But Li Xiaofei was too fast and Cheng Yunlong couldn't react in time. Fortunately, the Inscribed Treasure Bone activated automatically and managed to form a shallow green light membrane around his body just in time. But at that moment, Li Xiaofei's finger struck the membrane from a distance.

Crack.

The incomplete starforce shield shattered as the force of the finger strike penetrated his brow, leaving a hole as thick as a finger in his head. The Limit Breaking Realm expert at the seventh stage had been instantly killed by a single strike.

Cheng Yunlong still had an expression of bewildered disbelief. Even in death, he didn’t understand what had happened.

But Li Xiaofei continued his assault.

Swish, swish, swish.

Three more One Yang Finger strikes were unleashed at Cheng Yunlong. The three Dragon Claw Gang experts were all paralyzed with fear as their strongest deputy leader crumpled to the ground. At that moment, none of the three even had the courage to make a move.

1. characters from The Legend of the Condor Heroes. ☜