CHAPTER 40: CHAPTER 40: A TRUE WARRIOR!

"Three thousand taels?"

Even Jiang Shi, upon hearing this, felt his heart race and showed a look of shock.

Ouyang Tian’s expression slightly changed, sensing that something was amiss.

If this Jianghu man insists on getting involved, it will cause big trouble!

Not far away, two Wandering Warriors standing in a corner exchanged a glance without a word, suddenly pulled out a few poisoned steel needles from their pockets, and with a flash of cold light in their eyes, shot them directly towards Jiang Shi’s back without warning.

Jiang Shi was still pondering whether to step in and help.

After thinking it over, he decided not to.

He’d just take the two hundred taels of silver and leave; there was no need to get involved in this mess.

If worst came to worst, he’d just take a few more horses and leave, since he wouldn’t lose out on anything, and there was no need to completely antagonize the Green Forest Army.

Just as he was about to make a decision, his face suddenly turned serious as he heard the sharp sound of something cutting through the air behind him. Without thinking, he grabbed a big bearded man next to him and threw him back to block the attack.

This moment highlighted the advantage of Jiang Shi’s small stature.

The burly bearded man immediately blocked his body completely.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

Over ten vicious steel needles shot over, instantly landing all over the bearded man’s body.

Ah!

The bearded man immediately let out a terrible scream, struggling with great difficulty as his skin turned black at a visible speed, and he bled from his orifices, dying miserably on the spot.

Everyone’s hearts skipped a beat.

Oh no!

Jiang Shi’s face turned cold, and with killing intent rising, he first looked at the bearded man’s tragic state and then turned his gaze towards the many Jianghu people.

Fortunately, he noticed quickly enough; otherwise, that would have been his fate.

"Damn it, I was willing to let it go, but you... you actually wanted to kill me..."

His voice was low, making it particularly terrifying.

"Attack together!"

Ouyang Tian’s face was filled with rage and fear as he shouted sharply.

He knew it was now impossible to avoid the situation.

The Chai Brothers, those two good-for-nothings, often bragged about their hidden weapons skills, yet they were completely blocked.

Swoosh!

While speaking, Ouyang Tian set up a posture and was the first to swiftly charge at Jiang Shi, creating a fierce gust of wind, attacking with a profound martial arts fist from the start.

However, he didn’t charge at Jiang Shi in a straight line; instead, he used his body technique to instantly move behind Jiang Shi, creating confusion.

The other Jianghu people in the shop roared in anger, no longer hesitating as they picked up their knives and swords and charged madly towards Jiang Shi.

No matter how strong your cultivation is, if everyone chops together in chaos, you will be chopped to death.

"Be careful, young brother!"

Lu Chengtian quickly shouted.

Jiang Shi was suddenly enraged; his body surged forward, swinging the Wolf Fang Club in his hand, and with a whoosh, he brought forth a fierce gust, colliding with the knives and swords of three or four Jianghu people.

In a chaotic clang, the knives and swords in the Jianghu peoples’ hands flew in all directions upon impact, their faces filled with horror as they screamed miserably, their hands instantly drenched in blood, seemingly as if the skin had been torn off alive.

Before they could react, the second swing had already hit them.

Bam, bam, bam!

Like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, he swept away the group in front.

Then, Jiang Shi unleashed his might, swinging the Wolf Fang Club forward, with fierce sounds echoing as he struck a group of Jianghu people, eliciting continuous cries of shock and pain.

Bodies flew in all directions, like blazing stars shooting out.

Under the terrifying and robust Wolf Fang Club, it seemed no one could withstand a single blow. More than thirty Jianghu people fell, with over ten dead in just a few rounds.

Lu Chengtian and the two tough men beside him watched with twitching eyelids, utterly shocked.

This man... doesn’t seem to know martial arts.

He’s just wildly sweeping and swinging forward without any other variation.

That’s simply unbelievable.

"A true warrior indeed!"

Lu Chengtian whispered.

If such a warrior could work for me, what would there be to fear in the world?

"Is this Physical Power?"

Another man beside him showed astonishment.

"What?"

Lu Chengtian was even more shocked.

Is pure physical power this terrifying?

"You’re courting death, boy!"

Ouyang Tian, who was circling behind to confuse, saw his numerous brothers dying continuously, became wildly angry, finally seized the opportunity, his body instantly lunged over, his fingers curved into claws, swift as the wind, viciously grabbing towards Jiang Shi’s neck at the Da Zhui point.

Great Split Vajra Hand!

"Watch out, hero!"

Lu Chengtian quickly shouted in amazement.

His term for Jiang Shi had changed from "young brother" to "hero."

Jiang Shi reacted extremely quickly, almost grabbing out in return at the moment Ouyang Tian’s claw was about to land, with a thud, firmly clasping Ouyang Tian’s hand.

The next moment, Ouyang Tian felt an unimaginably huge brute force from Jiang Shi’s grasp, like a pair of massive iron pincers pinching his hand firmly, crushing the power-protecting layer of his hand upon contact.

His famous Great Split Vajra Hand in the opponent’s presence was like paper mâché.

An unimaginable stinging sensation surged rapidly into his heart.

Ah!

A horrific scream burst from his mouth as a cracking noise echoed clearly from his entire hand, making a muffled creaking sound.

His palm bones were definitely crushed alive by the opponent.

It’s often said that the fingers are connected to the heart, and that’s absolutely true. Even at his stage of Entering Strength Tenth Level, the pain made his face contort, struggling to breathe.

But Ouyang Tian was not an ordinary person; amidst the sharp pain, he was still trying to counterattack, roaring furiously as he leaped up, bringing his other hand down viciously onto Jiang Shi’s head.

Jiang Shi’s brows furrowed, moving faster, fiercely swinging the robust Wolf Fang Club, hitting Ouyang Tian’s body in one sweep.

With a thud, Ouyang Tian was knocked flying, with muscles and bones shattered, abdomen caving in, crashing violently in the distance, meeting a horrendous death.

"Brother Ouyang!"

The others cried out in horror.

"Retreat! Quickly retreat!"

"Leave!"

The remaining Jianghu people were all filled with dread, quickly leaping and crashing through windows and rooftops to escape rapidly.

The thirty-some highly skilled warriors had set out secretly, only to be heavily defeated by a skinny man in just a few moves.

Who could imagine such an outcome?

In the blink of an eye, the entire tavern was empty.

"Scoundrels, forcing me to take action!!"

Jiang Shi snorted coldly, not pursuing them.

First, it was impossible to catch up, and second, there was no need to continue the entanglement. Taking the silver and leaving immediately was the wise choice.

He immediately picked up the silver taels from the ground, gathering all two hundred taels, then looked at the scattered knives and weapons, quickly gathered some, and packed them, preparing to use them as hidden weapons in the future.

"Hero, please wait!"

Seeing Jiang Shi about to leave, Lu Chengtian quickly approached and clasped his hands in salute, saying, "Thank you, Hero, for saving my life. I promised earlier that if the Hero saved me, I would give three thousand taels of silver. Here are the silver notes; please accept them!"

He took three silver notes solemnly handed them to Jiang Shi, his eyes fixed on Jiang Shi as if he was looking at a peerless gemstone.

Jiang Shi frowned, feeling uncomfortable being looked at like this.

"Damn, are you crazy too?"

"Why would you say that, Hero?"

Lu Chengtian asked in surprise.

"If you weren’t crazy, why would you look at me like that?"

Jiang Shi frowned, looking at the silver notes in his hand, quickly contemplating, "Technically, I shouldn’t take your silver, but I did save you, so I’ll accept the silver. From now on, we’re even, and we owe each other nothing!"

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