CHAPTER 108: 108 LIN BAI’S COMBAT STYLE

Quite the villain indeed.

Just a few words and already calling for a fight, positioning himself as the adversary. That’s the thing Lin Bai dislikes about villains—they won’t reason with you. Take Jiang Qingqin from the Hundred Flower Valley, for example; he managed to manipulate her with just a few words after an entire night of torment...

To survive in this world, one must know their place. In some respects, Lin Bai is like a Player, with no prejudice towards good or evil. After all, this place is not his homeland, and he feels no sense of belonging here. Especially after Lin Bai founded the Righteous Door, he has to stand on the side of justice. He can’t be neutral. At least people from the Righteous faction are willing to listen to him... Moreover, he shares the same mindset as the Players. Lin Bai couldn’t afford to lose this battle. Players are the resource in this game. It had taken a great deal of effort for him to bring together the Beggar Gang. If they lost the very first battle, Shopkeeper Lin’s prestige would dissipate. This would mean advertisers cutting back on investments, leading to a lack of financial gain. Consequently, no Player would want to follow him then...

Lin Bai currently possessed over a hundred years’ worth of Inner Strength and was free to abuse all sorts of Martial Arts Skills. Ever since he found out that early Martial Arts could suppress Cultivation in the game, Lin Bai had been itching to test his own combat effectiveness. Every man had a gene for battle in his bloodstream; they just needed the right opportunity to unleash it. Moreover, in the world of gaming, one couldn’t avoid combat, so he needed to train himself. The Blood Shadow Sect aimed to charm the Players with their flashy moves, while Lin Bai, for his part, also wanted to showcase the Beggar Gang’s unique style and let the banner of the Righteous Door truly fly in this unfamiliar world.

"How many can you take on?" Lin Bai asked Jiang Qingqin.

"Perhaps two..." Jiang Qingqin hesitated and said in a low voice, looking at the people from the Blood Shadow Sect.

"What, you can take on seven?" Lin Bai suddenly exclaimed in shock.

Jiang Qingqin’s eyes bulged out in surprise.

At the same time, all seven members of the Blood Shadow Sect simultaneously turned their gaze towards Jiang Qingqin.

Curve Body Single Shadow.

Taking advantage of this, Lin Bai activated Qinggong and dashed into the ten-meter range of the Blood Shadow Sect. He raised his kitchen knife and launched the Six Color Frost strike.

The colorful blade aura exploded in an instant among the seven men, catching them off guard.

Eldest senior brother Li Tian was caught by surprise; the blade aura slashed him directly, leaving a big cut across his chest. Fresh blood sprayed out immediately as he flew backward into his fellow disciples and passed out, his condition unknown...

"Damn, so weak!" Lin Bai casually remarked after a single strike sent the eldest senior brother flying. But Palm Thunder activated unexpectedly, forcing him to use the Ion Blow on the second senior brother. He quickly added, "Jiang Qingqin, don’t bother debating rules with evil guys, get on it!"

MBD! Lin Bai cursed under his breath, knowing that the disciples of the Beggar Gang were live-streaming the whole thing. He had been restraining himself from using Palm Thunder in front of the Players for days. But with an unexpected oversight, he had used it at this critical moment. The words directed at Jiang Qingqin were entirely to cover up his mistake, but he was still annoyed by this damned blunder.

However, engaged in battle, Lin Bai had to focus on the fight. He pushed his palms forward and launched Shock Hundreds of Armor and Wounded Dragon Fly Chaotically, enveloping everyone within range.

...

With an astonishing flurry of moves, Lin Bai managed to throw the seven brothers of the Blood Shadow Sect into disarray.

Throughout this, Jiang Qingqin was still in a daze, not yet recovered from the sudden announcement that she "could take on seven." By the time she did, the seven brothers of the Blood Shadow Sect had been completely ensnared by Lin Bai’s fierce attacks.

She twitched at the corner of her eye. Who could actually take on seven? He starts with a sneak attack and then sells out his teammate without warning. What kind of fighting style is this?

"So weak. Didn’t have their milk this morning?" Lin Bai taunted, performing another move, Overbearing dragon has pride, knocking back another disciple of the Blood Shadow Sect.

At the same time, the remaining six brothers of the Blood Shadow Sect finally recovered. They spread out, each standing at a different position, drawing their swords and revealing their weapons.

Even a worthless person like Daoist Priest Qingfeng was able to withstand a Dragonfall Palm, let alone the official disciples of the Blood Shadow Sect, who were sent to capture these heaven-sent individuals.

However, each brother of the Blood Shadow Sect wore distinct expressions of displeasure. None of them had expected that the one launching a sneak attack would be the enemy. And they had all fallen for it.

With just a single face-off, their eldest senior brother had already suffered serious injuries and seemed to be losing his fighting ability. The second senior brother’s face had been scorched black by the Palm Thunder, completely ruining his appearance and leaving him without a shred of dignity...

We’ve always ambushed others; when have we ever been ambushed? Downright shameless!

Just at this moment, as the Beggar Gang’s Mu Ming smoothie banner waved, the Players’ thunderous shouts echoed once again, "Lin, the Storekeeper is mighty, truly worthy of a man who drinks Mu Ming’s smoothie every day!"

Under the command of the team voice chat, they chanted even the most complex sentences in perfect unison. Facing a national live broadcast, they were even more diligent, never forgetting to promote the smoothie with every word. The Beggar Gang disciples’ thinking was simple: they absolutely couldn’t let their sponsor waste a single coin. As for face? Reasonableness? Who cares? We’re Players, not natives of this world; why should we consider the NPCs’ thoughts! Of course, we do whatever is fun and whatever makes money!

...

The disciples of the Blood Shadow Sect were anxious and irritated by the Beggar Gang disciples’ harassment.

What’s going on? We’re in a fight to the death; what the heck does it have to do with smoothies! And furthermore, how are you able to shout so uniformly? Did you rehearse beforehand? What use is rehearsing this crap! What a bunch of lunatics!

"Don’t let those freaks on the side distract you! First, take down this despicable guy!" Qian Jinzu, scorched black by electricity, angrily spat, casting a lethal gaze towards Lin Bai.

Seeing that the Blood Shadow Sect members had dispersed their formation to encircle him, Lin Bai was naturally displeased. Using his newly mastered Ventriloquism, his voice seeming to come from just behind Qian Jinzu, he commanded, "Disciple Hu, Disciple Ding, Disciple Le, you three deal with the maiden from Hundred Flower Valley."

The Blood Shadow Sect disciples’ negative emotions were palpable, making it incredibly easy for Lin Bai to learn their names. Unfortunately, he hadn’t diligently completed the ’Lying’ tasks. Over the past few days, he had occasionally mixed truths with his lies and hadn’t yet mastered the Vocal Techniques Skill. Otherwise, he could have perfectly imitated Qian Jinzu’s voice. It seems that during battles, there are no useless Skills!

Upon receiving the orders, Hu Wanshui and the other two didn’t realize anything was amiss and instinctively left the group. Enveloped in a bloody aura, they charged towards Jiang Qingqin.

The formation surrounding Lin Bai collapsed instantly.

Jiang Qingqin curled her lip, lifted her hand and sprinkled a rain of petals, then drew her sword and leaped off her horse to face the three charging at her.

"Who’s talking?" Seeing his three disciples break formation, Qian Jinzu’s face darkened at once.

Lin Bai gave a faint smile and suddenly cried out, "For the smoothie!" Using Curve Body Single Shadow, he retreated, arriving beside the unguarded and unconscious eldest senior brother, Li Tian. He withdrew five arrows embedded with Pill Medicine from his quiver and thrust them into Li Tian’s stomach.

Seeing Lin Bai’s move, the comment section blew up:

"Arrow of Rejuvenation!"

"Isn’t this arrow for internal injuries?"

"I’ve always been looking forward to this arrow appearing, but why is Lin, the Storekeeper, using it on an enemy?"

But then, the screen filled up with exclamations of "OH MY GOD!" "OH MY GOD!"...

Li Tian, the eldest disciple of the Blood Shadow Sect, had a large gash on his chest, gushing blood. He had fainted from the pain but was just beginning to recover and was preparing to heal himself.

But then, before the medicine made it into his mouth, Lin Bai’s five arrows were already lodged in his stomach...

"I’m done for!" Li Tian was terrified and spat out a mouthful of blood. Disregarding the arrows in his stomach, he desperately gathered a blood aura, planning to take Lin Bai down with him.

But just as the blood aura began to gather, his stomach suddenly bloated, as if he had forcibly crammed three days’ worth of meals into it all at once.

And then, the blood energy throughout his body began to circulate rapidly.

The wound he had just started to heal with his efforts burst open again, spraying out blood as if it were worthless. Yet, he felt peculiarly energetic, as if he could battle someone for three hundred rounds at any moment...

As a result, Li Tian actually stood up and charged towards Lin Bai.

Meanwhile, Lin Bai had used Curve Body Single Shadow to quickly sidle to the side, taking the opportunity to strike Qian Jinzu with another Six Color Frost...