Chapter 67: War

After Li Hong saw San Mao and me arrive, he sneered and said, "I thought you were too scared to come!"

"Why wouldn't I come when I have a chance to beat you? I didn't get enough last time; this time I'll have to loosen your bones properly!" San Mao smiled cruelly as he looked at Li Hong.

I looked around and didn't see Chen Duxiu and the others. Did they all decide not to come? But I couldn't blame them. After all, in a suicide mission like this, no one would want to follow except San Mao. The disparity between the two sides was too great, and there was no benefit to be gained. It was already decent enough that they didn't choose to join Li Hong's side.

"Loosen my bones? Look, besides the two of you, where is anyone else? You're just lone commanders now. Even Chen Duxiu won't help you anymore! What do you have to be cocky about?" Li Hong looked at San Mao and me with disdain.

Chen Duxiu must hate me to death right now. I didn't expect him to come help me this time. After all, after the Su Xueya incident, I figured it would be difficult for us to be friends in the future. But there was no helping it; I felt quite apologetic toward him, and could only say that if I could help him in the future, I would.

"So what if it's just the two of us? To deal with you lot, the two of us are enough!" San Mao took out a stick he had prepared and swung it. It looked like he was ready to start.

Li Hong and his group weren't pushovers either. A crowd of people were carrying weapons—bench legs, baseball bats, all kinds of weapons. The scene was quite grand.

"Li Hong, prepare to die!" San Mao shouted, and he charged into the crowd with his stick like a god of war descending. One strike per person; the people around were no match for him, and he easily reached Li Hong.

However, Li Hong wasn't panicked at all, his expression one of a sneer. Seeing this, I suddenly felt something was wrong and shouted to San Mao: "Bad, retreat quickly!"

San Mao's reaction was a bit slow. Two people suddenly jumped out from the crowd and attacked San Mao. Seeing this, I quickly delivered a kick in mid-air. The opponent actually forcibly adjusted his position in the air to meet my kick. We both retreated a few steps, while the other person kicked San Mao to the ground.

My expression turned ugly. These two people were very strong. More importantly, I realized I didn't recognize them. They were clearly not Zhang Longtao's four great warriors. Where did Li Hong find such experts?

San Mao let out a cry of pain, climbed up from the ground, and cursed Li Hong: "You're really underhanded. Are these two students from our school?"

"Why wouldn't they be students from our school? Can't they have just transferred from out of town?"

"Damn, these two could be your fathers, and you say they're students? Go lie to a ghost!"

The students watching were all surprised by this scene, especially the man who had just exchanged a kick with me. His movements were beyond reason, making them unable to believe their eyes. He could actually adjust his posture and movements in mid-air—it simply defied the laws of physics. To use a popular phrase on the internet: Newton: China is not under my jurisdiction, it's under my brother's, 'Awesome'.

"This is just too strong, right? Are those movements even possible for a human? Why does it feel like watching a movie!"

"But Yang Yun and Xu Hongzhi are quite impressive, actually being able to fight against people like this!"

"They probably aren't even using their full strength, just playing with them. Those two idiots Yang Yun and Xu Hongzhi are just courting death. Who else would they provoke? They had to provoke Li Hong!"

Ridicule came from all around. San Mao's face was livid, and he charged again to attack the person who had ambushed him. Because San Mao had been ambushed, he didn't have the upper hand and was being suppressed by the opponent everywhere. San Mao was struggling more and more as he fought. I wanted to help him, but the guy in front of me was blocking me. Judging by the force of the kick he exchanged with me earlier, this guy was definitely not an ordinary person, and I wasn't sure I could take him down either.

Li Hong shouted to the people around: "All of you, attack together! Kill them!"

The crowd swarmed over. Although our skills were decent, we couldn't hold them off, and before long, we were both covered in bruises.

"Stop!"

A sudden voice made us stop. I recognized it as Chen Ling's voice.

Chen Ling ran over and glared at our group: "Who told you to fight in school? I've already told the teachers, and I've also called the police. You'd better leave quickly, or you'll all be arrested soon!"

"Chen Ling, don't rely on your family background to protect Yang Yun so recklessly. How long do you think you can protect him?"

Li Hong and Chen Ling's expressions seemed as if they had known each other for a long time.

"What does that have to do with you? You'd better pray that I don't catch you doing anything wrong, or I'll have my dad throw you in jail!"

"Chen Ling, don't go too far. If you insist on blocking me, don't blame me for not considering our marriage ties!"

The sudden sentence shocked everyone around.

"Chen Ling and Li Hong are a married couple? This news is too explosive! We've never heard them mention it before. And didn't Li Hong transfer halfway through? Did he really conquer Chen Ling in just this short time?"

"That's not right, isn't Chen Ling always interested in Yang Yun? If they really are a married couple, wouldn't that mean Chen Ling is cheating on Li Hong?"

"I've never heard of Chen Ling and Li Hong having any interaction!"

Hearing the discussions around them, Chen Ling's face turned livid, and she cursed at Li Hong: "Who is a married couple with you? Stop talking nonsense!"

"What? It was arranged by both our parents, do you want to go back on it?"

"It was arranged by my dad, that's true, but I didn't agree. Go be a married couple with my dad then!"

Hearing this, the people around finally understood. It seemed that Chen Ling's family and Li Hong's family knew each other and had a good relationship, so they had arranged an engagement for them. However, it seemed Chen Ling didn't recognize it.

"Are you insisting on interfering in this matter today?" Li Hong didn't continue the previous topic.

"I'm in the student council, and I'm Yang Yun's class monitor. In any case, I won't allow you to fight in school!" Chen Ling didn't say she was helping me directly, but anyone with eyes knew.

"Fine, since you insist on opposing me, then so be it!"

As Li Hong's voice fell, he gave a look to those two people. Both of them turned toward Chen Ling simultaneously, looking like they were going to attack her. Chen Ling was startled by this scene. No one had expected this change, and I certainly hadn't expected Li Hong's heart to be so cruel and vicious. ===== CHAPTER 68 =====