Chapter 125: Absolute Strength

Facing Chen Che's sudden attack, Cao Qiang revealed a sneer of disdain.

He had once served in the military and joined the Patrol Bureau after retiring; even setting aside his status as a Martial Artist, he was the best fighter in the entire Magic City Patrol Department!

Cao Qiang gripped his short blade in reverse, the sharp edge facing forward, and thrust it toward the rapidly charging Chen Che.

For this strike, he used a thrust from military combat techniques; the secret to the method was speed!

Cao Qiang rushed toward Chen Che, pushing his speed to the limit, and when combined with the speed of Chen Che's charge, the power of this strike was amplified several dozen times!

Cao Qiang was extremely confident that as long as this strike landed, Chen Che would instantly lose the ability to move and be left at his mercy!

In an instant, the two approached each other again, and the short blade in Cao Qiang's hand thrust straight toward Chen Che's face.

However, the short blade passed through Chen Che's head—it had missed!

An afterimage!

Cao Qiang was shocked and terrified; he had not expected Chen Che's speed to be fast enough to produce an afterimage!

After the shock came panic, because Chen Che's true form had vanished from his line of sight, and the situation had completely spiraled out of his control!

"Whoosh..."

Before Cao Qiang could even steady his footing, a sound of air being torn came from his side; Chen Che had appeared right beside him and swung a fist!

"Boom!"

The wind from the punch hit his face; Cao Qiang could not dodge this punch that was like a thunderbolt!

"Whoosh—crash—"

Cao Qiang flew sideways, slamming into the wall of the unfinished building, and the collapsing reinforced concrete buried him underneath.

"Ugh..."

What happened?!

The Patrol Bureau Warriors on the surrounding floors, as well as Du Chuan and the family of three, Fu Lang, all widened their eyes and froze!

The contact between Chen Che and Cao Qiang had been too fast; they couldn't see how the two had attacked at all. They only saw them charge at each other, and then the next second, Cao Qiang flew out and crashed through the wall!

"What happened? How was Commander Cao knocked away?!"

"Wasn't Chen Che at a disadvantage before? How did Commander Cao end up defeated this time?"

"The intelligence report said that Chen Che knows a Secret Technique. It seems he just activated a Secret Technique; otherwise, with Commander Cao's Eighth Grade peak strength and his knowledge of military combat techniques, it would be impossible for him to be defeated!"

"But even if he defeated Commander Cao by relying on a Secret Technique, this Secret Technique is too powerful!"

The warriors chattered, both amazed and feeling it was unbelievable.

Du Chuan bit his back teeth hard, his expression ferocious and angry, and asked Wang Jiang beside him, "Did you see it clearly?"

Wang Jiang was also stunned by the scene just now, and his level of shock was even more intense than everyone else present!

Because he was also Eighth Grade, and his strength was on par with Cao Qiang's. Others couldn't see the fight clearly, but he had seen it perfectly.

Precisely because of this, he was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time!

"Ah... I... I saw it!"

Hearing Du Chuan's words, Wang Jiang pulled back his thoughts and said in disbelief, "Usually, Secret Techniques that boost strength in a short time come at the cost of burning True Qi, but I didn't see him use any needles just now, nor did I see the True Qi on his body burning... It sounds unbelievable, but... he must have been hiding his strength before; that punch just now was his true strength!"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. You must have seen it wrong; look again carefully!"

Du Chuan's face was full of panic, his heart incomparably shocked. If what Wang Jiang said was true, and Chen Che had been hiding his strength all along, then there was one more possibility for Luo Tianxiang's death!

That was, Chen Che had killed him without using any Secret Technique... No, to be precise, he had killed everyone from the Martial Arts Alliance!

He knew very well the strength of Luo Tianxiang and the power of the Pill. If that were really the case, then Chen Che's strength...

Du Chuan urgently cut off his thoughts, not daring to think any further, while simultaneously denying the speculation in his heart over and over again!

But even so, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, suddenly realizing that he had provoked a Martial Dao monster!

"Little Che..."

"Brother Chen Che..."

Fu Lang, Gao Huiwen, and Fu Yanyan were dumbfounded and murmured in unison. At the same time, their hanging hearts let go a little, and the hope of life reignited in their eyes!

"Cao Qiang isn't dead yet!"

Wang Jiang stared fixedly at the scene in the open space below and suddenly shouted.

Swish, swish, swish...

In an instant, everyone's gaze gathered there once again.

Chen Che stood leisurely in place, rotating his wrists as if doing warm-up exercises.

Cao Qiang crawled out from the collapsed concrete ruins, his entire body in a wretched state.

"How did you do it?"

Cao Qiang spat out a mouthful of bloody teeth and asked with a face full of shock.

"Want to know? Alright, I'll teach you one more time. Watch closely!"

Chen Che revealed an innocent smile, then held his palm forward and raised his arm. The True Qi gathered in his palm emitted a great suction force, and the short blade that had fallen by Cao Qiang's feet flew into his hand.

Chen Che gripped the short blade and his figure erupted into motion again. Cao Qiang's eyes widened instantly, and he was terrified.

That punch just now had made him realize the reality: he was absolutely no match for Chen Che, and the difference in strength was not just a little bit.

Immense fear made him unable to think about whether Chen Che had activated a Secret Technique; now, he only wanted to survive!

"Whoosh!"

Chen Che's figure arrived before him in the blink of an eye. Cao Qiang was panicked and drew his pistol to fire at Chen Che!

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Bullets fired in succession, hitting Chen Che, but they passed through his body without any obstruction.

Another afterimage!

"Save—"

Cao Qiang gasped, and just as he was about to call for help, a white arc of light flashed by; the next second, his right hand holding the gun flew away from his wrist, and blood gushed out.

"Ah!!!"

Cao Qiang let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Chen Che, however, caught the falling True Qi Pistol at this moment and fired two consecutive shots at Cao Qiang's knees.

"Bang! Bang!!"

The True Qi Bullets shot through his knees, and Cao Qiang's lower legs were blown directly into bloody pulp.

"Thump!"

Cao Qiang fell to the ground face-down, his screams echoing through the sky: "Ah!! Help! Director, Director, save me quickly, save me, I don't want to die!!"

However, everyone present was once again stunned by this scene!

Chen Che's methods were too fast, too brutal!

"Don't scream yet, I'll let you scream enough in a moment!"

Chen Che flipped Cao Qiang over face-up, stabbed a short blade into Cao Qiang's ribs, and pulled out his ribs one by one!

"Ah!!!!"

Cao Qiang let out a scream like a slaughtered pig, his eyes rolled back, and his face turned deathly pale!

Previously, he had threatened to dig out all of Chen Che's ribs, but he never thought that the person whose ribs would be dug out would be himself!

The Patrol Bureau Warriors watching from the unfinished building, even though they had experienced great storms, still couldn't help but vomit upon seeing this bloody scene.

Wang Jiang was completely frozen; he had seen the battle just now clearly, but the clearer he saw it, the stronger the shock and fear in his heart became!

He realized that Chen Che was very likely a Master powerhouse; if that were true, even if they had the advantage in numbers and had True Qi Weapons in hand, if Chen Che wanted to take the head of a general from among ten thousand troops, he could still do it!

A battle between heaven and man began in his heart: if Chen Che insisted on killing Du Chuan, should he intervene or not?

Du Chuan clearly didn't realize that the morale of his subordinates had already scattered; he breathed heavily, his fists clenched until they creaked, and he stared fiercely at Chen Che, who was looking at him!

While digging out Cao Qiang's ribs, Chen Che's eyes remained fixed on Du Chuan.

This was a provocation, and also a show of force!

After the ribs were dug out, Chen Che threw away the short blade, clapped his hands, and looked up to scan the area.

Wherever his gaze landed, the Patrol Bureau Warriors were all terrified, quickly raising their weapons and aiming at Chen Che, fearing they would follow in Cao Qiang's footsteps!

"I'll say it again!"

Chen Che decided to give these deceived people one more chance and shouted loudly: "Du Chuan is colluding with the Martial Arts Alliance, and I have ironclad proof of it in my hands. Furthermore, this evidence has already been sent to Beijing, and people from Beijing will arrive soon. You were deceived by him; if you pull back from the brink now, it's not too late! Otherwise, when the people from Beijing arrive, it will be too late!"

Hearing Chen Che's words, Du Chuan fell into complete despair; he didn't expect that Chen Che had already sent the evidence to Beijing, and even less did he expect that the people from Beijing were about to arrive!

No wonder Chen Che had been hiding his strength before; his purpose was to stall for time!

Once the people from Beijing arrived and caught Du Chuan in the act, he would never again have the chance to argue or frame Chen Che for the kidnapping!

In this way, Chen Che's killing of Cao Qiang would also have a legitimate reason, and he would not be punished for violating the regulations of the Patrol Bureau!

"You little bastard, you actually dared to plot against me; I'll kill you right now!"

Toyed with by Chen Che time and again, Du Chuan was furious; he stood up abruptly, snatched the submachine gun from Wang Jiang's hand, aimed at Chen Che, and decisively pulled the trigger!

"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat..."

The muzzle roared with blinding flames, and Chen Che used his True Qi to form a Protective Shield, blocking the attack of the bullets.

Seeing that he couldn't hurt Chen Che, Du Chuan shifted his target to the Fu Lang family beside him; he quickly turned the muzzle and aimed at the Fu Lang family.

Chen Che's expression changed drastically; he immediately used 'shrinking the ground to an inch', the ground cracked layer by layer, and he stomped out a shallow pit with force, his figure exploding toward the floor above...