Chapter 24

Quicklime!

No matter how high your martial arts are, you're still afraid of lime.

This was a common, low-class trick used by people in the underworld, but when used at a critical moment, it was very effective.

An artifact for winning against the strong with the weak!

In the room, there were three more people, Xu Jin calculated.

It was a pity he hadn't broken through to the second layer of Meal of Mist; otherwise, even if he could only release star arts with one arm at will, it would be much more convenient.

Unlike now, where he could only use shoulder strikes.

Parts of the body that hadn't been tempered couldn't release star power.

Originally, Xu Jin thought about waiting for the three people in the room to get impatient waiting for these two guys, and then come out one by one, so he could defeat them one by one.

But a minute later, Xu Jin suddenly felt a sense of awe.

These ruffians were all old scoundrels.

If too much time passed and there was no sound from the two of them, they would probably come out in full force.

He had to take the initiative.

But he had to be prepared first.

The next instant, Xu Jin helped the first ruffian he killed to the corner of the wall and stood him up; after thinking about it, he also helped the second ruffian he killed to the corner of the wall and stood him up—he had to be prepared for the worst-case scenario.

With his mind sinking into the Arena of Battle, Xu Jin drew the starlight from the Arena of Battle into his body, instantly replenishing the star power he had consumed.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Jin felt his state completely recover from the stress response; he hid behind the second corpse and then gently pushed the first corpse.

*Bang! *

The first corpse fell to the ground, making a heavy crashing sound.

In the hall of the room, Deng Hu, who was drinking, suddenly stopped and listened intently.

Seeing Deng Hu's appearance, the scarred face and another ruffian also stopped talking and listened intently.

"Seems like a heavy object fell to the ground?"

Deng Hu put down his wine bowl and looked at the scarred face, "How long have they been out?"

"Didn't notice, almost a quarter of an hour, right?"

"Just to take a leak, for so long? Go take a look!" Deng Hu gave the scarred face a look.

The scarred face just stood up, but Deng Hu said again, "Shout first!"

The scarred face understood and shouted toward the door, "Tietou, you rotten coward, did you fall into the latrine? Come back quickly, the boss is waiting for you to drink."

Hearing this voice, Xu Jin immediately understood that Deng Hu's gang of ruffians was already alert, but he didn't move at all, hiding quietly behind the corpse, tightening the sharp blade in his hand, and feeling the lime bag in his bosom, waiting quietly.

No response!

In the room, Deng Hu's expression became solemn.

"Someone might have snuck in." In an instant, Deng Hu drew an ox-ear pointed knife from behind his back and stood up, also putting on a cowhide inner armor.

The scarred face and the other ruffian also drew their ox-ear pointed knives and took out a torch to light it.

The three of them went out, one in front and two behind, in a triangular formation, slowly searching toward the backyard.

On the roof, the man in green, who had already stood up, watched openly; even though Deng Hu looked at the courtyard wall on the roof a few times when he went out, he didn't discover the man in green.

"Three people came out together; it's hard to deal with.

The little guy is going to be in trouble!

Should I lend a hand?

That's a difficult question.

I have to find a reasonable excuse.

Huh?"

Suddenly, the man in green looked toward the courtyard entrance.

Deng Hu and the others flickered their torch and saw the corpse on the ground.

But the three of them didn't rush, instead approaching slowly with extreme vigilance, getting closer and closer to the wall corner where Xu Jin was hiding.

Suddenly, a sound came from the courtyard entrance; a figure snuck in, but because he stepped on the door bolt scattered on the ground, he instantly made Deng Hu and the three of them turn their heads and glare, the torch flickering, revealing the person who had arrived.

"Old man Xu? Did you do this?"

Xu Jin couldn't care about why his father had come.

Almost the moment the three turned to look at the courtyard entrance, Xu Jin understood that this was the best opportunity he had at the moment.

Directly pushing the corpse in front of him toward the ruffian to the right rear, Xu Jin rushed out, slashing at the scarred face who was in the lead.

A fierce wind blew; the scarred face, who had extremely rich fighting experience, turned around abruptly. Seeing the blade light, he slashed out with lightning speed, directly knocking away the ox-ear pointed knife in Xu Jin's hand.

Seeing this, the scarred face sneered.

A fledgling who couldn't even hold a knife.

But the next instant, Xu Jin, whose sharp knife had been knocked away, took advantage of the momentum to curl his body and crash, instantly crashing into the scarred face's arms; the moment he crashed in, the Star Ray exploded on his right shoulder again.

The sound of bone shattering rang out.

Without thinking, Xu Jin knew the scarred face was either dead or seriously injured.

"Damn!"

Deng Hu cursed angrily, finally seeing clearly who was attacking them. With a jump and turn, he stabbed at Xu Jin again, fast and fierce.

Xu Jin, who didn't have much fighting experience, didn't discover Deng Hu's attack at all, but before Xu Jin made his move, he had already thought of one thing.

After seriously injuring or killing the scarred face, he couldn't stop his momentum; he had to use the scarred face's corpse to create a combat opportunity.

He took the opportunity to hug the scarred face's waist and slammed into Deng Hu. At the same time, Xu Jin retreated, and without thinking, he threw the lime bag in his bosom at Deng Hu.

In the night, Deng Hu, who was staring with wide eyes, suddenly saw a white expanse sprinkling over. Realizing something was wrong, he retreated while closing his eyes, but it was too late.

The next instant, the other ox-ear pointed knife Xu Jin had seized earlier was thrown directly at the other ruffian who had just climbed up.

He himself rolled on the ground and crashed directly into Deng Hu, who had his eyes closed tightly.

At the critical moment of life and death, Deng Hu, with his eyes sprinkled with lime, but with extremely rich combat experience, waved his ox-ear pointed knives wildly with both hands, protecting his vital points.

The next instant, Deng Hu felt something like a hammer crashing into his knee.

Severe pain, screams.

In an instant, his kneecap was shattered.

He fell to the ground on the spot.

It was Xu Jin who, while rolling on the ground, used his shoulder Star Ray to crash directly into Deng Hu's knee.

As Deng Hu's leg broke, Xu Jin wanted to take advantage of his illness to take his life, but his eyes had been watching the last ruffian.

If this last ruffian rushed up, he would kill this ruffian first.

But what surprised Xu Jin extremely was...

This last ruffian was actually scared to the point of peeing his pants by this scene.

While his crotch was soaked, he pushed away the corpse Xu Jin had thrown at him in a panic and turned to run.

Running while stumbling.

Xu Jin used to watch TV dramas and couldn't understand why those guys running away would always stumble after running a few steps, making people feel very anxious.

Now, combined with the feeling of killing someone for the first time, he understood.

Heart trembling, body sweating like a pulp, hands and feet soft, and having to look back at Xu Jin, this fierce man, from time to time.

It was hard not to stumble.

When this guy ran, Xu Jin became anxious.

Today's matter, once done, absolutely could not leave any survivors.

Once a survivor was left, it would be an endless disaster.

He could only put down the screaming Deng Hu first and prepare to solve this ruffian who was trying to escape.

*Bang! *

A muffled sound, a large club directly knocked the escaping ruffian to the ground.

It was Xu Jin's father, Xu Dajiang, who reacted and picked up the door bolt that had tripped him, smashing the ruffian's head with one blow.

Then, the door bolt, as thick as an arm, smashed toward this ruffian without rhyme or reason.

Xu Jin was stunned; he actually laughed at this scene.

He casually picked up a sharp knife from the ground and threw it over.

"Dad, use this!"

Then he turned to look at Deng Hu, who was still waving his sharp knife after falling to the ground.

But at this moment, Deng Hu had a look of terror on his face.

He wanted to open his eyes to see, but his eyes were burning with intense pain.

He wanted to rub them, but didn't dare to throw away the knife in his hand.

"Master Xu, spare my life!"

"Master Xu, spare me, I won't dare again!"

"Master Xu, if you spare me, I'll give you silver, a hundred taels, no, all my family wealth, two hundred taels..."

While Deng Hu was begging for mercy, Xu Jin's movements didn't stop; he directly lifted the corpse of the ruffian he had killed earlier and threw it at Deng Hu.

Deng Hu thought Xu Jin was attacking, and a fierce look appeared on his face; listening to the sound, he stabbed the sharp knife in his palm fiercely into the corpse Xu Jin had thrown over.

Although he was hit, Deng Hu still crazily rotated the sharp knife that had pierced the corpse with a ferocious look!

His technique was extremely ruthless.

Suddenly, Deng Hu realized something was wrong.

In the past, when he stabbed a living person like this, the sharp knife only needed to turn half a circle, and the scream would be shocking, and they could even be in such pain that they would defecate, and some would even faint on the spot.

But why was there no sound at all this time?

Suddenly, a fierce wind attacked from behind his head.

A piece of Star Ray suddenly emerged on Xu Jin's shoulder as he circled behind him, and then Xu Jin's shoulder crashed fiercely into the back of his head.

*Bang! *

The sound of a watermelon exploding rang out, and Deng Hu completely lost all sound.

On the roof, the man in green, whom no one could see, was dumbfounded!

"This can work too?"

He originally thought that in a three-on-one situation, Xu Jin would definitely be in trouble.

He didn't expect that after Xu Jin's father came in and provided a divine assist, Xu Jin also extremely keenly grasped the combat opportunity.

He even hid lime in his hand!

"First layer of Meal of Mist, but can instantaneously release basic star arts—he is a monster himself!

And brave, resourceful, and patient, and can grasp combat opportunities, and is not soft-hearted at critical moments.

This is a monster among monsters!

Is my luck, Qi Qi Shanye, this good?

I just discovered a monster among monsters?"

(End of this chapter)