Chapter 160 - 20: Solving Three People

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Chapter 160: Chapter 20: Solving Three People——Not right. An Jing’s eyes flickered slightly; he had noticed that the old woman had clearly seen what he was wearing, and after hearing his question, she hesitated for a moment before changing her reply. An interesting old lady, but it didn’t matter; Embracing the Void was a place where dragons hid, and perhaps some people could indeed discern one’s true origins at a glance? Just as An Jing bought a bowl of salty milk tea, prepared to add some roasted rice to taste, he suddenly felt a malicious gaze again. "The flavor is all right, but it lacks a bit of the taste from home." An Jing drank the salty milk tea with roasted rice in one sip, then stood up and left without changing his expression. Granny Huai stood in the shadow of the tea house, watching An Jing’s retreating figure. An Jing walked normally down the street. But as he walked, his steps gradually slowed. "That old lady is not ordinary; she might have a Fate Pattern, even a background." In the Divine Sea, Sword Spirit said, "That tea house of hers is located in Kanming City where the feng shui gathers; an Earth Pulse Node, a Yinbi Blessed Land, if her Fate Pattern belongs to the Yin and soul type, it can slowly nourish and grow stronger..." "However, she indeed is not a Martial Artist, possibly a family member of a Great Martial Practitioner." "So she has good eyesight, too?" An Jing communicated inwardly; he no longer pondered this minor issue but was instead sensing several malicious presences drawing near: "I’m curious, has Kanming City really become this chaotic without a guardian martial artist? These few people are not even secretly luring, but openly abducting." "Who told you to expose so much wealth? Big shops don’t care, willing to trade with you to earn bigger, but little devils have no foresight, they are the most troublesome." Sword Spirit was not the type to dwell on this matter, nor was it worried about An Jing’s strength, while An Jing had already located the source of the malice. The first was, naturally, that familiar thin-eyed man. He was vaguely trailing behind him; besides him, there was also a woman walking in front of him, who occasionally looked back, and another young man faintly following beside the middle-aged man. After that, blocking the front, and escorting the flanks, quite professionally. All three were Martial Artists, all quite good at it. Their specific actions were very cautious, but their decisions were very bold, annoyingly confident. ——But not a concern. Having assessed the situation, An Jing provided an objective evaluation in his mind. Not to mention that he had already broken through to Inner Breath like Tide, and Taibai Divine Prohibition also had The Third Prohibition; even if he had just broken through to Inner Breath, he would likely be able to easily deal with these three guys. However, for ordinary people, these three were already troublesome; his superficial identity as ’Jing Xuan,’ just a young man from Dust Li with Inner Breath like Silk, could easily fall victim to their sneak attack, and be abducted in an instant. Forfeit the pawn to save the castle. An Jing continued to walk forward, the trio still maintaining their encirclement. In fact, this kind of solo, lavish spending from Dust Li, An Jing, had long been on their watch list. But considering that he likely had a large tribe backing him, they hadn’t made a move to test him. However, from the day before yesterday, they suddenly received orders with a hefty reward, instructing them to bring in the person. Despite some confusion about the repeated orders from above, mere Inner Breath like Silk, even if a youthful genius, meant absolute confidence for the three to capture this Dust Li lad! But suddenly, An Jing who had been strolling on the streets, turned around and disappeared into an alley. The woman blocking their way at the front was stunned, while the two men following behind exchanged a glance and quickened their pace, jogging towards the entrance of the alley. But just as the middle-aged man in the lead reached the alley entrance, he saw a fist coming at him. A clenched fist, hard like white jade and ironstone, shot up like a rising dragon towards his chin! Bang! The heavy fist struck his jaw, and just after a buzzing sound in the middle-aged trafficker’s head, he passed out before he could feel the severe pain and dizziness. His jawbone was dislocated and even cracked, leading to a severe concussion. "Fuck, what the fuck?!" The younger man following behind was still confused about what was happening. Acting on instinct upon seeing An Jing daring to resist, he rushed forward and threw a fierce cross-step palm strike. This move, called ’Bewitching Palm,’ was simple and powerful, aimed directly with the back of the hand at the jawbone and cheekbone. If it hit, it would cause severe dizziness. The young trafficker performed it quite proficiently—not to mention ordinary people, even a martial artist would be out of sorts for a while after receiving the strike. But the palm strike was only halfway through when the young trafficker felt someone bump his arm. Before he could react, his right wrist was grabbed, and his toes were harshly stomped on. As the saying goes, ten fingers are connected to the heart, and so are the toes. His standing skills were just at the beginner level; with his foot and toes being stomped on heavily, he immediately lost his stance, couldn’t stand steady, and naturally, his palm strike lost its power. The next instant, as his right arm was twisted backward, he fell to the ground heavily like a wrestler, with his head pressed against the ground and his neck pinned down by a leg. He was immobilized by An Jing in a cross lock, unable to move. "My arm! My arm!" With a slight exertion, suddenly a scream akin to a pig being slaughtered arose, startling the surrounding vendors. Yet, An Jing who had locked the trafficker using joint manipulation showed no expression. —The enhancement from Taibai Luminous Godly Ban was too strong. I used only my physical strength, without any Inner Breath, yet the opponent’s full resistance was like that of an ant, which I could crush anytime. Thinking so, he calmly continued to increase the pressure, as if breaking a cookie, he snapped his arm. Crack. An Jing casually released his leg and hand, stood up, and the young trafficker beneath him drooled from his mouth and nose, passing out. He paid no attention to the traders who had gathered at the entrance of the alley, their faces filled with suspicion; instead, he jumped up, pushing off the walls with his legs, and swiftly leapt to the roof. Even without using Mysterious Steps, scaling walls and leaping onto roofs was no difficulty with An Jing’s current strength. Standing on the rooftop, An Jing saw the female trafficker he had targeted earlier realizing something was wrong and quickly walking towards another street. She knew the situation had gone awry, and regardless of whether her accomplices had succeeded, she needed to flee now that she had attracted attention. The most crucial thing was to avoid arousing suspicion; she needed to neither overreact nor underreact to go unnoticed. But what she didn’t know was An Jing had already confirmed her identity; her pretense to walk slowly was just giving An Jing the opportunity to catch up to her. Whoosh! Hearing the sound of the wind, the female trafficker instinctively ducked her head—a large tile grazed her scalp, crashing onto the cobblestone path with a clatter. But before the woman could react or feel the searing pain on her head, accompanied by another gust of wind, An Jing dropped from the sky and stepped on her left shoulder. Crack, the sound of bone-breaking echoed and An Jing used the force to leap up and landed lightly to one side. Three people taken care of.

Chapter 160 - 20: Solving Three People

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