Gao Wu: A centenarian old man, many children and good fortune! Chapter 013

The Bloodfiend Cult immediately gained the absolute advantage!

Old Zhang, Old Li, and the others were retreating steadily, their bodies covered in wounds, their defensive formation precarious and on the verge of collapse. The two Bloodfiend veterans were like sharks smelling blood, their attacks growing even more frenzied.

Meanwhile, the terrifying black-clad cadre stood to the side with his hands behind his back, a cold, cat-and-mouse smile on his face, enjoying the final struggles of his prey.

In his eyes, these people were already trapped, and their demise was only a matter of time.

Cheng Li was still nearby, desperately trying to stop the bleeding for the intern whose arms had been destroyed and who was on the verge of death, her vision blurred by tears.

“Heh…” The black-clad cadre let out a low, cold chuckle, seemingly finding the current drama a bit boring. He was about to personally step in and completely end this resistance.

However, at this very moment!

An indescribably cold and bone-chilling sense of crisis, like the fangs of a venomous snake, suddenly struck him from behind!

The cold smile on the black-clad cadre’s face instantly froze!

All the hairs on his body stood on end! Without time to think, his body’s instinctive reaction was faster than his brain!

He fiercely widened his sinister eyes, and with a crisp “crack” sound, he spun around.

A figure, as if teleporting, had silently appeared behind him!

It was the black-haired man who had just been standing at the entrance of the hall!

At this moment, the man’s eyes were terrifyingly calm, but on his extended right fist, a terrifying power was condensed, a power that made even this Bloodfiend Cult cadre feel a tremor in his heart!

An incredibly familiar, yet unbelievable, fist intent surged towards him like a tide!

“Military Dragon-Subduing Fist?!” His pupils constricted, and he cried out in alarm. A chill shot from his spine to the top of his head. A horrifying possibility flashed through his mind: Could the military reinforcements have arrived so quickly?!

In a flash of lightning, he had no time to dodge, no time even to mobilize his full Bloodfiend energy for a counterattack!

His only option was to defend!

“Roar!” The black-clad cadre let out a low roar like a trapped beast. The will to survive overwhelmed everything! He pushed his Bloodfiend Art to its limit. The deep, ominous black-red veins on his arms instantly bulged to their maximum, like two ferocious black-red pythons, crossing and desperately protecting his chest!

Inside the hall, everyone’s movements seemed to be paused. Whether they were Bloodfiend Cultists or City Guard soldiers, old veteran testers or intern students, or even staff members, they all stopped their fighting in unison, their gaze drawn like magnets, all turning to this sudden shocking turn of events!

Old Zhang, Old Li, those few student soldiers, and Cheng Li, who was rescuing the injured…

Their gazes were all focused on that earth-shattering punch and the black-clad cadre’s hasty and desperate block!

Time, at this moment, seemed to slow down infinitely.

Then—

“Boom!!!”

A terrifying, muffled, and even louder crash, like a giant hammer striking rotten leather, exploded!

Xiao Yan’s right fist, condensed with vast innate true qi and unparalleled fist intent, slammed squarely and without any flourish onto the black-clad cadre’s crossed and vein-covered arms!

“Crack—crunch, crunch!!”

Bone-chilling, teeth-grinding snaps rang out in rapid succession, like popping beans!

The black-clad cadre’s tough arms, which could withstand energy weapon blasts and had been tempered by the Bloodfiend Art, were as fragile as decaying wood before Xiao Yan’s overwhelmingly powerful force! They were instantly broken and pulverized!

“Ahhh—!!!”

A heart-wrenching, inhuman scream suddenly burst from the black-clad cadre’s throat! The intense pain twisted his face, his eyeballs almost bulging out of their sockets!

But this was only the beginning!

The destructive power of Xiao Yan’s fist, without diminishing in the slightest after shattering his arm defense, continued to smash relentlessly and unimpeded into his chest, like a bursting flood!

The black-clad cadre felt an indescribable terrifying force pierce through his body. His internal organs seemed to have been pulverized into dust in an instant!

Immediately after, he was launched backward like a cannonball, at an astonishing speed!

He flew dozens of meters, like an out-of-control bowling ball, crashing heavily into another battle circle on the other side of the hall, which was also locked in a bitter struggle!

“Rumble!!”

In that battle circle, several City Guard soldiers and Bloodfiend Cultists were fighting fiercely when they were suddenly hit by this “celestial being descending from the sky”!

Instantly, people were sent sprawling, screaming repeatedly! The previously stalemated battle was violently disrupted and scattered by this sudden “human cannonball”!

And everyone who witnessed this, whether Old Zhang, Old Li, or Cheng Li, or those still fighting in other areas… all froze as if struck by a paralysis spell, their movements rigid, their eyelids twitching uncontrollably!

This punch, breaking the arms of a seemingly powerful enemy and then sending him flying like trash, how could it be so familiar?!

Just now, only moments ago!

It was this arrogant, cruel black-clad cadre who, with the same domineering aerial punch, had brutally shattered the arms of that brave and fearless young intern who tried to block, sending him flying like a piece of useless trash, leaving him severely injured and on the verge of death!

There was no need for “thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river”; in just a brief moment, the tables had turned!

In a flash, he himself suffered almost the exact same fate.

He was also struck in the arms by a punch, his defense was also shattered with overwhelming force, and he was also sent flying without any resistance or dignity, his life unknown!

This dramatic, almost karmic reversal made everyone look at this man, wondering who he was!

Cheng Li looked at Xiao Yan, who had descended before her like a god, her shock and ecstasy surging like waves.

The despair and sadness that had just filled her heart were now replaced by a huge sense of security and unbelievable joy.

She instinctively raised her hand to wipe away the cold tear stains on her cheeks, her lips curving uncontrollably upward. She broke into a tearful smile, her eyes filled with the relief of surviving a disaster and sincere admiration for Xiao Yan’s unfathomable strength.

She truly hadn’t expected that this “Lord Xiao,” who seemed to have just broken through, would be… would be so powerful!

However, Xiao Yan did not linger, nor did he look back at her.

Just as everyone was still immersed in the shock of the black-clad cadre being sent flying by a single punch, Xiao Yan’s figure flashed again!

Fast! Extremely fast!

He instantly appeared behind one of the two Bloodfiend veteran soldiers who were still frantically attacking Old Zhang and the others!

That Bloodfiend veteran hadn’t even reacted to what had happened when he felt a shadow overhead, and an irresistible force descended from above!

“Thud!!”

A dull, heart-shaking thud!

Xiao Yan’s hand, like Mount Tai pressing down, precisely and fiercely pressed down on the Bloodfiend veteran’s head, crushing his entire head and upper body into the hard alloy floor!

“Crack—crunch!”

Centered on where he landed, the alloy floor instantly caved in, and dense, spiderweb-like cracks spread out!

And the Bloodfiend veteran underfoot didn’t even let out a grunt. His body twitched violently, the blood-red in his eyes instantly fading, turning into a dead, ashen gray. He completely lost all consciousness, clearly no longer alive.

Clean and decisive! Overwhelmingly powerful!

This casual and violent act, like stepping on an ant, once again deeply shocked everyone present!

“Wow—Old Xiao?!”

Old Zhang and Old Li were the closest and saw it most clearly, their eyes almost popping out! They instinctively cried out in unison, their voices filled with disbelief and ecstasy!

Although they had known that Xiao Yan had broken through to the extraordinary realm, witnessing him instantly kill Bloodfiend-transformed enemies, including that terrifying black-clad cadre, with such ease, the visual impact still shook their minds profoundly!

But both were battle-hardened veterans, and after the initial shock, they reacted extremely quickly!

They didn’t ask a single extra word, didn’t even exchange glances. Relying solely on the deep-seated默契 (mòqì – tacit understanding) cultivated over years of fighting side by side, they both roared, pouring all their strength and fury onto the last remaining Bloodfiend veteran, who was still in a daze!

“Kill!!” Old Zhang’s alloy combat knife whistled through the air as it chopped down fiercely!

“Die!” Old Li also threw away his broken shield, picked up a broken metal pipe from the ground, and charged forward like a mad tiger!

The few young student soldiers also reacted instantly, no longer hesitating. Various energy attacks and combat techniques surged towards that last enemy like a tide!

The last Bloodfiend veteran, who had just recovered from the shock of his comrade being instantly killed and the cadre being sent flying, was overwhelmed by the storm of attacks before he could even react!

The situation was completely reversed!