Chapter 24 - Revenge Doesn't Wait Overnight
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The voice was very familiar to Long Chen, so familiar that it made his killing intent surge. Long Chen's unusual behavior immediately alerted everyone.
"Brother Long, what's wrong?" Yu Fatty asked. Seeing Long Chen's murderous gaze, his drunkenness instantly subsided by half.
"It's nothing. When that person comes up, you all just disgust him to death for me. Consider it as adding a program to Shi Feng's celebration," Long Chen said.
Hearing this, everyone realized that Long Chen intended to stir up trouble. Their drunkenness surged. Now, almost all of them had their family's support and were striving to build a good relationship with Long Chen. How could they let such a good opportunity slip by?
"Brother Long, just watch," Thin Monkey patted his chest and assured him.
At this moment, footsteps approached. Leading the group was a man in his twenties, wearing a peculiar hat and sporting thick eyebrows, entering everyone's view.
Long Chen didn't turn around, nor did he let Ah Man turn around, as they both faced away from the person.
After the man came up, behind him was a man with a bitter expression, possibly the manager of this tavern.
"Make them all leave, or suffer the consequences," the man said arrogantly, not even glancing at Long Chen and the others. It was as if asking the manager to drive them away would lower his status.
"Oh, did you see that? Someone has something growing on their head," Thin Monkey whispered to Yu Fatty.
Although he whispered, his voice wasn't small, allowing everyone present to hear it clearly.
Long Chen smiled slightly. The man wore a hat with a long protrusion in front. Originally, he hadn't noticed, but after Thin Monkey mentioned it, it really did resemble something.
"What's the big deal? It's probably because his father did too many bad things and got cursed," Yu Fatty glanced at the man, looking at Thin Monkey with some disdain.
"What do you mean?" Thin Monkey asked in confusion.
"You're so stupid. Haven't you heard someone curse like this: 'I curse you to have a son with something growing on his head'?"
"Wow, brother, high insight. I've learned something," Thin Monkey said with admiration.
The manager who had originally come up with them turned pale with fright upon seeing them ridicule the man and quickly signaled to Shi Feng.
Unfortunately, Shi Feng, who had a bit of a connection with the manager, ignored him as if he hadn't seen it.
The man with thick eyebrows suddenly turned cold, glaring at Yu Fatty, "You dead fat pig, do you have a death wish?"
Yu Fatty shook his head, "Brother, look at your bitter face. Even if I can't tell fortunes, I know you've either lost your dad or your mom. Coming here to eat and drink is a bit inappropriate."
"Exactly, this is way too unfilial."
"With a son like this, it would have been better to have been smeared on the wall."
"Stop it, don't you see he's trembling? If we keep talking, what if he has a seizure, foaming at the mouth? How will we drink then?"
The power of the group was great. Seeing Yu Fatty and Thin Monkey working together, everyone found their chance to contribute their bit of strength.
"Courting death!" the man shouted, suddenly producing a long whip. With a whistling wind and a killing intent, he swung it at everyone, enveloping them all in the whip's range.
Shi Feng had been prepared, and seeing the man make a move, he, who was already ready, drew a knife from his waist.
"Bang!"
The long knife clashed with the soft whip, producing a loud bang. Shi Feng suddenly felt a tremendous force, sending him flying into a pillar, shaking the entire tavern.
Shi Feng's face flushed, a sign of internal injury and rising blood. He was injured in just one move.
"Die, commoner!" After one strike, the thick-browed man's whip transformed into a straight line, like a sharp sword, aiming directly at Shi Feng's heart.
This shocked everyone. They didn't expect the man to be so ruthless, evidently intending to kill Shi Feng.
The whip came too fast. Shi Feng couldn't dodge in time, thinking he was about to die.
"Snap!"
A large hand tightly grasped the whip, like pinching the critical point of a venomous snake, rendering it immobile.
"Brother Long!"
Everyone cheered. Long Chen stood in front of Shi Feng, holding the whip tightly, looking at the man coldly like a king.
"Is it you?" The thick-browed man was surprised to see Long Chen.
"Good, you remember me," Long Chen sneered. Suddenly exerting force, the thick-browed man felt a tremendous force pulling him toward Long Chen.
The man was slightly startled, surprised at Long Chen's immense strength, even he, a Blood Condensation One Heavy, couldn't resist.
He sneered, using the force to fly toward Long Chen, lifting a foot toward Long Chen's chest. His quick reaction showed he was a true expert.
Seeing him coming straight at him, Long Chen also kicked out, not fast, but just in time to hit the man's crotch before his foot reached Long Chen's chest.
"Snap!"
The sound of something shattering made everyone present feel a chill in their crotch, their back hairs standing on end.
"Ah!" A scream echoed throughout the tavern. Anyone who heard it couldn't help but feel a chill.
But even such a scream couldn't relieve the thick-browed man's pain.
"Boom!"
The thick-browed man crashed into the pillar, producing a loud bang, bouncing back with a face contorted in pain, rolling on the ground.
Due to the violent rolling, the man's hat fell off, and Yu Fatty and the others' expressions changed.
"A person from Daxia?"
The man's hat fell off, revealing an extremely peculiar hairstyle, braided like a twist. No wonder his hat was so strange.
The hairstyle was a mark of Daxia, but only people of high status would style their hair like this.
For a moment, everyone looked at each other, feeling like they had caused big trouble today. Daxia and Fengming were on good terms, and such behavior could affect diplomatic relations, a very serious offense.
Long Chen looked at the rolling thick-browed man on the ground, feeling slightly relieved, and handed the whip to Ah Man, "He hit you with a whip, now hit him back."
"Hit him? I don't dare," Ah Man hesitated.
Long Chen's face darkened, "Are you not listening to me anymore?"
"I... I'll hit him," Ah Man was startled by Long Chen's darkened face. Growing up, he had only been beaten and had never hit anyone. Holding the whip, he hesitated for a long time, not daring to swing it.
"Hit," Long Chen shouted. He needed Ah Man to take that step, or he would be bullied for life.
"Alright, I'll hit," Ah Man took a deep breath and swung the whip at the man.
"Ouch!"
A scream sounded.
But the scream didn't come from the thick-browed man; it came from the person closest to Ah Man.
"Ah Man, who are you trying to hit?" The person said, almost crying, touching his sorely whipped thigh.
Ah Man blushed. He had never used a whip before, and the thing was too soft to exert any force. The person in front wasn't hit, but his neighbor was scraped.
Long Chen sighed. This kid needed practice.
"Continue," Long Chen ordered. Suddenly, everyone ran far away, feeling safe only three zhang away.
"Snap!"
This time Ah Man did well, finding a bit of the knack for using a whip, but the whip landed eight feet away from the thick-browed man.
The thick-browed man tightly held his crotch, his face contorted in pain, unable to care about Ah Man's harmless attack.
"Brother Long, this time it'll definitely work," Ah Man quickly said, seeing Long Chen's displeased face, raising the whip to strike the man.
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of everyone. The person looked in his thirties, with a long scar on his face, looking extremely fierce.
"Stop!"
Seeing the thick-browed man lying on the ground and Ah Man raising the whip, the man was furious and shouted angrily.
"You say stop, so stop? Hit him!" Long Chen sneered.
Seeing Long Chen say hit, Ah Man didn't hesitate, swinging the whip at the thick-browed man.
"Courting death!"
Seeing Ah Man still make a move, the man was furious, taking a step and turning into a gust of wind toward Ah Man.
"Get lost!"
Long Chen stepped forward, blocking the man's path, throwing a punch.
Seeing Long Chen blocking him, the man's eyebrows furrowed, and he also threw a punch.
"Boom!"
The two punches collided, producing a loud bang, with energy shooting everywhere. But what shocked the scar-faced man was that his punch couldn't force back the seemingly weak scholar-like Long Chen.
"Snap!"
At this moment, Ah Man's whip finally landed, making a light sound. Originally, he aimed for the thick-browed man's butt, but his aim was too off, landing on his face.
And coincidentally, it landed right on his nose. Although Ah Man wasn't good with a whip, he still had some strength, directly splitting his nose, blood flowing profusely.
The scar-faced man saw this, his face turning livid with fury, shouting loudly and unleashing all his strength to push Long Chen away.
Seeing this, Long Chen didn't hold back either, his foot shaking, unleashing terrifying spiritual power like a flood, erupting with all his strength.
"Crack!"
The two fists collided, but the terrifying force shattered the tiles underfoot, spreading like a spider web.
Shi Feng and the others' faces changed. What kind of power was this? What cultivation level was Long Chen? He seemed like a bottomless pit.
The scar-faced man saw that Long Chen could still withstand his strength, his expression changing, with murderous intent surging in his eyes.
"Boom!"
The man's whole body erupted with blood energy, visibly emitting some blood-colored aura, making the air heavy, making it difficult for those around to breathe.
"Blood Condensation Mid-stage?"
Everyone was shocked. Only a Blood Condensation Mid-stage expert could condense blood energy to this extent.
In the martial world, each major realm is divided into nine sub-realms, from One to Nine Heaven.
One to Three Heaven is the early stage, Four to Six Heaven is the mid-stage, Seven to Nine Heaven is the late stage. The scar-faced man, fully unleashed, was evidently a mid-stage Blood Condensation expert.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, Long Chen felt his blood and energy surging, being pushed back a zhang, his chest faintly aching.
Finally, he touched his limit. The person before him was not someone he could defeat, Long Chen thought, surprised.
The scar-faced man, after forcing Long Chen back with a punch, didn't hesitate, throwing another punch.
"How dare you hit my Brother Long!"
Suddenly, a thunderous shout rang out, echoing like thunder, making everyone's ears ring. A fist glowing with blood light, brimming with power, smashed toward the scar-faced man.