Holy Fist

Chapter 74: 071 Do you really think you can escape?
 

At this moment, Ye Ping felt an unrealistic sense of magic.

Just as he was about to set out to capture the tormentor Bai Xiao, he actually took the initiative to come to his doorstep and brutally killed a dozen elite thugs!

“This…”

Ye Ping suddenly found himself at a loss, his mind in chaos.

However, just then, a hot, rolling stench of blood surged up beside him. Before he could take a closer look, three almost inhuman shadows charged out. Their bodies were covered with grey fur similar to feathers, their faces hideously twisted, hands transformed into massive claws.

Based on their original clothing, it was clearly Brother Zhou and his two companions!

“Brother Zhou turned into a monster!?”

Ye Ping couldn’t believe it and opened his mouth wide as his heart thumped wildly. The next second, he suddenly felt an inexplicable itch on his back, as if a hot stream was spreading from there, thrilling him as it spread towards his internal organs.

In the waiting room, Chen Liao and the tall man watched this scene without any surprise. They seemed to know that humans could instantly transform into Boxing Slaves.

Bai Xiao’s gaze hardened, fixating on the approaching silhouette of the Horror Bird. At this moment, he felt an inexplicable irritation in his chest that he could not vent, building up pressure. On the night he encountered the Horror Bird while delivering meals, Bai Xiao had felt the same oppressive mood.

Whether it was due to the Horror Bird’s monstrous appearance, the aura of a predatory beast, or the uncanny valley effect of something that was human yet not, or perhaps because once when he was younger, he was scared by a Boxing Slave in an alley and had been left with a certain trauma.

In any case, Bai Xiao only felt a surge of heat welling up, his brain buzzing.

A nameless fighting spirit quietly spread through his body.

His pupils, sharp as an eagle’s, captured every movement and flaw of his opponent.

Swish!

The figure of the Horror Bird instantly closed in.

Bai Xiao’s pupils shrank sharply as he raised his arms, and the power within him gushed out like a breach in a dam. His arms twisted forward like pythons, his back slightly arched like a giant tortoise.

A move from the Fierce Bird Boxing Manual, the Sparrow Python Style!

The oncoming Horror Bird was directly struck by the Sparrow Python Style, its arms crackling several times against its chest right over the heart.

Tap tap!

The Horror Bird stumbled backward two steps.

Bai Xiao, relentless, lunged forward, his arms like spears shooting forward, carrying a penetrating force, extremely fierce. One after the other, two straight lines hit the Horror Bird’s chest and neck, swift and ruthless.

The Horror Bird retaliated as well, using fists and claws, full of bestiality.

However, Bai Xiao, after a medicinal bath, had skin tough like leather and blocked several heavy blows with his body. He dodged to the side to avoid claws, sparing most damage, only ripping his clothes and scratching his skin with three bloody marks.

They weren’t too deep, just barely tearing the dermis.

Swish!

A black afterimage swung over, and Bai Xiao sidestepped to avoid it.

The claws tore a huge gash in the couch.

Zoom!

Bai Xiao spun and delivered a fierce kick, a weighty Whip Leg, causing the momentarily staggered Horror Bird to falter. He leaped forward, his right arm slashing like a broadsword, the whipping limb like a blade, slashing diagonally at the Horror Bird’s neck.

The Horror Bird stumbled again.

Fierce light flashed in Bai Xiao’s eyes as he stepped in close, rapidly approaching the Horror Bird’s side. He sunk his weight slightly and then suddenly sprung up, like a tiger pouncing on its prey, his veined fist clenched and thundering down!

Boom!

One punch, fiercely landing on the back of the Horror Bird’s head.

Boom!

Another punch!

Boom!

A third!

Bai Xiao abruptly retracted his fist and stood to the side.

Next to him, the Horror Bird’s facial features bled as it collapsed heavily, without a sound. Its monstrous appearance gradually changed back to that of a human.

Upon closer inspection, Bai Xiao recognized a stout middle-aged man dressed in a black jacket, blood streaming from every orifice, eyes wide open in death.

He took a deep breath and suddenly turned around.

Chen Liao and the tall man had already dealt with their opponents.

Lying quietly at their feet were the bodies of two additional Horror Birds.

Chen Liao glanced at Bai Xiao, speaking as he walked over.

“Boxing Slaves are of two types, non-human and human. Those who are permanently in their non-human state have completely fallen and are controlled and infected by the combat mode, turning into beasts. Then there are those Boxing Slaves who are human under normal circumstances but enter the non-human state during combat, greatly increasing their strength. But in the end, the result is the same, the more they use this power, the more they fall into beasthood…”

“Unless something unusual happens, every Boxing Slave will meet this fate.”

Chen Liao came in front of Bai Xiao and looked at him deeply.

At this moment, Bai Xiao’s clothes were disheveled, his chest torn, bleeding from claw marks.

His breathing was rapid, his face silent, gasping lowly.

“First time killing someone…”

Chen Liao’s eyes half-closed, eyebrows drooping as he slowly started to speak.

“You look… very uncomfortable?”

“No, I feel great!”

Under the sunlight, Bai Xiao suddenly revealed a sinister smile.

After killing the Horror Bird, all his irritability had vanished, as if a shadow that had long loomed over his chest was finally shattered and torn apart by his fists.

Now, he truly felt great, ecstatically so!

“Good!”

Chen Liao suddenly revealed a faint smile, with an appreciative look on his face. This wasn’t Bai Xiao’s first time killing, but it was the first time he had killed continuously without pause. When Bai Xiao killed the Horror Bird that night, he didn’t know the Horror Bird was transformed from a human, merely thinking it was a monster. Yet today, not only had Bai Xiao killed another Horror Bird, he also took out several thugs in the moment he burst out of the elevator.

Killing one’s own kind requires overcoming a psychological barrier.

And Bai Xiao did it very well, fully displaying his cold-blooded nature.

They of the Fierce Bird Sect need such talents!

“Bai Xiao, go down to the first floor and take out that kid from just now…”

Chen Liao patted Bai Xiao on the shoulder and said calmly.

This time, he deliberately brought Bai Xiao along. One reason was to make it more reasonable to ask for benefits on Bai Xiao’s behalf at the end of the operation, and the second was to test whether Bai Xiao dared to kill? And how would he behave after killing someone?

Now, Chen Liao had seen it, and he was very satisfied.

In the elevator, the lighting was still warm and bright.

But Ye Ping felt not the slightest warmth; instead, he felt a coldness as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He had almost been scared out of his wits just now by the monsters that were neither human nor bird, and the trio including Bai Xiao, who killed as easily as mowing grass. The huge shock made Ye Ping stand frozen on the spot, even forgetting to press the elevator button to escape.

Only when the three Horror Birds were about to be completely dealt with did he come back to his senses.

He hurriedly hit the button, causing the elevator doors to close and descend.

In the moment the doors were closing, Ye Ping caught a hasty glimpse. The monster that had been Brother Zhou was grabbed by Bai Xiao, who seized the opportunity to strike the back of its head three times, causing it to collapse with blood flowing from all seven orifices. Even such a monster had died at Bai Xiao’s hands!

And he was still thinking about taking people to seek vengeance on him?!

Ye Ping wanted to give himself a harsh slap.

“Run, yes, I need to run!”

“The company building is not safe at all, I need to get out quickly!”

At this moment, this was the only thought in Ye Ping’s mind, urgent and panicked.

He was completely soaked in cold sweat.

His heart thumped wildly as if it would burst from his throat.

His right hand continually pressed the downwards button, as if to make the elevator go faster. Finally, with a ding, Ye Ping felt as though he had heard the most delightful chime. He exhaled a long breath and ran towards the elevator exit.

However, with a thud, Ye Ping ran into a solid chest.

Sturdy and strong, like a tall and hefty wall.

He suddenly lifted his head, encountering a pair of cold, indifferent eyes.

The young man’s facial muscles twisted slightly, showing a hint of cruelty and mockery, and his expressionless face carried an intense oppressive force.

“Do you really think you can escape?”

Bai Xiao pushed Ye Ping back into the elevator, then entered with an indifferent face, completely ignoring the other’s kneeling and begging for mercy with tears and snot running down.

Click!

The elevator doors shut heavily.

Then, under the action of the steel cable, it started rising to even higher floors.

1, 2…7, 8…10, 11…

As the elevator passed certain floors, the nearby office clerks seemed to hear a faint and miserable scream, terribly piercing. It was as if filled with extreme pain, almost to the point of breaking down, mixed with crying.

The fourteenth floor.

Ding!

The elevator doors opened, and a strong figure slowly walked out.

His hands dripped blood, flowing down from his fingertips.

Bai Xiao turned his head to look at the corpse in the elevator, without a trace of pity in his eyes. Just then, the collapsing Ye Ping had divulged his entire plan for revenge, hoping to beg for Bai Xiao’s forgiveness. Bai Xiao hadn’t known what was going on, but now that he did, Ye Ping deserved to die even more!

He did to Ye Ping what Ye Ping had wanted to do to him.

All ten of Ye Ping’s fingers were crushed under Bai Xiao’s shoe heels.

That was the origin of Ye Ping’s breakdown and wails.

And when Ye Ping cried that the punishment was over, that he might be spared, Bai Xiao silently shook his head in the face of his desperation. Then, with powerful hands, he ended Ye Ping’s life!

Ye Ping was about to transform into something inhuman; he himself probably hadn’t even realized it yet.

Whether it was a Horror Bird, or just in its embryonic form…

Bai Xiao was determined to kill!!!

Outside the elevator, he withdrew his gaze and looked straight ahead.

Not to inspect the décor of the fourteenth floor.

But to watch the string of experience notifications flashing on his professional panel.

[Your profession ‘Fighter’ has gained +25 experience!]

[Your profession ‘Fighter’ has advanced to LV.3!]

[Profession: Fighter LV.3 (3/400)]

(Extractable)

The dark red label firmly caught Bai Xiao’s attention.

He took a deep breath, his gaze moving on, continuing to read.

His gaze landed on the Bodyguard profession panel.

Bai Xiao was slightly surprised in his heart.

“The Bodyguard profession actually gained so much experience!?”

“Does eliminating danger mean eliminating the source of danger as well?”