"Everyone, hands up and kneel down, or you will be killed without mercy."
Following Boynton's order, the seven subordinates behind him immediately surrounded the hundreds of villagers in Taohua Village with guns, shouting.
"Bang—"
To achieve the most immediate deterrent effect, William pulled the trigger, directly blowing off the head of a villager who looked to be over seventy years old.
"This..."
Seeing that the weapon in William's hand could blow off a villager's head with a single shot, Ma Yi's pupils dilated, and his face was filled with terror.
Ma Yi couldn't believe that there was such a terrifying killing weapon in the world that could kill a person in an instant.
The other villagers who had originally wanted to resist, upon seeing this, were also stunned. Clearly, the power of the sniper rifle had frightened them.
They had never heard of such a weapon, nor had they ever seen one, and for a moment, even the courage to resist disappeared.
"Kneel down—"
Looking at the hundreds of terrified villagers, William and the others shouted in unison, "If you don't kneel with your hands up, you die."
"Bang—"
As William finished speaking, he pulled the trigger again, and an old woman's head was blown off, dying with her eyes wide open.
"How dare you kill people indiscriminately in Taohua Village? Do you know that this is a secluded paradise, a paradise that is not stained with blood."
As the village chief, seeing two villagers die consecutively, Ma Yi was furious and roared at Boynton.
"I'm sorry, Village Chief, but I have no choice."
Boynton spread his hands and said helplessly, "If you don't give me what I want, I'll have to take it myself. I don't believe you'll watch all your villagers die by our hands."
After speaking, Boynton shouted to Neil, "Neil, don't you like to kill innocent people the most? Give our Village Chief a performance, will you?"
"Of course, I am deeply honored."
Neil was a burly middle-aged man, about forty years old, with a head of white hair and a sinister expression.
Hearing Boynton's words, Neil let out a laugh, then switched his sniper rifle from single-shot to automatic, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang bang bang—"
As the trigger was pulled, bullets poured out of Neil's sniper rifle like raindrops. In less than five seconds, more than twenty villagers fell into a pool of blood, all dying with their eyes wide open.
Seeing this terrifying scene, the remaining villagers' terrified cries and screams mingled as they all raised their hands and were about to kneel.
"No kneeling, not a single one of you is allowed to kneel."
Seeing the villagers about to kneel before the executioners like Boynton, Ma Yi roared, "These butchers dare to come to our village and kill our kin. You should raise your fists and weapons to take revenge on them, not kneel for survival."
"If you choose to kneel and survive, what will your fallen kin think? They will die with their eyes wide open one by one."
"Resist, resist with me."
Ma Yi roared, "The old and young of the village, unite and kill these executioners."
With that, Ma Yi straightened up, raised his fist, and attacked Boynton first.
Ma Yi looked incredibly old, with no sign of vitality, but the punch he threw made Boynton's expression change.
As this punch was unleashed, a powerful gust of wind surged towards Boynton, who was startled and had to raise his fist to meet it.
Boynton, known as the "European Fist Demon," had a punch that was as fearsome as a devil.
His punch could deliver a terrifying force of thousands of pounds. He had once killed the boxing champion Sen Luo, who had been undefeated in Europe for fifty years, with a single punch.
However, the moment Boynton's fist collided with Ma Yi's, the immense power from the latter sent Boynton flying back more than ten meters like a broken kite. Although he managed to steady himself, his right arm trembled uncontrollably.
"This..."
Seeing that Ma Yi, an old man on the verge of death, had repelled Boynton with a single punch, William and Neil's eyes widened in disbelief.
In their opinion, there was no one in this world who could defeat Boynton in terms of fist strength, except for "Sir," but Ma Yi had actually done it.
"I thought this mission would be without any obstacles. Now it seems I underestimated you."
Boynton shook his right arm, dissipating most of the force from Ma Yi's punch, and said to Ma Yi, "I truly didn't expect that such a master would be hidden in such a primitive village. Fortunately, your fist has not killed anyone. It is strong enough, but not fierce enough. Otherwise, that punch just now would have severely injured me."
"You... state your name."
Boynton's gaze was like a blade as he looked at Ma Yi and said, "You are the first person in so many years to repel me with a punch. State your name."
"Listen carefully, this old man is called Ma Yi."
Ma Yi looked at Boynton, a killing intent growing in his eyes, and said, "You have malicious intentions and have infiltrated Taohua Village, killing many villagers. Today, none of you will leave alive."
With that, Ma Yi appeared before Boynton like a ghost, and delivered another punch.
Boynton had already experienced Ma Yi's prowess and dared not be careless when he saw Ma Yi attack again, quickly throwing a punch to meet it.
The moment their fists collided, William and the others heard sounds like firecrackers exploding from their bodies.
"Bang—"
The next second, Boynton and Ma Yi were thrown back simultaneously, each flying back seven or eight meters and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"What?"
Seeing that Ma Yi and Boynton had fought to a mutual defeat, all of Boynton's subordinates were shocked. After all, Boynton was a genius. In his early forties, through his own efforts and the help of medicinal liquid, he had already broken through to the Earth Realm and become an Earth Realm expert.
Ma Yi, an old man on the verge of death, had fought to a mutual defeat with the ascendant Boynton, and it was a head-on confrontation of fists. How could William and the others not be surprised?
"Boynton, are you alright?"
As Neil quickly rushed forward with his gun aimed at Ma Yi's forehead, William also walked over to support Boynton and asked.
"I'm fine..."
Boynton wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "I didn't expect such a small mountain village to have such a master. I almost capsized in the gutter, but luckily it's over."
"Ma Yi, if you want to save your life and the lives of your clansmen, give me what I want. This is your only choice."
Boynton walked step by step towards Ma Yi, looking at the severely wounded Ma Yi spitting blood, and said coldly, "If you don't give me that item, I will kill one person every second until all your clansmen are dead before your eyes."
"I'll give you ten seconds to consider. If you don't speak after ten seconds, I'll start killing people until you open your mouth."
"Ten..."
"Nine..."
"Eight..."
"Three..."
"Two..."
Boynton's voice was like that of death, and every word made the villagers of Taohua Village tremble with fear. Ma Yi's face turned as pale as paper.
"Bang—"
Before Boynton could utter the last "one," Neil's gun turned, and he directly shot and killed a forty-year-old man from Taohua Village.
Seeing this, Ma Yi and the villagers were furious, but before they could speak, a voice suddenly rang out.
"You... are too damn much."