Fast, Shen Lang's speed was truly astonishing.
Boyton himself couldn't even discern the trajectory of Shen Lang's punches. In that instant, like a flash of lightning, Shen Lang's killing fist struck heavily at his heart.
"Bang—"
Hit in the chest by Shen Lang's punch, Boyton felt countless cracks form in his heart before it shattered with a *crack*.
"Pfft—"
In his terror, Boyton felt blood gush like a spring from his throat. His mouth merely parted slightly, and a large mouthful of blood erupted, sending him falling heavily to the ground. To his death, his pupils were wide with a mixture of horror and disbelief.
"Boyton..."
Witnessing Boyton’s swift demise at Shen Lang's fist, Boyton's remaining subordinates were all startled, their eyes wide as they stared at Shen Lang.
To them, Boyton was terrifyingly strong. They never imagined someone could kill him with a single punch.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Boyton, known as the Fist Demon, had countless lives taken by his fists. Yet, he himself had likely never imagined he would one day be killed by a single punch.
"Our esteemed guest is truly an extraordinary person, a truly extraordinary person."
Seeing Shen Lang easily dispatch several powerful enemies in such a short time, Ma Yi and the villagers looked at Shen Lang with eyes full of reverence, an absolute reverence for the strong.
"You, all of you, come at me."
As everyone was stunned, Shen Lang looked at the remaining four members of the Kill Path Association, smiled slightly, and said.
"All of us?"
Upon hearing Shen Lang's words, Boyton's remaining subordinates turned pale.
Combined, they couldn't even contend with one of Boyton's hands. Facing Shen Lang, who had effortlessly killed Boyton with a single punch, they knew that even with their full effort, they would be easily dispatched.
If one could live, no one in this world would choose to die.
In an instant, all of them looked at Shen Lang, fear in their eyes, but more so, pleading. They pleaded with Shen Lang to spare their lives.
"Bang bang bang—"
Their pleas did not earn them Shen Lang's forgiveness. As everyone hesitated, Shen Lang kicked up the sniper rifle from Boyton's body, switched it to burst fire mode in less than a second, and then pulled the trigger, firing rapidly.
"Ah—"
"Ah—"
"Ah—"
The four Kill Path Association members never expected Shen Lang to act so decisively and ruthlessly. Before they could even react, they were shot by Shen Lang's burst fire, their bodies riddled with bullets from Shen Lang's sniper rifle, their deaths gruesome.
"This..."
Seeing Shen Lang's clean and swift execution, Ma Yi and the others all showed a hint of admiration.
Their ancestors were great generals who bled on the battlefield, forging their achievements by riding horses and wielding swords, stepping over countless white bones. They revered their ancestors deeply, but the passage of time had dulled the bloodlust in their bones.
Witnessing Shen Lang's decisive killing, Ma Yi and the others seemed to see a shadow of their ancestors, and their respect for Shen Lang grew even stronger.
However, at this very moment, Alice and Black Bear, along with two other Kill Path Association members, who had been sent by Boyton to blow up the entrance and exit, returned.
Upon seeing the bodies of Boyton and Paul lying on the ground, with no one alive at the scene, Alice and Black Bear, all four of them, were so terrified that they froze on the spot, unable to utter a word.
"Yo, looks like there are some stragglers?"
Seeing Alice and Black Bear suddenly appear, Shen Lang even remembered that he had killed eight of the twelve foreign men and women, with four remaining.
Seeing the four of them freeze, Shen Lang smiled mockingly and raised the sniper rifle in his hand, ready to open fire.
"What?"
Seeing Shen Lang raise his gun to fire, Alice and the others' faces changed drastically. They quickly rolled to scatter.
But after Alice and the others dodged, they realized no gunshot sounded. At this moment, Shen Lang appeared before them like a ghost.
When Shen Lang appeared before them, he no longer held a gun. Instead, he transformed his palm into a blade and swiftly chopped down.
"What?"
Seeing Shen Lang move against her first, Alice's face changed drastically. She raised the gun in her hand to block the palm strike.
Alice's plan was to first block Shen Lang's palm strike with her gun and then quickly turn the barrel to fire.
Alice's plan was perfect, but she severely overlooked one thing: she underestimated Shen Lang's strength.
Shen Lang's palm strike carried at least eighty percent of his strength. It struck the body of Alice's sniper rifle, instantly breaking the gun into two halves.
However, even though the gun was broken in two, Shen Lang's attack was not hindered in the slightest. This palm strike finally cleaved onto Alice's forehead, instantly smashing it into pieces. With a mouthful of blood spurted out, her life force was extinguished.
Like the others, Alice's eyes were wide open in death, clearly disbelieving everything that had happened.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
After killing Alice with a single move, Shen Lang waved his right hand, and three Taiyi Divine Needles shot out instantly. The throats of the remaining three Kill Path Association members were pierced, and they followed Alice in death.
"Alas, the gun suddenly ran out of bullets, otherwise it wouldn't have been so troublesome."
Shen Lang raised his right hand, and the three Taiyi Divine Needles flew back into his hand. Looking at the dead, Shen Lang said with a hint of helplessness.
"The problem is solved. Village Chief, you are safe now."
After killing all twelve members of the Kill Path Association, Shen Lang walked to Ma Yi, supported him, and said.
"Esteemed guest, we are fortunate to have you today, otherwise, Peach Blossom Village would have been destroyed. Please accept our humble bow from all the elders of the village."
Looking at Shen Lang, Ma Yi was filled with emotion. He then suddenly knelt before Shen Lang.
Seeing Ma Yi kneel, the other villagers immediately followed suit. Unlike the anger and humiliation they felt when forced to kneel by Boyton earlier, this time, all of them did so willingly and with heartfelt sincerity.
"Village Chief, esteemed villagers, what are you doing? Please rise."
Seeing Ma Yi and the villagers kneel in unison, Shen Lang's expression changed greatly. He also knelt down and said to them.
This was a joke. Not to mention that these villagers had treated Shen Lang and Yu Xiao with the utmost respect and warmth earlier, but also, any one of them could be his grandfather or even great-grandfather. How could he dare to accept their worship?
"Village Chief, if you don't rise, then I will have to kneel with you."
Shen Lang threatened them to force Ma Yi and the villagers to rise.
"This..."
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Ma Yi and the villagers could only get up. Ma Yi personally bent down to help Shen Lang up.
"Alas, our village has lived in peace for a thousand years, away from worldly affairs. We never expected that one day it would be coveted. It seems there will be no more peaceful days."
Standing up, Ma Yi looked at Shen Lang and said, "Although I have been isolated from the world, I understand one principle: a man without power but possessing treasure is guilty. It seems the secret to longevity that Peach Blossom Village holds cannot be kept."
"Fine, rather than it falling into the hands of villains, today I will bestow it upon you, esteemed guest, as someone fated."