Words were not needed for long, as Zhang Caifeng and Ali were not people to be trifled with. Moreover, it was Luo Xiande's subordinate who made the first move, so Zhang Caifeng showed no mercy!
She first produced a Gale Talisman. The sudden gust of wind made all of Brother Xian's subordinates lose their footing. The garbage and sand swept along by the gale also blinded them.
It was at this moment that Zhang Caifeng made her move. Of course, while Zhang Caifeng was acting, she did not forget to remind Ali, "Don't kill anyone!"
Two beautiful girls charged into the crowd, truly embodying the song that sang, "Women are tigers."
These two ferocious tigresses charged into the flock of sheep.
Zhang Caifeng was merciless. She unleashed a barrage of kicks, each one aimed at the vital points of the henchmen. With every kick, a scream of agony echoed, accompanied by the sound of someone falling to the ground.
Ali was equally unsparing. The little loli's figure was now too fast for the opponent to even see. As Ali's form flickered, her hands were also busy, directly scratching at her opponents' faces.
On Ali's soft little hands, each finger was fitted with a fake fingernail, the kind used for playing the pipa.
When playing the pipa, the left hand presses the strings with its fingers, while the right hand's fingers pluck the strings. Since the advent of metal strings in modern times, the right-hand fingers require fake fingernails for playing.
The use of fake fingernails for plucking strings is not new. For instance, in the past, thin copper sheets, thin aluminum sheets, thin buffalo horn slices, and thin ivory slices were made into long, oval-shaped fake fingernails.
However, these types of fake fingernails either produced metallic noise, easily damaged the strings, or were too thick, resulting in a dull sound. They had many drawbacks and were not ideal. Celluloid, tortoiseshell, and plastic fake fingernails were more commonly used.
For a cat, Ali's primary attack method was also her claws. Even when transformed into human form, her nails could extend, much like a tiger's claws.
However, Ling Tian felt that for a delicate young girl to reveal her claws during a fight was truly astonishing.
It was at this moment that Wang Bingxia suddenly offered a suggestion. She found some fake fingernails for playing the pipa at home.
Wang Bingxia was also multi-talented in her childhood. To cultivate her character and improve her artistic cultivation, Wang Bingxia began learning to play the pipa, guzheng, and other instruments from a renowned master at the age of five.
Wang Bingxia was indeed quite talented in the arts. Her pipa skills had even passed the tenth level.
However, given Wang Bingxia's family background, she did not expect to make a living from these talents. Therefore, instruments like the pipa were merely Bingxia's amateur hobby.
Ali received the fake fingernails and wore them on her hands, cherishing them. She truly felt they were good things. Their power in a fight was comparable to her own claws. Although her claws were sharper, wearing fake fingernails meant she wouldn't feel bad if they broke.
What made Ali even more satisfied was that with the fake fingernails, she could simply discard them after use and wouldn't get her hands bloody. After all, Ali was now a beautiful little loli.
Thus, a few days prior, Wang Bingxia took Ali to the largest musical instrument store in Jiangshan City and bought out all of the hundreds of fake fingernails they had in stock.
What Ali was wearing on her hands now were the cheapest kind, made of copper. These fake fingernails mercilessly raked across the faces of these men, leaving deep marks.
It was only because Ling Tian and Zhang Caifeng educated Ali daily that she knew to hold back. Otherwise, Ali would have gouged out their eyeballs.
After a few dozen seconds, Luo Xiande and his subordinates lay on the ground, groaning in pain and twitching. They clutched their groins, the pain of their disfigured faces no longer significant to them.
At this point, besides Zhang Caifeng and Ali, the only other person standing was the seductive woman who had been arm-in-arm with Luo Xiande.
Seeing the once arrogant Brother Xian and his subordinates writhing on the ground like rabid dogs, she was overwhelmed. A foul, pungent liquid flowed down from her hip-hugging skirt.
Ali had already raised her claws, preparing to swipe at the woman's delicate, hyaluronic acid-filled face. Zhang Caifeng grabbed Ali's wrist.
"Forget it, Ali. Be merciful when you can. This woman didn't provoke us. Let her go."
"Meow!" Ali stuck out her cute little tongue, then flicked her wrists, and the ten fake fingernails on her hands fell to the ground.
However, although Zhang Caifeng told Ali to let the woman go, her hands were not idle. Zhang Caifeng quickly retrieved a palm-sized talisman from the pouch on her chest.
This talisman was very special. The paper was blue, drawn with red ink. Zhang Caifeng infused true essence into the talisman and then swiftly slapped it onto the woman's face.
The woman immediately froze as if under a immobilizing spell. Her body stopped trembling, and her eyes became vacant, as if her soul had departed.
"Forget everything that happened in the last 10 minutes..."
Zhang Caifeng spoke a few words to the woman, then clapped her hands. The woman fell backward onto the ground, her eyes looking up at the sky.
The talisman Zhang Caifeng used had a name: the "Pa Hua Fu" (Flower-Snatching Talisman). The reason for this name originated from an ancient profession passed down in the underworld: "Pa Hua Zi" (Flower Snatchers).
Pa Hua Zi were individuals who used deceptive and wicked methods, employing hallucinogenic drugs to make children or adults lose their reason, compelling them to obey their commands, be kidnapped, or hand over their wealth.
Of course, this profession was also a high-risk one. Regardless of the era, if a Pa Hua Zi was caught after a failed attempt, it meant certain death. Even in ancient China, throughout every dynasty, the punishment for Pa Hua Zi and human trafficking was immediate execution or slow slicing.
For these Pa Hua Zi, besides using hallucinogenic drugs, there was another method: using specially made talismans, like the Pa Hua Fu that Zhang Caifeng used.
It was said that using these talismans for flower-snatching was far more effective than using hallucinogenic drugs. However, correspondingly, due to the extremely high production cost of these talismans, they were now on the verge of being lost.
Zhang Caifeng originally disdained using such talismans. In fact, this talisman was not from the Longhu Mountain sect but from the Yin Fu Men sect.
This time, in Hantan Village, Ling Tian had eliminated Yin Tianxiong, the sect leader of Yin Fu Men, and confiscated his magic item, the dalian (a type of pouch).
As a result, Ling Tian discovered that it was filled with treasures. Besides dozens of talismans, there were raw materials for drawing hundreds of types of talismans. Furthermore, there was also a secret manual for drawing talismans.
This manual was named "Yin Fu Zhi Bao" (Yin Talisman Supreme Treasure), the sect's most prized possession, which only the sect leader could possess.
This book recorded the methods for creating hundreds of various talismans, most of which had extremely sinister and vicious functions.