He merely nodded, as the person was already close, the best time for a sneak attack. He didn't have time to analyze further.
Eagle Cat made a gesture without further ado.
The four, including Major Shikan, walked closer, completely unaware of the danger lurking ahead.
*Swish!*
A black shadow suddenly appeared, moving with extreme speed. In an instant, it was in front of Major Shikan.
"You're asking for death!"
However, Major Shikan was not alarmed. Before he could even make a move, the plainclothes man behind him, his face greatly changed, quickly stepped forward.
"Daisa, be careful!"
Eagle Cat's fist was met by the plainclothes man's body. The latter was sent flying backward, the sound of ruptured internal organs exceptionally clear in the dark night.
"Murata!"
Major Shikan's blood ran cold. Surrounding碎石 (suì shí - gravel) scattered like snowflakes, stirring up a gust of wind and sand.
The bright moon in the sky seemed to dim. Seven layers of aura surged forth, followed by an immense pressure.
"Bastard!"
Major Shikan charged at Eagle Cat with overwhelming rage. His confidants and another man shouted, "Boss, be careful!"
Eagle Cat sneered, "Leave the other two to you."
With that, he moved to engage.
"Stop pretending. Do you think I don't know you're seriously injured?"
In Eagle Cat's eyes, Major Shikan's powerful aura was clearly a final burst of strength, meant only to intimidate him.
On the other side, Li Chonglou and Chen Pingfan had just arrived.
Seeing Eagle Cat, who was only at the sixth layer, facing a powerful opponent at the seventh, Chen Pingfan couldn't help but exclaim, "This guy is too fierce."
"Don't talk. Let's attack together. We don't know who will die if we delay any longer."
As soon as he finished speaking, Major Shikan's fist landed on Eagle Cat's arm.
The latter, who had been sneering a moment before, suddenly changed his expression in the next second.
"How is this possible!"
Major Shikan's fist, like a huge truck, tore through his inner force shield with overwhelming force, directly striking his flesh!
How could this be the appearance of someone seriously injured?
Eagle Cat vomited a mouthful of blood, his body uncontrollably retreating. He was still trying to digest the opponent's inner force. If Major Shikan pressed his advantage, even a simple punch would likely kill him!
"Boss!"
"Boss!"
His two confidants shouted anxiously, but they were entangled by Major Shikan's subordinates and could not break free to rescue him.
However, at this moment, Major Shikan, who had intended to seize the opportunity to kill Eagle Cat, suddenly caught a strange fragrance.
This scent was so fragrant.
In Major Shikan's mind, images of cherry blossoms from his hometown and those beautiful days of the past suddenly appeared.
Fields, grass, puppies, women.
A happy smile spread across Major Shikan's face.
"Wrong!"
A thunderclap suddenly exploded in this beautiful scene, turning all the beauty to ashes. What appeared before his eyes was a rapidly enlarging fist.
*Bang!*
Everyone present froze for half a second, watching in disbelief as Eagle Cat, who should have been killed, instead landed a punch on Major Shikan's face.
The latter was sent flying backward, spitting blood!
"Hahaha! I knew you were faking it!"
Eagle Cat stood there, laughing triumphantly.
Li Chonglou also froze for half a second, but seeing Major Shikan flying towards them, he couldn't afford to hesitate. He immediately shouted, "Attack!"
Two auras, both at the fifth layer, surged forth.
Major Shikan, still in the air and unable to react, was instinctively panicked.
Eagle Cat's previous punch had shown no mercy, and Major Shikan had been in a completely relaxed state. The combination of his surging energy and the subsequent attack, even from someone at the sixth layer, was enough to put him in a dire situation!
"No!"
The two attacked with extreme ferocity. Li Chonglou first shattered Major Shikan's dantian with a punch, and then Chen Pingfan, using a short knife he had produced from somewhere, slit his throat.
In an instant, the three brushed past each other, a column of blood erupting in the air.
Major Shikan used his last strength to stabilize his body, tightly covering the blood vessels on his neck. Unfortunately, with his dantian destroyed, he had no hope of survival. After staggering a few steps forward, he collapsed rigidly on the ground.
"Daisa!"
This time, it was his two subordinates who became anxious. Chen Pingfan intended to strike again, but he heard Li Chonglou suddenly shout, "Quick, deal with them!"
These words were directed at Eagle Cat and his two companions.
The sudden appearance of the two masked figures had stunned them all. Hearing the command, they instinctively rushed towards the remaining two.
Li Chonglou, however, grabbed Chen Pingfan and quickly moved away.
"Stimulating! This is too stimulating!"
Chen Pingfan's hand, gripping the short knife, trembled uncontrollably. This was a powerful figure at the seventh layer, and he, a mere fifth-layer cultivator, had managed to kill him. He could brag about this feat for his entire life!
A second-layer cultivator defeating a fourth-layer was merely astonishing. But a fifth-layer defeating a seventh-layer was no different from a master cultivator being beaten to death by an ordinary person in a ring!
The higher the cultivation realm, the more pronounced the gap in strength. Although Tai Yinglong had mentioned in class that as one progressed to higher realms, the gap created by individual improvement would lessen, this was based on the premise of one being a genius and the other being an ordinary cultivator of that realm.
In normal circumstances, a seventh-layer cultivator fighting a fifth-layer would be as simple as a cultivator bullying an ordinary person!
However, Chen Pingfan never expected Li Chonglou to suddenly say, "Want something even more stimulating?"
Chen Pingfan, not having reacted quickly, instinctively replied, "Of course!"
But as soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted it, because his intuition told him danger was imminent!
"Then listen to me!"
Li Chonglou gave him no chance to retract his words and led him towards the open ground.
He had become accustomed to his Heavenly Eye perspective and clairvoyance ability activating simultaneously whenever he underwent soul fusion. Just now, he had seen the party scene hundreds of meters away.
A temporary plan instantly formed in his mind.
Chen Pingfan, already deeply regretting his momentary slip of the tongue, had his mask removed.
"From now on, you do as I say. Don't worry, the risk is not great, and it's guaranteed to be stimulating!"
After listening to Li Chonglou's plan, Chen Pingfan's eyes widened.
"Damn! This is too intense?"
"Hurry up, those two probably can't hold on much longer!"
Chen Pingfan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth.
"Brother Li, you must testify to everything I've done tonight later!"
Li Chonglou was instantly speechless.
In the open ground, a group of Japanese soldiers gathered around a bonfire were happily enjoying the pleasures of wine. Suddenly, they felt an unfamiliar aura surge.
Enemy attack?
Everyone instantly became alert, and many instinctively grabbed their weapons.
Unlike the defense line at the General Bureau, the people here were mostly cultivators, and their cultivation levels were no lower than the third layer!
The attention of dozens of people instantly converged on a single spot.
That spot was where Chen Pingfan had just appeared.
*Gulp.*