As Gou Tuizhi grew increasingly frantic, his attacks became more ferocious.
However, on Han Lang's side, both Liu Xiaoxiao and Shan Nan were solid Nascent Soul stage experts.
In terms of strength, he was already only barely a match for Shan Nan, let alone with Liu Xiaoxiao and Han Lang added to the fray.
Instantly, he lost all his previous arrogance and could only do his best to fend off the three's onslaught.
"Damn it! I refuse to believe that after cultivating the same way, I can't defeat you!"
Gou Tuizhi cursed angrily as he retreated rapidly.
Following that, he clenched his fists and unleashed his power.
Suddenly, a faint golden wave of energy enveloped his entire body, and this wave felt strangely familiar to Han Lang and the others.
"Spiritual energy? Gou Tuizhi is actually emitting spiritual energy!"
Han Lang looked at Shan Nan and Liu Xiaoxiao in disbelief.
To his surprise, both of them were also equally shocked.
"How can a mutant emit spiritual energy? What exactly has happened?"
"Could it be that Gou Tuizhi's surge in strength is due to absorbing spiritual energy? But absorbing spiritual energy requires circulating cultivation techniques, doesn't it? Where did his spiritual energy come from!"
Seeing their shocked expressions, Gou Tuizhi's vanity was greatly satisfied.
He glared at the three through gritted teeth and sneered.
"Hmph! You thought cultivation was your exclusive right?"
"Have you forgotten that my father died at the hands of you so-called cultivators!"
"And the blood flowing in me, just like yours, is the bloodline of a Xia citizen!"
"A bloodline that can cultivate just like you! Haha..."
Hearing this, Shan Nan couldn't help but frown slightly.
Although he didn't know the grievances between Han Lang and Gou Tuizhi, hearing Gou Tuizhi mention he was a Xia citizen further angered him.
"You know you're a Xia citizen? Then why are you acting as a lackey for the mutants!"
Gou Tuizhi immediately exploded in anger.
"Wasn't it all forced upon me by you? If it weren't for you cultivators, wouldn't I still be the carefree young master of a wealthy family in Le City?"
Shan Nan, upon hearing this, was about to say something else, but Han Lang interrupted him.
"Deputy Commander Shan, let me handle this!"
After speaking, he looked at Gou Tuizhi and said loudly.
"Gou Tuizhi! I've told you long ago. Your father and uncle were not killed by us. The murderer was Dr. Sim's D-class mutant, Sasu. Of course, he is dead now too!"
"Your real enemy should be Dr. Sim, whom you are desperately protecting, not us!"
"As for the grudges between us, in my competition with the Gou family, I have always used conventional means. The bankruptcy of your family was mainly due to following Wang Shan's slander."
"Therefore, your current predicament has nothing to do with me. It was all the choice of your father and yourself!"
Han Lang's words were actually to prevent others from thinking that Gou Tuizhi's path of betrayal was forced by him.
Thus, his fundamental purpose in saying all this, while also intending to resolve Gou Tuizhi's inner turmoil, was more about clarifying his own feelings.
However, Gou Tuizhi did not seem to appreciate this.
Or rather, he didn't care about the truth of his father's death at all.
"Enough, Han Lang! I've long been sick of your sanctimonious demeanor! Do you think pushing my father's death onto the Doctor will end everything? I tell you, it's impossible! You think I accepted the Doctor's modifications just for revenge? More importantly, I want to crush you, this self-righteous trash! To let you know that I, Gou Tuizhi, am still like the young masters of the Eight Great Families before, an existence that you, a rich second-generation trash, cannot afford to offend!"
After listening to Gou Tuizhi's rant, Han Lang finally understood.
What he cared about was not revenge at all.
The root cause was simply that he couldn't stand Han Lang's gradual growth, eventually reaching a point where he had to look up to him, which made him extremely unbalanced.
Thinking of this, Han Lang could only shake his head helplessly and look at Shan Nan again.
"Deputy Commander Shan, I think you understand something now, don't you?"
Shan Nan nodded.
"Yes, he's incorrigible, beyond saving. Let's just kill him!"
Shan Nan's nonchalant words further enraged Gou Tuizhi.
"Kill me? Today I want to see if you have the ability!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gou Tuizhi unleashed several punches.
His punches were infused with the might of spiritual energy and the violent energy of a mutant, and he roared.
"Three Collapsing Fist!"
Three streams of fist energy, like three ferocious tigers, attacked Han Lang and the other two respectively.
However, before the fist energy could even reach them, Han Lang and the other two countered with a move imbued with surging spiritual energy, easily shattering Gou Tuizhi's attack.
He looked at the scene before him in disbelief, his eyes filled with doubt and confusion.
"How is this possible? How is this possible! My painstakingly cultivated martial arts are so vulnerable?"
Seeing Gou Tuizhi's almost frenzied state, Han Lang and the others couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.
Ever since Gou Tuizhi used this so-called "Three Collapsing Fist," Han Lang and the others had seen through its origins.
For the entire cultivation world, such martial arts were, at most, only at the early stage of the Profound tier.
As for Han Lang and the others, they had cultivated at least Earth tier martial arts to reach their current cultivation levels!
Not only them.
All the soldiers in the Special Task Force, with the support of the military, also cultivated martial arts at least at the advanced Profound tier.
They naturally looked down upon Gou Tuizhi's martial arts.
Thinking of this, Han Lang couldn't help but scoff.
"Gou Tuizhi. Although I don't know where you got your cultivation techniques and martial arts from, I have to say, the level of what you're cultivating is truly too low. Let alone against us, even against ordinary soldiers of the Special Task Force, it's common street stuff!"
Han Lang's words made Liu Xiaoxiao burst into laughter.
She couldn't help but tease.
"Don't say that, Han Lang! You'll hurt his self-esteem. If he knew that his cultivation methods are at most the methods of ordinary immortal cultivating families in ordinary Xia cities, and not worth mentioning, he would die of anger!"
Liu Xiaoxiao's words struck a deep chord within Gou Tuizhi.
After hearing this, he seemed to recall something, but also found it hard to believe.
So he retorted.
"What do you mean? Are immortal cultivating families not top-tier existences in the Xia cultivation world?"
"Haha..."
Han Lang laughed heartily.
"You can ask Zhao Wu and Tang Geng! They are direct descendants of the Zhao and Tang families, immortal cultivating families from Star City. If their family inheritances were top-tier in the cultivation world, why would they have to enter the Special Task Force to cultivate like me?"
As soon as Han Lang finished speaking, Tang Geng and Zhao Wu had just finished dealing with the other SS-class mutants.
Hearing this, Tang Geng directly said.
"I'm not afraid to tell you, Gou Tuizhi! There are at least thousands of immortal cultivating families like ours across the country! And there are countless smaller sects even stronger than us. Not to mention the Ten Great Sects and Five Great Sects above them."
Zhao Wu added.
"Exactly! Without a relatively fair channel like the Special Task Force, we would never have been able to access the high levels of the cultivation world!"
Hearing their words, Gou Tuizhi's mind seemed to collapse, and he completely lost confidence.
"So, I've been living in a well, thinking I was cultivating the best techniques. No wonder, no wonder. My current strength is only slightly stronger than a Nascent Soul stage expert!"