Little Xin (3)
âSir, we think you should stay. Youâd be worth much more. After we receive your ransom, weâll let you go,â said the leader peacefully.
âIâll pay you the ransom now. How much is it?â asked Ye Lang. He didnât mind being robbed at all. Money was just an object, it didnât matter if he spent it all. It wasnât worth fighting for his life with this group of criminals.
Of course, this doesnât mean Ye Lang would lose if they fought. It would only be very inconvenient and it might cost him more than money. He would rather spend money to save himself trouble.
The leader stretched out an open palm, rotated then closed them into a fist. âI want everything you have! I want your family to pay for your ransom too!â
âI can consider the first condition you mentioned, but you can forget about everything else. I can only squander what I have. My family spends their own money, they wouldnât let me squander theirs!â frowned Ye Lang. Although he was a prodigal sonâŠ
During these few years, heâd made the habit to only squander his own money. He was a prodigal son who spent money during appropriate situations. He didnât want to trouble the Ye family with what they were going through right now! If the Ye family were still in Soaring Sky Empire, perhaps he wouldâve consideredâŠ
âThatâs not for you to decide. Youâre ours now, a bird on an arrow, a turtle in a vase!!â The leader sneered, then gestured for his people to come forward.
âIâm not aâŠBird⊠And Iâm not aâŠ. Turtle⊠Iâm very capable so I suggest you be happy with what you have or youâll get hurt! HAARGHâŠâ he roared loudly, then shot into a position. He pointed, then wiggled a fingerâŠ
ââŠâ Both the robbers and martial artist fell silent. Then again the martial artist was unable to speak so he had no other option.
âNow!!â commanded the leader. The group hurtled towards Ye Lang from all directions. All eyes focused on Ye Lang. They wanted to see how heâd retaliate to gauge his capabilities appropriately.
Ye Lang didnât move, remaining in the same position.
Was he that good? Good enough to be so calm now?!
The robbers were close, very close, then their weapons and fists were about to touch Ye Lang when theyâd realised Ye Lang still wasnât moving! Something startling happened then!
Thud⊠ThudâŠ
AhâŠ
AhâŠ
?!
And that was how the attacking robbers all flew out of the circle once again. Like before, no one could see him clearly. No one saw Ye Lang move either!
From the beginning till the end, all eyes were dead on Ye Lang especially the exact moment everything was about to touch Ye Lang. Their eyes focused on him to take in every single movement.
However, Ye Lang was surrounded by everyone so whatever he did couldnât be seen by many people. At least this was what many told themselves.
What about Little Xin? She was still standing in a corner as if she hadnât moved at all. It was impressive. Such a huge commotion and this little miss didnât even move a muscle- not even a little shriek. She was way too calm. Did it mean she knew the brat would be fine? The crowd didnât understand. It didnât hurt to watch this Little Xin too!
However, some of them felt like there was something off with her too. It felt like she had moved⊠But not really.
âHehe, as I said, Iâm awesome!â Ye Lang smiled, opening his arms wide. He waved a hand at the people in front as if teasing them.
âInteresting. Attack!!â commanded the leader. This time he sent the more powerful fighters while the weaker ones stood aside.
Soon, as per before, everyone was thrown back once they touched Ye LAng!
The only difference was this time, someone realised the reason. They were all watching one personâ Little Xin! Little Xin was the one whoâd shoved those people at a very high speed, so fast it was difficult to catch her!
ââŠâ
They fell silent. Although they now knew it was Little Xin and saw her move, not a single person could clearly see her attacking techniques so they werenât sure what techniques sheâd used to send them flying.
At the same time, they understood this: Ye Langâs dramatic movements were to attract their attention so Little Xin could attack without anyone noticing.
âImpressive. I didnât know the miss here would have such moves. You sir, are sly indeed!â glared the leader. He clenched his jaw. Theyâd just lost ten men, he hated Ye Lang for it.
âSly sounds negative. If youâre giving me a compliment, please use âsmartâ, âintelligentâ or something along those lines, thank you!â Ye Lang laughed.
âCompliment?! Are you dumb?! Iâm insulting you!â raged the leader.
âWe havenât had any trouble with each other, why would you insult me? Youâre the dumb one, looking for trouble without a reason!â Ye Lang replied.
âCatch them both, I donât care how you do it as long as theyâre alive!â The leader was too lazy to continue talking to Ye Lang. He directly instructed his people to proceed with the attack. This time, they knew which direction to attack first.
The target moved from Ye Lang to Little Xin. Violence glinted in their eyes, sneering as they charged. All willing to sacrifice themselves- theyâd catch Little Xin and Ye Lang if it was the death of them!!
Thud⊠Little Xinâs fist fell heavily on a robberâs chest.
âPfftâŠ.AhâŠâ The robber spat a mouthful of blood, shrieking as he fell backwards!
Little Xin kicked towards her side, landing on a robberâs abdomen this time. Like the other person, he flew backwards too! A punch here, a kick there, a shove, another kickâŠ
âAhâŠâ
âAhâŠâ
One by one, they flew backâŠ
âThis is awesome!â thought Ye Lang secretly. He was controlling Little Xin after all. This scene reminded him of Stephen Chowâs kung-fu. And this felt much more powerful than what he saw in the movies.
Everyone stared in stunned silence. They didnât expect such a perfect, gorgeous girl to have such brutal capabilities. What surprised them, even more, was that she used purely kicks and punches, without any aid of weapons. This girl was very violent indeed!
At the same time, they noticed that the techniques she used seemed to be different from what theyâve seen in the mainland. Not only were the styles different, but she also didnât use any Menqi techniques- not even once!
There were very, very few people on the mainland who got by without dependence on Menqi techniques- maybe even none!
She didnât use Menqi techniques and yet her attacks were very powerful. This made them very confused. What was going on? Did she have some godly powers?