Chapter 154 Bottom Line
"I've never been a petty person, truly. But regarding your ignorant provocation, I cannot pretend as if nothing happened, don't you agree?"
As Yang Haoran walked towards Du Xiao, he spoke, his smile as ever, still so friendly, so gentle.
"Stop f***ing acting, you think I'm scared of you? If it weren't for your sneak attack just now, I would have. . ."
Before Du Xiao could even finish his sentence, the chain in Yang Haoran's hand whipped out, fast as lightning, lashing fiercely across Du Xiao's face.
This time, too, it struck Du Xiao's face.
The chain, formed from Spirit Power, could be both ethereal and corporeal.
When ethereal, it could pass through physical objects without causing them any harm.
When corporeal, it could not harm ethereal beings, but it could inflict damage upon physical objects.
Now, in dealing with Du Xiao, the chain formed from Spirit Power was specifically corporeal to strike physical beings. With this one lash, Du Xiao was directly sent flying once more.
Du Xiao scrambled to his feet, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood that contained two of his teeth. Yang Haoran's chain strike had knocked out two of his teeth.
Feeling the searing, stinging pain on his face, Du Xiao's expression turned savage. He felt he had suffered an unprecedented humiliation in his life!
"You running dog of the Underworld Office! This young master will fight you to the death today! ! ! !"
Du Xiao roared. As he scrambled up from the ground, he mimicked Yang Haoran's earlier movement, flinging his hand. With a crisp crack, a long whip appeared in Du Xiao's hand.
This whip, just like the chain in Yang Haoran's hand, was inky black and constantly exuded a dense Yin Qi.
However, the chain in Yang Haoran's hand was condensed from Spirit Power, while the whip in Du Xiao's hand was not. It was a power only Spirit Mediums could cultivate, which they called Communication Power.
The Communication Power of Spirit Mediums was extremely similar to the Spirit Power of the Underworld Office, but only similar; the two were not the same type of power.
Looking at the whip in Du Xiao's hand, Yang Haoran's smile remained, but a few more points of vigilance stirred in his heart.
The reason Du Xiao repeatedly suffered losses at his hands was that Du Xiao seemed to lack practical combat experience, and his theoretical knowledge wasn't particularly solid. Furthermore, consumed by rage and provoked to helplessness by Yang Haoran, he had lost his composure, which was why Yang Haoran had managed to humiliate him repeatedly.
However, in truth, the power fluctuations emanating from Du Xiao were not weak. From this, it was evident that the Communication Power within Du Xiao was quite decent. Although his lack of combat experience prevented him from fully utilizing its value, Yang Haoran still didn't let his guard down.
The instant Du Xiao manifested his whip, Yang Haoran once again swung the chain in his hand. This time, he wasn't aiming for Du Xiao's face, but rather for his chest!
Du Xiao's expression changed dramatically, and he hurriedly swung the whip in his hand to meet it!
Perhaps due to good luck, or perhaps an extraordinary burst of performance in a moment of crisis, Du Xiao's whip surprisingly managed to block Yang Haoran's chain!
Du Xiao froze for a moment, then was overjoyed. Clearly, he hadn't anticipated that his whip would actually be able to block a strike from Yang Haoran's chain!
"You still say you're not petty? Such a ruthless attack, is that something a magnanimous person would do?"
Looking at his whip entangled with the chain, the head of the chain less than a meter away from him, he couldn't help but feel a lingering sense of dread!
If he hadn't reacted quickly enough just now, and Yang Haoran's chain had truly landed on him, even if it didn't pierce his heart, the powerful force of the chain would have shattered his ribcage!
"I knew you could catch it, so I was just deliberately scaring you," Yang Haoran said with a smile.
Although Du Xiao was arrogant and conceited, he wasn't a fool. So, naturally, he wouldn't believe Yang Haoran's nonsense.
"Bullshit! Do you really think this young master is a child? !"
Du Xiao fiercely pulled back his whip, then similarly lashed out towards Yang Haoran's vital points!
The two exchanged blows, the clashing sounds of whip and chain constantly ringing out. In a short time, they had already exchanged dozens of rounds.
However, during this period, Yang Haoran had not suffered any harm; only the Spirit Power within his body had been consumed somewhat.
Du Xiao, on the other hand, was in a rather bad state. Not only was the Communication Power within him almost completely depleted, but he also had numerous bruises and wounds all over his body.
By now, Du Xiao had sustained multiple fractures throughout his body, and they were comminuted fractures at that. Every time Yang Haoran's chain lashed him, it would snap the bones beneath his flesh, striking with truly ruthless force.
At first, he could still endure it, but the pain of his broken bones began to affect his movements. He was already no match for Yang Haoran, and once his movements became hindered, it was naturally even more impossible for him to gain any advantage against Yang Haoran.
From the moment his first bone fractured, Du Xiao clearly couldn't keep up with Yang Haoran's attack rhythm.
As a result, his second bone broke, then his third, his fourth. . .
With a crisp crack, the chain in Yang Haoran's hand lashed fiercely against Du Xiao's whip. The chain remained completely undamaged, but Du Xiao's whip shattered from the impact, transforming into black Yin Qi that dissipated into nothingness.
Du Xiao's face changed drastically. With a savage expression, he fiercely endured the intense pain, trying to quickly erect a defensive barrier around his body, but before he could do so, Yang Haoran's chain lashed fiercely across his body.
Bang!
With a dull thud, Du Xiao's body was whipped into the air by Yang Haoran's chain. He then fell, his waist slamming into a tombstone.
Crack!
Du Xiao's facial expression stiffened, his eyes bloodshot, tears of pain streaming down his face. If before he could still move, now he was truly no different from being completely paralyzed.
His body rolled down from the tombstone. Du Xiao struggled, wanting to get to his feet, but no matter how he thrashed, it only brought him more pain, achieving nothing.
Du Xiao screamed in agony, all the while furiously cursing Yang Haoran on the ground. At this moment, he could only use this method to vent the rage in his heart.
Yang Haoran paid no mind to Du Xiao's curses. He dragged the arm-thick chain, step by step, towards Du Xiao. The chain clanged against the ground as it moved, a sound that, to Du Xiao, was like a death knell; the closer it got, the more anxious he felt.
When the clanging stopped, Yang Haoran had already arrived before Du Xiao. He squatted down, looking at the savagely grimacing young man before him, his smile undiminished.
"How about it? After a good beating, do you feel much better? Does your waist no longer hurt, and your legs no longer cramp?"
Du Xiao glared fiercely at Yang Haoran, his face filled with venomous malice, as if he wanted to flay Yang Haoran alive and swallow him whole!
"You running dog of the Underworld Office, this isn't over! " Du Xiao, his mouth full of blood, threatened Yang Haoran through gritted teeth.
Slap!
Du Xiao's answer was a resounding slap.
This single slap once again shattered the pathetic self-esteem in Du Xiao's heart!
"Your temper is quite something, indeed. With your disposition, that your master actually felt at ease letting you out to complete some apprenticeship mission, letting you out alone. . . it'll be a miracle if you make it back alive."
As his words fell, Yang Haoran stood up. Du Xiao had already been crippled by him, and he had no interest in continuing to waste time with this arrogant fellow.
"Considering your youth, I'll let you off today. But in the future, you'd best be more low-key. If you have the strength to be arrogant, that's one thing, but to be arrogant without strength? You're just rushing to be reincarnated."
Having said that, Yang Haoran turned and prepared to leave. He truly didn't want to continue bothering with this young man; he had already crippled him anyway.
"You bastard, go home and tell your mom to clean herself up and wait for me! This old man's coming for her!"
That venomous voice made Yang Haoran's footsteps halt. When he turned around again, the smile had vanished from his face.
"Do you know why many little brats act so recklessly, daring to commit murder and arson, anything at all? " Yang Haoran asked coldly.
Du Xiao, who had been extremely arrogant moments before, saw Yang Haoran's ice-cold demeanor and, for some reason, a hint of fear arose in his heart.
He tried to say something, but Yang Haoran didn't give him the chance, stepping down right onto his neck.
"Sorry, you've crossed my bottom line."
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