Chapter 111
A single hit!
In just a single hit the young man in front of them was able to knock down a veteran like Scarface Fey. The remaining three people couldn't help but gasp at the situation in front of them. They didn't know how the young man did it but after a blur, they just saw him suddenly appear behind Scarface Fey and with a simple punch of his glowing hands, their leader was thrown to the wall and fell unconscious.
"This brat is hiding his ability, attack him don't let him escape!" one of the guys shouted as he immediately rushed towards Shin Jiao who is still standing on the spot.
"What the hell happened? My… my physique should not be in the core-forming realm too right?" Shin Jiao thought as he thought about his situation.
The most common knowledge in the cultivation of land is that physique and cultivation grow together. But in truth that is not so, the reason why most cultivators have low physique until they reach the nascent realm is that they could not check their own physique if not using an external tool or through fighting. And this is the reason why a lot of them would go out to the world and temper their own cultivation and physique. And by doing this they could gain enough idea on how strong their physique is and could gauge their future actions from there.
If a cultivator just stayed coop up inside their clan they would not be able to grow stronger when it comes to their physique. Thought it could not be said to those people who are considered geniuses. There are those who can immediately determine their physique and would practice physique strengthening cultivation techniques to further enhance it to the maximum limit of their current cultivation level.
Right now Shin Jiao is experiencing the same thing, he is having enlightenment on his physique and how strong he is already. With this enlightenment, he can now also see the physique of others through his absolute sense and can gauge them as long as their cultivation level is more or less 2 levels higher than him.
As he is in this state, many things enter his mind a picture of the human anatomy which he has learned on earth began to appear. Then he began to see points of the body that he has not observed before began to appear as he began to analyze how he can utilize this to his advantage. As a scientist and a special soldier, Shin Jiao has a lot of experience when it comes to human anatomy. So upon seeing this scene his mind was enlightened and began to formulate ways on how he can use this knowledge to make himself stronger.
This enlightenment is like a flash of inspiration, thought it gave him a lot of knowledge and ideas but in the outside world it was just in a flash. Then after realizing everything Shin Jiao's consciousness returned to normal. And as soon as he regains himself he immediately feels the cold gleam of a dagger's edge approaching his eyes.
"What!?" Shin Jiao jumped in surprise as he forgot that there are still 3 other people supposedly surrounding him.
But since he had gained some distance while fighting against Scarface Fey, he has gained a few seconds of respite and thus was able to evade the deadly situation he could have put himself into.
With a quick reaction, Shin Jiao effortlessly tilted his head to the side and let the dagger pass through. He didn't even bother to hold his strength as he just let loose a straight punch to counter the man holding the dagger.
As Shin Jiao's fist flew towards the man, he instinctively lifted one of his hands to block the attack. Then with a swift and practiced motion he turns the blade that just passed by Shin Jiao's head into a reverse grip and yanks his hand backward towards Shin Jiao's neck.
When Shin Jiao's almost lightning-fast fist connected to the man's blocking arm, cracking sounds can be heard. The man instead of winching in pain showed a surprised expression as he didn't expect that Shin Jiao's strength is this tyrannical. Now he knows why Scarface Fey was knocked out in just one blow. But as a veteran fighter, the man gritted his teeth and let his body be blown away.
A cold smirk appears on the man's face as he expects Shin Jiao's neck would be sliced open through this exchange. But to his surprise, Shin Jiao just casually once again tilted his head as the dagger passed and barely grazed the fine hair on his ear.
The man flew and now plastered an incredulous look on his face, while his two companions halted on their steps as they watched him fly back past them. When the man hit the ground, the pain which hasn't kicked in yet suddenly made his mind almost go blank. He just found out just now the grievousness of his wound.
Shin Jiao uses the crafting ability of his gloves to change the elements and their composition at the atomical level. That is the reason why he can freely manipulate almost any object he touches on his will. Though this is simple to imagine, however, without prior knowledge of molecular physics one cannot do as much. Shin Jiao was able to pass just a small part of this knowledge of his to the underground base. And out of all the people there only the middle-aged woman they called Elder Wan Bing was able to grasp this theory. And with just simple knowledge she was able to utilize this technique to use metallic substances and other simple elements to craft some items for their use.
Because of his enlightenment, Shin Jiao was able to grasp the idea that he could even use this kind of ability in a fight; hence the man was his first experimental subject.
Arrghh!!!
"My arm! He… He almost disintegrated the bones in my arm!" shouted the man as he wails in pain on the ground.
Upon hearing this, the two people who watched this scenery were dumbfounded. Then both look at each other and then towards Shin Jiao who showed an indifferent expression. Then both of their eyes went towards the pouch on his belt and from feeling fear both showed a greedy look on their faces.
Then as if with a tacit understanding the two people actually didn't run away but instead, they coordinated with each other and began to attack Shin Jiao.
Upon seeing this, Shin Jiao felt really excited as he now has another two volunteers for his experiment. With the swing of his sword, the first man to arrive in front of Shin Jiao eyed him sinisterly. Although they have seen how Shin Jiao moves they are confident to be able to defend against him as they have now seen his skill.
The man's mind is now formulating how to counter Shin Jiao's movement skill and how to defend against him.
His sword flew past Shin Jiao's side as it missed him by a hair's breadth. Shin Jiao immediately locked the man's arms with his and forces the man to let go of the sword by putting pressure on his arm. Feeling his arm almost breaking by the sudden strength the man unconsciously lets go of his weapon. Now, this close-range fighting style is new to them as they didn't expect Shin Jiao to fight like this.
This is like a refined movement of a mortal soldier's fighting style. But what he has considered as an insignificant way of fighting would actually disarm a cultivator like himself. But the man didn't have a chance to think as in the blink of an eye Shin Jiao's lightning-fast fist bombarded his chest with multiple strikes.
Shin Jiao's expression is like a man filled with curiosity as he saw the man slowly slump to the ground. What he did is to try and displace the man's chest bones and try to disintegrate them as fast as he could. Though the man is still alive however his chest bones are already gone and since this is an experiment Shin Jiao could not guarantee if the man could survive as he made some mistakes and may have hit some of the vital parts of the man's chest.
But Shin Jiao didn't think that long as now the other guy is actually swinging his sword behind him, and with another casual step, Shin Jiao dodge the attack. He was able to utilize small bursts of his absolute sense to make his movements more refined.
Then with a glint of craftiness in his eyes, Shin Jiao formed a palm strike and with a swift movement deliver a hit towards the man's forehead.
But before his palm could reach the man's forehead Shin Jiao felt a hint of killing intent coming from behind him. He didn't have to turn around as with only using small bursts of his absolute sense he was able to see a long dagger coming from behind.
Shin Jiao is still unable to use spiritual sense but his absolute sense is his own mental ability which is not reliant on the spiritual Qi in his body. And through this, he was able to see the blade even though it was not that clear and just a faint trace.
Shin Jiao didn't bother to look back but just quickly moved his body to the side. This action of his, in turn, made the man he is holding wince in pain as he felt his shoulder suddenly pop out of place and was dislocated. But the man's suffering didn't end there as his body was dragged by Shin Jiao to the path between Shin Jiao and the long dagger's blade. Before the man could say anything he suddenly felt something entering his back and a cold bloody tip of the long dagger suddenly peeping from his chest.
The man with a broken arm was the one who attacked and because of his injury, he wasn't able to control his movements due to the pain he is feeling. And as he just grabs the chance to attack, he didn't expect that Shin Jiao would turn his buddy into a human shield.
Shin Jiao let go of the guy he is holding and the man's lifeless body slumped to the ground as blood began to ooze out of the wound from his chest.
The guy who did this was a little stunned but was able to regain his senses almost immediately. This kind of situation was not new to their line of work so he is able to recover his mental state almost immediately. But then before the man could think of anything, he suddenly found himself being held by his head. He wanted to struggle but then he suddenly discovers losing his vision and then followed by a numbing pain entering his brain.
He wanted to scream but then he suddenly didn't have the energy to do so. And after that, he felt his body falling to the ground, and then he lost his consciousness, then his breathing.
"I guess that was a little bit too much." Shin Jiao muttered as he felt a little taken aback at what he did.
Though he has killed a lot of people in his previous world, still what he did to the guy was a little too brutal. As he experimented in trying to quickly disintegrate a portion of the man's skull without damaging the skin. And the result was that, instead of the forehead, he missed his mark and actually destroyed half of the man's facial bones.
"Hmmm… This is a good technique. A little hard to use but I think very effective as a trump card. But it put too much strain on my mental state." Shin Jiao muttered as he analyzes the result of the battle.
Then he looks around and saw the two remaining thieves, one is barely hanging with his life and the other one seems to be unconscious. But Shin Jiao already knew that the guy who is still unconscious is already invalid. He had put a little too much of his strength when he punches the guy's back and heard a faint cracking sound. He then scanned the guy's back and saw the broken spinal column.
Shin Jiao didn't feel pity for these kinds of people. Because they chose to toy with him and who knows how many people have suffered in their hands. In his mind, he thought that being his experimental subject is at least the best thing they can do before dying.
So he didn't mind the two men and just checked his simple robe for stains and when he found that everything is okay, he left the area.
Shin Jiao directly walks towards a store to exchange some of the beast core into spirit stones as he needed to buy some food before going back to the cave. And so he spends a couple of hours before directly walking towards the town's gate. He is not in a hurry so he just decided to leisurely spend his time.
Meanwhile, not long after Shin Jiao left the alleyway. A middle-aged man suddenly appears at the entrance and checked the area. When the man saw the four people on the ground a frown suddenly displayed on his face. Two of the people in the area are already dead and the other two seem to be not moving.
The man then enters the place and checked each of the people. When he saw their faces a somber expression suddenly appear on his face.
But suddenly he heard a moan coming from one of the men near the wall. He immediately walks towards that person and turns him over.
"Who did this? What happened?" the man asked with a glint of anger in his eyes.
"Some… some servant… lead us to this place. He… he is very strong… master… you have to… avenge us…" the man who is Scarface Fey forcefully said.
He already could not feel his body and is only able to talk. No matter how hard he tried his movement and sensation is already gone. So this is the last thing that he could do.
"Useless trash, did Bo Ring discover your entities?" the man suddenly asked with a hint of worry.
"No… no master… the… the guy… the guy who beat us… is… a young man. A… mortal servant." Scarface Fey said with difficulty.
But before Scarface Fey could say anything more, the middle-aged man suddenly stretches his hand with a glowing tip on his finger. Then he carefully touches the forehead of Scarface Fey who now looks at him in horror. But before Scarface Fey could say anything a light came out from his head and enter the middle-aged man's forehead, then the middle-aged man closes his eyes. Not long later he opened his eyes and look at the alleyway exit.
"Good… good… Let me see if you can escape my clutches." The middle-aged man said as a glint of killing intent flashed before his eyes.