Inside the house of Yan Tan, the bandit boss.
Before the cowardice bandit came to report the attack. Yan Tan was taking his time with the kidnapped women from the surrounding villages.
His muscular and big body with the additional strength of a second rate martial artist, only made those who were chosen by Yan Tan to feel pain instead of any joy or pleasure.
The woman under Yan Tan was gasping for breath due to her body being thrusted by a big weapon.
"Ugh.. Kuhggg.."
After listening to the commotion on the outside, Yan Tan no longer has the mood and throws away the woman like a sack of potatoes.
The poor woman's body flew across the room, the light that entered the room through gaps showed her bruised and purple skin.
Not only Yan Tan, but Xiao Gu and Xiao Ba also like to enjoy themselves, except for the last vice captain.
As the battle on the outside continues, the women who drained from any strength slowly recover a small amount of energy to realize the battle on the outside.
It was only when Niu Chang's "Hey hey." Did one of the woman's ears perk up.
Niu Bai, Niu Chang's sister, who went missing more than a week ago was actually being kidnapped by this group of bandits and treated as a sex slave day and night.
Her body was weak due to malnutrition, her face was not too good either, just average. But when the light was dim, what is the difference between beautiful and average?
Niu Bai though she was hallucinating due to endless torture, but she would never forget Niu Chang's mischievious voice.
So she dragged her battered and weak body closed to the door. Although still far from the door to see what is on the outside. She called out. "Little Chang!"
On the battlefield.
Niu Chang was surprised, 'hey, this voice sounds familiar.'
'Wait, no way. Damn girl, did your head only have water in them?'
Surprised by the sudden call from his sister, Niu Chang's movement slowed down slightly. But this is enough for Xiao Gu to avoid his qi-coated sword.
But that's all, Niu Chang regained his focus and enjoyed himself hunting Xiao Gu down.
Yan Tan was also surprised when Niu Bai called Niu Chang. As a martial artist he could see that Niu Chang has some relationship with this woman. So he turned his head and saw Niu Bai was crawling towards the door.
Her face was pale, full of bruises, damped eyes, dried lips, and unkempt hair. One of her eyes was closed only leaving the other one open in a small slit.
Yan Tan walked towards Niu Bai and picked her up by the neck.
"Kugh…" Niu Bai was gasping for air when she felt her neck was grabbed by a big and strong hand.
Due to her weak body, she is unable to struggle so she looks like a boneless corpse. Limping without any resistance.
Yan Tan glared at her, then brought her to the outside. Pointing her face towards Niu Chang. With a heavy and brutish voice, he asked : "Do you know him?"
Niu Bair tried her best to get some air to breathe in, but she was helpless and unable to hear anything.
Her harsh breathing only became a nuisance to Yan Tan's ears. He became impatient because of this stupid woman.
But watching Xiao Qi being cornered by Niu Chang, Yan Tan made his choice.
"Stop, or I will kill this woman!" His voice was loud like thunder thanks to qi amplification.
But he was guaranteed to be disappointed. Since Niu Chang wasn't some naive kid nor he aspired to be a hero.
In his path to supremacy, everything could be discarded.
Niu Chang could only blame such stupid actions done by his sister. He wouldn't mind helping her later, but now she jumped into hell by herself. She could only blame herself.
Slash.
Niu Chang's attack was successful, after his qi-coated sword cut through Xiao Gu's blade like butter meets a hot knife. Niu Chang cut down Xiao Gu at his shoulder all the way to his hips, turning him into two Xiao Gus.
"Boy! Stop!" Yan Tan was angry and increased the power of his grip on Niu Bai's neck.
Niu Chang didn't bother with Yan Tan's childish threat. He directly targeted the last vice captain.
The vice captain could only face his demise by gritting his teeth.
It could either be slashed from the front or from the back.
'Why? Why did such lunatics come to their base?' The vice captain was unconvinced, he stole a glance at the woman on Yan Tan's hand.
Then focused back on Niu Chang who was grinning evilly at him. "You force me into this!"
The vice captain then burst out all of his power. Some uncontrollable qi leaked out from his body and created wind.
But compared to Niu Chang's relentless wind, his was too small and not worth mentioning.
Yan Tan then calmed down when he saw that Niu Chang really didn't care about the woman in his hand. 'Did I make a mistake?'
'Is this boy acting to not care to deceive me?' Yan Tan was considering this possibility. He clearly saw that Niu Chang reacted towards this woman's call from before.
He then grabbed Niu Bai's right elbow and crushed them.
"AAAAAHHHH-..." Niu Bai suddenly woke up due to her right elbow being crushed and screamed.
Yan Tan completely watched over Niu Chang's reaction.
None.
Niu Chang was playing happily by slashing and chopping, jumping and kicking.
Yan Tan began to question his life experience. But before he came up with any answer, he watched Niu Chang cut his last vice captain into two.
After cutting down the last vice captain, Niu Chang stood where he was and began stretching his arms out.
But also couldn't help but yawn, his eyes were fixed on Yan Tan. He already thought Niu Bai was dead.
It was a good yawn, a full two seconds.
The two were in a standoff. Niu Chang was relaxed and full of a kind aura on his face while on the other hand, Yan Tan was tense all over his body, his eyes were like a predator watching over his prey.
"Why so se-" Niu Chang wanted to finish his word, but stopped it immediately. 'Ahem, stay cool."
The image that Niu Chang wanted to show was not a psycho who doesn't care about life and death, but he wanted his image to be that of a passerby and spectator who didn't have any connection with this world.
Unrestrained and uncaring. 'Since I am just a passerby, naturally I don't want to affect the play by my actions or words. So naturally being kind and compassionate wouldn't attract too much attention like being an enigmatic silent or being a high profiled young master.'
[Acquired karma points…]
[Acquired karma points…]
Watching the system pop up and his strength slightly drop, Niu Chang remembered that some ordinary bandits must have met their end.
Since he saw the system prompt, he recalled the wonderful feeling of using martial skills, especially movement skills.
'Falling Leaf Step 'is just too good when in close combat, but it was too soft and lacked explosive power to catch the enemy off guard. While the Rapid Step was too strong and linear, it lacks the flexibility and too stiff.'
'System, fuse Falling Leaf Step with Rapid Step.'
[Fusing Falling Leaf Step with Rapid Step requires 635 karma points.]
Without taking a look at his information, Niu Chang confirmed the command.
[Congratulations for fusing Falling Leaf Step with Rapid Step.]
Niu Chang didn't bother to look at the system for what kind of name it would have, he was enjoying a sudden realization on how to fix the drawback of each technique.
The fusion between the two movement skills was very useful. The collision of thoughts allowed Niu Chang to glimpse into a better skill for this new movement skill. He even vaguely felt he could turn this mortal martial skill into a proper martial skill that uses and utilizes qi.
But due to fusion between the two skills, their proficiency also dropped from small success to unassigned proficiency.
When Niu Chang was thinking of increasing this new martial skill to small success. He saw Yan Tan break the silence.
"You think you can fool me?" Yan Tan sneered with disdain, he threw Niu Bai to the ground and pulled out his blade. Without waiting for Niu Chang's response, he stabbed Niu Bai in the stomach.
Her naked stomach immediately drenched with the flowing red blood. She was already too weak, no longer has any energy and enough mental energy to be aware of her body and surroundings. The pain from being stabbed was blurred in her mind.
Niu Chang didn't flinch and slowly walked towards Yan Tan. His eyes still fixed on Yan Tan, as if saying "go on, don't stop."
With his small kind smile, every step that Niu Chang took was like a heavy boulder slammed down on Yan Tan's body.
Yan Tan already had the feeling something was wrong from the beginning, but his vanity as a bandit leader chose to ignore it. But now, every time Niu Chang takes a step towards him, his will and vanity is eroded and slowly replaced with fear.
"Do you believe that I don't dare? I dare you to take another step! I will kill this bitch!" Yan Tan was unrelenting and fought the uncomfort in his heart with his determination alone.
Niu Chang kept walking without any reaction, that slight kind smile hanging on his face was the same. Not too superficial but contain a small amount of compassion in them.
"Do you dare?" Niu Chang opened his mouth and said softly.
But his steps never stop.
Yan Tan gritted his teeth, his face was bright red like a cooked lobster, his muscles were tense, beads of sweat slowly rolling on his back drenching his clothes, and his eyes were bloodshot with borderline madness.
In the end Yan Tan was overwhelmed by Niu Chang. Niu Chang has long since stopped activating his ruthless and chaotic aura after he finished with the last vice captain, now he is just like ordinary ten years old.
But his presence in Yan Tan's heart was heavier than the mountain and grander than the heaven.
Niu Chang stopped three steps away from Yan Tan, the only thing that prevented Niu Chang advancing further was his sister, Niu Bai, laying down on the ground, unmoving.
With his eyes locked into Yan Tan's eyes, he softly asked. "Are you not going to kill her?"
Yan Tan already gave up on the fight in his heart, he said with a weak voice : "isn't she your sister?"
Niu Chang's smile grew bigger, "why don't you guess?"