Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 28: Chapter 24 Root Removal (Request for Monthly Votes, Request for Follow-up)

Quicklime!

No matter how skilled in martial arts, one still fears lime.

It is a vulgar trick often used by those who roam the Martial World, but in a critical moment, it proves to be incredibly effective.

A Divine Artifact for the weak to overcome the strong!

In the room, three men were on Xu Jinʼs mind.

Unfortunately, he hadnʼt broken through to the Dining Dawn Second Layer. Otherwise, even with just one arm freely casting Star Skill, it would be much easier.

Unlike now, where he could only use a shoulder charge.

Body parts that had not undergone refining could not blast out Star Power.

Originally, Xu Jin thought that once the three men in the room became impatient, they would come out one after another looking for people, and then he could take them down one by one.

But after a minute, Xu Jin felt a sudden chill.

These hooligans were seasoned troublemakers.

If too much time passed without any noise from the two men, they might swarm out all at once.

He had to strike first.

However, he needed to prepare.

In the next instant, Xu Jin propped up the first hooligan he had killed against the corner of the wall, thought for a moment, and then propped up the second hooligan he had killed as well, realizing he must be ready for the worst-case scenario.

His mind delved into Candou Platform, where Xu Jin drew the Starlight into his body, quickly replenishing the consumed Star Power inside him.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Jin felt his state fully recover from his stress response, hid behind the second corpse, and then gently pushed the first corpse.

Bang!

The first corpse fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

In the room, Deng Hu who was drinking, suddenly paused and listened intently.

Upon seeing Deng Huʼs reaction, Scar and another hooligan also fell silent, straining their ears.

”Sounds like something heavy fell?”

Deng Hu put down his wine bowl and asked Scar, ”How long have they been out?”

”I wasnʼt paying attention, almost the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, right?”

”Just taking a piss and itʼs taking this long? Go check it out!” Deng Hu gave Scar a meaningful glance.

Right as Scar was about to get up, Deng Hu added, ”First, shout for them!”

Scar got it and shouted towards the outside, ”Iron Head, you rotten coward, did you fall into a shithole? Hurry back, the boss is waiting for you to drink!”

Xu Jin, hearing this, immediately understood that Deng Huʼs gang had become alert. However, he didnʼt react at all, quietly hiding behind the corpse, tightening his grip on the sharp blade in his hand, and touching the Lime Bag in his bosom, quietly waiting.

No response!

Inside the room, Deng Huʼs expression turned serious.

”Someone might have sneaked in.” In an instant, Deng Hu drew an ox ear dagger from behind and stood up abruptly, also slipping on a Cowhide Inner Armor.

Scar and the other hooligan also drew their ox ear daggers, and took the opportunity to light a torch.

The three men exited, one in front and two behind, moving slowly in a triangular formation towards the backyard.

Up on the roof, the green-clothed man who had stood up watched openly, even as Deng Hu looked towards the roof and courtyard walls upon exiting, he didnʼt notice the green-clothed man.

”All three have come out together, tough to deal with.

The kid might be in trouble!

Should I lend a hand?

This is a dilemma.

I need a good reason.

Eh?”

Suddenly, the green-clothed man looked towards the gate.

As Deng Huʼs group moved the torch, they saw the fallen bodies.

But the three didnʼt rush; they approached cautiously, moving closer and closer to the corner where Xu Jin was hiding.

Suddenly, there was a noise at the courtyard gate, a figure sneaked in stealthily, and because of the darkness, stepped on a door bolt scattered on the ground, immediately causing Deng Hu and the others to turn their heads and glare angrily, the torchlight revealing the newcomer.

”Old Xu? Was it damn you who did this?”

Xu Jin could no longer care why his father had come.

Almost at the moment when the three turned their heads to look at the courtyard gate, Xu Jin understood that this was his best opportunity.

He slammed the corpse in front of him towards the hooligan at the back right, and Xu Jin himself charged out, slashing at Scar who was right in front of him.

The fierce wind kicked up, and Scar, with his profound combat experience, swiftly turned and saw the blade light. In a flash, he slashed out, directly flinging away the ox ear dagger from Xu Jinʼs hand.

Seeing this, Scar sneered.

A fledgling who couldnʼt even hold a knife.

But the next moment, Xu Jin whose dagger had been sent flying continued his momentum with a roll and instantaneously crashed into Scarʼs embrace. At the moment of impact, Star Radiance exploded once again from his right shoulder.

The sound of bones shattering echoed.

Without needing to think, Xu Jin knew Scar was gravely injured if not dead.

”Damn it!”

Deng Hu cursed angrily, finally seeing who was attacking them. With a swift turn, he stabbed at Xu Jin both quickly and fiercely.

Xu Jin, with little combat experience, didnʼt notice Deng Huʼs offensive. But before he moved, Xu Jin had thought of one thing.

After seriously injuring or killing Scar, he couldnʼt stop his momentum. He had to use Scarʼs body to create an opportunity to fight.

Continuing the momentum, he clutched Scarʼs waist, charging with him towards Deng Hu.

At the same time, Xu Jin retreated backward. Without thinking, he hurled the lime bag he held toward Deng Hu.

In the dark of night, Deng Hu, with eyes wide open, suddenly saw a white blur spread towards him. Realizing something was amiss, he stepped back and closed his eyes sharply, but it was too late.

The next instant, Xu Jin flung another ox ear dagger he had just seized, directing it at a hooligan who had just gotten up.

However, he rolled on the spot, smashing directly into Deng Hu, who had his eyes tightly shut.

In this life-or-death moment, Deng Huʼs eyes were blinded by lime, but, with his extremely rich combat experience, he swung the ox ear dagger frantically with one hand, protecting the vital points in front of his body.

The next instant, Deng Hu felt something with the weight of a hammer slam into his knee.

Intense pain, a scream.

In a flash, his kneecap shattered.

He fell to the ground on the spot.

It was Xu Jin who, while rolling on the ground, brought his shoulder down hard on Deng Huʼs knee with a Star Radiance maneuver.

As Deng Hu lay with a broken leg, Xu Jin wanted to take advantage of his illness to take his life, but his gaze remained fixed on the last hooligan.

If this last hooligan rushed forward, he would kill him first.

However, much to Xu Jinʼs surprise,

This last hooligan was so terrified by the scene that he wet himself.

As his crotch dripped wet, he fumbled to push away the corpse Xu Jin had previously thrown onto him and turned tail to run.

Stumbling as he fled.

Xu Jin had always wondered, while watching TV dramas, why those escaping would frequently trip and fall, creating so much anxiety for the viewer.

Now, combined with his feelings from the first time he killed a man, he understood.

Terror-stricken, covered in clammy sweat, with weak hands and legs, all while occasionally looking back fearfully at Xu Jin, the ferocious man.

It would be hard not to trip.

As the guy ran, Xu Jin panicked.

Todayʼs incident absolutely could not leave any survivors.

Leaving a survivor would bring endless troubles.

He had to leave the screaming Deng Hu behind and prepare to deal with the hooligan trying to escape.

Bang!

A muffled sound, a thick club hit the fleeing hooligan, knocking him down to the ground.

It was Xu Jinʼs father, Xu Dajiang, who reacted by picking up the door bolt that had tripped him, and striking the hooligan down with it.

Then, he aimlessly hammered the hooligan with the thick door bolt.

Xu Jin was stunned by the scene but ended up laughing.

He casually picked up a sharp dagger from the ground and tossed it over.

”Dad, use this!”

Then he turned to look at Deng Hu, who, despite lying on the ground, was still wildly waving his dagger.

But at that moment, Deng Hu had a look of sheer terror on his face.

He wanted to open his eyes to see, but the burning sensation was overwhelming, unbearable.

He wanted to rub them but didnʼt dare drop the dagger in his hand.

”Lord Xu, spare my life!”

”Lord Xu, let me go; I swear I wonʼt dare to do it again!”

”Lord Xu, if you let me go, I will give you silver, one hundred taels, no, all my possessions, two hundred taels...”

While Deng Hu begged for mercy without stop, Xu Jinʼs actions didnʼt pause; he directly lifted the body of the hooligan and threw it at Deng Hu.

Deng Hu thought Xu Jin was attacking and showed a ferocious expression, stabbing the sharp dagger into the corpse thrown by Xu Jin as he judged by the sound.

Although struck by the body, Deng Hu continued to aggressively and widely spin the dagger that had pierced into the corpse!

His techniques were extremely brutal.

Suddenly, Deng Hu realized something was wrong.

Under ordinary circumstances, with a knife pierced into a living person, half a turn of the dagger would instantly elicit blood-curdling screams—so intense that it could bring out feces and urine, sometimes even causing fainting.

But why was there no sound this time?

Without warning, a cold draft struck from behind.

A burst of Star Radiance appeared on Xu Jinʼs shoulder as he circled behind Deng Hu, and then Xu Jin fiercely slammed his shoulder into the back of Deng Huʼs head.

Bang!

A sound like a watermelon bursting open rang out, and Deng Hu was permanently silenced.

On the rooftop, the green-clothed man, unseen by anyone below, was dumbfounded!

”Can that even work?”

He had thought that in a three-on-one situation, Xu Jin was bound to be in trouble.

Unexpectedly, once Xu Jinʼs father stepped in with a divine assist, Xu Jin seized the opportunity with extreme agility.

He even had lime hidden on him!

”Dining Dawn with only the First Layer, yet capable of Instantaneous basic Star Skill, he is indeed a Genius!

He possesses courage, cunning, patience, and can seize the moment of battle, showing no mercy when it counts.

This is a Genius among Geniuses!

Am I, Qi Shanye, that lucky?

Have I actually stumbled upon a Genius among Geniuses?”