Ten years of dormancy: Starting as a martial arts master at the pinnacle

"What do you mean by this, sir?"

Seeing that the other party was threatening him with his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, Li Changsheng stopped the pursuit.

Given time, he could indeed kill the masked demon.

If Li Changsheng, who is the main fighting force, is tied up by the enemy, then all that will be left on their side is the heavily injured Nan Zhentian and more than 100 elite disciples of the Cao Gang.

Even if they win this battle, their canal gang will be severely weakened.

There are fewer than 1000 core disciples, and only about 100 to 200 of them are able to cultivate to the middle or late stages of the Acquired Realm.

Once they are all wiped out, the canal gangs of Shanhai County will be finished.

Li Changsheng had no choice but to stop.

"Nothing to say. I'll give you ten breaths. Either hand over the stuff, or we'll kill these two women..."

The man in black, who was holding the hostage, had no emotion in his eyes.

His voice wasn't solemn, but everyone could tell that he was truly capable of doing it!

"You despicable and shameless scoundrels! We already agreed on this beforehand, yet you went back on your word?"

Where have the disciples of the Grand Canal Gang ever suffered such humiliation?

Someone immediately shouted angrily.

Hearing this, the man in black sneered disdainfully, "Didn't our boss already say? We're not some virtuous gentlemen or heroes. We just want our stuff. Hand it over, and these two live. If they don't hand it over in ten breaths, they die!"

Upon hearing this, Nan Yingying turned her head and spat at the man in black: "If you've got the guts, then kill me! Otherwise, I'll castrate you!"

Now that she has become a lamb to the slaughter, she has no awareness of being a hostage. Not only is she not afraid, but she also threatens the other party.

"This little wench has a fiery temper! If the timing weren't so bad, I'd definitely have a good time with her."

Another man, whose face was covered with a black cloth, interjected.

The man in black, holding two hostages, began to count without any expression in his eyes.

"ten!"

Li Changsheng's face was as ugly as could be. He turned to look at Nan Zhentian.

"Old man, what exactly is that?"

Just as Li Changqing received care from Li Changsheng, Li Changsheng received a lot of care from Nan Zhentian since childhood.

He usually calls his father-in-law very naturally.

But in private, he always addressed Nan Zhentian as "Old Master," a little more respectfully than he had called him "Old Man" before.

"The gifts are meaningless now; the feud is already set in stone. Even if we give them the gifts, they won't release the people!"

Nan Zhentian smiled bitterly.

He had obtained the item and didn't want anyone else to know. The other party had gotten wind of it; once they got the item, they would definitely kill him to silence him.

If the canal gang doesn't kill these five people, they'll probably be wiped out one by one...

The canal gangs were numerous and powerful, but they didn't gather together every day.

This means that if the other side really wanted to, they could spend some time wiping out the entire canal gang.

"Nine!"

"eight!!"

As the numbers shouted by the man in black grew smaller and smaller.

The entire canal gang was under unprecedented pressure.

They had a couple hundred men, but they didn't have a good solution when surrounded by five opponents.

Apart from the members of their gang and those few men in black, there wasn't a single civilian watching the spectacle on the entire dock.

Clearly, even ordinary people know that such occasions are absolutely off-limits.

Once you get involved, you might lose your life.

Whose life isn't a life?

Anyway, they won't risk their lives just to watch the excitement.

"six!"

"five!!"

As she counted to five, Madam Nan began to choke up. She knew that heartless man wouldn't save her.

Nan Yingying continued cursing, completely disregarding life and death, displaying a certain toughness characteristic of those from the martial arts world.

Li Changsheng's hand touched the throwing knife.

If the opponent were an ordinary master of innate skill, he would be about 70-80% confident that he could save the person.

But his opponent was at the late stage of the Innate Realm, and his cultivation level was no lower than his. Even someone as powerful as Li Changsheng couldn't guarantee that he could save the person if he intervened.

"How about we hand over the items first, and then figure out a solution?"

Upon hearing Li Changsheng's suggestion, Nan Zhentian gave a wry smile.

"They want to take him back for verification; they won't release him."

Since they won't release him now, they're even less likely to do so in the future.

On the contrary, it may cause the two of them to suffer more humiliation.

At this point, they had actually reached a point of no return.

"How heartless! You'd risk your wife and children's lives for something material? They must have been blind in their past lives to follow you..."

The man in black's words became increasingly offensive.

Clearly, they were already in a difficult situation.

Because of Li Changsheng's unexpected turn of events, they had no way to deal with the Grand Canal Gang.

If a real fight were to break out, it wouldn't just be the Seven Vajras who would die; the other five might also perish here.

But they can't do without these things.

"three!"

When the number reached three, the atmosphere between the two sides was beyond tense; almost everyone could hear their own heart pounding with anxiety.

"Get ready to kill them!"

Li Changsheng spoke decisively.

It's not that he doesn't feel the pain, but he knows very well what's in his best interest right now.

He was determined to avenge his mother-in-law and sister-in-law!

"After all, they're not your own wife and children. If it were your wife and children, Li Changsheng, who were arrested right now, would you still act this way?"

The man in black also felt regret.

If they had known Li Changsheng was so difficult to deal with, they would have captured his wife and children...

Li Changqing, who had been sitting quietly in the thatched hut, changed his expression immediately upon hearing the man in black's words.

"Oh, it's my turn!"

"Little Changqing, are you out of your mind? This is not something we can get involved in."

Du Daniu quickly grabbed Changqing.

Li Changqing gave Du Daniu a deep look, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Brother Aniu, I originally wanted to deal with you in my normal capacity. But that's not possible now; circumstances have forced me to. I'm not pretending anymore; I am the legendary master..."

"This little kid isn't afraid of making a fool of himself; this is definitely not the time to play the hero."

Du Daniu continued to persuade him.

"two!"

The Black man's tone of voice remained unchanged.

His fingers tightened, clearly indicating that he was about to take action.

However, just as he was about to shout out the last number and personally strangle Nan Yingying and Madam Nan,

Suddenly, he couldn't move.

Without any warning, this late-stage Innate Realm expert froze in place.

"Old Liu, what's going on?"

Seeing that Lao Liu didn't make a move, the leader of the Vajra gang, wearing a bull demon mask, immediately asked.

He was the one most eager for revenge among them.

A person walked out from behind Lao Liu.

"Isn't it obvious? He's been acupunctured!"

Who else could this person be but Li Changqing?

Du Daniu, who was in the thatched hut, seemed to have seen a ghost and fell to the ground.

"My goodness, this is unbelievable!"

Li Changqing, who had just been beside him, appeared on the large ship sometime earlier, having traversed a distance of twenty zhang.

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