Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

The red and blue lights of police cars flashed wildly on Taikoo Li, the most bustling commercial street in the provincial capital.

The once trendy hotspot where socialites and wealthy young men gathered has now become a post-war ruin.

Lu Jingyan pushed open the car door and got out of the police car, and immediately heard the ear-piercing sound of glass shards being crushed underfoot.

The ground was littered with shattered shop windows from luxury stores, and limited-edition bags and clothes lay scattered in the dust, untouched by anyone.

The once smooth, high-grade marble floor tiles are now cracked and warped in large areas, as if they had been overturned by wild boars.

Terrified screams and hurried footsteps mingled together.

The onlookers hid behind the safety line several hundred meters away, holding up their mobile phones with the cameras pointed at the center of the square.

Lu Jingyan raised his head and looked in the direction the crowd was looking.

Amidst the swirling dust, two afterimages collided violently at a speed defying the laws of physics.

"Bang!"

A dull thud of flesh colliding rang out.

The air surged, and the GG sign within a seven or eight-meter radius was instantly covered in cracks.

One of the young men, dressed in a black training uniform, used the force to fly backward and landed steadily on the edge of a dilapidated musical fountain.

He held a gleaming three-foot-long sword upside down in his hand, the tip pointing diagonally at the ground.

"Xiao Chen, your 'Raging Wind and Overlapping Waves Palm' is nothing special!"

The black-clad swordsman raised his head, his brows furrowed with an arrogant and untamed spirit.

"The title of the top young expert in the provincial capital—I, Lin Dong, am determined to claim it today!"

Across from him, a young man in a white Tang suit wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes as sinister as a venomous snake.

He slapped his thighs hard with both palms, assuming a very dynamic starting stance.

"Lin Dong, stop spouting nonsense! How could someone like you, from a minor branch of the Xiao family, possibly understand the depth and power of our family?"

"You think you can climb over me to get to the top? You're not so lucky!"

After saying that, Xiao Chen, dressed in white, let out a low growl like a wild beast, and a faint white aura appeared between his palms.

The two transformed into afterimages once more, engaging in a frenzied battle.

Sword energy surged and palm winds howled.

They fought fiercely, settling scores with gusto.

But it is the surrounding public facilities that suffer.

A sword aura slashed off course, directly slicing a nearby city sculpture, which cost over ten thousand yuan, in two.

The palm strike missed its mark, and the row of neatly arranged shared bicycles along the roadside was instantly blown away, crashing into the floor-to-ceiling window of a coffee shop.

Zhao Tiezhu, who was hiding behind the police car, stared in disbelief and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Captain Lu...were these two kids raised on explosives?"

Zhao Tiezhu touched the baton at his waist and, for the first time, began to seriously doubt his own fighting ability.

"This destructive power is even worse than an excavator! If we go up there, won't we get sliced ​​into pieces?"

Lu Jingyan did not answer.

He simply pulled a small notebook out of his pocket and, while watching the battlefield, began to write down notes on it with a blank expression.

"Approximately 200 square meters of imported marble floor tiles were damaged. The compensation, based on market price plus labor costs, will amount to about 300,000 yuan."

"Severing a city's iconic sculpture would cost at least 500,000 yuan to repair."

"The windows of more than ten shops were destroyed, affecting the merchandise inside. The estimated loss is around two million."

Lu Jingyan closed the notebook and pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses.

In those deep eyes, there was no awe for the ancient martial arts masters, only extreme hatred for the act of destroying public property.

"In addition to the offenses of provoking trouble and endangering public safety, he will be punished for multiple crimes."

He sneered, "If these two kids can come up with eight million in bail and compensation today, I'll consider them the winner."

"Tiezhu, bring the megaphone."

Zhao Tiezhu quickly took out a high-powered megaphone from the car and handed it over.

Lu Jingyan turned on the switch, and the piercing sound of electricity instantly drowned out the fighting noises throughout the venue.

"Listen up, you two in front!"

Lu Jingyan's voice was steady and extremely penetrating, echoing throughout the Taikoo Li Plaza.

"I am Lu Jingyan, the head of the cross-regional major crime supervision team of the Provincial Public Security Department."

"Your current actions have seriously violated the provisions of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law and the Criminal Law regarding intentional damage to property and endangering public safety."

"Stop all violence immediately! Hands behind your head, kneel down and cooperate with the investigation!"

"Otherwise, we will take coercive measures in accordance with the law!"

The deafening warning finally stopped the two young men who were locked in a fierce fight in the center of the square.

They each stepped back five or six meters, panting heavily, and turned to look at Lu Jingyan outside the cordon.

But there was no fear of law enforcement officers in their eyes.

Instead, it conveyed a sense of displeasure at having one's refined taste disturbed, as well as a condescending disdain.

"police?"

Xiao Chen dusted off the dust on his white Tang suit and gave a cold snort with extreme arrogance.

"A bunch of ordinary mortals dare to meddle in the affairs of our ancient martial arts family?"

He pointed at Lu Jingyan, his tone full of disdain, "Are you blind?! Sparring and dueling in the ancient martial arts world is an age-old rule! If anything is broken, our Xiao family will compensate double!"

"Trying to intimidate me with secular laws? Who do you think you are!"

Lin Dong, standing beside him, arrogantly twirled his sword, the blade gleaming with a bloodthirsty light in the moonlight.

His thought process was clearly even more immature than Xiao Chen's.

In his view, today's high-profile occasion is the perfect stage for him to make a name for himself.

If not only could they defeat the Xiao family's genius, they could also easily trample these police officers who represented worldly power underfoot.

Then Lin Dong's name will surely shake the entire ancient martial arts world!

This is a godsend!

"Xiao Chen, it seems we'll have to put our decisive battle on hold for now."

Lin Dong licked his lips, his eyes flashing with excitement and madness.

"How about we have a contest to see who can make these clueless cops kneel down and sing 'Conquer' first?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen's competitive spirit was also aroused.

The two men exchanged a smile and surprisingly turned their attention to the outer SWAT defense line.

The crowd hiding in the distance was stunned.

What's going on here? It's one thing for these two gods to fight each other, but now they're teaming up to beat up the police?

Viewers in the live stream were frantically spamming the chat.

"Are these two crazy? That's God Lu! How dare they provoke King Yama Lu?"

"Has this ancient martial arts family been isolated from the world for too long? Did they just get internet access in their village? They've never even heard of Officer Lu's reputation!"

"Oh no, those two kids are really in deep trouble. I'm already feeling sorry for them."

Faced with the two men's blatant provocation, Zhao Tiezhu was enraged and pulled out the high-voltage electric baton from his waist.

"Captain Lu, these two bastards are too arrogant! Let me take the brothers up there and take them down!"

"Step back."

Lu Jingyan raised his hand to stop Zhao Tiezhu, who was about to charge forward.

He put down the megaphone and slowly unzipped his jacket, revealing the stab-proof tactical vest he was wearing underneath.

His gaze was as cold as if he were looking at two corpses that were not yet completely cold.

"The rules of the underworld?"

Lu Jingyan strode across the yellow and black police tape alone and walked towards the center of the square.

As he walked, he slowly and deliberately unbuttoned his shirt cuffs and rolled up his sleeves to his elbows.

A section of his strong, muscular forearm with slightly bulging veins was exposed.

"In my jurisdiction, there are no underworld rules. There are only laws."

"Since you're unwilling to put on the handcuffs voluntarily, then I'll take the trouble to do it for you myself."

Lu Jingyan's pace was unhurried, but each step he took carried a suffocatingly heavy sense of oppression.

His system interface was being flooded with messages.

Various combat skills, weakness analysis, and trajectory prediction are being loaded at the speed of light.

Seeing Lu Jingyan walking alone, Lin Dong's arrogance became even more obvious.

He didn't take this ordinary policeman, who didn't even have internal energy, seriously at all.

How dare a mere mortal who hasn't even cultivated true qi act so arrogantly in front of him?

Lin Dong stepped forward, his longsword suddenly trembling, producing a clear sword sound.

The sword's edge was pointed at Lu Jingyan's throat, exuding a murderous aura.

"Such arrogance! You think you can arrest me? With that broken baton you're holding?"

Lin Dong laughed loudly, his voice echoing across the empty square, filled with unparalleled arrogance.

He stomped his foot on the ground and, using the recoil, leaped into the air like a roc spreading its wings.

The sword light was as smooth as water, carrying a sharp gust of wind, and locked onto Lu Jingyan directly.

This is a visually striking image.

One is a martial arts genius who descended from the heavens, resembling an ancient sword immortal.

One is a down-to-earth people's police officer who represents the spirit of modern rule of law.

Just when everyone thought Lu Jingyan had been forced to retreat by this sword,

Lu Jingyan stopped in his tracks.

He neither drew his gun nor dodged.

He simply stood there quietly, watching the sword's edge draw ever closer, a cold smile curving his lips.

Lin Dong, suspended in mid-air, looked at Lu Jingyan's arrogant demeanor, his killing intent growing even stronger.

He wanted to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, using the most dazzling method to shatter the policeman's pride!

"I am Lin Dong of the Bajiquan Sect!"

Lin Dong roared, his sword speed increasing by three times, as if he wanted to cleave the air itself.

He looked down at Lu Jingyan and let out what he thought was the most domineering and awe-inspiring roar:

"State your name! I don't kill nameless nobodies with my fists!"