Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five

Old Ma felt he was back to his old self.

After being forced into a fight by Zhou Fengliu, he felt that with the Three Treasures Pearl and his Black Armor providing defense, he should be able to withstand three more attacks from Zhou Fengliu.

But the ending is predictable...

He's overthinking it.

The fact that I was able to block Zhou Fengliu's initial attack was purely a test by Zhou Fengliu. After that test, the subsequent attacks would not be as easy as before.

"Old Ma...I'm here."

boom--

With a loud bang, Ma Xianhong, whom everyone had been besieging for half a day without being able to defeat, drew a graceful arc in mid-air and crashed into the cultivation furnace room, spitting out blood.

Even with the three precious pearls protecting him, Ma Xianhong's head was still buzzing...

He glanced at the three precious beads hanging around his neck; one of them was now broken, leaving only the two lonely beads.

That's right.

It shattered.

There wasn't even a chance to repair it; it just exploded...

This shows just how terrifying that attack was; it exceeded the defensive limit of the Three Treasures Pearls in a single moment.

Old Ma was dumbfounded.

Something's not right...

The power difference between these two duels is just too great!

Isn't this bullying honest people?!

"I shouldn't have believed him!"

Just as Ma Xianhong shakily got up from the ground, he saw Zhou Fengliu walk into the cultivation furnace room.

Seeing that Ma Xianhong seemed unharmed and was even muttering something, Zhou Fengliu interrupted him directly:

"Old Ma, you don't need to say more, I know... you're trying to say that there's no point in trying to persuade you. Don't worry... there are still two more rounds of fighting. After those two rounds, you can leave whenever you want. If the others try to arrest you, I'll stop them for you!"

Zhou Fengliu knew that Ma Xianhong was a stubborn man who would never surrender; a strategic retreat was already Ma's bottom line.

Hearing Zhou Fengliu's words, Ma Xianhong's hands trembled with anger.

He said if he wanted to kill him, he should just say so, no need for all this beating around the bush...

Before he could say anything, Zhou Fengliu's second challenge arrived as expected.

This confrontation was even more ruthless than the first one.

While preserving the original flavor of the forced combat, Zhou Fengliu also deliberately added some Qi, making the forced combat more layered and so that people could tell at a glance that this forced combat was a kind of skill, rather than a simple forced combat with a disrespectful meaning.

This was Zhou Fengliu's way of showing respect to Ma Xianhong as an opponent; he believed that Ma Xianhong, with his protective magical artifacts, was fully capable of withstanding the attack.

Unfortunately... this respect was a bit too much for Ma Xianhong to handle.

As the fight intensified, Ma Xianhong was sent flying out of the cultivation furnace room, while the entire cultivation furnace room collapsed with a loud crash under the impact of the force.

...

Seeing Ma Xianhong being hung up and beaten again, the temporary workers outside had already sat down on the ground to rest.

They were starting to question the meaning of life.

Having fought against Ma Xianhong before, they knew how formidable he was. Even though he had lost some of his magical artifacts and had been weakened by them, he should not be in such a situation where he was being unilaterally and thoroughly defeated by Zhou Fengliu.

"After going around in circles like this, we might as well have let Commander Zhou go straight for Ma Xianhong, while we few just stayed on the periphery... who knows, we might already be eating hotpot, singing songs, and having a victory celebration banquet..."

Qiu sighed and said this.

"The key point is... this is the first time we've witnessed Commander Zhou's strength; we didn't know he was such a formidable fighter..."

"I...I know Xiao Zhou's strength." Feng Baobao raised her hand upon hearing this:

"Fourth Brother said it before, Little Zhou is a real talent..."

Xia Liuqing and Baron, who were not far from them, were also shocked by Zhou Fengliu's strength.

Xia Liuqing stroked his chin. He felt the name Zhou Fengliu sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before...

Chapter 185 Zhou Zi Cries for His Horse! (Second Update)

It was probably because he was getting old that he realized it after thinking for a while. This Zhou Fengliu was the company employee who had captured Gong Qing during the Quanxing's night attack on Longhu Mountain, which led to the operation's complete failure.

"So it was him."

Xia Liuqing belatedly realized that with this level of strength, let alone Yuan Tao, even if he had encountered Zhou Fengliu during the night attack on Longhu Mountain, he would have been instantly defeated.

Are all the younger generation this terrifying these days?

What Xia Liuqing didn't know was that the terrifying force wasn't the younger generation, but rather this fighting god named Zhou Fengliu.

At this moment, Zhou Fengliu slowly emerged from the ruins of the cultivation furnace room. Looking at Ma Xianhong, who was lying on the ground in the distance and had not yet gotten up, he patted the dust off his hands and said:

"Old Ma, there's still one more battle to fight...you'd better hold on."

"..."

A minute had passed since Zhou Fengliu said those words, but Ma Xianhong still didn't respond, lying blankly on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Fengliu was startled, and a bad premonition welled up in his heart.

No way...

Probably not.

Thinking of some unpleasant thoughts, Zhou Fengliu hurriedly went forward to check.

As one could see, Ma Xianhong's cheeks gradually swelled up, resembling a small pig's head. The three protective magic beads around his neck were now broken into fragments, and the beads on his black armor were scattered somewhere, no longer serving their protective function.

Old Ma's eyes were closed, his neck was tilted to the side, and it was unclear whether he was dead or alive...

...

"Old Ma, oh Old Ma!"

Looking at Ma Xianhong in front of him, Zhou Fengliu squatted down and called out to Ma Xianhong.

Zhou Fengliu never expected that Ma Xianhong's magical artifacts would fail to withstand his powerful attack, leading to the current situation where "Zhou Fengliu is crying over Ma Xianhong's misfortune."

The Three Treasure Orbs, the Three Treasure Orbs, were supposed to withstand three attacks, so why did they all explode on the second attack? And this Black Armor... wasn't it supposed to be able to block the Black Pipe attack with bare hands?

Why are none of them working anymore?

...

"what's the situation?"

Everyone who heard Zhou Zi's crying for his horse was immediately taken aback.

"Could it be that Commander Zhou was killed by Ma Xianhong?"

"The company told us to bring in both the living and the dead?"

"We'll definitely try our best to keep them alive!"

Everyone rushed forward to check, and when Zhang Chulan saw Ma Xianhong's face, which resembled a little pig's head, he almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Although he felt the occasion was very serious, seeing his nephew Ma Xianhong in such a state, he couldn't help but lose control...

Let me see!

Hei Guan stepped forward and checked Ma Xianhong's vital signs. After a thorough examination, he found that Ma Xianhong was not dead, but had simply been knocked unconscious.

Even if we say that Ma Xianhong's defensive magic artifacts were useless, at least they saved Ma Xianhong's life, which is already quite good.

After being shaken by everyone, Ma Xianhong, who was in a coma, seemed to regain some consciousness.

He opened his eyes and saw Zhou Fengliu's figure through the haze. Then, he tremblingly raised his left index finger and pointed at Zhou Fengliu.

"Zhou Fengliu, do you even have a human being anymore?"

If Zhang Bilian doesn't want Bilian, then Zhou Fengliu is "not a person" in her heart at this moment.

A fierce battle between two powerful individuals shattered a weapon refiner's dream...

Only he knew the extent of the psychological damage these two intense battles inflicted on a young weapon refiner who only wanted to regain his memories...

Today's brawl will become a nightmare he'll never forget...

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"Old Ma...does he have something to say to Brother Liu?"

Zhang Chulan saw that Ma Xianhong's mouth was moving, but due to the congestion of his facial muscles, they couldn't hear what Ma Xianhong was saying at all.

The content can only be vaguely discerned from Ma Xianhong's movements.

"Old Ma, you don't need to say anything... I know what you mean. You mean there's still one more fight left, right?"

Zhou Fengliu couldn't hear what Ma Xianhong was saying, but he could see Ma Xianhong making a "one" gesture with his left hand towards him, and he quickly connected it to the fact that there was still one more forced fight to be had.

"?"

Upon hearing Zhou Fengliu's words, Ma Xianhong's expression changed.

Is this something a human being would say?

He was already in this state, yet Zhou Fengliu still brought up the remaining forced fight with him!

“I won’t slap you this last time, Lao Ma… really, if I slap you again, you might die. You urgently need treatment right now, so I’ll take your advice and have you come back to the company with us… to receive treatment first.”

Zhou Fengliu spoke to Ma Xianhong in a very serious tone.

Hearing what he said, Ma Xianhong was unwilling, but he was powerless to do anything. After all, he had been forced to fight twice by him, and it was questionable whether he could even stand up, let alone run away.

"Village Chief Ma, if only you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

Seeing Ma Xianhong's miserable state, Hei Guan slowly said, "If you had submitted to us earlier, you wouldn't have had to face Commander Zhou and end up in this situation."

Although the processes are different, the result is the same: you have to go to the company... Why bother?

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