84: To protect, you must become stronger

Shen Xi, Wang Bin... No, don't be impulsive... We grew up together, you can't kill me... Yes, you can't kill me. The Twenty-eighth City has rules; if you kill me, you won't live either.

Yang Wei was already scared stiff, stammering.

He couldn't understand how things had come to this.

When he was a child, Shen Xi always beat him. Now that he's grown, he thought he had endured humiliation, worked hard to Cultivate, and finally achieved Lesser Blood Refinement. He should have been able to hold his head high, so why was Shen Xi still thrashing him?

That scene just now had truly terrified him.

He didn't even see how Shen Xi moved, and one of his legs was already crippled.

And the two dozen subordinates he brought couldn't even last a minute.

Is he even human?

If Yang Wei knew that Shen Xi had deliberately held back, he would have been even more terrified.

Shen Xi knew his brother's personality, so he left Yang Wei and his group alive, precisely so that Fatty could exact his revenge personally.

“Since you know the rules of the Twenty-eighth City, you should be very clear about what punishment is deserved for trespassing into someone else's residence and threatening their Life Qi?

But you did it anyway?

Let me guess, is it because the beast tide is about to erupt, and you know the Twenty-eighth City won't bother with these trivial matters, so you can do as you please?”

Shen Xi coldly and mercilessly exposed everything.

In peacetime, these rules of the Twenty-eighth City were indeed useful.

But at a time like this, everyone is for themselves, and those nobles are even busier trying to save their own lives. Who would still care about these so-called rules?

“Also! Childhood friend? Grew up together? Yang Wei, oh Yang Wei, it was precisely because we grew up together that I always held back when I beat you before. Otherwise, with the things you've done, you'd deserve to die. But you, did you consider our past relationship? If I hadn't arrived in time...”

Shen Xi glanced at Wang Ting, not finishing his sentence.

This matter was simply too cruel for a young girl.

Shen Xi was somewhat relieved that he had arrived in time; otherwise, he would have regretted it too late.

“Xi Zi, I'm going to kill them!”

At the same time, Fatty suddenly spoke again with great seriousness.

His gaze was firm and resolute.

“Alright, you decide this matter.”

Shen Xi understood his brother's personality and readily agreed.

Then, he grinned at Wang Ting: “Little sister, close your eyes and cover your ears.”

As for his other younger brother, Wang Lin, Shen Xi didn't offer much of a reminder.

Children grow up; they will face these things sooner or later. Experiencing them early isn't necessarily a bad thing.

“Mm!”

Wang Ting guessed what Shen Xi and the others were going to do and quickly cooperated obediently.

Then, Shen Xi and Fatty, along with Wang Lin, who had finally mustered his courage, came before Yang Wei.

“You, what are you going to do?”

Yang Wei shouted in panic.

“Nothing much, just prepared a gift for you!”

Shen Xi stomped on Yang Wei's head, pressing his face into the dirt.

As for Fatty, he held a knife and repeatedly stabbed Yang Wei's body, one stab after another.

Yang Wei's head was buried in the dirt, and he groaned in pain.

His body struggled continuously but couldn't break free.

Shen Xi's foot was like a mountain, pressing him down, making him unable to breathe.

One stab, then another, Fatty stabbed him over twenty times, as if venting.

Shen Xi watched, shaking his head slightly.

His brother, loyal, honest, and sincere, even when facing a scoundrel like Yang Wei, was still soft-hearted in the end. Every stab avoided a fatal spot.

Otherwise, after twenty-odd stabs, even if Yang Wei was a Martial Artist, he wouldn't still be alive.

Just then.

A flash of a blade.

Yang Wei, who had still been struggling, began to tremble violently.

In a short while, he breathed his last.

And the perpetrator of all this was none other than Wang Lin, Fatty's younger brother.

Wang Lin held a dagger in his hand; just a moment ago, he had slit Yang Wei's throat.

This scene surprised both Shen Xi and Fatty.

They hadn't expected Wang Lin to be so decisive at such a young age.

Clang!

The dagger fell to the ground.

The coldness on Wang Lin's face instantly crumbled, and he said in a panic: “Brother, Brother Xi, I, I killed someone... I...”

Shen Xi patted Wang Lin's shoulder, comforting him: “It's not your fault, they were bad people to begin with.”

Wang Lin finally let out a sigh of relief.

As for Fatty, who had originally been somewhat soft-hearted, he finally steeled himself, picked up the dagger from the ground, and walked towards the others.

He didn't want Wang Lin to get more blood on his hands; this kind of thing, the older brother should do it!

In a short while, Yang Wei and his group were all wiped out!

Fatty also patted the still somewhat bewildered Wang Lin, saying: “Calm down. I know you're scared, and I know you killed Yang Wei in a moment of excitement, but you didn't do anything wrong. This world is just like this; if you don't kill people, others might kill you, especially if you're going to walk the Dao of a Martial Artist. These things will only become more common.”

“Today, your Brother Xi didn't ask you to close your eyes because he wanted you to experience the world where the strong prey on the weak in advance. In the future, if you want to protect yourself and your family, you must make yourself stronger, understand?”

Wang Lin gradually calmed down, his fearful and confused gaze slowly regaining rationality.

After a moment of thought, he nodded heavily!

“Alright, let's dispose of these bodies! To avoid unnecessary trouble.”

Saying that, Shen Xi and his two brothers began to dispose of the bodies.

As for Fatty, he was, after all, older than Wang Lin and knew more.

Although it was also his first time killing, Fatty, apart from being soft-hearted at the beginning, maintained his composure throughout the subsequent process.

After everything was done, another two hours passed before Fatty's parents finally woke up.

The first thing they did upon waking was roar: “Don't hurt my children!”

Saying that, they adopted a desperate stance.

But very quickly, they saw Fatty's two brothers and Shen Xi by the bed, and couldn't help but be stunned, saying: “Where are those bastards?”

Shen Xi smiled: “Uncle Wang, Aunt Liu, we've already driven them away. Don't worry, everything's fine.”

The two quickly looked at Wang Ting, confirming that their daughter hadn't been violated and their two sons weren't injured. Only then did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.

“Those bastards, I must... cough, cough, cough...”

Uncle Wang gritted his teeth, but his old chronic injuries still made him cough uncontrollably.

Beside him, Aunt Liu quickly patted Uncle Wang's back: “Don't be angry, you can't get agitated with your body.”

Then, she looked at Shen Xi gratefully: “Xiao Xi, thank you for everything this time.”