20: Chapter 20 All you know is that you're going to die!

"Hehehe, not bad, not bad, ruthless enough!!!"

In the darkness, Chen An sat upright on his chair. Listening to the fierce words of the leader of the black-clad thugs opposite him, he felt not a shred of fear; instead, a cold and indifferent smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Hmph! You're at death's door, yet you still put on airs!"

Seeing Chen An's calm and indifferent appearance, Brother Heng, who believed he had grasped the other's cultivation level, assumed he was merely putting up a forced front at the end of his rope.

A fierce light flared in his eyes. With a cold snort, his True Qi surged violently throughout his body, and the full power of his Qi Condensation Late Stage erupted as he threw a heavy punch toward Chen An.

At the same time, Gao the Third, standing to the side, immediately tensed his body and circulated his True Qi. A ruthless expression flashed in his eyes as he also lunged toward Chen An.

"Hmph!!!"

Watching the two men lunging at him, Chen An gave a cold snort.

The next moment, a terrifying pressure erupted from within his body, like a towering divine mountain suddenly collapsing. It instantly filled the entire courtyard, pressing down heavily upon Brother Heng and Gao the Third.

"Thud!"

"Thud!!!"

Brother Heng and Gao the Third, who had originally been charging over with ferocious expressions, suddenly froze. Their blood flow instantly stagnated, and their limbs felt as if they had been filled with ten thousand jun of lead and iron.

Before they could even react, they were forcefully pressed to the ground by this terrifying pressure. Their knees slammed heavily onto the blue brick floor, emitting a dull, thunderous sound.

Beneath their masks, the two men's faces were as pale as paper. Their internal organs trembled violently, and a metallic, fishy taste rose in their throats. The True Qi of Qi Condensation circulating within them shattered and collapsed instantly. Then, with a "pfft," they spat out a mouthful of blood, which washed away their masks and stained the ground in front of them red.

"You, you..."

Ding Heng and Gao the Third had bulging eyes, staring with pale faces at the figure still sitting motionless on the chair, filled with shock and disbelief.

At this moment, in the hearts of Ding Heng and Gao the Third, the figure sitting on the chair was no longer a weakling at Condensing Qi Stage 2, but an existence like a god or a demon.

Such terrifying pressure that suppressed everything was by no means comparable to an ordinary Qi Condensation Realm; even a powerhouse of the Acquired Realm could never possess such a majestic and heavy momentum.

Only—the Innate Realm!

The person before them was actually a Innate Realm powerhouse!

Thinking of this, their entire bodies felt bone-chillingly cold, as if they had instantly fallen into a ten-thousand-foot ice cavern!

Moments ago, they were still spouting wild words, threatening to break limbs, shatter the Dantian, and cripple the cultivation of a Xiantian powerhouse. How laughable, how suicidal!

The Bai Family!! The damnable Bai Family!!

Was this the Condensing Qi Stage 2 student of the County Academy that they had sworn was completely harmless?!

Immense regret and despair instantly swept over them. Ding Heng gritted his teeth tightly, cursing the Bai Family that had hired them in his heart.

As long as they could survive this time, they would definitely make the Bai Family pay the price!

"Spare, spare my life, sir..."

Ding Heng's heart and gallbladder were shattered. While secretly hating the viciousness of the Bai Family, he gritted his teeth and raised his head to beg for mercy, "We were blind, we deserve to die, but we were instigated by someone else. We were temporarily possessed by a ghost. Please, sir, raise your hand and spare our dog lives!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Spare our lives, sir!"

Gao the Third, on the side, was already so scared he was incoherent, his whole body trembling like a sieve. He lay on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, his tone full of sobbing, "We were all instigated by someone else; from beginning to end, this has nothing to do with us! Someone else paid us to come here. We were just trying to earn a living. Please, sir, have mercy and just let us go!"

"Instigated by someone else?!"

Facing their pleas for mercy, Chen An's expression remained indifferent. His eyes, glowing with a silvery light, seemed to be looking at two ants as he said flatly, "Tell me, who sent you to cripple me!"

"Sir, sir, if I tell you, can you let us go?!" Ding Heng endured the intense pain throughout his body, looking at Chen An, trying to bargain with extreme caution!

"Hmph!!!"

Chen An gave a cold snort, and an even more terrifying pressure descended from the sky.

Bang!

Bang!!

With two muffled sounds, the two men who were originally just kneeling on the ground were pressed hard against the ground like two toads, hitting their heads until they bled.

"I'll give you one more chance. If you don't speak, you die!!!" Chen An said flatly.

"Speak, speak, I'll speak, spare our lives, sir!!!"

Feeling the extremely terrifying pressure on his body, as if it would crush him to pieces the next moment, Ding Heng's face was filled with horror. He used all his strength to lift his blood-covered head, his voice trembling and hurried as he said, "It was the Bai Family, it was the Bai Family who sent us here!"

"Oh?~~"

After hearing this, Chen An looked at the two men before him with a calm expression. He was not furious, nor did he question them, as if he had known this answer all along.

"It's true, sir, absolutely true!"

Ding Heng, thinking Chen An didn't believe him, hurriedly said, "Just last night, someone came to find us and told us to cripple you, sir. They specifically mentioned that your cultivation was only at Condensing Qi Stage 2, telling us to feel free to act, and they even gave us a reward of five hundred yuan crystals!"

"Because I have always been cautious in my work, I secretly followed that person afterward and eventually discovered that they made contact with an old man. And that old man, I recognize, is the butler of the Bai Family!"

"The Bai Family!!!" Chen An tapped his fingertips lightly on the edge of the chair, his eyes flickering with a cold gleam as he said, "Do you know the background of the Bai Family?!"

"Sir, we are just ordinary Qi Condensation Realm Martial Artists, without power or influence. How would we dare to investigate the secrets of a Family like the Bai Family in our daily lives?!"

Hearing Chen An's words, a wry smile flashed across Ding Heng's face, but he still said, "However, we have heard that the Bai Family not only has considerable wealth in the city, but it is also said that the Bai Family's brother-in-law is the County Lieutenant of the County Office. I only heard this through hearsay, and I don't know if it's true!"

"County Lieutenant!!!" Hearing this, Chen An's eyes flickered slightly.

The County Lieutenant of Wurong County was a military officer second only to the County Magistrate, in charge of the county's public security, capturing thieves, criminal prisons, and military affairs. He was powerful, at least a martial arts powerhouse at the Acquired Realm Late Stage.

If what this person said was true, it was no wonder the Bai Family could establish a foothold in Wurong County, and it was no wonder Bai Yifan was usually arrogant, domineering, and acted without scruples.

"Sir, sir, we were just taking money to do a job, we had no choice!"

Ding Heng, while coughing violently and spitting out blood, kowtowed frantically, his voice miserable and panicked, "I have an eighty-year-old mother at home to support, and a three-year-old child still waiting to be fed. If we die, my whole Family will be unable to survive! Please, sir, show mercy and spare our lives. From now on, we will definitely turn over a new leaf and never dare to do this again!"

"Yes, yes, sir! We will never dare to again!"

Gao the Third kowtowed frantically, tears mixed with blood smearing his face, crying incessantly, "I have three children to support at home, and my wife is currently pregnant. My entire Family depends on me for survival! Please, sir, have mercy and spare us this once!"

The two crawled on the ground, looking extremely miserable and pathetic, begging for mercy by playing the pity card.

In their view, Chen An was ultimately just a teenager. Even though his cultivation was powerful, his Heart-Nature might not be as cold-hearted as some decisive Martial Artists.

As long as they pretended to be at their wit's end and burdened by their families, the other party would surely feel compassion and eventually spare their lives.

"It's not that you won't dare to again; you just know that you are about to die!"