Liao Feng and Liang Yu walked side by side. They were silently returning to their dormitory rooms after handing over the mission.

Liao Feng was remembering everything he had gone in the outside world for over a month. His memories sank his gloomy mood.

Liang Yu was thinking about how to explain to others and make a decision about Liao Feng. He felt Liao Feng’s abilities were of no concern, but the nonsense beliefs were pulling the legs of Liao Feng.

Liao Feng was immersed in a world of his own, recalling the deaths of all the remnants. He clenched his spear, ignoring the pain in his right shoulder.

Liang Yu saw the spear in Liao Feng’s hand trembling and looked at him. He immediately held Liao Feng’s hand and tried to comfort him, “What are you angry about? Is that angry worthy to hurt yourself?”

Liao Feng relaxed his hands over the spear.

Liang Yu slowly took the spear and put it inside his storage bag.

“Are you still brooding over their deaths? They may have died unjustly, but we can’t defy the mission. The mission is also meant to safeguard the lives of our sect disciples. You must care about the lives in our sect.” Liang Yu said to Liao Feng in a low and soft voice. “We should use every chance we get to protect our lives. If we gave a chance to the remnants and let them escape, they will return to take our lives next time.”

“Your choice to let them live will kill people that could have been saved in the first place.”

Liao Feng just lowered his head and listened everything Liang Yu said.

In the bustling street, Liao Feng only listened to the words of Liang Yu.

Until the bustling sounds changed to angry shouts and deranged curses.

Liao Feng gaze followed the noise. His steps changed their direction towards the crowd. Liang Yu followed his gaze and also moved towards in that directions.

Two men were beating a young man. The young man was pinned to the ground, his right leg was stepped on by one of them.

His left hand was on fire, burning fiercely.

The other man knelt beside the young man, like a madman he was screaming in the face and slapping the young man. He spat on his face and also punched him in the guts. “Can trash like you even qualified to speak with my sister? Can a maggot clan like yours think of coveting my sister?”

The young man was not resisting, there was no sound coming from him. The man, who was stepping on the hand, lifted his leg and stomped on the stomach of the young man. The young man’s body leaned forward with a groan. He once again fell silent after the only shout of pain. His left hand was sizzling in the flames.

The sect disciples were just watching the fighting in the centre. The crowd wasn’t big, disciples gathered together and stood in groups around the quarrelling men. A gap was made in the crowd to let the busy disciples to walk between them.

Liao Feng looked at the unresponsive young man, and the crowd, who were entertaining themselves with the brawl. His heart shook with panic.

That unresponsive face and the mad dog’s leg hovering over the young man’s head frightened Liao Feng.

In the next moment, the young man might die under that foot.

Liao Feng’s muscles tightened, he lunged forward, drawing back his clenched fist, and quickly appeared in front of the foot hovering in the air. His left leg landed heavily on the ground, his tightly compressed iron fist was unleashed, the punch struck the thigh with devastating force.

The thigh bent with a heavy cracking sound. The man shrieked loudly because of the piercing pain.

He rapidly lifted his right leg and kicked the man kneeling beside the young man on the jaw. His leg hit the arm of the man who defended himself.

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Then looked down at the unresponsive young man. The battered face, filled with blood and torn skin, enraged him. He wanted to ask if he can respond, but decided against it. He quickly gathered astral energy and covered his left hand.

Liao Feng turned his head to look at the two men who assaulted the young man.

Holding his thigh, a man fell down. The other man looked at his companion and his face darkened, “Brother Yu, wait for a few moments!” He howled crazily.

The man turned his head sharply towards Liao Feng and shouted like a madman while taking out a sword, “You bastard! How dare you attack us!”

He leaped forward and slashed at Liao Feng with a sword.

Liao Feng quickly dodged the slash, but the sword grazed his left arm.

Liang Yu immediately came forward to help Liao Feng while cursing him. He knew that a fight couldn’t be avoided any more.

The crowd’s attention peaked with the joining of two more figures in the quarrel. Whistles and unruly howls erupted from the crowd. They were engrossed in the screams of the fallen man and the violent punch.

Those men who were just crossing the crowd stopped and fixed their focus on the five men in the centre.

The fallen man gathered astral energy in his hands, he screamed loudly, “Brother Lin, kill that brat! Skin that brat!”

Brother Lin swung his sword fiercely at Liao Feng’s head. Liang Yu was hit by flames from the hands of the fallen Brother Yu. Liang Yu rolled to the side to escape from the fierce fires.

Liao Feng successfully dodged and punched Brother Lin in the chest. Brother Lin was unfazed. Liao Feng’s fist pained.

Liao Feng quickly moved his foot to put some distance between them.

Brother Lin face turned into crazed expression, his lips were stretched, and he smiled madly, “A skinny brat daring to even touch me. Just lie down and die from my sword without suffering.”

“No! I must skin you. I must skin you alive.”

Liao Feng mind was shaken. He quickly focused himself while dodging the slashes of Brother Lin’s sword.

Liao Feng tilted his head to dodge the sword slashing his neck.

He realised that his life was threatened. A maniac is after his life.

Liao Feng closed the distance and punched the smiling mouth of the maniac Brother Lin.

He pulled his own head back and smashed Brother Lin’s head with force.

Liao Feng's head buzzed.

Brother Lin shook his head and slashed at Liao Feng’s chest with his fingers covered in astral energy.

Liao Feng caught the arm, but still failed to stop it from cutting his chest. He took in a sharp breath and bit his lips to stop screaming in pain.

Brother Lin began to unleash countless sword slashes at Liao Feng.

Brother Lin’s unending sword slashes sliced Liao Feng body tens of time in a quick period.

Liao Feng was in an agonizing pain.

“Don’t hold on your tears, brat. Cry as much as you can. Let me listened to them.”

Liao Feng dodged and punched the guts out of Brother Lin whenever he can.

Liang Yu was troubled by the attacks of Brother Yu. He couldn’t hold on for longer from the powerful attacks of Brother Yu. He dodged and dodged. The air began to fill with dust and smoke from the explosions of Brother Yu’s attacks.

When Brother Yu’s attacks lessened, he quickly took time to throw the spear to Liao Feng.

Liao Feng caught and held the spear with only his left hand.

Liao Feng put some distance and parried the slashes of Brother Lin’s sword.

Brother Lin began to close the distance and stab at Liao Feng.

Liao Feng dodged and caught the hand of Brother Lin with his right hand. He slid the spear in his left hand backward and then stabbed at Brother Lin’s abdomen.

The spear pierced an inch into the abdomen of Brother Lin.

Brother Lin held the spear with his bronze coloured hands and broke the tip. He stared closely into Liao Feng’s eyes, “Are you dumb, you son of a bastard? I can treat you!”

Liao Feng’s right hand was numb from pain. His body was oozing with blood.

Brother Lin didn’t care about the silence of Liao Feng.

He unleashed an even more frenzied sword strikes at Liao Feng.

Liao Feng’s spear dodged the sword strikes like a flexible snake. He focused on blocking the sword strikes.

The crowd quickly moved aside and gave space to them.

Like a madman, Brother Lin assaulted Liao Feng.

The skin of Liao Feng’s fingers opened up with sword slashes. Blood dripped down from them. His teary, red eyes couldn't cover the crippling pain he was feeling.

The assaulted young man with his battered eyes barely opened them to look at Liao Feng. He slowly struggled to raise his hands and aimed at the shoulder blades of Brother Lin. A flaming ball of fire gathered in his hand.

Before Brother Lin could feel the danger, his right shoulder blade was blasted from behind.

Liao Feng looked at the young man and a smile blossomed on his face.

Liao Feng fiercely bashed the spear at Brother Lin’s head. Brother Lin quickly dodged it by rolling on the ground.

He grabbed the soil and threw it at Liao Feng’s face. Liao Feng instantly closed his eyes when he saw the sand in Brother Lin’s hand.

Brother Lin changed the sword to his left hand and slashed at Liao Feng’s right leg.

The sword cut deeply into the leg of Liao Feng’s right leg.

Liao Feng’s legs nearly gave out.

“Die! Die! Die!” Brother Lin cried crazily.

Liao Feng screamed in pain, “Can’t you shut your mouth!”

He immediately launched a full blown attack in front of him. Brother Lin could dodge them at first.

But when the dust cleared and Liao Feng opened his eyes, it was like a spirit of god possessed him.

Liao Feng battered Brother Lin with the broken spear.

Liao Feng clobbered the arms of Brother Lin. His hand bones collapsed and broke. They pierced out of his skin and sleeves.

The fight ended. Liao Feng was at the end of his wits.

‘I will not fall.’ He thought in his mind.

He stood tall.

‘No one in the crowd will kill that man. I will stand tall.’