Chapter 972: Chapter 964 A Battlefront
People are always afraid of the unknown.
The three leaders exchanged a glance, aning the three of them would attack together. None of them wanted to suffer a loss in this situation, but they also couldn’t lose face in front of their subordinates, so they all advanced together.
Bai Long still stood there, motionless, until those people were close, he extended a hand to block them. For a mont, the three of them gained no advantage. Their subordinates also started to make moves. No matter how skilled Bai Long’s kung fu was, he couldn’t withstand so many people attacking at once; plus, he was getting on in years, and after a while, he started to feel his stamina falling short.
“As long as you hand over the Green-eyed Silver-tailed Needle, we’ll spare your life and won’t trouble you,” one of them said, because he knew that continuing the fight would lead to mutual destruction, which was aningless, so he talked to Bai Long.
“The Green-eyed Silver-tailed Needle is mine. You want it? Only over my dead body,” Bai Long said forcefully.
“Then we’ll fight to the death!” the opponent said.
But Bai Long knew today was not the day for a prolonged fight. He couldn’t fall into the hands of others, nor could he let his n suffer unjustly today, even if so were only following him for their own interests.
Bai Long looked for an opportunity to retreat, but this ti he indeed underestimated the combined strength of the three sides. It seed they had improved greatly with each conflict, and his people seed to have slacked in their training.
Though the current situation wasn’t utterly disgraceful, continuing like this would surely lead to his defeat. Recovering from the aftermath would take a long ti. Bai Long fought while quietly contemplating a retreat route.
Gradually, Bai Long started to fall behind. Liu Rui’s n watched from the side, of course adopting a bystander’s attitude, but Liu Rui was different. The person now in danger was his own father. No matter how he feigned calmness, his constantly clenching and unclenching hands betrayed his inner anxiety.
Xiao Yifei was also anxiously watching, watching Liu Rui closely. He was really afraid Liu Rui wouldn’t be able to control his emotions and would rush out to help his father. But Liu Rui just watched as his father was beaten by others.
Until the last mont, Liu Rui ordered his n to intervene. During this ti, they had gathered quite a few people, thanks mostly to Xiao Yifei. Whenever he saw a sick person on the road, he couldn’t help but step forward to treat them, and naturally, these people stood with Liu Rui.
As soon as Liu Rui’s people made a move, they imdiately surrounded the others. In fact, the other four forces were already failing at this ti, with only a few still standing, many lying on the ground, sighing. Liu Rui and his group’s appearance was sothing none of the others had expected.
So they were stunned at first, the three leaders also stopped attacking Bai Long and looked at Liu Rui’s people warily, Xiao Yifei, at Liu Rui’s strong insistence, didn’t show up at this ti, fearing for Xiao Yifei’s safety.
“Where did you co from, kid popping out of nowhere?” one of them asked.
“That’s none of your business,” Liu Rui said, then glanced at Bai Long, finding the latter also looking at him analytically.
None of them could figure out who these suddenly appearing people were or whether they were enemies or friends. If they truly were Bai Long’s reinforcents, they might not return to their turf alive today. But looking at the situation, this stranger seed not to be helping Bai Long.
While everyone was bewildered, Bai Long discreetly used the Green-eyed Silver-tailed Needle to unblock his acupuncture points. Now, probably none present were a match for Bai Long.
Bai Long, without thinking, grabbed the nearest person and started fighting. He didn’t even recognize the person in front of him was his son. Their last eting was ten years ago when his son, Liu Rui, was just a child. Who would have thought that the son once begging him for toys had now sneaked into the prison, planning his rescue.
He thought this person was a newly erged force in the prison. Liu Rui, in the situation, also didn’t voice any explanations, started fighting directly. The remaining three forces also sneakily moved to the side, all wanting to preserve their strength and then gain a big advantage.
With his ‘cheat’ activated, no one there was Bai Long’s match. Even soone like Liu Rui couldn’t stand more than three or four moves against him. Xiao Yifei, watching from the side, was anxious but could do nothing except use acupuncture.
But Bai Long couldn’t be approached, let alone at close range for acupuncture. Xiao Yifei anxiously paced, wondering what Liu Rui was thinking; it was ti to reveal the truth to Bai Long!
Just as Xiao Yifei was about to step forward, ready to reveal Liu Rui’s identity despite the risks, they noticed Liu Rui changed his fighting style, now more like practicing a set of boxing than aggressive attacks.
Xiao Yifei, unfamiliar with these matters, only noticed Liu Rui’s punches were not as forceful as before, but he also noticed Bai Long’s hits were much lighter, more like they were practicing martial arts together. Bai Long matched every move to Liu Rui’s rhythm.
Finally, with a feint, Bai Long pretended to be defeated by Liu Rui. During their fight, the other three forces quietly slipped away, unwilling to suffer losses here, knowing they couldn’t gain any advantage.
“Who are you? The set of boxing you used just now is only known to our family,” Bai Long, pretending to be defeated, asked after recognizing the familiar boxing style. He had a bold assumption but couldn’t believe it was true.
The Liu Family’s boxing style was known only by himself and his son. Bai Long thought, looking at the young man in front of him, there did seem to be a bit of his own shadow from when he was young.
“You already know the answer, don’t you?” Liu Rui countered.
Indeed, he seed like his son, especially his speaking tone; Bai Long reminisced about his younger self, speaking with that sa air of invincibility, as if he was the most powerful in the world, with that disdainful gaze for everyone. Bai Long almost saw himself in his younger years.
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