THUD, THUD, THUD.
Amidst the heavy silence, a middle-aged man under fifty, accompanied by a local Defense Leader, rushed to the scene.
This was Zhang Tianxiong, Zhang Qiang's father. When he saw Ning Kun pinning his son to the ground, his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.
"You bastard, you're looking for death!"
Zhang Tianxiong's composure shattered. His crimson eyes brimd with murderous intent, and his fingers trembled. It was clear just how furious the village chief was.
Indifferent, Ning Kun kicked out, sending Zhang Qiang sliding several ters until he crashed into a wall.
This scene nearly made Zhang Tianxiong explode with rage.
That was his only son! When had he ever suffered such inhumane treatnt? If I don't kill this trash today, how can I ever show my face here again? I thought I knew Ning Kun through and through. How did he suddenly change like this? He knows who I am, yet he still dares to commit such a heinous act!
"HMPH!"
The Defense Leader beside him, an old friend of Zhang Tianxiong, stepped forward and snorted coldly. "To injure soone with such disregard for the law in broad daylight! Do you think I, Ye Qing, am just air?"
"Will you confess on your own, or must I act myself?" With a wave of his hand, Ye Qing signaled the dozens of n behind him to step forward, their killing intent palpable.
BOOM!
The heavy footsteps thundered like muffled drums, punctuated by the flash of drawn blades. The atmosphere was instantly filled with a biting chill.
They were all country folk, used to toiling in the fields. When had they ever witnessed such a terrifying scene?
At this mont, everyone in the crowd, regardless of their previous thoughts, was scared out of their wits. They retreated again and again, terrified of getting caught in the crossfire. Ning Shan, Hu Yun, and Dandan were especially tense.
"Please, be reasonable."
Dandan walked to Ning Kun's side, clutched his hand tightly, and took a deep breath before saying, "It was Zhang Qiang who started this. He tried to forcefully interfere in my marriage to Ning Kun."
"Ning Kun and I are in love. What right does Zhang Qiang have to interfere? What does this have to do with him?"
It wasn't easy for a typically quiet and honest girl like her to speak up in such a situation, but she had to get these words off her chest.
"What does it have to do with him?" Dandan pointed a finger at Zhang Qiang and demanded, "Sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, are you?!"
Zhang Qiang: "..."
"We're not related in any way. Aren't you getting a little full of yourself?"
Faced with the questions from a seemingly fragile woman, Zhang Qiang was silent. More accurately, he was speechless.
"HMPH!"
Zhang Tianxiong sneered, "My son didn't want to see you leap into a pit of fire! He was kindly offering you a hand, and you're ungrateful?"
"Besides, look at that bastard. What is he? Compared to my son, he's nothing but a maggot."
CRACK.
Ning Kun clenched his fists. His montum was overwhelming as he advanced on Zhang Tianxiong. "When I was eighteen, I fought in the bloody battle of Hundred Flowers Valley and cut down thousands of enemies. What right does your trash son have to be compared to ?"
"A year ago, a battle flag was planted in the Barbarian Capital. I was the one who put it there!"
BOOM!!
As Ning Kun took a step forward, his tiger-like eyes blazed with a thunderous might. The entire scene seed to freeze in ti.
The Battle of Hundred Flowers Valley from years ago might not be familiar to many. But who in this world didn't know about the event from a year ago, when the Martial Guard from Hanyun Valley swept through the Barbarians and planted their battle flag in the Barbarian Capital?
So... this simpleton was actually from the Forr Hanyun Valley Martial Guard, a subordinate of the Forr Chief Military Commander.
This...
Even Zhang Tianxiong and Ye Qing's expressions turned unnatural.
Ning Kun's next words were truly earth-shattering.
"I was the one who bore that command flag!"
Everyone: "..."
The bearer of the command flag was certain to be a trusted confidant of the Forr Chief Military Commander, a person of great importance within the army. Who would have thought that this man, who never fought back when bullied, was from the Hanyun Valley Martial Guard, a subordinate of the Forr Chief Military Commander?
Zhang Tianxiong's heart pounded. He was starting to feel afraid. Putting everything else aside, his relationship with the Forr Chief Military Commander had to be extraordinary.
"Heh heh!" Ye Qing, standing to the side, suddenly laughed. "You reckless fool, daring to invoke the na of the Forr Chief Military Commander. You must be courting death."
There's a saying about not disrespecting the revered. If this were taken seriously, the punishnt of executing his entire clan would be considered light.
"I knew it," Zhang Tianxiong said with a sneer, sighing in relief. "How could trash like him co from that iron-blooded Martial Departnt?"
"I, Ning Kun, am a subordinate of the Forr Chief Military Commander," Ning Kun stated.
Hu Yun hurried over and signaled for Ning Kun to stop talking.
To take a step back, even if it was true, so what? Everyone knew that the Forr Chief Military Commander, frustrated and unfulfilled, had long since vanished from the public eye. His Martial Departnt had been disbanded. What was the point of bringing it up now?
Chen Yang stared at Ye Qing and asked quietly, "So, you've decided to side with them?"
"Who are you to question how I do things?" Ye Qing's gaze turned somber. "Will you kneel on your own, or do I need to make you kneel?"
Chen Yang said nothing more, simply taking out his phone to make a call.
Watching this, Ye Qing burst into laughter. "What, calling for backup now? Fine, I'll wait! I'd like to see what blind fool dares to interfere in my, Ye Qing's, affairs."
In this region, he was the emperor. His word was law.
The call connected quickly. "Hello, this is Wu Xing."
"It's Chen Yang."
There was a mont of silence on the other end, followed by an urgent, "Where are you?"
"We'll talk about my situation later." Chen Yang lit a cigarette. Gazing toward the distant sky, he squinted and said, "Send so people over. Ti to take out the trash."
His words were spoken calmly, but they struck the crowd like a clap of thunder, sending a bone-deep chill through everyone.
CLICK.
After hanging up, Chen Yang smiled at Ning Kun. "Today, I'm going to clear your na."
Ning Kun's expression shook, his hands trembling visibly.
"Heh!" Ye Qing sneered. "So what if you really were one of the Forr Chief Military Commander's n? You've crossed , so I'll slaughter you all the sa!"
Ning Kun fell silent, just staring at Ye Qing as if looking at a dead man.
What was there to say to a dead man walking?
He just squeezed Dandan's small hand and gave her a reassuring smile.
「About half an hour later.」
THUD, THUD, THUD.
Down the village path, a dark mass of people advanced in orderly lockstep. They sward forward like locusts, an endless sea of bodies.
"This..."
"My God, is that... a Martial Guard approaching?"
Ye Qing's jaw dropped. He didn't dare to linger and rushed forward to greet them, only to see a burly, middle-aged man striding toward him.
"A... a seventh-rank Military General?"
Ye Qing swallowed hard. Before he could even salute, he saw the seventh-rank Military General bow with the utmost reverence and awe.
"Li Yang greets the War God of the State!"
Instantly, the world fell silent.
Ye Qing was the first to react. A chill shot through his entire body. "You... You're the Forr Chief Military Commander?"
Zhang Tianxiong: "..."
Everyone else: "..."
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