The words, laced with chilling killing intent, were barely out when Sheng Ba charged towards Bai Zihe in eight strides. His movements were like the wind, his fists like dragons, with the air of smashing Bai Zihe into a meat patty and then chewing it slowly.
"Little Junior Brother, be careful!" Murong Mingyue cried out in alarm. Chun Tao and the others also turned pale. The worst-case scenario had arrived!
"Finally done farting…" Bai Zihe said nonchalantly, stretching his limbs with disinterest.
The next second, a colossal fist appeared before Bai Zihe.
"Crack!" Just as everyone expected a gruesome scene of shattered brains, Bai Zihe suddenly grabbed the disproportionately large wrist. Then… with a fierce exertion of force, he slammed it onto the ground.
"Rumble!" Sheng Ba's massive body was violently thrown to the ground by Bai Zihe. This slam… shook the earth and the entire cruise ship trembled. This slam… shocked the heavens and earth, countless experts' eyes bulged out! Even Murong Mingyue and the four women, Chun Tao, gaped, their mouths hanging open, unable to believe the outcome.
But this was not the outcome. This was just the beginning. Next… Bai Zihe, holding Sheng Ba's thick arm with one hand, swung him repeatedly and smashed him down onto the ground again and again, his face unblushing, his breath even, as if… he was playing. Yes, playing!
"Bang!" "Bang!" Violent sounds echoed across the sea. Deafening. Soul-stirring. They slammed onto the deck and into their hearts. Until the skin was ripped and the flesh was exposed. Until bones and flesh separated. Until there was no more life! The divine and peerless Sheng Ba, the terrifying and unmatched Sheng Ba, was literally smashed to death by Bai Zihe, without any ability to resist.
"That's it?" Bai Zihe tossed Sheng Ba's mangled corpse aside, a look of infinite mockery on his face. "I thought you were supposed to be fierce. You're not very tough, are you?" His understated words made everyone's pupils contract sharply. They couldn't understand how Bai Zihe's small frame contained such immense power. They couldn't comprehend how Bai Zihe's thirty-seven-degree lips could utter such chilling words. Sheng Ba, who surpassed the Grandmaster… was smashed to death by him, and then called not tough enough. Wasn't this provoking them? Their hearts felt as cold as ice.
Everyone on the cruise ship looked at Bai Zihe with changed eyes. Shock mixed with reverence. Reverence mixed with admiration. Regardless, even as an enemy, such strength… stirred their hearts!
Only the Seventh Master, who had been so arrogant earlier, was stunned, dumbfounded, shocked, and terrified. His legs went weak, and he cautiously retreated, attempting to reach a safer place before Bai Zihe noticed him. After all, if Sheng Ba could be so easily killed by Bai Zihe, staying here would only bring him more humiliation, and perhaps even cost him his life.
But in the next second, his fantasy was shattered. Bai Zihe flashed forward, grabbed the Seventh Master by the neck, and lifted him off the ground.
"Speak," Bai Zihe's eyes were as cold as frost. "What are you preparing to do in Kong Wu?"
"I, I…" The Seventh Master's eyes flickered, then he said, "I don't know… Ahhh—!" Before he could finish speaking, Bai Zihe used his other hand to break one of his legs. Instantly, his thick left leg hung by a few strips of flesh, swaying back and forth in the sea breeze, making one's scalp tingle and also looking somewhat comical.
"Wrong answer, continue." Bai Zihe, as if nothing had happened, said lightly and continued to ask.
"…" The Seventh Master was already sweating profusely from the pain, the veins on his forehead bulging like restless earthworms, twisting incessantly, looking horrifying.
"They're using this to… refine treasures… Oh oh oh—" Before he could finish, Bai Zihe broke another of his legs. His expression remained unchanged. "You have one last chance." These words were calm, but the killing intent within them was obvious. Even the long-dead Sheng Ba could have heard it.
"I, I…" The Seventh Master was already exhausted, his voice hoarse. Facing Bai Zihe's piercing gaze, he surrendered, dejectedly saying, "This thing, it, it's what Lord Emperor wants!"