Madman!

Chapter 122: Shark Jiu Bides Her Time

On the highway, several vehicles were parked by the roadside.

Shark Jiu kept her eyes lowered until her phone vibrated. She glanced at the screen, then stepped out of the car.

From the moment she boarded, she had been accumulating her momentum.

Now silence reigned, and her presence stood like a towering peak. Even Chen Wujun was secretly startled.

"Senior Sister's presence right now is like a high mountain or a vast ocean—simply unfathomable. I've never felt this from her before."

'Senior Sister has been hiding her light... concealing her true self. Only now is she revealing her true capabilities. Her presence alone is astonishing.'

'I wonder if Senior Sister has reached the Transformation Realm? To have trained her kung fu to perfection, where the fascia and bones of the entire body are unified, and strength permeates every part...'

Chen Wujun's reading had been fruitful lately; his vocabulary of adjectives had grown significantly.

He had previously guessed there was a high probability Shark Jiu had reached the Transformation Realm. Seeing her momentum now, he felt certain of it. That was why she dared to make a move on Master Xin.

Master Xin was, after all, a former Magnetic Field Level expert. Even if he could never fully recover from his severe injuries, he was still far beyond what any mutated New Arts martial artist could compare to.Shark Jiu wasn't a conventional beauty; her features were merely delicate. However, she was tall and radiated a heroic spirit. Combined with the aura of someone who held the power of life and death in her hands, she commanded attention wherever she went.

Standing by the roadside now, few passing cars dared to slow down.

Ordinary people felt a sudden tightness in their chests just looking at her, as if a heavy stone were pressing down on their hearts, compelling them to accelerate and flee.

Chen Wujun got out of the car, twirling the sickle in his hand with a flourish. He looked up at the sky—a vast azure expanse dotted with wisps of white cloud.

It was fine weather for killing.

Ten minutes later, a convoy of black sedans approached from the distance.

When they were less than twenty meters away, Shark Jiu's ears twitched. Her lowered eyelids suddenly snapped open, revealing eyes that shone with a terrifying light, sharp as two knives.

The driver of the lead car didn't even see Shark Jiu's face clearly. He only felt as though two blades had stabbed into his eyes. Tears streamed down his face as he instinctively shut his eyes and slammed on the brakes.

This was the Eye Strike—the technique Chen Wujun had learned from Zhou Qing—trained to a profound level.

However, a typical Eye Strike was only effective within two or three meters, used to suddenly project one's spirit and intent through a gaze during close combat.

Shark Jiu, however, had opened her eyes from over ten meters away, striking with spirit and intent she had been accumulating for a long time.

To defeat a man, first defeat his courage.

Although Shark Jiu expended her gathered spirit with this move, it served as a successful display of dominance to crush the courage of Master Xin and his men.

The screech of tires against asphalt rang out as the convoy skidded to a chaotic halt.

Inside the car, Master Xin cast his gaze over the dozens of meters separating them, his expression turning incredibly grave as it landed on Shark Jiu.

He had come to hunt Shark Jiu, yet his own movements had fallen under her surveillance, allowing her to intercept him here.

Moreover, Shark Jiu's Eye Strike had genuinely startled him.

Although Master Xin was a New Arts expert now, he was once at the Magnetic Field Level. Experienced and knowledgeable, he understood the principles behind techniques like the Eye Strike.

But Shark Jiu's spirit was so concentrated it was almost tangible, like a physical arrow. What kind of mental power was this?

Especially since she hadn't moved a finger; she had forced the convoy to stop simply by opening her eyes.

It had only fueled her momentum further.

'She was holding back before!' Master Xin suddenly realized. The strength Shark Jiu had displayed in the past was definitely a deception.

Master Xin took a deep breath, regained his composure, and pushed the car door open. He stepped out and walked slowly toward Shark Jiu.

The others in the vehicles also exited.

Master Xin walked until he was about ten meters away from Shark Jiu before stopping. With a trace of regret in his voice, he said, "Shark Jiu, you are too impatient."

"You were the most suitable successor. If you had just endured a little longer, you wouldn't have needed to ask—I would have handed Hetu over to you."

Shark Jiu looked at Master Xin and grinned, revealing sharp teeth. Her expression was high-spirited, resolute, and unwavering. "Master Xin, a dragon flies in the nine heavens or hides in the vast oceans and great rivers. How could it crouch in a mud hole for long?"

"If it stays in the mud too long, even a true dragon becomes a snake!"

"I didn't see you when you achieved the Magnetic Field Level back in the day, but I imagine you had great spirit then. But now? The reason you can't return to the Magnetic Field Level isn't because of your old injury—it's because you've lost the temperament and heart of a dragon."

Master Xin had attempted to shake Shark Jiu's resolve. Even the slightest wavering could determine the outcome of their upcoming battle.

But Shark Jiu's words struck straight at his core, sharp as a blade.

Even the expressions of the men Master Xin had brought with him changed.

Master Xin's face darkened slightly.

"Shark Jiu, you are still too young; you don't understand at all. Why do you think the Federation tolerates the existence of the Walled City?"

Shark Jiu laughed loudly. "Master Xin, that is exactly why you have become a snake! You are bound by those rules and frameworks, left with no ambition at all!"

Seeing that he couldn't gain a verbal advantage or shake her resolve, Master Xin glanced around. "Those hiding in the cars should come out too."

He had already sensed people in the other vehicles—people with considerable strength.

The doors of the parked cars opened, and five men stepped out.

They were Yuan Hong, Pei Qingzhi, Kai Zi, Sea Duke, and Xu Anquan.

Recognizing them, Master Xin's heart sank.

As the former Dragon Head of Hetu, Master Xin was well-informed about the underworld. He recognized three of them at a glance.

Yuan Hong, Sea Duke, and Xu Anquan.

All were wanted criminals known for eating 'Big Tea Rice'—engaging in high-stakes crimes.

Yuan Hong's origins were unknown, but he was linked to at least four major cases involving a total sum of over three hundred million.

Sea Duke operated frequently at sea. He was a Mutated New Arts Expert with the ability of Vibration Sensing, making him an extremely troublesome opponent.

As for Xu Anquan, he had kidnapped and blackmailed North Port tycoons multiple times. His biggest case involved a ransom of two hundred million.

Although he didn't recognize the other two, anyone standing with those three would be no pushover.

Among the people he had brought, besides Tall Guy and Fat Nan, there were two other master fighters he had personally trained.

He had thought this would be a siege against Shark Jiu alone. He hadn't expected her to recruit such individuals.

It wasn't just Master Xin; Tall Guy's face changed drastically as his eyes darted around.

"Master Xin, you've seen the guests. Now it's time to send you on your way!" Shark Jiu's voice was clear and piercing.

She moved, executing the Mud-Wading Step. While her feet barely seemed to lift, she crossed over ten meters in an instant. Bones and muscles throughout her body twisted, generating the Dragon-Tiger Combined Force. She raised her hand like a hammer and smashed it down toward Master Xin's head.

The strike squeezed the very air away from Master Xin's face, delivering a blow of incomparable ferocity and dominance.

In the past, Shark Jiu had always used the Swimming Dragon Palm—flexible, changing movements with vicious strikes.

No one expected that her true specialty wasn't palm techniques, but the most rigid and fierce hammer strikes.

Master Xin felt as if the sky itself were collapsing under the weight of that hammer.

However, Master Xin was a Magnetic Field Level expert, possessing means others could not compare to.

Before Master Xin even moved, the dust and dirt on the road and in the air were pushed aside by an invisible hand. At the same time, Shark Jiu felt the air around her hammer strike become viscous.

This was the ability of the Magnetic Field Level.

Even if his strength had fallen, he had once reached that realm and could still utilize its power three times.

Simultaneously, Master Xin's hand became as sharp as a blade. He stepped forward in an instant, thrusting straight for Shark Jiu's heart. Before his palm even arrived, the air was sliced apart.

Master Xin went all out from the start. He used his magnetic field ability to slow Shark Jiu's hammer offensive while launching an incredibly lethal counter-attack, intending to trade blows and kill her in a single strike.

Shark Jiu's right hand was formed into a hammer, but her left hand remained an open palm.

Seeing her right hammer bogged down in the invisible mire and Master Xin's hand-blade approaching with razor sharpness, Shark Jiu didn't panic. Her left hand reached out as if plucking a flower. The palm movement was light and graceful, instantly wrapping around Master Xin's striking hand.

Shark Jiu's right hand wielded a fierce hammer, while her left hand employed the soft power of 'Ox Tongue Curling Grass' from the Swimming Dragon Palm.

Even Chen Wujun hadn't mastered this technique of extending the palm like an ox's tongue.

Shark Jiu had trained her kung fu to perfection. Her sweeping palm could catch even a sharp blade with bare hands.