Chapter 681 - 554: Opening with a Kick, Ending with a Punch

"Zhang!"

In the dueling arena, Qi Dabin panted heavily, his throat bobbing with the flow of air, his shoulders heaving, sweat dripping down his forehead. He stared at Zhang Su with a complex expression: "Do you really want to exterminate us all? In front of so many people, we are alike, aren’t we? Don’t you want to be a benevolent leader?"

Knowing he was at a dead end, Qi Dabin still couldn’t reconcile himself to it.

"Alike? Who the hell is like you! When you wanted to bring people up the mountain to loot, why didn’t you think we were alike then?"

Zhang Su had taken many punches and kicks, but the most obvious injury was his left eye corner, hit by an unknown heavy punch, cracking open, with blood sticking to the outer corner. He squinted his left eye slightly and spoke loudly.

"Brothers, wouldn’t it be benevolent to eliminate the bandits plotting against Celestial Horse Island?"

After he finished speaking, there wasn’t an immediate response from the crowd, as everyone needed a moment to think before answering, to avoid any awkward missteps.

After about two or three seconds, a scattered "Yes" sounded in the surroundings, finally gathering into a loud confirmation.

Zhao Dezhu and his group hadn’t gone far and turned back to look, their faces showing expressions of complicated amusement.

"Damn, why did those bastards bury it? Just throwing it on the ground would have been much easier."

Liu Yao kicked the dirt on the ground in dissatisfaction.

"Hmph!" Yang Xinqi was initially planning to agree, but when he remembered being called over by Liu Yao to dig pits, he got angry and couldn’t be bothered to comment.

"Keep moving, don’t talk so much nonsense. We’re the Survivor Camp that promotes civilization, not a barbaric tribe, understand?"

Zhao Dezhu called out for Liu Yao and others to keep moving forward.

"You scumbag, did you hear that? From our perspective, getting rid of you ill-intentioned fools is benevolence. Any last words, this is my last mercy to you!"

Despite being injured, Zhang Su’s condition was still fine, full of spirit, especially after having taken down seven people barehanded, his intense killing intent burst forth through his words.

Zhang Su’s internal killing intent naturally influenced the crowd watching around, everyone unintentionally wanting to finish off the two in the arena quickly.

"I, I’ve seen in movies, there’s a way where they make the two captured people duel each other in the end, the survivor gets to live, give me a chance to fight with him..."

Qi Dabin couldn’t hold it together anymore. He raised his hand and pointed at Skinny, saying something that left countless people dumbfounded.

Even with Zhang Su’s strong mentality, he was stunned, how could someone be so shameless? For a moment, he didn’t know what to say, but some people wouldn’t just sit and wait for death.

At this moment, an unexpected turn of events occurred in the arena!

Qi Dabin pointed at Skinny but faced Zhang Su, his heart pounding, hoping the other would agree. Yet he didn’t notice the surge of killing intent in Skinny’s eyes, immediately put into action.

"You go die first!"

Skinny made a move, launching a Thunderous Strike at Qi Dabin.

In the Flying Wolf Gang, he was called Skinny by his companions, not just due to his build, but also for his agility, which was similar to Qi Dabin’s; otherwise, he wouldn’t have survived until now!

Skinny lacked a bit in strength, so his attacks were very vicious. When fighting, his attacks were often directed at vulnerable spots like the eyes, throat, solar plexus, and groin, and this time was no exception!

An expected yet unexpected turn of events, Zhang Su instinctively stepped forward but then stopped himself.

Bang!

"You, urrk, hoole, urgh..."

Qi Dabin felt a shadow flash by the corner of his eye, then his throat was severely hit, a wave of intense pain spread, and he found himself unable to breathe!

Clutching his neck in disbelief, his eyes filled with frustration and malice.

His throat bone smashed without any defense, leading to a ruptured trachea and an inability to breathe, he was definitely doomed.

But why wasn’t he on guard?

Logically, when he said he wanted to duel with Skinny, Qi Dabin should have thought Skinny would attack, but he didn’t consider that, because in his mind, Skinny would realize it’s a trick targeting Zhang Su!

Qi Dabin was confident that Zhang Su would accept the proposal, because many people enjoyed toying with their prey, especially ones like them trapped in a jar; it’s the most amusing. At least that’s what he thought.

Then he could play some unexpected tricks in the duel with Skinny, either ambushing Zhang Su or holding important people hostage, eventually escaping.

Previously, Skinny could easily read the underlying meaning in Qi Dabin’s words, but this time was different from any other.

Qi Dabin miscalculated...

Skinny was already at the brink of collapse, or rather, as he watched one companion after another die from fists and kicks, his spirit had shattered; he couldn’t bother to play along, only holding the belief that if they wanted him dead, he’d take them down first!

"Idiot..."

Qi Dabin couldn’t speak, but it didn’t stop him from cursing angrily in his heart, then converted the words into mouth shapes.

Thud...

He fell to the ground in discontent, beginning to convulse. Until he stopped, his eyes were wide open, staring straight at Skinny. Originally, his greatest hatred was for Zhang Su, but as he died, his target changed.

Skinny seemed drained of all strength, he didn’t dare look at Qi Dabin who died by his hand, his attacking hand still throbbed with pain from exertion, staring intently at Zhang Su. Only when silence fell did he speak: "Master Zhang, I killed the mastermind of this whole affair, can you, can you let me go?"