Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

The young traffic policeman was facing away from the square, using his dashcam to disperse the crowd. He had no martial arts training whatsoever, and could not possibly have sensed the ghostly killing intent approaching from behind.

Xiao Chen was too fast, so fast that even Zhao Tiezhu didn't have time to pull out the stun gun.

With a muffled "thud," Xiao Chen's two fingers, held together like iron spikes, accurately struck the young traffic policeman's "Lingtai" and "Xuanshu" acupoints on his back.

The young traffic policeman didn't even utter a cry of surprise; he seemed to have been suddenly put on pause. The dashcam in his hand fell with a "thud" into the shards of glass, and his body instantly stiffened into a lifeless wooden board, standing rigidly in place.

Apart from his eyes, which were trembling violently from extreme terror, he couldn't move even his little finger.

"Don't come any closer!"

Xiao Chen grabbed the traffic policeman by the neck, using the stiff body as a shield in front of him. A morbid fanaticism appeared on his pale face as he let out a hysterical roar at the SWAT officers who were standing by.

"Step back! Anyone who dares to take a step forward, I will shatter their heart meridian on the spot!"

The surrounding SWAT officers instantly raised their riot shields, their dark gun barrels locked onto Xiao Chen. But because a colleague had been taken hostage, no one dared to make a move, and the atmosphere instantly turned icy.

A gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd.

"Good heavens! Why is that traffic cop not moving? Is that the legendary Sunflower Acupuncture Technique?"

"This is terrifying! Does such unscientific martial arts really exist in this world?"

Listening to the horrified chatter of the ordinary people around him, Xiao Chen's vanity was greatly satisfied. He looked up at Lu Jingyan, who had stopped a dozen meters away, and a cruel and arrogant sneer curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Lu Jingyan, do you see this? This is the power of our ancient martial arts family!"

Xiao Chen's fingers were gripping the traffic policeman's throat tightly, his tone filled with contempt. "In the face of absolute power, you so-called law enforcement officers, with your junk in your hands, are nothing but a fart! In our eyes, you mortals are just ants that we can crush at any time!"

"Releasing Lin Dong right now, and preparing a car with a full tank of gas for me to leave. Otherwise, this ant will pay with its life today!"

He was certain that Lu Jingyan wouldn't dare joke about his colleague's life.

However, Lu Jingyan did not show the anger or compromise he had expected.

He stood quietly in place, his deep eyes, hidden behind his gold-rimmed glasses, showed no awe for the so-called "ancient martial arts secrets," but only an extreme rationality that saw through everything.

[Ding! Unknown bioelectric current interference detected!]

The goal is to use high-intensity external force to compress nerve nodes in the human body, causing a temporary blockage of the motor nerve center.

[System is analyzing the cracking solution... Analysis successful! Congratulations, host, you have acquired an advanced skill: Human Neuron Control Decompression Technique (commonly known as Acupoint Release).]

Hearing the mechanical voice of the system in his mind, Lu Jingyan shook his head helplessly.

What kind of ancient martial arts acupoint striking is this? To put it bluntly, isn't it just using violent means to forcibly block nerve conduction? Do you really think you're some kind of transcendent immortal?

"Ants?"

Lu Jingyan slowly took a step forward, ignoring Xiao Chen's threat, and walked straight towards him.

"Xiao Chen, have you been reading too many martial arts novels? Has it damaged your brain?"

His voice was perfectly calm, yet clearly audible in the silent square, "You've taken a traffic policeman hostage while he's on duty, and you think you're so powerful?"

"Stop! If you take another step forward, I'll really kill him!" Seeing that Lu Jingyan not only didn't stop but was getting closer and closer, Xiao Chen felt a sudden panic and his fingers tightened abruptly.

But Lu Jingyan's speed suddenly changed.

One second he was five steps away, the next second, he seemed to shrink to an inch, bringing a suffocating sense of pressure, and instantly closed in on Xiao Chen!

"You're asking for death!" Xiao Chen roared, forced to release the traffic police officer, and slammed his palm, imbued with all his inner energy, into Lu Jingyan's face.

He was confident that his palm strike would dent even a piece of pig iron.

However, Lu Jingyan did not respond directly.

He slid to the side, his movements more precise and swift than Xiao Chen's. In the instant he dodged the palm strike, Lu Jingyan's right hand shot out like lightning, his two fingers, imbued with the skillful force granted by the system, striking precisely at Xiao Chen's "Quchi" acupoint on his arm.

"hiss--!"

Xiao Chen felt as if his entire right arm had been struck by a high-voltage electric shock, instantly losing all sensation and hanging limply down.

Before he could recover from his shock, Lu Jingyan had already circled around to the back of the traffic policeman who was frozen in place.

"Slap, slap!"

Lu Jingyan quickly kneaded and patted several key nerve nodes on the traffic policeman's back.

"Cough cough cough—whoosh!"

The young traffic policeman, who had been as stiff as a board, suddenly twitched, finally gasping for breath. His legs went weak, and he collapsed into Lu Jingyan's arms.

"Captain Lu... I felt like I was dead just now, I couldn't even breathe..." The young traffic policeman was pale and still in shock, clutching Lu Jingyan's sleeve.

"It's okay now, take a deep breath."

Lu Jingyan handed him over to Zhao Tiezhu, who had caught up, and then slowly turned around to look at Xiao Chen, who was completely dumbfounded.

"You... how do you know how to release acupoints?! You clearly don't have any true energy in your body!" Xiao Chen covered his numb right arm and looked at Lu Jingyan as if he were a monster, fear showing in his eyes for the first time.

This is a closely guarded secret of the Xiao family. How could this ordinary person in a police uniform possibly crack it in a second?

"I don't need to understand any kind of internal energy."

Lu Jingyan pulled out a pair of gleaming silver bracelets from his lower back and walked step by step toward Xiao Chen, his tone full of mockery.

"I only understand human anatomy and neurology. What you call acupressure is nothing more than using external force to cause physiological dysfunction in others."

"Now, let's settle your score."

Lu Jingyan grabbed Xiao Chen by the collar and slammed him against the shattered hood of the police car next to him. With a "click," the cold handcuffs locked his wrists tightly.

"Obstructing state officials from performing their duties in accordance with the law by means of violence or threats constitutes the crime of obstructing official business."

"Using illegal means to cause temporary loss of bodily functions to another person shall be prosecuted as intentional injury."

Lu Jingyan leaned down, his cold eyes fixed on Xiao Chen's terrified face, and read out the laws of modern civilization word by word.

"And the person you just took hostage was a police officer in uniform who was evacuating the crowd."

"This is a much more serious matter."

"Xiao Chen, you are suspected of assaulting a police officer, which is a more serious offense. This is far more serious than breaking a few windows."

Xiao Chen's face turned completely ashen.

He finally understood that the ancient martial arts skills he was so proud of had all been translated into those cold and deadly clauses of the Criminal Law in this man's mouth.

"take away."

Lu Jingyan straightened up and patted the dust off his hands.

The fire truck ladder not far away also came down, and Lin Dong, who was soaked to the bone, was roughly escorted by two special police officers and joined Xiao Chen, who was also wearing handcuffs.

These two martial arts geniuses, who were just fighting fiercely on the ground and in the sky, vying for the title of "Number One Martial Arts Master in the Provincial Capital," now stood side by side in front of the police car, looking as miserable as could be.

"Let me go! You bunch of mortals!"

Lin Dong was still struggling desperately, shaking his wet hair dripping with water, and roaring at Lu Jingyan at the top of his lungs.

"Lu Jingyan! Don't think you've won by using such underhanded methods to capture us! Our Bajiquan Sect and the Xiao family have been rooted in the provincial capital for hundreds of years; our foundation is beyond your imagination!"

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and echoed, "That's right! If you dare to send us to the police station today, tomorrow the two heads of our families will personally come to our door demanding justice! Then, I'll make you kneel down and have these handcuffs removed!"

Seeing these two "giant babies" still trying to move their backstage even when they were about to die, Lu Jingyan was not angry at all; instead, he couldn't help but laugh.

He opened the police car door and looked coldly at the two so-called martial arts geniuses.

"Okay, I'll wait."

"Whether your patriarch cultivates immortality or practices martial arts, if you dare to storm the police station, I dare to send your entire family to work as sewing machines."

"I hope your family rules are tougher than the bullets fired by the riot police."