Despite his injured wrist, Zhang Lei remained fierce. He swung his other fist and pounded hard into Lin Yun's chest, each blow aimed at a vital spot.

Li Chao then circled around to the side, specifically targeting Lin Yun's lower body, and occasionally sticking out his foot to trip Lin Yun's leg, using all sorts of underhanded tricks.

Sun Yuan was the most timid and dared not confront them head-on, so he hid behind the two men and grabbed the teacups and kettles on the table, throwing them at Lin Yun.

The three of them worked together seamlessly, clearly having done this kind of gang-beating up quite a few times.

But Lin Yun remained completely calm.

He practiced fighting skills with his older brother Lin Hai since he was a child. This fighting style, honed on the battlefield, is best suited for fighting with fewer people and overcoming the strong with the weak.

Previously, he was constrained by low blood and qi, and could not exert even one-tenth of his power.

But now, he is already at the first level of martial arts apprentice, and his internal energy and blood are sufficient to support him in fully displaying these fighting skills.

Lin Yun moved nimbly between the three, dodging their attacks while looking for an opportunity to counterattack.

He first dodged Zhang Lei's heavy punch by turning to the side, and then used his shoulder to bump into Zhang Lei's chest, causing him to stumble back a few steps.

Immediately afterwards, he bent down to dodge Li Chao's sweeping leg, and swung his right elbow, slamming it hard into Li Chao's knee.

"Holy crap!"

Li Chao let out a painful scream, fell to his knees, and could no longer stand up.

After dealing with Li Chao, Lin Yun didn't pause at all and turned to pounce on Sun Yuan behind him.

Sun Yuan was terrified and turned to run away, but Lin Yun grabbed him by the back of his collar.

Lin Yun grabbed him by the collar, lifted him up like a chick, and then slammed him to the ground.

"Bang!"

Sun Yuan fell heavily to the floor, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted, and his vision went black; he almost fainted.

At this moment, Zhang Lei pounced from behind, grabbed Lin Yun's waist tightly, and tried to throw him to the ground.

"I'll fight you to the death!" Zhang Lei roared.

Lin Yun snorted coldly, slumped off his horse, and slammed his elbow backward, striking Zhang Lei squarely in the vulnerable spot under his ribs.

"Ugh!" Zhang Lei gasped for breath, staggering backward until he finally collapsed to the ground.

In just a few rounds, Lin Yun knocked all three of the top 100 students from Qingcheng Academy to the ground, where they lay groaning in pain.

Lin Yun dusted himself off and looked at them coldly: "Now, do you still think I'm useless?"

The three were in so much pain they couldn't speak, and could only look at Lin Yun with resentful eyes.

"Lin Yun...you're ruthless..." Zhang Lei gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, "My older brother won't let you get away with this...you wait...we're leaving!"

He struggled to his feet, winked at Li Chao and Sun Yuan, and headed towards the door.

"stop."

Lin Yun stepped forward and blocked the doorway, arms crossed, coldly watching them.

"What do you want to do?"

Zhang Lei's heart tightened, and he looked at Lin Yun warily.

"Come and go as you please?" Lin Yun scoffed. "Do you think my house is a public toilet?"

He pointed to the broken cups on the ground, the overturned chairs, and the dents on the wall.

"Not only did they break into my house and commit violence, but they also smashed so many of my belongings. Shouldn't they give me an explanation?"

The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

They came here to teach Lin Yun a lesson, but not only did Lin Yun beat them up, they now have to pay him money.

There's no such logic in this world.

"You...you've gone too far!" Li Chao said angrily, clutching his broken knee. "You've beaten us up like this, what more do you want?"

"Excessive?" Lin Yun laughed. "When you were saying you were going to cripple me, why didn't you say you were going too far?"

"I'm not asking for much." Lin Yun held up three fingers. "Emotional distress compensation, property damage compensation, and medical expenses: 100,000 per person, totaling 300,000. Pay up, and you can leave."

"Three hundred thousand?!"

The three of them exclaimed in surprise at the same time, their faces filled with disbelief.

"Why don't you just rob us!" Sun Yuan screamed. "The three of us combined don't even have ten thousand! There's a limit to how much you can ask for!"

"No?" Lin Yun's eyes turned cold. "Fine then. I'll call the police and let the sheriff settle this. Burglary and assault. Tell me, isn't that enough to get you ten or eight years in prison?"

"Oh, right, the martial arts exam is in four days. If you get arrested around this time, you can forget about ever taking the martial arts exam again."

Upon hearing this, the three men's faces turned deathly pale.

Martial arts exam!

This is their only way out in this life!

They have worked hard for more than ten years, all in order to get good results in the martial arts exam and change their destiny.

If they get arrested for this, their lives will be completely ruined!

Moreover, they knew in their hearts that Wang Dalong would definitely sever ties with them to avoid trouble and wouldn't care about their lives at all.

"No...don't call the police!" Zhang Lei quickly said, "We'll pay! We'll pay, okay?!"

"But we really don't have 300,000!" Sun Yuan said, his voice trembling with tears. "Our monthly allowance is so little, and we also need to buy cultivation materials. Where are we going to get that much money!"

"Could we pay less?" Li Chao pleaded. "We'll each pay 30,000, a total of 90,000, is that alright?"

Lin Yun shook his head: "Fine, ten thousand for a bone. You guys were just trying to cripple my arms and legs. Give me ten thousand less, and I'll cripple one of your bones. It's perfectly fair."

As he spoke, he flexed his fingers, making a crisp "crackling" sound.

The three of them trembled with fear.

They had no doubt that Lin Yun would keep his word.

This man is no longer the pushover he used to be.

He's a ruthless character.

Zhang Lei gritted his teeth, took out his phone, and dialed Wang Dalong's number.

The call was answered quickly, and Wang Dalong's impatient voice came through: "What is it? Have you found Erhu's whereabouts?"

"Brother Long... we couldn't find anything..." Zhang Lei said cautiously, "Could you lend us some money first?"

"Lend me money?" Wang Dalong's voice instantly rose, filled with anger. "I don't even have enough for myself, where would I get money to lend you!"

"I'm telling you, if you don't find Erhu within three days, don't come back to see me!"

After saying that, Wang Dalong hung up the phone.

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Zhang Lei's face turned pale and then red, finally cursing angrily, "Damn it! What the hell is this?!"

He finally understood that Wang Dalong didn't treat them as human beings at all, but only as tools that could be discarded at will.

Now that something has happened, Wang Dalong is unwilling to contribute a single penny.

"What should we do, Lei-ge?"

Sun Yuan asked, his voice trembling with tears.

"What else can we do?" Zhang Lei gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with despair. "I can only resort to online loans."

He opened an online loan app on his phone and started borrowing money like crazy.

Seeing this, Li Chao and Sun Yuan had no choice but to take out their phones and join in taking out online loans.

To raise 300,000 yuan, they borrowed from almost every online lending platform they could find.

More than half an hour later, the three of them finally scraped together 300,000 yuan and tremblingly transferred it to Lin Yun.

[Ding! 300000 Dragon Kingdom Coins have been deposited into your account.]

[Current host balance: 340372 Dragon Kingdom Coins.]

Looking at the notification on his phone that the money had arrived, Lin Yun nodded in satisfaction.

He took a piece of paper and a pen and threw them in front of the three men: "Write a statement saying that you voluntarily compensate me 300,000 yuan and have reached a settlement with me."

The three dared not raise any objections and could only follow Lin Yun's instructions, trembling as they wrote down the agreement and signed their names.

"Get lost."

Lin Yun put away the document and opened the door.

The three of them felt as if they had been granted a pardon. Supporting each other, they limped out of Lin Yun's house, not daring to utter a single harsh word.

Lin Yun closed the door, looked at the mess on the ground, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"System, exchange for 34 points of health!"

Lin Yun silently recited it in his mind.

[Ding! 340000 Dragon Kingdom Coins deducted, exchanged for 34 Health Points!]

[Current Qi and Blood Value: 12 + 34 = 46 points!]

[Host's Qi and Blood Value Detected: 46 Points , Successfully Breakthrough to Martial Apprentice Level 4!]

A more powerful force than before surged from his dantian and flowed through his body along his meridians.

The pale red blood energy around Lin Yun became incredibly dense, almost solidifying.

He clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within him, and couldn't help but smile.

Thanks to these three money-bringing boys, otherwise how could he have broken through to the fourth level of the Martial Apprentice Realm so easily?

After closing the door, Lin Yun began tidying up the messy furniture, when he suddenly noticed a draft notebook that had fallen out of the coffee table.

"This is……"

Lin Yun picked up the draft notebook, opened it, and discovered that it contained his brother Lin Hai's old notes.

The main content recorded in the notes is about a basic martial art called "Diamond Fist".

"Besides cultivation level, practical combat ability is also very important in martial arts exams. If I could learn this martial skill before the exams..."

Lin Yun had made up his mind.

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