Republic of China era: A hundred-year-old still practicing martial arts? Is that right?

"Mr. Lin, let's make our move, lest this beast gain the upper hand."

Gu Xuan slapped the iron box with his palm, took out a row of tubular explosives wrapped in kraft paper, and deftly tucked them into his waistband.

Lin Ji lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on the explosives on Gu Xuan's body. He had never considered using martial arts in conjunction with firearms.

"Alright. This freak's body is incredibly tough; he's at least at the peak of the Dark Force realm. Be careful."

"Great! Perfect timing to try out my new research."

Gu Xuan's lips curled into a sneer, his expression extremely fierce.

He reached out and pulled out a clearly different explosive from his waist.

Lin Ji lightly touched the ground with his feet and darted out first.

Just then.

A loud rustling sound echoed through the dense, somber forest as low bushes not far from the two were suddenly knocked aside.

The freak hurtled towards Lin Ji like a cannonball.

Lin Ji's expression changed slightly, and he raised his spear to strike.

A sharp screech sounded in his ears:

"Hahaha, run! Why are you stopping? If you don't run now, you'll be left behind to feed my baby!"

The woman's thin, bluish hand, located beside the gaunt head on her chest, suddenly swung out.

The hot, damp soil around Lin Ji suddenly exploded.

Several black, fleshy worms, about the thickness of a thumb and equipped with sharp teeth, sprang out from the ground.

Lin Ji raised his spear and swung it, instantly blasting the black insect to pieces, scattering a cloud of black mist.

"Be careful!"

Gu Xuan shouted from behind, twisted his wrist, and threw two crimson fireballs at Lin Ji's side.

"Bang!"

The fireball, upon approaching Lin Ji's side, suddenly exploded in mid-air, the crimson flames instantly engulfing the two wisps of black mist.

The burning smell filled the air.

Lin Ji reacted extremely quickly upon seeing this.

He gripped the gun tightly, ignoring the insects around him, and with a sudden push of his feet, he shot towards the freak like an arrow, the Mountain and River Stabilizing Spear aimed directly at the freak's head on its chest.

"court death!"

The woman let out a low growl, her thick arm pressing directly against the tip of Lin Ji's spear, which gleamed with a cold light, without dodging or avoiding it.

Lin Ji's eyes flashed with a sharp light. The trajectory of the opponent's arm was clearly imprinted in his mind. He slightly turned his body and slashed with the tip of his spear.

Lin Ji's spear slashed across the woman's arm, leaving a deep gash that exposed bone.

Lin Ji twisted his wrist forcefully, intending to rip the woman's arm off with brute force.

The expected unstoppable advance did not materialize. Beneath the woman's skin and flesh lay bones as hard as refined iron, and Lin Ji's spear could not penetrate even an inch.

"roar!"

The woman roared, enduring the excruciating pain in her arm, and twisted the shaft of the Mountain and River Stabilizing Spear with her other hand, slamming it down on the shaft.

"Buzz!"

The Mountain and River Stillness Spear trembled violently, with fine ripples spreading around its shaft.

Lin Ji's hand was also in pain. Even though he used Tai Chi coiling force to barely suppress the enormous force coming from the spear, his wrist was still numb from the shock.

He took three steps back before using the ground as leverage to dissipate the brute force.

"I'm even stronger than before."

Lin Ji quietly tightened his grip on the spear in his hand again.

"Sister...hit him, hit him for me." The head in the freak's arms had a grotesque smile that stretched from the corners of its mouth to its ears.

next second.

His thin, bluish-black hands clenched tightly in mid-air.

The already gloomy, pitch-black sky became even more somber.

"Snap!"

In mid-air, a huge bird carcass broke off a tree branch and crashed straight down on Lin Ji's head.

Lin Ji has excellent eyesight.

He could clearly see disgusting things wriggling on the large bird that had not yet landed.

"I'll do it!"

Gu Xuan roared from behind Lin Ji, and once again raised his hand to strike the side of the iron box.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two hooks extended from the sides of the iron box, flying more than twenty meters and embedding themselves in the trunk of a large, thick tree.

Immediately afterwards, the grappling hook retracted, and he and the iron box shot into the air.

Gu Xuan, mid-air, reached for his waist with his hand, and a three-foot-long broadsword tore through the air and slashed at the bird carcass in mid-air.

The moment the blade touched the bird's carcass, a tongue of fire shot out from the blade, growing larger in the wind until it completely engulfed the bird's corpse.

Thick smoke billowed up instantly.

On the ground, Lin Ji was not to be outdone.

He looked up and praised the Gu family's unique abilities. With a twist of his foot, he raised the large spear in his hand, pointing the tip directly at the other's throat.

"You... underestimate me...!" the woman growled, bending low, and raised her hands, mimicking her earlier move, to clamp down on the spear in Lin Ji's hand.

But the next moment.

The male head screamed out at the top of its lungs:

"Sister...back off!"

Although the woman hesitated, she was completely obedient to the younger brother in her chest. Her hands continued to reach forward, while her feet retreated repeatedly.

"You want to leave!"

Lin Ji's aura surged instantly.

An invisible gust of wind swept silently across the ground.

Amidst the originally black and withered grass, several streaks of green have sprouted.

In the sky, Gu Xuan saw the changes around Lin Ji, and his pupils suddenly contracted:

"What is this?"

"Why are such strange images appearing?"

Lin Ji's gun trembled.

The Yin and Yang energies were pushed to their limits, and the spear tip twisted and probed toward the freak's neck.

"Pfft!"

The tip of the Mountain and River Stabilizing Spear instantly pierced the woman's neck, penetrating more than half an inch in.

"Aww!"

The first to scream was not the woman, but the head on its chest.

The scream nearly ripped Lin Ji and his companion's eardrums.

"You succeeded?" Gu Xuan was overjoyed. He kicked the tree trunk hard and swooped down from the sky: "Old sir, I'm here to help you."

But the freak's screams abruptly stopped, and the head on its chest grinned sinisterly, its three arms swinging at Lin Ji at the same time.

Lin Ji's pupils suddenly contracted.

The distance is too close, there's no way to avoid it!

He held the gun horizontally in front of him.

"clang!"

The three claws landed simultaneously on the shaft of the Mountain and River Stabilizing Spear, causing Lin Ji to stagger back three steps. The black mud beneath his feet churned violently, and the tiger's mouths of his hands were cracked open, oozing streaks of blood.

"You've gotten stronger again!"

"Mr. Lin!" Upon seeing this, explosives wrapped in kraft paper rained down on Gu Xuan from mid-air.

"Bang bang bang!"

The explosives detonated on the freak's head.

Amidst the smoke and dust, the monster, unable to withstand the impact of the explosion, was torn and swayed from side to side.

"Be careful he doesn't get hurt, or he might retaliate!"

Seeing this, Gu Xuan drew his sword and lunged forward, but was stopped by Lin Ji, who didn't even turn his head.

next moment.

Amidst the dust and smoke, another eerie laugh erupted.

The laughter was abrupt and eerie, and along with it, a thick stench of decay once again erupted from around the monster.

Sure enough, this tactic worked.

Falling from the air

Gu Xuan pulled the hook and chain, hanging it on another large tree next to Lin Ji.

That monster is using those underhanded psychological tactics again.

However, with the True Understanding of Martial Arts, Lin Ji could see it clearly.

That shot just now must have really hurt that freak.

Old man, I know how to deal with you now!