BOOM!
A loud boom echoed, and a large swath of the Cabbage People shattered into pieces.
Bao Yingchen stomped twice towards Li Banfeng; the first stomp was a feint, the second was the real deal.
If Li Banfeng had dodged as before, he might have saved his life but couldn’t have escaped serious injury.
But he didn’t dodge; he stood his ground.
Behind him, Bao Yingchen’s stomp had blasted a huge, deep pit into the ground.
Among the debris and sand, Li Banfeng’s suit was in tatters, but he hadn’t sustained any new injuries.
Bao Yingchen was taken aback.
Li Banfeng hadn’t used armor; he had used the Benevolent and Righteous Technique to withstand Bao Yingchen’s strike.
Bao Yingchen wouldn’t have expected this Technique; common sense dictated that Traveling Cultivators couldn’t know Home Cultivation Techniques.
Li Banfeng suddenly turned, pistol in hand, aimed it at Bao Yingchen’s forehead, and quickly pulled the trigger.
CLICK, CLICK, CLICK...
He squeezed the trigger six times, firing five shots. Li Banfeng was lucky, but not a single bullet hit Bao Yingchen.
Bao Yingchen had dodged them.
It was Ling Miaoying’s pistol. Its bullets would chase after people and, by all accounts, should have been impossible to dodge.
But Bao Yingchen had knocked about Jianghu his entire life. He’d seen countless pistols, including plenty with bullets that could chase their targets.
He knew this type of pistol had blind spots—angles from which the bullets couldn’t track.
As he evaded smoothly, Bao Yingchen sighed to himself,
Effortlessly evading the five bullets, Bao Yingchen took a Short Step towards Li Banfeng. He was ready to unleash Trample Over Thousands of Rivers again. This time, Bao Yingchen wasn’t planning on giving Li Banfeng any chance.
RUMBLE!
Just as Bao Yingchen lifted his foot, Li Banfeng stomped down first. With a loud bang, a shower of shattered stones struck Bao Yingchen.
Bao Yingchen was stunned. Blood gushed from his wounds, much of it splattering onto Li Banfeng.
In terms of Technique mastery, Li Banfeng was no match for Bao Yingchen. If they both used the same Technique simultaneously, Li Banfeng would inevitably be slower.
But if Li Banfeng was prepared in advance, that was a different story altogether.
Li Banfeng fired his gun at Bao Yingchen. If a bullet hit, Li Banfeng would count himself lucky.
But Li Banfeng wasn’t betting on luck. In Puluo State, relying solely on firearms was inherently foolish.
Moreover, Bao Yingchen was a Traveling Cultivator. It was only natural for him to use his speed and experience to dodge bullets.
Li Banfeng had used those five shots to buy himself time to prepare. He figured that if the bullets missed, Bao Yingchen would undoubtedly charge him. So, Li Banfeng had already unleashed Trample Over Thousands of Rivers, preparing a nasty surprise.
Grandpa Train had instructed Li Banfeng in footwork. The power of his Trample Over Thousands of Rivers was no less than Bao Yingchen’s.
Bao Yingchen wiped off the bloodstains. Li Banfeng stomped his foot again.
Bao Yingchen suddenly vanished. Immediately, Li Banfeng shifted his stance and disappeared as well.
He couldn’t afford to be slow. Bao Yingchen was about to use Passing Glance.
For a moment, Bao Yingchen couldn’t lock onto Li Banfeng, and his stamina began to drain rapidly.
When Li Banfeng executed the Passing Glance Technique, he used the Train Footwork taught by Grandpa Train, which didn’t consume much stamina.
Bao Yingchen, however, was using the Foreign Carriage Step, common among Traveling Cultivators. This footwork didn’t synergize well with the Passing Glance Technique, leading to immense stamina drain. Consequently, the Technique was impractical for most Traveling Cultivators.
But Bao Yingchen’s vast experience had taught him how to combine it with other Techniques to make Passing Glance effective.
Li Banfeng was weaving through the crowd when suddenly, three Cabbage People and two disciples of the Three Heroes Gang converged on him, cutting off his escape.
This wasn’t the tactic of the Three Heroes Gang disciples. It was Bao Yingchen’s Technique, the Path-breaking Technique.
Li Banfeng was used to employing the Path-breaking Technique to find his own way. However, Bao Yingchen excelled not only in finding paths but also in blocking his opponent’s.
Bao Yingchen had forcefully herded these five together. Once Li Banfeng’s path was blocked, Bao Yingchen could easily lock onto him.
Faced with these five, Li Banfeng had ways to escape, but he wasn’t as fast as Bao Yingchen.
In the blink of an eye, Bao Yingchen locked onto Li Banfeng. Using the crowd for cover, he was about to slip from Li Banfeng’s line of sight.
Just as Passing Glance was about to detonate on him, Li Banfeng suddenly bellowed, "HAAAA!"
Deep House Technique!
In his urgency, the shout was so piercingly shrill that Bao Yingchen involuntarily blinked.
Seizing that momentary opening, Li Banfeng used the Unobstructed Technique to slip between two Cabbage People.
Bao Yingchen lost his lock on Li Banfeng, but the Passing Glance Technique had already activated.
The three Cabbage People and two Three Heroes Gang disciples all exploded.
Witnessing this, the Three Heroes Gang disciples hastily retreated from the battlefield. They didn’t want to die needlessly or obstruct their Head of the family.
But the Cabbage People lacked such awareness. They were still waiting for Li Banfeng’s control.