Chapter 21: The first to make a move is strong, the second is weak
Most of the alleys on West Street are not wide.
At this time, the dead end was even darker.
However, no matter how dark it is, there are still people who can see things clearly.
However, Lao Ding and Xiao Gui were both stunned there.
They didn't see stars!
They clearly saw Tang Zheng turn into this dead end, but when they chased in, there was nothing to be seen.
"My goodness!" How could two people accept such a huge fluctuation?
Originally thought it was a great luck, but who knew, after chasing for half a day, it ended up being a waste of effort!
Unwilling to accept!
How can this be acceptable?
"Find it!" Xiaogui tapped on the wall inch by inch, "See if there's any hidden passage?"
Lao Ding felt that there was little hope, but he did not refute it either. Xiao Gui was unwilling to give up, and neither was Lao Ding.
Two people knocked da-da-da all the way in, knocking until they reached the end of the dead-end road...
"Hey, the two of you." Just as they were certain that this dead end had no hidden passages, Tang Zheng's ghostly voice, filled with mocking laughter, rang out from behind them!
The two people turned their heads around in shock and anger.
Tang Zheng looked at their reactions with satisfaction and smiled: "In the middle of the night, squatting here to search for treasure?"
Two people exploded simultaneously.
The stars behind them floated out at the same time.
But they didn't light up a single star, even if it was a stellar rise, it couldn't change the dim light in this dead alley.
Tang Zheng stood at the intersection of a narrow alley.
Just blocked the way for two people.
The positions of the hunter and the prey suddenly reversed!
"On the way here, I had seventeen chances to quietly take care of you all." Tang Zheng smiled as he counted on his fingers, getting closer to them.
Actually, Tang Zheng looks quite normal, he's the type that blends into a crowd and doesn't stand out.
But he smiled, and there was a kind of inexplicable power that made people suddenly furious, wanting to smash him on the spot, not even waiting for a second.
"But I think it's too arrogant to kill you on the street, which doesn't conform to my peaceful, steady, kind and low-key life principles."
"...the two bad guys thought Tang Zheng's rules were only good enough for dog food."
"Of course, what's more important is that I quietly took you down. Where else can I find two opponents with such similar strength?" Tang Zheng clenched his fists.
He now has fifty strands of Star Energy and he wants to know what kind of effect it will have in actual combat.
If you don't fight head-on, how can you know who you can beat and who you can't?
Tang Zheng is an absolute pragmatist!
However, he also knew that this was no longer a game. He had to consider safety when fighting in earnest - not too much or too little. The two brothers who fell behind him were quite safe!
Lao Ding, who was standing a little further back than Xiao Gui, was much more cautious. Hearing Tang Zheng say this, his breathing became heavier and his fingers unconsciously moved slowly towards his waist.
As a result, he just touched it and his whole body hair stood up!
Not far away, Tang Zheng's right hand opened, and with a smile, he tossed up two small silver objects: "Are you... looking for this?"
Lao Ding took one look at what Tang Zheng had thrown up and his face turned white immediately.
That's exactly the whistles they hung on their waists for emergency contact!
"Lend me your dagger for a moment!" Tang Zheng seized the instant of their panic and distraction, suddenly accelerated, his footsteps like wind, stretched out his hand to grab Old Ding's bound leg, lifted his wrist, and followed with a slash!
Lao Ding hastily retreated two steps back, his body almost sticking to the wall at the end of the dead-end road.
Lao Ding's entire body was protected by his star power, and this knife only left a long line of blood on his neck. However, the warm feeling of the blood flowing out from his neck made him scared to death, and he fell directly to the ground.
"Never mind, let's change it. This one is useless."
As he spoke, the dagger in his hand suddenly flashed downward!
At first glance, the dagger seemed to be heading towards his heart, but when Old Ding used all his strength to protect his chest, he saw that the dagger had changed direction and was now stabbing straight at his neck's main artery!
Suddenly, blood gushed out like a tide!
"A pie in the sky..." In his last moment before death, Old Ding finally realized that Tang Zheng's words about having over a dozen chances to kill them on their way here were not just empty talk.
Tonight they didn't hit a pie.
But it's a demon!
……
Tang Zheng slowly and carefully pulled out the dagger from Old Ding's corpse.
Xiao Gui stared at him, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.
Tang Zheng turned around, smiled and beckoned him over.
"Old man, I'm going to take you down!" Xiaogui, with the star pattern of the flower-spotted leopard, didn't even draw the dagger from his leg bindings, and directly swiped at Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng nodded and shouted: "Good!"
If he turns around and runs away now, it would be a waste of Tang Zheng's effort in turning back.
Tang Zheng looked at Xiaogui's single-handed attack and threw away his dagger. He crossed both arms in front of his chest, and the Star Force instantly rotated to the intersection, directly meeting Xiaogui's claw!
Two people, both cultivators of star power.
The sound of the impact was so loud that it didn't even seem like a human body collision, but rather two steel pipes crashing into each other!
Tang Zheng's hands in front of his chest jerked downward, pulling down the palm of Xiao Gui's hand that was coming up. His elbow suddenly withdrew, and a burst of energy like a knife converged on his elbow, aiming straight at the back of Xiao Gui's neck, which had just been bent by the force of the palm.
If this succeeds, Xiaogui's cervical vertebra will be broken!
But then a strong aftershock came...
Xiao Gui looked like he was only three or four years older than Tang Zheng, but the star power in his body was even more profound than Tang Zheng's.
After all, the people in this world have been cultivating since they were young. A genius like Meng Fenghua can light up his second life palace at the age of 13 if he wants to, while Tang Zheng's cultivation path has just begun!
"He must have at least two or three hundred strands of Star Force." Tang Zheng felt the backlash and immediately withdrew his hand, taking a slight step back with his left foot. He condensed the Star Force in his right foot and kicked it towards Xiaogui's knee.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Gui's star power circulation speed was not slow at all. He saw the move and countered it, reversing the situation and sending Tang Zheng flying back. Since Tang Zheng had to stand on one foot when he kicked out, Xiao Gui's counterattack could completely knock him to the ground if nothing unexpected happened.
But Tang Zheng is such a steady person after all?
He was countered by his opponent and immediately took two steps back, steadied himself, and launched a swift counterattack!
From being countered back to launching a counterattack, Tang Zheng's switching speed between offense and defense was so fast that Xiao Gui couldn't even imagine it. One punch landed on Xiao Gui's upper abdomen, causing him to vomit immediately. Tang Zheng then quickly grabbed his neck, not allowing him to vomit at all. Next, he lifted his knee and struck Xiao Gui's stomach once again...
Let go and kick it open with one foot.
Xiao Gui was already lying on the ground, vomiting desperately and couldn't get up no matter what.
Tang Zheng was also roughly aware of it in his heart after this round of beating.
When he fought Meng Fenghua, Meng Fenghua didn't intend to fight seriously, and neither did he engage in a life-or-death struggle. Therefore, although Meng Fenghua was stronger, the insight he gained from this battle was not as great as what he gained from his battle with Xiaogui.
Xiao Gui can already lift star patterns, and the thickness of his star power is not comparable to Tang Zheng's, who has only been practicing for a little over ten days.
However, Tang Zheng was still able to knock him down, and more importantly, he knocked him down head-on!
If it weren't for a frontal battle, Tang Zheng would have finished off Little Gui in three seconds with his counter-tracking, tailing and piercing attacks.
"Cough... you... cough..." Xiaogui lay on the ground, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"The night is long and dreams are many." Tang Zheng picked up the dagger on the ground and smiled, "Say thank you, and I'll give you a quick death."
"Ah!" Little Gui spat out a mouthful of blood, and the star map floating behind him was now extremely unstable, appearing and disappearing at times.
Tang Zheng could see it clearly, and there was still a hint of resentment in his eyes.
However, Tang Zheng also felt that it was quite normal. Originally, he was the one who went to catch rabbits, but in the end, he was bitten to death by a rabbit. It's only natural that he wouldn't be resigned to his fate.
If he had died in Fengmen Village on the first night of his journey through time and space, I reckon he would have felt just as resentful.
"Hmm, I just used the 'Stellar Array Platform' and haven't fully recovered yet. I shouldn't have fought again." Tang Zheng didn't plan on exchanging pleasantries with Xiao Gui either; he was also very tired, and quickly finishing off his opponent to go back to sleep was the right thing to do.
He raised the dagger, held it in a reverse grip, and stabbed it into Xiaogui's chest.
"Ah......" Xiaogui let out a mournful cry, but her eyes seemed to flash back like a mirror reflecting light, and several strands of essence suddenly appeared.
At the moment when Tang Zheng's dagger pierced his heart, he didn't know where he got the strength from and actually grabbed Tang Zheng's arm back.
Then, with a sudden burst of strength, fresh blood gushed out from his chest, but Tang Zheng was grabbed by the arm and flung directly to the wall at the end of the dead alley!
Tang Zheng's back heavily slammed against the wall, and he let out a muffled groan. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and to his surprise, there were a few streaks of blood on it.
Right in front of him, the dying Katsuragi somehow managed to stand up on shaky legs...
And behind him, the star pattern, originally dim and lightless flower petals leopard, on the leopard's tail actually lit up a starlight!
"Dead!" Xiaogui's eyes were filled with red blood vessels, he was at the critical moment of life and death, successfully guided the star, and became a one-star warrior!
"I'm going to make a sudden breakthrough?" Tang Zhengming knew it was inappropriate to laugh at this time, but he couldn't help laughing. "The script is wrong again! Which one of us is the time-traveler after all?"
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