Chapter 64: Execution of the Heart

  Watching himself miss a shot, the opponent cut off his long gun, and with a familiar movement, he turned the blade of the knife and swung it at his neck. The cold light flashing from the horse knife made Xiao Tianjian's hair stand on end, and he let out a cry of surprise. He didn't have time to throw away the broken gun handle and draw his waist knife to block the opponent's horse knife, so he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and suddenly fell backwards. Just as he felt a cold wind sweep past the tip of his nose, the sharp horse knife swept past his nose, and Xiao Tianjian thudded to the ground with a loud noise, causing Iron Head and others who were chasing after him to let out a collective cry of surprise.

  He lightly raised his hand, feeling that the knife had not hit Xiao Tianjian. He secretly called out a pity, but he didn't dare to turn around and find Xiao Tianjian again. So he urged his horse to rush towards Shi Yan and others, wanting to escape by force.

  Xiao Tianjian lay on the ground in an ungraceful manner, rolled over, and quickly got up. He touched his nose, which was still intact. His heart had slightly calmed down, but then it started racing again. Thinking about the danger he just faced, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!

  But before he could calm down, two more men rode towards him, seeing that Xiao Tianjian's spear had been cut off by the previous man, they thought they had an opportunity and both rode towards Xiao Tianjian at the same time, wanting to take advantage of his situation.

  Xiao Tianjian had just gotten up and stood firm when he saw the two of them charging over again. He silently cursed, "Damn it! I've miscalculated this time! I'm going to be beaten like a stray dog by these thugs! Looks like today is really going to be troublesome!"

  Although he was taken aback, Xiao Tianjian was not a person who panicked in the face of unexpected events. Even in the midst of suddenness, he still reacted quickly, directly using the broken gun in his hand as a javelin, and with a swift motion, he threw it at one of the oncoming men. Then, without even checking the outcome of his throw, he swiftly dove towards the ground to one side.

  His movements were extremely unattractive, and could even be said to have reached the point of desperation, yet they managed to save his life. After he rushed out, a horse galloped directly past where he had just been standing; if he had been any slower, it's likely that either the rider would have struck him down or the horse would have sent him flying.

  However, his counterattack was not in vain. After throwing the broken spear, it still pierced one of them, directly stabbing him under the horse's belly and heavily slamming him to the ground. Only an empty horse galloped past, scaring Xiao Tianjian into another somersault, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

  Xiao Tianjian, enraged, sprang up and charged at the fallen man. His broken spear had lost its spearhead, so it didn't have enough killing power to pierce the man's chest, but it still managed to knock the wind out of him. The man clutched his chest in agony, rolling around on the ground. Xiao Tianjian quickly followed up with a knife, and a blood arrow shot out, tracing a long path along the ground. A human head rolled out, and when they looked again, the man had become a headless corpse.

  He turned his head to look, just in time to see the first guy who had rushed over was already colliding with Shi Yan and others. Shi Yan and others were anxious to save their lord, one by one they rode their horses to charge forward, just in time to meet that guy. However, that guy obviously had a lot of experience fighting on horseback, as soon as he faced them, he chopped down one of Shi Yan's subordinates' warhorse with one swing of his sword. Unfortunately for him, although he was fierce, he still couldn't escape the fate of death. He was chopped in the left arm by Shi Yan from another side at an angle, instantly losing an arm, and let out a painful scream. Immediately after, he was pierced through the chest by Da Niu's spear, who had rushed over from behind, and fell off his horse with a single blow.

  "Good!" Xiao Tianjian shouted. However, the last remaining guy took advantage of the situation and fled, disappearing into the dust on the road leading out of the mountain.

  Shi Rang and others were about to urge their horses to chase, but Xiao Tianjian immediately shouted: "Don't chase! Come back quickly!"

  Shi Rang and Da Niu finally pulled back their war horses and galloped over in this direction.

  The remaining horsemen, seeing that only one person had escaped in front of them, also lost the courage to continue charging forward. One by one, they dismounted and knelt on the ground.

  Cleaning up the battlefield was much simpler, Wang Tianlong's subordinates were all huddled together, driven to one side and taken into custody. All the weapons were confiscated and piled up together, belonging to Xiao Tianjian.

  Wang Tiandong only vaguely woke up at this time, let out a painful groan, his head hurt badly, struggled on the ground, groaned, but both hands were tightly tied by Tie Tou with ropes, and couldn't struggle free.

  Xiao Tianjian walked up to Wang Tianglong, panting, and looked at him with a disdainful gaze. He kicked Wang Tianglong with his toes and sneered: "Wang! Didn't expect that, did you? Having more people doesn't help! You still got beaten by me, what else do you have to say?"

  Wang Tiandragon glared at Xiao Tianjian with a fierce stare, his eyes bloodshot and menacing. "You surname Xiao! You're so unscrupulous! How dare you treat me like this? If word gets out, none of us will let you off the hook! You just wait and see! I won't forgive you! Let me go now, I admit defeat, and I'll leave with my men!"

  Xiao Tianjian burst out laughing, and with a sudden kick, he used all his strength to kick Wang Tiangong's stomach. With one kick, Wang Tiangong was kicked high into the air, and the pain was so intense that he couldn't even let out a miserable cry. His body immediately arched like a shrimp, with his head hitting the ground, and his eyes bulged out even more, as if they were about to split apart. He spat out a mouthful of blood, followed by the food he had eaten in the morning, which was now all over his face, making him look utterly disgusting.

  Xiao Tianjian bent down and grabbed Wang Tianglong's shoulder, pulling him up from the ground. With a swift knee lift, his kneecap heavily smashed into Wang's chin, producing a loud "crack" sound. Wang immediately flew backward, landing heavily on the ground. Xiao Tianjian showed no signs of stopping, instead he pulled Wang up again, clenched his fist and punched Wang's face repeatedly with a flurry of heavy blows.

  After a few punches, Wang Tiandong completely settled down. His two eyes quickly swelled up and almost became like two peaches, barely visible. His eyes were dizzy and couldn't focus, his body shook and fell down! Two streams of nasal blood flowed out, making his beard even more messy, and he no longer had any majestic appearance.

  Those underlings of Xiao Tianjian looked at each other and said, "Here we go again!" They really have a set of skills when it comes to bullying others, always targeting the leader. Last time they beat up Sha Erbao, and this time it's Wang Tiandong! Haha, this is really enjoyable to watch!

  "You're surnamed Wang! Don't you know that in this world, one must rely on real power? Do you think I'm a fool? Letting you go and allowing you to leave with your men! You should understand now, today was when you thought of making the first move against me! If I hadn't been prepared beforehand, it would probably be me lying down right now! And yet, you still dare to threaten me, did I knock some sense into you earlier?"

  Are you awake now? If not, I'll make you wake up!" Xiao Tianjian shouted at Wang Tianglong's miserable appearance.

  Those captured guys around, one by one looked at Xiao Tianjian's torturing palm with terror, not a single fart dared to be let out.

  Wang Tiandong felt like his internal organs were about to shift, his intestines seemed to have been kicked broken, and his head was swollen to the extreme. His two ears were ringing non-stop with a loud "ding-dong" sound. At this moment, he finally understood his current situation, and suddenly softened up, with tears and snot pouring out. He humbly and intermittently begged Xiao Tianjian: "Stop hitting! Stop hitting! Please don't hit me anymore! I admit defeat! Admit defeat already! Good... good... Xiao master! It's my fault, Wang's fault... You are a magnanimous person, please spare me... I'll let them go! These people... I don't want them anymore! Please... please let me off the hook!"

  Xiao Tianjian suddenly revealed a wicked expression, lowering his head to ask him: "I'm telling you, surname Wang! Today I haven't killed enough people! This hand is still itching! How about this? I'll give you a choice. Either let me kill you and spare the brothers under your command, or I'll wipe out all these guys and spare you. Think about it, who should I kill?"

  "Kill them! Kill them! They have nothing to do with me, let me go! If Xiao Dangjia hasn't had enough of killing, then go kill them instead! This..."

  At this point, Wang Tiandong suddenly realized that something was wrong. By saying so, wouldn't he be offending all his subordinates to death? If Xiao Tianjian didn't kill them and let these people leave alive, even if he himself could stay alive, he would probably have no way to survive in the future! Just this reputation alone would make him notorious to the extreme, and who would still follow him in the future?!

  He suddenly realized that he had fallen into the pit dug by Xiao again! So he quickly closed his mouth and turned to look at the people under him.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, after hearing Wang Tianglong's words, his subordinates immediately revealed their furious expressions and began to scold him loudly.

  Xiao Tianjian lost interest in talking to Wang Tiandong and turned his head to look at Wang Tiandong's subordinates, saying: "Listen! Listen! Did you all hear that? This guy said let me kill you all! He can't control you anymore! As long as he is released, it will be fine! In that case, what's the use of keeping you all?

  Come on! Get rid of all these people for me! Anyway, they don't want to keep them either! Kill them! Kill them clean! Humph! It's better for them not to follow such things and mix in, or else they'll be sold out by their leaders at some point! First, get the leader among them to come out for me!"

  As soon as they heard that Xiao Tianjian was going to kill them all, these people immediately wet their pants. One by one, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed with all their might, shouting loudly at Xiao Tianjian: "Xiao Dangjia spare our lives! Don't kill us! Please, great Xiao Dangjia, have mercy on us... We won't follow that bastard Wang again! Please..."

  Xiao Tianjian's subordinates listened to the order, and one by one, they felt a chill in their hearts, thinking that their boss was indeed good at mind-reading techniques! With just one sentence, he made these people give up all hope of resisting. However, upon further thought, they found it amusing, and at the same time, admired Xiao Tianjian's clever tactics for manipulating people's minds. Although they knew clearly that Xiao Tianjian wouldn't really want them to kill all these people, each of them still cracked their knuckles, picked up their weapons, and immediately surrounded the group. Since the boss wanted them to cooperate with the act, they would cooperate in a more tacit way! Each of them revealed a killer's smile, weighed their weapons, and approached the group, saying that they were about to go up and slaughter Wang Tiandong's subordinates. This scared these people into wailing and begging for mercy.

  Among the captives, two of Wang Tiandong's subordinates were immediately identified and taken out by Xiao Tianjian's men. The two subordinates cried out in despair like pigs being slaughtered as they were dragged away. They were then thrown to Wang Tiandong's side, where someone tied them up tightly with ropes.

  Xiao Tianjian raised his hand, stopping the subordinates who were about to go and kill them. He waved his hand for them to retreat to one side, still surrounding these people, then pointed at those guys and shouted: "Don't shout! Don't shout! Shut up! Did you hear? Shut up for me!"

  When Xiao Tianjian told them to shut up, they all quickly closed their mouths, with a pleading expression on their faces, staring at Xiao Tianjian in fear that if he got angry again, his men would come and chop them down.