Chapter 511: Seeing a Ghost
“Take the kids downstairs first.” Tan Guangqi said to his wife.
The young woman nodded. “Be careful.”NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.
She then led the children and nannies out of the yard, escorted by some cultivators.
“Who exactly are you?” Tan Guangqi asked again.
“Have you heard of Starline Bio?” Xiao Shun asked back.
“No.” Tan Guangqi replied decisively.
“Then I’ve nothing to discuss with you. Call your dad out to talk.” Xiao Shun said.
“You’re asking for death.”
Tan Guangqi was furious immediately and yelled, “Break his legs and throw him out!”
Tan Guangqi was relatively mild among the Tan family. His refined dressing showed that. If it was his brothers who Xiao Shun trespassed and disrespected, they probably wouldn’t have asked at all.
Cultivators have a distinct aura, but it was completely undetectable from Xiao Shun. Still, someone who bypassed the manor’s tight security, even if looking ordinary, was not to be taken lightly by the cultivators.
At Tan Guangqi’s order, three of them swiftly moved in to attack.
Xiao Shun actually disliked violence if it could be solved by talking.
Unfortunately, he was inarticulate and foul-mouthed. Being inarticulate easily frustrated him, being foul-mouthed easily angered others. Thankfully, he had martial arts. Otherwise, he would have been beaten to death long ago.
To him, the Foundation Establishment cultivators’ moves were no different than fancy boxing.
The moment they engaged, the three cultivators sensed something amiss.
Abruptly, a powerful aura emerged from Xiao Shun, invisible but strongly repelling them, making it hard to get near.
“Such powerful aura!”
“A Foundation stage cultivator?”
“No, this is stronger than Foundation stage.”
As they approached, the three cultivators couldn’t help but shudder, though keeping up a fierce look. A chill rose in their hearts.
“Attack together!” someone shouted.
The rest rushed Xiao Shun from all sides.
Xiao Shun dismissed his aura and focused Heart Severance, condensing chi in his palms.
In a flash, he dashed into the crowd, leaving afterimages.
Every palm strike sounded like muffled thunder, showing he didn’t need full force against Foundation stage cultivators. Otherwise they would be dead or crippled. He was here to negotiate, not kill.
The Starline Bio employees’ injuries and office destruction angered him, but it hadn’t reached murderous level. He still had a sense of proportion.
His intention was courtesy first, violence later. But that was clearly impossible now. So violence first it was, though the result should be the same.
The Harrow factory would be built as planned. Not an inch of that land would be conceded.
Seeing Xiao Shun sparring evenly with his family’s seven or eight cultivators, Tan Guangqi was dumbfounded and incredulous.
Not part of the cultivation world, he had personally witnessed any one of them take on four or five of the manor’s retired special forces.
Now this lone man handling seven or eight cultivators easily made Tan Guangqi unconsciously swallow.
Fortunately this person didn’t attack first. Otherwise he would be dead already.
Tan Guangqi looked up and around. Seeing the snipers in position, he was reassured.
No matter how powerful, you’re still mortal. Can you withstand bullets?
Trespassing and the Tan family’s influence, killing him would mean little.
After warming up, Xiao Shun no longer wanted to tangle with them. He leapt up to dodge two cultivators’ sweeping kicks, then tapped his toes and slapped out a palm.
The two facing him instantly felt an overwhelmingly fierce force.
They hardened their looks and slapped to block it.
Boom!
The next second, the cultivators were sent flying meters away. Even Tan Guangqi, over ten meters away, felt a strong gust.
The rest yelled and pounced at Xiao Shun again.
Xiao Shun’s figure flickered. All they saw was a black shadow flash by.
In a blink, Xiao Shun was among them. He spread his arms and barrelled into them. At his level, his body was much tougher than average cultivators.
Ouch!
The cultivators were sent sprawling and crying out.
The evening sun disappeared behind distant mountains as dusk crept up the sky. The weather remained scorching.
Drip!
A bead of sweat rolled down Ye Xiao’s cheeks and dropped off his chin.
It had been three years since leaving the military, but this was the first time his heart raced and blood boiled like now.
It was like those days maneuvering against border trespassers again. For a sniper, he was clearly unqualified now.
That ordinary looking young man below was just too fierce. Ye Xiao knew those cultivators were far beyond his military close combat training.
Yet that young man could take on ten alone, simply monstrous and terrifyingly powerful.
Ye Xiao frowned, pupils contracting as he steadied himself.
As a Tan family guard, he absolutely wouldn’t stay his hand against such a powerful unauthorized intruder.
Boom!
The seven or eight cultivators crashed heavily, yelling painfully.
Tan Guangqi was shocked. He gestured urgently and yelled, “Kill him!”
Bang!
Ye Xiao pulled the trigger. A sniper bullet blasted out, tearing through the air at the intruder. As king sniper of the Tianwei Special Forces, he was confident of this shot.
But the next second, he felt his heart jump as his brows knotted tightly.
Pak!
The bullet hit the concrete ground, leaving a deep cavity. The intruder had vanished.
“Impossible!”
“How could this be?”
“No one can outrun a bullet!”
Ye Xiao’s mind raced as he adjusted and looked around.
Whoosh!
A wind seemed to brush past his ear. Without notice, a figure had appeared silently next to him.
A chill rushed through him as his heart seemed to stop for a second.
He reflexively turned to see Xiao Shun looking at him with a faint, mocking smile.
“It’s a ghost!” Ye Xiao frowned.