The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#384 - Small success vs. big success

In the blink of an eye, two skilled members of the gang were successively defeated, and each defeat was more decisive than the last. This made the faces of the originally triumphant Heavenly Dragon Gate members turn ugly.

Lu Jing's subsequent words were like adding fuel to the fire.

Although the Heavenly Dragon Gate was not as powerful as the Chang Le Gang, it was still a large gang with first-rate experts. Especially in the capital, almost everyone knew the name of the Heavenly Dragon Gate.

Even though a large part of that was due to their bad reputation, the Heavenly Dragon Gate was strong and had many experts. Therefore, most martial artists, even if they didn't like the Heavenly Dragon Gate's style, wouldn't actively provoke them, choosing to stay away.

This also fueled the Heavenly Dragon Gate's arrogance. When had they ever been mocked like this before? Hearing this, they felt a surge of anger.

Many people immediately began clamoring to volunteer, wanting to teach the kid upstairs a lesson.

However, there were still some people among them with clearer heads. Especially after seeing the injuries of the previous two and asking them about what happened inside the room, the face of a Protector Xu of the Heavenly Dragon Gate turned gloomy. He knew they had run into trouble this time.

The two people he had sent out earlier were well-known within the Heavenly Dragon Gate, which was full of experts. They were not just pretty boys with no skills.

Although they couldn't compare to him, a second-rate expert, Protector Xu didn't think he could defeat them so quickly, let alone the opponent not even using a weapon, just casually grabbing two candied fruits.

Deep down, he didn't really believe that someone could injure people with candied fruits, let alone injure two third-rate experts. He was more inclined to believe that the opponent used some kind of hidden weapon concealed in the fruit plate.

But even if it was a hidden weapon, that level of skill was still amazing.

When did such a powerful expert emerge in the capital? And he heard that the person was very young.

But now was not the time to think about such things. Protector Xu noticed that pairs of eyes around him were secretly sizing him up.

The other side had already laid down the challenge. According to the rules of the martial world, the Heavenly Dragon Gate had to respond immediately in order to not lose face.

This was the helplessness of being in the martial world.

Originally, according to Protector Xu's caution, he wanted to send two more people to test the opponent's strength, but if they lost again, it would be a minor matter that he would lose face. If the Heavenly Dragon Gate was underestimated by the martial world because of this, he would inevitably be reprimanded by the Gate Master when he returned.

He had to know that this matter was personally ordered by the Gate Master, who wanted him to not only accomplish it but also do it well.

Thinking of this, Protector Xu smiled slightly amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, raised his head and said, "Just another country bumpkin who doesn't know where he came from. He must have just arrived in the capital and doesn't know the power of my Heavenly Dragon Gate. Very well, today I will give you a lesson."

After speaking, he winked at his two confidants, "Didn't you want to see my Thunderbolt Palm? Come together."

His two confidants immediately understood, and one of them even added, "Great, I hope that kid can last a little longer so that we can witness Protector Xu's divine skill."

Seeing two more strong reinforcements, Protector Xu finally felt a little more confident.

His two confidants were both third-rate experts, and at the peak of the third-rate level. They were much stronger than the previous strongman and the effeminate man who used a sword.

With the three of them joining forces, Protector Xu felt that there was no reason why they couldn't defeat the opponent.

Moreover, old ginger is spicier. Although he had already decided to gang up, Protector Xu insisted on saying that he was taking two spectators to duel Lu Jing.

Hearing this, the crowd cheered and their hearts surged, wishing they could join the viewing party.

However, this Protector Xu was indeed a man of true skill, because in a wolfish gang like the Heavenly Dragon Gate, one couldn't reach the position of Protector just by being eloquent.

The Thunderbolt Palm he practiced was rated as a third-grade martial art by the Many Treasures Pavilion, which was almost the most powerful martial art that a wandering martial artist without a top-notch sect background could practice.

Protector Xu didn't waste this hard-won palm technique. He put in nearly thirty years of hard work on it, not only honing this fist technique to a great success stage, but also adding some of his own insights.

Its power was even greater than the original version.

So at least when Protector Xu stood in front of Lu Jing, he wasn't completely without confidence.

As a result, he saw the other side just glanced at him and said disappointedly, "Only three? Can't you guys be quicker? Do you have to squeeze toothpaste here like an online novel serialization?"

Protector Xu didn't know what online novel serialization and squeezing toothpaste were, but that didn't stop him from understanding the meaning of Lu Jing's words. He sneered, "To deal with you, I alone am enough."

After speaking, he stepped forward and struck Lu Jing's shoulder with his palm.

The reason why he chose the shoulder instead of the head or chest, which were vital points, was because Protector Xu was worried about killing him. After all, the Gate Master had instructed him to keep him alive.

Moreover, with the previous two as a warning, Protector Xu superficially despised Lu Jing, but in reality, he was quite wary of him. This palm didn't choose the most powerful last move in the Thunderbolt Palm, but instead chose the third-to-last move, a palm that combined offense and defense.

At the same time, he was carefully guarding against Lu Jing's hidden weapon hidden in the candied fruit plate.

Only this time, Lu Jing didn't use a hidden weapon. Seeing Protector Xu's palm strike, he also reached out to meet it, using the Monument Splitting Palm that he had practiced to a small success stage before.

As the most common palm technique in the martial world, the Monument Splitting Palm was naturally far inferior to Protector Xu's Thunderbolt Palm in terms of subtlety.

And small success against great success was obviously completely suppressed.

She realized something was wrong and wanted to step forward to help, but she was already half a beat too late.

Lu Jing's palm had already overlapped with Protector Xu's palm.

Protector Xu didn't think about shaking Lu Jing to the point of vomiting blood with one palm. All he had to do was delay for a while so that his two confidants behind him could slash Lu Jing.

His plan was very good, but the result was completely different from what he had imagined.

His Thunderbolt Palm, which he had painstakingly practiced for decades to great success, was actually retreating steadily after facing Lu Jing's Monument Splitting Palm at the small success stage, unable to even resist slightly.

In just one breath, the meridians on his right arm had been forcibly torn apart by the terrifying internal force coming from the other side.