While dodging to the side, I didn't rush to throw the steel plate away. Instead, I waited until the bald man and the tattooed man were infinitely close to me…
*Whoosh!*
Without any fancy moves, I directly hurled the "Ace," capable of a fatal throat slash, with all my might.
The setting sun hung low, its faint red glow filtering through the window. As it hit the steel plate, it was instantly swallowed by a chilling glint!
Like a cloud chaser or moon follower, the spinning steel plate outlined a perfect arc in the air.
Immediately after, the "Ace" successively sliced through the right wrists of both the bald man and the tattooed man, which they had raised high, about to smash down on my head.
As screams erupted, the weapons in their hands clattered to the ground.
Since this was my first real combat, and I hadn't intended to go all out, I merely injured their wrists, rendering them incapable of wielding their weapons.
I had initially thought they would likely be intimidated and back down. To my surprise…
The bright red blood instantly stimulated the nerve centers of both men. The bald man, in particular, charged at me recklessly!
With his right hand temporarily incapacitated, he clenched his left fist and swung it heavily towards my face.
Seeing this, I sidestepped and then, using the over-the-shoulder throw personally taught and demonstrated by Cheng Minglang, flipped the bald man onto the ground.
At this very moment, the tattooed man had stealthily crept up behind me, raising a folding chair with his left hand, about to bring it down on my head!
In a flash, I retreated quickly and, at the same time, pulled another "Ace" from my pocket.
As my flying plate technique had only reached the rudimentary stage, I had only custom-made four steel plates.
But fortunately, they were just enough.
So, after retreating quickly to create some distance, I unhesitatingly flung the second "Ace."
Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.
This time, I held nothing back.
In the blink of an eye, the spinning Ace of Hearts struck the tattooed man's left wrist.
About a third of the steel plate was deeply embedded in his wrist.
A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal!
With just one strike, the tattooed man became compliant.
Screams echoed again, and the tattooed man almost instinctively reached to cover his left hand with his right.
But the moment he looked down, he forcefully stopped himself.
After subduing the two, I directly picked up the fallen extendable baton and strode towards the bald man and the tattooed man.
They say the stubborn fear the fierce, and the fierce fear the reckless, and it's absolutely true!
Except for that time in Jinling when I directly subdued Cao Hongliang with a gun, this was the second time I had seen fear and terror in others' eyes.
And what they feared and were terrified of… was me!
"No, no, no! We give up, we give up!"
"We surrender! Brother, give us a chance!"
"Don't attack, let's talk it out! Okay?"
As he said this, I thought I saw the bald man's teeth chattering.
It seemed he was truly scared.
Hearing this, I remained silent and looked at the tattooed man beside me with a playful gaze.
I wanted to see if this guy, who had just lectured me with such conviction, would now say something else…
"You are suspected of assaulting another person and causing varying degrees of bodily harm, according to the Criminal Law, blah, blah, blah…"
Compared to the outwardly tough but inwardly weak bald man, the tattooed man seemed more like a true brute.
He glared at me with clear defiance and spat out fiercely, "Damn you! You're not playing by the rules! We didn't even use knives, and you're actually using a steel plate as a weapon!"
"If you're so tough, kill me right now, or this isn't over!!!"
After saying this, with both his hands incapacitated, the tattooed man, like a rabid dog, opened his mouth wide and charged at me.
His expression was such that he seemed eager to eat my flesh and drink my blood!
Seeing this, the woman from the Orchid Gate, who had been planning to slip away, immediately stopped in her tracks, looking at the tattooed man with hopeful and eager eyes.
Indeed! At such close range, if someone with slow reflexes were standing there, they might actually get bitten by the tattooed man!
But how could a gambler's reflexes be slow?!
Almost the moment the tattooed man charged at me, I swung the extendable baton I was holding and rained blows down on him!
The tattooed man, who had been like a rabid dog a second ago, immediately collapsed to the ground.
With injuries to both wrists, he couldn't use his hands to cover his head or face, so he buried his entire face in his lap.
Initially, after enduring a few blows from the baton, the tattooed man could still curse at me a few more times, but as the blows continued…
"Brother, brother! Stop, stop hitting! I surrender! I truly surrender!!!"
"Leave me some breath, brother, if you hit me any more, I'll be crippled!"
If it were in the past, upon hearing someone beg for mercy, I would have stopped immediately.
But now… I wouldn't!
I distinctly remembered Cheng Minglang telling me when he taught me martial arts that from now on, if you encounter enemies who are involved in the martial world, try not to fight if possible.
But once you do fight, you must make sure to scare them thoroughly!
What does it mean to be scared?
Being scared means that before I even speak… you damn well better shut your mouth!
So, recalling these words, I not only didn't stop but fought even more fiercely!
Of course, I didn't aim for vital points but focused on the parts of his body that would cause pain.
This was also taught to me by Cheng Minglang.
Despite that skinny, disheveled appearance, when it came to fighting, there was only one word to describe him.
Fierce!!!
And so, the tattooed man went from screams to curses, then to pained cries, and finally to a weak whimper…
Only when he could no longer speak or cry out did I finally stop.
Now, there was no longer the saying of a hundred days for a broken bone to heal; he would at least need to lie in bed for half a year to a year!
After stopping, I turned my gaze to the bald man beside me.
Before I could even speak, seeing the tattooed man beside him beaten half to death for being aggressive, the bald man didn't hesitate. He immediately dropped to his knees and begged, "Big brother! Can you give me a chance?"
"Are you short on money or favors? Just say the word, and it's all yours!"
Hearing this, I walked up to the bald man and kicked him to the ground, then coldly ordered, "Did I ask you anything? Shut your mouth!"
After dealing with both of them individually, I pointed the extendable baton at the woman from the Orchid Gate.
"Now, immediately, come to me!"