Chapter 48

Originally, Secretary Hu, who was ready to pull the pin of the grenade, was stunned. He only saw a figure descending gracefully in the darkness, leaving trails of afterimages in the air, and swiftly rushing into the crowd of Japanese soldiers, moving rapidly. Every time he passed by a Japanese soldier, one would fall.

"Aaaaah..." The cries of agony filled the sky. These Japanese military police, who had no martial arts skills, were like infants in Li She's eyes. Although they held guns, the guns were just pieces of scrap metal before they could be fired. Moreover, they were already down before they could even aim at Li She.

With a "whoosh," Liu Desheng's head exploded like a watermelon, white brain matter and blood splattering everywhere.

At this moment, Li She stopped and looked at the trembling Japanese officer, who was gripping his katana tightly. Being proficient in swordsmanship, he could see that Li She was using extraordinary and divine martial arts. The inheritor of the Yokohama Ito-ryu was already drenched in cold sweat.

Li She glanced at him, and the aura of slaughter spread, making the already cold air seem even colder.

"You, expert! I am Matsushita Kenjiro of the Japanese Yokohama Ito-ryu. I wish to have a fair fight with you!" Matsushita Kenjiro said through gritted teeth.

Li She didn't waste words and shot a "Cold Fire Palm" at him. The scorching palm force could incinerate even a master of internal energy, let alone this Ito-ryu? "Aaaaah..." Matsushita Kenjiro let out a scream as his clothes and skin melted away, his entire body burned by the scorching true qi, leaving only a pile of bones.

Although Secretary Hu was a staunch atheist and a firm believer in Marxism-Leninism, he had seen martial artists in the team perform feats like walking on walls and throwing knives. However, he had never seen anyone like Li She, who could incinerate a person with a single palm. Li She's cold gaze made it impossible to meet his eyes.

After killing over fifty Japanese military police, Li She turned to leave. At this moment, Secretary Hu called out, "Great hero, we will never forget your life-saving grace. Please tell us your name!"

Li She looked at the frail woman and smiled, "Chinese!" He then left without stopping, using the "Lingbo Weibu" to leap onto the roof and disappear.

"Secretary Hu, is he a man or a ghost? Flying around like that? So powerful?" a soldier beside Secretary Hu asked in a trembling voice.

The cold gaze and the ease with which Li She killed people, as if slaughtering dogs, made these soldiers wary.

"Uh, he must be a hermit expert. Our China is full of hidden dragons and tigers! It's normal to have such hermit experts. Sigh, if we could persuade him to join our anti-Japanese forces, that would be great," Secretary Hu sighed.

The group quickly left. From the killing to Li She's return to the East Asia Hotel, it took less than twenty minutes. After killing over fifty people, Li She's aura of slaughter seemed to have intensified. Closing his eyes, he felt the subtle changes. "Now, when I unleash the aura of slaughter, I am in a state of absolute rationality, and the killing intent in my heart seems even stronger," Li She sighed inwardly. Comparing it to the domineering aura he had felt from Wu Xingyun, Li She shook his head helplessly.

The domineering aura gave a feeling of unparalleled dominance, seemingly defying all things in heaven and earth, truly embodying the essence of "I am the only one supreme in the universe," fierce and majestic. The ethereal aura of Li Qiuwater was unpredictable, like light smoke and a gentle breeze, ever-changing. It truly reached the highest realm of the Small Unparalleled Skill, where there was no self and no form. Although he had combined the "Nine Yang Divine Skill," "Sinew Washing Sutra," and "Northern Darkness Divine Skill" to create the "Cold Fire Technique," his killing aura was extraordinary. However, he was still one step away from the great completion of the aura of slaughter.

It seemed that this step would be crossed through the accumulation of time. Both Li Qiuwater and Wu Xingyun were over ninety years old, having studied martial arts for forty to fifty years, gradually reaching the great completion of the aura. Li She's aura of slaughter was a shortcut. As long as he continued to kill, he could reach the great completion of the aura. However, in this war-torn era, internal energy was rare. Without an equal opponent, how many people would he have to kill to reach the great completion of the aura?

"It seems that only by constantly challenging my limits can I achieve the great completion of the aura of slaughter in a short time," Li She thought.

The city was now under full lockdown. The calm night was disrupted by the gunfire, and alarms sounded throughout the city. Secretary Hu and his six companions could only hide in a nearby dilapidated temple, waiting for the city gates to open the next day to slip out. Although the traitor had been killed by the expert, they didn't know how much party information Liu Desheng had leaked. Secretary Hu still followed the original plan and led the intelligence station members to another secret base to notify all underground party members to evacuate.

The city-wide alarms naturally alarmed Li She, who was meditating. With a cold smile, he muttered, "Looks like there's more to kill."

Li She directly leaped out of the window, flipped onto the roof, and a group of Japanese soldiers began a city-wide search in neat rows.

Li She flew down toward the nearest squad of Japanese soldiers. In mid-air, he gathered his strength, and with both palms, he unleashed a powerful strike. The left palm carried scorching true qi, and the right palm emitted a cold ice breath, instantly attacking the fifty-man squad of Japanese soldiers.

With a loud "boom," the two completely opposite true qi forces exploded, the scorching heat even detonating the grenades on the Japanese soldiers' bodies. The Japanese soldiers didn't have time to scream before the massive explosion took their lives.

Due to the aura of slaughter, Li She's use of the "Lingbo Weibu" was different from Li Qiuwater's. Li Qiuwater's use of the "Lingbo Weibu" was ethereal, while in Li She's hands, it was like a ghostly wind. Li She, like a ghost, turned toward the next target.

The six people hiding in the dilapidated temple naturally heard the massive explosion.

"It seems that the expert is helping us!" Secretary Hu said confidently.

"It seems he is a patriotic Chinese. If we could persuade him to join our anti-Japanese forces, that would be great," the group discussed.

As Li She charged at the second wave of Japanese soldiers, he engaged in close combat. The surging blood seemed to be his heart's desire. Eagle Claw, Snake Hand, Seven Injuries Fist—Li She became a killing machine.

"Bang, bang, bang" "Bang, bang, bang" The sound of the Type 38 rifles echoed, followed by the cries of the dying. The gunshots and screams enveloped the entire night. "Thud" The last Japanese soldier in the squad stared with wide eyes, blood gushing from his mouth, muttering, "Nani?" A hand had pierced his chest, and with a "thud," Li She pulled out his arm, along with the still-beating heart.

After the heart was pulled out, the Japanese soldier's body collapsed. Looking at the heart in his hand, Li She squeezed it, and with a "crunch," it turned into a pile of minced meat. The continuous gunfire naturally attracted all the Japanese soldiers.

With his keen hearing, Li She sensed a large group of Japanese soldiers approaching. Several trucks and a few Japanese tanks were heading his way.

The six people hiding in the dilapidated temple were stunned by the commotion. A soldier asked Secretary Hu, "Secretary Hu, are all these people attracted by that mysterious person?"

Another soldier said, "I think so. In Shanhaiguan, besides us, it's only him."

"Should we go help him?"

"Forget it. We only have the guns and ammunition we took from the Japanese corpses. How can we deal with their armored vehicles?"

An elderly underground party member said, "He saved our lives! How can we stand by and watch him die? Secretary Hu, what should we do?"

Secretary Hu said solemnly, "Xiao Chen, you stay here with the intelligence. Leave as soon as the city gates open tomorrow and report the situation to the party. The rest, follow me."

Secretary Hu led four soldiers toward the gunfire, stealthily climbing onto the roof. By now, the sky was beginning to lighten. The five of them were stunned by the scene before them.

Li She, dressed in a black suit, stood in the middle of the road, a cigarette dangling from his lips, surrounded by the bodies of Japanese soldiers. Since Li She was unarmed, the Japanese slowly surrounded him.

The leader was a Japanese lieutenant colonel, sitting in a Japanese tank. Hearing the report from his subordinate, he poked his head out and saw only one person, laughing, "This guy is definitely cornered! Capture him!"

"Hai!" The subordinate pointed at the other soldiers and shouted, "First squad, second squad, third squad! Move forward and capture the enemy!"

Over thirty Japanese soldiers, armed with Type 38 rifles, unloaded their bullets and slowly surrounded Li She with their bayonets. Li She sized up the Japanese surrounding him, "Seven hundred people and six armored vehicles, hah, a whole battalion!"

Holding the cigarette butt, he flicked it at a Japanese soldier's forehead. With a "whoosh," the cigarette, moving as fast as a bullet, pierced the soldier's head. The remaining thirty Japanese soldiers, seeing this, charged at Li She with their bayonets.

The "Lingbo Weibu" left trails of afterimages on the ground. Li She twisted a rifle, grabbed the bayonet, and moved through the crowd of over thirty people. In less than a minute, all thirty Japanese soldiers lay dead at Li She's feet. He licked the blood from the bayonet, feeling the pleasure of killing, and charged at the main force surrounding him.

Seeing Li She's formidable combat skills and the slaughter of over thirty of his soldiers, the lieutenant colonel cursed, "Bakayarou! Shoot and kill this traitor!"

"Bang, bang, bang" "Bang, bang, bang" Machine guns and Type 38 rifles fired at Li She. The Japanese soldiers, who had just witnessed Li She's slaughter, opened fire.

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