Chapter 129: Brutally Beating the Meatball

"Brother Leng, it really is you! That's wonderful..." A joyful smile bloomed on Guoguo's delicate face. The arrival of Leng Tian to rescue her reignited the will to live that had nearly faded in her just moments before.

"Little girl, how did you end up in a dispute with them? Do you have some old grudge against them?" Leng Tian flashed over to Guoguo's side and smiled.

"Who has a grudge against them? They were just lusting after my beauty!" As Guoguo spoke, her pretty face instantly turned as red as an apple. She twisted the corner of her dress in embarrassment and mumbled, "Hmph."

"Hehe... To think they dared to bully our sweet Guoguo. They truly deserve to be taught a lesson!" Although a smile hung on Leng Tian's face, coldness flickered deep within his eyes.

Guoguo and Luan Yudie were as close as sisters, and since Leng Tian and Luan Yudie had made a pact to be together, how could he possibly stand by and let anyone bully his sister-in-arms?

"Brother Leng, you must vent Guoguo's anger for me. If you hadn't appeared, they would have already..." As Guoguo spoke, her eyes grew red and she looked on the verge of tears.

"Brat, who on earth are you, daring to go against us? Playing the hero to save the beauty might cost you your little life! If you know what's good for you, get lost right now, otherwise, humph..."

The woman who had previously pinned Tu Maomao held him with one hand while gripping a dagger with the other, pressing the blade right against his neck. She glared threateningly at Leng Tian and the others.

"Brother Leng, you and this big brother should hurry and leave! In a moment, when those two meatballs return, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to!" Tu Maomao looked at Guoguo with a miserable expression, as if they were going through a life-or-death parting!

"Who is he? A friend of yours?" Leng Tian asked, feeling curious. Hearing the way the young demon youth addressed Guoguo, it seemed the relationship between the two was quite extraordinary.

"Just an annoying pest! Why would I bother with him?" Guoguo put on the air of a coy young woman. Though she claimed not to care, the worry leaking from her eyes was instantly caught by Leng Tian.

"Since you have no relation, let's go then! If those two fellows come back shortly, we won't be able to leave!" Leng Tian said, turning as if to take Guoguo away.

"Brother Leng, you're bullying me too! I'm not talking to you anymore..." Guoguo's pretty face flushed crimson. She glared at Leng Tian and deliberately turned away in a huff.

"Hehe... So, should I save him or not?"

"Brother Leng, you're so mean! Of course we have to save him!" Guoguo gave Leng Tian a disgruntled kick, signaling him to stop teasing her deliberately.

"Why is it that modern girls all love using violence? Even this kicking motion is exactly the same!" Leng Tian dodged Guoguo's kick, his mind involuntarily drifting to the violent girl Xue Han.

"If the two of you are going to continue ignoring me, I'll slaughter this demon brat right now!" Seeing that Leng Tian and Guoguo completely disregarded her threat, the woman holding Tu Maomao could not help but shout out harsh words.

Deep down, this woman was panicking. When Leng Tian had effortlessly knocked the twin meatball brothers flying earlier, she immediately realized that the newcomer was a formidable character. She knew the cultivation level of the two meatballs all too well; for someone to send them flying with a single strike while they were in their transformed state meant this person's cultivation far surpassed theirs.

Faced with such a powerhouse, the woman had already begun to contemplate retreating. Using Tu Maomao as a hostage against Leng Tian was merely a tactic to distract him so she could seize the opportunity to escape—though she also had other ulterior motives in mind.

Leng Tian stared at the woman and sneered, "Do you really think you can escape? Or are you waiting for those two to return so you can take us both down together?"

"Hmph... Unless you don't care about his life, wise up and let me leave, or else I'd rather drag someone down with me than let him go!"

With that, the woman applied a slight pressure with the dagger in her hand, leaving a shallow bloody cut on Tu Maomao's neck.

"Big brother, you don't need to worry about me! Kill this witch! What does dying for Guoguo even matter? Big brother, do it and kill her!" Tu Maomao's eyes were bloodshot, his words powerful, righteous, and unwavering. His expression revealed genuine, heartfelt emotion.

"Tu Maomao... Don't worry, Brother Leng will save you!" Guoguo said, her big eyes swimming with tears as she looked pleadingly at Leng Tian. "Brother Leng, I beg you, find a way to save Tu Maomao!"

Looking at Guoguo's tear-stained face, Leng Tian knew the little girl had truly developed feelings for this youth named Tu Maomao. He immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, your little lover isn't going to die!"

"You're not allowed to say that... Not allowed!" Guoguo grew so embarrassed and exasperated that she rained a flurry of blows and kicks on Leng Tian.

"Ouch... Oh no, I'm injured, nobody can save me now!" Leng Tian feigned being gravely kicked by Guoguo, crying out in pain continuously.

"Go save him already..." Knowing Leng Tian was just putting on an act, Guoguo felt even more shy and flustered. She delivered one last fierce kick before running off to the side to nurse her embarrassment.

Seeing Guoguo's antics, the smile on Leng Tian's face grew even warmer. He looked toward the woman holding Tu Maomao hostage and said in a clear voice, "As long as you let him go, I swear I won't make things difficult for you. You are free to leave. How about that?"

"Alright! As long as you swear not to kill me and let me leave the moment I release this brat, I'll take your word for it!" Smiles danced in the woman's eyes as she replied in a soft voice.

"I think there's no need for me to take an oath, and you no longer need to put on a show." Smiles similarly lingered in Leng Tian's eyes. As his words fell, he looked up toward the sky.

"Sister, don't let the demon brat go! The two of us were just careless earlier, which is why this brat managed to take advantage of us. We only suffered minor injuries. Stay on the sidelines and cheer for us while we watch how we obliterate this man and woman on the spot!"

The short and fat twin brothers had maintained their meatball forms. One of the meatballs voiced out fiercely.

"Brother Leng, what should we do? Can you beat them?" Guoguo still possessed a childlike temperament, and she grew quite anxious when faced with such a crisis.

"Guoguo, do not panic!" Leng Tian gently stroked Guoguo's head to comfort her, then called out to the twin brothers, "If you leave right now, I can let this matter go. If you fail to appreciate the situation, don't blame Leng for being merciless!"

"Hmph... Brat, don't think that scoring a single lucky hit means you can act arrogant in front of us. Sister, we have rushed back. Kill this demon brat!"

"Don't worry, brothers! Little sister will send him to meet the Grim Reaper right now!" With that, the woman raised her dagger, aiming to plunge it straight into Tu Maomao's head.

"Brother Leng, hurry up and think of something!" Seeing Tu Maomao about to lose his life, Guoguo grew so anxious that her pretty face turned pale.

"Don't worry, he won't die!"

Leng Tian comforted Guoguo, then looked coldly toward the two meatballs and said, "Your companion has already gone to meet the Grim Reaper. Could it be that you want to join her as well?"

"Ah..." Just as Leng Tian's voice trailed off, the woman's shriek echoed in the twins' ears. Both of them were utterly shocked, unable to help rolling their large heads upward to look. They saw that the woman, who had just been putting on a seductive and charming front, now had completely lifeless, grey eyes devoid of any vital breath.

"Sister... Sister..." The two of them cried out in simultaneous horror. "Brat, what did you do to her? To actually kill my sister! I'll tear you to shreds, pay with your life..."

"Didn't do much, just sent her to meet the Grim Reaper."

Leng Tian looked coldly at the rolling meatballs and said, "Since you are determined to remain deluded, don't blame me!"

His figure flashed into mid-air, white-gold astral energy flashing on his left foot carrying the momentum of thunder, and he viciously kicked the rolling meatball. "Bang! Ah... Bang..."

Two consecutive kicks landed on the meatball, sending it flying into mid-air, while the second meat-mountain rolled forward to close in.

Leng Tian's hands transformed into a white-gold hue, his body flashing brilliantly through the mid-air. Arriving above the meatball, he raised both palms and slammed them fiercely downward onto the sphere.

Boom!

The mountain-like meatball was struck by those palms, transforming into a shooting star that crashed into the ground. Amidst a deafening roar, a crater several meters wide was blasted into the earth.

Guoguo felt the ground shake, and before she knew it, she was pulled tightly into a pair of strong arms. Tu Maomao's voice sounded right beside her ear, "Guoguo, don't be afraid, I will protect you!"

"Let go of me!" Guoguo broke free from Tu Maomao's embrace, delivered a forceful kick to his thigh, and cursed angrily, "You still have the nerve to say you'll protect me? Who was it that got lured by beauty earlier, having their true essence sealed without putting up any resistance? Protect me? I think it's me protecting you instead!"

"Guoguo, I was wrong! You have to believe me, I wasn't seduced by her beauty at all! I was just curious about what she wanted to show me and got distracted for a split second, which is why she managed to trick me!"

Tu Maomao dropped to his knees before Guoguo with a thud, wrapping both arms around her thigh with a crying tone in his voice, "In my heart, only you are the most beautiful. Other women are just trumpet flowers in my eyes, while you are the goddess in my heart, the most sacred snow lotus. I, Tu Maomao, will only love one woman for the rest of my life. If I ever do anything to betray you, may heaven strike me down and blast me to ashes!"

"Get up right there! Crying and weeping like that doesn't look like a real man at all. Don't make a fool of yourself and let Brother Leng laugh at us!" In truth, Guoguo knew Tu Maomao hadn't been captivated by beauty and knew he was speaking the truth, but a woman's innate possessiveness naturally drove her to throw a tantrum to assert her unique status.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

A series of muffled explosions echoed from the sky into the ears of the two. Both Tu Maomao and Guoguo couldn't help raising their heads to look, only to see Leng Tian's figure ascending into the sky as if treading on steps to heaven. With every single kick he delivered, the mountain-sized meatball was sent soaring hundreds of meters higher.

Leng Tian unleashed six consecutive kicks, then white-gold astral energy violently erupted from beneath his feet, propelling his body upward like lightning into the high altitudes. Arriving directly above the meatball, his left leg flashed with a white-gold radiance as he delivered a fierce downward axe-kick, pouring ten thousand jun of crushing force into the sphere.

Amidst a muffled impact, a miserable shriek emanated from within the meatball as it plummeted from the high skies accompanied by violent astral gales. "Still won't scatter apart?" Seeing that the meatball hadn't fallen apart despite taking several of his fierce strikes, Leng Tian's expression turned cold as he plunged downward right behind it.

"Bang!"

Another thunderous downward axe-kick landed. A muffled groan escaped from inside the meatball, a spray of fresh blood splattered across the air, and it crashed toward the ground like a meteor.

"Boom!"

The ground trembled violently, the massive shockwave sweeping Tu Maomao and Guoguo off their feet. Both stared in sheer terror at the giant crater on the ground, lingering in a daze for a long time, unable to snap back to their senses.

Leng Tian dropped down from the air, looked at the two of them, and smiled, "What's the matter, shocked into a daze?"

"Brother Leng, you are so fierce! My Haotian Hands couldn't shake him in the least earlier, yet you easily beat them into this state using purely physical strength alone. You must have reached the level of people like Yan Nanfei, right?"

Guoguo batted her large eyes, her expression filled with a trace of adoration.

"A fierce man... an absolute powerhouse..." Tu Maomao looked at Leng Tian with a friendly smile on his face, giving him a thumbs-up and showering him with endless praises.

"Right, Tu Maomao, how did you kill that shameless woman?" The scene of that woman trying to assault Tu Maomao flashed back into Guoguo's mind, prompting her to slap that shameless title onto the deceased woman.

"You'll have to ask Brother Leng about that. It was his subordinate that saved me, and that woman was killed by it as well!" Tu Maomao smoothly followed suit and addressed him as Brother Leng.

"Subordinate? Where is it?" Guoguo looked at Leng Tian, then glanced at Tu Maomao. She hadn't seen anyone make a move at all, yet the shameless woman had died without a sound.

"Hehe..." Leng Tian smiled and said, "That is my retainer. It's better if you two don't meet it just yet. Once we get out of this ancient realm, I'll let it show itself!"

"Cough, cough..."

"Big brother, are you alright?"

The three of them turned their gazes toward the two large craters on the ground, only to see a short, fat man trembling as he dragged his blood-soaked older brother out from the other pit.