In his past life, Zhao Xuanqi had repeatedly escaped encirclement by multiple nations. Beyond the enhanced abilities granted by his Martial Arts Cultivation, his own beast-like vigilance had played an absolutely crucial role.

He’d felt something was off when Miloque and his two companions dealt with the Guards. To be safe, he had grabbed his weapon and hidden inside the wardrobe!

Now, capitalizing on Fast’s misjudgment, he burst from the wardrobe, intending to dart out onto the terrace and escape the room. ’Fighting two unknown opponents who just appeared out of nowhere isn’t a wise choice in such a confined space.’

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

This time, however, his escape failed. Two streaks of silver light flashed past at incredible speed, blocking his path.

’Such a fast reaction! Such a fast attack!’

Everything had happened in an instant. He had the element of surprise, yet his opponent had detected and blocked him in a split second!

Eagle Vision Broo!

His Secret Medicine enhanced his vision and precise muscle control. With these two boons, his fighting style was utterly ruthless and terrifying!

Meanwhile, Fast, whose strike had missed, spun around. A savage smile crept onto his face when he saw Zhao Xuanqi had been intercepted.

The pores on his skin tightened, and a faint tremor ran through his body. His eyes flashed with a crimson light as he abruptly brandished his dual blades.

The Qi Surge coursed through him. His bulging arms, chest, and back provided him with terrifying explosive power.

SWOOSH!!

As his blade fell, it felt as if the very air in the room was being torn in two. The fierce wind from the slash swept through the area, a testament to the sheer ferocity of his attack.

And it wasn’t just a single strike.

It was a relentless barrage!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Fast was like a beast in a frenzy.

Mad Blade Fast.

His enhancement ability was related to his adrenal glands, allowing his body to enter an extremely intense state of excitement for a period of time. His sense of pain and fear diminished while his strength and explosive power soared!

Nearby, Broo watched like a tiger stalking its prey. His powerful dynamic vision helped him quickly assess the situation. He attacked infrequently, but each strike was deviously precise, finding the perfect angle and point of impact to cut off Zhao Xuanqi’s escape routes.

Meanwhile, Miloque leaped onto the terrace. The vibrations in his throat grew more intense as Sound Waves began to spread out.

Fortunately, Zhao Xuanqi had been on guard. While in the wardrobe, he had torn off two scraps of cloth and stuffed them in his ears. But since he had done it in a hurry, they didn’t create a perfect seal, and the Sound Waves could still affect him.

He also wasn’t sure if the scraps would fall out during a violent struggle.

If that happened, the effect of the Sound Waves would destroy any chance he had to fight back.

The coordinated surprise attack by the three Royal Fighters had instantly plunged Zhao Xuanqi into a deadly trap. If not for his early premonition, he likely would have been killed on the spot by the first wave of attacks.

In fact, the three Royal Fighters were very confident. They believed that the three of them working together could even kill a Military Officer of the Celestial Sea Prefecture, an expert in Inner Cultivation.

Much less a mere bearer of a Martial Arts Hall’s True Inheritance.

This was the first life-or-death crisis Zhao Xuanqi had faced since being reborn in this world.

He had known that by interfering with the interests of the Jili Empire, he would inevitably face their retaliation. But he never expected it to be so ruthless!

Yet, in the face of life and death, Zhao Xuanqi felt no fear, no panic. His body was rapidly secreting massive amounts of hormones, stimulating every cell, but his mind remained exceptionally clear.

’In my past life, I survived countless life-or-death crises.’

’This time?’

’It’s just another fight to the death.’

’A beast born in the jungle has no choice but to fight for its life.’

’What king of beasts doesn’t stand on a pile of bloody corpses, doesn’t bear a body crisscrossed with scars?’

In an instant, Zhao Xuanqi’s gaze changed. It became fierce, decisive, and resolute.

He made a move that none of the three present could have imagined.

He stopped dodging. Instead, he abruptly turned and stepped backward, shockingly moving his back *toward* Fast’s terrifying slash.

’You’re courting death!!’

In his intensely excited state, Fast’s savage smile grew even wider as he brought his blade down in a vicious diagonal slash.

However, just as the blade fell, Zhao Xuanqi whipped one hand behind him, holding his dagger horizontally across his back to block the path of Fast’s slash.

CLANG!!

The long blade hacked into the dagger. The sharp edge was blocked, but the terrifying impact could not be completely negated.

CRACK!

The sound of cracking bone came from Zhao Xuanqi’s back. Where the dagger didn’t block, the blade’s edge sliced into his flesh, and blood flowed freely.

The powerful impact jarred his body and internal organs, and his Qi and Blood instantly roiled within him.

HAH!!

Zhao Xuanqi let out a ferocious roar, a ruthless expression flashing across his face. Ignoring the risk of internal bleeding, he forcibly suppressed the churning Qi and Blood within him and used the momentum from the blow to hurl himself toward Broo.

Broo’s expression hardened. ’But can you be faster than a stone from a slingshot?’

His pupils darted, instantly finding a devious angle as he abruptly thrust his dagger forward.

A savage grin spread across Zhao Xuanqi’s face. He didn’t even try to dodge the dagger’s thrust. Instead, he shot his hand out and grabbed the blade itself!

RIIIIP!!

The sharp dagger instantly pierced through his palm, spraying bright red blood.

’Catching a blade with his bare hand?!’

Broo was shaken, stunned by the ferocious courage Zhao Xuanqi displayed. ’But it’s an incredibly foolish move.’

’With his palm pierced by the dagger, his whole arm is basically useless. Let’s see how you block anything now!’

Broo was an experienced fighter and instantly made his countermove, deciding to abandon the dagger.

’He would only lose a dagger, while his opponent would lose an arm!’

’It was an obvious trade, especially since there were three of them!’

Torn muscle, pierced bone—that kind of suffocating, intense pain triggers the body’s instinctive reaction. The muscles grow weak, and the body sends "retreat" signals to prevent the injured area from suffering further harm.

This is a biological instinct.

However, instincts only hold sway over ordinary mortals. Zhao Xuanqi was not one of them!

A body forged by the Hundred Beasts Mystic Gate was a body perfected for combat. This didn’t just include strength and explosive power; it also targeted the cowardly instincts inherent in all living things.

The daily, agonizing striking of his acupoints had long since accustomed his body to pain.

Even if a hundred blades pierced his body, as long as Zhao Xuanqi could still draw breath, he could fight to the very last moment!

To gain anything, one must pay a price.

The effects of training the Hundred Beasts Mystic Gate seemed powerful, but behind that power lay a degree of pain and torment unimaginable to ordinary people. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

In this world, there’s no such thing as a free lunch!

The intense pain ignited Zhao Xuanqi’s nerves, completely unleashing the bestial nature he had accumulated from practicing the Hundred Beasts Fist, a nature he kept buried deep within his heart.

At this moment, his expression was utterly twisted. His eyes were demonic, and yet a smile played on his lips.

BANG!!

The hand pierced by the dagger suddenly swelled, nearly doubling in size. Its muscle fibers stretched to their absolute limit, and an even greater torrent of blood sprayed from the wound like a fountain.

That hand, which should have gone limp and powerless in accordance with biological instinct, suddenly clamped down, tightly gripping the hand Broo was trying to pull back!