At this moment—
"Damn it… I still got exposed?"
Meeting their gazes, Zhao Xuan's brows immediately knitted together.
In an instant, rage surged through his chest.
Damn it!
What kind of bullshit was this?!
If you three hadn't suddenly shown up, how the hell would I have been exposed?!
Looking at the corpse lying on the ground—crushed to death by his fists—Zhao Xuan cursed furiously in his heart.
As the curses raged—
Suddenly.
A spark flashed through Zhao Xuan's mind.
"Wait—wait—wait!"
"Who says I'm exposed?"
"It's not a complete exposure!"
"As long as—as long as I silence everyone who witnessed my true strength, wouldn't that mean no one knows the truth?"
The moment this thought formed—
Killing intent exploded.
Immediately after—
He drew a sharp breath.
"Tap! Tap!"
Before they could even react, he had already used Shave, appearing right in front of the seven.
"BOOM!"
A fist wrapped in Armament Haki and surging lightning slammed violently toward one of them.
Forty thousand points of physique enhancement.
One-Second Technique—True Man Mode.
With this punch—
Let alone an ordinary Seventh-Rank ability user.
Let alone a man still frozen in shock.
Even an Eighth-Rank lower-tier King would gain nothing from facing it head-on.
So—
In the next instant—
When Zhao Xuan's fist landed squarely on that man's skull—
The man's brain, which had only just snapped back to awareness, was instantly smashed back into blankness.
Utter chaos filled his mind.
Stars exploded across his vision.
Due to the immense impact—
Dark red, viscous blood poured from his ears, nose, eyes, and mouth.
Before he could recover—
"BOOM!!!"
Zhao Xuan's second punch struck his skull again.
Immediately—
Pop.
His head exploded like a watermelon smashed by a baseball bat.
Bright red blood and pale brain matter sprayed everywhere.
"H-how… how is this possible?!"
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
"Kill him! Kill him! Everyone attack together!"
"There are six of us—we can definitely kill him!"
"Kill him, or we all die!"
"…"
The remaining six turned pale as death.
In panic.
In shouting.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
All six charged at Zhao Xuan simultaneously.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Clearly—
They were truly terrified.
Truly shaken by Zhao Xuan's horrifying combat power.
So—
As they charged him, every single one of them activated their Extreme Techniques at the same time.
Because—
They wanted to kill Zhao Xuan immediately.
Because—
They didn't want to follow their companion and become headless corpses.
In an instant—
Six massive auras erupted from their bodies.
"Kill!!!"
Facing their charge, Zhao Xuan felt no fear—only excitement.
Why?
Because—
If they had chosen to flee.
If they had scattered and run.
It would have been almost impossible for Zhao Xuan to kill them all before others in the city arrived.
But now—
They didn't run.
…
BOOM—!!!
In the next moment—
Zhao Xuan crashed head-on into the six of them.
Each of them was strong.
And with Extreme Techniques activated, each possessed power comparable to an Eighth Rank.
Even against a city guard unit led by two Gold Guards, they could have wiped it out within ten minutes.
Unfortunately—
They had met Zhao Xuan.
And Zhao Xuan's strength was no joke.
He wasn't just a system holder.
He was a true whale.
Just advancing from Fifth Rank to Sixth Rank had cost him five hundred billion.
What did that mean?
Five hundred billion—used wisely—was enough to cultivate two or three Seventh-Rank experts.
With Zhao Xuan's terrifying base physique, combined with the Azure Dragon Fruit—
Even without the One-Second Technique—
Even without entering True Man Mode—
He could already withstand, or even suppress, an Eighth-Rank lower-tier King.
Let alone now.
In True Man Mode—
He was already comparable to an Eighth-Rank mid-tier King.
So—
Against the combined assault of six—
Zhao Xuan felt no fear whatsoever.
Not only that—
Under his life-for-life, rabid fighting style—
The six were forced steadily backward.
One by one.
Front to back.
Three of them took direct punches from Zhao Xuan, suffering devastating internal injuries.
"H-how is this possible?!"
"This guy—this guy—this guy!!"
"He's only a Sixth-Rank Grandmaster! How—how can he be this strong?!"
"…"
Watching Zhao Xuan charge at them like a demon incarnate—
The six began to panic.
Then—
After a few seconds—
When Zhao Xuan used his suicidal, berserk style to smash one of their heads apart with a single punch—
The final straw broke.
That moment—
Amid flying blood and brain matter—
The remaining five completely collapsed.
"No! Impossible! Impossible!"
"Madman! Madman! Madman!"
"This lunatic! This lunatic!"
"…"
Watching Zhao Xuan—who had just been blasted dozens of meters away—stagger back to his feet as his chaotic aura rapidly stabilized—
The five—
Panicked.
Completely panicked.
They turned—
Faces deathly pale—
And fled in all directions.
"Running?"
Zhao Xuan madly circulated the life energy within his bones.
In the next instant—
The injuries he had taken from their combined attack healed rapidly.
Then—
"BOOM! BOOM!"
Two sonic booms later—
Zhao Xuan vanished from the spot and gave chase.
Before long—
He caught the slowest runner.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Three consecutive punches.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Then—
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sharp sound of bones shattering rang out.
"AAARGH—!!!"
With a scream, the man was sent flying.
He crashed heavily to the ground more than ten meters away.
His waist bent at a grotesque ninety-degree angle.
Clearly—
His spine had been completely shattered.
Without stopping—
Zhao Xuan turned and charged the remaining four.
Very soon—
He caught the second.
"N-no… no… please… please… Zhao Xuan… don't come closer… don't come closer—AAAHHH!"
Amid terrified screams—
The sound echoed through the streets.
Zhao Xuan then moved on to the third.
One.
Then another.
Within mere seconds—
All three fell under his fists.
"Hmph."
Expressionless, Zhao Xuan cleaned up the battlefield.
Then he cast a cold glance toward the distant street and strode away.
Zhao Xuan had just left—
When—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Figures appeared one after another.
They stared at the corpses on the ground, replaying the shocking scene they had just witnessed.
Every face was filled with disbelief and shock.
Silence blanketed the area.
So silent—
That even a pin dropping could be heard.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Then—
A trembling voice broke the silence.
"J-just now… that guy… i-if I'm not mistaken… wasn't that Zhao Xuan?"
A fat man spoke shakily.
"It should be him."
Another nodded.
"Hiss—!!!"
The fat man sucked in a sharp breath.
"B-but… but… wasn't he only Sixth Rank?! He—he—he—what… what was that?!"
Silence answered him.
No one spoke.
Everyone stood there, staring at the corpses crushed by Zhao Xuan's fists.
But—
From their wildly flickering pupils—
The shock was unmistakable.
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