Thud! This poor guy was really having a rough time; he had just been kicked by Ziwei, and now Changlin had taken a swing at him, sending him flying straight into the wall.
His body hit the wall solidly, and the pain was excruciating, far worse than what Qian Ziwei had delivered.
"Stop," the bespectacled man finally reacted violently, his sharp voice directed at Li Changlin while he turned his head and yelled, "Help my brother up!"
Then, the bespectacled man spun back around, glaring coldly at Li Changlin, "Kid, do you realize you’re playing with fire?"
"Do you believe what your brother just said?" Li Changlin was hardly intimidated by the other party. If it had been a few days earlier, he might have been cautious.
But now, having cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Art to its second level and consumed eleven Ginseng Fruits, his martial skills were formidable, even surpassing those of a Dark Energy Expert.
"Whether my brother is right or wrong, the facts haven’t been clarified by either party, so you shouldn’t just start injuring people," the bespectacled man frowned slightly, pushing up the right side of his glasses on the bridge of his nose and continued coldly, "How do you plan to handle this situation? Will we settle this privately, or make it public?"
"What difference does it make to settle this privately or publicly?" Li Changlin felt that the other party might be significant, but he wasn’t particularly concerned.
Having offended Jiang Xingwei, the eldest young master of Jincheng’s foremost Jiang Family, who else could possibly make Li Changlin apprehensive now!
"If we go public, we’ll call the police right now and let them handle it; if we settle privately, you need to pull out one million now for my brother’s medical expenses," the bespectacled man spoke calmly, yet one hand slid behind his back, subtly gesturing.
Suddenly, a number of burly men who had previously remained motionless rushed out, encircling Lin Ruonan and Qian Ziwei.
"It seems you are quite sure of yourself," Li Changlin scanned the burly men with a cold gaze but chose to no longer pay attention to them.
Li Changlin looked calmly at the bespectacled man and spoke indifferently, "Your suggestion isn’t bad. If you were me, would you choose to go public, or settle privately?"
"Brother, I don’t care about settling this privately or publicly, I want to waste him!" The young man, previously supported by one of the burly men, now managed to stand unsteadily.
Gnashing his teeth, he glared venomously at Li Changlin. If looks could kill, Li Changlin would surely be dead several times over.
"See, my brother has a bad temper. If we let him handle this, it will probably be even more troublesome for you," the bespectacled man shrugged nonchalantly, his shoulders rising as he conveyed a thinly veiled threat with his words.
"Since you want to waste me, I might as well waste you first!" Li Changlin’s eyes turned frosty, completely disregarding the bespectacled man’s threat. He stepped forward and advanced toward the young man.
"You’re asking for it."
The bespectacled man and the burly man supporting the youth both exclaimed at once. The bespectacled man moved and threw a punch at Li Changlin’s back.
At that moment, the burly man also positioned himself in front of the young man and swung at Li Changlin’s head.
"Foolish," Li Changlin sidestepped, instantly dodging the double attack. Then he reached out and grabbed the young man’s collar, yanking him closer.
"What, what do you want? Let go of me, let go!" The youth was frightened and desperate, attempting to pry Li Changlin’s fingers loose with his hands.
However, Li Changlin’s five fingers were as rigid as steel rods, and no matter how hard the young man tried, there was no hope of budging them in the slightest.
"Let go of you? You wish!" Li Changlin was both amused and infuriated, as if he thought he was playing house with him!
Thinking back on the young man’s previous words, a surge of fury overtook Li Changlin. Without further ado, he lifted his hand and ferociously slapped the young man across his face.
"You, stop hitting me, stop hitting me! Do you know who I am?" With this slap, Li Changlin had used a third of his strength, which was even more potent than before, buzzing the young man’s ears with a roaring sound.
"I don’t care who you are!" Li Changlin had no patience for those who threatened him, and seeing the man still acting arrogantly in such a predicament, he immediately raised his hand and delivered another slap.
The blow broke two of the young man’s teeth right in his mouth.
The guy’s mouth gaped open as he spat out the two broken teeth.
"Let go of my brother," the man with spectacles said, taking a deep breath.
It was only at that moment that he abruptly realized the person in front of him was actually a skilled fighter.
"Do you want to settle this privately or make it public?" Li Changlin asked indifferently, grabbing the front of the young man’s clothes with one hand and looking towards the man with spectacles.
"What difference does it make if we settle this privately or publicly?" The man with spectacles felt extremely aggrieved, as his comeuppance arrived far too swiftly.
If it weren’t for the fact that his younger brother was being controlled by the opponent, he would definitely throw himself fearlessly at Li Changlin, as the honor of the Duan Family allowed no room for him to even consider retreating.
This man with spectacles and the young man were both direct descendants of the Duan Family. They were brothers; the young man was Duan Rongxuan, and the spectacled man was Duan Hongsheng.
"If we make it public, then we call the police and let them handle it; if we settle privately, you bring out one million as compensation and an apology, for the mental distress you’ve caused the ladies," Li Changlin retorted to Duan Hongsheng.
"You think, by using my brother as a hostage, you can just dictate terms to me?" Duan Hongsheng was furious and feeling utterly trapped. He then turned to the burly men surrounding Lin Ruonan and her companions and ordered, "Seize them."
These men were from the subordinate families of the Duan Family. Although they weren’t experts, they practiced a few moves regularly and had no trouble dealing with three to five ordinary people each.
According to Duan Hongsheng, the plan was to first take control of the two women before dealing with Li Changlin.
In his mind, it was a trivial matter for five trained men to handle two delicate ladies – surely a piece of cake.
However, reality slapped him hard in the face.
Upon hearing Duan Hongsheng’s command, the five strong men immediately advanced on Lin Ruonan and Qian Ziwei.
What they never expected was that before they could take action, the two beautiful ladies, Lin Ruonan, and Qian Ziwei, launched an attack on them.
With a series of smacking noises in just moments, the five strong men were taken down by Lin Ruonan and Qian Ziwei respectively.
Duan Hongsheng was stunned by this scene.
Only then did it dawn on him that they, the brothers, had definitely bitten off more than they could chew this time.