Chapter 255 – Go Ahead, Just Cross the Line and I’ll Accept Defeat
He was not a high-ranking official in the court, just a minor county official. Although he had some background, he hated the political scheming in the court and preferred to idly pass the time in smaller places, careful in his dealings with others, avoiding offending anyone carelessly…
So who exactly was determined to take his life and hire an assassin?
“Down to hell, just ask the King of Hell!”
The leader of the bandits grinned fiercely, casting a lewd glance at Cheng Cheng’s Wife standing behind him, filled with malicious intent.
Cheng Cheng’s Wife was in her early thirties, a mother of two sons and a daughter. However, she managed her life well, taking good care of herself and maintaining a great attitude. Besides her mature and gentle aura, she looked no worse than an eighteen-year-old girl, so it was no wonder these bandits had ill intentions.
All they needed to do was to chop off Cheng Cheng’s head to fulfill their obligations; what happened to the others didn’t matter at all.
To catch Cheng Cheng, these brothers had been lurking in this wilderness for months without even seeing a mother mosquito. They were already on the verge of losing their patience.
Cheng Cheng, being a man, naturally understood what those men’s eyes were conveying; his elegant face turned cold, which made his wound throb with pain.
Faced with dozens of unfettered lecherous eyes, Cheng Cheng’s Wife steeled her heart and snatched the sword from Cheng Cheng’s hands.
“Hubby, I’ll go first!”
With that, she attempted to slice her neck.
At this moment, the bandits had already closed in, realizing the situation had reached an irretrievable point.
In an outburst of anger, a whirlwind of complex thoughts flooded Cheng Cheng’s mind; the gentle, cultured facade he’d maintained had shattered completely… If heaven had eyes and he could escape from this danger, he would surely investigate the mastermind behind this and shred them into pieces!
Clang—
As Cheng Cheng’s Wife attempted to end her life, a stone hit her wrist, causing the sharp sword to slip from her hand and embed itself into the ground.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, and you call yourselves bandits? Don’t you know the rules in this line of work? Hmm?”
Due to their angle, Cheng Cheng and his wife didn’t see who had spoken, but the bandits clearly recognized the voice.
Someone jumped down from a waterfall, stopping Cheng Cheng’s Wife from committing suicide while simultaneously delivering a powerful kick to the closest bandit, sending him crashing back with broken teeth and a mangled jaw.
Though he was still breathing, it was likely his mind was now scrambled from the force.
In the blink of an eye, the newcomer grabbed the hair of another bandit while sweeping a knife across the guy’s throat, blood spraying everywhere.
Cheng Cheng and his Wife were stunned, regaining their senses only to see that the mysterious figure was a young scholar who wasn’t as tall as their daughter… At this sight, the momentary glimmer of hope quickly vanished.
“ Young friend, those scoundrels are highly skilled; there’s really no need to wade into this murky water…”
Before Cheng Cheng could finish, he noticed the young man hadn’t even turned his head around as he beckoned to the bandits with a mocking tone.
“I’m here to save this woman, do whatever you want with the man.”
Cheng Cheng and his Wife were dumbfounded: “…”
The audience in the live stream was equally speechless, typing shocked emojis furiously.
This sudden appearance could only belong to Jiang Pengji; who else could it be?
Her suggestion was quite friendly, but the vicious bandits certainly wouldn’t agree!
Just from Jiang Pengji’s initial strike, taking one down and killing another, they wouldn’t let her off the hook.
Even the System was taken aback by Jiang Pengji’s erratic behavior.
“You said you wouldn’t save anyone or take on tasks, right?”
Not playing by the rules at all, the System found itself at a loss.
Jiang Pengji smirked inwardly, “I think his wife is pretty; how unfortunate for her to die here. I don’t care if the man lives or dies, I want to save the woman. If you think this is a task, once I deal with these bandits, I’ll personally slay that man, and count it as a failed mission.”
The System: “…”
It had no doubt about Jiang Pengji’s possibility of carrying that out.
To defy this system, its host was going all out!
“Let’s kill them all!”
The bandits exchanged glances, seeing the murderous intent in each other’s eyes.
“Go!”
Jiang Pengji smiled coldly, the blood dripping from her knife; it was only a matter of time before someone charged in to find their own death.
The audience had been watching the live stream for half a year, and they were already familiar with Jiang Pengji’s bloody temperament. Except for a few timid viewers, many were pumped up with excitement… After all, this was a true case of righteous help in the face of injustice!
The heroics of martial arts novels often lacked flavor when adapted for TV.
But this streamer was the real deal; no performance could rival the genuine blood and guts unfolding before them.
“Go ahead, cross this line, and I’ll take it as my defeat.”
If one spoke of arrogance, Jiang Pengji was definitely on a legendary level.
No sooner had she spoken, than several bandits brandished their knives and charged in with their weapons raised high.
Seeing this, Jiang Pengji’s eyes flickered, and she stood firm, her movement fast and agile.
Though she looked slight, her power was unmatched by any man.
She dodged and weaved, avoiding strikes aimed at her vital spots, while blocking a few incoming blows head-on.
The bandits believed they could take her down with one strike, but the moment their blades met hers, it was their hands that began to split.
A few burly men were knocked back by the tremendous force, stumbling two steps with unstable footing.
In that fleeting moment, everything was already lost.
What a tremendous force!
That became their last thought in this world.
Jiang Pengji pressed forward, her blade slicing through the air, leaving a beautiful afterimage behind.
At the same time, a chilling breeze swept past her neck, the temperature around her plummeting, and her vision darkened and spun.
【Your Benefactor】: Kill!
【Iced Lemonade】: Keep killing!
【Musician Zhuge Qinmo】: Deliver another blow!
【Lonely Empty Courtyard】: Still not dead!
……
Jiang Pengji: “……”
Did you all think you were playing a game?
【Old Driver Alliance】: Congratulations to the streamer for perfectly completing the pentakill achievement.
Just a moment later, Jiang Pengji had already discerned many issues, but her heart was left with even more questions.
The people before her weren’t just any bandits, or rather, they weren’t the real deal; they were carefully raised thugs.
The couple behind her was the target they had ambushed to kill.
The man, Cheng Cheng, had befriended Meng Zhan from Cangzhou, meaning he at least came from a respectable clan.
What puzzled her was what was so special about this man that warranted the System’s wariness, even wanting his life?
Indeed, the System had ulterior motives.
Even after having spent more than half a year together, Jiang Pengji still had no trust in the System.
Despite assigning her an urgent task to save Cheng Cheng, she believed its true intention was for Cheng Cheng to die.
Jiang Pengji’s resistance to the System wasn’t something that developed overnight; her disdain for urgent tasks ran deep.
She boldly speculated that the System, overtly persuading her to complete tasks, was actually inciting her defiance, wanting her to go against it intentionally.
To this end, it had even dangled the punishment of a level six electric shock as a “reward bait.”
While a level six shock might be a punishment to others, the System didn’t realize that for her, it was the best reward?
