Chapter 43: Trampling on Heads

Moreover, among those hundred security guards, the most troublesome were the ones wielding batons.

Batons carry a very high voltage but relatively low current, which usually doesn’t pose a fatal threat to the human body.

However, they can inflict intense pain and cause unconsciousness.

Even martial arts masters would be unlucky to get struck by a baton.

Therefore, the Chopsticks Hero had to expend more internal energy to dodge and defend against them.

This tactic used by the martial arts expert was actually quite effective.

Although Shen Ye was not using internal energy but rather his stamina—seven times that of an ordinary person—stamina still has its limits. And those electric batons in the hands of the guards made things especially troublesome.

The hundred or so guards did not rush at Shen Ye all at once.

Only a portion of them, about six or seven, charged forward.

They had been trained in advance.

They were not expected to defeat the Chopsticks Hero.

Their sole mission was to stall him.

So they came in waves.

Watching these guards charging with batons or steel pipes, Shen Ye felt a sharp annoyance. Was his stamina really going to be drained here?

With a flick of his hand, two spherical objects were thrown out and immediately began to transform, swirling around his hands. They finally morphed into a pair of sleek, high-tech gloves emblazoned with the logo "2999." These gloves were fully insulated, allowing him to grip two batons tightly.

With a forceful squeeze, he snapped the two batons directly onto the bodies of the guards. Normally, these guards should have been knocked unconscious by the electric shock, as the batons were no joke.

But although the two guards staggered backward from the heavy blow, they did not lose consciousness.

Upon closer inspection, Shen Ye noticed the guards were wearing somewhat peculiar clothing—most likely insulating suits.

Originally, he could have used the batons’ electric shocks to take them down one by one, but since they were all clad in insulating gear, that tactic was useless.

With a strike of his elbows, a loud bang echoed as two guards were sent flying. Then, swinging his legs, he kicked three more guards straight out.

Each kick was carefully controlled.

None of these men had a crime rating above five; killing them was forbidden.

By now, the first wave of six or seven guards had all been defeated.

But the second wave of six or seven guards came rushing in.

They came in waves, and Shen Ye could not help but wonder how much stamina he would waste.

Troublesome!

His mind raced at lightning speed, and suddenly, he recalled the training he had done in the forest with spider silk, constantly shifting and adapting.

That training had been an immense exercise in agility and body control, making a stark difference before and after.

In the current situation, there was no need to use his secret spider silk technique—but he could still use the opponents themselves.

Suddenly, he charged forward toward the six or seven guards.

The guards, seeing the Chopsticks Hero moving like a fierce tiger, were stunned. Some secretly wondered: Although records showed the Chopsticks Hero did not kill those with minor crimes, if pushed to the limit, would he really kill? Even a cornered rabbit bites.

Their movements slowed involuntarily.

Meanwhile, Shen Ye’s speed only increased.

He landed on one guard and suddenly kicked him squarely in the chest, sending him flying.

Seizing the moment, Shen Ye leapt higher.

Bang!

The guard crashed heavily onto the ground.

Shen Ye’s foot was already pressing down on the shoulder of the second guard.

The second guard felt an immense force pressing down, causing him to buckle.

Using the reaction force, Shen Ye bounced upward and stomped on the head of the third guard.

The third guard was dazed, falling to the ground.

Still airborne, Shen Ye stretched out his leg again and stomped on the head of the fourth guard.

The other guards were utterly bewildered.

Before coming, they had been specially trained by martial arts experts hired by Qin Zhengtian.

They had practiced how to respond to various emergencies.

But nothing like this.

What the hell? How do you fight this?

All the guards were at a loss.

Shen Ye was already pressing down on the fifth guard.

That guard reacted, raising his baton to strike.

If the electric shock landed, even Shen Ye’s strong physique would suffer.

But could it really happen?

Shen Ye’s left foot kicked the baton from the guard’s right hand with ease.

Then, his right foot stomped heavily on the guard’s head, causing intense pain.

The guard collapsed, though without any life-threatening injury.

Stepping over the fallen bodies, Shen Ye quickly reached the stairs leading to the second floor.

He did not take the elevator—too easy to tamper with.

If Qin Zhengtian had sabotaged the elevator, it would be a huge problem.

Upon reaching the second floor, he saw some guards rushing up as well.

The second floor of the Wander Group building was leased to others for offices, filled with many oversized desks.

Shen Ye dragged two heavy, long desks to block the stairway firmly.

It would take the guards considerable effort to move them.

The first stage of this battle—one hundred guards armed with batons or steel pipes trying to wear down Shen Ye’s stamina—had completely failed.

Though Shen Ye’s stamina was consumed, it was only a minuscule amount.

…

Continuing onward, Shen Ye pressed forward.

Before coming, he had used the Justice Eye telescope to observe that Qin Zhengtian was on the thirty-third floor of the Wander Building.

Now he was racing to the thirty-third floor to kill him.

When he reached the twenty-first floor, midway up the stairs—

Suddenly!

A barrage of countless arrows shot out as if triggered by a powerful mechanism.

The arrow feathers were dense and thick.

No matter where one stood on the stairs, escape from the rain of arrows was impossible.

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