At this moment, chaos erupted in the bar.
The sound of breaking bottles knocked over by the crowd, mingled with rising screams, shattered the previously calm scene in an instant.
The cause of all this was none other than the knife in Liao Qianying's hand.
The overhead lights shone on the knife, making everyone who saw it palpitate with fear.
Liao Qianying was notorious for his ruthless nature, but as bleeding seemed imminent, the onlookers couldn't help but panic.
After all, the act of killing in movies is essentially different from witnessing it in real life.
Knife in hand, Liao Qianying approached Xiao Feng's throat. At such a close distance, he didn't believe Xiao Feng could dodge it.
Meanwhile, the men in black were instantly invigorated, each grabbing a bottle, smashing it, and attacking Xiao Feng with half of it.
"Oh my god!" The crowd retreating to the bar entrance collectively gasped in shock.
In their eyes, Xiao Feng was now like a tightrope walker in high altitude, constantly teetering on the edge of life and death.
The shards of bottles swung around him like scythes in Death God's hand, several times nearly stabbing Xiao Feng.
Yet even faced with such peril, Xiao Feng's expression remained calm; his movements were composed, as he maneuvered with Liu Qingrou, never once getting cut!
"It's incredible; you'd think it's a movie,"
"If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe that martial arts masters actually exist."
"So cool! He's totally an idol!"
Exclamations of surprise occasionally erupted from the crowd, witnessing such a thrilling scene, everyone couldn't help but sweat for Xiao Feng, as if they were the ones under siege.
And Xiao Feng's unperturbed demeanor, along with his fearless composure, made people admire him involuntarily.
"Kid, this is the price of ignoring me!" Liao Qianying snarled fiercely, finding an opening, his knife unhesitatingly thrust forward, clearly intending to kill Xiao Feng.
Yet Xiao Feng was still casually dealing with the black-clad attackers, looking not at all anxious to dodge the deadly blade.
"Get lost!" Xiao Feng glanced lightly at Liao Qianying, then suddenly shouted, using his shoulder to send a black-clad man flying.
"Bang!"
The black-clad man, sent flying five meters away, firmly crashed onto the ground, rolling and wailing in pain, clearly suffering extremely.
Almost at the same moment, Liao Qianying's knife neared Xiao Feng.
In the nick of time, Xiao Feng chopped his hand like a blade onto Liao Qianying's wrist.
With the pain, Liao Qianying's knife flew out of his hand uncontrollably, and he fell to the ground.
"Clang!"
The sound of the knife hitting the ground rang out, snapping Liao Qianying awake as he scrambled to his feet, looking very disheveled.
"Compared to Han Wangfu, you're still far too lacking." Xiao Feng said indifferently, then picked up the fallen knife and toyed with it in front of him.
"What...what do you want?" Liao Qianying swallowed, knowing that five years ago, Xiao Feng dared to kill Han Wangfu, and five years later, he could very well dare to kill him too.
"Not much." Xiao Feng smiled: "It's just that your one-ear asymmetry looks too awkward, what do you think?"
Without waiting for Liao Qianying to respond, he slashed the knife forward.
In a flash, a bloody ear fell not far from Liao Qianying's feet.
"Ah!" Liao Qianying screamed in agony, collapsing to the ground, clutching his ear, wailing incessantly.
Everyone was stunned, the onlookers couldn't even scream, as if a big hand was choking their throats, unable to make a sound.
This deathly silence lasted for a full half minute before someone recovered from the shock, and the first reaction was to flee.
"He killed someone!"
A sharp voice rang out, and the crowd began to panic, surging like a stream out the bar door, pushing and shoving each other, making the once spacious bar entrance unbearably crowded.
At this moment, Liao Qianying looked at the fallen men around him, then at Xiao Feng, whose face still wore a smile, feeling a sense of fear in his heart.
However, Liao Qianying was not standing still in Jiangcheng for five years; he was confident that he could repay this vendetta.
"Looks much better now." Xiao Feng nodded in satisfaction, looking at Liao Qianying as if he were examining a piece of artwork.
Supported by his subordinates, Liao Qianying stood up, unable to hide the venom and fury in his eyes.
If looks could kill, Xiao Feng would have already been slaughtered a thousand times!
"Take your dogs and scram!" Xiao Feng sneered: "Killing someone like you would only dirty my hands."
Liao Qianying struggled to suppress his anger, squeezing out a word from between clenched teeth: "Leave!"
Two black-clad men hurriedly took hold of Liao Qianying and left, while the rest staggered and crawled their way out of the bar.
Under the somewhat dim lights, Xiao Feng looked down at Liu Qingrou in his arms, speaking softly: "Rou'Er, are you scared?"
Liu Qingrou took a deep breath, remained silent for a while, then said: "Ah Feng, should we leave Jiangcheng and start anew?"
Xiao Feng furrowed his brow, puzzled, "Are you worried Liao Qianying will seek revenge on me?"
"Of course," Liu Qingrou nodded, anxious: "This time it's just twenty people, but next time it could be two hundred. How can you, alone, deal with so many?"
She paused, then continued: "Besides, Liao Qianying is so malicious and ruthless, you're in the light and he's in the dark, if something happens..."
Xiao Feng laughed: "With Liao Qianying's abilities, he's not qualified for that!"
The arrogance and confidence in his words showed that he utterly disregarded the renowned Liao Qianying in Jiangcheng.
"You..." Liu Qingrou wanted to persuade him further, but seeing Xiao Feng's resolute expression, she held back her words.
"Rou'Er." Xiao Feng leaned close to Liu Qingrou's ear, murmuring softly: "I've missed you so much."
Then he kissed the alluring red lips in front of him...
There was something Xiao Feng hadn't said, which was that if what just happened had occurred overseas, Liao Qianying would have become a corpse long ago.
One major reason why Xiao Feng didn't kill Liao Qianying was actually to use him to announce to all of Jiangcheng that he, Xiao Feng, was back!
Although such a high-profile return would undoubtedly bring many challenges, after five years of transformation, Xiao Feng was now confident and capable enough to face them all.