Starforce Warriors

Chapter 33: Little Aunt’s Skills

What just happened? Why is the boss, who had the absolute upper hand just a second ago, now a lifeless corpse?

"What exactly... happened?" The bearded warrior's body trembled.

"Why are his wounds..." The red-haired female warrior noticed that the numerous wounds on Li Xiaofei's body had somehow healed.

Their immense shock and fear prevented them from escaping immediately. And Li Xiaofei, adept at seizing opportunities in battle, certainly wouldn’t let this chance slip by.

Li Xiaofei’s first punch killed the bearded warrior, while the second severely injured the red-haired female warrior.

"Do you want to die, or do you want to live a fate worse than death?" Li Xiaofei asked.

The red-haired female warrior gritted her teeth and sneered, "With my big brothers dead, living alone means nothing to me. Go ahead."

"Heh," Li Xiaofei chuckled, "A true iron-willed woman, indeed."

The red-haired female warrior's face showed disdain.

Li Xiaofei chuckled again, "But, in this slum, being a woman is an original sin."

The red-haired female warrior's expression changed slightly. Deeply hidden fear flashed through her dark eyes.

Li Xiaofei continued calmly, "You should know what kind of place the slum is. As a woman, you must be well aware of what would happen if you fell into the hands of gang members."

The red-haired female warrior started to tremble. The slums were a lawless and chaotic place, so depravity had no limit. When she was a high and mighty eighth stage warrior, she had nothing to fear. But as a captive...

That eighth stage status would instead become the perfect catalyst for the most heinous acts. Those lowly, filthy, despicable scum would certainly inflict the worst evils upon her. Especially since the devilish young man before her was now the king of the slums.

"You... shameless," she trembled as she spoke.

Li Xiaofei sneered, "Those who provoke me first are the despicable ones. When you arrogantly demanded that I become your dog, you should have been prepared for the possibility of being killed in turn."

The red-haired female warrior ultimately succumbed.

"If I... agree to your terms," she shivered, "will you give me a quick death?"

"Of course," Li Xiaofei nodded with satisfaction. "Now, tell me, who sent you to deal with me?"

The red-haired female warrior replied, "Someone posted a bounty on you on the darknet using the light-network. We just accepted the mission."

Li Xiaofei pressed, "Who posted the bounty?"

The red-haired female warrior shook her head, "That, I don't know. The darknet doesn't reveal the true information of the employer."

"What is the bounty's content?" He asked further.

The red-haired female warrior said, "Capture you, subdue you, and use you to take over the slums. If you don't cooperate, kill you."

Li Xiaofei pondered for a moment.

The prime suspect, of course, is Ye Xiang. That old dog can’t be left alive. I need to find a way to eliminate him to prevent him from continuing his sneaky tactics from the shadows.

"Who else is in your group?" Li Xiaofei asked.

The red-haired female warrior looked grief-stricken as she replied, "We’ve been four siblings for six years. We always moved together on every mission."

Li Xiaofei was now reassured. He then asked about the control permissions, keys, license, and other related items for the armored RV. Soon, he had completely mastered how to operate the modified armored RV. He also obtained the light-network vault accounts and passwords of the four. This effectively meant he had taken possession of all the assets belonging to the group.

"You've been very cooperative," Li Xiaofei said with satisfaction. "So I won't torture you. I'll give you a quick death."

He pressed his hand against the woman's chest, releasing a bit of starforce to shatter her heart. The four-member adventurer team had been completely wiped out by Li Xiaofei.

Li Xiaofei packed up the canopy tent and other camping equipment, then rumbled away in the armored RV, humming a tune as he drove back to Guang’an neighborhood.

Returning home, he opened the door to be greeted by a strong herbal aroma.

"You're back?" His blind Little Aunt called out from the inner room. "Take a medicinal bath first, then I'll give you a massage."

"Got it," Li Xiaofei replied.

In no time, he stripped down to nothing. After all, Little Aunt was blind and couldn't see anything, so he felt no shame.

Splash.

He jumped into the medicinal tub. Immediately, the stimulating medicinal water caused his skin to tingle and burn, but he was already used to it. Every month Little Aunt would prepare a special medicinal bath for him, claiming it could drive away fatigue, strengthen the body, and even promote growth.

Water was a scarce resource in this era. Even drinking water was hard to come by, so gathering enough water to fill a tub was a significant challenge. Moreover, due to the water shortage, wild vegetation in the city was nearly nonexistent. They had to rely on adventurers outside the city to gather enough herbs, which was also very difficult.

A tub of medicinal water was a true luxury. Yet, Little Aunt always managed to prepare it on time every month. However, these challenges were now a thing of the past. After Li Xiaofei's meteoric rise in the Martial God Arena and the Cloudy Sky Society's unification of the slums, procuring water and herbs was as simple as giving a command.

He soaked in the medicinal water for a full hour until the burning sensation subsided. Then, he lay naked on the bed. The post-bath massage, performed while fully nude, was very important. Fortunately, Little Aunt was blind.

Footsteps approached. His aunt entered, and her cool, delicate hands, as beautiful as pieces of art, found their way precisely to the third vertebra on Li Xiaofei's back. Due to the angles required for some massage techniques, his aunt had to straddle him. Massaging was a physically demanding task.

Drip, drip.

Beads of crystal-clear sweat, carrying a faint feminine fragrance, fell onto Li Xiaofei's back.

"You got into a fight again today?" Little Aunt’s voice was always calm and pleasant, like rare pearls rolling and colliding on a jade plate, a sound both soothing and melodious.

Li Xiaofei recounted his encounter with the bald, fat man and his group of four, omitting the existence of the Secret Time Pavilion. He only mentioned that he was forced to use the third move of an unnamed fist technique to turn the tables and win.

"This fist technique is powerful and domineering. It imposes a great load on the body," Little Aunt said as she massaged and sensed the state of his body. "But this destructive load can actually stimulate the full potential of the medicinal bath. It seems like it's not entirely a bad thing."

"Really?" Li Xiaofei's eyes lit up. "Then I'll go find more people to fight."

Little Aunt seemed not to hear him as she said calmly, "If it weren't for me helping you with these massages each time, you would have long since collapsed and become paralyzed."

Li Xiaofei immediately lay back down. "Then never mind."

After a pause, he added, "Mainly because I don't want Little Aunt to be so exhausted."

His blind aunt said nothing, maintaining her original rhythm as she continued to massage him.

"There's a big shot outside who wants to take over the slums," she suddenly said, reminding him.

Li Xiaofei nodded and said, "I had a similar feeling. Principal Chen also mentioned it before... But aside from the filth and chaos, what does this place offer? There's no point in taking it over."

The rise of Dugu Que from the Blackblood Gang was clearly the result of external cultivation. Someone evidently wanted to use the Dugu father and son to unify the chaotic slums to achieve a certain goal.

However, this plan had been disrupted by Li Xiaofei's unexpected intervention. That had led to the ambush this evening. The red-haired female warrior had been clear, the person offering the bounty on the darknet wanted to use Li Xiaofei to control the slums.

It’s strange. The slums have always been a filthy, chaotic, and impoverished place. It never attracted the interest of any big figures. It has always been the playground of slum gangs who fought for their little territories. Why did it suddenly become so desirable?

Since he couldn’t figure it out, Li Xiaofei decided not to dwell on it. When the boat reaches the bridgehead, it will naturally straighten out. When the car reaches the mountain, there will be a way.

The massage lasted a full two hours. By the end, his aunt was out of breath and covered in sweat. The loose white shirt and gray trousers she had been wearing were now wet and clung tightly to her skin, outlining her nearly perfect figure.

Li Xiaofei, who had a deep-seated aversion to gambling and drugs, only glanced at her briefly before feeling parched and dry-mouthed.