30 The win

Everything stopped, like someone had pressed the 'pause' button on a video.

That was, until that silence was ended by that poor thug screaming and Yu yawning.

Throwing a left hook and catching the third thug off guard, the air freezing, everything having happened so fast that time essentially froze. The people finally came to their senses, eleven of them were beaten til only nine were left due to their ego.

In that frozen second, however, Xuanmei had already kicked the third thug's chest, leading to him hitting his head onto the tree and fainting.

Yu giggled, catching everyone's attention.

Due to her appearance being that of a short and weak small girl, the brutes immediately targeted her.

Xuanmei's eyes at this point reflected pity, as when they rushed towards the girl, she innocently touched a brute's shoulders as he instantly exploded.

Laughing merrily, Yu covered her mouth as she giggled with her eyes closed. Her laughter was as light as a feather, sounding like bells ringing and jingling, chiming quietly in the wind.

Horrified, the thugs all ran away from the petite girl, forgetting that they were backing into the lion's den.

However, they all looked at Xuanmei like she was Guanyin, which made Xuanmei feel ridiculous.

Yu, you're just too scary, ah!

An invitational smile graced Yu's face, as if she was waiting for them to step up and get killed.

However, after looking at the flesh and blood on the ground, Xuanmei guessed that the paid 'assasins' were, quite frankly, afraid out of their minds.

Yu jumped from the tree and stepped out onto sand and dirt, which was heavily stained with blood of the former assassins that couldn't be considered one.

As her black flats stepped out onto the battlefield and sun blazed onto her, she looked like a goddess of death, coming to deliver the thugs' end.

To her, agile movement was far too slow. Six pairs of rough hands tried to seize her, but they were all too slow.

Grabbing a fist and lifting the man like it was nothing, she then hit someone with it, and the other four pairs grabbed each other instead.

"No! She's too fast! Stop! Let us retreat!"

"Nope!" Xuanmei stepped in.

"That's unfair, let us retreat! We know our wrongs! Please, let us go! We'll give you anything you want, even if it's us having to be slaves for life."

Yu looked disgusted. "What use would we have for you? So useless, cowardly and weak."

"When it comes to the fight there's no honour, no code, no rule. All that matters is the win and we take nothing for granted. Sorry, yeah? It's fair game," Yu continued.

Grabbing the meat cleaver and not forgetting to say thank you to the dead man, Yu walked over scarily and unhurriedly, the clicking of her flats on the dirt sounding closer and closer to the men, who were shaking and pleading for their lives.

*30 chapters in! Woo! Finally!