Chapter 67 Assassination in the Street
The human trafficker felt the breath of death from Zhou Chen. He knew that Zhou Chen's strength must be above his, so he immediately withdrew his attack and retreated.

"It's too late to back out now," he said, grabbing his right hand. Seeing his right hand being pulled, the trafficker gritted his teeth and thrust forward with his right hand.

Seeing the dagger stabbing towards his chest, Zhou Chen showed no intention of dodging. Xia Rong was behind him and could not see the situation at this time. The human trafficker showed a look of joy, thinking that this man must be stupid.

But the next scene really made him unable to laugh. He saw that his dagger stabbed into Zhou Chen's chest, but there was no blood gushing out as he had imagined. Instead, there was a sound of metal collision.

Zhou Chen suddenly took a step forward, and the dagger in the trafficker's hand broke. To the shock of the trafficker, Zhou Chen used his hand as a knife to cut his neck. The trafficker fell to the ground with a roll of his eyes.

Xia Rong stepped forward again and kicked him hard a few times. Zhou Chen ignored him and walked straight towards the room where the sound came from. He saw a lock outside the room. Zhou Chen was too lazy to look for the key. He grasped the lock with his right hand and squeezed it hard, breaking it directly.

The moment Zhou Chen opened the door, he was stunned to see a dozen young girls locked in a small room. When they saw Zhou Chen coming in, they were so scared that they all crowded into the corner of the room.

At this time, Xia Rong also walked in. Seeing this scene, she first cursed the human trafficker harshly, and then said, "Don't be afraid. I am Xia Rong, the daughter of the magistrate of Qinghua County. You are saved."

Later, Xia Rong learned that they were all kidnapped by the human traffickers, their families were killed, and now they were homeless. Xia Rong felt sorry for them so she took them all back to the county government office.

As for the human trafficker, he was not dead, he was just knocked unconscious. Zhou Chen slapped him on the face a few times, which woke him up. Then he found a rope, tied his hands, and pulled him towards the county government office.

With more than a dozen girls around, their pace inevitably slowed down a lot. Just after they left, a few burly men appeared behind the house and said, "Damn, the third brother is in trouble this time."

"Brother, are we just going to abandon third brother like this?"
"Hmph, how is that possible? Let's follow and see first."

An hour later, Zhou Chen and his companions returned to the county government office. Xia Rong was responsible for settling the girls first, while Zhou Chen put the human trafficker into jail.

Lord Xia didn't know how to accommodate so many young girls, so he had to let them stay in the county government office temporarily and make another decision after some time.

Zhou Chen didn't care about all that. He took Leng Yiyao out shopping in the evening. Of course, Xia Rong was also indispensable when they went shopping. He didn't care about Xia Rong being a light bulb. As long as he was happy, that was all that mattered.

Tonight is New Year's Eve. The streets are unusually lively with all kinds of acrobatics. Leng Yiyao and Xia Rong are attracted by a magician.

Zhou Chen was not interested in this. In his opinion, these things were all lies.

Just when their performance reached its climax, a big man came up and said, "The next trick is quite special. I would like to ask an audience member to come up and cooperate. I wonder who is willing to come up."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a commotion in the audience. Everyone wanted to go up and try, but Zhou Chen was the only one who remained unmoved. However, what he didn't expect was that the guy just chose him.

Zhou Chen originally didn't want to go up, but unable to resist the urging of Leng Yiyao and the others, Zhou Chen had no choice but to shake his head. After going up, Zhou Chen said, "How do you want me to cooperate with you?"
This was very simple. Then he saw several of his assistants coming from behind the stage with a large box and standing on the stage.

Seeing the box, Zhou Chen seemed to guess what he wanted to perform. Without his reminder, Zhou Chen opened the box and walked in.

There was a hole on the top of the box. After Zhou Chen entered, he could just see his head through the hole. The big man took out a sword and stabbed it directly into the box. The people in the audience were startled at first, but then they all applauded. This trick was very popular among the people. The common people had seen it. Even Leng Yiyao, who usually didn't like to go out, had seen it several times after coming to Qinghua County.

As for the principle behind this, they didn't know, but Zhou Chen, who was involved in it, knew it clearly, because the front part of the sword could be retracted, and although it seemed to have pierced his body, the tip of the sword actually did not touch him at all.

Then, amid everyone's anticipation, the big man took out a sword again and stabbed it towards Zhou Chen's heart in the box.

Zhou Chen heard the sound of metal colliding, and at the same time saw a hint of viciousness on the big man's face. He also heard the big man whispering in his ear, "Hmph, you asked for this. Although I can't save my third brother, killing you today can be considered as revenge for him."

Then he took out several sharp swords and stabbed Zhou Chen in the box. Zhou Chen looked at him expressionlessly until he stabbed with the last sword.

"Have you stabbed enough?"

The big man was shocked when he heard Zhou Chen's words, and then he saw Zhou Chen using his hands and feet to smash the box from the inside. This box was special, wrapped in fine iron on the outside and extremely hard. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary ninth-grade warriors might not be able to break it, but this extremely hard iron box was easily shattered by Zhou Chen.

The debris flew everywhere, and the big man who was closest to the stage was directly stabbed by it. The audience below the stage did not suffer any harm because they were standing in a relatively low position.

However, they were also frightened by Zhou Chen's action. At this time, except for Xia Rong and Leng Yiyao, everyone else in the audience dispersed.

While the two women were shocked, the big man's other companions also drew out weapons hidden in the dark and slashed towards Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen stood there and let the sword hit him. Xia Rong reacted at this time and quickly protected Leng Yiyao behind her.

Seven or eight swords and knives hit Zhou Chen's body, making a sound of metal collision. With a light shout from Zhou Chen, the swords and knives on his body broke instantly.

The broken sword fragments flew in all directions and immediately injured the assassins. Zhou Chen looked up at the big man in front of him, only to see him attacking Xia Rong with a nine-ring broadsword in his hand.

This big man is actually a ninth-grade warrior with a strength of sixty-one. It was only after seeing his strength that Zhou Chen suspected that this guy had ill intentions.

Although ninth-grade warriors are not strong, they are already very powerful compared to ordinary forces. As long as they are willing, countless small forces will treat them as guests of honor. There is no need for them to perform here to make money.

Seeing that the big man was about to kill Xia Rong, Zhou Chen kicked up a broken blade with his right foot. The blade was hit by the huge force from Zhou Chen's foot and flew towards the big man at an extremely fast speed.

The big man was no pushover either. Sensing the danger behind him, he instantly gave up his attack and turned around with his sword across his body, barely able to block the blow. The big man blocked the blade and his body exploded backwards.

Xia Rong wanted to take the opportunity to punch him on the back, "Back off and don't be impulsive." However, after hearing Zhou Chen's shout, Xia Rong gave up the idea. With the speed and strength of the big man's retreat, if Xia Rong wanted to launch a sneak attack, the result would only be a lose-lose situation.

The big man flew more than ten meters and hit a wall, then he stopped retreating. The blade just now pierced into his nine-ring broadsword.

(End of this chapter)