In their inherent perception, martial artists of Xia State had always stressed courtesy and yielding to others by three parts, never striking unless driven to the absolute last resort, and always upholding the traditional virtue of enduring a beating without striking back and swallowing insults without scolding.
Yet the young man before them named Zhang Ming completely subverted their imagination. Before the opponent could even execute a move, he had taken the initiative to preempt. Such a martial artist of Xia State who played fast and loose with convention was something everyone present was witnessing for the very first time.
"Forms of etiquette apply only to human beings; why should one reason with beasts?" Zhang Ming's voice carried a chilling frost as his fingertips brushed past the corpse on the ground with its shattered skull. "Release people within three breaths, or this will be your fate."
Chapter 92