Gao Juntai was extremely unconvinced.
Even with Chen Jinzhao’s foot on his neck, he still believed he was stronger than Chen Jinzhao.
“If you have the guts, let me go and we’ll fight honorably,” Gao Juntai growled. Chen Jinzhao indeed released his foot, allowing Gao Juntai to get up from the ground. Park Quan Huan immediately stepped forward to help Gao Juntai, but Gao Juntai shoved Park Quan Huan aside and snapped, “Get lost! If you guys hadn’t caused trouble for me, things wouldn’t have escalated to this point.”
Park Quan Huan instantly lost his temper and sheepishly retreated to the side.
Gao Juntai looked at Chen Jinzhao again. After loosening his muscles, he said, “I’m ready. It won’t be easy for you to defeat me.”
“Come on!”
With that, Gao Juntai launched the first offensive.
Park Quan Huan nodded slightly at this, saying to Kim Tae-hyung beside him, “The Captain is finally serious. Chen Jinzhao has no chance of survival now.”
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief to varying degrees.
He should win!
Gao Juntai’s figure appeared before Chen Jinzhao in an instant, then he swung a punch towards Chen Jinzhao’s head. The force of this punch was enough to kill an adult. Chen Jinzhao remained motionless, which further reassured Gao Juntai.
If nothing unexpected happened, Chen Jinzhao must have been scared.
Kim Tae-hyung sneered, “It seems Chen Jinzhao’s previous success was entirely due to a sneak attack. Now that they are fighting fairly, Chen Jinzhao is no match for the Captain at all.”
“What a shame, we couldn’t toy with Chen Jinzhao and vent our anger.”
Park Quan Huan smiled without speaking.
As long as they could win, nothing else mattered.
While the three of them were chatting and laughing, something shocking happened.
Gao Juntai’s punch missed Chen Jinzhao. Before it could even touch a single hair on Chen Jinzhao, it was caught by Chen Jinzhao’s raised hand.
“This…” Kim Tae-hyung was speechless.
Park Quan Huan felt a sense of oppression but still said in a deep voice, “It’s no big deal. Any resistance is futile against absolute power.”
Gao Juntai’s expression changed slightly, and he tried to break his fist free from Chen Jinzhao’s grasp.
But Chen Jinzhao’s palm gripped his fist like an iron clamp, preventing Gao Juntai from retracting his fist and also making it impossible for him to attack Chen Jinzhao.
A stalemate ensued.
Cold sweat beaded on Gao Juntai’s forehead, creating a stark contrast with Chen Jinzhao’s relaxed demeanor.
Gao Juntai gradually realized—he had encountered a formidable opponent.
“Who exactly are you?!” he asked.
Chen Jinzhao sneered, “Didn’t I tell you? I’m the one who’s going to send you on your way!”
Gao Juntai roared, “Bullshit! I won’t die by your hand. You’re the one who should die.”
“Is that so?” Chen Jinzhao’s low whisper was like the murmurs of the Grim Reaper in Gao Juntai’s ear.
The next moment.
Gao Juntai suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis, accompanied by wisps of death. Greatly alarmed, he realized this was Chen Jinzhao’s killing intent.
Chen Jinzhao exerted force in his palm, crushing Gao Juntai’s metacarpals to dust. Then, he twisted his wrist again, forcefully breaking Gao Juntai’s arm. A sharp bone shard pierced the skin, completely exposed to the air.
And that wasn’t all.
Chen Jinzhao kicked Gao Juntai’s knee with his left foot, eliciting another howl from the latter.
Under Park Quan Huan’s horrified gaze, Gao Juntai’s right knee bent backward at a ninety-degree angle, making the three Silla youths’ scalps tingle and filling them with dread.
Chen Jinzhao released his grip, and Gao Juntai immediately fell to the ground.
A dignified A-class powerhouse, unable to even retaliate in front of Chen Jinzhao, Gao Juntai realized he had kicked a truly hard iron plate, and not just any ordinary one!
It was an iron plate of a great demon king level.
As for the other three, they dared not even breathe loudly, fearing they might startle Chen Jinzhao and bring about their own demise.
Chen Jinzhao kicked Gao Juntai towards the sofa, then sat down on the sofa, placing his foot on Gao Juntai’s head and said, “You will answer my questions now. If your answers are not to my satisfaction, I can send you to see the King of Hell with a flick of my finger.”
Gao Juntai, with blood in his mouth, gritted his teeth and said, “I won’t tell you…”
Chen Jinzhao ignored him, gradually increasing the pressure from his foot, causing Gao Juntai’s skull to bear more and more weight.
If one could extract Gao Juntai’s skull, it would reveal spiderweb-like cracks all over it, as if a shattered piece of pottery had been reassembled.
The footsteps of death grew closer.
This scene completely convinced the other three, who dared not disobey Chen Jinzhao’s will.
Gao Juntai’s mental defenses, under Chen Jinzhao’s relentless pressure, crumbled inch by inch. After lingering on the edge of life and death for a long time, Gao Juntai finally couldn’t bear the pressure any longer and quickly cried out, “I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything.”
“I am Gao Juntai, instructor of Silla’s White Bear Special Forces!”
Chen Jinzhao eased his grip, giving Gao Juntai a moment of relief. Then, Gao Juntai heard Chen Jinzhao murmur, “Gao Juntai of the White Bear Legion? I seem to remember you. You were the deputy instructor back then. You’ve become the chief instructor after just a few years.”
“You’ve seen me?” Gao Juntai asked subconsciously.
“Yes, at the World Individual Combat Competition. You led the Silla White Bear Legion in that competition,” Chen Jinzhao admitted.
Gao Juntai frantically searched his memory of that year.
Soon after, Gao Juntai’s expression changed drastically, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Could it be, him?
During that competition, Gao Juntai had witnessed the prowess of China’s strongest individual soldier, ‘Eye of the Candle Dragon.’ However, the individual’s face had been heavily camouflaged, so Gao Juntai hadn’t remembered their appearance, which was why he hadn’t connected the two individuals earlier.
“You, you are ‘Eye of the Candle Dragon’?” Gao Juntai swallowed, his eyes filled with uncontrollable fear.
Chen Jinzhao lit a cigarette and blew out a smoke ring, saying, “It seems you’re not completely senile to recognize me.”
“However—"
“‘Eye of the Candle Dragon’ was my previous codename. My codename now is [Candle Dragon].”
‘Eye of the Candle Dragon’ was once the strongest individual soldier of the Candle Dragon Special Forces. Now, Xu Hanchen had changed the codename because Chen Jinzhao had become the soul of the Candle Dragon Special Forces, hence he was given the codename ‘Candle Dragon,’ which better represented Chen Jinzhao’s status.
Gao Juntai almost died of fright.
Kim Tae-hyung and Jung Jae-joon had not been privy to such high-level secrets before. Seeing Gao Juntai’s terrified expression, they both looked confused and asked Park Quan Huan, “What is the background of this Candle Dragon?”
Park Quan Huan was already petrified.
Hearing their questions, he slowly came back to his senses and said in an extremely fearful tone, “Do you know about the World Individual Soldier Rankings? Our Captain is ranked in the eighties, while this ‘Eye of the Candle Dragon’ consistently ranked in the top ten, even top three!”
“After three years of dormancy, ‘Eye of the Candle Dragon’ has returned to the jianghu. In the past year, his achievements have been incredibly brilliant. Many organizations have already ranked him at the top of the world individual soldier rankings!”
“Danger level, SS!”