Ultimate Firepower
Chapter 44 - 44 42 Off the Charts

44: Chapter 42: Off the Charts 44: Chapter 42: Off the Charts Gao Yi’s heart was also very tense, but he was not afraid.

As long as he didn’t make a move, he would just bow his head and walk past.

The drug lord’s bodyguards wouldn’t kill on sight in the streets.

But, the closer he got to the restaurant, the more nervous Gao Yi became.

The opportunity seemed too good, and if it was too good, he couldn’t help but take action.

At the entrance of the restaurant, there were two bodyguards who appeared very alert and keen, but both of their hands hung naturally at their sides.

This alone was enough to judge they weren’t ready to strike or draw a gun at any moment.

Several cars were parked right in front of the restaurant, on the street, even blocking half the lane, but no one dared to honk.

Although the car windows were very dark and one couldn’t see inside, Gao Yi didn’t believe those bodyguards were aiming their guns at the restaurant entrance the whole time.

He passed by the restaurant’s windows.

With a slight turn of his head, he could see inside.

Inside the restaurant, there were people sitting at only one table, facing the window, but not sitting right next to the window—there was some distance.

The only one sitting could only be Suleyman; then, two people stood on either side of the dining table, and another four stood behind Suleyman.

It was unlikely for anyone to dine in a restaurant facing a wall.

The bodyguards certainly wouldn’t block their boss’s view, especially with many people guarding outside.

It wouldn’t be possible for someone to spray bullets at Suleyman through the window, so this was another stationing that could be anticipated, although not predetermined, but inevitably predictable.

Since the danger had been minimized to the lowest degree, Suleyman would naturally sit like this, and his bodyguards would only stand as such.

But in this case, Gao Yi could only take action.

Gao Yi lowered his head, leaning outward as if he had just discovered two burly men standing at the restaurant entrance and got startled.

He had forgotten about his facial disguise but didn’t know if his expression looked natural.

The two bodyguards both kept their eyes on Gao Yi, their looks sharp and ferocious.

Gao Yi hurriedly lowered his head and quickened his pace, walking a curved line to pass them quickly.

The bodyguards had seen too many people react this way, so their stares at Gao Yi were just to scare him and they didn’t really become alert.

The entrance of the restaurant was two meters wide, with one bodyguard on each side, which seemed a bit difficult to handle at the same time.

To eliminate Gray Horace was to have created an opportunity for close combat, even gaining everyone’s trust, with no one on guard against Gao Yi.

This time was different.

Although the bodyguards weren’t particularly vigilant about Gao Yi, if he were to make a move, he still needed to force his way in.

He walked past the first bodyguard, past the restaurant entrance, and past the second bodyguard.

He could either walk straight past without looking back, then think about how to explain to Sean.

Or he could make his move directly.

There was no need to turn around to take action; he mustn’t turn around.

As long as he didn’t turn around, the bodyguards wouldn’t detect anything unusual.

Before making a move, the shoulders move first, before kicking out, the hips move first; this was common knowledge in fighting.

However, Gao Yi had practiced Eight Trigram Palm for many years, and at this moment, even if a fighting expert was staring at his shoulders and hips, they wouldn’t notice anything amiss.

The true essence of the Eight Trigram Slide lay precisely in this.

It appeared as if he was just walking normally, yet suddenly Gao Yi’s body slid to the left rear.

Silent and unannounced, he smoothly retreated.

When he turned around, Gao Yi swung his left palm and relaxed his right hand, tossing it.

It wasn’t like what was shown in the movies, where the hammerhead first slides down the hand before being swung to hit; that would be too slow.

As Gao Yi swung his arm, he let go, allowing the hammerhead to slide out from his sleeve.

As he tossed the hammer, his right hand was already moving downward.

As soon as his right hand felt the handle, he gripped it tightly, and the tossed hammerhead struck directly on top of the bodyguard’s head.

Not a moment was wasted, nor any force.

The hammer struck the skull of the bodyguard on the right side of the entrance, with almost no bounce back.

Pulling back the hammer, he dashed forward, his left shoulder heavy, leaning in.

Eight Trigram Wandering Palm followed by Hsing Yi Stick Mountain Lean; the bodyguard at the left side of the entrance was thrown out.

No need to swing the hammer, no need to punch, the second bodyguard was taken care of.

Using the rebound, he spun around, sliding his foot, pushing the door open, entering.

Pushing the door, entering; no bodyguards behind it, all six guards were at Suleyman’s side, no further than four meters away.

Entering, charging.

Suleyman looked up, his face blank.

Suleyman’s left bodyguard was the closest to Gao Yi.

He raised his left arm, and his right hand reached for his waist to draw his gun, shouting loudly with the shortest syllable to warn.

“Ha!”

As the bodyguard warned, Gao Yi moved forward quickly, directly facing the threat.

Now was the time when Hsing Yi Boxing had the fastest footwork.

Gao Yi proceeded between the aisles of tables toward Suleyman’s table to the right, with the first bodyguard on the right and no one on the left.

Gao Yi quickened his steps, the back foot pushing the ground, the front foot leading, the back foot following, advancing rapidly at the fastest speed.

With no feints, only speed, he reached the front of the first bodyguard, who had already gripped the gun handle, drawing the gun halfway.

Quickly stepping past, stepping meant to pass by the frontal enemy, striking from behind.

He swung his right hand, swinging it across, striking the back of the head with the hammerhead at the exact moment the gun-drawing bodyguard half-turned without completing the turn, down he went.

Passing by the dining table, Flash Step, moving the left foot half a step to the left, followed by sliding the right foot to the left, the body turning, further away from the dining table, arm’s length from the second bodyguard.

Creating space, Stepping, the back foot drives the front foot forward one step, the back foot follows half a step, the force quick, fierce, short, and rigid.

The plain and unadorned Half-step Burst directly hit the bodyguard’s upper abdomen, down he went.

The two bodyguards left and right in front of the dining table fell simultaneously, no time difference.

Suleyman now directly faced Gao Yi.

Gao Yi chose to spare Suleyman.

Stretching his step, the right foot drew a circle stepping sideways half a step to the right, the left foot took a step forward, the body rotating 90 degrees, bypassing the dining table, passing by Suleyman.

Following with an inching step, the back foot stepped forward, the front foot stepped upward again, the back foot adjusted half a step closer, between the guards in the back row.

The bodyguards were experts, formidable.

Four bodyguards in the back row.

Left One and Left Two pulled out guns and aimed at Gao Yi, firing.

Gao Yi bent his arms to block, lifting Left One’s gun barrel, the gun fired, the bullet missed.

His right foot shot out, directly hitting Left Two’s arm, the gun fired, the bullet missed.

Gao Yi’s left hand grabbed and pulled the gun, with another shot, Left One lost balance and fell towards Gao Yi.

Right foot retracted, body slammed sideways, pulling Left One, right shoulder slammed into Left Two’s chest.

Mountain Clinging with unfaltering short power, followed by right hand swinging the hammer, directly hitting Left Two’s head, Left One and Left Two fell together.

Behind, Right Three hurled forward attempting a bear hug takedown, while Right Four with his left hand made a motion to protect Suleyman, rushing towards Suleyman while raising his gun at Gao Yi.

Flash Step, left foot moved half a step to the left, the right followed sliding to the left, the body rotating, dodging Right Three’s flying bear hug takedown.

Following with a jumping step, the back foot pushed off the ground, the body leaped, the iron hammer swung in the air, striking down Right Four’s handgun, landing followed by inch stepping forward, Heart Punch, left punch from below upwards striking Right Four’s left rib, right hand swung the hammer crashing down on the face.

The face struck by the heavy hammer, blood spattered, Right Four fell silently.

Twist Step, turning back, chasing the fallen Right Three, as he was raising his head, the hammer came crashing down, bursting his head.

All bodyguards down, Suleyman pushed the table, staggering forward trying to escape.

Gao Yi leaped over the dining table to get behind Suleyman, as he was about to swing the hammer down, a thought crossed his mind and he withdrew the hammer, instead extending his left arm, grabbing Suleyman by the back of his neck, pushing him forward as they both sprinted towards the door.

Suleyman stumbled ahead, unable to stop.

Gao Yi looked back, no enemies behind.

At the entrance, Suleyman struggled again; Gao Yi reached forward with his left arm around Suleyman’s neck, squeezing tightly, as Suleyman instinctively tried to pry off Gao Yi’s left arm without resisting.

Pushing Suleyman forward into a collision, he pushed the restaurant door open, facing five men who had just jumped out of a vehicle.

Four guards dressed in bullet-proof vests and helmets had just gotten out of the car and were scattered in front of the pickup.

On the other side, a man wearing a T-shirt waved his hands at Gao Yi, shouting loudly.

He didn’t understand Spanish.

Gao Yi had no time to think, he hid behind Suleyman and pushed him towards the four bodyguards in bullet-proof vests as they charged forward.

If the guards dared to shoot, both Gao Yi and Suleyman would be dead.

But Gao Yi bet the guards wouldn’t dare shoot at Suleyman.

Upon reaching them, Gao Yi suddenly pushed Suleyman towards the two guards on the left, while he flashed towards the right side.

Using Stepping, the back foot lifted a virtual step forward, while bundling his body, squatting as a feint, the left foot forcefully shot forward, gaining advantageous ground.

The heavily armored guards, four in total.

Gao Yi’s left hand grabbed Right Three guard’s rifle, pushing the barrel towards Suleyman, ducking below the barrel, his right hand swung the hammer, striking Right Four’s knee side.

Bone shattered, rising, the hammer swung back, hitting the lower edge of Right Four’s helmet in the back of the neck, the bone shattered, Right Four fell.

Twist Step, using rebound force to swing again, smashing Right Three’s top head, hitting the helmet.

Thunderous sound, the hammerhead flew off, just the handle left.

Although the hammer broke, Right Three still fell at the sound.

Gao Yi wanted to support the falling Right Three with his left hand, too weak to sustain, immediately leaning forward, using his left shoulder to raise Right Three, using the guard as a shield, heading towards Left Two who had been instinctively held by Suleyman.

Within three steps, he shook his shoulder, dropping the shield-guard, the steel handle of the hammer struck down, hitting Left Two’s wrist, Left Two’s rifle fell unable to hold.

Gao Yi stroke again, the hammerhandle hit the helmet with a loud noise but to no effect.

The hammerhandle scraped along the helmet, retracted the handle, and stabbed again, the blunt handle piercing under the enemy’s chin, Left Two collapsed to the side.

His left arm extended again wrapping around Suleyman, a hug throw tossing him backward, right foot kicked out, hitting Left One’s knee, the guard leaned forward, the gun fired, the bullet hit the ground.

Gao Yi pulled Left One’s helmet with both hands, right knee struck, hitting Left One’s chin, let go, and down went Left One face first silent on the ground.

Turning back, Suleyman had fallen, crawling on the ground trying to stand.

Spin around to look at the fifth yelling man, who suddenly stopped shouting and then turned to flee.

Gao Yi chased, catching up behind the fifth man, running with a punch coming down, the fifth man plunged forward to the ground, limbs twitching twice before no more movement.

Turning back, no enemies in sight.

Suleyman on the ground, trying to rise on his knees.

Rushing over, again and again and again, he strangled Suleyman’s neck, lifting him up.

Looking around, no sign of Sean.

Regrettably, Gao Yi gestured in Sean’s supposed direction, then dragged Suleyman quickly walking forward.

In the distance, Sean gaped in disbelief, unsure whether the scene before him was real or illusion.

Finally, Sean shuddered, then his fingers landed on his phone.

Sean couldn’t think, almost instinctively, tapped an A.

Trembling hand, a large shaking amplitude, a series of As appeared on the phone.

AAAAAAAAAAA, A filling up to the space unable to contain, until the termination skill field maxed out.