Wu Jian coldly watched the men in his hands struggle to breath. Their faces had already turned bright purple from lack of oxygen.
“Well? Do you two have anything to say for yourself?”
“I… ack… I’m… so… rry…”
“So… so… rr… y…”
It was hard to decipher their words, though that was Wu Jian’s fault. Talking when being strangled was tough. However, Wu Jian heard it well enough, and he threw both men to the ground, at the feet of the food stall owner and his family.
“I’m not the one you should be apologizing to. Well? What are you waiting for?!”
Neither man said anything, and Wu Jian soon found out why when the remaining three attacked him. A woman’s scream echoed around them as two came at him from either side and one came at him from behind. He had already known what they were doing. He sensed them moving within his spatial perception and knew they would attack the moment they had the opportunity.
The first man struck him with a flail--or he tried.