"You bastard! How dare you openly assault a disciple of my Guiyuan Sect! Are you looking to die?"
A heaven-shaking roar echoed from outside the side hall.
The furious roar was accompanied by an extrely powerful energy impact. Vast and mighty, it converged to form a whirlwind of raw power.
The doorfra, tables, and chairs in the side hall instantly exploded under the force of this whirlwind.
A rumbling Thunder Sound, like the muffled roar of Celestial Thunder, pounded against their eardrums. A black hand of Elental Power materialized from thin air and clawed toward Hong Yu.
"Get lost!"
Hong Yu's eyes narrowed, and he let out a low growl.
As the Primordial Gang Fighting Technique began to circulate, his Celestial Soul and Primordial Spirit within his Dantian simultaneously transmitted a surge of Elental Power so overwhelming it was suffocating.
Although he had only been cultivating the Primordial Gang Fighting Technique for a short ti and hadn't yet been able to convert his Elental Power into the Primordial Gang's Power, the current intensity of his Elental Power was a step beyond what it was before he started.
With this power amplification, he threw hundreds, even thousands, of fist-shadows into the air at once.
This was, of course, the incredible speed granted by the Vibrating Rune Technique at the Middle Success Realm.
Each vibrating fist-shadow layered over the last, each punch stronger than the one before. This seemingly casual flurry of blows actually possessed the power to instantly kill a Late-stage Celestial Soul Realm expert.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
The fist-shadows converged into a black curtain of light, striking the hand of Elental Power again and again.
His opponent had clearly not expected a re brat at the Celestial Soul Realm to possess such tyrannical power. The palm strike had been delivered with only a third of his full strength.
And because of that...
The hand of Elental Power, under the impact of Hong Yu's thousand vibrating punches, violently exploded, turning into motes of energy that scattered to the ground.
"You cowardly rat, hiding in the shadows! Get out here!"
Hong Yu lifted Huo Yan by the neck with one hand, his cold, sharp gaze sweeping outside the hall.
A middle-aged man in a silver robe, with disheveled black hair and a cold, sinister face, was staring intently at him. His eyes glinted with the chilling light of a venomous snake.
A powerful aura faintly radiated from his body. He was, shockingly, an Early-stage Primordial Core Realm expert!
When Huo Yan saw the newcor, his flushed face lit up with ecstatic joy. He roared, all bluff and bluster, "Hahaha, Hong Yu, you're dead at! This is Elder Xue De of my Guiyuan Sect! He's a Primordial Core Realm expert! He could crush you to death with one hand. If you know what's good for you, let go right now. Otherwise, Elder Xue will make sure you die a miserable death!"
"Xue De? An Elder of the Guiyuan Sect?"
Hong Yu narrowed his eyes, staring unblinkingly at Xue De.
Standing behind him, Tie Tongtian finally snapped out of it, a bitter smile on his face.
He himself was sothing of a dandy, so he was naturally annoyed by arrogant types like Huo Yan, who looked down on everyone and threw his weight around as a True Disciple of the Guiyuan Sect.
When Hong Yu had asked if he could beat up Huo Yan, he'd only given a casual reply. He never expected Hong Yu would actually dare to do it, and so quickly and ruthlessly at that.
Now, it was too late for him to stop it even if he wanted to.
Quietly tugging on Hong Yu's sleeve, Tie Tongtian whispered a warning, "Brother Hong Yu, this Xue De is an expert who broke through to the Primordial Core Realm just two years ago. His status in the Guiyuan Sect is second only to the Sect Leader and Chief Elder Wang Ba. He's notoriously narrow-minded and seeks vengeance for the smallest slight. You'd best not provoke him."
Hong Yu nodded but didn't speak.
This led Huo Yan to believe that Hong Yu was already afraid.
A savage smile spread across his face as he cackled sinisterly, "Heh heh, scared now? I'll tell you what. If you let go now and kowtow in apology, I might ask Elder Xue to go easy on you. Otherwise…"
Huo Yan was lost in a fantasy of Hong Yu, terrified of Elder Xue's retaliation, kneeling on the ground and begging him for rcy.
Suddenly, a chill ran through him. He shuddered, his pupils contracting as he saw a palm growing larger and larger in his vision, the sharp Palm Wind drawing ever closer to his cheek.
"SLAP!"
A clean slap sent three of Huo Yan's left molars flying.
"Y-You dare hit ?"
Huo Yan stared at Hong Yu in disbelief.
Without a word, Hong Yu answered him with another crisp "SLAP."
This ti, it was a backhand.
Anyone who's ever slapped soone knows that a backhand carries significantly more force than a forehand.
Under this slap, eight teeth from the right side of Huo Yan's mouth were sent flying, spraying out with a mouthful of thick blood.
"Y-Y-You…"
Huo Yan's cheeks were now swollen like a pig's head. He glared at Hong Yu with venomous eyes.
Never in his life had he been so humiliated.
Even when he lost to Hong Yu at the Youth Spiritual Craftsman Tournant, it had been a pure contest of power, and Hong Yu had only won by using the Ice Divine Blade in a sneak attack.
But now…
In Hong Yu's hands, he was as weak as a newborn babe.
The stark contrast, with only a few months in between!
This made it difficult for Huo Yan to accept the cruel reality.
"This is for your foul mouth, for your gossiping, for your ddling…"
With each phrase Hong Yu spoke, he delivered another rciless slap.
Between the forehands and backhands, Huo Yan's mouth was completely emptied of teeth, save for a single large front tooth standing alone in his upper jaw.
Just as Hong Yu was debating whether to knock out that final tooth, Xue De, who had been standing at the door watching everything with cold indifference, finally couldn't take it anymore.
Ever since he advanced to the Primordial Core Realm and beca the Second Elder of the Guiyuan Sect, wherever Xue De went, he was the center of attention, a being whom everyone revered.
When had he ever been ignored like this?
Moreover…
This brat who ignored him, who even dared to brutally beat Huo Yan right in front of him, had clearly been added to Xue De's kill list.
"Hong Yu, are you really looking to die?" Xue De's tone was grim.
Hong Yu glanced at him, then his gaze returned to Huo Yan, who was so swollen he looked like a pig's head and couldn't even speak. Hong Yu shook his head and sighed lightly. "I was going to leave you one tooth, but I hate being threatened more than anything. So, sorry about this."
"N-No…"
Huo Yan wanted to cry but had no tears. He desperately wanted to scream: 'This has nothing to do with ! Go deal with Elder Xue!'
Unfortunately, how could he possibly speak now?
Hong Yu threw a punch.
"BANG!"
Huo Yan's entire body flew backward like a cannonball, shooting straight toward Xue De.
A cold glint flashed in Xue De's eyes. He swatted out with his palm, and the force of his blow sent Huo Yan's body flying in a different direction.
With a THWACK, he slamd into the nearby doorfra. His last tooth was embedded in the wood. Blood pouring from his mouth, Huo Yan's body slowly slid down to the ground, where he lay twitching.
Xue De's eyes glead with a cold light, like a viper sizing up its prey. "Good! Good! Good! I've long heard that our Qin Kingdom has produced a young genius, quite the Demon Fiend, yet I never had the chance to see for myself. Now that I have, I see you truly are a young genius!"
"No wonder even Zheng Tian and Blood the First fell to you. Not bad. You're really not bad at all. It's just a pity…"
Xue De cracked his neck, his lips splitting into a grim smile. "Young people are ultimately too impetuous. Don't you know the saying that what is too rigid is easily broken? But no matter. Today, I will take the place of your parents and teach you a lesson on how one should be humble and respectful toward their elders!"
The mont his voice fell, Xue De's figure gradually blurred.
His speed was so fast it was like a shadow, able to leave a long-lasting afterimage in his place.
Hong Yu's heart jolted. A sharp light flickered in his left Cyan Eye as his stance suddenly sank. "Here!"
He threw a punch!
There was no one in the direction Hong Yu punched.
Even Tie Tongtian, standing beside him, was stunned. 'Is he punching at thin air?'
"Don't tell this guy thinks that just because he got lucky breaking Elder Xue's attack when he was careless, he can now track the Elder's movents?"
"I think his ego has just swollen to an insane degree!"
"Or maybe he's just throwing a random punch to try his luck!"
The commotion here had attracted the attention of more and more experts. Seeing Hong Yu punch at an empty space, they all showed expressions of confusion or disdain.
However…
Just as they were making their confident pronouncents, a surprised grunt suddenly ca from that seemingly empty space.
Imdiately after, Xue De's figure materialized, shattering Hong Yu's fist wind with a slap of his palm.
Xue De frowned at Hong Yu. "You brat, how could you find my position? Impossible! My Shadow-Following Step is a Spirit-level High-Grade body technique. Even a Primordial Core Realm expert would need so effort to find . You must have gotten lucky…"
The surrounding crowd shared the sa sentint. "That's right, it must have been good luck!"
"Just a coincidence. Next ti, he won't be able to…"
But before they could finish their sentence, Hong Yu forced Xue De to appear again with another punch.
Xue De's expression was extrely ugly. He gritted his teeth. "Impossible! You damned brat, I refuse to believe your luck will hold out forever."
He once again used his shadow-following technique, and his figure vanished.
But…
In the blink of an eye, Hong Yu threw another punch, once again finding Xue De's location with unerring accuracy.
"Damn, Xue De was always bragging about how amazing his Shadow-Following Step is, but it turns out it's nothing special!"
"This Hong Yu really is worthy of being the number one genius, surpassing even Zheng Tian and Blood the First. Incredible!"
Everyone exclaid in admiration.
Listening to the noisy chatter around him, Xue De's expression grew even uglier.
His gloomy gaze locked onto Hong Yu. His body trembled slightly as a commanding aura, like that of an awakening Ancient Wild Beast, washed over Hong Yu. "Before I beca an Elder of the Guiyuan Sect, I road the world for a ti. I also made a na for myself. People got used to calling the 'Genius Killer.'"
"Because my greatest pleasure is slaughtering so-called geniuses. Watching one promising talent after another die by my hand… the thrill is indescribable!"
"Senior Brother Wang once told to leave you for Zheng Tian. But, since you're in such a hurry to die, don't bla for being rciless! Heh heh, don't you worry, I won't make your death too painful…"
Xue De took a deep breath, and five black Energy Vortexes suddenly condensed around his palms.
Each Energy Vortex surged with power sufficient to instantly kill soone at the Peak of Celestial Soul Realm. Vast and mighty, they enveloped Hong Yu like five Soul Hookers.
Under the siege of these five destructive energies, each radiating a fatal crisis, Hong Yu's heart began to sink…
'This ti,' he thought, 'I'm afraid there's no escape!'
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