Viscera Refining Realm!

"Luo Zheng, insulting your elders like this seems a little excessive..." a Luo Family elder said with a frown.

"Shut up!" Luo Zheng snapped. "When my Father was murdered, what were you of the Third Branch, Fourth Branch, Fifth Branch... everyone in the entire Luo Family doing? Were you worthy of the favors Father bestowed upon you? You aided the tyrant in his evil deeds; every one of you was an accomplice in my Father's murder!"

The fury and injustice he had endured for two years finally erupted at this moment. Luo Zheng's voice and expression were severe, like an enraged god of slaughter, looking down on everyone before him. Anyone who met his gaze either looked away or lowered their head, not daring to meet his eyes.

Luo Junyi had no intention of continuing this subject with Luo Zheng. "I won't waste words on a little beast like you. Hand over the Body Protection Skill you cultivate, and I'll permit you to kill yourself on the spot. You can die without suffering, leave behind an intact corpse, and be buried in the Luo Family ancestral graves." As he spoke, strands of fine Purple Light, thin as hairs, extended from his arms.

"You still covet my divine Body Protection Skill? Dream on!" With that, Luo Zheng forcefully kicked off from the edge of the arena and charged outward at incredible speed. Since he could not leave openly and honorably, he could only fight his way out.

Luo Zheng was fast, but Luo Junyi was faster. After all, Luo Junyi was a renowned expert who had entered the Viscera Refining Realm long ago. As he ran, purple afterimages trailed behind him. Though he moved later, he arrived first, blocking Luo Zheng's path. "Little bastard, your strength isn't worth looking at. You can't escape. I'll say it once more: hand over your Body Protection Movement Technique! Otherwise, I'll make you suffer every torment in the world before I Crush the Bones and Scatter the Ashes, leaving you dead without even a place to be buried."

"Get lost!"

Luo Zheng's iron fist was his answer!

Luo Junyi did not take Luo Zheng's attack seriously at all. With a light flick of his hand, he deflected the force from Luo Zheng's fist. At the same time, he closed in on Luo Zheng and threw dozens of short-range punches in an instant.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang...

Luo Junyi's strength was far beyond that of the Luo Family Disciples from before. The Bone Refining Realm could possess One Cauldron Force, while the Viscera Refining Realm possessed Three Cauldron Force!

As such terrifying fist force poured into Luo Zheng's body, his body frantically converted it into Warm Current. But the force behind those punches was too immense, exceeding the limit of Luo Zheng's conversion. Some of it could not be converted in time, and it was this remaining force that injured him.

Pfft!

Luo Zheng flew backward and smashed into the ground. He immediately rolled over and rose to his feet, but a great mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.

Seeing that Luo Zheng could still stand after taking so many of his punches, Luo Junyi grew even more eager. "This Body Protection Skill truly is extraordinary. Hand it over, and I may consider letting you cling to life in the Luo Family!"

"You petty people speak as though you fart. Do you think I would believe you?" Luo Zheng said as he adjusted his breathing. After landing just now, he felt that every bone in his body had become incomparably light, as if Luo Chengyun and Luo Junyi's tempering had allowed the Warm Current to wash away the impurities within his bones!

After a month of beatings, Luo Zheng had long since reached the peak of the Bone Refining Realm. Yet because his body had grown stronger and the Luo Family Disciples lacked sufficient strength, he had not had enough Warm Current to cleanse his bones, making further breakthroughs difficult.

But after the beating from the father-and-son pair, Luo Chengyun and Luo Junyi, an enormous amount of Warm Current had arisen within his body. It had actually helped Luo Zheng temper out the remaining impurities in his bones.

Now, every last impurity in his bones had been cleansed away. Every bone in his body was incomparably pure.

At this moment, he felt his body become incomparably light. Every bone in him seemed to possess spirituality, allowing him to control them as he pleased. Even the rhythm of his breathing had changed. Each breath lasted half again as long as before, his breath deep and unbroken, his inhalation and exhalation naturally returning to renewal.

This was the sign of entering the Viscera Refining Realm!

Strength—powerful strength—surged into Luo Zheng's body. Wild joy filled his heart, but his face remained perfectly calm.

"Still talking tough! Let's see whether your mouth remains this hard when the tortures are upon you!" Luo Junyi closed in once more. This time, he intended to capture Luo Zheng in one stroke.

But at that moment, an astonishing scene unfolded!

The instant Luo Junyi came close, Luo Zheng threw a lightning-fast punch.

The speed of this punch was extreme. Luo Junyi was completely unprepared, and the blow struck him squarely.

After entering the Viscera Refining Realm, Luo Zheng's control over his bones had approached perfection. The force he could unleash was far beyond that of the Bone Refining Realm. Yet Luo Junyi did not know that Luo Zheng had entered the Viscera Refining Realm, and he had badly misjudged Luo Zheng's strength.

That punch sent Luo Junyi flying three zhang away. He rolled across the ground several times before managing to climb back up.

"Y-you actually entered the Viscera Refining Realm!" Luo Junyi clutched his chest and spat out several mouthfuls of blood, his face full of disbelief.

Luo Zheng gave a cold laugh, utterly dismissive of Luo Junyi's words.

He swept his gaze across the entire Luo Family and asked, "Now, who else dares stop me?"

Luo Zheng's domineering arrogance was displayed in full at this moment.

No one dared answer. The entire training ground was silent as a graveyard.

Even Luo Junyi had been injured by Luo Zheng's One Punch. Who present could still be Luo Zheng's match?

Just then, a voice drifted from a corner. "I dare stop you."

Then a middle-aged man in white walked out from a corner. He was handsome and graceful, like an immortal who had cultivated into sainthood. Every gesture carried an extraordinary bearing.

"Luo Bingquan!"

At the sight of that man, Luo Zheng frowned.

If there was anyone Luo Zheng least wanted to encounter now, it was his Second Uncle, Luo Bingquan. He was the mastermind behind his Father's murder, while Third Uncle Luo Junyi, whom Luo Zheng had injured, could only be considered an accomplice!

The moment Luo Bingquan appeared, an almost tangible aura emanated from him and swept toward Luo Zheng head-on. Luo Zheng faced a formidable enemy. He bent slightly at the waist, every muscle and every bone in his body entering a state of alert!

Luo Bingquan's strength had already surpassed the Marrow Refining Realm. Though he had not entered the Innate Secret Realm, one foot was already inside. He was an expert at the Half-Step to the Innate Realm!

Luo Zheng had only just entered the Viscera Refining Realm, and an entire Marrow Refining Realm stood between him and Luo Bingquan!

To Luo Zheng, this was an existence he could not overcome at present, an opponent on an entirely different level.

But he would never give up!

If he had intended to give up, Luo Zheng would have done so two years ago!

Heaven had taken pity on him and given Luo Zheng a chance to turn his life around. He frantically reminded himself in his heart that he could not die here. At this moment, his desire to live was incomparably intense.

Luo Zheng was silent for a moment, then quietly swallowed a deep breath. Without any warning, he madly drove his strength, spread his powerful legs, and shot toward the outside.

But before he had rushed two zhang, a longsword wrapped in purple qi shot toward him and nailed itself into the ground before him, blocking his path.

Luo Zheng twisted at the waist, trying to circle around the purple longsword, only to have another purple longsword block his direction. Then purple longswords continuously shot toward him, forcing Luo Zheng back step by step.

Under the pressure of those purple longswords, Luo Zheng was forced back to his original position. His expression turned extremely grim. Those in the Innate Secret Realm could wield true qi. Though Luo Bingquan was merely Half-Step to the Innate Realm and could not use true qi freely, its might was already this terrifying...

With his hands behind his back, Luo Bingquan said, "You son of a remnant, back then I spared a trace of kinship and allowed you to cling to life in the Luo Family. Yet you refused to behave yourself. You even injured your Third Uncle and attempted to leave the Luo Family! Since you seek death, I shall grant it to you!"

Purple longswords spun as they rose from the ground, stabbing toward Luo Zheng from different directions. Luo Zheng's eyes nearly split apart. There was nowhere for him to evade. Even if his body was as hard as a Mysterious Artifact, before someone like Luo Bingquan at the Half-Step to the Innate Realm, his defense would be as brittle as paper!

Unwillingness—deep, profound unwillingness—rose within Luo Zheng's heart.

At that moment, Luo Junyi suddenly stopped him. "Second Brother, don't kill him yet."

Luo Bingquan halted the purple longswords stabbing toward Luo Zheng and asked, "Why?"

"This kid somehow encountered some great fortune. His body is far tougher than an ordinary person's, and his cultivation speed rivals even Peiran and Chengyun after they consumed the Heaven and Earth Creation Pill," Luo Junyi explained.

Luo Bingquan aimed a purple longsword at Luo Zheng's brow and said expressionlessly, "Speak. What great fortune did you obtain?"

Luo Zheng's face was full of cold mockery. Speaking meant death, and refusing to speak also meant death. Why waste his breath? He did not want to utter another word.

At that moment, the plaque above the Luo Family gates suddenly exploded. A bronze cauldron taller than a man descended from the sky and smashed heavily into the ground with a clang, numbing the ears of the Luo Family Disciples.

After crashing down, the bronze cauldron rolled down the layers of Stepping Stones, knocking the Luo Family Disciples sprawling in all directions amid endless screams.

"Who dares cause trouble?"

Luo Bingquan snorted coldly. He controlled the purple longswords and sent them flying as he rose gracefully into the air, stabbing toward the continuously rolling bronze cauldron.

Clang clang clang clang clang!

The purple longswords struck the bronze cauldron with crisp ringing sounds, but they could not stop its path.

After rolling down the steps, the bronze cauldron strangely spun once in place and actually rolled toward Luo Zheng. Seeing this, Luo Bingquan inwardly cursed. He activated his movement technique and hurriedly reached for Luo Zheng.

But the bronze cauldron was still a step faster. When it approached Luo Zheng, a withered hand suddenly reached out from within and dragged Luo Zheng into the cauldron in one motion.

"Trying to leave? No chance!" Seeing Luo Zheng seized by the person inside the bronze cauldron, Luo Bingquan reached out and grabbed its rim, forcibly fixing the cauldron in place.

Inside the bronze cauldron, the withered hand turned into a sharp claw and suddenly clawed toward Luo Bingquan.

Luo Bingquan reacted swiftly as well. He struck out with a backhand palm and exchanged a palm strike with the withered hand. He was immediately forced several steps back, his expression ugly as he said, "You are Xie Lang?"

As Luo Bingquan's words fell, an old man crawled out of the bronze cauldron. The old man was extremely thin, with scarcely a few ounces of flesh on his entire body, terrifying like a skeleton.

Xie Lang poked his head out from the bronze cauldron and laughed. "Hahaha, what luck, what luck! I never expected that merely passing through this place, I would find such a treasure. This person carries a special scent, very similar to the scent of the weapons I refine. He is most suitable for being forged into one of my weapons, so I'm taking him with me!"