Overwhelming Yuan Tieyi, a Complete Rebirth!

He squatted on the ground, gripping an iron lock in each hand as he rose and fell, using the force of Earth Fiend Legs to temper the bones in his legs.

Earth Fiend Legs was a movement-type martial art. The legs possessed far greater strength than the hands, so after reaching Minor Accomplishment in this technique, both Zhou Qiming's speed and attack power had risen by a notch.

At present, Earth Fiend Legs was the only skill in his hands that had yet to reach perfection; all his other techniques had undergone Limit Breaking twice. He had to hurry and gather better martial arts—preferably stance arts or even internal arts—and develop in every direction!

Within the Iron Clothes Martial Arts School, the old man and Cheng Yu sat facing each other beneath the moon.

"Master, the Jinsha Gang harbors the ambitions of wolves. They will strike sooner or later, so we must not let down our guard," Cheng Yu reminded him repeatedly, his eyes full of worry.

"I know. With your master here, the sky will not fall. As the senior brother, you should help Xiao Tian more. The martial arts school will rely entirely on him in the future."

Yuan Tieyi took a sip of tea and gave his disciple a meaningful look.

For some reason, Cheng Yu had been stirred by something these past few days. He had completely changed his usual ways, never attending his friends' banquets and instead devoting himself wholeheartedly to training at the martial arts school. Yuan Tieyi had seen it all.

But he had also heard about the matter with Xiao Tian. It seemed the two martial brothers had fallen out badly, nearly reaching the point of severing ties and coming to blows. As their master, he naturally had to step in and take sides.

No matter what, Xiao Tian was the hope of the martial arts school. Barely over twenty and already at Minor Bone Forging Accomplishment, his future was boundless. Naturally, every resource had to be poured into nurturing him.

Yuan Tieyi was counting on Xiao Tian to care for him in his old age and see him off in death. Over the past two months, he had spared neither money nor effort on him, nearly dipping into his burial savings.

Why is Master so muddleheaded? Zhou Qiming is clearly superior to Xiao Tian in every respect... forget it. Cheng Yu sighed inwardly again and again, yet found it difficult to openly defy his master.

"Tomorrow is when your junior brother will host a banquet in celebration. Minor Bone Forging Accomplishment is enough for him to stand on his own in town. Do not forget to prepare a gift—you cannot let the martial arts school lose face."

Yuan Tieyi reminded him once more. This was clearly meant to make the Cheng Family bleed heavily.

"I understand."

Cheng Yu nodded helplessly. As he turned to leave, he suddenly hesitated before speaking. "Master, Zhou Qiming has made considerable progress lately..."

"Do not mention that boy. Root Bone is like a shackle. Even if he breaks through swiftly in the early stages, the later hurdles of Bone Forging and Tendon Transformation will leave him in despair. You should put more thought into cultivation instead."

Yuan Tieyi shook his head, somewhat dissatisfied with his second disciple. Cheng Yu was good in every way except that he lacked judgment in making friends. Rather than growing close to his own junior brother Xiao Tian, he had poured his heart and soul into that restaurant servant with no potential.

Just as Cheng Yu was about to take a step away, both men sensed that something was wrong. Every hair on their bodies stood on end, as though they had been targeted by a demon or ferocious beast. This was a martial artist's instinctive perception through the six senses!

"Who goes there?!"

Yuan Tieyi's strength was what it was; in an instant, he spotted a black-clothed figure standing on the roof with his hands behind his back. Sharp light flashed in his eyes. Clearly, he had reached an extremely high level in the Body Tempering Realm, and an unmatched aura radiated from his entire body.

A mysterious expert had silently approached right under his nose without his noticing. Yuan Tieyi was both shocked and terrified. If the other party had intended a sneak attack, would he not have already succeeded?

Before Yuan Tieyi and his disciple could even recover from their fright, the black-clothed figure moved. Like an eagle or crane swooping through the sky, he pounced down with astonishing momentum, stirring sonic booms in the air.

"Thief, how dare you!"

The tendons and membranes across Yuan Tieyi's body knotted and bulged like earthworms as he forcibly drove every bone and Great Tendon in his body, launching Iron Stone Fist with a thunderous blow.

Under Cheng Yu's horrified gaze, the two figures exchanged dozens of moves in the span of a few breaths, neither gaining the upper hand. Stone tables and chairs shattered into dust wherever they passed, while their flesh-and-blood palms wielded immense strength capable of splitting steles and cracking rocks.

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"Gasp... who is this man, to fight Master on equal footing?"

Cheng Yu sucked in a cold breath, his face filled with worry. One had to know that Master Yuan had fled the County Town under a false name. Back then, he had possessed peak strength in the Tendon Transformation Realm, but after being wounded by an enemy, he had been reduced to only Bone Forging Perfection.

Yuan Tieyi was no ordinary Bone Forging Perfection martial artist, yet this black-clothed figure was equally extraordinary. He even gained the upper hand for a time, suppressing Yuan Tieyi until his face flushed red and steam rose from his sweat. His situation was exceedingly dire.

Earth Fiend Legs made his body move like a ghostly phantom, while the Woodcutting Saber Technique opened and closed with grand, sweeping force. Even using only his arms as sabers, he chopped at Yuan Tieyi until the Iron Cloth Skill sparked continuously, and the iron-cloth skin membrane across his body was on the verge of being breached.

This black-clothed figure was none other than Zhou Qiming, whose strength had leapt forward. After breaking into the perfection stage of Muscle Cultivation, he could not wait to test the power of the Iron Cloth Skill after its Limit Breaking.

To conceal his identity, he naturally had not brought the highly distinctive Mountain-Weight Saber. With only his bare hands, he had suppressed Yuan Tieyi, who was fighting with all his strength.

Zhou Qiming was finally satisfied with his current strength. His sleepless days and nights of bitter training had not been wasted. Before even beginning Bone Forging, he could already crush a peak Bone Forging Martial Artist like Yuan Tieyi!

After exchanging several more palm strikes, Yuan Tieyi finally reached his limit. He vomited blood and staggered back dozens of steps before stabilizing himself, crashing through several sections of wall with a bang.

"Cheng Yu, run! Go with Xiao Tian! This man may be an enemy from the County Town who has come looking for me—he is not someone we can contend against!" Yuan Tieyi made his decision without hesitation, preparing to hold the enemy back and buy time for his second disciple.

If he spared no cost and unleashed the power of his former Tendon Transformation Realm, Yuan Tieyi was confident he could force a mutual destruction. Of course, afterward, he himself would certainly die.

"Master, if we die, we die together! There are no cowards in the Iron Clothes Martial Arts School!" Cheng Yu's Blood Qi surged as he stepped forward to shield his master.

Though Yuan Tieyi was somewhat partial and muddleheaded, after all these years together, there was still a bond between master and disciple. Cheng Yu naturally could not bring himself to abandon the old man and flee.

After all, direct disciples like Fang Hai, Xiao Tian, and himself could be considered to share a father-and-son bond in this day and age.

Yet what left Yuan Tieyi and Cheng Yu dumbfounded was that the black-clothed figure did not deliver a killing blow, nor did he threaten them for their possessions. He merely drifted away as lightly as he had come.

"Iron Clothes Martial Arts School—nothing but this. You have greatly disappointed me."

The black-clothed man's voice lingered in the wind, circling endlessly.

Those words stabbed fiercely into Yuan Tieyi's heart, making him recall an unpleasant scene from his youth. That hatred had sunk into his bones, tormenting him all these years.

"Master, he did not kill us. Could he not be an enemy after all?"

Cheng Yu was still shaken, afraid that the other party might return. Yet for some reason, he felt that the black-clothed man's gaze and movement technique seemed familiar, though he could not remember where he had seen them.

Yuan Tieyi shook his head, coughed up a mouthful of bloody froth, and said with bitter hesitation, "Strange. The force within that fellow's body seemed to bear traces of my Iron Cloth Skill. It even seemed to share the same root and source. I truly do not know where such a monster emerged from."

"What?!" Cheng Yu was utterly shocked, an unbelievable guess arising in his heart, only for him to quickly dismiss it.

How long had Zhou Qiming been Skin Grinding? Only two months had passed. How could he possibly possess the strength to crush Yuan Tieyi? It was absolutely impossible even to contemplate!

"What troubled times these are. As for the Jinsha Gang matter you mentioned before, I must give it serious thought. I need to go to the County Town and invite the Luoshan Army to station troops here."

Yuan Tieyi's confidence had been utterly shattered. He intended to seek outside aid. First there was the hidden danger of the Jinsha Gang, and now a mysterious expert had emerged. This small town truly concealed crouching tigers and hidden dragons, with danger lurking on every side.

Though he could still burn his Blood Qi to unleash the strength of the Tendon Transformation Realm, the black-clothed man had also held back, possessing many trump cards. If they truly fought to the death, Yuan Tieyi was not confident he could suppress him!

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