Li Family Experts Arrive! One Man Holds the Pass!

The air on the dock seemed to ignite at that moment.

Lu Chen's words were like a spark dropped into a barrel of oil.

"Hiss—"

A wave of uproar instantly swept through the Black Water Gang members watching and the distant common folk.

He's crazy!

Lu Chen must be out of his mind!

That's an elder from the Li Family! A super expert in the Viscera Refining Realm!

How dare he? How dare he speak to someone like that?

"Audacious!"

Before Li Changfeng could speak, a middle-aged man behind him roared and stepped forward. "How dare a mere rogue cultivator from a border town act presumptuously before an elder! You must be tired of living!"

This middle-aged man was named Li Hu, the captain of the Li Family's guards. His cultivation had reached the peak of the Bone Refining Realm, just one step away from entering the Viscera Refining Realm. He was a man who usually swaggered through the prefecture city, so how could he tolerate being provoked by this country bumpkin?

"Whether I'm tired of living or not, why don't you try and find out?"

Lu Chen didn't even spare him a glance, his gaze still locked firmly on Li Changfeng.

He could feel an incredibly terrifying power contained within the old man, a formidable enemy he had never encountered before.

But he wasn't afraid.

Instead... he was somewhat excited.

The blood in his body was boiling, his bones trembled slightly, emitting a "buzzing" sound that only he could hear.

This was the excitement of encountering prey!

"Good! Very good!"

Li Changfeng, enraged, laughed instead. He sized Lu Chen up, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"To cultivate the physical body to this extent at such a young age... no wonder you could kill that trash Qian Tong."

"However..."

Li Changfeng's tone shifted, his gaze instantly turning chillingly cold. "I've seen plenty of geniuses. But before they can mature, geniuses... are meant to be extinguished!"

"Li Hu, go, break his limbs. I want him alive."

"Yes!"

Li Hu let out a sinister grin, drew a Bintie Long Staff from his waist, and stomped his foot hard.

"Boom!"

The hard stone slabs of the dock shattered directly. Li Hu, like a tiger descending a mountain, charged straight at Lu Chen, carrying a whistling gale.

"Kid, remember my name! Next time you reincarnate, be smarter about it!"

Li Hu raised the long staff high above his head, carrying immense force, and smashed it down fiercely towards Lu Chen's shoulder.

This strike was powerful and heavy. If it landed true, even iron and stone would be smashed into powder!

Facing this fierce attack, Lu Chen seemed so stunned he was frozen in place, not moving at all.

"Dodge! Hurry and dodge!"

Zhao Tieshan behind him yelled anxiously.

However, the instant the staff was about to hit Lu Chen...

Lu Chen moved.

He didn't dodge.

He didn't retreat.

He simply raised his left hand.

"Clang!"

A deafening sound of metal striking metal rang out.

The entire scene fell silent.

Everyone's eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.

Lu Chen's left hand had actually caught the Bintie Long Staff, which carried immense force!

His palm took on a dark iron hue, his fingers like hooks, gripping the staff tightly. No matter how hard Li Hu tried to pull it away, the staff didn't budge an inch!

"This... how is this possible?!"

Li Hu's face turned red, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes filled with disbelief.

His strike carried thousands of pounds of force! Even an expert of the same Bone Refining Realm wouldn't dare to meet it head-on, let alone catch it with one hand!

Was this kid's hand made of iron?!

"You've got some strength."

Lu Chen commented lightly, "A pity, too slow."

Before his voice faded, Lu Chen flipped his right hand, and the Hundred Refinements Steel Saber was instantly unsheathed.

"Swish!"

A cold glint flashed.

"Ah—!"

A piercing scream echoed across the dock.

Li Hu clutched his severed wrist, staggering back, blood gushing out like a fountain.

The Bintie Long Staff, however, remained firmly in Lu Chen's hand.

"Clang."

Lu Chen casually tossed the staff onto the ground with a crisp sound.

"Next."

Lu Chen raised his head, his gaze passing over the screaming Li Hu to stare directly at Li Changfeng.

A deathly silence fell.

The scene just now had happened too quickly, too shockingly.

One move!

Just one move!

And he had crippled the Li Family's guard captain!

And it was in a contest of strength, the opponent's forte, with an overwhelming advantage!

The members of the Black Water Gang felt their scalps tingle. They exchanged glances, seeing the fear in each other's eyes, and... a hint of fanaticism.

This was their Deputy Hall Master!

This was the number one expert in Nujiang County!

"Good! Well fought!"

Zhao Tieshan couldn't help but roar, waving his fists, his face flushed red.

The other gang members were also infected by this emotion. The fear in their hearts actually dissipated considerably, replaced by a strange fervor.

"Interesting."

Li Changfeng looked at Li Hu, who was screaming on the ground, his expression finally turning grim.

Even when beating a dog, one had to consider its owner.

Lu Chen's saber strike had not only crippled Li Hu but had also slapped the Li Family hard in the face!

"It seems I underestimated you."

Li Changfeng slowly took a step forward.

"Boom!"

As his foot landed, an aura ten times more powerful than before erupted from him.

The surrounding air seemed to thicken at that moment. A few Black Water Gang members standing close were directly forced to their knees by the pressure, spitting up blood.

The might of the Viscera Refining Realm was terrifying indeed!

"Kid, being able to block Li Hu's staff shows you do have some skill."

Li Changfeng's purple robes fluttered in the wind, his eyes faintly gleaming.

"But before me, you are still just a slightly larger ant."

"Today, I will let you know what a true martial arts chasm is!"

"Die!"

Li Changfeng's figure flickered, leaving an afterimage in his original spot.

The next moment, he was already in front of Lu Chen.

A withered palm, seemingly slow but actually lightning-fast, lightly pressed towards Lu Chen's chest.

There was no wind, no flourish with this palm strike.

But every hair on Lu Chen's body stood on end instantly!

Danger!

Extreme danger!

This palm, though appearing ordinary, contained an internal energy like a dormant volcano, capable of pulverizing his internal organs upon contact!

This was the technique of a Viscera Refining Realm expert—effortless power, contained internal energy!

"Come on!"

Lu Chen didn't retreat, but advanced instead, his eyes blazing with battle intent.

The blood and qi within his body circulated wildly, his bones emitting crisp cracks like popping beans.

"Profound Nether Hand!"

Lu Chen roared, his left palm instantly turning as black as ink. A bone-chilling cold erupted from his palm, shooting out to meet Li Changfeng's hand and slamming into it fiercely!

"Bang!"

The palms met.

There was no earth-shattering roar.

Only a dull "puff."

It was like two pieces of rotten leather colliding.

But immediately after.

"Crack, crack..."

The stone slab ground beneath their feet instantly cracked, countless fissures spreading outwards. Debris flew.

A visible wave of energy swept out from the two of them in all directions!

"Stomp, stomp, stomp!"

Lu Chen retreated three steps, each one leaving a deep footprint on the ground, his face paling slightly.

And Li Changfeng actually retreated half a step!

Even though it was only half a step, it was enough to make everyone's jaw drop!

That was the Viscera Refining Realm!

Lu Chen could actually force back a Viscera Refining Realm expert?!

"This cold energy..."

Li Changfeng stabilized his body and glanced at his palm.

He saw that a faint layer of black frost had formed on his palm, and an incredibly sinister cold energy was attempting to bore into his meridians and freeze his blood.

If not for his powerful internal organs and blood qi as strong as mercury, he would have suffered a major loss from this palm strike!

"What a sinister palm technique! What overbearing cold energy!"

Li Changfeng suddenly circulated his energy, his palm vibrating as he shattered the layer of frost.

He looked up, and a trace of solemnity, and... a more intense killing intent, finally appeared in his eyes as he looked at Lu Chen.

"This brat cannot be allowed to live!"

Li Changfeng's killing intent boiled within him.

A mere Bone Refining Realm brat could master such a high-level technique and even contend against him, a Viscera Refining Realm expert, across realms. If he were allowed to grow, he would surely become a great threat to the Li Family in the future!

"Brat, you can be proud that you could take this old man's palm strike and survive."

"But that's as far as it goes!"

Li Changfeng took a deep breath, his chest puffing up high, like a giant bellows being drawn.

"Hoo—Haa—"

With his breaths, the surrounding air seemed to be drawn into his body.

His skin began to emit a faint red glow, a sign of his blood qi circulating to its absolute limit.

"This next move will send you on your way!"

"A mere martial artist from a border town dares to try and stop a chariot with a mantis's arms?" Li Changfeng looked at Lu Chen as if he were looking at a dead man.

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