Main hall of the Ao Cheng Family.
Liu Qing walked slowly to the side of Ao Cheng Nan.
He looked coldly at Xiao Huohuo, sneering:
"Your talent is truly terrifying."
"The Xiao Family has indeed hidden it well, well enough to make the entire Dongli City believe that you are a good-for-nothing."
"If you had hidden for a few more years, perhaps neither of our two households would be anyone's match."
"This Dongli City would also become the back garden of the Xiao Family, but..."
Liu Qing changed the subject, sneering:
"You shouldn't have, no matter what, the Xiao Family shouldn't have let you come to this place alone."
"Since you've come today."
"Then don't even think about leaving!"
Ao Cheng Nan immediately shouted in a cold voice:
"Make your move, leave Xiao Huohuo here with me forever!"
As his voice fell, two gusts of wind suddenly flashed behind Ao Cheng Nan.
Those two black shadows fiercely assaulted Xiao Huohuo, their speed so fast that it was simply impossible for the naked eye to catch.
Xiao Huohuo's eyes shook, and he immediately pulled back his stance.
Wind!
Two cold flashes swept past, intersecting as they killed toward Xiao Huohuo.
A layer of Rosy Red luster coated Xiao Huohuo's body, and he dodged a strike sideways.
In that very instant, Xiao Huohuo saw the appearance of those two people.
Xiao Huohuo had seen both of them when Xiao Zhan had brought him to the upper-tier banquet in Dongli City.
Both of them were elders of the Ao Cheng Family, possessing a modest reputation even within Dongli City.
The two of them were both at the Half-step Houtian realm.
Moreover, he had once heard Xiao Zhan mention that although these two fell slightly short in realm, they had both mastered top-tier Yellow Rank High Grade movement techniques—Ghostly Blade!
This movement technique could enable the user to instantly reach a speed akin to a ghost.
Using this speed, the two had repeatedly carried out assassination missions, rarely failing.
Boom!
Xiao Huohuo made a leap, hurriedly putting distance between himself and the two of them.
While the two were displaying their movement technique, their speed was unexpectedly not bad either.
One blade missed, and another fiercely followed right after it.
However, right at this moment, just as Xiao Huohuo's attention was placed on the two people before him.
Abruptly, two cold gleams swept in from behind, cleaving through the wind.
Spiritual Qi flickered, and Xiao Huohuo's expression shook as he anticipated this in advance.
He summoned forth his entire body's Spiritual Qi, shaking it out through his physique.
The terrifying Spiritual Qi vortex blasted both cold gleams flying outward.
Swoosh, swoosh!
Two striking arrow feathers landed on the ground.
There were unexpectedly two people who, at the moment these two elders came in for the kill, had quietly arrived behind Xiao Huohuo, ready at all times to launch a surprise attack.
The assassination methods of this Ao Cheng Family indeed coordinated seamlessly.
In a short span of time, they completely sealed off all of Xiao Huohuo's retreats!
Xiao Huohuo collected his wits, yet did not panic in the slightest.
Following the fall of a faint whistle, his body surface was immediately covered by Spiritual Qi.
Seizing the moment when the long blades of the two Ao Cheng elders missed and their movements stalled.
He took a fierce step, throwing out a punch!
Boom!
Yet the air seemed to be shaken into ripples resembling water waves.
The two black shadows fiercely slammed into the banquet table, knocking over everything upon it.
With a clatter, the crowd shockingly witnessed the two elders coughing up blood and collapsing to the ground, instantly passing out.
The crowd drew in cold breaths, staring in shock at the two elders on the ground.
These were the Ao Cheng Family's most skilled assassins, elite elders with the most ferocious methods.
In Xiao Huohuo's hands, they couldn't even last a single move?
This kind of strength was completely no longer that of some ordinary, newly entered Houtian realm martial artist.
Xiao Huohuo's strength was at the very least the Mid Houtian realm!
While the crowd stood in a daze, they heard two snapping sounds come from ahead.
"Ah!"
The two archers hiding among the trees were easily knocked down by Xiao Huohuo using pebbles, collapsing to the ground as they clutched their bleeding mouths and groaned incessantly.
In less than twenty breaths, Xiao Huohuo easily resolved the four-man encirclement of the Ao Cheng Family.
He shook his hands, smiling somewhat nonchalantly:
"You even invited archers out, it seems you were afraid I would run?"
"Rest assured, since your young master arrived today, it's just to teach you a lesson."
"Before I beat every single one of you until you can't take care of yourselves, I won't leave."
Xiao Huohuo raised an eyebrow, looking at the dark-faced crowd before him and saying:
"All of you come at me together."
"It just so happens to let this young master test his skills."
Before the crowd of the Ao Cheng Family could make any response.
The tips of Xiao Huohuo's feet pressed fiercely against the ground, and his figure instantly darted out.
A streak of red light flashed across the space.
Ao Cheng Nan turned his head abruptly, and the youth had already arrived behind him, landing right before the Second Elder of his Ao Cheng Family!
Second Elder Ao Cheng Qi was the second-strongest expert of the Ao Cheng Family; although he was also merely at the Early Houtian realm, he was nonetheless a powerhouse who had stepped into the Houtian realm long ago.
His application of Internal Strength and the seasoned nature of his practical combat experience were beyond the comparison of ordinary Houtian realm martial artists!
Seeing Xiao Huohuo arrive, Ao Cheng Qi instead gritted his teeth and shouted angrily:
"Youngster, you're looking for death!"
He gathered his entire body's Internal Strength, and the moment Xiao Huohuo landed—too late to circulate any martial techniques—he raised his fist and swung it out.
The magnitude of this force whipped up a gale, causing the surrounding grass and trees to sway violently.
Xiao Huohuo steadied his stance, similarly throwing out a punch.
Their fists collided, and yet another wave of Qi rolled and churned, kicking up a fair amount of dust and smoke.
Ao Cheng Qi's blood and Qi surged violently, and he stepped back a few paces, his complexion flushed crimson.
Before he could even steady his stance, the red light flashed over once more, and yet another punch fiercely assaulted him.
Slap, slap, slap!
The two of them exchanged several moves within a short period of time.
Ao Cheng Qi used fist-form routines, hurriedly neutralizing the incoming fist strikes while launching counterattacks.
Yet he discovered with horror that the youth before him fought completely without any discernible rules or principles.
He was entirely relying on instincts and keenness akin to those of a fierce beast to completely dodge his fist strikes.
Furthermore, the momentum of the punches grew increasingly fast, dazzling his eyes!
Boom!
Xiao Huohuo delivered yet another punch.
This fierce punch punched through the hands Ao Cheng Qi had raised to protect his front, landing squarely upon his chest.
A thread of blood drifted out, dripping onto the ground, and Ao Cheng Qi himself flew backward, landing a dozen meters away and crashing into a pile of people.
Bracing against a surge of anger, he tried to get up with a ferocious expression on his face, only to sit right back down and fall unconscious.
At this moment, Ao Cheng Nan and Liu Qing finally couldn't sit still any longer.
Exchanging a glance, the two of them could clearly see the heavy trace of solemnity in each other's eyes.
Ao Cheng Qi's strength, placed among the Early Houtian realm practitioners of Dongli City, was considered to be on the strong side.
Aside from the top three experts of the three major households, he was the number one powerhouse in Dongli City!
And yet such a fierce individual had actually been defeated in Xiao Huohuo's hands in a mere dozen or so moves?!
The gloomy eyes of Ao Cheng Nan and his companion were fixed dead on the dashing Xiao Huohuo, finding it hard to believe.
Not only had this youngster before their eyes reached the Early Houtian realm, but even his combat experience surpassed Ao Cheng Qi's in seasoning.
Could this kind of talent really be cultivated by a small place like Dongli City?!
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