A Stunning Palm Strike

A Stunning Palm Strike

"Who?"

Mu She abruptly stopped laughing, his face twisting viciously as he looked toward the voice.

A handsome young man walked forward step by step from behind, followed by a little girl of around ten.

"Is that the Third Young Master?"

"What? He's the good-for-nothing Third Young Master of the Xiao Clan?"

A commotion immediately broke out among the crowd. Xiao Yan's reputation as a good-for-nothing had long spread throughout Wutan City. Moreover, he was the son of Xiao Zhan, the Xiao Clan's patriarch, so quite a few people recognized him.

"Pfft!" Several Dou Zhe watching the spectacle could not help laughing.

"Is this kid sick? He actually came out to die?"

"Not necessarily. Maybe he has something to rely on?"

These people had all witnessed Mu She's brutality. Since Xiao Yan still dared to speak so boldly, quite a few of them regarded him more highly.

"So you're the Xiao Clan's Third Young Master. Seeing you truly lives up to your reputation!" Mu She stared coldly at Xiao Yan, then shifted his gaze to Chen Qiye. His brows drew together as he asked warily, "This friend looks unfamiliar. Which genius of the Xiao Clan might you be?"

Mu She had roamed the mercenary world for many years. To survive while frequenting the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he relied not only on his Dou Shi strength, but also on constant caution.

In his eyes, Xiao Yan was nothing worth mentioning. At most, he was merely a Dou Zhe, incapable of causing any real trouble. Yet Chen Qiye gave him a sense of danger. Even though the other party looked like an ordinary young man, Mu She was unwilling to underestimate him. Otherwise, if he capsized in a gutter, he would be finished.

Chen Qiye gave him a lazy glance and did not answer.

"He's Xiao Yan's teacher. Rumor has it he's also a powerful Dou Shi!"

Someone in the crowd supplied the answer.

A Dou Shi!

He was actually a Dou Shi! The other members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group looked at Chen Qiye differently. This young man looked no older than twenty!

"Captain Mu, could there be some misunderstanding about today's matter? Our Xiao Clan Apothecary has operated in Wutan City for many years, and this has never happened before..." Xiao Yan looked at Mu She neither humbly nor arrogantly. "Please give us three days. The Xiao Clan will certainly investigate this matter thoroughly and give Captain Mu and this deceased brother an explanation. How about it?"

"The Third Young Master is right!" The Xiao Clan guards at the side all spoke up in support of Xiao Yan.

Mu She cast Chen Qiye a wary glance, then turned to Xiao Yan with a cold sneer. "Do you think I don't know what you're planning? Once your Xiao Clan's Da Dou Shi arrives, even if we're in the right, we won't be able to argue our case!"

"Everyone present knows that one of my brothers died outside your Xiao Clan Apothecary. We only wanted an explanation, yet not only did Xiao Chu refuse to give one, he even tried to suppress us with force. Do you truly think our Wolf Head Mercenary Group is so easy to bully?"

Mu She sneered, his expression savage. "Third Young Master, with the Xiao Clan acting like this, how can we trust you?"

"Captain Mu is right! Xiao Chu was clearly the one who suddenly attacked first!"

"That's right! We can all testify!"

As Mu She spoke, quite a few people in the market district joined in the clamor. Most of them were mercenaries who lived with their lives on the line, and emotionally, they leaned more toward Mu She.

Faced with the wave-like tide of discussion, Xiao Yan hesitated slightly, unsure how to respond for the moment.

"What are you waiting for? Attack!" Mu She seized the momentum and gave the order.

"Protect the Third Young Master!" Payne shouted.

"Stop!"

Then!

A sharp cry interrupted the charge from both sides. Chen Qiye strolled over leisurely, patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, and smiled. "Yan'er, neither humble nor arrogant, reasonable and well-founded. Well said!"

"Thank you for the praise, Teacher!"

Xiao Yan held his head high, with not the slightest trace of fear on his face.

"Mu She, right? You think that just because the Xiao Clan has no Da Dou Shi here, a mere three-star Dou Shi like you can bully my disciple?"

Chen Qiye walked forward with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "With your strength, you can't even take one palm strike from me!"

The entire scene erupted in an uproar at Chen Qiye's words!

Payne stared dumbfoundedly. He knew Chen Qiye was arrogant, but he had never expected him to be arrogant to this extent.

"Young man, what a boastful mouth you have! You actually dare claim that I can't even take one palm strike from you?" No matter how deep Mu She's scheming was, rage still surged within him. Dou Qi gathered around his body, and killing intent flared in his eyes. "You're courting death!"

"What an idiot! Instead of taking the Third Young Master and Miss Xun'er away at a time like this, he actually jumped out to seek death!" Xiao Chu's face was full of resentment as he once again circulated his Dou Qi. "Payne, quickly take the Third Young Master and the others and break out! I'll hold Mu She back!"

Chen Qiye merely shook his head and said calmly, "As a teacher, I should set an example. I do not wish to fight... Yan'er, watch carefully!"

He raised his right hand slightly. Pale green Dou Qi suddenly coiled around his palm, and he struck out fiercely.

Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms!

The Dragon Regrets!

A streak of green-tinged Dou Qi shot from his palm, crackling through the air as it faintly formed the shadow of a dragon.

Riiip!

The ground between Mu She and Chen Qiye was torn open by the force of the Dou Qi, leaving behind a long crack, followed by a thunderous boom.

Mu She's gathered Dou Qi collided fiercely with Chen Qiye's strike.

He let out a muffled groan and staggered straight back six or seven steps, his feet dragging out two splayed cracks in the ground.

Then!

He spat out a mouthful of blood!

Outside the Xiao Clan Apothecary!

At that moment, the place was silent as death.

Everyone stared dumbfoundedly at the long marks Mu She had dragged across the ground as he retreated.

"Th-this, this, this!"

Payne's mouth hung wide open, yet he paid no attention to it as he trembled and said:

"Master Chen... Master Chen is actually this terrifying!"

If the clan's previous fervent discussions about Chen Qiye had not been enough to convince guards like them from Wutan City, then this moment truly made them tremble in shock!

With a casual palm strike, he had directly overwhelmed Mu She, a three-star Dou Shi, to the point where he could barely resist.

"He doesn't even look twenty!" Xiao Chu stared fixedly at the marks on the ground.

As a one-star Dou Shi, he understood deeply just how powerful that palm strike had been. After a long while, he murmured, "This is what a true genius is!"

Xiao Yan was equally unable to contain his excitement. He knew this palm strike as well. He estimated that he could not unleash even half its power, but the gap was not too great.

"Truly terrifying!" Xiao Xun'er's beautiful eyes flickered as she secretly thought, At his age, even within the Ancient Clan, he would be an unparalleled prodigy. Just where did he come from? There is no Chen family among the eight ancient clans. Could it be that he changed his name as well?

"Ding! Emotion points from Xiao Chu: +800!"

"Ding! From Mu She..."

A wave of emotion points directly raised Chen Qiye by two levels!

He was so young, yet he had already entered the three-star Dou Shi realm. It was simply unimaginable! I truly should not have greedily accepted the invitation from the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba this time!

Regret filled Mu She's heart. "Cough, cough, cough!"

After coughing three times in succession, blood seeped from the corner of his lips. He barely steadied himself and said, "I never expected Your Excellency to be so formidable. Today, I, Mu She, admit that my skills are inferior. The Wolf Head Mercenary Group concedes!"

"Get lost! If I learn that you dare set foot in Wutan City again, I will kill you beneath my palm." Chen Qiye dispersed the Dou Qi around his body and looked at Mu She as though he were an ant.

Mu She felt as though he had been granted amnesty. Without caring about the others, he hurriedly fled.