This Is Trash? Are You Kidding Me?!

At Spirit Martial Rank level seven, he could crush a Spirit Martial Rank level three martial cultivator to death with one hand!

Although Li Ye had improved rapidly recently, he was only at the peak of Spirit Martial Rank level three. Facing such a terrifying aura head-on, he immediately felt an immense pressure that nearly suffocated him.

Unlike Li Haoran and Li Tianwu before him, Li Yue was one of the Li Family's most dazzling young geniuses. Some even vaguely called him another Li Kainian. Throughout Wuzhou City, he was a renowned figure!

In contrast, Li Ye had once been nothing more than a huge joke—a piece of trash!

"Is this the power of one of the strongest among the Li Family's younger generation?"

Li Ye put away the faint pride that had begun to grow in him. He realized that the road ahead was still long—very long! Forget following that letter to find Li Kainian, his father; even the Li Family in this tiny Wuzhou City was not something he could contend with right now!

Yet Li Yue's strength did not discourage him. Instead, it stirred the hot blood in his heart even more!

"I have more advantages than them! Whether it is my vampire physique or the Moon Dream Heart Sutra! As long as I am given time, surpassing them is nothing more than an established fact!"

At that moment, nearly everyone in the tavern looked at Li Ye with sympathy.

"That's Li Kainian's son! I never expected him to still be in Wuzhou City after all these years. I thought he'd left this place."

"Yeah. Back when Li Kainian was mentioned, he was Wuzhou City's peerless prodigy. He beat every powerhouse of his generation and even the older generation throughout Wuzhou City until they cried for their fathers and mothers, laying the foundation for the Li Family's position today in one fell swoop. Who would have thought that such a peerless figure would give birth to a son who turned out to be a..."

"Shh! Stop talking! No matter what, Li Kainian did many people in Wuzhou City favors back then. Since this is his son, say a few less words."

Those hushed conversations all entered Li Ye's ears.

To be honest, although he was not truly that trash young master, hearing those words still made him feel rather awful.

"Trash! If you kneel and kowtow to this young master three times now, then for the sake of us sharing the same bloodline, I'll spare your life today! Otherwise... hmph!"

In Li Yue's eyes, Li Ye was nothing more than useless trash who could not cultivate. The reason he did not attack immediately was not mercy. He simply wanted to toy with him before all these people.

That contemptuous gaze was painfully glaring. It was as though making Li Ye kowtow three times was some tremendous act of grace, without the slightest trace of kinship. His eyes even looked at Li Ye as if he were a mangy stray dog by the roadside, filled with disgust and disdain.

In his mind, that cowardly trash from back then would definitely kneel with an unwilling yet helpless expression, just as he had in the past. But he was wrong—terribly wrong!

"Li Yue! You're still the same as before, so arrogant that you think yourself invincible beneath the heavens? Ridiculous! It seems that lesson back then was not enough to clear your head. No—rather, your head must have been kicked by a donkey long ago! You want me to kneel and kowtow to you? What do you think you are? Forget you—even the Grand Elder you rely on isn't qualified to make me kneel and kowtow!"

Before countless stunned gazes, Li Ye gave a derisive laugh. He looked at Li Yue as though he were a clown, instantly sending him into a furious rage!

"You're courting death! If you want to die, this young master will grant your wish! You won't be as lucky as before, with that bitch backing you up!"

Ignoring Li Yue's nearly maddened, savage expression, Li Ye sneered. "Li Yue, what the hell are you? You're nothing but a petty man drunk on success! If your grandfather weren't the Grand Elder, would you have the status you have today? The Li Family's number one genius?"

Thinking of Li Yue's smug expression just now made him want to laugh. "Pah! Shameless beyond measure!"

"Courting death!"

Enraged, Li Yue slapped the sandalwood table before him. The sturdy table shattered into pieces, while the wine and dishes atop it scattered across the floor.

That move alone secretly shocked many of the onlookers. There were several people present capable of shattering a sandalwood table, but to do so as effortlessly as Li Yue—even Yu Wen Tianhua and Wu Wenhao might not have been able to manage it!

That alone showed that although Li Yue was arrogant, he truly had the capital to be arrogant!

Not only was he born into the Li Family, one of the three great families, he was also one of the foremost geniuses among the Li Family's younger generation. Throughout Wuzhou City, he was a figure who commanded the winds and clouds!

At that moment, Li Yue struck out with his palm. Killing intent flashed in his eyes; he truly intended to kill Li Ye on the spot.

Facing this genius who commanded the winds and clouds in Wuzhou City, Li Ye might have spoken lightly and dismissively, but he was extremely cautious inside!

After all, while he was confident that he would not be at a disadvantage when exchanging moves with a Spirit Martial Rank level five expert, he had little chance against someone at Spirit Martial Rank level six. Much less against an expert who had entered Spirit Martial Rank level seven and stepped into the ranks of high-level Spirit Martial Rank powerhouses!

"Though this Li Yue is arrogant and overbearing, his strength truly stands head and shoulders above the rest!"

Seeing Li Yue attack, many people could not help sighing inwardly.

Spirit Martial Rank level seven—he could be considered somebody even in all of Wuzhou City! And among the younger generation, Li Yue was only seventeen years old! He was much younger than both Wu Wenhao and Yu Wen Tianhua!

Bang!

Li Ye did not dodge at all. Instead, he threw a punch straight at him head-on!

Seeing this, even Li Yue's eyes flashed with surprise, though what followed was a cold sneer!

"Trash! You actually have that much courage? But trash is still trash! Today, this young master will teach you a painful lesson! Even if I can't kill you openly, I'll break every limb in your body!"

Li Yue still had some reservations, but his malicious intent was even more vicious than simply killing Li Ye on the spot.

Without question, there were four entire realms between Spirit Martial Rank level three and Spirit Martial Rank level seven. The gap between them was like that between a newborn infant and a burly grown man—utterly incomparable.

Li Ye only felt as though he had struck an iron plate. The enormous rebounding force nearly dislocated and broke his arm, while his whole body was sent flying backward. He crashed through several tables of diners before barely managing to halt himself.

"The difference in strength is too great! I am still no match for him right now. Not even at night!"

In an instant, Xiao Bailian judged the difference between the two sides. Although he did not fear those at Spirit Martial Rank level five, there was still a considerable gap between him and Spirit Martial Rank level seven. Even at night, when his vampire abilities doubled his strength and the first level of the Moon Heart Sutra, New Moon, doubled it again, it was still not enough to make up for such a tremendous disparity.

Yet just as Li Ye was shocked by Li Yue's strength, the entire second floor of the tavern fell into absolute silence.

They saw that Li Yue showed no joy at having sent Li Ye flying with a single palm. Instead, his eyes widened, filled with horror!

Not only him—the entire tavern, including the Yu Family genius Yu Wen Tianhua and the Wu Family genius Wu Wenhao, had all forgotten to breathe.

After an unknown amount of time, someone finally muttered, "Did I see that right? That trash just had Blood Soul power flash from his body?"

Almost everyone here was a martial cultivator. Although most of their realms were not high, they still had their eyesight.

No! An ordinary person could never have any hope of surviving an attack from a Spirit Martial Rank level seven expert! Yet Li Ye had merely been knocked back several dozen steps! That alone was enough to leave people utterly horrified!

Especially since, in that instant, they had sensed the power of Blood Soul from Li Ye. This clearly pointed to one thing!

"Trash! You actually condensed a Blood Soul? You can cultivate?"

Li Yue stared in disbelief, as if a dinosaur had appeared before his eyes. What made him even less able to believe it was that he could clearly sense a Blood Soul power from Li Ye that was far from weak!

"Spirit Martial Rank level three! I never thought even a stinking salted fish like you would have a day when you could turn over, and you even secretly cultivated to Spirit Martial Rank level three!"

Although Spirit Martial Rank level three was still an ant in Li Yue's eyes, it nevertheless shocked him. Many years ago, even the family's Supreme Elder—the ancestor with King Tier Innate Realm strength—had firmly declared that trash like Li Ye could never cultivate and could only remain an ordinary person for life!

For some reason, when he thought of this, a deep fear suddenly rose within Li Yue's heart!

He let out a roar. The calmness from before had vanished from his face, and his eyes turned red as he shouted, "Even if you can cultivate, Spirit Martial Rank level three only makes you a slightly stronger ant! Before this young master, you're still walking a dead-end road!"

This time, Li Yue did not hold back as he had before. He threw out a punch, its fierce force sending the sandalwood tables on both sides flying and producing a piercing shriek as it tore through the air!

There was no fear in Li Ye's eyes. He threw another punch as well, once again choosing to meet force with force!

Without question, he was sent flying again. This time, he fared even worse than before. His body smashed through the tavern partition and fell into an elegant private room on the other side.

Yet soon, everyone saw him climb back up. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and broke into a grin.

"Li Yue, did you skip dinner last night? Or did you spend all your strength on the girls at Spring Breeze Pavilion? Why are your attacks so limp and soft? You can't even beat trash like me, yet you still have the nerve to call yourself a genius? Pah! I'm ashamed for you. With that level of skill, you still dare to brag here? What kind of crap are you?"

Silence! Unparalleled silence!

The entire tavern instantly fell so quiet that not even a crow or sparrow could be heard. At that moment, everyone's gazes seemed frozen by time.

With a clatter, Yu Wen Tianhua failed to hold onto his paper fan, and it slipped from his hand onto the floor of the tavern's second level. The sound abruptly shattered the silence!

"Did I see that right? That trash just exchanged a punch head-on with that Li Family genius and wasn't beaten to death?"

Several travelers from outside Wuzhou City stared in astonishment. This was the trash Wuzhou City kept talking about? Damn it, if this was trash, had dogs eaten all their cultivation? They were simply too ashamed to show their faces!