In Jiang Yi's hands!
It was like a long, human-shaped weapon!
When swung, it whipped up howling winds!
The charging gang members were smashed into a scattered mess in an instant, and cries of agony rang out everywhere.
As for the minor leader being used as a weapon, he was in even worse shape!
His bones were shattered, his flesh split, his body limp and pulpy like mud!
He was taking in more air than he was letting out!
He was likely beyond saving!
"Bang!"
Jiang Yi casually tossed him onto the ground!
[You killed an enemy who was a master of fists and feet and plundered 7 years of his lifespan.]
The area around him had been completely cleared!
None of those who had rushed forward could remain standing, much less get back up.
As far as the eye could see, they were all lying on the ground, badly wounded and groaning in pain.
On the other side!
Zhang Hu was practically crushing Liu Zhanpeng, forcing him to dodge again and again as he staggered unsteadily.
Boom!!!
Liu Zhanpeng took a blow head-on!
He staggered backward, his blood and qi surging as his organs trembled. A sweet, fishy taste rushed straight up his throat, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He paid it no heed, staring fixedly at Zhang Hu with utter shock on his face!
"You actually broke through and stepped into the first minor Boundary of martial arts!"
"Hahaha, you guessed right!
"I've already stepped into the Skin Refining Realm and become a true martial artist.
"Yet you, after all these days, haven't improved in the slightest.
"You weren't my match before, and now, you're even less of a match for me!
"You'd better surrender quickly!
"As long as you kneel before me and kowtow three times, perhaps if I'm in a good mood, I can consider—
"sparing you all, hahaha!"
"Dream on!"
Liu Zhanpeng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face flushed red as he gritted his teeth and continued to dodge... no, to block.
As long as he held back Zhang Hu, the Skin Refining martial artist, the rest were nothing to fear.
The disciples of the fishing guild would naturally come to stop them.
"You don't know what's good for you!"
Zhang Hu sneered. His physique was like that of a savage beast, and a cruel aura flowed with every gesture.
"You think I don't know what you're planning?"
"Boys, charge with me!"
"Turn this bluestone... hm?"
He glanced from the corner of his eye and saw the gang members sprawled across the ground, wailing in pain. He froze for a moment.
Why were all his boys lying down?!!
What happened?
Who did this?
Could it have been that young man standing in the middle, draped in shattered gold beneath the blazing sun?
Zhang Hu was distracted for a moment!
Liu Zhanpeng spotted a sliver of an opening and, without hesitation, unleashed all the strength of his Half-step Skin Refining.
He stepped across in a single stride, raised his hand, and threw a domineering punch!
The blow sent Zhang Hu reeling backward!
"Damn it, you're courting death!"
"Awooo!"
Zhang Hu flew into a rage and let out a roar that was neither quite wolf nor beast!
His entire body seemed to swell slightly.
His back arched as he raised his head!
His exposed eyes grew shadowy, taking on an inverted-triangle shape as his irises turned brownish yellow!
His pupils had nearly become vertical slits!
Like a pair of sinister, bloodthirsty wolf eyes, he lunged forth to kill, swift and fierce as a wolf!
Liu Zhanpeng was startled. He hurriedly raised both arms and let out a low shout, attempting to block!
"Crack!"
Waves of sharp pain shot through Liu Zhanpeng's arms, turning his face deathly pale as he gasped for breath.
His body swayed, then with a thud, he collapsed to the ground. Both his hands hung limply at his sides.
He could not exert any strength at all!
The ulnae in both arms were probably broken!
"I was originally planning to play with you a little longer, but since you're so insensible, don't blame me for showing no mercy!"
Zhang Hu walked forward with a sinister smile and raised his foot, about to stomp viciously on one of Liu Zhanpeng's legs.
A ruthless glint appeared on his face!
He clearly intended to cripple all four of Liu Zhanpeng's limbs and turn him into a cripple.
Even if he recovered!
Without several months, perhaps half a year, of recuperation, it would be impossible.
"No!!!"
Just as that foot was about to fall, a whip-like afterimage suddenly swept in from the side.
The two collided!
It forcibly twisted Zhang Hu's descending foot aside, sending it off course.
"Bang!"
The bluestone slabs on the ground cracked across a wide area!
"It's you!"
"You did all this?"
Zhang Hu steadied himself, his eyes dark and shifting, filled with ruthless bloodlust.
"Thank you..."
"Be careful. He has already crossed the threshold of martial arts and become a true martial artist!"
Liu Zhanpeng got to his feet, gritted his teeth, and warned him.
"I think it will take the two of us working together to stand against him..."
Jiang Yi interrupted, "Me too."
Liu Zhanpeng: "..."
Fine, fine, fine!
So I'm the only one who isn't, is that it?
I made a fool of myself!
"Hmph, martial artists come in strong and weak as well.
"At the same Realm, I, Zhang Hu, am naturally invincible!"
"You injured so many of my men. I'll break your limbs and cripple your cultivation."
Zhang Hu hunched his back and bent his knees, his hands shaped like claws, one before and one behind, as a savage aura coiled around him.
It was as though he had transformed into a grey wolf roaming the mountains and forests, pouncing upon its prey.
It was Jiang Yi's first time facing someone in the same Realm, so he naturally did not dare to be the slightest bit careless!
As his fists and palms sliced through the air, his skin membrane trembled!
The sharp intent of eagle claws and the heavy intent of a massive boulder gradually emerged around him.
The two had originally opposed one another, yet now they faintly showed signs of merging together!
Boom!!!
Fist and claw collided. Flesh met flesh, and the invisible air exploded under the crushing pressure.
Both of them retreated several steps!
When they landed, their feet shattered and cracked the bluestone slabs beneath them.
"Is that all?"
Jiang Yi looked at Zhang Hu, who had retreated farther than he had, and immediately made his judgment.
He was stronger!
And he would only grow stronger.
"Consume 10 years of lifespan. Simulate cultivation art—Cauldron Origin Art."
[Year 1: You began comprehending the Cauldron Origin Art, dissecting its mental methods and techniques.] [Year 3: Through constant attempts, you felt that you could officially begin cultivating.] [Year 7: Your Cauldron Origin Art had entered the hall and reached the beginner level.] [That same year, your Skin Refining Realm advanced further.] [Year 8: You discovered that your physical strength had begun to increase.] [Year 10: You did not stop and continued cultivating.] [At this point, with every gesture, you could casually strike with five hundred jin of force.] [With a full-force blow, you could reach a thousand jin!]
Jiang Yi felt the skin membrane all over his body swell and pulse, covering him from head to toe and becoming several times thicker!
It was as though it had doubled!
Compared to the two unranked techniques he had cultivated before, its effects were far more astonishing.
At the same time!
The blood and qi within his body surged, and his strength began to soar by the level!
He leaped into the air, crossing several zhang in a single bound. His arms spread wide like an eagle spreading its wings.
It was time for him to make his move!
His eagle claws were like hooks, their sharp edge bared, yet mixed with an incomparably heavy aura, like—
a falling boulder covered in spikes!
"Awooo!"
As though his ferocity had been provoked, Zhang Hu shaped both hands into claws and charged to meet him.
But he had underestimated him!
There were differences even between claws!
The instant his wolf claws met Jiang Yi's eagle claws, his expression changed.
It felt as if he had grabbed hold of a hard boulder!
Yet Jiang Yi's claws came down!
Their sharp edge nearly tore through his skin membrane.
Within them!
There was also a vast, surging strength that pierced straight into his muscles and bones.
It made his arms swell with pain and go numb!
What kind of claw technique was this? Did he pour lead into them?
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