Slaying Li Batian

"I am surnamed Lu, here to collect a debt!"

Lu Shaoyou stopped in his tracks and looked Li Batian straight in the eye. "I'm here to collect a debt."

"Someone from Lu Family Village?"

At that, a flicker of astonishment crossed Li Batian's eyes as he asked in a deep voice.

"Lu Shaoyou."

Lu Shaoyou gave his name without the slightest concealment.

Looking at Lu Shaoyou standing with his staff in hand, Li Batian was filled with a tumult of emotions.

He hated Li Mo for being such a disappointment and bringing about such a monstrous calamity, but he also knew that there was no road left for him to retreat upon.

"I already know about Lu Family Village. I failed to teach my son properly; it was the fault of Black Wind Village!" At this point, Li Batian paused. His gaze swept across the village carpeted with corpses, his eyes brimming with grief.

He had never expected retribution to come so swiftly, so swiftly that he had not even had time to react.

"If a son is not taught, the father bears the blame."

"If you seek revenge, you may take my head." Li Batian withdrew his gaze and stared fixedly at Lu Shaoyou, speaking each word with deliberate weight. "But of all things, you should never have killed the people of my village."

Before his words had faded, a pressure as heavy as mountains erupted from Li Batian. The aura of a Half-step Innate fully unfurled, and even the air seemed to freeze solid.

Lu Shaoyou felt an enormous force pressing down upon his head, and his breath suddenly caught.

"Die!" Li Batian attacked in fury, giving Lu Shaoyou no chance to catch his breath.

His figure flickered, swift as a ghost. He struck with a palm, the palm wind howling as Inner Force burst forth, setting off a shrill explosion in the air.

The palm strike was broad and open, seemingly simple, yet it contained the terrifying strength of a Half-step Innate expert.

Lu Shaoyou's expression turned grave. The power of nine dragons and nine elephants surged to its limit in an instant, and without dodging or evading, he swung his Qi Mei Cudgel fiercely into the oncoming palm wind!

Bang!

Staff and palm collided with an earth-shaking roar.

Lu Shaoyou felt an irresistible force travel through the Qi Mei Cudgel. His tiger's mouth shook violently, his arms went numb, and his blood and qi churned as he staggered back several steps. A thread of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

What terrifying strength!

Lu Shaoyou's heart tightened. Li Batian's strength far surpassed that of any opponent he had encountered before.

Having gained the advantage with one strike, Li Batian pressed his assault even harder. His palms flew in a blur, layers upon layers of palm shadows carrying the sound of wind and thunder as they enveloped Lu Shaoyou.

Though Lu Shaoyou possessed the power of nine dragons and nine elephants, he still seemed somewhat lacking before Li Batian, a Half-step Innate.

Within several exchanges, Li Batian's savage offensive had forced him into a desperate scramble. Several more palm prints appeared on his body, and his internal organs trembled.

This can't go on.

After only a few moves, Lu Shaoyou had already sensed the enormous gap in strength between them.

Yet he did not panic. After killing three First-class Warriors, along with some insignificant fodder, his Slaughter Value had accumulated to an unprecedented height.

System, consume 900 Slaughter Value to upgrade the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill! Lu Shaoyou roared inwardly.

In an instant, a torrent of heat far vaster and more majestic than before surged from his dantian and flooded into his limbs and bones.

Lu Shaoyou felt as if ten colossal dragons and ten giant elephants were roaring toward the heavens within him. His sinews and bones rang in unison, crackling like popping beans, while his aura rose wildly once more!

Roar!

Lu Shaoyou let out a low shout and forcibly withstood Li Batian's incoming palm strike!

Boom!

Li Batian's palms collided with the Qi Mei Cudgel once more. This time, Lu Shaoyou merely swayed slightly, while Li Batian was pushed back a step by the sudden surge of strength. A trace of astonishment appeared on his face.

"Your strength..." Disbelief flashed through Li Batian's eyes. He could not understand how the youth before him had suddenly grown so much stronger.

Although there was still a gap between them, it had shocked him immensely. He could not help but think, How could a mere Lu Family Village produce such a genius? Could he be a disciple of some great sect?

He must die!

Killing intent burst from Li Batian's eyes. He drove his power again, and his entire palm became enveloped in a crimson glow.

The power of ten dragons and ten elephants! The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill had reached the perfected tenth level, bringing Lu Shaoyou's strength to an unprecedented peak!

A Super First-rate Martial Artist—this was already the highest realm a worldly martial artist could attain.

After several dozen more exchanges, Lu Shaoyou's face turned pale. Though his strength had risen sharply once more, his opponent's palm force was simply too fierce and overbearing, and his speed was extraordinarily fast.

"It seems Lingbo Weibu at the major accomplishment realm is still not enough!!"

System, consume 500 Slaughter Value to raise Lingbo Weibu to the perfected realm!

Instantly, an abstruse enlightenment flooded his mind. Lu Shaoyou felt his legs become as light as air, as though clouds and mist had formed beneath his feet.

His figure suddenly became ethereal and elusive, like a breeze brushing willow branches, like an illusory moon reflected in water.

Amid Li Batian's storm-like assault, he actually began to move with ease!

"What?!"

"How could this be?" Li Batian was horrified.

He could not understand how the youth, who had only just been struggling to hold on, had suddenly developed such bizarre footwork.

Every one of his strikes was evaded by the other party at angles that completely defied common sense, leaving him with a fishbone lodged in his throat.

Lingbo Weibu at the perfected realm was divine in its footwork, swift as an afterimage!

The tide of battle silently reversed at this moment!

"You little beast, today I will tear you to pieces!" Li Batian was both shocked and enraged. His attacks grew ever more frenzied, his palm force driven to its utmost limit as he attempted to crush Lu Shaoyou through absolute power.

Lu Shaoyou's gaze was icy as he relied on perfected Lingbo Weibu to engage Li Batian in a breathtaking Life and Death Combat.

Suddenly!

Puff!

Li Batian's left shoulder was swept by the Qi Mei Cudgel with a muffled thud. His shoulder bone felt as though it were about to shatter.

Rip!

A vicious gust of finger force from Li Batian sliced across Lu Shaoyou's waist. His clothes tore, leaving behind a bloody gash.

The two fought speed against speed, trading injuries for injuries. Every move was lethal, and every collision unleashed astonishing shockwaves that split the surrounding ground with crack after crack.

The longer Li Batian fought, the more alarmed he became.

His forced breakthrough had already left him seriously injured. Now that he had sustained fresh wounds, his Inner Force was being consumed at an enormous rate. His once unbroken offensive gradually began to slow and falter.

Now! Lu Shaoyou keenly caught the instant when Li Batian's aura weakened.

A cold gleam flashed in his eyes. He gathered the power of ten dragons and ten elephants within him at one point of the Qi Mei Cudgel without reservation, while desperately driving the Inner Force within his body.

Ignoring Li Batian's desperate counterattack, he let a palm strike land heavily on his left shoulder, producing a muffled crack of bone breaking.

"Die!"

Lu Shaoyou roared. The Qi Mei Cudgel came later yet struck first with the force of thunder, ignoring the palm force crashing onto his shoulder as it pierced Li Batian's heart with absolute precision!

Psh!

The Qi Mei Cudgel passed through his body, bringing forth a spray of scalding blood.

The madness and ferocity on Li Batian's face froze in an instant. He lowered his head to look at the long staff piercing through his chest, his eyes filled with unwillingness and disbelief. His lips moved as though he wanted to say something.

Yet only a series of hissing, leaking breaths came out, and his life force rapidly faded away.

Killed a Half-step Innate martial artist. Slaughter Value +2000.

Reward obtained: Dog Beating Staff Technique!

Lu Shaoyou yanked out the Qi Mei Cudgel, and Li Batian's corpse crumpled to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Cough... cough, cough..." Lu Shaoyou coughed violently. A piercing pain shot through his left shoulder; Li Batian's final palm strike had nearly shattered his shoulder blade.

But in the end, he was the one who had won!

Looking at Li Batian's corpse and the soaring Slaughter Value on the system panel, Lu Shaoyou's taut nerves loosened slightly, and an intense wave of exhaustion washed over him.

"No... impossible... the Village Chief is dead!"

The bandits watching from afar had long been dumbstruck. It felt as though the sky had collapsed upon them. Their vision went dark, their legs turned weak, and one after another they fell to their knees, muttering blankly with lifeless eyes.

He forced his grievously wounded body onward, carrying the bloodstained Qi Mei Cudgel as he stopped before the remaining bandits.

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