Chapter 109

Chapter 109 A strange misunderstanding, Xiao Li shows off his power

leather- youth was finally beheaded by Lu Qing with a single blow.

Seeing the head soar into the air, Magu felt a mixture of shock and confusion.

Shocked, he hadn’t expected Lu Qing’s current strength to reach such a level,

capable of easily dispatching even a formidable figure like the leather-armored youth.

Complicated, watching the powerful enemy, who had previously cornered him, succumb instantly in the blink of an eye, left him feeling a pang of sorrow.

However, before Magu could ponder further   , a mournful roar echoed from above the valley,

“Junior Brother!”   Immediately afterwards, a figure leaped from the valley’s summit, gaining leverage from the cliff face several times before landing in the valley.   The powerful force of the fall carved two large craters into the valley floor, and the surge of energy and blood filled Magu with a wave of fear.   It was a middle-aged man with a burly figure, disheveled hair, and a face thick with flesh.   ”Internal Viscera Realm?”   Lu Qing’s expression was equally solemn. He immediately activated his supernatural powers and gazed at the newcomer.   Soon, a faint red light emanated from the newcomer.   [Wang Qingshan: Disciple of the Northern Frontier Tiancang Sect, adopted son of the Xiantian Realm warrior Wang Cangyi. He has a domineering, protective personality, and a cruel and murderous nature.]   [Cultivation: Minor Success in the Acquired Internal Viscera Realm. Possessing explosive secret techniques that temporarily double his combat power.] [   Due to Tong Canglang’s deliberate flattery, Wang Qingshan has grown fond of him and considers him a brother.]   Minor Success in the Internal Viscera Realm!   Upon seeing the newcomer’s cultivation level, Lu Qing’s heart grew heavy.   This kind of foe was beyond his reach.   Even with his exceptional swordsmanship, the gap in cultivation was too great.   Strength can overcome skill; when the power gap is too great, all technique can be ignored.   However…   Lu Qing’s gaze also caught another glimpse of something else.   It seemed that the Northern Frontier Tiancang Sect wasn’t a legitimate sect. Why were all its disciples so cruel and murderous?   To have produced such a disciple, Wang Cangyi, a Xiantian Realm cultivator, seemed no good.   ”Junior brother!”   The middle-aged man gazed at the head on the ground with grief. Confirming it was indeed his junior brother, whom he had always held in such high esteem, a boundless fury rose within him.   ”How dare you kill my   junior brother?” His eyes blazed red as he glared at Lu Qing.   ”Boy, you’re dead! No one in heaven or earth can save you. I will break your limbs, peel off your skin, and torture you at my grave for seven days, leaving you unable to live or die, to comfort my soul!”   These words, filled with hatred and cruelty, chilled Magu’s spines.   It was over!   Magu’s heart ached with despair.   He hadn’t imagined that after killing a young man in leather armor, his even more powerful senior brother would appear.   Magu sensed the terrifying power of the other man’s Qi and blood.   The one before them must be a supremely powerful warrior, transcending the Bones and Muscles Realm, a warrior of the Internal Organs Realm!   How could they possibly face such a foe?   ”He who kills shall be killed. Since your junior brother has attacked me, you should naturally be prepared to be killed. Didn’t your master teach you these principles?”   Facing the murderous intent emanating from the middle-aged man, Lu Qing remained expressionless and spoke calmly.   ”Quite true. If that’s the case, are you prepared to be tortured to death by me?”   The middle-aged man’s mouth widened, a fierce gleam in his eyes. His energy and blood surged, shaking the air as he lunged at Lu Qing.   His palm, as big as a palm leaf fan, whipped up a gust of wind and clamped directly onto Lu Qing’s neck.   The middle-aged man’s momentum was astonishing, like a ferocious tiger unleashed from its cage. The ferocity was so intense that Ma Gu, standing beside him, retreated backwards at the mere contact.   ”Well done!”   Facing the middle-aged man’s ferocious attack, Lu Qing showed no fear, but instead his eyes lit up with astonishing energy.   The power that had been brewing since the middle-aged man appeared, erupted completely.   The Qi and blood circulated at full force, stimulating the major acupoints throughout his body.   Qi burst method, activated!   The power that surged several times was bestowed upon Lu Qing.   He bent his body slightly, lowered his shoulders, and took a stance, instantly getting into the starting position of the square knife.   All the muscles and bones in his body flowed together, and each joint exploded.   The next moment, a bright knife light suddenly appeared, cutting through all the airflow in front of Lu Qing and slashing towards the middle-aged man!   Huh?   A hint of surprise flashed in the middle-aged man’s fierce eyes.   He felt that Lu Qing’s knife had actually blocked all his movements, making him feel that no matter which direction he moved, he would collide with Lu Qing’s blade.   This kid’s knife skills were so exquisite?   The middle-aged man was a little surprised.   However, no matter how exquisite the knife skills were!   After the surprise, the middle-aged man’s eyes were covered with a fierce light again.   Facing Lu Qing’s exquisite sword strike, he didn’t hesitate. The hand that was grasping Lu Qing’s neck arced and slapped the side of Lu Qing’s sword.   With the middle-aged man’s strength, if this strike landed, even a sword made of fine steel would be broken instantly.   However, Lu Qing, whose sword skills had reached a state of perfect harmony between hardness and softness, was not likely to be broken so easily.

At the crucial moment, he flicked his wrist, and the blade reversed, meeting the middle-aged man’s palm.

What?!

Surprise flashed across the middle-aged man’s eyes again.

Lu Qing’s change of tactics had once again caught him off guard.

He hadn’t imagined Lu Qing’s control of his own power reaching such a level of perfection,

capable of executing such a maneuver in such a tiny space.

He saw his palm would be severed if he didn’t evade

the blow. After all, even those at the Inner Viscera Realm were still mortal, not invulnerable to blades and spears.

With no other choice, the middle-aged man could only flick his finger, striking the blade’s back, dodging the blade and retreating.

The exchange ended with the middle-aged man retreating, temporarily ending.

Ma Gu, watching from the side, nearly popped his eyes out.

What had he witnessed?

Brother Lu Qing had actually forced the middle-aged man back with a single blow?

What had just happened?!

The instantaneous exchange between Lu Qing and the middle-aged man unfolded with incredible speed.

Even Ma Gu, who was also at the Muscle and Bones Realm, couldn’t discern the mystery.

But that didn’t stop him from being incredibly shocked.

He simply couldn’t imagine that Lu Qing, a Muscle and Bones Realm cultivator, could force a top-tier Internal Organs Realm warrior to retreat.

“I can’t believe you’ve mastered swordsmanship to such a high level at such a young age.”

After pausing, the middle-aged man looked at Lu Qing, surprise on his face.

Although Lu Qing’s cultivation level was insignificant in his eyes,

the level of swordsmanship he had just displayed was something he couldn’t take seriously.

And at the same time, he was filled with astonishment.

A master of swordsmanship!

This boy’s understanding of the sword had reached the master level, combining both strength and flexibility, a meticulous and detailed mastery!

Even he, despite having reached the minor success stage of the Internal Organs Realm,

hadn’t yet reached that level in his own martial arts skills.

How on earth had this boy cultivated?

Now, the middle-aged man finally understood why, with his junior brother’s level of cultivation, he had been killed by Lu Qing, who had just entered the Muscle and Bone Realm.

A master of swordsmanship. How could his junior

brother not be defeated by such a monster?

“Kid, who are you?”

The middle-aged man’s expression turned serious.   He had never heard of such a martial arts genius who

could comprehend the Grandmaster level of swordsmanship at such a young age.   Even the major martial arts sects had never heard of such an outstanding disciple.   To be honest, only those mysterious and hidden sects could possibly cultivate such a monster.   Could this boy be a disciple who had come from one of those mysterious places to train?   The thought of this made the middle-aged man’s heart tremble.   According to legend, the descendants from those mysterious places were all monsters beyond common sense.   They were often accompanied by mysterious and powerful people as protectors.   If Lu Qing is truly the descendant of those mysterious lands, then there must be a martial arts expert hiding nearby.   The middle-aged man immediately surveyed his surroundings, attempting to locate the mysterious expert.   Unbeknownst to Lu Qing, his display of swordsmanship had caused the middle-aged man to misunderstand him.   He was secretly circulating his Qi and blood, trying to ease the numbness in his arm.   He marveled inwardly, truly worthy of being a master of the Internal Viscera Realm.   A single flick of his finger had sent his arm numbing.   Had he not unleashed the Qi-Burning Technique, his sword would have been knocked out of his hand.   Indeed, hoping to battle a master of the Internal Viscera Realm with swordsmanship alone was wishful thinking.   Without the support of cultivation, even the highest realm was nothing but castles in the air.   After circulating his Qi and blood for a while and feeling his arm was no longer seriously injured, Lu Qing finally responded to the middle-aged man.   ”I’m just a country boy, not worth mentioning.”   ”Hmph! I didn’t expect a descendant from a mysterious land to be so secretive, not even daring to acknowledge his lineage.”   The middle-aged man sneered, completely skeptical of Lu Qing’s words.   ”However, even if you are a disciple from the mysterious land, killing my junior brother without cause is unjust. I will capture you and bring you back to the sect, and let your master give us, the Tiancang Sect, an explanation!”   The middle-aged man had thought it through.   His junior brother was already dead, and he had just attacked Lu Qing.   The feud had already been formed, and resolving it would naturally be difficult.   It would be better to strike first, capture Lu Qing, and bring him back to the master.   This would also be a good opportunity to test whether Lu Qing truly had powerful protectors.   With that, the middle-aged man reached out, unsheathed a pair of steel fingerless boxing gloves from his waist, and put them on.   Lu Qing’s swordsmanship was formidable; even for him, taking him down with his bare hands would be a difficult task.   If he wasn’t careful, he could suffer.   Therefore, the middle-aged man decided to go all out and capture Lu Qing as quickly as possible.   If he could capture Lu Qing, he would have leverage even if the powerful protector showed up.   As a core disciple of the Tiancang Sect, the middle-aged man was familiar with the rules of those mysterious places.   While the disciples who came out to train there had protectors, they would only intervene when their own heirs were in danger.   As long as he wasn’t determined to kill Lu Qing, the protectors wouldn’t necessarily intervene.   Even if they did, he wouldn’t panic.   The prohibition of the Xiantian realm against warriors below the Xiantian realm was established by the Holy Mountain.   Even within the mysterious places, it was enforced. If   the protector were a Xiantian realm cultivator, they wouldn’t dare to kill him.   If he were a post-natal realm cultivator, even if he had achieved perfection, he would still be able to escape.   With this thought, the middle-aged man suddenly raised his arms and lunged at Lu Qing again.   Although he didn’t know why the other party’s attitude had changed from a previous determination to kill to now claiming only to capture him,   Lu Qing, seeing that the middle-aged man had even drawn his weapon, naturally gave up the idea of fighting him.   Seeing the man approaching, he tapped his foot and retreated,   calling out softly, “Xiao Li.”   These inexplicable words startled the middle-aged man for a moment, but then he felt a sudden chill emanating from his heart.   He was instantly terrified, no longer caring about capturing Lu Qing. He   quickly crossed his hands and shielded his chest.   The next moment, a cold light flashed, and a white claw emerged from the void in front of the middle-aged man, reaching for his heart!   What the hell?!   This sudden and bizarre change was beyond the middle-aged man’s imagination.   But he was, after all, a martial arts expert who had reached the minor success stage of the Internal Viscera Realm. Years of hard training were now paying off.   Instinctively, without a second thought, he transformed his palm into a claw and struck out at the claw!   Swoosh!   He thought he could block the strange claw, but something even more terrifying happened.   The iron-clad steel in his palm was no match for the white claw, easily slicing through it like tofu.

Half of his palm was also cut off.

“Hmph!”

As half of his palm fell to the ground, the middle-aged man couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan.

The pain of a severed palm is something that even a strong man in the internal organs realm cannot fully endure.

However, what frightened the middle-aged man more than the pain was that the small white claw disappeared after severely injuring him.

He watched helplessly as the claw sank into the void.

Such a strange scene made the middle-aged man feel cold all over.

Because he felt that the chill lingering in his heart had not dissipated.

This meant that the owner of the claw that had severely injured him was still around him.

But no matter how he sensed, he could not find any trace of it.

“Wait a minute!”

the middle-aged man shouted hurriedly.

However, before he could finish shouting, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart again. The white claw stretched out from the void again and grabbed him.

This time, the target was still his heart!

The white claws extended at an incredible speed, even faster than a powerful Neigu Realm cultivator like the middle-aged man, leaving him no way to dodge.

He had no choice but to meet the attack with his other intact hand.

Swish!

Another flash of cold light passed, and this time, the middle-aged man was not so lucky.

The white claws completely severed his palm from the wrist. Even

the Neigu Realm-level muscles and bones couldn’t resist even a little bit.

And just like that, in an instant, the middle-aged man’s hands were crippled.

(End of this chapter)