Chapter 174 - 171: They Brought It Upon Themselves

There were still quite a few pedestrians on the street. No matter the place, there was never a shortage of people eager to watch a spectacle, and a crowd quickly gathered around the scene.

"Who provoked the Feng family this time? Even the Patriarch of the Feng family mobilized!"

"It seems to be a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth. I have no idea who he is."

"Mobilizing such a massive force just for a young boy? Isn’t that overkill? Could he be some kind of genius?"

The surrounding crowd broke into waves of murmurs and discussions.

"Extra, extra! A squad of the Feng family was slaughtered!" someone yelled as they hurried over. "Feng Chan, a direct descendant of the Feng family, and Elder Feng Tang, who was at the Sixth Level of Tongyou Realm, were all killed! Their bodies were left to rot at the city gates!"

"What? Feng Tang was killed? Could it be... that boy is the one who killed him?"

"No way. Slaying an expert at the Sixth Level of Tongyou Realm? Where did such a genius come from? I’ve never seen him before."

"No wonder the Feng family mobilized such a massive force. So many of their people died! Killing them right at the gates of Black Dragon City is a blatant provocation against the Feng family. Knowing how the Feng family operates, that boy will likely beg for death by the end of this."

The lively chatter of the crowd continued without pause as they eagerly watched the drama unfold.

Meanwhile, Mo Qianqian looked at the man interrogating him and calmly replied, "If I said I didn’t just kill them—that they dug their own graves—would you believe me?"

"You’re courting death!" the Feng family members roared in fury.

"Chop off both his hands! Then we’ll exterminate his entire clan!" the Patriarch of the Feng family ordered with a cold shout, charging straight forward.

The rest of the Feng family, thoroughly enraged, surged forward alongside him.

For a Patriarch to lead dozens of men against a single youth showed an absolute lack of martial honor. However, this ruthlessness stemmed from what they had seen and heard when they found the corpses. To pierce through a victim’s heart and instantly kill an expert at the Sixth Level of Tongyou Realm required strength at the Seventh Level of Tongyou Realm or higher. Therefore, they opted to swarm him, leaving absolutely no margin for error.

Moving the fastest, the Patriarch of the Feng family was the first to arrive. He threw a devastating punch straight at Mo Qianqian. He opened with a powerful combat technique, the sheer force behind it seeming to blast the very air apart.

At this moment, Mo Qianqian was completely unarmed. He had already stored his spear inside the Ninefold Coffin. However, retrieving an item from the Ninefold Coffin would be too conspicuous right now. Besides, he wanted to test whether his current physical strength could hold its own against an opponent at the Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm.

Naturally, Mo Qianqian had no intention of playing fair either. The moment he moved, he activated the World-Destroying Heaven-Shattering Technique. Explosive power surged within his body, though his exterior remained eerily calm. Clenching his right fist, he threw a punch to meet the attack.

At the exact same time, he summoned his Spirit Body!

Upon entering the Realm of Chaos, he had no intention of keeping a low profile. Regardless of what he did, news of his whereabouts would eventually spread, and people from the Ling Family and the Great Zhou Dynasty would inevitably come hunting for him. It would be far better to flip the script—to make a high-profile entrance into the Merit Mansion and secure the backing and attention of Black Dragon City.

Whether his raw physical strength could withstand a direct clash with someone at the Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm remained to be seen. But utilizing an unrevealed trump card for a surprise attack in their first exchange might just be enough to topple this Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm expert.

SWISH!

The Spirit Body materialized right beside the Patriarch of the Feng family. A mass of transparent, flame-like substance formed in its hand, radiating a highly corrosive aura as it struck a palm directly toward the Patriarch’s neck.

It was a lethal ambush.

As a master at the Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm and the head of a major family in Black Dragon City, the Patriarch’s combat prowess was no joke. He instantly sensed the impending crisis and detected the Spirit Body’s presence. Without missing a beat, he thrust his left palm toward the Spirit Body while continuing to drive his right fist toward Mo Qianqian.

BANG!

SIZZLE!

Mo Qianqian’s fist collided head-on with the Patriarch’s. A tremendous wave of power erupted between their knuckles. The Patriarch’s right fist was instantly blown into a mist of blood, leaving crimson gushing from his severed wrist. The massive impact also sent Mo Qianqian’s body staggering backward.

Simultaneously, the Patriarch’s left palm met the palm of the Spirit Body.

A violent sizzling echoed through the air as the Patriarch’s hand was mangled by the clash. The moment the corrosive power touched his bone, it spread rapidly across his entire hand. Thanks to his formidable strength, the corrosive energy exhausted itself after dissolving the bones in his hand, failing to spread any deeper. Had it been anyone else, their entire arm would have melted away.

"AARRGH!" the Patriarch of the Feng family shrieked in sudden, agonizing pain.

"What?!"

The female guard standing nearby, along with the crowd of spectators on the periphery, were absolutely dumbfounded.

The Patriarch of the Feng family just had his fist blown off by that youth in a single punch? And his other hand—which seemed to have struck nothing but thin air—was now torn and bloodied, hanging limply as if all the bones inside had vanished?

What on earth was going on? Was that boy really that strong? The Patriarch of the Feng family was a master at the Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm!

The other members of the Feng family, who were rushing in close behind, froze in shock.

Mo Qianqian was also somewhat surprised. His raw power was indeed enough to withstand an opponent at the Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm without being injured in a single blow. However, his strength was ultimately a bit weaker than that of his foe, which was why he had been knocked back.

Still, successfully crippling both arms of a Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm expert in a surprise attack was a massive victory.

SWISH!

Just as Mo Qianqian was stumbling backward from the powerful impact, a massive broadsword slashed at him from behind, aiming directly for his trailing arm. Had the Patriarch of the Feng family not given the order to chop off his hands, this strike would have been aimed squarely at Mo Qianqian’s head.

Left with no other choice, Mo Qianqian reached back and caught the incoming blade barehanded.

The attacker was astonishingly an expert at the Seventh Level of Tongyou Realm. Yet, the blade was firmly locked in Mo Qianqian’s palm. Only a faint trace of blood trickled from his grip. Using the momentum to steady himself, Mo Qianqian threw a punch with his free hand.

"What?!" The Seventh Level of Tongyou Realm expert was horrified. Catching a blade barehanded? How was that possible?!

BANG!

The expert raised his other hand to block, but Mo Qianqian’s punch still sent him flying through the air.

SWISH!

Simultaneously, Mo Qianqian mobilized his Spirit Body once more, directing it to intercept an incoming Eighth Level of Tongyou Realm expert.

"A Spirit Master! He’s also a Spirit Master!" The Eighth Level of Tongyou Realm expert sensed the Spirit Body’s presence and screamed in panic, slashing his blade frantically at the entity.

Mo Qianqian simply made the Spirit Body vanish, causing the man’s blade to slice through empty air. Having completely regained his footing by now, Mo Qianqian threw a heavy punch at the Eighth Level of Tongyou Realm expert.

BOOM!

The Eighth Level expert met the blow with a punch of his own, only to be blasted backward by Mo Qianqian’s overwhelming force. Immediately after, Mo Qianqian smoothly dodged an attack from another charging Seventh Level of Tongyou Realm expert.

At the same time, the Spirit Body reappeared directly behind the Eighth Level expert who had just been knocked back. The corrosive power surfaced on the Spirit Body’s palm as it struck the back of the man’s neck.

BANG!

Unable to react in time, the Eighth Level of Tongyou Realm expert took the full brunt of the palm strike to his nape. His flesh and skin were split open, allowing the corrosive energy to sink directly into his cervical vertebrae.

SIZZLE! SIZZLE!

The expert’s cervical vertebrae, along with a portion of his skull and upper spine, were instantly dissolved into nothingness. The Eighth Level of Tongyou Realm expert lost all signs of life in a fraction of a second. His head caved in limply as his lifeless body crumpled to the ground.