“Senior Brother Xingyun, no need to waste words with this kid. Our stuff doesn’t need to be shared with anyone.”
The speaker was a young man beside Li Xingyun, with a cultivation at the third martial vein stage.
Though not as strong as Li Xingyun, on the surface, he was clearly more powerful than Ling Xiao.
“Li Rui! Don’t say that! I believe Brother Ling is a reasonable person!”
Li Xingyun was a thorough hypocrite—wanting the Moon-Howling Wolf’s corpse yet pretending to be a gentleman. Truly disgusting.
Ling Xiao didn’t speak, just calmly observing these people.
To be honest, the only one among them he was slightly wary of was Li Xingyun, but at this moment, Li Xingyun was injured, his strength less than half of what it had been.
Naturally, Ling Xiao wasn’t afraid.
As for the others, they were nothing in his eyes.
“So, Brother Ling, what compensation do you need? As long as it’s within an acceptable range for us, we can give it to you!”
Seeing Ling Xiao stay silent, Li Xingyun asked again.
This time, Ling Xiao spoke. He still needed a bit more time to recover his true qi, so he might as well stall.
They didn’t seem to realise what he was doing. After all, martial artists below the third martial vein stage rarely cultivated the “Qi Recovery Technique”.
And even if they did, the effect wouldn’t be great.
Ling Xiao was an exception. Under the influence of his Mountain and River Martial Soul, the effects of all martial techniques were enhanced.
Currently, his Mountain and River Martial Soul was at level one.
The enhancement effect was ten percent.
“How do you think it should be divided, Brother Li?”
Li Xingyun rubbed his chin and said, “How about this: there are thirteen of us here today, including you. If we split it by headcount, you wouldn’t even get a tenth. But since Brother Ling contributed, we’ll take a loss and give you a tenth. The remaining nine-tenths, we’ll divide among ourselves. How’s that?”
“Give him a tenth? That’s way too generous! We lost three brothers—we still need to pay for their families!”
Li Rui grumbled discontentedly.
“Yeah, it’s too much. What right does he have to a tenth?”
The other Li family disciples chimed in, agreeing with Li Rui.
“Not even give me a tenth? Heh, I’ve seen shameless people, but never ones this shameless!”
Ling Xiao laughed—genuinely laughed. He’d thought Li Xingyun was shameless enough, but the others were even worse.
“Kid, if you don’t want it, fine! Giving you a share is out of our kindness. What can you do if we don’t?”
Li Rui sneered, his face full of mockery and disdain.
They had the numbers and several people clearly stronger than their opponent.
What was there to fear?
The four great families of Tianfeng City were always at each other’s throats anyway. So what if they didn’t give him anything?
“Is that so? Originally, I felt bad that you lost people and planned to give you something. But now? You won’t get a single hair!”
Ling Xiao was telling the truth. He wasn’t an unreasonable person, but since they were so shameless, he wouldn’t show any mercy either.
Speak human to humans, speak ghost to ghosts.
You’re ungrateful and brazenly shameless—don’t blame me, Ling Xiao, for lacking kindness.
“Stinking brat, you’re courting death!”
Li Rui roared, his longsword trembling as he thrust it straight at Ling Xiao’s throat.
He was going for a kill to silence him.
In this forest, no one would know they’d done it.
Besides, they’d never even heard of this Ling Xiao—probably some nobody from the Ling family. Killing him wouldn’t stir up any trouble.
Li Xingyun didn’t stop him.
Due to his injury, he couldn’t fight himself, but though Li Rui was slightly weaker than him, he was clearly stronger than their opponent. Victory shouldn’t be hard.
“Gale Sword!”
The sword technique Li Rui unleashed was the same as Li Xingyun’s—an advanced martial art, “Gale Sword Technique”.
But in terms of momentum and power, it was noticeably weaker than Li Xingyun’s.
“Senior Brother Li Rui’s ‘Gale Sword Technique’ has reached the fourth layer. It’s not as good as Senior Brother Xingyun’s, but that kid definitely can’t block it!”
“He brought this on himself for not knowing his place. He deserves to die!”
The Li family disciples showed no gratitude. Seeing Li Rui move to kill Ling Xiao, they instead wore expressions of glee.
Was this the nature of inter-family rivalry?
Pretty brutal!
But today, they’d picked the wrong target to bully!
“Ignorance truly knows no fear!”
Facing the attack, Ling Xiao let out a cold smirk.
Born a beggar, he’d understood from a young age that this world offered no pity. When someone tried to kill you, you had to kill them to survive!
He’d seen plenty of this!
“Huh?”
As Li Rui’s sword thrust forward, Ling Xiao suddenly vanished.
The rock he’d been sitting on was pierced by the Gale Sword, shattering into flying debris.
If that had hit a person, it’d be a certain death.
“What kind of movement technique is that?”
“How is he so fast!”
All the Li family disciples, including Li Xingyun, were dumbfounded. One moment Ling Xiao was sitting there, the next he was gone—they couldn’t figure out what had happened.
Just a blur, and Li Rui’s target was no more.
“Senior Brother Li Rui, watch out!”
Ling Xiao appeared behind Li Rui, though he had no intention of using the Hundred-Step Flying Sword.
At such close range, its power couldn’t match the ferocity of “Meteor Fist”.
“Gale Sword Second Form—Wind Slash!”
Feeling someone behind him, Li Rui hurriedly swung his sword back, trying to force Ling Xiao away.
But how could Ling Xiao give him that chance now?
“I haven’t used the ninth form of Meteor Fist yet—let’s test its power on you first!”
Meteor Fist Ninth Form—Meteor Fall!
Ling Xiao didn’t hold back. He despised this ungrateful wretch who’d kill at the slightest provocation.
So he struck with lethal intent!
Not only did he use the most powerful move in “Meteor Fist”, but he also activated the “Explosive Qi Technique”!
“Show mercy!”
Li Xingyun clearly sensed the power of this punch and rushed to intervene.
“I’m dead!”
Li Rui felt it even more keenly. It was as if a meteor was hurtling towards him, its terrifying momentum robbing him of breath and freezing his body in place.
He couldn’t understand—his cultivation was clearly higher than Ling Xiao’s, so why was the gap in presence so vast!
Of course he didn’t get it. With the boost from the Mountain and River Martial Soul and the “Explosive Qi Technique”, the ninth form of “Meteor Fist” far exceeded the punch of a peak third-stage martial vein warrior!
Boom!
Ling Xiao’s fist slammed squarely into Li Rui.
“Crack!”
The sound of breaking bones rang out.
Li Rui was sent flying, crashing hard into a nearby tree.
His head lolled to the side—he was dead.
And it wasn’t a pretty death. His body was nearly deformed.
Almost every bone in his body was shattered.
There were even burn marks from flames.
That was the special effect of the “Red Sun Technique”.
“Senior Brother Li Rui!”
“You! You killed Senior Brother Li Rui!”
“I’ll fight you to the death!”
“Everyone, stop!”
Li Xingyun was seething with rage and wanted to avenge Li Rui, but he knew full well that whoever could kill Li Rui with one punch was beyond anyone here—unless he himself weren’t injured.
But alas, his wounds were still severe. If he acted rashly, his fate wouldn’t be any better than Li Rui’s.
The other Li disciples froze at Li Xingyun’s shout, suddenly realising the truth.
They understood how terrifying Ling Xiao’s strength was!
This guy’s power was definitely beyond peak second-stage martial vein!
