Boom!
Very soon, the old man’s true qi surged violently, his aura shooting into the sky. A white halo appeared around him, completely enveloping his whole body.
Li Feng looked at this old man with a grave expression. The old man’s aura was extremely powerful, not inferior at all to Blood Shadow, who had just broken through to the Innate Realm.
Li Feng was certain that this old man was an experienced Half-Step Innate expert, unlike Blood Shadow, whose aura remained unstable even after breaking through to Innate.
“Li Feng, since you stubbornly refuse to release the person, I will make you understand that some people are not ones you can afford to offend.”
The old man’s voice rolled out like thunder, sweeping in all directions.
“Is that so?” Li Feng gave a cold laugh, his gaze fixed on the old man.
Half-Step Innate. This was the first time he faced a Half-Step Innate expert. Even though he believed his own strength could handle one, he did not dare to be careless.
He did not know where Li Yong had found this Half-Step Innate expert, nor whether he belonged to Li Xiangyang’s side. But right now, the only choice was to defeat him.
“Hmm?”
At that moment, Li Feng frowned slightly.
He sensed an energy inside the old man’s white gang qi that he had never seen before.
Is this true qi?
Li Feng knew the difference between Acquired and Innate lay in whether true qi could be released externally. Acquired Realm released gang qi, while Innate Realm released true qi.
Half-Step Innate meant a small amount of true qi could be released outward.
Could it be that the so-called Innate Realm, apart from opening the Heaven and Earth Bridges, also involves converting gang qi into true qi?
In both his previous and current life, Li Feng had never reached the Innate Realm, so he did not know exactly what breaking through to Innate felt like. But now, seeing this Half-Step Innate expert, he began to form some guesses in his heart.
Currently, Li Feng’s strength was at the eighth level of Qi Refining. To break through to the Innate Realm, he still needed to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining and Half-Step Innate. However, that did not mean there was no need to understand the difference between Acquired and Innate right now. On the contrary, the more he understood and the more detailed it was, the greater the benefit for his future breakthrough.
It seemed that after dealing with the current trouble, he should go back and ask Lin Ge. Lin Ge was originally an ancient martial artist at the third level of Innate. Although his current strength was not at the third level of Innate, his realm knowledge remained. With his understanding of the Innate Realm, he should be able to give Li Feng great help.
As for Blood Shadow, although he was also an Innate expert, he had broken through using the Blood Sacrifice Technique, so his understanding of the Innate Realm was probably not deep either.
“It seems you really are not afraid of death.” The old man’s eyes coldly stared at Li Feng, killing intent flashing inside them.
“Afraid? Why should I be afraid?” Li Feng gave another cold laugh.
“Good, very good, extremely good. Li Feng, you rejected my kindness. I will immediately let you know the price of refusal. Not only will I kill you, but before you die, I will cripple your cultivation, then cut the flesh from your body piece by piece.”
“I will make you watch with your own eyes as I cut off your hands, your feet, and your flesh piece by piece, then feed them slice by slice to the dogs. Not only that, I will not let you faint. I will keep you fully awake so you can clearly see your own flesh being cut off piece by piece and then eaten by wild dogs.”
The old man’s eyes glinted with cold light, a strange sneer curling at the corner of his mouth as he stared fixedly at Li Feng and spoke word by word.
After hearing the old man’s words, the three people behind him could not help but shudder. If it were someone else, they might think the old man was merely threatening Li Feng. But they knew this old man well. They knew he was not just threatening, because they knew he was the type of person who would do exactly what he said.
They had personally witnessed him do such things before. So now, just hearing his words made them feel a chill run down their spines.
The three of them looked at Li Feng with pity in their eyes.
Poor Li Feng, he had no idea who he had offended this time.
Li Feng’s expression changed, his gaze turning icy as he stared at the old man.
He had not expected the old man to be so vicious, not only wanting to cripple his cultivation but also planning to cut his flesh piece by piece and feed it to dogs.
“What, are you scared now?”
Seeing the change in Li Feng’s expression, the old man sneered and said, “This is the price for imprisoning Li Wu. You should have thought of this when you imprisoned him.”
“Scared?”
Hearing the old man’s words, Li Feng snapped back to himself. His face turned cold as he looked at him. “Old turtle, have you gone senile? Do you really think I, Li Feng, would be afraid? Hmph, so what if I imprisoned Li Wu? Not only will I keep him imprisoned, I will make him suffer every kind of torment.”
Li Feng said coldly, “If I were afraid, if I regretted it, do you think I would have imprisoned him in the first place? Idiot.” As he spoke, Li Feng swept a disdainful glance over the old man.
When Li Yong and the other two heard Li Feng’s words, they were stunned. They never imagined Li Feng would actually call the old man an idiot.
“Did I hear that right?”
“I heard it too.”
“Now Li Feng is definitely dead.”
Li Yong and the other two exchanged glances. Although they did not speak, their eyes clearly conveyed what they wanted to say.
Among the three, Li Yong was especially excited. He knew the background of these three people. They were from Li Wu’s sect, especially this old man. Although his strength was only Half-Step Innate, he valued Li Wu greatly within the sect. This time, when Li Wu was captured, Li Yong had specifically notified this old man because the old man was extremely protective and cared deeply for Li Wu.
Li Yong knew that Li Feng was very strong. Even he, at the ninth level of Acquired, might not be Li Feng’s opponent. But this old man was different. The Half-Step Innate realm was far beyond what ordinary ninth-level Acquired ancient martial artists could compare to. Even if the old man could not kill Li Feng alone, with their help, dealing with Li Feng would be more than enough.
Of course, Li Yong had no intention of killing Li Feng. If Li Feng died, his subordinates would surely kill Li Wu, which did not fit his plan. He did not need to say this aloud; the old man should understand it too.
“Hmph.”
At the same time, the old man, now furious and ready to attack Li Feng, gave a cold snort. He looked at Li Feng coldly and said, “Li Feng, do you think your provocation will work? Are you trying to anger me so I will kill you quickly and let you die painlessly? Unfortunately, your provocation is useless, and I will not let you die so easily.”
The old man stared coldly at Li Feng, cold light flashing in his eyes. “Today, no matter what, I will cut your flesh off piece by piece, then make you watch with your own eyes as I feed your flesh to the dogs.”
“Hahaha, old turtle, aren’t you being a bit too arrogant? Do you think I called you an idiot because I wanted to provoke you into killing me?” Li Feng acted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. With a cold smile on his face, he looked at the other party, killing intent flashing in his eyes.
“You…” The old man’s face turned livid with anger.
“Looking at how arrogant you are, old turtle, it’s obvious you are not from our Li family. Our Li family would never have an old turtle like you. Let me guess who you are.” Li Feng looked at the old man and said.
“If you want to know who I am, you can go ask the King of Hell in a moment.” The old man said coldly.
“The King of Hell? Unfortunately, the King of Hell will not take me, so even if I want to ask, I cannot.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh, glanced at Li Yong, and said, “I do not know much about Li Wu’s situation, but given Li Wu’s personality, he would not accept such an arrogant and conceited old turtle as a subordinate. The only possibility is that you are from Li Wu’s sect.”
“You are quite clever.” The old man gave a cold smile and did not deny it. In his view, there was no need to deny it.
“But you people are meddling too much. Even if you are from Li Wu’s sect, this is a matter of our Li family. It is not your place to interfere.” Li Feng said coldly. At the same time, he felt wary in his heart. Li Wu had been captured for less than two days. Even Li Xiangyang’s people had not arrived yet, but people from Li Wu’s sect had already come, and one of them was Half-Step Innate. No matter how foolish Li Feng might be, he knew Li Wu’s sect was far from ordinary.
However, within the Li family, apart from Li Xiangyang and his trusted aides, no one knew what Li Wu’s sect was. Li Feng had no such information in his hands either.
It seemed that in the future, when dealing with Li Wu and Li Xiangyang, this sect of Li Wu would be a major enemy.
Thinking of this, Li Feng’s eyes turned completely icy.
“Li Wu is indeed a member of the Li family, but he is even more a member of our sect. His matters are our sect’s matters. Anyone who harms Li Wu is harming our sect. Now that you have imprisoned Li Wu, you have offended our sect. You are doomed to die.” The old man said coldly.
Sect.
A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. There were many martial schools in China, but those called “sects” were probably not simple schools.
However, so what if it was a sect? Was he, Li Feng, someone who feared such things?
“The one who is doomed to die today is not me, but you.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh and said, “Old turtle, today I want to see exactly who kills whom.”
“Who kills whom?”
Hearing this, the old man smiled disdainfully. His gaze at Li Feng was full of mockery as he said, “You think you can kill me?”
In the old man’s view, in all of China, the only ones qualified to say such words to him were those Innate experts. Yet now the person saying it was Li Feng.
He could not deny that Li Feng’s strength and talent were quite good.
If Li Feng had the chance to survive and grow, becoming a Half-Step Innate or even an Innate expert in the future was not impossible.
But the current Li Feng compared to him was like heaven and earth. There was no comparison at all.
“Hahaha…”
Hearing the old man’s words, Li Yong and the other two burst into loud laughter.
“This Li Feng wants to kill Elder Hong?”
“He did not say it directly, but that is what he meant.”
“Wants to kill Elder Hong? He should first check how much he really weighs.”
Li Yong and the other two discussed among themselves, their words full of mockery toward Li Feng.
Li Feng actually wanted to kill Elder Hong, who had already reached Half-Step Innate? It was simply wishful thinking, completely unaware of his own limits. Even though Li Yong knew Li Feng had previously killed several ninth-level Acquired ancient martial artists, the corner of his mouth still curled in disdain.
Although ninth-level Acquired and Half-Step Innate were only one realm apart, the difference was like heaven and earth. It was a boundary that was extremely hard to cross.
A person not even thirty years old, even if he had killed ninth-level Acquired ancient martial artists, wanting to kill a Half-Step Innate expert was simply a joke. Who would believe such a thing if it were said out loud?
