“I will know whether I can kill you in just a moment.” Li Feng sneered coldly as he looked at this Elder Hong and said, “But killing an old turtle like you seems extremely easy to me.”
“Then I will cripple your cultivation right now and make you suffer every torment.” Elder Hong roared madly. His entire body surged forward with the momentum of thunder, pressing down towards Li Feng.
Li Feng gave a cold laugh. There was no trace of fear on his face, but he had already become fully alert in his heart. Even though Elder Hong had now lost his reason, facing a Half-Step Innate expert, he did not dare to be the slightest bit careless.
Elder Hong moved very fast. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Li Feng. Without a word, he threw a punch. Instantly, countless fist shadows covered the sky and enveloped Li Feng.
Li Feng sneered once more. He instantly unleashed the Paiyun Palm. Endless palm shadows met Elder Hong’s fist shadows head-on.
Boom!
The palm shadows and fist shadows collided in mid-air, erupting with a massive explosive sound. Li Feng and Elder Hong each retreated one step.
“How is this possible?” Elder Hong looked at Li Feng. A flash of horror passed through his eyes. He had never expected that with his Half-Step Innate strength, he would end up evenly matched with Li Feng.
Although Li Yong had told him that Li Feng had the ability to kill ninth-level Acquired experts and that Li Feng’s strength was at least at the ninth level of Acquired, he had never taken Li Feng seriously. What was a ninth-level Acquired compared to him? Against a Half-Step Innate, he could kill as many ninth-level Acquired experts as came.
But now, Elder Hong’s expression had never been so grave.
Although he had not used his full power just now, that punch had contained at least eighty percent of his strength. With eighty percent of a Half-Step Innate’s power, even a peak ninth-level Acquired ancient martial artist could not withstand a direct clash.
Yet Li Feng had only retreated one step. What did this mean? It meant Li Feng’s strength was not merely ninth-level Acquired. It was at least peak ninth-level Acquired, or perhaps the same as him, Half-Step Innate.
Thinking of this, Elder Hong felt both shock and jealousy.
A Half-Step Innate under thirty years old. Even their sect did not have one. How on earth had this Li Feng cultivated? He himself had cultivated for more than forty years to reach Half-Step Innate.
“What?”
Li Yong and the other two also had drastic changes in expression. They stared at Li Feng in disbelief. Li Feng had clashed with Elder Hong and only retreated one step. Not only that, Elder Hong had also been forced back one step. How was this possible? How could Li Feng be so powerful?
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Li Yong’s mind: could Li Feng’s strength already be at Half-Step Innate, the same as Elder Hong?
But he immediately shook his head. He felt this was impossible. Li Feng’s peak ninth-level Acquired strength had already shocked him. Half-Step Innate was simply impossible. He had never seen such a young Half-Step Innate before.
“Nothing is impossible. Old turtle, prepare to die.” Li Feng shouted loudly. He immediately used the Xuan-level martial technique Dragon Roar Palm. With one palm strike, it was as if a giant dragon lunged out, carrying the force of thunder and the might of raging storms, charging straight towards Elder Hong.
Elder Hong’s expression changed. His pupils shrank, revealing shock. Such a powerful martial technique, even he could not perform it.
Could this be a Xuan-level martial technique?
Suddenly, Elder Hong thought of this possibility.
Their sect did have Xuan-level martial techniques, but not everyone in the sect could learn them. He was only at Half-Step Innate realm and had no qualification to learn Xuan-level techniques in the sect.
Elder Hong never imagined that not only was Li Feng’s strength so high, but he also knew a Xuan-level martial technique. This shocked him greatly, but even more, it filled him with frenzy.
Yes, frenzy.
He was currently Half-Step Innate and had no right to learn Xuan-level techniques in the sect. But if he could obtain Li Feng’s Xuan-level technique…
Elder Hong’s eyes burst with bright light at the thought.
He was determined to get this Xuan-level technique. But to obtain it, he had to capture Li Feng.
“Li Feng, today no matter what, this old man must capture you.” Elder Hong’s eyes shone with piercing cold light. He stomped his foot on the ground.
Whoosh!
A vast surge of gang qi burst out from his body and swirled around him. It rose and fell like giant waves, forcing Li Yong and the others several steps back.
Elder Hong looked at the incoming Dragon Roar Palm with a cold sneer and said, “A Xuan-level technique is useless against me.”
As he spoke, Elder Hong crossed his hands. A white wall of qi appeared in front of him.
Boom boom boom…
The roaring giant dragon crashed fiercely against the qi wall, erupting with earth-shaking noise. In an instant, the dragon shattered the qi wall, then charged towards Elder Hong with howling force, slamming hard into his chest.
Puff!
His protective gang qi shattered. Elder Hong spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with teeth. His body flew backwards, knocking the middle-aged man behind him into the air. His momentum did not stop. He crashed through nearly a dozen large trees in succession before his body sank into the soil. Fresh red blood flowed from the corner of his mouth and down his right arm. His entire face was distorted.
The scene fell into dead silence, terrifyingly quiet. Li Yong and the others stared with wide eyes and open mouths, their faces full of disbelief.
One palm. With just one palm, Li Feng had severely injured the Half-Step Innate Elder Hong. This level of strength, even an Innate first-level ancient martial artist probably could not achieve.
How was this possible? How could Li Feng be so strong?
Li Yong and the others looked at Li Feng with horror in their eyes.
“Half-Step Innate? And you still want to kill me?” Li Feng’s lips curled in disdain. He said coldly, “You are nothing but trash, an arrogant and conceited piece of trash.”
“Li Feng, you…” The young man standing beside Li Yong turned pale with anger. He wanted to say something when looking at Li Feng, but no words came out.
Elder Hong could not even withstand one palm from Li Feng. Now that Li Feng called Elder Hong trash, he had no way to refute it.
“Half-Step Innate, nothing more than that.” Li Feng’s lips curved into a cold smile. This was his first real fight against a Half-Step Innate. He did not know the exact gap between them, so he had gone all out earlier, even using the still immature Dragon Roar Palm.
Dragon Roar Palm was a Xuan-level martial technique with immense power, but it also consumed a huge amount of true qi. Even with his current eighth level of Qi Refining, unleashing such a powerful Dragon Roar Palm had consumed nearly eighty percent of his true qi. If Elder Hong had managed to block that palm just now, he would have had no strength left to continue the fight. Fortunately, the Dragon Roar Palm was extremely powerful, and Elder Hong had underestimated him, so one palm had severely wounded him.
However, from this clash with Elder Hong, Li Feng now understood the strength level of Half-Step Innate. Even without using Dragon Roar Palm, he might not necessarily lose to a Half-Step Innate.
“Li Yong, the old turtle you found is not very impressive.” Li Feng sneered as he looked at Li Yong.
“Li Feng, do not get cocky…” Li Yong looked at Li Feng. A flash of fear appeared in his eyes. Li Feng’s strength had exceeded expectations. Now that Elder Hong was severely injured, his plan for today had completely failed.
“Cocky? Why can I not be cocky?” Li Feng gave a cold laugh and said, “I am cocky right now. What can you do about it? Can you kill me?”
“You…” Li Yong’s expression changed. Kill Li Feng? Even Elder Hong was no match for Li Feng now. How could he possibly be? Even if all of them combined their strength, they probably could not take down Li Feng.
“That old turtle is pretty much dead now. But before he dies, I will deal with you trash first.” Li Feng looked at Li Yong and the others with chilling killing intent.
“Li Feng, you want to kill us?” Li Yong and the others turned pale with shock.
“What a joke. You wanted to kill me, so why can I not kill you?” Li Feng sneered. His eyes turned solemn. A dense, icy killing intent spread out, causing the temperature of the entire space to drop sharply.
“Run.” Li Yong and the others’ expressions changed drastically. They immediately turned to flee.
“Want to run now? Is it not a bit too late?” Li Feng sneered. His figure flashed and turned into a streak of black light, vanishing from his spot.
“Not good!” Li Yong’s expression changed greatly. An unprecedented sense of crisis surged in his heart. Without thinking, he turned and struck out with a palm.
Boom!
A loud explosion rang out. Li Yong groaned. His whole body flew backwards.
Puff!
He spat out a mouthful of blood. Horror flashed in Li Yong’s eyes. He rolled on the ground, stomped his foot, and tumbled away into the distance.
Watching Li Yong flee, Li Feng’s lips curled into a cold smile. He did not pursue. Right now, he did not want to kill Li Yong yet. Compared to killing Li Yong, Li Feng wanted even more to find out what Li Wu’s sect was.
“Old turtle, how about it? Did that palm just now shatter your turtle shell?” Li Feng’s gaze fell on Elder Hong and the middle-aged man. As for the young man who had come with them, he had already escaped during the clash between Li Feng and Li Yong.
“Li Feng.” Elder Hong glared at Li Feng with furious eyes. Earlier he had said he would cripple Li Feng’s cultivation and cut his flesh piece by piece to feed the dogs. Yet he could not even withstand one palm from Li Feng. This was a naked slap to his own face.
At this moment, Elder Hong felt his face burning with shame.
“Old turtle, you look very angry. Where did all your earlier arrogance go?” Li Feng said with a face full of cold mockery.
“You…”
“Old turtle, tell me your identity and your sect. Perhaps I will leave you with an intact corpse. Otherwise, today this young master will make sure you leave no bones behind.” Li Feng said coldly as he stared at Elder Hong.
“You dare kill me?” Elder Hong’s pupils shrank.
“Hahaha, how ridiculous. Why would I not dare kill you? Old man, all you rely on is your strength and your sect. But your strength is worth nothing in my eyes. As for your sect, hmph, this young master does not take it seriously at all.” Li Feng laughed and said.
“You have guts.” Elder Hong’s expression changed dramatically. He glared coldly at Li Feng and said, “Truly a newborn calf that fears no tiger. Anyone who dares offend people from our sect never ends well. The same goes for you, Li Feng.”
“Never ends well? Whether I end well or not, you will not live to see it. But since you refuse to tell me your identity and your sect, I have my own ways to make you talk.” Li Feng sneered. His figure flashed and instantly appeared in front of Elder Hong.
