Chapter 48: Indoor Combat

Lao Ya, now with three accomplices lurking outside the window, chose to break in through the window immediately after hearing the commotion.

As soon as he entered, he saw Li Yi standing at the doorway.

This made him feel a surge of joy.

As long as Li Yi's location was locked and he was seen in person, the mission for today was half-successful. He didn't believe that a greenhorn who had only cultivated for a month could survive in today's situation.

Although the cost of killing in the old city district was high.

The value of a mystic object was enough to make people take the risk and ignore this cost.

In the dim living room.

The eyes of several people were bright and striking, and as they locked onto Li Yi, they all revealed murderous intent.

Cultivators who dared to take such killing jobs were naturally no pushovers.

"Lao Ya? Good, last time I was almost killed by you and that woman in the waste city district, and the promised money wasn't given either. Today, let's settle this account together. If you unrelated people aren't afraid of death, come ahead. Killing one is killing, killing two is also killing."

Li Yi's gaze was cold, his fists stained with blood, and the ferocity in his heart was ignited. At the same time, some invisible shackles that had bound him fell away.

A trapped beast fights, let alone a martial artist like him who practices punching.

"Li Yi, you know why I came here. If you are willing to hand over the item, I might be able to spare you." Lao Ya's voice was low, and he also sensed a hint of crisis.

"You've already come to my door to kill, and you're still talking this nonsense to me? And you have no credibility with me anymore. Go talk to the ghosts."

Li Yi grinned, his body swayed slightly, then tensed up, and his power erupted instantly.

The ground under his feet cracked directly, and then he lunged out like a fierce beast, his speed extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, he had closed the distance to one of the cultivators, making it impossible for them to lock onto him, let alone have a chance to use 'Eye Witness'.

"This explosive power... are you kidding me?" The man was instantly astonished, his pupils shrank, and he only saw the afterimage of a fist appearing in his line of sight.

"Damn it, too late to block."

"Bang!"

Fist force erupted, and this punch hit the cultivator's chest.

His sternum shattered, and then the man spat out a mouthful of blood. He discovered with horror that Li Yi's fist had already sunk into his chest cavity.

He wanted to resist, but found that his body had lost all sensation.

It wasn't just his sternum that was shattered; even his spine was broken.

The power of this punch was truly terrifying.

"Attack together, don't hold back." Lao Ya saw this and realized the severity of the problem, immediately roaring low.

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately rushed toward Li Yi, his eyes flashing with light, using 'Eye Witness'.

The dim living room suddenly brightened.

"Lao Ya, you're the only one who can use 'Eye Witness'?" Li Yi also narrowed his eyes, his gaze glowing.

Eye Witness against Eye Witness.

They canceled each other out.

"Li Yi, you're just one person, no matter what, you're going to die here today." Lao Ya, taking advantage of the cover of Eye Witness, had already closed in. He roared and threw a heavy punch at Li Yi's head.

With a cultivator's strength, a full-force heavy punch, even without any special technique, was enough to make someone lose consciousness.

In this situation, unconsciousness was equivalent to death.

Li Yi didn't hold back either; he raised his other arm and responded with an elbow strike.

The force erupted again, and the explosion echoed.

Lao Ya felt his arm shake, followed by a sharp pain that made him howl.

His arm was shattered by the impact, his fist twisted and deformed, and all five fingers were broken; his arm was effectively crippled on the spot. This momentary collision immediately highlighted the gap between them; even though he had entered the Spirit Medium Realm long before Li Yi, he was completely outmatched now.

"This isn't an ordinary punch... this is a technique, a fist technique." Lao Ya's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and the powerful force sent him flying. He instantly understood what was going on.

Ordinary punches couldn't be this powerful; only techniques could unleash a cultivator's full strength.

But when did this Li Yi learn fist techniques? No information had been found before.

Suddenly, the other two cultivators seized the opportunity to get close to Li Yi.

One held a dagger and went straight for Li Yi's heart.

Li Yi's skin tightened, his spine exerted force, and his arm shook, throwing the heavily injured cultivator he had punched through earlier, blocking the sharp dagger. Although his fist force was fierce, his body wasn't strong enough to resist cold weapons.

But the other Spirit Medium Realm cultivator didn't hold back, launching a heavy kick, bringing ordinary fighting techniques to the extreme.

Li Yi was caught off guard by the enemy and took a kick, his body retreating repeatedly, finally stopping when he hit the wall behind him with a bang.

But the person's force was scattered and didn't cause him much damage.

At the same time.

The entrance door was opened, and the two cultivators from the hallway earlier also rushed in. They were stunned by the scene inside, then seized the opportunity to use 'Eye Witness' on Li Yi. They didn't hope to kill Li Yi, only to interfere with him and suppress him.

After all, outside the door, they had seen with their own eyes how fierce Li Yi was, so they didn't dare to get too close, fearing they would be killed by a single punch.

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"Your 'Eye Witness' is too slow."

But Li Yi seized this opening. He immediately erupted, channeling his force, and the wall behind him cracked as the plaster fell off. He seemed to be propelled by a force, landing directly in front of the two cultivators at the door.

As his feet landed, force rose from the ground.

"Quick, avoid his punch." Lao Ya roared anxiously.

Avoid?

Too late, now they had to die.

Li Yi raised both arms, a perfect fist stance set, both fists lunged out, and two explosions appeared almost at the same time, making the ears of everyone in the living room buzz, and even their hearts couldn't help but shrink.

These two punches were even more powerful.

In just the blink of an eye.

These two cultivators didn't even get to use 'Eye Witness', their bodies were instantly sent flying. One crashed through the bedroom door and landed in the hallway outside, the other was blasted into the kitchen and fell to the ground. Both had two fist prints deeply branded on their bodies, piercing through from front to back, shattering their internal organs.

However, Spirit Medium Realm cultivators had tenacious vitality; such heavy injuries didn't kill them immediately, they just wailed helplessly there, their voices filled with despair and fear.

Because they understood that unless they were sent to the hospital immediately, they wouldn't live long.

Just after blasting these two away.

Suddenly, another figure instantly closed in on Li Yi.

The cultivator holding the dagger had a ferocious look, and with an explosion of power, the sharp dagger stabbed forward.

No way to avoid it.

Li Yi instinctively used his hand to block.

The dagger pierced his palm, and it seemed it would tear his body apart along with it.

"Li Yi, right? I don't believe that if I tear your stomach open, you can still be this fierce." The cultivator roared, wanting to end this human-shaped beast with one knife.

He understood in his heart.

If they couldn't kill Li Yi tonight, all of them would be beaten to death here.

Li Yi felt the sharp pain from his palm, his face twitched, but he endured the pain, and while his body retreated, he used his injured hand to grab the other end of the dagger.

The sharp blade stopped just as it pierced his abdomen, unable to advance further.

At this moment, the cultivator's heart jumped wildly, and a strong sense of crisis surged.

Not good.

Li Yi's other fist had already been raised and instantly landed on the cultivator's forehead.

This time, the fist force wasn't controlled very well.

Because the counterattack was too fast, and his body hadn't developed the instinct, he didn't have time to channel the force, so there was no crisp explosion, causing the power to disperse.

Even so, the cultivator heard his skull crack at this moment, and at the same time, his vision went dark, his eyes instantly blinded, and blood sprayed rapidly from his ears, mouth, and nostrils. He lost his balance and fell heavily downward.

But before he landed, Li Yi followed up with a knee strike.

Bang!

The explosion appeared, and the cultivator was kicked away without a sound. He was likely already dead before he hit the ground.

Such a tragic battle terrified the last cultivator; he hesitated and didn't dare to approach Li Yi again, fearing he would also be killed by a punch.

Lao Ya, with one arm broken, endured the sharp pain and cold sweat, knowing there was no possibility of continuing the fight.

"Why stop fighting? Lao Ya, look at me."

Under the dim light, Li Yi was covered in blood, his eyes glowing, clenching his fists and staring fixedly at Lao Ya and the remaining cultivator. He didn't stop his steps, but instead approached the two step by step.

"You brat..." Lao Ya's eyelids twitched, his heart chilled.

He felt as if he were hunting a terrifying beast in the danger zone; the Li Yi in front of him was simply not something a Spirit Medium Realm cultivator could contend with.

Seven people.

A full seven people, all hardened characters in the Spirit Medium Realm, yet in less than a minute after entering this house, three had been beaten to death by this Li Yi with his bare fists, two were critically injured and dying, and he himself had been crippled in one arm, with only one person remaining unscathed.

But that remaining person was probably scared out of his wits...

"Run!"

Sure enough, the remaining cultivator no longer had the courage to attack. Facing the approaching Li Yi, he collapsed and turned to run without hesitation.

"Bang!"

Almost at the same moment, Li Yi's figure killed his way to his front.

The cultivator had only just reached the window when he took a punch to the back, then his body went limp and he fell out of the window.

Accompanied by a muffled thud, there was no more movement outside.

Lao Ya didn't move; he just glanced at it, knowing in his heart that no one in this room would walk out today, including him.

"Heh, I thought seven people would be enough to take you down, didn't expect to underestimate you..." He laughed at himself: "Is a mystic object really that terrifying? To let an ordinary person like you get such a transformation."

"If you want to blame someone, blame your own greed. If you had been willing to pay money instead of choosing to kill to silence me, I really wouldn't have wanted that pile of junk. And do you think I relied on a mystic object to beat you people to death today?" Li Yi's tone was cold, filled with murderous intent.

"Makes sense, a mystic object can only help you cultivate quickly, it can't reach this level." Lao Ya only then noticed the peculiarity of this room.

He saw fist prints and footprints left on the ceiling, walls, and floor of the house.

These were all traces left by Li Yi after his hard practice of punching.

"I lost today, I admit it, but don't be too happy too early..." Lao Ya snorted coldly.

"You talk too much, time to go."

But before he could finish speaking, Li Yi was already standing in front of him, his tall body casting a shadow that covered him, and a fierce punch had already fallen.

Lao Ya's pupils shrank, wanting to resist, but it was futile.

Bang!

The sound of the punch echoed, and the wall vibrated.

Then everything in the room returned to deathly silence.

Li Yi's fists were stained with blood, panting slightly. He stared at Lao Ya's corpse, then glanced back at the others.

The two cultivators who were wailing earlier were now silent, not knowing if they were unconscious or dead.

There didn't seem to be any other cultivators participating from outside the door.

It seemed this crisis was over?

No.

Not right.

There was still someone.

Li Yi's ears twitched slightly, and he heard the sound of someone coming upstairs. ===== CHAPTER 49 =====