Chapter 241

Amidst the expression of extreme horror on this man's face, he suddenly exerted force with his five fingers, and his tyrannical physical strength instantly snapped the man's neck.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone fracturing rang out. The light in this man's eyes gradually dissipated, his body twitched a few times unconsciously, and he immediately ceased to breathe.

Xu Yang picked up the corpse and ran for a while, fished out the more than one hundred silver taels on the body, collected the twenty-plus contribution points, and then threw the corpse into the deep mountains, heading towards the place where Kong Yu and Li Xu were lying in ambush, as indicated by this man.

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The early spring sun was relatively warm; shining on a person, it just made one want to doze off.

Kong Yu and Li Xu were hiding under a large tree by the side of the road. Kong Yu was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, cultivating, while Li Xu was standing and observing.

Seeing that it was nearing the afternoon, Li Xu couldn't help but say, "Junior Brother, I'm afraid Xu Yang won't appear today either."

Having arrived at the Profound Heaven Sect for half a year, he had yet to refine Qi into Gang, and this had already delayed him for three days. He really did not want to continue wasting time on this matter; he just wanted to go back and cultivate, to refine Qi into Gang as soon as possible.

His relationship with Zhu Yang was average; he had no intention of avenging Zhu Yang, nor did he hate Xu Yang.

Furthermore, regarding the matter of Xu Yang causing Ji Yun to lose face, he cared even less, because he was only paying money to learn martial arts at the Fierce Wind Hall, and he and Ji Yun did not have a true master-disciple relationship.

Moreover, Kong Yu was cultivating with all his heart, yet he had to be here keeping watch—why?

Kong Yu had a sturdy build and his long hair was disheveled. Upon hearing this, he opened a pair of indifferent eyes and said, "We will return when it gets dark. I know you are anxious, Senior Brother, but if I don't kill Xu Yang, my heart cannot be at peace. Only by killing him can I wholeheartedly charge towards the Minor Success Realm of Gang Qi."

He had already waited for more than a month to get the chance to kill Xu Yang. If he missed this time, who knew when Xu Yang would leave the Profound Heaven Sect again.

Upon hearing this, Li Xu said in shock, "Junior Brother, are you about to reach Minor Success in Gang Qi?"

Kong Yu said, "Still a bit off, but it's coming soon. After killing Xu Yang and returning, the Group of Heroes Society will bring me resources to help me quickly reach Minor Success in Gang Qi.

I know your relationship with Senior Brother Zhu Yang is average, Senior Brother Li, but now that Senior Brother Ji Jincheng has met with disaster, among everyone in the Young Eagle Society, you and I are the closest, and I only trust you, so I can only let you keep watch.

Don't worry, in the future at the Profound Heaven Sect, you and I will be the closest of fellow disciples. I will not be like Lu Ren, burning bridges after crossing them. In the future, I will assist your cultivation and bring you into the Inner Sect. By then, we fellow disciples will gallop through the Inner Sect together."

He did not want some untrustworthy people to know that it was he who killed Xu Yang.

The Profound Heaven Sect generally did not care much about the life or death of Outer Sect disciples, but if a matter like killing a fellow disciple became known to everyone, the sect rules would also deal with it.

Li Xu listened to Kong Yu's description, his heart yearning.

He himself had no confidence in becoming an Inner Sect disciple, but if Kong Yu sincerely helped him, entering the Inner Sect would not be a problem.

"Careful!"

His heart was surging, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard Kong Yu, who was sitting beside him, let out a sudden explosive shout. The Qi mechanism on his body erupted like a volcanic eruption, and his body sprang up from the ground.

"Not good!"

Li Xu was terrified. At this moment, he had already heard a sound like muffled thunder coming from behind him, and an astonishing aura was approaching like lightning. A wild wind blew through the forest.

He hurriedly circulated his true Qi to protect his body and turned around to strike out a palm.

But just having made this movement, he already regretted it.

Beside him was Kong Yu, an expert about to reach Minor Success in Gang Qi, and also the third-ranked genius on the Ten Elites List. The person who had just brushed the tiger's whiskers must also be an expert who had refined Qi into Gang.

Turning around to counterattack was no different from throwing an egg against a rock. At this time, what he should have done was jump away forward, not counterattack.

But it was too late for regrets. Before his palm force could even be unleashed, he saw a pale red pillar of Qi, fast beyond imagination, shatter his protective true Qi and smash into his chest.

"Gang Qi leaving the body to kill." After this thought arose in Li Xu's heart, there was a burst of bone-deep, excruciating pain, and then his consciousness plunged into darkness.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound, as if a heavy hammer had struck a large drum, or as if a watermelon had fallen from a height onto hard ground.

Li Xu didn't even have time to let out a scream before he was blasted apart by the Gang Qi struck from a distance. His chest cavity exploded, and bone fragments mixed with internal organs splattered everywhere. Only his head, remaining on his neck, stared in terror at Kong Yu, dying with his eyes wide open.

"Ah!"

Kong Yu watched, his eyes splitting with rage, his killing intent soaring to the heavens. He had actually watched another senior brother die before his eyes.

But he had no time for excessive grief before he saw a figure stepping on Gang Qi and rushing over, his fist punching through the air, carrying a suffocating, powerful force as he struck.

Kong Yu's hair stood on end, goosebumps broke out all over his body, and his muscles and bones roared. His spine, like a dragon, propelled his arm out like a great spear, blocking this astonishing punch.

"Bang!"

The two fists collided, emitting a muffled sound like refined iron clashing. A visible ripple spread out from the center of the two fists. Wherever the ripple passed, grass and trees were pulverized, a layer of ground was peeled off, and dust like wolf smoke shot into the sky.

"So strong, worthy of being Kong Yu!"

Xu Yang only felt a tyrannical force no less than his own coming from the fist. His figure retreated involuntarily, and his blood and Qi surged.

Although he had used up most of his strength to blast Li Xu from a distance, under the tempering of the Mountain-Bearing Bear Scripture and the Diamond Body Technique, his brute strength had long since looked down upon his peers.

That Kong Yu could shake him back meant his strength was absolutely terrifying.

"Who is it?"

The overwhelming, irresistible force struck like a raging sea. The Gang Qi covering his fist shattered upon impact. Kong Yu's whole body shook, and while his blood and Qi surged, he also retreated uncontrollably.

"Bang, bang..."

With every step he took, a deep pit exploded in the ground beneath his feet. Only after leaving five pits in the ground did his retreating figure come to a stop, his heart filled with horror.

He had actually been ambushed by an expert no less than himself. Who was so bold as to ambush him, Kong Yu?

"Is it you?"

Looking closely, the person who had come was actually Xu Yang, whom he wanted to kill. This beast had actually sneaked behind him and ambushed Senior Brother Li Xu to death.

Looking at Li Xu, who had been blasted into two sections at his feet, his eyes were about to spit fire.

"You beast, where is Fang Wei?" Kong Yu shouted, his eyes bloodshot.

Fang Wei was the person he had sent to Qingyang City to keep watch on Xu Yang.

Xu Yang said calmly, "I have already sent him on his way ahead of time; I am here precisely to send you down to see him."

Kong Yu's aura was in great disarray, and he said, "Your cultivation is so strong, and you have been deliberately hiding it all along. Now that things have come to this, tell me, was my Senior Brother Jiang Yi also harmed by you?"

After just one exchange, he knew Xu Yang's terror. This was not at all the strength Xu Yang had been showing to the outside world; his cultivation was actually no less than his own.

One must know that his current cultivation, even placed among the Dragon-Ascending disciples of the six counties this term, he was confident he could rank in the top ten. Xu Yang's talent on the surface was not even as good as Lu Ren's, and he did not have many resources. To have this kind of strength, he must have been hiding his true strength all along.

Xu Yang nodded: "Not just Jiang Yi. In fact, Ji Jincheng and Han Xing were also beaten to death by me—beaten to death alive."

As soon as these words were spoken, Kong Yu felt a sharp, twisting pain in his heart and his Qi became completely chaotic; he could not believe that so many of his close friends had actually been killed by Xu Yang!

Just at this moment, Xu Yang moved. He said these things precisely to disrupt Kong Yu's mind and find an opportunity to strike.

"Boom!"

The Gang Qi at the soles of his feet exploded. The long-prepared Stepping on Gang and Chasing the Wind was activated. His figure suddenly disappeared from where he was, crashing into a wave of air in the atmosphere.

His body flew close to the ground like a sharp arrow, and the Gang Qi carved a gully into the ground.

The Gang Qi moved with a roar, quickly condensing toward his fist. His iron fist broke through the air, and the wind whistled sharply.

The Gang Qi martial art, Phantom Star Gang Fist, was used by him to fight an enemy for the first time.

Although it had not yet reached Minor Success and was still at the entry-level realm, a Gang Qi martial art was still a Gang Qi martial art. The power it exerted was far from comparable to the Raging Waves Fist.

"You deserve to die!"

Kong Yu was Kong Yu; he reacted instantly, a terrifying fierce light appearing in his eyes, and his aura became even more terrifying.

The moment Xu Yang struck, he recovered from his grief. While taking a step back to gain time to accumulate strength, his five fingers hooked toward Xu Yang's wrist like steel claws.

Capturing Hand!

Unfortunately, the Phantom Star Gang Fist was not a fist technique known for strong explosive power and lethality. This fist technique emphasized unpredictability, with truth and falsehood intertwined, making it impossible for the enemy to distinguish what was a feint and what was a real strike.

"Phantom Star Gang Fist!"

Kong Yu's Capturing Hand grabbed nothing; one claw grabbed at empty air. He knew he was in trouble and recognized the fist technique Xu Yang was using.

He had seen the introduction to the Phantom Star Gang Fist in the Scripture Collection Hall, and he had also seen people cultivating the Phantom Star Gang Fist in the Group of Heroes Society; he knew how troublesome this martial art was.

Although it was not known for its attacks, under the blessing of Xu Yang's freakish strength, the Phantom Star Gang Fist was absolutely very strong.

"Bang!"

"Crack!"

Xu Yang's fist went straight into the empty gate and smashed heavily onto Kong Yu's protective Gang Qi.

The Gang Qi erupted. In an instant, cracks like a spider web spread rapidly over the protective Gang Qi, and it looked like it was about to shatter.

But at this moment, Kong Yu's other hand had already struck over. His five fingers were joined like a steel beak, tearing through the air and pecking toward the Quchi acupoint. A Gang Qi like a blade edge was contained but not spat out.

Xu Yang did not think he could severely injure Kong Yu with one move either, so he immediately withdrew his arm, and his other hand struck out fiercely.

"Bang, bang!"

In the blink of an eye, the two collided three or four times, and the splattering force shattered who knew how many grass and trees.

"So hard, he has cultivated a terrifying body-protecting martial art."

Kong Yu only felt as if he were colliding with an iron man cast from refined iron, and his arm was in excruciating pain.

If it weren't for the protective Gang Qi reducing most of the force, his bones might have already shattered.

"Beast, give me your life. Today I will definitely take your head to sacrifice to my many close friends."

Kong Yu's long hair flew, his aura becoming increasingly violent. At the thought that those good friends had been killed by the person before him, his killing intent became uncontrollable.