Chapter 304

Meng Meng Yuanshu's eyes threatened to burst from their sockets as he charged at Xu Yang like a madman; if Lu Lin hadn't saved him, he would be the one dead.

His eyes instantly turned red, completely forgetting the terror of the person before him, wanting only to kill the other to avenge his second brother.

"Second Brother!"

Tang Chuan let out an angry roar, never expecting the person before him to be so terrifying, that his Qi Energy could withstand his second brother's attack and that a single backhand punch would blast his second brother to death.

Mighty Qi Energy roared out from within his body, cracking the earth; he vanished from the spot like an arrow leaving the bow, his great blade slashing furiously at Xu Yang.

"Accompany my second brother in death!"

With a cultivation base of Qi Energy reaching Great Completion, he wildly poured his Qi Energy into the blade, intending to split in two on the spot the person who had killed his second brother with a single strike.

The blade Qi tore through the air, falling like a red bolt of silk, as if it could cleave open even a massive mountain standing before it.

"What trash intelligence."

The Yuan family had repeatedly claimed that the three leaders of the Clear Wind Bandit Stronghold all possessed a cultivation base of Qi Energy at Small Completion, yet the Tang Chuan before him was clearly not.

Fortunately, he was no ordinary Qi Energy Small Completion practitioner; otherwise, he would have been tricked to death here.

He stomped his foot, sending gravel flying, and just as the blade Qi slashed down, his figure abruptly vanished from the spot.

"Boom-rumble..."

The red blade Qi slammed into the ground, causing violent tremors that tore a terrifying gash in the earth, sending dust and smoke filling the sky.

Xu Yang moved with the agility of a dragon; while dodging the slashing blade Qi, he had already collided with the charging Meng Meng Yuanshu.

Meng Meng Yuanshu's eyes were bloodshot, his killing intent boiling over.

Without any hesitation, his fist, wrapped in Qi Energy, tore through the air and blasted out.

Bright light flickered in Xu Yang's eyes as a pale yellow glow erupted from his pointing finger and struck down.

Pure Yuan Gold-Splitting Finger!

"Puchi!"

Fist met finger, emitting the sound of a punctured ball; before Meng Meng Yuanshu's Qi Energy could even erupt, he felt a strange force spread throughout his entire arm, causing his Qi Energy to collapse instantly.

The next moment, he felt a piercing pain spread along his whole arm, and under his own gaze, the entire limb turned into fragments and fell away.

Pure Yuan Gold-Splitting Finger!

This was the true power of the Pure Yuan Gold-Splitting Finger.

Killing from a distance with finger force was merely a minor trick; what was truly terrifying was this strange force when the actual fingertip struck flesh and blood.

Although this was a common item sold in bulk at the black market, it was a finger technique of frighteningly great power.

Coupled with the amplification of Huang Jin Qi Energy, its power was absolutely the most terrifying among all of Xu Yang's martial arts.

"Ah..."

The terrifying scene acted like a bucket of cold water poured over the enraged Meng Meng Yuanshu; the emotion in his eyes was no longer anger, but fear.

If that had struck his head, wouldn't his head also have shattered into pieces on the ground?

His features twisted, the pain of his severed arm drawing a mournful wail from him as he retreated in fear, putting distance between himself and Xu Yang.

"Third Brother, move aside!"

Tang Chuan's roar arrived, accompanied by sharp blade Qi that tore through the air like a waterfall and blasted forward.

He had not yet seen Meng Meng Yuanshu's tragic state, but he slashed a domineering blow from behind Xu Yang.

Xu Yang had intended to press forward and finish off Meng Meng Yuanshu, but sensing the sharp blade Qi behind him, he could only dodge aside, having no intention of taking head-on the blade Qi blast from a Qi Energy Great Completion expert.

"Bang!"

The blade Qi struck Meng Meng Yuanshu's protective Qi Energy with perfect accuracy; under the blade Qi slashed by a Qi Energy Great Completion expert, the protective Qi Energy was sliced open and shattered in an instant.

"Puchi!"

The crescent-shaped blade Qi, like a red bolt of silk, rushed through, splitting Meng Meng Yuanshu's body in two on the spot.

Before he could even let out a scream, his two halves flew apart in opposite directions, intestines and internal organs spilling everywhere.

"Ah... you beast, why did you dodge?" Tang Chuan was overcome with grief and rage, his killing intent nearly becoming tangible.

His single strike had failed to kill Xu Yang and instead had killed his own third brother; this tragic scene made him nearly go mad.

Like a maddened bull, Tang Chuan, carrying the rolling Qi Energy of his Qi Energy Great Completion cultivation base, charged fiercely at Xu Yang, making the mud splash and whipping up gusts of Qi wind.

He no longer cared about Xu Yang's identity, nor worried about being hunted to the ends of the earth by the Ziyang Sect for killing someone he shouldn't have; he now only wanted to avenge his two sworn brothers.

Specks of pale yellow appeared on Xu Yang, instantly spreading to cover his entire body.

His aura erupted like a volcano, powerful energy surging through his limbs and bones, causing his overall momentum to surge instantly.

Jin Gang Gong!

Facing an expert of Qi Energy Great Completion, he activated his trump card, the Jin Gang Gong, responding with his strongest stance.

"Boom!"

Sharp blade Qi tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek as it slashed toward him like a red crescent moon.

Before the blade Qi even arrived, its sharp edge had already caused the earth and stones beneath Xu Yang's feet to crack.

Xu Yang strode forward, Qi Energy surging throughout his body, pouring it into his fist as he blasted out.

Huang Jin Qi Energy erupted, transforming into a Quan Yin that tore through the air.

"Bang!"

The blade Qi collided with the Quan Yin, emitting a deafening roar; the blade Qi shattered, the ground within a square zhang cracked apart, dust and smoke shot up like a dragon, and the surging Qi Energy swept in all directions.

The pale yellow Quan Yin, solid as substance, continued to shoot forward after shattering the blade Qi, slamming heavily onto Tang Chuan's protective Qi Energy.

"Crack!"

The Quan Yin shattered, and bright light erupted in Tang Chuan's eyes.

Yet another Great Completion level martial art, coupled with the domineering Huang Jin Qi Energy; the blade Qi slashed by him, an expert with Qi Energy Great Completion cultivation base, was only defeated when colliding with a martial artist of Qi Energy Small Completion.

"Are you Li Li Chuyang?" he couldn't help but shout.

He believed that among this year's Dragon-Ascending disciples of the Ziyang Sect, only Li Li Chuyang, ranked first on the Ten Heroes List, possessed such terrifying talent to defeat him, a practitioner of Great Accomplishment Gang Qi, with merely Small Accomplishment Gang Qi cultivation base; apart from him, he did not believe there was a second person.

Moreover, only someone with Li Li Chuyang's background could possibly master such strange Jin Gang Qi.

Jiang Fan was also possible, but Elder Elder Liyang would absolutely not dare to let a proper young Marquis undertake such a bandit-suppression mission alone.

"I am your father!"

Xu Yang tore through the dust like a charging thunderbolt, his entire aura surging, his fist striking out wrapped in ten thousand jin of immense force.

"Even Li Li Chuyang I would kill!"

Tang Chuan roared fiercely; let alone Li Li Chuyang, even if Jiang Fan stood before him now, he would dare to kill him, and even the Sect Master's son of the Ziyang Sect would have to die.

Raising his great blade high, with Gang Qi surging wildly, he directly slashed a strike against the incoming fist.

"Bang!"

Fist and blade collided, producing a crisp sound of fine iron striking metal.

"What?!"

Tang Chuan felt as though he had struck solid metal; terrible recoil force traveled through the blade's handle, his hands trembling uncontrollably, his Hukou splitting open, and the blade in his hand nearly slipped from his grip.

Even more terrifyingly, he saw a string of sparks fly up; this precious blade, forged at the cost of over six hundred taels of silver, had actually chipped a notch.

Looking again at the youth opposite, after the Gang Qi was sliced apart, only a white mark appeared on the fist; not even the skin was broken.

It was as if he was no longer a body of flesh and blood, but one cast from metal and iron.

"Indestructible Jin Gang?"

Tang Chuan's pupils contracted violently; even if this was not true Indestructible Jin Gang, it was likely not far off; how could this year's Ziyang Sect produce such a monster, refining his physical body to the state of Indestructible Jin Gang at such a young age?

In his memory, Li Li Chuyang was not this terrifying.

"Boom!"

Although Xu Yang felt a sharp pain in his fist, that was all.

With Gang Qi condensed into a pale yellow, the defense of his body triggered terrifyingly; for a martial artist of Great Accomplishment Gang Qi, being able to break through his body-guarding Gang Qi would already be considered impressive; injuring him was basically impossible.

Taking advantage of the moment when Tang Chuan's blade was knocked high into the air and his defenses were wide open, he stepped forward and swung his fist to strike and kill.

"Boom!"

A muffled roar echoed, the surging air waves transforming into ripples.

Before the fist even descended, Tang Chuan felt his body-guarding Gang Qi shaken by the force of the wind, sending up faint ripples.

This fist could inflict a grave wound upon him.

Without any hesitation, he hurriedly held his blade horizontally across his chest.

In the next instant, the pale yellow fist descended like a meteor, the overwhelming and unstoppable immense force smashing forward with crushing force.

"Clang!"

"Crack!"