Chapter 226

Two streams of Qi swirled in midair, colliding, churning.

Across space, invisible gazes and tangible consciousness clashed.

In the eyes of a Professional Realm master, this was just like the "Dogfight Game" fighter pilots love most — jets in high-speed motion, machine-gunning each other, pouring out dense, rain-like, terrifying firepower!

"Brother Zhuang indeed has something to him."

Qin Shi's brow center burned hot; he operated the Self-Cultivation Furnace, the Four Great Limits resonating and trembling, awakening searing flesh vitality, flowing upstream, rushing straight to the cranial brain, feeding back into the Spirit Sea.

Hum!

In merely an instant, his spiritual field power gained enormous enhancement, as if a pond were widened into a river.

Surrounding space twisted slightly, bundle after bundle of mental waves leaping like great flood dragons soaring through clouds and mist!

Wild wind spiraled, like a tornado scraping by.

Yu Li raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself:

"Worthy of one who broke the Divine Gate Great Limit, and crossed two paths — an Old Martial Proud Sun."

He deeply knew the difficulty and ferocity of Spirit-Flesh Unity, Dual Cultivation paths.

That was a Heavenly Road many of the First Generation Ten Greats failed to reach the end of.

Still remembered, Master Lian of peerless grace, whenever mentioning this segment, couldn't help revealing a tone of regret.

Thump-thump-thump!

Yu Li's fingertips lightly tapped the railing; although he couldn't break the Divine Gate, open the Spirit Sea, Inner Landscape, he entered Professional Realm early, claimed the Martial Artist Title, tempered and connected multiple Heart Momentums.

If they truly contended, how could he be inferior?

The so-called First Among Peers reputation was absolutely not mixed up by riding the coattails of the First Generation Ten Greats masters.

It rested on the gold content of an undefeated record since debut!

Crack!

Atmosphere exploded continuously, attracting passing passersby to stare fixedly.

In their perspective, the empty ground in the middle of the mall seemed to have two invisible great flood dragons tearing, biting, wrestling, stirring layer upon layer of air wave ripples.

"Xiao Qin Shidi, need help?"

Third Senior Sister Yu Weiwei glanced sideways; she was just considering whether to follow Qin Shi's recommendation and get a manicure or something.

Yu Li killing his way out halfway, unquestionably made the originally pleasant mood show a trend of gradually worsening.

【24】 "No need to trouble Senior Sister."

"No need to trouble Senior Sister."

Qin Shi's gaze was bright; this kind of interesting challenge made his spirit extraordinarily invigorated.

"Senior Sister better queue up and get us two cups of milk tea."

Yu Weiwei smiled gently; Xiao Qin Shidi was indeed full of confidence.

She walked two steps away, then turned back gazing at Yu Li whose momentum was like the midday sun, pupils lightly shifting, as if the Spiritual Flower were about to bloom.

Pop!

A slight sound rang in the air, like a bubble being popped.

Yu Weiwei shifted gaze, discovering not far from Yu Li stood a Tang-suited elder holding a fried chicken family bucket.

"Heh."

She withdrew the smile on her face, the braid hanging before her chest lightly fluttering.

"At such an old age, just stay home minding grandchildren; an old bag of bones still acting as bodyguard, careful not to lose control and capsize!"

Yu Weiwei turned and walked toward the milk tea shop, starting to take a number and queue.

The Tang-suited elder holding the fried chicken family bucket shook his head:

"Truly, Yangtze's later waves push the former; this younger generation, every single one monstrous beyond human likeness!"

He hurriedly gnawed a chicken leg to press down the shock.

Not yet thirty and already promoted to Sitting Forgetting — a young girl like her, placed in the Ancient Era, would scare people to death if spoken of!

The Tang-suited elder gnawed off two pairs of spicy chicken wings too, smacking lips while paying attention to the "friendly exchange of pointers" between the two peer-generation standouts.

Unbroken consecutive air explosions, like someone setting off firecrackers, ripple after ripple trembling, causing the crowd to cry out in alarm; they scrambled to pull out mobile phones to shoot video, uploading to social media.

"Professional Realm, huh, much stronger than Old Zhou."

Under this kind of Qi confrontation, Qin Shi vaguely touched a layer of real, not illusory "barrier".

Where Yu Li stood, it was as if a hazy, indistinct Small World had condensed.

He stood there, holding power of life and death.

Surrounding cloud streams like waterfalls, wind storms rising, as if a herd of dragons long-roared, searching for their master!

"Gong Body forged, Domain formed."

Qin Shi sighed; the Yu "Brother Zhuang" suppressed so many peer-generation Supernovas, not without reason.

If I rely on numerical values to crush, the other madly livers levels and upgrade skills, using "progress" exceeding contemporaries to achieve distant lead.

"Four Limits open, plus Nanhuang Dao Guan and He Lanchan's Inheritance, pushing this guy's potential to an inconceivable terrifying extent."

Yu Li frowned; he wasn't a "newcomer" like Zhou Yuanchen who only recently entered Professional Realm.

"Employing 'True Vacuum Explosive Kill' and 'Shuo Wind Flow Guide' two great Heart Momentums, actually only just enough to be evenly matched?"

This made Yu Li quite surprised; he considered himself to value Qin Shi enough, facing a high school student not yet crossed into Professional Realm, not only operating Gong Body, but also mobilizing Heart Momentum.

Such treatment, worthy of Chaoyang Level!

Thump!

Yu Li's eyebrow twisted, a third Heart Momentum responded and issued forth.

Myriad Phenomena Wind Array!

Intensity of Qi collision rose at extreme speed!

Explosive sounds merged into one, and mall security personnel nervously pulled up cordon tape, evacuating the crowds of shoppers gathered in clusters.

Many among them were amateur-level Life Force Developers at sixty or seventy points, completely bewildered, not understanding what had happened.

Qin Shi, mixed in the crowd, suddenly felt pressure; he saw great waves of Qi fluctuation drawn and swirling, condensing into a giant pure-white Vertical Pupil.

Slowly opening!

This scene caused the increasingly dense crowd in the mall to erupt in commotion once more.

The abruptly appearing pure-white Vertical Pupil was like some divine manifestation descending.

Immediately after, countless gazes focused on the motionless Qin Shi.

After the crowd receded, he and Yu Li instantly became conspicuous.

"In the past it was always me using 'Shu Zi' to crush others; now someone else uses level to suppress me—quite novel."

Qin Shi's skin prickled with a needle-like sensation; he watched the slowly opening pure-white Vertical Pupil, within which boundless Qi currents were contained, like a million arrows raining down.

As if in the next second, his whole body would be covered in dense bloody holes!

Qin Shi's spirit slightly focused; the Holy Embryo Prototype's mental operation merged closely with the Life Magnetic Field.

"I remember Lao Zhang mentioning that First Generation Ten Greats Lian Yixing's body art is called 'Zhen Lan Yun Flow Body,' with seven Heart Momentums combined."

While considering, he "Imprinted" the other's pure-white Vertical Pupil, just like learning Zhang Hai's Horizontal Cloud Hundred Strikes.

The Swift as Wind of Hundred Aspects Tempering Force gradually transformed!

Thick as pillars, streams of Qi crisscrossed, like the knuckles of a giant hand!

"Smashing Sun with one hand is no problem!"

Qin Shi gave his all, mind and spirit converging; the Swift as Wind of Hundred Aspects Tempering Force, after drawing in Yu Li's imprinted Heart Momentum, was like adding firewood to a furnace, suddenly swelling.

A white fist larger than an off-road vehicle suddenly clenched tight, smashing toward the Vertical Pupil nearly fully open!

Crackle!

The air was pierced, sweeping out visible waves of Yuan Bo, shattering the high-strength glass embedded in the side handrails!

"Gasp!"

Qin Shi bared his teeth, quickly restoring his normal complexion.

He stuck his hand into his pocket, concealing his slightly swollen red fist.

This counts as a rare injury for me.

"Gasp!"

Yu Li's mouth corner twitched; suddenly he placed his left hand across his chest and covered half his face with his right hand.

He silently maintained this posture, as if in contemplation.

"As expected of the Champion of the Hengzhou Bai Qiang Sai."

Yu Li let out a low laugh, posture unchanged, turning to Chen Caier:

"This guy is not beneath me; he is indeed formidable."

A flash of confusion crossed Chen Caier's eyes; she only saw the pure-white Vertical Pupil and giant palm collide, then erupt in a tremendous sound.

Qi currents whipped up a frenzy, pushing in all directions, then both sides withdrew their hands.

"Brother Yu Li, are you alright? Did you win?"

As the number one fan, Chen Caier immediately offered her concern.

According to her usual habit, she would not have asked that latter question.

But seeing Brother Yu Li deadlocked with that guy for so long, she couldn't help but worry.

"Slightly ahead. But at my level, dealing with him took this much effort—nothing worth boasting about."

Yu Li's tone was flat, still covering half his face with his hand.

"I knew it! Brother Yu Li will never lose!"

Chen Caier raised her fist, excited, then asked doubtfully:

"Brother Yu Li, what's with this posture?"

She didn't understand why one would cover one's face with a hand.

"This clash of Qi Life Force had some gains."

Yu Li did not answer, changing the topic:

"I'm going back to cultivate; you keep browsing for a while."

Having said that, he stood up and left quickly.

By the time he stepped into the Elevator, only Yu Li and the old man in Tang clothing remained.

The former lowered his hand, revealing bruised eye sockets.

As if caught and viciously punched.

"That kid has no martial virtue! I held back out of consideration that he hasn't entered the Professional Realm! He, on the other hand, was not polite at all!"

Yu Li rubbed his panda-like bruised eye sockets, sucking in cold air wildly.

"Beside that youth, there is a very formidable Spiritual Path practitioner; she watched very closely."

The old man in Tang clothing held two Ice Creams, handing one to Yu Li.

"So I couldn't attend to you, Young Master."

Doubt showed in Yu Li's eyes:

"Lao Zhao, are you sure you didn't go line up to buy Ice Cream! Before I left, Grandma kept reminding me to watch you and eat less high-oil, high-sugar Garbage food!"

The old man in Tang clothing finished the Ice Cream in a few bites, face ruddy:

"Young Master, you rarely suffer a small loss. If others found out, especially your opponents, they'd surely be delighted..."

Yu Li's face twitched, stuffing the Ice Cream back into the old man in Tang clothing's hand:

"Keep it confidential! The talent agency said you can only take photos for promotion if you win; if you lose, pretend it never happened, otherwise how do you maintain an undefeated record in your debut match!"

The old man in Tang attire accepted the ice cream with satisfaction, glanced at Yu Li's bruised eye sockets, and shook his head, saying:

"You have to admit, that young man has quite the style of one of the First Generation Ten Greats. They say you don't hit the face in a fight, but He Lanchan would rather cough up blood from being hit than not target his opponent's face with ruthless strikes!

By the end, no one was willing to fight him anyway; after all, once he's done, he coughs up three sheng of blood while the other guy ends up with a swollen face."

Yu Li deeply agreed; his master, Master Lian, cared most about this in his life: the head may be severed, the blood may flow, but the appearance must not be messed up.

Therefore, in the combat records of the First Generation Ten Greats, Master Lian only fought He Lanchan once.

This often left fans of both sides feeling it was a pity, lacking supporting data to argue over.

"Next time! At the Star Cup! I'll definitely get this venue back!"

Walking out of the elevator, Yu Li immediately covered half his face, striking a cold posture that kept people a thousand miles away.

The old man in Tang attire finished his second ice cream, then set his sights on the shop selling grilled sausages at the doorway.

Mumbling with his mouth full:

"Young Master, what if he quickly enters the Professional Realm? The Nanhuang Dao Guan's 'Universe Furnace Secret Canon' can forge a perfect functional body with one hundred percent progress."

Yu Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:

"That would be best! Master Lian always tells me that if an era lacks enough strong enemies, it cannot give birth to the heart of a strongman who travels the path to its end!

I've long been expecting peers who can rival me to appear, to create another myth like Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchan!"

The old man in Tang attire

"Xiao Qin Shidi, are you alright?"

Old Yu handed Qin Shi a cup of less sugar, less ice milk tea, asking with concern.

"Senior Sister, don't worry, just a slightly dirty corner of my clothes, it's completely fine."

Qin Shi took it with his left hand, his right hand still in his pocket.

This injury, even if he operated the Self-Cultivation Furnace frantically, would take half a day to subside the swelling and bruising.

It had to be said, for now, Yu Li was the "rare strong enemy" who had caused him the most damage!

"Xiao Qin Shidi, let's go back."

Old Yu had a smile at the corner of her mouth; boys always liked to show off, fortunately Third Senior Sister was very understanding and didn't expose him.

"Those tableware and kitchenware, I had agents from the Security Department help pack them and send them back to the State Guesthouse."

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The brightly lit Central City illuminated the night sky, like a torch reaching the heavens, scattering brilliant radiance.

Qin Shi still wore his student uniform, five copper buttons fastened properly, his posture upright like a sharp sword.

Just as when he came, the crowd seeing him off surged like waves and tides, almost filling the platform.

"Lao Zhou, crowdfund well, make it big and strong."

Qin Shi spoke with each person in turn, coming before Zhou Yuanchen and saying in an extremely low voice.

"Don't worry, I've already promoted the project through the Education Bureau!"

Zhou Yuanchen was full of confidence, tasting the sweetness of "crowdfunding" for the first time in his life.

It was as if a door to a new world had opened; even if he didn't become a Grandmaster, his debts seemed payable!

"Little Yan, see you again if there's a chance."

Qin Shi waved to Yan Ren again; the Great Expansion movement was imminent, and the next time they met, it would probably be on the front lines.

"Qin Classmate, I hope you soon head toward the Star Sea and wage war on the Heavenly Road."

Xia Hong generously offered a hug, while Xia Ying stood by the side laughing hehe.

"Thank you for the kind words."

Qin Shi straightened his hat brim, his gaze calm; he stood at the entrance of the special train, the whistle sounded, and the evening wind blew the thick white smoke mist over.

"Until we meet again, I hope you all advance valiantly, enter the Professional Realm, and march toward Grandmaster!"

Many youths were shaken in their hearts upon hearing this; whether from Central City or from other places, their gazes all gathered tightly on that upright figure.

"I will stand at the end of the Martial Path, waiting for or welcoming you all."

Qin Shi slightly raised his eyebrows; a drone swarm was broadcasting, and thinking of the rich resources brought by traffic popularity monetization, he adjusted his tone to be a bit more arrogant:

"This trip of mine to Central City, I've seen countless stars shining, bright lights dazzling, and I am very pleased.

Consider this: without your shining radiance, how could my Sun be dazzling?

Until we meet again in the Great Expansion!"

After finishing these wild words, Qin Shi turned and stepped into the train car entrance, leaving behind many geniuses who were shocked, displeased, or gnashing their teeth.

(Chapter End)