Chapter 86: Creating History Again

As for it, they had previously been mocking Li Mu, mocking the jubilant Sun Wensong, Liu Guanyu and the other disciples of Xuan Yue Feng.

At this moment they were so startled by the sight that their jaws nearly slammed onto the floor, watching the lizardman whose blood kept seeping down through the wall crack.

They glanced again at Li Mu as he slowly withdrew his fist; they opened their mouths, their Adam's apples bobbing, trying to say something, but in the end they couldn't utter a single word.

Especially Liu Guanyu, who stared at the black‑clad youth who had just delivered that heavy punch.

Recalling the opponent's death‑seeking provocation when he first arrived at the Inner Peak Hall, he couldn't help but shudder violently.

His strength was like that!

No!

This can't be called such strength!

Li Mu was clearly doing it in front of everyone, running out to show off his muscles!

The Demon Race's physical strength and defense far surpass those of human cultivators; this is essentially an indisputable fact!

Even cultivators who specialize in external techniques dare not claim to possess a physique strong enough to match the Demon Race.

But when it comes to Li Mu…

A second‑grade Demon General lizardman, and Li Mu never even gave it a proper look from start to finish.

Then…

He killed it with a single punch?

The way he brushed it off was as if he had swatted a pesky fly.

Hiss…

He had just rushed up to taunt Li Mu, not being smacked to death; his ancestors for eighteen generations must have had their heads chopped off in the underworld, right?

Seeing the lizardman's corpse, its flesh a bloody mess and brain matter splattered, Liu Guanyu felt his heart race and silently made a decision.

From now on he'd rather eat shit than ever court death again!

And at this moment, it wasn't just Liu Guanyu and his group who were too shocked to speak.

Even the chubby kid Qian Wenyi, who had been bumbling behind Li Mu, stared at the scene with his mouth agape, dumb as a wooden chicken.

Look at everyone in the crowd!

If you name the person who knows Li Mu best, if Qian Wenyi dares to claim second place, then surely no one would dare claim first!

Yet even he, after witnessing Li Mu repeatedly turn the tide against the odds and create one astonishing miracle after another!

Even…

Yesterday Qian Wenyi even saw with his own eyes the incomprehensible scene where Li Mu, at the Cangbaoge auction, stuck Pan Wenbo's whole body into the auction podium like a pillar.

But compared with all those experiences, the sight of Li Mu killing a second‑grade Demon General with a single punch was a case of a minor wizard seeing a great wizard—far beyond anything else.

But this, from onlookers' perspective…

No!

Precisely, this was an absurd scene that no one could even dream of, and Li Mu not only pulled it off!

Moreover, he did it with such nonchalance and effortless control!

While others were still worrying about how to pass this Inner Peak disciple assessment while bearing the corrosive demonic aura from the lizardman!

But for Li Mu?

He wasn't there to take the assessment at all.

He clearly came over to kill, right!

"Is this what invincible flesh feels like?"

"Sure enough, all those ten‑plus days of hard work to forge the Forbidden Realm: Ninth Forbidden were not in vain!"

"This feeling is wonderful!"

Li Mu clenched his fist, feeling the endless terrifying power within him surge like a volcanic eruption, his smile refusing to fade.

As Li Mu walked forward, all the disciples inside the Inner Peak Hall instinctively cleared a path for him.

Everyone watched with wide eyes as Li Mu leisurely passed by them, eventually reaching the direction of the Longtan Peak disciples.

When Li Mu approached, Qian Wenyi finally snapped out of his shock, his mouth opening and closing, stammering for a long while before managing to utter this sentence.

"Old… "

"Boss!"

"You… "

"You just killed that Demon General with one punch!"

"You made history!"

And the Longtan Peak disciples surrounding Li Mu all gazed at their sole living father of Longtan Peak with fervent, worshipful eyes.

Honestly!

Although it's no longer the first time they've witnessed Li Mu's miracles, each time they see them again, they still feel a dreamlike, unreal sensation.

Back then, Li Mu, with an absolutely overwhelming advantage, set a terrifying record in the Four Peaks Grand Tournament that left every junior disciple feeling hopeless.

Result!

When everyone saw that Li Mu's cultivation was still at the Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm, unchanged!

When people gradually began to doubt whether Li Mu had run out of talent and shed his Heaven‑proud aura!

Li Mu said nothing!

He simply acted, and in this Inner Peak Outer Disciple assessment, he killed the second‑grade Demon General required for the test with a single punch.

He once again set an unprecedented record that will never be surpassed, striking back fiercely at all the disciples who had just doubted Li Mu!

Including the Xuan Yue Feng steward Sun Wensong!

Everyone in the hall felt as if a single massive, heavy slap had struck each of their faces!

Let them only feel that their own faces burn with a scorching pain!

He wishes he could just find a crack in the ground and crawl into it!

"Li…"

"Li Mu, could you tell us exactly how you killed that Second‑tier Demon General with a single punch just now?"

"As far as I know, the Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm Peak only has about one hundred thousand kilograms of bodily strength, far less than the power of your punch just now, right?"

At this moment, Wu Zhengyong couldn't help but step forward and ask.

"Whoa!"

With those words, every steward and disciple in the hall turned their gaze onto Li Mu.

Obviously!

They were also extremely curious about the answer to this question.

"Me?"

"It was just luck this time!"

"That Second‑tier Demon General was already severely wounded and suppressed by a formation, so it probably couldn't even exert half of its strength."

"And me?"

"I just recently broke through the Forbidden Realm, so killing a severely wounded and formation‑suppressed Second‑tier Demon General with one punch is nothing to make a fuss about."

Li Mu shrugged indifferently, and there was no trace of pride or joy on his face after the one‑punch kill.

He was simply stating a fact to everyone, nothing more.

After hearing Li Mu's explanation, Wu Zhengyong and the others showed a look of realization; the things they couldn't understand before finally had a reasonable explanation.

No wonder Li Mu hadn't broken through the First‑tier Concentration Realm in the past ten days.

After all this time, it wasn't that he couldn't break through; he simply didn't want to, and started attempting to assault the Forbidden Realm!

Makes sense!

For cultivators!

The strength of one's physical body is crucial to the key of forming a Golden Core after reaching the Ten Grade Concentration Realm Peak!

And that is even more, the utmost priority!

For ordinary cultivators, if they haven't refined their bodies to the Forbidden Realm by the Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm Peak,

then when breaking through the Foundation Establishment Realm, to evade the Heaven Tribulation they must choose a hidden paradise to seclude themselves, using the Yuan Yang fire within to temper an inner pill!

But for those one‑in‑ten‑thousand Heaven's Pride, when they reach the Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm Peak, they are not eager to break through the Concentration Realm.

Instead they choose to further cultivate a robust body and step into the Forbidden Realm!

Even the most basic Forbidden Realm—its first layer—can grant the Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm enough bodily strength of two hundred thousand kilograms, comparable to the First‑tier Concentration Realm!

The higher the level of the Forbidden Realm they step into, the stronger their bodily refinement becomes!

Thus when they later break through the Foundation Establishment Realm, they often choose an even higher peak!

Attempting to draw nearer to the heavens above!

And the closer they get to the sky, the stronger the Thunder Tribulation they must endure during Foundation Establishment!

Divine Dao technique, thunder as supreme, transcending the five elements, soaring above all beings!

Techniques that hammer the body with the might of heaven and earth, tempering the Yuan Yang with the power of celestial thunder to forge an inner pill.

Such an inner pill is far beyond the ordinary 'pseudo‑pill' forged merely from Yuan Yang fire.

A cultivator who entered the Foundation Establishment Realm with a 'pseudo‑pill' would be shattered at the first touch by an inner pill born of Thunder Tribulation tempering.

Both sides' strength was so immense that it dwarfed even a Lian Qi Realm that had entered the Forbidden Realm and was tormenting an equal‑rank Lian Qi Realm!

"Sigh..."

"Li Mu, we can only say that compared with a true Heaven's Pride like you…"

"We ordinary mortals are still far too short‑sighted."

"While we ordinary ones are still racking our brains and exhausting ourselves to break through the Concentration Realm,"

"you have already begun preparing for the later breakthrough of the Foundation Establishment Realm, forging a perfect inner pill through Thunder Tribulation tempering!"

Wu Zhengyong shook his head, let out a heartfelt sigh, and then continued.

"But Li Mu, I also congratulate you in advance!"

"You've earned a precious chance to descend and hunt the Demon Race!"

"Descend to hunt the Demon Race?"

Li Mu was startled and asked, a bit confused.

"Exactly!"

Wu Zhengyong nodded affirmatively.

"For an ordinary Named Disciple,"

"Usually the first trial is merely to withstand the Demon Race's demonic aura, then descend to hunt a Demon General‑rank beast; passing that counts as passing the test and grants the status of Outer Disciple."

"But such a test holds no meaning for you right now."

Speaking that, Wu Zhengyong then looked at the lizard‑person corpse that Li Mu had punched into the rock wall, unable to dislodge, and gave a wry smile.

"To have you take the Outer Disciple examination, you could just go down, find any beast, kill it with one punch, and return to submit the task."

"Such a test is completely pointless for you, like taking off your pants to fart—redundant and meaningless."

"Therefore, only a hunt of the Demon Race presents a challenge for you."

"I refuse!"

Before Wu Zhengyong could continue, Li Mu didn't even think and immediately refused.

"That was truly without any hesitation!"

Even so, I have now stepped into the Forbidden Realm: the Ninth Forbidden!

My physical strength has also reached one million kilograms, which can indeed rival a Ten Grade Concentration Realm cultivator.

But that brings the point back?

Which proper cultivator have you ever seen?

When battling someone, just tear off the Dao robe, expose that muscular flesh, and launch heavy punches at the opponent saying "Ola, Ola, Ola…"?

Normally one should keep distance, using various divine powers, Dao techniques, martial arts and skills as if they were free, to assault the opponent?

Precisely because of that, physical strength at most accounts for less than thirty percent of a cultivator's total combat power, right?

That's why.

Demon beasts clearly possess physical strength and defense far surpassing those of cultivators of the same tier.

But if a real brawl ensues, the reason is that the demon beast will inevitably be the one to die in the end.

Not to mention…

The ones I hunt after descending the mountain are still Demon Race!

The Demon Race, on top of having the demon beasts' terrifying physical strength and defense, also possess intelligence and emotional intelligence that are by no means inferior to adult humans!

Moreover, the Demon Race can also take human form, fully concealing themselves and disguising as humans.

At that point, trying to identify which among a crowd of humans is the true form of a Demon Race member is quite a challenge for Li Mu, right?

I can't just, upon encountering a suspicious human, immediately slay them on the spot, can I?

Besides…

Sometimes, it's not even a matter of whether you can find them!

It's whether you can handle them, okay?

You know.

The demon beast you're hunting this time, is it a descendant of the Demon King or the Demon Emperor?

If it's a higher‑bloodline Demon Race, they also possess the terrifying inheritance of their innate demon arts!

With Li Mu's current Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm cultivation, just bouncing over to find them.

Wouldn't that be like sending a head a thousand miles away— a light gift but heavy in sentiment?

Thinking this, Li Mu even began to doubt whether the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll had a problem.

The one truly scheming behind the scenes to kill me isn't Song Haolin, but the seemingly harmless, thick‑eyebrowed, big‑eyed Wu Zhengyong right in front of me!