Chapter 84: Seeking Revenge at the Door, Defeating the Enemy in Three Moves

At this moment.

Including the leader of the Qinglong Gang, Pang Qinglong, after a brief moment of recognition, he identified the newcomer, his expression shifting slightly:

"Lei Huating? When did you return?"

At the doorway, Lei Huating laughed wildly:

"So Gang Leader Pang is here too. What's the matter? It's only been seven or eight years; have you already forgotten me?"

His laughter echoed. Upon hearing the name Lei Huating, some of the Qinglong Gang members present were bewildered, while others were slightly startled, seemingly recalling the man's identity.

Xu Erhu suddenly revealed a look of shock and suspicion: "Lei Huating, it's actually him!?"

The Wrestlers from the Boxiyuan at the same table were all wearing blank expressions, and Lu Yuan asked in a low voice:

"Second Senior Brother, who is this Lei Huating?"

Xu Erhu spoke rapidly:

"Seven or eight years ago, this Lei Huating was originally an elder of the Qinglong Gang. After his Martial Arts advanced to the Thunder Sound Realm, he even rose to the position of deputy gang leader, and things were going quite well for him. It's just that later, his ambition grew; he wanted to seize power and interfere with the Boxiyuan, which led to a conflict with Master. Their relationship gradually became like fire and water, and it spiraled out of control.

Later on, to settle the grudge, this Lei Huating proposed a duel with Master, with the loser to withdraw from the Qinglong Gang. Master had long since grown weary of this man, so he agreed. As it turned out, Master's skills were superior in the duel. Lei Huating was severely wounded on the spot, and immediately left in bitter defeat, taking his family and disappearing without a trace. I never expected him to pop up today."

So he came to seek revenge?

Lu Yuan's heart stirred, and he saw that while many guests were looking at each other in dismay, Li Junxian slowly stood up:

"Indeed, it has been many years. You surely didn't come here today to celebrate my birthday, did you?"

Lei Huating laughed loudly:

"Of course not. A martial artist who has cultivated to the Thunder Sound Realm can easily live past a hundred years as long as they have no injuries. What is there to celebrate about a mere fiftieth birthday? It won't be too late to celebrate once you can live past one hundred!"

"Insolent!"

At such words, Xu Dahu, who was standing by as an attendant, shouted in anger, his rolling baleful aura surging:

"Lei Huating, this is the place where my Master hosts guests. How can you, this bastard, be allowed to spout such nonsense here!"

As he spoke, everyone at the table, including Lu Yuan and Xu Erhu, also stood up and moved behind him, staring coldly at the opposite side.

Scanning Xu Dahu with disdain, Lei Huating smiled, his laughter carrying a chill:

"Xu Dahu, so it's you, this junior. Li Junxian, how do you discipline your disciples? You and I are talking; is he even qualified to interrupt?"

Li Junxian, however, had a detached expression, calm as an ancient well:

"Lei Huating, enough with the nonsense. Today is a special day, and I do not wish to engage in a major conflict with anyone. Whatever you want, just lay it out."

"Straightforward!"

Lei Huating chuckled:

"Back then, our duel forced me to withdraw from the gang and leave my home, wandering and drifting, nearly dying on the road. I have not forgotten a single moment of these past years. Fortunately, Heaven does not cut off all paths. During this time, I worked hard, not only taking root in Qingyuan Fu but also building a significant foundation.

And I have come today to resume that bet from many years ago, to reclaim everything I lost. I want to have another duel with you on the stage. If I lose, I will offer an apology and atonement, present a grand gift of ten thousand Silver Yuan, and henceforth, wherever you, Li Junxian, are, I will give way. But if you lose, then you will do as I did back then: withdraw from the Qinglong Gang and get out of Fengyang Prefecture!"

"Lei Huating."

Qinglong Gang leader Pang Qinglong stood up, his brows tightly furrowed, saying gravely:

"You were also an elder of the gang. Let the grievances of so many years past go. Today is Old Li's birthday; give me some face and do not cause trouble here, how about it?"

From the moment Lei Huating entered, he had vaguely sensed that the man's blood and Qi were thick and his Martial Arts cultivation was bottomless. It was highly likely that he, like himself, was a Martial Artist who had stepped into the Fifth Realm Blood Refining level.

After all, Lei Huating, once a fellow elder of the gang, had outstanding talent; seven or eight years ago, he was already a Martial Artist of the Thunder Sound Realm. Now, after so many years, for him to dare to come and seek revenge, it was absolutely impossible for him to have no trump cards or confidence.

"Gang Leader Pang, I can give you face, and giving him a few days to prepare is fine."

Lei Huating smiled unhurriedly:

"However, since I'm already here today, I cannot return completely empty-handed. How about this: let my son, Lei Haojie, play a few moves with his disciple first? It can be considered adding some entertainment to this birthday banquet, how about it?"

As his voice fell.

A strong, tower-like young man beside him stepped forward, his gaze fixed viciously on Xu Dahu:

"Your master doesn't dare to make a move today, but you, as a disciple, can surely play with me, right?"

The young man who walked out had a fierce temperament, his sharp aura restrained, and his temples bulging high; looking at him, he was definitely not someone a Second or Third Realm martial artist could compare to.

Seeing this situation, the many guests had varied expressions, and there was a slight uproar.

Xu Dahu was furious and about to step forward directly, but Li Junxian saw at a glance that Lei Huating's son seemed to have already stepped into the Thunder Sound Realm, and Xu Dahu, who was still at the Bone Forging realm, was definitely no match for him, so he grabbed him to stop him:

"Lei Huating, the result of the duel back then was because you were aggressive and insisted on it; you brought it upon yourself. Today, there is no need for any disciples to duel; you and I shall have a proper fight!"

"Master, you must not!"

Before Lei Huating's side could respond, Xu Dahu cried out in alarm:

"Today is your birthday, how can you make a move? Let this disciple handle it instead!"

He knew Li Junxian's current level of strength; even if it had slipped, he was still top-tier within the Fourth Realm.

However, Lei Huating and his group had come aggressively and must have had some certainty. As the head disciple, he naturally could not watch Li Junxian risk himself.

Seeing this scene, Lei Huating's son, Lei Haojie, immediately laughed loudly, mocking: "The master doesn't dare to move, and the disciple doesn't dare to move. Are you two master and disciple both turtles?"

"Audacious!"

"This bastard is actually spouting filth here!"

With such aggressive and wildly arrogant words, all the Boxiyuan disciples present were furious and began to curse angrily.

Under these circumstances, Xu Dahu was even more enraged, and was about to step forward to fight regardless of Li Junxian's obstruction.

"Wait."

However, at the same time, Lu Yuan's figure stepped out, blocking his path:

"Senior Brother, let me do it."

"Junior Brother, you?"

Seeing Lu Yuan appear to accept the challenge, Xu Dahu was stunned for a moment, his eyes showing hesitation.

Many people in the Qinglong Gang showed expressions of surprise, while most of the other guests, who did not know him, looked on with curiosity, whispering to one another.

Seeing Lu Yuan's youthful appearance, Lei Haojie narrowed his eyes, revealing a look of scrutiny and mockery, and said arrogantly:

"Senior brother, are you also a disciple of Li Junxian?"

Lu Yuan ignored him, turned to bow to Li Junxian, and said with a smile: "Master, what is your opinion?"

Unlike before, when Lu Yuan appeared to accept the challenge, Li Junxian only moved his eyes slightly, but instead of stopping him, he showed a faint smile and nodded slightly:

"Good, mind your measure."

Others did not know, but he, as the master, was clear that in the past half year, Lu Yuan's Martial Arts cultivation had progressed by leaps and bounds; he had already mastered the breathing technique he had passed down, tempering his own lungs and viscera to be extremely tough, and he was not far from the Fifth Realm of Martial Arts.

He had already grown accustomed to such a shocking speed of progress, and subsequently, he very straightforwardly passed down the true supreme art of the Shenquan Sect, the incomplete 【Broken Gang Divine Fist】.

Although the supreme art had been passed down for only a short time and Lu Yuan might not have mastered it thoroughly, his strength and physique alone were enough to deal with the vast majority of Great Martial Masters in the Thunder Sound Realm.

"Mind my measure?"

At this moment, upon hearing this, Lei Huating's gaze tightened, and he immediately revealed an expression that was somewhat angry and somewhat fierce:

"Talking big! If this disciple of yours dies at the hands of my son, don't blame..."

"Die?"

Lu Yuan was already too lazy to waste words; laughing heartily, he stepped forward:

"If your son can last five moves in my hands, I'll count it as my loss!"

Boom!

With no more wasted words, in an instant, he stomped his foot; with the point of impact as the center, the ground within a radius of several zhang trembled violently and then cracked open in layers.

The airflow around Lu Yuan's body immediately let out an unbearable roar, and pushed and propelled by the rolling airflow, he crossed the distance of several zhang in the blink of an eye, raised his hand, and hammered a punch toward Lei Haojie's face!

A dull Thunder Sound of Gang Qi resonated.

This violent charge, with its fierce fist pressure, stirred the surrounding air, forming a dark, surging wave of air that descended with the momentum of a landslide and a tidal wave.

An expert.

An absolute expert!

One knows if there is skill the moment an expert makes a move; seeing this momentum, Lei Haojie's expression changed drastically, and an unprecedented alarm bell rang out in his heart!

He had no time to consider how Lu Yuan could have such shocking strength; he simply let out a roar from his throat, and the muscles all over his body bulged, his two arms looking like pythons that had come to life.

Then, his extremely thick arms crossed, and his figure also charged forward, crashing fiercely into Lu Yuan's incoming fist amidst a series of air explosions!

When the two figures collided, time seemed to pause for an instant.

Boom—!

As Lu Yuan's direct punch met Lei Haojie's python-thick arms, it was as if an air explosion had occurred; with the two as the center, the brick floor for a zhang around cracked inch by inch, shook upward, and was then swept away in all directions by the crisscrossing, raging wind!

Gulp!

At the same time, as the other party in the clash, Lei Haojie's eyes bulged suddenly, and he retreated wildly, his whole body shaking and baring his teeth, as if he had been trampled by countless giant beasts.

Intense pain surged from his two arms, his joints made unbearable cracking sounds, and the pure power, like a landslide and tidal wave, vibrated in layers, causing a dense web of cracks to burst open on the ground with every step he retreated!

The onlookers were all shocked to see this scene.

Boom!

However, the air exploded again; Lu Yuan, pressing his advantage, laughed, chased after him, and changed his fist into a palm, whipping up a violent gale and slamming it down from above with a roar.

If this strike landed, the head would definitely explode, no two ways about it.

Under the intense crisis, Lei Haojie endured the vibration and stinging pain in his body, shifted his feet, and his whole body floated diagonally backward like a weightless duckweed, just barely avoiding Lu Yuan's violent strike.

"What are you dodging for!?"

Seeing Lei Haojie's tall body move with unnatural agility, Lu Yuan laughed, stepped in a star-pattern, caught up with even greater speed, and opened his fan-like hand to grab at Lei Haojie's head!

Never having expected that Lu Yuan, who relied on hard-body cultivation, would possess such swift movement techniques, Lei Haojie was wildly shocked and turned his massive head, barely avoiding the fate of having his head grabbed, but in the flash of lightning, his braid happened to fall into the opponent's hand.

Rip!

The next moment, this braid, along with a piece of blood-dripping scalp, was ripped off fiercely by Lu Yuan with a casual grab!

"You bastard!"

Caught off guard and falling into a disadvantage, Lei Haojie, having had a piece of his scalp torn off, let out a miserable scream, his eyes splitting with rage, his heart filled with unprecedented humiliation.

Under Lei Huating's personal instruction, he had entered the Thunder Sound Realm a year ago and had rarely met an opponent among his peers, always being extremely conceited.

Now that his cultivation had succeeded, he had traveled thousands of miles with his father back to Fengyang Prefecture to crush Li Junxian and all his disciples with absolute power, in order to avenge the shame of their miserable retreat from Fengyang in the past.

However, how could he have imagined that before his goal was achieved, he would suffer such a great loss at the hands of Lu Yuan in just two moves?

This was simply a supreme humiliation!

However.

Before he could exert his full strength and bring out his trump cards for a struggle.

With a boom!

The Gang wind exploded and shattered; Lu Yuan had already squeezed the five fingers of his right hand, his fist and arm pressing violently, the airflow rolling and exploding like a giant siege hammer, smashing toward him with the power to crush everything.

As this punch came, the terrifying fist wind hit his face like a physical object, and the surrounding air seemed to be completely sucked away, making his lungs suffocate and his breathing difficult.

Lei Haojie was also terrified, the hair on his back standing on end, feeling as if he would be crushed to powder in the next second.

At this moment, he could not dodge, nor did he have time to dodge.

He roared in his heart, his already overburdened tendons and muscles crackling, and he raised both fists, stimulating all the Qi and blood in his body to block with all his might the place he felt was most dangerous.

With a loud bang!

It was deafening and echoed incessantly!

The two collided again, like a comet hitting the earth, instantly exploding with a powerful wave of air.

The violent energy exploded into a sheet, the ground cracked inch by inch, the wind blew in all directions, and the sound of the impact, like a great bell, reverberated everywhere.

And in such a shocking scene, Lei Haojie's vision shook violently, his fist and arm emitted a clear sound of bone cracking, and his whole body was sent flying backward powerlessly, as if hit head-on by a train.

As he flew backward in mid-air, sounds of bones shattering and muscles tearing continued to come from his body, and under the squeezing and vibration of the violent force, fresh blood sprayed continuously from his mouth and nose, leaving a trail of blood mist in the air!

What!?

At the edge of the battlefield at this moment, Lei Huating, who had not expected his son to be defeated in three moves, was shocked and terrified; he suddenly stepped forward, extending a palm to try and intercept Lei Haojie's backward-flying momentum.

However, as his palm made contact, the force swirled and vibrated, and he felt an overwhelming, mountain-toppling power transmitted to him; his expression changed drastically as he held Lei Haojie's body and retreated wildly, only finally stopping his momentum when he reached the doorway.

In his arms, Lei Haojie's body was limp, blood flowing from his seven orifices, and he suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood, fainting on the spot.

"Good!"

"Well fought!"

"Brother Lu Yuan is mighty!"

Seeing this, in an instant, Xu Erhu, Xu Dahu, and the other disciples of the martial arts arena erupted into thunderous cheers.

Even the surrounding guests were shocked on the spot.

Many people could see that Lu Yuan looked to be only in his early twenties, but the vigor of his Qi and blood was unimaginably powerful, completely reaching or even exceeding the level of the Fourth Realm.

In this Fengyang Prefecture, the Thunder Sound Realm was already considered a rare, great expert, and anyone who reached it was absolutely a person of status wherever they went.

Not to mention that Lu Yuan had reached such an achievement while looking so young; it was hard to imagine what level he would reach in the future!

"Sen, Senior Brother!"

At this moment, not expecting that Lei Haojie would actually be defeated, several disciples who had accompanied Lei Huating also exclaimed and rushed forward together.

Lei Huating, holding the unconscious Lei Haojie, called out in shock and anger: "Haojie, Haojie!"

He briefly checked his breathing and heart pulse.

Feeling that Lei Haojie's breath was so weak it seemed as if it could be extinguished at any moment, he immediately turned his head with bloodshot eyes and stood up:

"You little beast, to dare to harm my son like this, go to your death!"

Boom!

The next moment, energy exploded, his figure darted forward like lightning, his five fingers formed into a claw, and like a goshawk, he tore through the air, instantly pouncing fiercely toward Lu Yuan!

PS: Sorry that the update times have been a bit chaotic these past two days; it is mainly because the protagonist is about to rebel and step onto the stage of the thirty-six provinces of Shenzhou and even the world, and just perfecting the outline took a lot of effort. I will try my best to adjust back.

(End of this chapter)