Chapter 16: Blood-Binding Array

"When they come up in a moment, I will have to trouble the two of you."

Shen Qi plopped down onto the sofa, his face filled with intense baleful energy.

Since the morning, he had been receiving reports from his subordinates.

A martial artist in a long gown had started from the smallest venue of the Qibao Association, smashing his way through, and specifically naming him, the head of the Qibao Association, to find.

At first, Shen Qi did not take it to heart; after all, martial artists were not rare to him, and the Qibao Association had many martial artists in its service, including experts at the Seventh Grade realm.

Martial artists above the Fifth Grade in Shanghai could be counted on one hand, and he knew exactly where those few people were.

As for the Chen Che who had suddenly popped up, he merely considered him a hotheaded youth trying to make a name for himself by opposing the Qibao Association.

In the venues below, there were also some with martial artists stationed there; Chen Che smashed his way through, but there would eventually come a time when he hit a steel plate.

However, he did not expect that as time passed, the calls from his subordinates would become more and more frequent.

It was not until a venue with a Fourth-grade Martial Artist stationed there also fell that he realized the severity of the situation.

Shen Qi decided he could no longer let Chen Che run wild; since he wanted to find him, then let him come.

Many people had attempted to assassinate him, but without exception, not one had survived three moves in the hands of these two people beside him.

"Master Qi, rest assured, he is just a greenhorn with a bit of skill."

The one speaking was the younger of the two, Lv Quan; he was a Seventh Grade Martial Artist in the service of the Qibao Association and also the Qibao Association's top combat power.

"With the two of us here, Master Qi can have him die however he wants later."

The old man was named Kong Gui; he hunched his back and leaned on a nanmu cane.

Shen Qi said angrily, "Since I founded the Qibao Association, I have never suffered such humiliation! A greenhorn has actually been able to fight his way here, and my subordinates didn't even have the power to fight back; I really have been raising a bunch of good-for-nothings!"

After Shen Qi realized something was wrong, he sent people to investigate the ins and outs of the matter.

It would have been better not to investigate; once he checked, he was even more furious!

Ever since he, Shen Qi, became the king of the Shanghai underworld, it had been a long time since anyone dared to defy or provoke the Qibao Association!

Not paying the money requested was already an offense to the majesty of the Qibao Association, and he even threatened to wipe out the Qibao Association!

"It seems the outside world thinks I, Shen Qi, have been eating vegetarian for too long and can no longer swing my blade."

Shen Qi let out a cold snort, his eyes radiating sinister baleful energy, "This time, I must pull the tendons and peel the skin of this brat who dares to provoke me, to properly intimidate those disobedient people and let them firmly remember that in Shanghai, I, Shen Qi, am the rule!"

Boom!

As soon as his voice fell, a subordinate of the Qibao Association flew in like a cannonball, smashing open the door of the private room.

The three of them looked closely and saw that the subordinate who had flown in was exactly the Fifth Grade Martial Artist who had been guarding outside the door.

At this moment, Chen Che appeared at the doorway and walked in leisurely.

"Which one is Shen Qi?"

Chen Che swept his gaze over the three people in the room.

Shen Qi sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, faced Chen Che, and said, "Not bad, kid. You are the first person in twenty years to be able to go from the first floor to the thirtieth floor unscathed."

Chen Che looked at Shen Qi and said, "So you are Shen Qi."

"I'm informing you: I'm looking for you just to tell you that I've wiped out the Qibao Association. If you don't want to die, leave Shanghai."

Chen Che said with a straight face.

"Heh!"

Shen Qi and the other two looked at each other and laughed out loud, as if they had heard some grand joke.

"Kid, do you know what you're saying? You want to wipe out the Qibao Association? And tell me to leave Shanghai?"

Shen Qi's expression was fierce: "Do you know what kind of end awaits those who offend my majesty?"

Chen Che sighed and said, "Forget it, let's just start. People like you won't be honest unless you get a few big slaps to the face."

"The two people beside you should be your retainers; let them come up. I'll finish them off early so you can recognize reality sooner."

Chen Che said.

Lv Quan and Kong Gui felt it was ridiculous after hearing Chen Che's words.

"What a big talker, finishing us off? I think there's really something wrong with your brain!"

Lv Quan stood up, and True Qi slowly emerged from his body.

He scrutinized Chen Che, using his True Qi to sense the True Qi inside Chen Che's body.

He didn't detect even a trace of True Qi fluctuation!

Lv Quan asked suspiciously: "You aren't a martial artist?!"

Hearing this, Shen Qi and Kong Gui were both stunned.

If Chen Che was not a martial artist, how could he have fought his way here? And how could he have defeated a Fifth Grade Martial Artist of the Qibao Association?

If a person had no True Qi fluctuations in their body, there were only two possibilities.

He was either an ordinary person, or his realm was at the Ninth Grade Above.

Only realms like True Person, Master, or Grandmaster above the Ninth Grade could conceal their own True Qi.

And since Chen Che could defeat a Fifth Grade Martial Artist, he was clearly not an ordinary person, so there was only one possibility!

Thinking of this, both Lv Quan and Kong Gui broke out in a cold sweat.

Not to mention the Ninth Grade Above realm, even experts at the Ninth Grade realm only numbered three in all of Shanghai!

And Chen Che looked so young; how could he possibly have such a high realm?!

Kong Gui did not believe it and also released his True Qi to quietly test him, but the result was the same as Lv Quan's judgment.

There were no True Qi fluctuations on Chen Che!

"This is impossible, you cannot be at the Ninth Grade Above realm!"

Lv Quan roared in disbelief, but there was no better explanation.

Chen Che picked his ear: "You're so noisy!"

"Slap!"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Che arrived before Lv Quan in the blink of an eye, and before the three of them could react, Chen Che had already slapped him.

Lv Quan did not even have time to change his expression before he was decapitated.

His head flew off his neck, rolled into the corner of the wall, and blood sprayed all over the ceiling.

The entire room was deathly silent!

The hand Kong Gui used to lean on his cane trembled; slapping a Seventh Grade Martial Artist to death with one palm was not something that could be achieved by a mere one or two levels of difference in Martial Dao Realm.

He could now be certain that Chen Che was at the Ninth Grade Above realm!

Shen Qi watched as Lv Quan's headless corpse collapsed with a boom, his expression filled with terror.

He only now realized that it was not Chen Che who had provoked him, but the Qibao Association that had provoked Chen Che.

A Ninth Grade Above Martial Artist, let alone in Shanghai, would be a figure fought over by every family even in the provincial capital!

Shen Qi could not help but tremble all over, and he looked toward Kong Gui at his side.

Kong Gui was a Strange Gate Dunjia Master, sharing the same roots as a Martial Artist but of a different kind; he now had no choice but to pin his hopes on Kong Gui.

Of course, he did not dare to hope that he could kill Chen Che, but rather hoped that he could stall Chen Che for a few minutes to buy some time for himself to escape.

Chen Che glanced at the blood on his body, annoyed that he had been too heavy-handed; now his clothes were truly ruined.

Kong Gui slowly stood up, faced Chen Che, and cupped his hands: "I did not expect a young friend to have achieved such accomplishments in the Martial Dao at such a young age; this old man is deeply impressed."

"To tell you the truth, this old man is not a Martial Artist, but a Strange Gate Dunjia Master. Both Strange Gate Dunjia and the Martial Dao cultivate True Qi; the only difference is the method of usage."

"This old man is untalented and only reached the Eighth Grade after forty years of cultivation. Forgive my bluntness, but the methods of the Martial Dao and Strange Gate Dunjia are different, and the strength represented by their realms cannot be equated. Even if you have already broken through to the Ninth Grade in the Martial Dao, if this old man exerts his full strength to set up an Array, it is not impossible for me to severely injure you."

Chen Che was getting annoyed: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"This old man wants to say that today's matters should end here. Master Shen Qi will no longer pursue this, and I ask that you also stop pressing us step by step. If both sides leave a path for the other, perhaps we can even be friends in the future."

Kong Gui planted his nanmu cane directly between his feet and spoke slowly.

Shen Qi also spoke up at this moment to guarantee: "That's right. Master Kong's words are also my intention. If you are willing to let this end here, I, Shen Qi, guarantee that I will definitely treat you as an honored guest of our Qibao Association in the future!"

"Forget about being an honored guest. If you become my dog, I might consider it."

Chen Che gave him no face at all, lifted his foot to step over Lv Quan's corpse, and walked toward Shen Qi.

At this moment.

Kong Gui suddenly slammed his cane hard onto the ground and roared with a hoarse voice: "Binding Blood Array!"

The next second, a circular Array appeared under Chen Che's feet, and True Qi tentacles extended from the Array, binding Chen Che's body.