I am a high-level martial arts master.

Guangming, in a dilapidated alley.

The man licked his lips; his massive body almost blocked the alley, radiating a suffocatingly fierce aura.

Jiang Xiyue's heart sank. As the man spoke, two more fierce auras approached from not far away, their cultivation levels also reaching the Acquired Realm! Three Acquired Realm cultivators!

Her stats weren't focused on combat enhancement, and her true energy had already been mostly depleted during her escape. Now she was facing three opponents of the same level...

"From the Treasure Pavilion? Indeed, you have an extraordinary air about you."

The giant's gaze swept over Jiang Xiyue, and he grinned, "Perfect! Your pure blood and energy are perfect for transforming into one of my kind!"

"Don't worry, you also have acquired cultivation. Even after transforming into a blood corpse, you won't lose your mind; it will just taint the entry."

Hearing the giant's words, Jiang Xiyue took a step back without showing any emotion, and coldly snorted:

"Dream on! I'd rather die than become one of these inhuman monsters."

A word or phrase is a person's lifeblood; defiling a word or phrase is more terrifying than simply dying.

The dead can be resurrected, but if you survive but tarnish the entry, it means the one alive is definitely not you, but merely a shell possessing the original memories. Seeing this, the giant's eyes flashed with bloodlust, and he sneered, "That's not up to you."

With that, his large, fan-like hand, accompanied by a suffocatingly foul odor, reached straight for Jiang Xiyue's slender neck!

The speed and power were so great that the air itself seemed to shriek under the strain.

Jiang Xiyue gritted her teeth, knowing that she was no match for him in a direct confrontation.

She let out a sharp cry, advancing instead of retreating, her wrist trembling rapidly, the longsword transforming into a hazy curtain of light to protect her vital points.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The ear-piercing sound of metal clashing against metal rang out in the alley!

The sword light danced wildly like a silver snake, precisely striking several points on the giant's wrist, elbow, and palm as he grabbed at them.

Each strike contains pure internal force, instantly piercing joints or tendons.

But faced with a barrage of punctures, the burly man's torn skin healed in no time.

Relying on his powerful healing abilities, he fought fearlessly, exchanging injuries for injuries, forcing Jiang Xiyue to fight and retreat.

"Miss, be careful!"

Just then, a guard from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion exclaimed in surprise.

While the girl was fighting the giant, two other uncivilized individuals rushed to her aid.

Seeing the other party's figure charging in aggressively, the guards tried to stop them, but how could they withstand the immense force of the other party?

"Get out of my way!" The leading long-haired blood zombie didn't even bother to raise his head, casually swinging his left arm and unleashing a powerful force.

The guard, sword and all, was struck as if by lightning. His chest caved in instantly, blood gushed from his mouth, and he was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into half a wall. His fate was unknown.

The next moment, three blood corpses at the Acquired Realm surrounded the girl. Taking advantage of the giant's attack, the blood corpses on the left and right sides approached like ghosts. One pointed his fingers like a knife, aiming straight for Jiang Xiyue's ribs, while another roared and unleashed a vicious sweeping leg kick, kicking up dust and debris, attacking her lower body! She was attacked from three sides!

Jiang Xiyue's pupils contracted sharply! She mustered her nearly depleted inner energy, her steps quickened, and her figure, as slender as a willow in the wind, narrowly avoided the sweeping leg kick.

Then, the longsword in his hand drew a sharp sword shadow, and with a swift movement, he parried the finger knife under his ribs, sparks flying everywhere!

He barely managed to block two attacks with all his might, but the giant's powerful fist was already upon him!

Bang!

A muffled thud!

Jiang Xiyue could only barely hold her longsword horizontally to her side, managing to block the heavy punch!

The sword was instantly bent into a heart-stopping V-shape by the impact, almost touching her waist!

A terrifying force slammed into her through the sword!

Her delicate body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing hard into the broken wall behind her!

The girl let out a muffled groan, felt a sweet taste in her throat, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

The excruciating pain spread from the point of impact, the girl's face was as pale as paper, every breath brought on pain in her chest and abdomen, and her pitiful internal energy was almost completely exhausted.

"Damn it! This young lady is exceptionally talented and has a promising future. Am I really going to fall here?"

A flicker of despair flashed in Jiang Xiyue's eyes. She struggled to lift her throbbing arm, and her longsword glowed with an arc of light as she channeled her inner energy into it: "I'd rather commit suicide than become a blood corpse."

Seeing that Jiang Xiyue was about to commit suicide and not give her a chance to transform into a blood corpse, the burly man's eyes showed anxiety, and he quickly stepped forward to chase after her.

In a daze, the girl seemed to see a familiar figure in white blocking her way.

That figure was so familiar that the girl felt a sense of disbelief.

"How could this be?"

"The last thing this young lady thought of before she died wasn't her parents, but... you, sir?"

"I actually like him to this extent? When did this happen?" Jiang Xiyue's eyes showed confusion.

Although she did have feelings for Ye Li, it was perhaps a bit too much for her to think of him first on her deathbed...

The non-existent love left the young girl's mind filled with great confusion.

She never imagined that she would love Ye Li so much, that he was the one she kept replaying in her mind's eye.

But just as her thoughts were wandering, she quickly realized that she had misunderstood.

because……

"Clang!!!"

A burst of sword light appeared, and the giant's right arm, which was reaching for the girl, was instantly torn apart.

A sharp sword mark ran through the entire ancient alley.

All around, the blood-tempered corpses that had been chasing the remnants of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion had thin lines of blood on their necks.

A moment later, the blood trail spread and expanded, and with a gurgling sound, the heads of more than a dozen tempered blood corpses rolled to the ground.

"Who are you!!!"

The giant steadied himself, pressed his right arm, which was about to fall off, back down, and roared in shock and anger.

But when the three of them saw Ye Li's appearance clearly, their faces were filled with astonishment.

Ye Li?

That impression of the mid-stage of Body Tempering?

Are you kidding me!

"Guest...sir?!" Jiang Xiyue's beautiful eyes widened, filled with surprise and worry, after realizing the visitor wasn't an illusion.

"You...how did you get here? Run!"

Ye Li glanced at the still-shaken Jiang Xiyue and the remnants of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

After confirming that the girl was temporarily unharmed, his cold gaze, like a tangible blade, fell upon the giant and the two blood corpses behind him, as if he were looking at several corpses.

If it weren't for the premonition from [White Inspiration] that spurred him on his journey, he probably would have arrived here to find only the girl's corpse. Behind Ye Li, Jiang Xiyue cried out urgently, "Be careful! These three have been transformed into blood corpses. Although their attributes are gone, their power is several times greater than before. You can't fight them head-on."

"Moreover, they are not afraid of pain, and their wounds heal quickly. If attacked by a blood zombie, they will be infected by the zombie poison. If they do not use their internal energy to suppress the wounds, they will become blood zombies without any sense of reason."

"Brute force? Well, I happen to have a bit of that too." Standing in front of the girl, Ye Li said softly after hearing this:

"Close your eyes first. If it's three early-stage stages after the initial stage, I won't be able to stop. The scene might be a bit cruel."

"Arrogant!" The giant was thoroughly enraged by Ye Li's words.

"So what if you break through to the Acquired Realm? I'll tear you apart!"

Having said that, the giant unleashed his full power, his body glowing with a faint bloody light, his muscles bulging and taut, like a ferocious humanoid beast.

He stopped wasting words, knowing full well that the person before him was a formidable opponent and that he had to fight with all his might!

Moreover, only close-quarters combat can suppress the sword in Ye Li's hand that can cut through iron like mud.

With a roar, the ground beneath the giant's feet exploded.

Its massive body unleashed an astonishing speed disproportionate to its size, like an out-of-control chariot, carrying a fierce wind that tore through the air, and punched straight at Ye Li's face!

Wherever the fist passed, the air emitted a piercing explosion!

But he was fast, and Ye Li was even faster!

Facing the giant man, Ye Li's arm muscles bulged.

A terrifying, surging force, like a celestial river overturning, crashed down upon the giant man.

Boom!!!

The giant's fist, as thick as an iron pot, collided with Ye Li's arm, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The sickening sound of bones cracking was as dense as a torrential downpour!

In the giant's unbelievable reflection, his arm, as thick as a beam, burst apart inch by inch, starting from his fist!

Skin, flesh, tendons, bones...

All the material that made up the arm was blasted apart by Ye Li's brute force, turning into a cloud of fleshy pulp.

Ye Li smiled coldly and delivered a powerful whip kick to the big man's waist and abdomen.

"Sizzle!"

With a crisp cracking sound of a lumbar spine breaking, the giant's upper body and lower limbs folded at a ninety-degree angle, his body flying backward and crashing into the ruins, a mass of blood, flesh, and bluestone mixed together.

Shock, astonishment...

The surviving members of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion were already dumbfounded, as if petrified, with only boundless shock in their hearts.

Blood Corpses are known for their brute strength, and with the amplification of their internal energy, they are rarely matched with anyone of the same level.

But at this moment, Ye Li used brute force against brute force, crushing the big man to death with overwhelming force!

Another long-haired blood corpse nearby saw this and wanted to help.

But Ye Li's figure appeared in front of him at some point, his right fist descending from the sky, swinging out with the brute force of splitting mountains and shattering rocks.

This is not the Yan City Grand Competition, and the blood corpse does not have any protective badges on it.

Under Ye Li's fist, the blood corpse's head exploded, and the spurting blood poured out like bullets, creating a crater in the blue bricks.

Upon seeing this, the last blood-soaked corpse immediately tried to escape, but then felt its shoes sink.

Ye Li's right leg slammed the blood corpse's foot, which was about to lift up, into the bluestone bricks. He then spread his five fingers wide, grabbed the blood corpse's shoulder, and pressed it down forcefully.

The blood corpse felt an irresistible, terrifying force instantly transmitted from that palm to every bone and muscle in his body! It was as if a towering mountain had crashed down on him!

Boom! ...

A tremendous force of hundreds of tons was transmitted downwards from the palm, like the continuous crackling of firecrackers.

With a series of cracking and popping sounds, Ye Li forcefully slammed the blood corpse's entire skeleton into the stone bricks, turning it into a blurry mixture of flesh, bone fragments, and clothing.

You can barely make out the outline of a human figure.

The eight-foot-tall strong man was crushed into a bloody pulp no bigger than a stone block!

In the blink of an eye, Ye Li crushed the three blood corpses to death!

The alley was deathly silent, with only the heavy stench of blood and swirling dust silently recounting the horrific scene that had just unfolded.

The people in the Hundred Treasures Pavilion were stunned, their minds blank.

Once everything had settled down, Ye Li remembered the other party's strong healing abilities and looked at the three blood corpses with concern: "Are they dead? Is there any risk of them resurrecting?"

Everyone stared speechlessly at the minced meat in the deep pit and the debris beneath the broken walls.

These blood corpses only have strong healing abilities, but once they're smashed into a pulp, even the strongest healing abilities are no longer enough to kill them.

Ye Li turned around and looked at the dazed girl. His gaze fell on her unprecedentedly disheveled appearance, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "You've suffered."

As soon as she finished speaking, a flood of grievances, including the loss of her loved ones, welled up from the bottom of the girl's heart.

Jiang Xiyue's eyes welled up with tears, but she forced them back and said in a sob, "You... how did you break through to the Acquired Realm?"

"I am quite talented, but I still have to thank Miss Jiang for those few doses of medicine."

Ye Li expressed his sincere gratitude, then said, "This isn't the place to talk. By the way, where are my master and the others now?"

The girl gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Chief Zheng is seriously injured and is wanted by the Poison Wolf Gang. His whereabouts are currently unknown, but he should be out of danger..."

Ye Li suddenly reached out to stop the girl from speaking, and gripped the sword behind him, saying:

"Which senior is hiding in the shadows? Please come out and meet us."

As Ye Li spoke, a flurry of panic ensued, and an old figure emerged from behind a broken wall.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Ye Li's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "Elder Jiang!"

Before Ye Li stood Elder Jiang, the Acquired Elder who had once guarded the armory.

"Young Master, it's been a long time." Old Jiang said somewhat listlessly, "I didn't expect you to be so old. But you shouldn't have returned to Guangming." "Oh, alright, alright, you old bones, don't reminisce!" Ye Li interrupted.

"Let's get out of here quickly before the pursuers arrive. If we drag this out any longer, I'll be worried for the audience."

Interrupted by Ye Li, and seeing that the other party remained in the same tone, the old man was both amused and exasperated, and had no choice but to lead the way along the path towards the stronghold. On the way, Ye Li stepped forward and skillfully supported Jiang Xiyue's body, saying, "You are injured and have difficulty moving, let me help you."

Jiang Xiyue was startled by his sudden intimate gesture and froze, forgetting to dodge. She felt as if the places he touched were brushed by feathers, both numb and itchy.

Her heart skipped a beat uncontrollably, and two faint blushes rose on her pale face.

The people in the Baibao Pavilion nearby kept their eyes down and ignored it, pretending not to see it.

The dark, damp air was filled with a strong smell of blood and the bitter aroma of herbs.

Led by Elder Jiang, Ye Li helped Jiang Xiyue, followed by several shaky remnants of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, and they followed a secluded path to an abandoned church in the south of the city.

As they ventured deeper into the church, Mr. Jiang, who was leading the way, stopped, fumbled around on a stone wall for a moment, and activated a mechanism.

With a dull creak, a stone slab slowly slid open, revealing an opening just wide enough for two people to pass through.

"We've arrived, Young Master, Miss Jiang, please come in." Old Jiang's voice was weary.

Leading the group in single file, they only realized upon closer inspection that what lay before them was a temporary base converted from a massive wine cellar.

Just as Ye Li was observing, a familiar yet unexpected voice rang out: "Ye Li? Didn't you go to participate in the competition? And how is Zhou'er doing now?"

Ye Li turned his head and saw Li Guancai staring at him in astonishment.

Li Guancai mentally calculated the time: "The competition just ended yesterday? Did Ye Li skip it?"

"Oh, after I won the battle and broke through to the Acquired Realm, I rushed back. On the way, I also killed four Acquired Realm cultivators."

Ye Li said calmly.

But his seemingly ordinary words stirred up a storm in everyone's hearts.

Individually, he can understand these words, but when they are put together, how come he can't understand them?

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