I am a high-level martial arts master.

"Crunch"

Outside the general store, Ghost Hand Chen Kangyan pushed open the slightly old wooden door of the Worry-Relieving General Store.

The door hinges creaked softly, a sound that was particularly clear on the quiet afternoon street.

He poked his head into the room, his hawk-like gaze sweeping across the small shop before instantly locking onto Ye Li, who was lounging in a rocking chair, leisurely flipping through a yellowed ancient book.

The boy's face was so handsome that it seemed otherworldly, and his skin bore faint cracks.

He exuded a lazy and leisurely demeanor, and no powerful fluctuations of qi or blood could be sensed around him.

Under the distortion of the invisible force field, Chen Kangyan did not feel that the boy was anything extraordinary.

His inward sneer intensified:

"A master of internal energy? A fraud! Young Master's information was indeed wrong. He's just a charlatan with some wicked tricks." His gaze then fell on Pei Taoyu, who was standing beside Ye Li.

The girl had a slender figure and a restrained aura. Her brain, which was at the mid-stage of the Dark Force realm, was doing its best to gather all her blood and energy into her body.

But the subtle aura she exuded made Ghost Hand realize that the girl had also entered the realm of hidden strength.

But so what?

He was a master of internal energy cultivation, having painstakingly practiced for decades!

"Hmph, Pei family girl, so you were hiding here after all."

Chen Kangyan's voice was hoarse, carrying a chilling aura, and his gaze was like that of someone looking at a lamb to the slaughter:

"Just surrender obediently, and you'll suffer less. As for the kid next to you..."

He glanced at Ye Li, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes:

"Dare to interfere in the Wu family's affairs? We'll send you on your way today!"

Before he finished speaking, he moved like a ghost!

With its target Ye Li, the fingertips were slightly bent, and the nails instantly turned black and shiny. With a foul, whistling sound, it grabbed Ye Li's throat!

His five fingers were tempered year-round with hundreds of poisons that could kill instantly, and he finally mastered the unique skill that made him famous—the Netherworld Ghost Claw!

Since the young man and the Pei family girl are both here, he will now deal with Ye Li with lightning speed and then take Pei Taoyu away.

However, just as he started moving, he was still seven steps away from Ye Li.

Pei Taoyu took a step forward, her figure blocking the two of them.

The girl raised her eyes, her gaze filled with boundless killing intent, determined to slaughter everyone involved in the massacre!

Chen Kangyan paused slightly, a disdainful sneer appearing on his face:

"Little girl, your courage is commendable, but unfortunately you overestimate yourself!"

In his eyes, it was laughable that someone who had only just entered the Dark Force realm dared to obstruct him!

He didn't even bother to use his full strength; with a casual wave of his left hand, he created a gust of cold wind and struck Pei Taoyu's shoulder, intending to knock her unconscious. This palm strike contained the skillful power of the peak of internal energy, enough to shatter a tall building into dust.

The palm strike was about to strike, but the expected scene of the girl falling to the ground did not occur.

On Ghost Hand's slightly discolored face, an indescribable, terrifying aura suddenly erupted from Pei Taoyu's seemingly frail body! The girl's face, filled with murderous intent, was like that of a demon god as she threw a punch at Ghost Hand's right palm.

As their fists and palms collided, Chen Kangyan instinctively felt his right arm hit a thick iron wall!

The force of the recoil from the fall made his entire arm go numb slightly!

"What?"

Chen Kangyan's sinister smile froze as he stared intently at Pei Taoyu.

The terrifying pressure emanating from the opponent's body was like an invisible tsunami, crashing down on Chen Kangyan!

This...this blood and qi?

Chen Kangyan's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints!

Pei Taoyu hadn't paid attention before, but now, as she unleashed her full power, she was shocked to discover that the blood and qi emanating from the girl's body were as vast as an abyss and as heavy as a mountain.

Although it is far from reaching the level of Transformation Force, its total amount far exceeds the limit of his peak Dark Force!

How is that possible!

She had just broken through to the Dark Force realm a few days ago!

Even if she really used that bottle of gene essence, it's impossible for her to raise her blood and qi to such an unbelievable level in just a few days!

"Your...blood and qi..."

Chen Kangyan's voice trembled. His first suspicion was not that the girl was cheating, but that the information was fake!

Once you develop more than 90% of your brain capacity, you are considered to have reached the peak of internal strength.

However, there are differences even among the peak levels of Dark Force!

In terms of Qi and blood, the Qi and blood of hidden strength is between 12500 and 72900.

Chen Kangyan had spent several years cultivating at the peak of Dark Force, yet his vital energy was far inferior to that of the young girl at this moment!

In the instant his mind was shaken.

Pei Taoyu moved!

There are no fancy moves, no complicated techniques.

Under the tempering of Ye Li's perfect version of Bajiquan, the more than 70,000 points of qi and blood within her body, surpassing the extreme of dark energy, served as fuel to drive her body. Facing Ghost Hand, a peak dark energy cultivator, she simply unleashed a direct punch!

Eight Extremes - Mountain Collapse!

Boom!!!

The air was blasted apart mid-air!

Wherever the fist passed, a piercing sonic boom was produced!

A punch traveling at more than ten times the speed of sound created a visible pale red shockwave.

Like a runaway locomotive, it slammed into Chen Kangyan's chest with overwhelming force!

Before the fist even arrived, the terrifying killing intent had already caused Chen Kangyan's breath to stop and his protective qi and blood to violently fluctuate!

"not good!"

Chen Kangyan was terrified, but his rich combat experience made him react instinctively.

His brain was working frantically, and he pushed the Netherworld Claws to their limit, crossing his claws in front of his chest. Layers of dark energy surged forth, attempting to use skill to overcome force and deflect this terrifying attack.

Bang! ! !

Fists and claws clashed!

A sickeningly loud sound of bones shattering rang out!

Chen Kangyan felt an irresistible force, like a flash flood, that instantly overwhelmed the soft force he had used to deflect the force!

His claws, powerful enough to crush a building to dust, were shattered by the girl the instant they made contact.

"puff!"

Chen Kangyan coughed up blood and his body flew backward as if he had been hit head-on by a cannonball!

While the person was still in mid-air, their sternum had already collapsed, making a series of cracking sounds!

However, Pei Taoyu's movements were even faster than his backward flight!

She exerted force with her feet, the power originating from her heart!

With each step, his right leg swept across like a steel whip!

Bajiquan - Springy Leg!

Snap! Snap!

Two even clearer cracking sounds rang out!

Chen Kangyan's knees were shattered like rotten wood by this fierce sweeping kick!

The excruciating pain caused him to let out a piercing scream that was inhuman!

In the blink of an eye, his limbs were shattered, his sternum collapsed, and he was covered in blood. Only his head remained intact because Pei Taoyu had deliberately controlled it.

The battle ended in the blink of an eye.

From the moment Chen Kangyan, the Ghost Hand, stepped into the shop and started his attack, to the moment he collapsed to the ground like a dead dog, it was only a breath away!

Throughout the process, Chen Kangyan utilized a higher level of brainpower and more exquisite techniques.

But in the face of Pei Taoyu's power, which was many times greater than his own, everything else was like fleeting clouds.

The girl stood in front of the ghost hand, slightly out of breath.

The terrifying, boiling, magma-like aura around his body slowly subsided, but the ferocious killing intent in his eyes remained undiminished, instead becoming even more intense due to the bloodshed. This could have ended much sooner.

However, in order not to damage the shop that her senior had taken over, she endured until she was within seven steps of her enemy before making a move.

She bent down, reached out her blood-stained hand, grabbed Chen Kangyan's disheveled gray hair, and dragged him out from the corner like a piece of trash.

The excruciating pain from the friction between his wound and the ground caused Chen Kangyan to groan in agony once more, but he was filled with even more boundless fear and disbelief. He struggled to lift his swollen eyelids and looked at the boy still lying in the rocking chair.

Ye Li finally put down the ancient book in his hand and slowly sat up straight.

He looked at the ghostly hand, dragged to Pei Taoyu's feet like a limp rag doll, his face still bearing that nonchalant expression:

"Senior!" Upon turning around and seeing Ye Li, Pei Taoyu's face, which had been filled with murderous intent, regained its composure.

"The person has been brought here. They didn't damage your shop. I'll clean up the bloodstains inside for you later."

Ye Li's gaze fell on Chen Kangyan's distorted face, and he softly hummed in agreement.

"Don't hesitate, just tell me everything."

Under Ye Li's calm words, Chen Kangyan's previously pained and distorted expression instantly turned blank.

"I've got him under control. Ask him anything you want to know. Don't kill him later; I still have a use for him!"

Pei Taoyu stared in shock at Chen Kangyan, whose mind had been twisted.

A martial artist's mind is focused and unwavering, cultivating an indestructible will!

Internal strength is also related to the brain!

Even those Western individuals with superpowered mental abilities cannot easily distort the mind of internal energy.

Having redefined her senior's unfathomable thoughts, the girl, her eyes blazing with fury, looked at the severed ghost hand and asked:

"I ask you, who exactly wiped out the entire Pei family...?"

With a blank expression, Chen Kangyan truthfully replied, "The young master of the Wu family is Wu Tiansheng!"

About an incense stick later, Pei Taoyu, having fully understood the cause and effect, gritted her teeth.

Ye Li then grabbed Chen Kangyan, who was as stiff as a wooden statue in front of him, and poured a massive amount of spiritual energy into him!

1#..50.….100w…….

With the infusion of spiritual energy, Chen Kangyan's physique grew at an unprecedented speed, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the threshold of the Transformation Realm.

Ye Li silently watched the other party's golden fortune. Under his forced infusion, the golden fortune did not increase at all, but the pitch-black death fortune increased even more.

"Is it because he knew I would kill him that his fortune entered the Five Signs of Decay ahead of time? It seems we can't force him to mature like this." Ye Li didn't care, and continued to pour spiritual energy into Chen Kangyan's body to accelerate the maturation of his blood and qi.

As spiritual energy poured in, Chen Kangyan's blood and qi began to increase layer by layer, but soon his body began to swell wildly.

A few breaths later, the old man's body swelled into a fleshy ball several feet wide, but it was pulverized by Ye Li just before it exploded.

"As expected, even with demon god cells, blood energy cannot be contained indefinitely. A few hundred times the effect is already the limit of the physical body." Ye Li, having completed the experiment, fanned the air, sweeping Chen Kangyan, who had exploded into a blood mist, out of the shop.

He glanced at Pei Taoyu, who looked somewhat dejected, and gently patted her head, saying:

"Don't be too discouraged. With your potential, you'll break through to the Transformation Realm in less than a month. Then you can openly and legitimately take revenge on the Wu family." Pei Taoyu couldn't hide her sorrow: "But even if I take revenge, what then? My family is already gone. Even if I kill the entire Wu family, I can't bring them back to life." As she said this, Pei Taoyu squatted down wearily, her whole body exuding a lion-like sorrow, making Ye Li feel a sense of decay when he got close.

He stepped forward and helplessly tapped the other person's head a few times.

"Strive diligently in your training; the ultimate goal of martial arts is to achieve boundless glory."

"Killing the entire Wu family won't allow you to resurrect your family members, but if you diligently cultivate and reach the pinnacle of martial arts, there's still a sliver of a chance."

"Even if the internal energy cannot revive your family, is there any chance of the legendary martial art of shattering the vacuum and achieving divine invulnerability?"

"I remember reading in the book that Yang Luchan, a legendary figure in Chinese martial arts, possessed a unique skill called 'Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada'."