My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

"Snap!"

That layer of third-tier defensive light shield was said to be able to withstand a full-force attack from a Golden Core stage cultivator.

Under Li Chen's punch.

It lasted for less than half a breath before emitting a teeth-grinding cracking sound.

Followed by.

Under the horrified gaze of the Zhou family head.

The entire blood-red light shield, like a piece of glass struck by a hammer, was instantly covered with countless cracks.

then.

With a "bang," it exploded completely into countless points of light, dissipating into nothingness!

"That's impossible!"

The Zhou family head's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

But this is just the beginning.

Li Chen shattered the defensive light shield with a single punch, but his momentum did not diminish.

His body crashed into the very center of the altar like a heavy cannonball.

The instant it landed.

He raised his right foot high, and then, with immense force, stomped it down hard on the blood-red crystal at the very core of the formation!

"stop!!!"

The Zhou family head roared fiercely, his voice filled with unprecedented terror and despair.

But it was too late.

"Bang--!"

The incredibly hard core crystal of the formation was crushed to dust under Li Chen's feet, just like fragile tofu!

The core of the formation was forcibly destroyed.

The extraction array, which was working perfectly, suddenly went completely paralyzed and went berserk!

The tiny spiritual vein that had been trapped in mid-air finally broke free from all its constraints.

"hold head high--!"

A loud, clear dragon roar, filled with boundless rage, resounded throughout the cave.

The power that had been accumulating in the spiritual veins for so long unleashed a frenzied, retaliatory rebound at this moment.

The massive spiritual energy that was being continuously supplied to the Zhou family's higher-ups instantly reversed!

Like a flood bursting its banks, it surged back into the meridians of those six people with a terrifying, overwhelming force!

"ah!!!"

Extremely agonizing screams echoed from all around the altar.

The five Zhou family elders were closing their eyes, their faces showing enjoyment as they absorbed the spiritual energy.

There was simply no time to react.

The violent surge of spiritual energy instantly destroyed their meridians and tore apart their dantian!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The five elders, all at the late Foundation Establishment stage, raised their heads in unison.

Five crimson blood jets, like fountains, gushed from their mouths, shooting up more than three zhang high!

Their brocade robes were instantly torn to shreds by the dissipating spiritual energy.

The five people were thrown away like rag dolls by the violent wave of spiritual energy, crashing heavily against a stone wall dozens of meters away, their fate unknown.

Even the Zhou family head, whose cultivation was the highest and who had reached the half-step Golden Core stage, was affected.

At this moment, his face was ashen.

Although he managed to suppress the bursting of his meridians with his profound cultivation, he still suffered extremely severe backlash.

With a "Wow!"

The Zhou family head coughed up a mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, and collapsed weakly onto the altar. His once youthful appearance with white hair suddenly seemed to have aged decades.

Shocked!

Absolutely stunning!

Lu Fei and Lin Qing'er, who were hiding at the entrance of the passage, were so shocked by what they saw that their jaws nearly dropped to the ground.

One punch!

He only used one punch!

This mysterious young man, who called himself Li Chengqian, actually shattered a third-order formation with his pure physical strength alone, and even used the backlash of the formation to severely injure the entire Zhou family's senior management!

This is even more outrageous than what's written in traditional novels!

"What are you all standing there for!"

Just as the two siblings were stunned into silence.

On the altar.

Li Chen slowly straightened up and twisted his neck.

His deep eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty, excited light, like that of a hungry wolf.

"Strike while the iron is hot!"

Li Chen pointed at the Zhou family executives below who were groaning in pain on the ground and roared.

"Follow me! Today, I'm going to personally send these hypocritical old fogies to their doom!"

The words fell.

Li Chen gave the Zhou family head no chance to breathe.

With a stomp of his foot, the hard altar stone slab cracked instantly, and he pounced on the paralyzed Zhou family head like a tiger descending a mountain.

"You old scoundrel! Prepare to die!"

Lu Fei and Lin Qing'er finally woke up from their dream.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes burning with a fierce rage for revenge.

"kill!"

The two drew their weapons and rushed out of the passage without hesitation, attacking the heavily wounded and fallen Zhou family elders.

A one-sided massacre suddenly erupted in the underground cavern.

"Who...who are you?!"

The Zhou family head was terrified when he saw Li Chen rushing towards him.

He desperately mobilized the last bit of true energy remaining in his body, trying to condense a spell to counterattack.

but.

He encountered the most reckless man in the Tang Dynasty.

"I'm your grandpa!"

Li Chen didn't talk to him about martial ethics at all.

The moment the Zhou family head raised his hand.

Li Chen had already slapped his old face hard.

"Snapped!"

That slap was powerful and heavy.

It knocked half of the Zhou family head's teeth out, and he spun around three times like a top before crashing heavily to the ground.

"I'll let you extract my spiritual veins!"

Li Chen stepped on the Zhou family head's chest.

"Serves you right for pretending to be a good person!"

Fists rained down like a storm.

The dull, resounding impacts of punches landing on flesh, accompanied by the cracking of bones, were chilling in the cave.

The dignified head of a family of cultivators who has reached the half-step Golden Core stage.

Having lost all magical power to resist, he couldn't even last a single round against Li Chen's terrifying physical body before being beaten beyond recognition, barely able to breathe.

The battle ended exceptionally quickly.

Those elders who were severely injured by the backlash of the formation also perished one after another under the finishing blows of the two assassins.

The entire Zhou family's top leadership was completely wiped out overnight!

"call……"

Li Chen shook the blood off his fist and exhaled a long breath.

This exhilarating hand-to-hand combat, though lacking the dazzling spectacle of magical duels, brought a great deal of relief to his long-suppressed emotions with its visceral impact.

"Thank you for rid Qingyang City of this scourge!"

Lu Fei and Lin Qing'er stepped forward, trembling with excitement, and bowed deeply to Li Chen.

"Alright, stop with the fluff."

Li Chen waved his hand and turned around to rummage through the tattered clothes of the Zhou family head.

Soon, he pulled out an exquisite storage bag.

"This old scoundrel has done so many heinous things, he must be quite wealthy. Let's divide the spoils first."

Li Chen skillfully erased the divine sense imprint on the storage bag.

Just as he was about to open the storage bag to see if there were any clues about the interdimensional teleportation array inside.

Sudden.

The Zhou family head, who was lying on the ground and had been beaten to the point of near death by Li Chen, was about to breathe his last.

His body convulsed suddenly.

Followed by.

On his face, which was covered in blood and gore, a bizarre smile appeared, one that was extremely crazed and filled with deep-seated malice.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."

As the Zhou family head coughed up blood, he stared intently at Li Chen with his dead fish-like eyes.

"You have ruined the Zhou family's century-old foundation..."

The Zhou family head's voice was hoarse and shrill, as if it were a curse from hell.

"You think... this is how you win?"

"Even if I die... I will drag the entire city of Qingyang down with me!"

The voice just fell.

With his last ounce of strength, the Zhou family head crushed a black bead hidden under his tongue.

"Buzz—!"

A terrifying aura, filled with endless evil and deathly silence, sends shivers down one's spine.

Without any warning.

It burst forth with a deafening roar from the bottomless crack at the very bottom of the altar!

The entire underground cavern began to shake violently.

An aura several times more terrifying than that of a half-step Golden Core cultivator instantly enveloped the entire area.

Li Chen's hand holding the storage bag suddenly stiffened, and his heart skipped a beat.

He lowered his head and stared intently at the huge crack in the ground.

In that deep darkness, a pair of enormous eyes, as red as a blood moon, were slowly opening.

"Holy crap..."

Li Chen gasped, a chill running down his spine.

"What kind of monster is that old bastard keeping underground?!"