Chapter 4: The Invincible Divine Fist

Boom!

It was like a furious god had suddenly roared as the explosion rang out. Caught off guard by the thunderous noise, the Blackblood Gang’s thugs were shaken, their eardrums buzzing. The black iron cage suddenly shattered, causing shards of iron to shoot everywhere.

A figure dashed forward like lightning and punched the saber in Gongsun Yun's hand.

The power of the punch was terrifying. Gongsun Yun didn't even have time to react; he only felt his arm lighten. The saber shattered, and half of his arm was also pulverized by the force of the punch, turning into a mist of blood. It was so fast that Gongsun Yun didn’t even have time to feel pain before the arm was gone.

An iron-like hand suddenly gripped his neck, lifting him up. The person holding him by the throat was none other than his prisoner, Li Xiaofei.

Li Xiaofei stared at Gongsun Yun like a raging beast. His eyes were like burning flames and his aura was as terrifying as a demon’s. His gaze was as sharp as a steel blade as he asked slowly, "You’d even kill a baby? Are you still human?"

Gongsun Yun felt as if he was being stared at by a god of death from hell. Trembling, he pleaded, "Have mercy... I..."

"You heartless scum, you deserve to be torn apart by a thousand cuts! Die!" said Li Xiaofei with a voice that was as cold as eternal frost.

He twisted Gongsun Yun's head.

Crack.

His head turned 180 degrees, and Fiery Palm Gongsun Yun, a martial artist at the second stage of the Qi Refining Realm, thudded to the ground like a dead dog.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The members of the Blackblood Gang only realized what had happened when Gongsun Yun fell. They saw Li Xiaofei standing there, his killing intent surging like an overflowing dam and his aura rising like flames in a furnace.

For a moment, the thugs were all terrified and subconsciously took a step back, their legs weak with fear. None of them dared to approach.

Li Xiaofei walked over, revealing a bright smile for the baby girl. Strangely, the baby suddenly stopped crying. The little one looked curiously up at Li Xiaofei with eyes as pure and clear as black pearls and suddenly let out a mischievous and joyful laugh. Softness instantly welled up in Li Xiaofei's heart.

"Thank you, thank you..." The young woman cried tears of joy. She held her child tightly, as if she was embracing the whole world.

Li Xiaofei turned to the nearby Dugu Jue and started to approach her step by step. The flames in his eyes reignited, and a terrifying killing intent started to radiate from him.

"Interesting," said Dugu Jue as she stuck out her pale pink tongue and licked her crimson lips. "Oh? It seems like you've broken through a little under the pressure of death? Excellent, you’ll be a wonderful cultivation vessel... Come here, kneel, and lick my boots."

Li Xiaofei gently formed a fist, and raised his middle finger. He beckoned with his finger and said, "You bitch, come here and meet your death."

Bitch?

Dugu Jue’s smile froze, and she could hardly believe her ears. No one had ever dared to call her that word. Never!

"What did you just say?" asked Dugu Jue icily.

Li Xiaofei contemptuously gestured with his finger and replied, "I said: You bitch, come here and meet your death."

Dugu Jue's eyes suddenly turned ferocious. It almost seemed as if sinister flames were rapidly burning in her black pupils.

"You stupid little pretty boy, do you think you’re some hot shit with your trash ancient martial arts? I'm going to personally break your limbs and cut off your nose and ears. I want you to see with your own eyes how I turn your body into ice. I’ll—"

Before she could finish, Li Xiaofei shouted, "Shut the fuck up and cut the nonsense."

He darted forward at an insane speed. His figure resembled lightning as he used the first technique of the Mighty Vajra Fist, the Vajra Thunderous Strike. At that moment, he was as fast as lightning and as powerful as a vajra.

He closed in on Dugu Jue like thunder on the heels of lightning. A faint golden light emanated from his fist as he raised it to throw a punch.

Boom!

His fist caused an air current so strong it was practically visible.

"Hmm?" In spite of her rage, Dugu Jue could sense the danger. Li Xiaofei’s speed and power had exceeded her expectations.

This kid is already at the third stage?

Dugu Jue immediately realized she had been careless, but she was also a master at the third stage, so she could react to his attack.

The three qi vortices within her body accelerated wildly. Her left hand rose forward and formed a beast's claw, while her right hand mimicked a crane’s beak as it hid beneath her left elbow.

The Ice Crane bone implanted in the palm of her right fist generated a silent and invisible freezing power as it was stimulated by starforce and condensed within her palm.

"Ice Crane Annihilation!" shouted Dugu Jue. At the moment their fists were about to collide, the right hand hidden beneath Dugu Jue's left elbow suddenly burst out like a crane's beak.

This was the killing technique of the Ice Crane Killing Fist. She was confident in her strike because it was a genuine new martial technique that was incomparable to those outdated ancient martial arts.

Boom!

Their fists collided in a deafening roar as shockwaves visibly spread wildly. The force of the golden fist and the silver freezing air collided frantically with each other.

Crack!

The sound of bones fracturing echoed as blood and bone fragments were sent spraying through the air.

The confidence on Du Guque's face turned into astonishment, then fear. The overwhelming and irresistible divine power surged forth like a tide, instantly disintegrating the freezing power of her technique. It shattered the crane beak pose of her right hand and blasted her right forearm into smithereens.

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Aaahh!!!

" Dugu Jue was sent flying backward with a piercing scream. Her fiery and alluring figure crashed heavily to the ground, and she coughed out blood like a fountain.

"It's impossible! You're clearly just at the first stage, how can you counter my Ice Crane Annihilation?" Her face was filled with incredulous anger. "What... what kind of martial art is that?!"

Li Xiaofei glanced at his right fist and saw that his skin was now covered by a thin layer of frost. The power of the Vajra did not allow the freezing power of the Ice Crane to harm him at all.

Li Xiaofei slowly approached the wounded Dugu Jue. He put one foot on her beautiful and noble head without the slightest pity.

"What kind of martial art?" Li Xiaofei looked down at her and said, "Of course, it's ancient martial arts."

The Mighty Vajra Fist was a martial art that appeared five hundred years ago in wuxia novels. It could be described as the epitome of ancient martial arts.

"What? That's impossible, absolutely impossible." Dugu Jue was stunned, unable to believe it. "The ancient martial arts heritage of the Great Xia has long been in decline. Even the so-called true legacy is not even worth mentioning. How could it break my new-age Ice Crane Annihilation?"

Li Xiaofei smiled faintly as he said with a hint of disdain, "The ancient martial arts of the Great Xia are peerless. How could someone like you, with such a narrow vision, understand?"

As a hardcore fan of martial arts novels, Li Xiaofei felt a burning anger inside him every time Dugu Jue belittled ancient martial arts. Because according to his memories, the country that was now the Great Xia Republic used to be China 500 years ago.

Li Xiaofei always considered himself a descendant of Yan and Huang[1], so he naturally felt a deep connection to the ancient martial arts of the Great Xia Republic.

Li Xiaofei felt a sense of satisfaction when he saw Dugu Jue’s unwilling expression.

His chuuni syndrome [2] kicked in, and his qi surged as he said, "To die under the ancient martial arts of the Great Xia is the good fortune of a few lifetimes."

Dugu Jue struggled violently at those words and shouted, "Good fortune?! You want to kill me? Do you know who I am?!"

1. Mythical ethnic groups of ancient China said to descend from the Flame Emperor (Yandi) and the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi), legendary emperors of China that are considered deities in Chinese folk religion. By calling himself a “descendant of Yan and Huang,” Li Xiaofei essentially says he is Chinese and proud of it. ☜

2. A Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe early teens who have grandiose delusions, who desperately want to stand out, and who have convinced themselves that they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. ☜