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Ch 06: Why Are You Kneeling?

Uncle Xiao's eyes widened instantly when he found Leon suddenly in front of him. His body froze as he felt an extremely intense, chilling aura within Leon's pupils.

"Your foul mouth doesn't deserve to speak my father's name!" Leon said, his voice low and menacing.

The sentence Leon had just uttered felt like thunder rumbling in Uncle Xiao's head. He didn't understand why he felt such overwhelming fear at this moment.

Uncle Xiao then quickly looked down, realizing a hot aura spreading across the surface of his abdomen.

"Huh? One-inch punch?" he muttered tensely. Leon's hand was positioned in front of his abdomen, ready to unleash energy that he himself couldn't measure.

In an instant, Uncle Xiao's body was thrown backward, and his back slammed hard against the wall.

Shaun, who was near Uncle Xiao, was astonished. His body also froze instantly, staring at Leon's profile, which radiated a murderous aura that sent shivers down his spine. He lost his footing and suddenly sat on the floor, his face still looking up at Leon.

"Fuck! I knew you were a cultivator," Uncle Xiao said, adjusting his footing to stand up straight.

Leon replied in a flat tone. "Cultivator or not, what's clear is that you can't defeat me."

"Tch. Nonsense! Clearly, the spiritual energy in your body is very little. But why is your one-inch punch so powerful?"

"Huh. Why? Am I that great? Or are you just weak?"

"Damn it. Shut your mouth! No matter what tricks you have, you're just trash that I can step on anytime!"

Uncle Xiao then released his spiritual aura, making the atmosphere in the place even more tense. Suddenly, a faint purplish-black light enveloped his body, accompanied by wind that shook everyone's clothes and spread in all directions.

When Uncle Xiao took a step forward, the floor he stepped on cracked. He jumped into the air for a moment and attacked Leon directly.

Close combat ensued, with Uncle Xiao sending a barrage of attacks towards Leon. Unfortunately, Leon quickly avoided each attack, even parrying them several times.

The swing of Uncle Xiao's arms and legs, accompanied by spiritual energy, had a force of at least five hundred kilograms, or more. However, by relying only on his physical body and without spiritual energy, Leon could parry them, making him wonder who this young man he was facing was and what tricks he was using.

Meanwhile, Leon was also actually having trouble parrying Uncle Xiao's swings and punches. If it weren't for his ancient heavenly body, his body might not be able to withstand them and would be covered in bruises.

He was thrown back several times when he parried Uncle Xiao's attacks directly, and even became careless, almost getting hit by an attack. Fortunately, he had the Divine Step Technique, which could make him step in the air and move very fast. Although it was just a replica technique, it helped him greatly in an emergency like now.

Of course, if Leon used his true power, even if only thirty-five percent, he wouldn't have to bother dealing with the old man anymore. However, it wasn't time for him to reveal his identity yet. With just his ancient heavenly body, he could still handle this matter.

"Damn! Why is this kid so hard to deal with?" Uncle Xiao muttered, as his position was separated about one and a half spears' length from Leon. "I'm a peak foundation stage practitioner. It would be very embarrassing if I couldn't handle a small rat like him."

"Huh. Why so quiet? Are you admitting defeat?"

"Shut your mouth!"

Uncle Xiao immediately performed a hand incantation, which made the purplish-black light on his body surge. For a moment, the purplish-black light began to gather in both hands, radiating an extraordinarily strong spiritual energy.

Bella, who was watching, widened her eyes instantly. She knew what would happen if that attack hit Leon. That technique was one of the Murph family's techniques, namely the Soul Crusher Footprint Technique.

"Leon, watch out!" Bella shouted.

However, Leon didn't even budge from his position. He watched the attack casually with a faint smile.

Actually, using spiritual power in the form of magic or something by cultivation practitioners on ordinary humans was against the law. Because Leon's status as a cultivator was still unclear, Uncle Xiao could be punished by the state and could be detained in a special cultivator prison on Judgment Island.

"Today, I'm going to turn you into ashes!" Uncle Xiao exclaimed and was about to swing his hand forward.

However, suddenly...

"A good technique."

Uncle Xiao stopped when he realized Leon's aura was suddenly behind him. That soft and cold voice diverted his focus.

He was about to turn around while suspending his attack. However, before he could turn completely, suddenly the air around his footing seemed to stop, and suddenly a golden spiritual light appeared from the ceiling, then hit his body, giving him an extremely strong pressure, causing him to bow his head in an instant.

BRUK

When his knees touched the floor, the floor cracked because of the pressure.

"Damn it. What's going on?" Uncle Xiao muttered, regulating his breath, which felt tight.

"Unfortunately, that's not enough to kill me," Leon continued. This time, he released a little of his spiritual energy.

Shaun and his four colleagues, as well as Bella, were once again silenced in shock, seeing Leon's actions.

No. This was beyond Shaun's previous expectations. When looking at Leon, his gaze seemed to say that the man he thought was a damn loser was someone far above his ability.

"Huh. Where's your confidence from before? Didn't you ask me to kneel and kowtow a thousand times? Why are you kneeling now?"

"Uggh..." Uncle Xiao groaned, feeling the pressure weighing him down getting heavier.

He tried to perform a hand incantation, exerting his spiritual energy to withstand the pressure. However, before the purplish-black aura enveloped his body, he suddenly spat out fresh blood, and the purplish-black light on his body disappeared.

"Who is this kid, really? What level is his cultivation at?" he muttered.

Leon smiled faintly and walked back to the chair he had been sitting in before. As he walked towards the chair, he passed Bella, who could only stare at him in astonishment. A mixture of admiration and confusion was in the woman's eyes.

"What's wrong? Can't you stand? Didn't you say I was just an insect in your eyes? But why can't you withstand the pressure of an insect?"

Uncle Xiao's face turned red. He couldn't withstand the pressure anymore.

"Aarrghh. Alright! Alright, I lost. I'm sorry," Uncle Xiao said, truly humbling himself. His breath was very heavy, his bones felt like they were being pierced by thousands of needles.

Leon grinned hearing those words. He just flicked his finger, then the golden aura that was pressing on Uncle Xiao's body disappeared.

At the same time, Uncle Xiao immediately inhaled the air with satisfaction. He seemed to lose consciousness for a moment, then got up again while enduring the pain all over his body.

"I don't need your apology. From the beginning, the one who owes an apology is that man." Leon pointed at Shaun, making Shaun startled.

Having seen Leon's ability, which could even silence Uncle Xiao, Shaun quickly got up even though the pain in his body was still nagging him. With full awareness, he knelt not far in front of Leon and apologized.

"It's not me, but Bella."

For a moment, Shaun was silent, trying to process Leon's words. After that, he immediately turned his body towards Bella and apologized. He also firmly asked his colleagues to kneel and do the same as him.

Bella froze in place. She never even imagined that the situation would turn around like this. She looked at Leon for a moment, who responded with a slight nod.

"Shaun... I don't think this is appropriate. I've forgiven you. Please stand up."

Shaun, hearing those words, lifted his face instantly.

"Stop!"

In the midst of the tension that was almost easing at that moment, suddenly a woman's voice echoed in the air, diverting everyone's attention there.

"Police. Everyone, raise your hands!" The woman showed her badge while pointing a gun.