2026-07-28 19:35:18Li Chen kept walking. His face was completely calm. He felt no fear. He only felt a cold, deep desire to kill.
"Die!" Jiao roared in anger.
The Enforcer scout lunged forward. He used a high-level sect technique. His blue sword flashed with bright light. It moved incredibly fast, aiming directly to chop off Li Chen's head.
The crying girl on the floor screamed and covered her eyes. She did not want to see the wild boy die.
But Li Chen did not dodge. He did not try to block the sword with another weapon.
He simply raised his bare, left arm.
CLANG!
The sound was incredibly loud. It sounded exactly like a heavy sword hitting a solid block of thick steel. Bright yellow sparks flew high into the air.
Scout Jiao's eyes widened in absolute horror. The impact was so strong that it sent a terrible shockwave up his arm. His hand went completely numb. He almost dropped his weapon.
He looked closely at Li Chen's left arm.
The sharp, magical blue sword had hit Li Chen's bare skin directly. But it did not cut the flesh. It did not spill a single drop of blood. There was not even a tiny white scratch on Li Chen's grey skin.
The Void-Iron Physique, matured to the first stage, was totally unbreakable by a normal 5th Level attack.
"Impossible!" Jiao gasped, stepping backward in total panic. "What is your body made of?! You are a demon!"
"I am the Devourer," Li Chen said softly.
Before Jiao could swing his sword again, Li Chen moved. He did not use fancy footwork. He simply pushed his dark Qi into his legs and exploded forward with raw, brutal speed.
Li Chen grabbed Jiao by the throat with his left hand.
Jiao tried to scream, but Li Chen's iron fingers squeezed tightly, crushing his windpipe. Jiao dropped his sword. It clattered loudly on the stone floor. He grabbed Li Chen's wrist with both hands, trying desperately to pull the iron grip away.
"You like to talk about the weak," Li Chen whispered, pulling Jiao's terrified face close to his own. "Let me show you what true weakness feels like."
Li Chen pulled his right fist back. He twisted his hips, planting his feet firmly on the ancient stone floor. He gathered the heavy, dark Qi from his dantian and pushed it into his shoulder.
"Void Shattering Fist."
Li Chen punched forward.
BANG!
The strike hit Jiao directly in the center of his chest. The force was unimaginable. It was the power of the 5th Level of Qi Condensation, mixed with the pure, earth-shaking strength of a god-tier physical art.
Jiao's thick leather armor exploded into tiny pieces. The heavy punch completely caved in his chest, shattering every single rib instantly.
The Enforcer scout was launched backward through the air. He flew twenty feet before crashing violently into a giant stone pillar. He slid down to the floor, leaving a thick trail of blood on the stone. He twitched once, and then died.
Total silence returned to the ancient hall. The only sound was the crackling of the small campfire.
Li Chen lowered his fist. He did not even breathe heavily. Killing a 5th Level cultivator was now as easy as stepping on a bug.
He slowly turned around and looked at the girl on the floor.
The girl was shaking like a leaf in the winter wind. She looked at Li Chen with wide, terrified eyes. She had just seen this wild, grey-skinned boy take a magical sword to the bare arm and then kill an Enforcer with one single punch.
"Please," the girl whispered, pressing her face against the dirty stone. "Please do not eat me. I taste terrible."
Li Chen felt a strange feeling in his chest. A month ago, he was just like her. He was the one crying on the ground, begging for mercy from cruel people.
He walked over to her. The girl flinched, expecting to be hit.
Instead, Li Chen reached down and gently grabbed the thick ropes tying her hands together. With a simple pull, his iron-hard fingers snapped the thick ropes like they were made of cheap paper.
The girl opened her eyes in surprise. She rubbed her sore wrists.
"I am not going to hurt you," Li Chen said. His voice was rough from lack of use, but it was surprisingly gentle. "You are safe now."
"You... you saved me?" she asked, tears streaming down her dirty face.
"Yes," Li Chen answered. He looked toward the dead scout. "You said the Outer Sect Tournament is tomorrow?"
The girl nodded quickly. "Yes! It starts at the first light of dawn. The whole sect will be there. The elders, the Inner Sect disciples, everyone. It is the biggest day of the year."
Li Chen looked up at the dark, ruined ceiling of the temple. "Dawn," he repeated quietly. He had a few hours left. It was enough time.
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Chapter 47
The sun began to set behind the high peaks of the Azure Sword Sect. The sky turned a deep, dark red. The clouds looked like thick bruises bleeding into the evening air. Long, dark shadows stretched across the massive stone arena. The bright, warm light of the morning was completely gone. It was the perfect setting for a Life and Death match. The sky itself looked like it was preparing for a bloodbath. Thousands of disciples sat perfectly still on the high stone steps. They did not cheer. They did not whisper. They did not even move. The giant wooden drums in the corners of the courtyard were completely silent. In the center of the broken, melted stone stage stood Li Chen. He was as still as a stone statue. His long, black leather Enforcer coat blew softly in the cold evening wind. His dull, grey metallic skin caught the red light of the dying sun. He looked exactly like a demon standing in a pool of blood. He had not moved from that spot since he defeated Meng. He just waited. He
Chapter 46
Because Li Chen had infused the devouring dark Qi directly into the open air, the tiny black void on his knuckles kept eating. It could not stop. Having consumed the magical shield, the dark Qi violently consumed the closest available energy. It consumed the oxygen. In a fraction of a second, the dark Qi on Li Chen's fist sucked all the air out of the space immediately surrounding Meng. It created a perfect, localized vacuum. A space with absolutely zero air formed in a five-foot circle around Meng. Meng’s confident smile instantly vanished. Li Chen’s fist stopped moving. He did not even touch Meng's actual body. He just held his fist in the air, a few inches away from Meng’s face. Inside the vacuum, Meng suddenly felt an unbearable, terrifying pressure difference. The air inside Meng's own lungs was violently, forcibly sucked up through his throat and ripped out of his mouth to fill the empty void created by the dark Qi. "G-ghhk..." Meng choked. He grabbed his own throat wit
Chapter 45
The Sect Leader shivered. He nodded slowly and stepped off the stage. The old referee, shaking with fear, walked back to the center of the arena. He cleared his throat loudly. "The Semi-Final match will now begin!" the referee announced. "Li Chen... versus Meng!"The crowd suddenly erupted into loud, excited cheers again. "Meng! It is Iron-Mountain Meng!""He is a top-3 disciple! He is at the peak of the 5th Level!""Meng has the absolute best defense in the entire Outer Sect! Even Inner Sect disciples have trouble breaking his shield!"From the other side of the arena, a giant figure walked slowly up the stone steps. It was Meng. He was incredibly tall and wide, built like a walking fortress. He wore heavy, thick brown armor made of special magical leather. His face was square and hard. He carried no weapon. His body was his weapon. Meng stepped onto the broken, melted stone of the stage. He looked at the spot where Li Chen had just eaten Zhao Feng’s fire. Meng did not look sc
Chapter 44
Li Chen threw his Void Shattering Fist directly into the massive, roaring wave of bloody fire. The crowd outside the red Blood Barrier screamed, expecting Li Chen to be instantly melted into a pile of grey ash. The Blood Demon Firestorm was a 6th Level magical attack. It was so hot that the stone floor of the arena was turning into bubbling orange lava. But the moment Li Chen’s fist touched the dark red flames, the impossible happened. Li Chen did not burn. Instead, the terrifying, ancient black Qi wrapping his fist acted like the open mouth of a starving god. WHOOSH! The massive tsunami of bloody fire did not explode. It did not push Li Chen backward. It was violently, instantly sucked into the pitch-black void surrounding his hand. The Primordial Chaos Root swallowed the deadly 6th Level magic as if it were a tiny, weak candle flame. In less than a single second, the entire stage was completely clear of fire. The heat vanished. The blinding red light disappeared. Only Li Chen
Chapter 43
The thousands of disciples in the crowd went completely wild. They cheered, they screamed, they stomped their feet. The noise was like a roaring thunderhead. Inside the red barrier, the noise was muffled. It was surprisingly quiet. Zhao Feng looked at Li Chen. The arrogant smile on his face grew wider. He raised his left hand. On his finger, the silver Shadow Ring glowed slightly. "You think you are strong, Li Chen," Zhao Feng said, his voice echoing in the red dome. "You think because you beat a few weak 5th Level disciples, you can beat me. You think we are on the same level."Zhao Feng reached over with his right hand. He grabbed the silver ring. "You are just a frog in a well, looking up at the sky," Zhao Feng mocked. "Today, I will show you how massive the sky truly is. I will show you the power of a god!"Zhao Feng pulled the silver ring off his finger and threw it onto the stone floor. BOOM! The moment the ring left his body, the disguise was broken. A massive, terrifyi
Chapter 42
"Li Chen thinks he is strong because no one can cut his skin," Zhao Feng thought to himself, staring at Li Chen across the quiet stage. "But physical strength has a limit. When I unleash the full power of the 6th Level, I will summon a fire so hot it will boil the blood inside his veins. His iron skin will become a metal oven, cooking his organs alive. He will scream, and I will laugh."Zhao Feng’s arrogance returned completely. The unsettled feeling vanished. He was a 6th Level master. He was a dragon. Li Chen was just a stubborn insect that needed to be stepped on a second time. "You are very quiet, little rat," Zhao Feng mocked, breaking the silence on the stage. Li Chen did not look up from the floor. He was slowly, carefully picking up the broken pieces of his mother’s dark green jade pendant. "Are you praying to your dead mother?" Zhao Feng laughed. It was a cruel, loud sound. "Do you think she can help you? I heard she was crying when the killers cut her down."Li Chen stopp
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