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'That hurts.' The feeling of pain came all too sudden. At this moment Yang Ze even felt like he had broken some ribs.

"Ugh. Fucking hell." Looking at the old man still standing there with a smile on his face, Yang Ze took a deep breath. If earlier he was just taking it lightly, then right now he was entirely focused on the person in front of him, a single misstep could lead to a disastrous outcome.

"Well, you are still able to stand up?" At this moment, the ancestor of the Hua family was genuinely surprised. You have to know that he used almost sixty per cent of his power in this blow, yet Yang Ze was able to withstand it without any major injuries. If it were any other Late Stage Qi Guiding realm, he would be either gravely injured or on the verge of death.

Clenching his left fist, he slowly raised it before punching it in front of him.

The moment he threw his fist in the air, Yang Ze felt an intense sense of danger. With his eyes narrowed, he took a deep breath, ready to brace the impact.

"FUCK IT." With a loud roar, Yang Ze crossed both his arms in front of him in the shape of an 'X' before running the black tiger technique.

"BOOM" In the distance, Hua Lin and Old Li who were still conscious, suddenly felt their ears ringing before feeling intense pain in their ears. Even the ancestor of the Hua family was stunned on the spot for a moment before the expression on his face became grave.

Right now, he punched out with all his strength, yet he didn't see Yang Ze flying back. In front of him, Yang Ze was standing still, though his breathing was rugged and the mask on his face was still dripping with blood, his overall figure was intact without any harm.

"What was that?"

"What was that?"

Both of them spoke at the same time. Yang Ze was confused about how the old man in front of him was hitting from a distance, while the old man was confused about how he was able to take his attack head-on.

"Haven't you read about the Peak of Qi-guiding realm?" This time there was no smile on his face. All the contempt he held for Yang Ze was gone the moment he stopped his full-powered attack. A late-stage qi-guiding realm was able to block the full-powered attack of someone from half-step innate; if this matter were to leak out, it would certainly cause great waves.

"Those in the peak of Qi-Guiding could condense the Qi outside their body and use it as a medium for the long-range attack."

"Now, how were you able to block it." With a voice that was still filled with an expression of shock, the old man was looking at Yang Ze. The moment Yang Ze stopped his attack, he vaguely saw something illusory, yet before he could observe it any further, the illusion disappeared.

"HEH." With a sneer, Yang Ze stomped on the ground before rushing forward. "You will find out soon enough."

Closing his fist, the old man didn't shoot the qi but condensed it around his fist. In an instant, his ordinary fist was suddenly bathed in a pure white mist. The mist converted in the blink of an eye before forming a white layer that looked like a glove.

This time, the old man wasn't as carefree as before. The young man in front of him was giving him a sense of power that was comparable to him. It would be his biggest mistake if he took him lightly.

"Haaah." Yang Ze's right hand was suddenly covered by the illusionary tiger claw. Leaving a thin layer of protection on his body, he sliced toward the old man.

"BOOOOM." The moment both of their fists collided with each other, an intense explosion covered the entire mountaintop.

"FUCK." Old Li and Hua Lin both cursed at the same time, but before they even had a chance to take cover, both of them flew up into the distance like ragged dolls.

"HAAH."

"Haa."

Both Yang Ze and the old man were panting heavily, with torn clothes and dust all over their body, one could mistake them for beggars.

"ESSENCE. I can't believe you are able to understand the essence." At this moment, the ancestor of the Hua family was shouting at the top of his lungs. The sight in front of him was so incredible that he didn't even consider it to be true.

It was already a miracle for someone aged less than twenty to step into Late-stage qi guiding, yet for the same person to even understand the essence of martial arts; this could no longer be described as talent. For a moment, his mind almost stopped working. The things were so absurd... that he didn't know if he was dreaming.

At this moment, his heart was full of regret. If he knew that the person in front of him was in the late stage of qi guiding and had also mastered martial arts essence, he wouldn't have thought of using him as a sacrifice.

Even though the two of them were similar in strength, his opponent was still young and coupled with the fact that he could use his Essence more times than he could shoot his Qi... The old man didn't dare to imagine the consequences. He was destined to run out of Qi and at that time, he would be a sitting duck. The more he thought about it, the more he regretted targeting such a monster in the first place. The only way for them to go against such a monster was to gather the entire force of the family and even then, the chances were not in his favor.

The fact that the boy wasn't killing off everyone present here was already a miracle.

"I guess it's too late to make peace now." Trying to calm the anxiety in his heart, the old man regulated his breath before speaking. Even though his words were filled with the intention of making peace, his hands were slowly condensing a layer of Qi.

Perhaps this trick might have worked for others, but not for Yang Ze.

"Heh. Talk about hypocrisy. The minute you realise my strength is the same as yours, you want to make peace."

"Old man... Let's not waste any more time. In the next move, I will use my entire strength. It's better to finish it off quickly instead of wasting so much time." Yang Ze didn't know whether there was going to be reinforcement or not. He just wanted to finish it as fast as possible. As for warning the old man... He wanted him to brace for the impact. He didn't want the old man to die accidentally.

"ARROGANT BRAT, LET ME TEACH YOU." The old man gritted his teeth in anger before deploying as much Qi as possible.

At this moment, Yang Ze put both of his hands on the ground and stood in the position of a wild animal. In the blink of an eye, the qi inside his body depleted at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within the span of a few breaths, the Qi inside his body was reduced by more than eighty per cent. This was something that he didn't dare to use before because of the lack of Qi.

But after his promotion... he could barely use it once.

Outside his body, the illusory figure of a white tiger began to take shape. By the time his Qi was reduced by eighty per cent, the illusory figure of the white tiger completely became corporeal. At this moment, the old ancestor of the Hua family wasn't able to see the figure of Yang Ze.

'Fuck.' Looking at the white tiger in front of him, the old man cursed loudly in his heart. At this moment he was finally regretting kicking the steel plate. If time could turn back, he would definitely not provoke this disaster. Unfortunately for him, there was no medicine for regret. He could only bite the bullet now.

With a deep breath, he condensed his entire Qi on his hand which was now glowing white. Yang Ze who was completely covered by the figure of the tiger had a solemn expression on his face. The destructive power that covered the old man's hand was so great that even the air around it was trembling. Even though there was quite a distance between the two of them, he could feel the destructive force behind it.

"Fuck it." Gritting his teeth, Yang Ze rushed forward and raised the claw before slashing it down. The old ancestor of the Hua family who was standing there with his eyes closed suddenly opened them before punching with every ounce of power he had.

"BOOOOOM."

With Yang Ze and the old man at the centre, a storm suddenly swept the entire area. In a radius of sixty meters, even the trees were uprooted before flowing into the air.

By the time dust settled, the entire mountain peak was changed beyond recognition. The stone platform along with the old tree was nowhere to be seen. In the radius of twenty meters of the initial explosion, there wasnt even a single speck of leaf.

If there was something in that twenty meters radius, it was the figure of Yang Ze and the old man lying on the ground completely motionless.