Chapter 2: The Power of the Ancient Giant Elephant

Wyatt Barnes laughed.

Playing the 'punching bag'? He's good at this.

Rudy Lee, who was tied to the torture pillar and was about Wyatt's age, had already turned green due to the hot sun...

Upon hearing Christina Lee's words, he trembled with fear and then hollered, as if he'd been injected with chicken blood, "Dad, save me!"

"Christina Lee, don't go too far!"

Seventh Elder Mark Lee's face darkened, and he exploded with anger.

"Too far? Mark Lee, your son usually bullies my son. If my son can't beat yours and gets injured a little, I accept it. But this time, your son almost killed mine. Do you think I, Christina Lee, am easy to bully?"

Christina Lee cast a cold glance at Mark Lee, her tone piercingly icy with anger.

"Wyatt, feel free to do whatever you want. I want to see, today, who dares to stop me from punishing this youngster!"

Christina Lee's words showed her heroic spirit.

Although she's a woman, the aura she exuded at that moment was no less powerful than a man's!

"Family Head."

Mark Lee looked at the family head, Jeremy Lee, hoping for him to uphold justice.

"Seventh Elder, this is a personal matter between you and Ninth Elder. Try to settle it privately."

Jeremy Lee shook his head.

"Is he the one who hurt you so badly?"

Mumbling to himself, it was unclear to whom Wyatt Barnes was speaking…

Smack!

Taking a step forward, without saying anything, he slapped Rudy Lee right in the face.

A slight sting was felt from his palm, which made Wyatt Barnes frown.

Was this body really that weak?

Hurting himself just while playing the 'punching bag'?

"Wyatt Barnes, untie me if you dare, and let's fight one-on-one!"

Rudy Lee, one side of his face swollen from the slap, glared at Wyatt, his ferocity flaring as he roared.

"One-on-one fight? Sorry, I'm not interested… Whether I have guts or not is none of your concern."

Wyatt Barnes shrugged nonchalantly, laughing.

Smack!

He slapped Rudy once again.

"This guy does have thick skin."

Wyatt Barnes frowned, and exhaled in frustration, waving his aching palm, clearly displeased.

For the surrounding Lee family disciples, they were all dumbstruck by Wyatt Barnes' actions and words.

When someone is beaten like a 'punching bag', unable to retaliate, and you still complain about his thick skin?

What kind of person is this!

"Shoes are more effective."

Bending down, Wyatt Barnes took off one of his shoes, swung it hard and directed it towards Rudy Lee's face.

This scene made the Lee family disciples on the scene feel a rising chill from the bottom of their hearts...

This Wyatt Barnes, he's not planning to slap Rudy's face with that shoe, is he?

If he really hits him, won't Rudy's face bloom on the spot!

"You little beast, you're courting death!"

Seeing this, Mark Lee could no longer hold back. He moved like a great roc, soaring across, charging towards Wyatt Barnes.

"I think it's you who are courting death!"

Christina also moved. With grace and quickness, she moved as if she was the wind or a fairy descending from the clouds, standing in front of Wyatt Barnes first.

Her slender hand extended, shimmering with the glow of Origin Force, she directly met Mark Lee's palm.

Meanwhile, above Christina Lee's head in the void, vague trails of white mist appeared and disappeared.

"Christina Lee, today I want to see how much weight you, the Ninth Elder, really carry."

Mark Lee's eyes were cold, his large hand, like a fan, descended.

The Origin Force bloomed, exerting his full strength, he met Christina Lee's palm head on!

In an instant, the faint shadows of four prehistoric giant elephants emerged in the void above Mark Lee's head.

With Mark Lee going all out, not only did he mobilize the power of heaven and earth but also transformed into the shadows of four prehistoric giant elephants...

In other words, the strength he was displaying was comparable to that of four prehistoric giant elephants!

A prehistoric giant elephant is capable of exerting ten thousand pounds of strength.

"Mother."

Wyatt Barnes frowned, showing some worry.

All of the Lee family disciples were looking intently at the Seventh Elder and Ninth Elder facing off. This was a rare spectacle.

Smack!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Christina Lee and Mark Lee crossed paths, clashing palms.

The two paused for a moment after the collision. Christina Lee leaned slightly forward, and the white mist above her head transformed into the shadows of prehistoric giant elephants...

A total of six!

The strength of six prehistoric giant elephants!

Mark Lee's strength of four prehistoric giant elephants against Christina Lee's six, and they clashed head on, the result was inevitable.

In a matter of seconds, Mark Lee was thrown back several meters like a released arrow and teetered on his feet.

"Wow!"

Mark Lee's face alternated between green and white, and then he threw up a mouthful of blood.

The next moment, he looked at the six shadows of prehistoric giant elephants above Christina Lee's head that were gradually dissipating, his face full of disbelief.

"How is this possible... The strength of six prehistoric giant elephants, is Christina Lee at the fourth level of the Condensed Pill Realm?!"

Mark Lee was shocked.

He had never imagined.

That Christina Lee, the Ninth Elder of the Lee family, who had almost never shown her abilities and always remained low profile, could have such terrifying power!

The onlookers from the Lee Family couldn't help but gasp:

"The strength of six ancient mammoth elephants... The Ninth Elder is so strong!"

"By calculating the power of the ancient elephant, the Ninth Elder's strength should have reached the fourth level of the 'Condensed Pill Realm'."

"I never expected that even the usually gentle Ninth Elder has such tremendous strength. If it wasn't for Rudy Lee nearly killing Wyatt Barnes this time, we may not have even had the chance to see the Ninth Elder in action."

…

Christina Lee stood there, her slender figure appearing extremely majestic.

"I really didn't expect my mother to have such strength. To be able to summon the power of the world and manifest the illusions of six ancient mammoth elephants should undoubtedly be at the fourth level of the Condensed Pill Realm."

Wyatt Barnes let out a sigh of relief.

In this world, the starting point of any martial artist is the 'Body Tempering Realm', which is divided into nine levels.

Cultivating till the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm gives one the strength of tens of thousands of kilograms.

Once one goes all out, he can summon the might of the world, manifesting the illusion of an ancient elephant, possessing its incredible power.

Above the Body Tempering Realm is the 'Condensed Pill Realm'.

The biggest difference between the Condensed Pill Realm and the Body Tempering Realm is the 'Origin Force'.

After reaching the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm, the development of the Origin Force signifies the entrance to the first level of the Condensed Pill Realm.

The strength of the Origin Force at the first level of the Condensed Pill Realm equals the power of an ancient elephant. Combined with physical strength, one can now wield the strength of two ancient elephants.

The higher the cultivation, the greater the power one controls.

"In my previous life, I honed my body with the 'Shape and Intent Fist', cultivating internal strength, and considered myself unparalleled on Earth... However, the physical body's peak strength, combined with my internal strength, amounts to only tens of thousands of kilograms, hardly matching to the Body Tempering Realm's ninth level in this world."

"The human bodies in this world are naturally stronger than Earth humans in my previous life. The Origin Force is also a level higher than internal strength. In my past life on Earth, I had almost reached the limit of cultivation... But in this world, my strength is merely a starting point."

Thinking of this brought a smile to Wyatt's face.

This world was interesting.

"Wyatt, no one's going to bother you now. Carry on."

Christina Lee's gentle voice reminded Wyatt.

"Dad, save me!"

Upon hearing Christina's words, Rudy's face turned pale with deep-seated fear...

If Wyatt truly slapped him with the shoe in his hand, it wouldn't be a joke!

Mark Lee's face darkened.

However, he dared not make any more moves due to his wariness towards Christina.

Wyatt grinned.

Slap!

The shoe in his hand mercilessly hit its mark.

Immediately, Rudy screamed like a slaughtered pig, a clear shoe print appearing on his face.

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

…

Wyatt swung the shoe up and down, one strike after another landing on Rudy's face.

Every time the shoe landed, members of the Lee Family present couldn't help but shudder, their flesh crawling just by hearing the sound.

It was only when Rudy passed out that Wyatt stopped.

"Rest in peace, I avenged you."

Wyatt murmured to himself, the only one aware of who he was addressing.

As he followed his mother, Christina Lee, Wyatt noticed:

As Seventh Elder, Mark Lee's gaze was full of bloodlust and hatred as he looked at Wyatt, ready to devour him...

It sent a chill down Wyatt's spine.

He had seen such gazes innumerable times in his past life.

Those with such gazes were the type of people who would stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

So, in his past life, anyone who dared look at him that way was usually nipped in the bud.

"Today's events are only just the beginning... I must quickly enhance my strength, or else I won't even know how I died!"

Wyatt felt the pressure.

Although Mark Lee was no match for his mother, his mother couldn't possibly be by his side all the time. She couldn't take care of him forever.

If he wanted to survive in this world where strength was respected, he had to rely on himself.

What he needed now was strength...

Immense power!

As the Ninth Elder of the Lee Family, Christina Lee possessed an independent courtyard.

The courtyard had three bedrooms, Christina and Wyatt each occupied one while the maid lived in the other.

Upon returning, Wyatt greeted Christina and retreated to his room.

"Wyatt seems a bit different after getting injured this time..."

Being the person closest to Wyatt, Christina Lee also noticed some differences in Wyatt after he woke up.

She didn't think too much about it, believing that her son was simply startled.

How would she know that while her son's body was still the same, the soul inside it had been replaced by someone else?

Back in his room, Wyatt sat on the bed with a gloomy face.

From those unfamiliar memories, he learned that the original owner of this body had been frail since childhood.

To complete the tempering process and reach the first level of the Body Tempering Realm to become a martial artist was as difficult as reaching the sky!

"Your mom is so strong, how could she give birth to a wastrel like you? I'm unlucky to have possessed your body."

Wyatt cursed in his mind.

"Hehehehe..."

Just then, a series of eerie, raspy laughter echoed in Wyatt's mind, sounding like a ghostly apparition.

"Who's there?"

Wyatt's face turned pale.

"Boy, I didn't expect your soul to be so resilient, surviving even when it should have been destroyed by me! But, it matters not... Wait, you're not that boy, who are you?! Damn it, you dare to snatch away the body I had my eyes on, die!!"

The raspy voice turned volatile and angry towards the end.