"Watch carefully."
The faint voice echoed among the seven members of Xiangjiazong who had raised doubts.
This time, Luo Yu's gaze sharpened, revealing a serious demeanor.
His waist tensed, uniting qi and strength.
His left leg muscles tightened inch by inch, and the force in every cell of each inch of flesh was activated, crackling noises sounded, and the ground beneath his feet rapidly began to fracture.
Luo Yu lifted his left leg, and a red vortex appeared. All the red qi and blood power diffused in the air instantly reversed direction, converging upon his left leg.
The overwhelming power of qi and blood turned from gas to liquid in an instant, solidifying into a red leg armor, covering his left leg. At the same time, there was a resounding clang.
At the same moment, the Light Dragon King Soul Bone in his left leg was activated, emitting a dazzling golden light, and the boundless power of light exploded, carrying with it an exceedingly sacred aura.
"Boom!"
Huyan Badao and everyone present had their pupils shrink to the extreme.
Because they weren't blind and could sense the terrifying strength contained in Luo Yu's left leg—the surrounding space was rippling as if it would shatter at any moment.
What level of energy could cause such an effect?
A smile appeared on Luo Yu's lips as his eyes lightly swept over the eight members of Xiangjiazong, who were in a sorry state.
"Did no one believe me when I said that was just the aftermath of my warm-up?"
Meeting Luo Yu's gaze and feeling the Divine Power gathering on that leg,
"Thump!"
Huyan Badao fell directly to his knees, his lips quivering.
"I believe, how could I possibly not believe!"
"Spare us, exalted one. Truly, we would die under that kick of yours."
The seven members of Huyan Li's group liked to show off, but they weren't fools.
They could clearly see the severity of the situation and knelt faster than one another. In front of Luo Yu, they all knelt in a row, repeatedly pleading for mercy.
Luo Yu shook his head, speaking softly:
"There's no need to apologize; there's nothing to apologize for."
"Take this kick, and you can live."
No sooner had he spoken than Luo Yu slowly lifted his leg, attacking the eight men.
Huyan Badao's mind was filled with fear as if it would burst in an instant, his eyelids twitching wildly as he frantically summoned the remaining Soul Power in his meridians, exploding it forth.
Shui Yue'er and the other seven girls watching from a distance thought he was struggling to resist, but none expected Huyan Badao to do something that took everyone by surprise.
"Splurge!"
A painful cry echoed as the arm of the young sect master Huyan Li was chopped off by his own action, blood spurting out, and the severed limb rolling several times on the ground.
Then, without hesitation, Huyan Badao immediately chopped off his own right arm, ignoring his roars, he knelt and began kowtowing heavily, even if his skull cracked, he didn't care, desperately screaming.
"Huyan Badao dares not obstruct a superior force; I now know my mistake and earnestly beg for the exalted one's mercy."
"Huyan Badao is willing to acknowledge the exalted one as my master forever, I beseech you for mercy!"
Luo Yu had already kicked out, and the space around seemed as if it would shatter.
The force was many times greater than before—dozens, hundreds of times stronger.
In an instant, the earth shook and a blood-red and gold mushroom cloud shot up steeply.
When the dust cleared, the official road was shattered, and in front of Luo Yu, there appeared a deep gorge that split the land in half, with a web-like crack spanning nearly a hundred meters.
Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu, along with the other girls, gasped for breath, staring dumbfounded at the astonishing destruction caused by Luo Yu's kick, at this point, they were speechless.
They finally understood why Luo Yu had told them to stay further away.
"What are you all standing there for?"
"Come over and give me a hand."
Luo Yu called out to them.
"Oh... oh, okay!!" Shui Yue'er managed to break free from her shocked state, moving her slender, blue-socked legs and small leather boots, running over.
Luo Yu dissipated the aura from his body, "Help me sit down."
Shui Yue'er said with admiration, "Brother Luo, you're so strong, do you still need my support?"
Luo Yu glared, "Stop making jokes, my legs are not fully unsealed yet, only half of my left leg is, and it's not suitable to stand for long."
"What?" At that moment, Xue Wu and six other delicate and beautiful girls had gathered around, just in time to hear Luo Yu say this, and their lips parted in surprise.
Shui Bing'er couldn't believe it, "Brother Luo, you're not teasing us, are you? With just half a leg unsealed, you have that much power, wouldn't you become a deity if fully unsealed?"
Luo Yu smiled, "It's impossible to become a deity, but I should indeed have the strength of one."
"What does that mean?" Shui Bing'er didn't understand, and the other girls also looked puzzled.
Luo Yu smiled and said nothing, choosing not to explain further.
Once he had fully absorbed the Divine Power from the seals on his legs, his strength would match that of deities without a doubt.
However, he himself would still remain at the level of a mortal.
Once the day comes when he gathers the origins of all Nine Great Dragon Kings and evolves his Dragon God Martial Soul to an unprecedented superhuman level,
his strength and level will not be simply summarized by the word "divine."
Shui Bing'er looked around but did not find any trace of the members from Xiangjiazong.
"Brother Luo, are they dead?"
Luo Yu's mouth curved up, revealing a look of amusement.
"That mentor of theirs is quite interesting. If he truly submits, it's okay to keep him around."
"Mm-hmm."
Shui Bing'er naturally agreed with everything Luo Yu said.
In fact, Shui Yue'er and the other six girls didn't expect Luo Yu to be so terrifying as soon as he made his move; he even obliterated the road they were on and directly created a canyon.
Deep inside, they were even more admiring and infatuated with Luo Yu, but they all hid it well, waiting for when the other sisters were not around to open up their hearts to Luo Yu and have a deeper exchange.
Luo Yu and Shui Yue'er along with the seven girls left directly, paying no further attention to the situation here, heading straight for Tiandou City.
Half a day passed, and it was almost dusk now.
Noises came from the massive chasm.
A man with one arm missing, along with seven others, struggled to climb up from the bottom of the canyon.
Seeing the sky again was like being reborn, they greedily breathed in the fresh air.
"We're alive, we're still alive."
Huyan Li shed bitter and excited tears, his body covered in blood, one shoulder bare.
Huyan Badao sighed deeply, filled with decay and fear from the aftermath.
He had originally been smug for countering the other party's move, only to realize that the adversary hadn't even made a move; it was just the mere aura emitted inadvertently that he had to fight off with all he had.
The earnest strike from the other party was simply not something he could withstand.
If it weren't for his fast pleading by losing an arm, and if the adversary hadn't showed a tiny bit of leniency by deliberately skewing the attack, they would have been obliterated by now.
He truly found it hard to believe that there could be such a monstrous existence in the world.
Even starting to cultivate from the womb wouldn't be this fierce, but that was the reality.
"Elder Badao, what do we do now?"
"Should I go home and ask my father to come out of seclusion?"
Huyan Li said seriously.
"Slap."
Huyan Badao smacked him across the face.
Huyan Li's tooth, along with blood, flew out and splattered on the ground.
Out of breath, Huyan Badao cursed angrily,
"Don't you damn well get your father into this."
"Even if you had ten fathers, they wouldn't survive a single kick from him."
Huyan Li was on the verge of crying, covering his mouth and wistfully looking at the fallen tooth.
"Elder Badao, what I mean is, should we ask my father to come out and personally apologize to this esteemed person?"
"I'm scared of retaliation; how would I dare to provoke him again?"
"Ah?" Huyan Badao was taken aback, "Is that so..."
"Uh..."
Huyan Badao fell silent, his expression awkward, as he stared at the tooth on the ground, lost in thought.
Huyan Li felt like crying.
He mentally cursed, you cut off my arm and I don't blame you, but you owe me for my tooth!!
Huyan Badao changed the subject, "Li'er, take it easy. Losing a tooth doesn't affect fighting strength. We'll go to Tiandou City and the elders will arrange the best treatment for you, you should be able to make it in time for the competition."
Not affecting fighting strength, but affecting appearance.
Huyan Li was distressed, feeling like crying.
Huyan Badao continued comforting, "Just be thankful that the guy is a mentor from Tianshui Academy, not a competitor. Otherwise, wouldn't all the teams get blasted apart?"
"Phew, that's a fortune amidst the misfortune." Huyan Li was moved to tears.
...
Meanwhile, Luo Yu and the girls had arrived at Tiandou City.
They were stationed in a hotel prepared by the Tiandou Empire.
After a long and dusty journey, the girls said they wanted to bathe, so Luo Yu went out alone.
He intended to visit Shrek's old flames, but then realized that the hotel was really close to Yuexuan, so he decided to stop by Yuexuan first.
At the same time, Father and Son Tang San also entered Tiandou City, rushing towards Yuexuan...