Chapter 53

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In Star Deputy Sect Leader's view, with the thick true qi on his sword just now, even a piece of refined iron that had been cast and forged a hundred times should have been split into more than ten pieces.

But now, it had not even injured Ding Qi in the slightest.

This was truly inconceivable, already beyond his comprehension. For a moment, Star Deputy Sect Leader was stunned, not knowing how to react.

Ding Qi merely looked at him coldly, seeing his unbelievable appearance.

Next, without waiting for Star Deputy Sect Leader to react, a mysterious smile appeared on his originally cold face.

Then he extended his right hand, reaching for the sword of the thin, middle-aged man. Ding Qi treated the sharp blade as if it were nothing, attempting to take it bare-handed.

But it was also true that Star Deputy Sect Leader's powerful sword strike, which had been delivered with deep strength, had not caused any harm to him. For Ding Qi, whose body was now as strong as copper and iron, such an act that would normally be considered suicidal was perfectly reasonable.

After Ding Qi grasped the sword, he waved his hand, and a tremendous force came from the sword, pulling Star Deputy Sect Leader's entire body towards him. No matter how much Star Deputy Sect Leader struggled, he could not break free.

At this point, Star Deputy Sect Leader finally understood why the three people he had sent out had been defeated so quickly. He had originally thought that the three had been too careless and had been ambushed by Ding Qi, leading to their quick deaths.

But now he finally knew that it was not the case at all.

This person opposite him did not need to use such complicated methods as ambushes.

Anyone encountering this terrifying being, who was impervious to blades and had immense strength, would be defeated and killed in a short time once this person grabbed their weapon with bare hands.

Those three had been killed by the most direct and brutal method.

However, the thin, middle-aged man, being one of the top experts in the martial world with extensive experience, immediately let go of his weapon and rapidly retreated when he realized he could not pull it out of Ding Qi's grip and was about to enter his attack range. He quickly neutralized the tremendous force that was propelling him towards Ding Qi.

At the same time, he narrowly avoided Ding Qi's terrifying palm strike, which carried a fierce wind.

He managed to save his life in the nick of time.

"Oh, you are much more decisive than those three from before!" Ding Qi, seeing his palm strike miss, looked at Star Deputy Sect Leader, who had immediately put some distance between them, and frowned.

Then, Ding Qi casually threw the completely twisted and deformed sword to the ground.

Star Deputy Sect Leader, still in shock, looked at the completely twisted and deformed sword, his face involuntarily twitching, and he couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath. It was as if he had seen something unbelievable, his eyes wide open, his face turning pale.

The word 'monster' involuntarily came to the thin, middle-aged man's mind.

Star Deputy Sect Leader's finely crafted long sword, made from refined meteoric iron and costing a great deal of effort, had been completely twisted and deformed by Ding Qi's casual grasp. This was far from normal. Combined with Ding Qi's previously displayed copper body and iron bones, which were impervious to blades, this performance had already exceeded what human beings could achieve. Apart from the word 'monster,' there was no other way to describe it.

After throwing the deformed sword to the ground, Ding Qi did not give Star Deputy Sect Leader any time to react, and he struck the thin, middle-aged man with another palm.

This time, he used the Wind Control Technique.

Three techniques operated simultaneously for a moment. In an instant, Ding Qi was right next to Star Deputy Sect Leader. Ding Qi was confident that with the power of this palm strike, if it hit, a normal person's entire body would be torn apart, leaving no chance of survival.

By the time Star Deputy Sect Leader reacted, it was too late, and he could only watch helplessly as Ding Qi was right in front of him. With a loud "Peng," Ding Qi's palm strike firmly landed on him.

However, a look of slight surprise appeared on Ding Qi's face.

Because, contrary to his expectations, Star Deputy Sect Leader did not die immediately under his palm strike.

Ding Qi saw that the place where his palm strike hit had turned into a dead, grayish state, like withered wood. This strange state made Ding Qi's palm strike feel as if it had hit rotten wood, which had absorbed most of his palm force, allowing the thin, middle-aged man to withstand the terrifying palm strike.

"Ah, what kind of technique is this, to be so strange?" Ding Qi thought, quite puzzled.

Ding Qi did not know that the technique that had withstood his palm strike was the famous Withered Wood Divine Technique practiced by Star Deputy Sect Leader.

This technique was one of the few in the martial world that could reverse the practitioner's internal essence and blood, allowing them to forcibly neutralize powerful attacks. It was one of the most supreme protective techniques in the martial world.

This technique was extremely mysterious and versatile, striking fear into the hearts of many in the martial world.

However, Ding Qi did not care how famous the Withered Wood Technique was. After his first palm strike failed to kill Star Deputy Sect Leader, he was only slightly surprised.

Ding Qi looked at the middle-aged man coldly and struck him with another palm: "Since the two-layered Great Strength Technique did not work, I want to see if you can withstand the five-layered Great Strength Technique."

Ding Qi's palm strike towards Star Deputy Sect Leader just now had only used two layers of power. Now, seeing that the attack had no effect, he decided to increase his power to half its full strength.

Seeing the palm strike, which was several times more powerful, coming towards him, Star Deputy Sect Leader did not dare to meet it head-on. In fact, he had already been seriously injured when he used the Withered Wood Technique to withstand Ding Qi's two-layered Great Strength Technique.

While being shocked by Ding Qi's inhuman strength, Star Deputy Sect Leader rapidly changed his position, trying to escape from Ding Qi's palm strike. The thin, middle-aged man was very clear that if he were hit by this palm strike now, he would have no chance of survival.

Seeing Star Deputy Sect Leader rapidly changing his position to escape from his attack, Ding Qi slightly narrowed his eyes.

"Overthinking it."

At this thought, Ding Qi's palm strike suddenly became light, and the direction of the palm force changed, strangely striking the ground in front of him.

In the end, Ding Qi's light palm strike landed on the ground.

Then, the entire ground in front of him trembled as if an earthquake had occurred. The ground immediately crumbled and collapsed, creating a scene like a natural disaster. The terrain within several yards was altered due to the impact of his Great Strength Technique.

The originally rapidly changing position of Star Deputy Sect Leader slowed down due to the sudden change in the terrain.

At the same time, Ding Qi's figure disappeared from where he was.

"This is impossible!" The thin, middle-aged man's heart trembled as he saw the terrifying scene, like a natural disaster, caused by Ding Qi's palm strike.

At the same time, this was his last thought in life.

In the next moment, Ding Qi's figure appeared behind him, and then a light palm strike landed on him.

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