Chapter 13: Fist Piercing the Golden Bell

The White Crane's Wings is a superior form of qigong. Although it is not as fierce as the "Invincible King Fist," when activated, it allows one to glide through the air. While it cannot truly soar like a white crane in the sky, it can ascend to hundreds of meters and glide for over ten miles.

The value of this qigong is comparable to that of the "Invincible King Fist." After all, it is useful for escaping, traveling, and navigating dangerous areas, making it highly practical.

In the entire Yan Capital, only the City Lord's residence can perform the "Feathered Wings Qigong." Other powerful families, despite having formidable combat techniques, lack the skill to glide through the air.

However, the "White Crane Qigong" is a closely guarded secret of the City Lord's residence, known only to the direct lineage. Now, seeing this white-robed woman use it, her identity can be confirmed.

"One sword, nineteen states chilled..."

The white-robed woman, who had rushed into the sky, dodged the crossbow arrows and then dived headfirst. Her green longsword trembled continuously, and true qi flowed through the blade, condensing into highly destructive sword beams that pierced downward, covering the entire beach with a dense network of sword shadows.

"Heavenly Net Killing!"

The sand on the beach, struck by the sharp sword beams, turned into dust.

Yang Qi knew at a glance that this sword was a powerful divine weapon, capable of enhancing qigong, making it a valuable treasure. Some divine weapons, when infused with qigong, can amplify its power, sometimes even allowing one to defeat enemies of higher realms.

The leader of the black-robed men, realizing the severity of the sword strike, raised his hands, and an oval-shaped qi shield rose. This shield, like a large bell, enveloped himself and his subordinates.

"Golden Bell Shield!"

The sword beams struck the Golden Bell Shield, causing flames to rise and the sound of metal clashing to echo across the river.

After a hundred consecutive strikes, the white-robed woman's sword qi failed to penetrate the Golden Bell Shield. Her true qi seemed to wane, and her feathered wings began to turn transparent, showing signs of disappearing.

Not everyone has the deep qigong foundation that Yang Qi possesses.

"Great opportunity!"

The leader of the black-robed men suddenly retracted his qigong, and the massive Golden Bell Shield transformed into an iron hammer, striking downward.

Boom!

The hammer struck, causing the white-robed woman to fall from the sky and land on the beach. Her true qi was depleted, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, revealing a beautiful face.

"How is it? Injured, right? You just advanced to the seventh stage of qigong, the Elephant Qi stage, but your power is not deep. I have been in the Elephant Qi stage for over ten years. Do you think you can match me with just that green longsword?" The leader of the black-robed men stepped closer to the white-robed woman.

"Shadow Poison Sect, to dare plot against our Yan Capital, do you want to die?" the woman said sharply.

"Hmph, in the eyes of the Shadow Poison Sect, Yan Capital is nothing. We will conquer city after city, eventually destroying the Holy Ancestor Dynasty and becoming the emperor of the entire Fertile Continent." The leader of the black-robed men sneered. "You possess the White Crane Qigong, so you must be one of City Lord Yan Gufeng's daughters. I will capture you and extort some Qi Gathering Pills from Yan Gufeng."

"Ha ha ha, Leader, why don't we enjoy her first? We have a drug called the Bliss Powder in the Shadow Poison Sect. Once she takes it, even a chaste woman will become a wanton one." A black-robed man laughed maniacally, trying to break the white-robed woman's resolve.

"Die!"

Suddenly, the white-robed woman pointed her sword, forcefully activating it. The sword beam flickered and moved as fast as lightning, piercing the black-robed man's heart from a distance of several hundred steps.

The black-robed man let out a惨叫, slowly falling to the ground. The other black-robed men retreated, not expecting the white-robed woman to launch such a devastating attack.

"Damn it." The leader of the black-robed men looked back at his subordinates, cursed, and then smiled. "What a bold move, but your true qi is even more depleted now. I'm not afraid of your desperate struggle. Try killing another person."

As if in response to the leader's words, boom, boom, boom... the moment he finished speaking, his subordinates' bodies exploded with blood and flesh, all of them silently falling to the beach, dead.

This shock was immense, and both the leader of the black-robed men and the white-robed woman were stunned.

Then, pebbles flashed and burst into flames in the air, repeatedly striking the leader of the black-robed men. These pebbles, capable of piercing iron shields, were dark weapons propelled by Yang Qi using the Hell Vortex Technique.

"Spiral Qi Pills!" The leader of the black-robed men had almost no time to react. His body erupted with qigong, and he snapped his fingers, sending qi pills to collide with the pebbles, causing explosions in the air like a series of firecrackers.

"Who? Who attacked my subordinates? Step forward."

"I did." Yang Qi strode out from the reeds, his imposing aura forcing the leader of the black-robed men to step back. "To dare ambush the daughter of the City Lord of Yan Capital, you have great courage."

"Boy, who are you?" The leader of the black-robed men's face twisted. "Killing so many of my subordinates, are you not afraid of the Shadow Poison Sect's retaliation?"

"Retaliation? Who will know it was me who killed you? Have you been in the martial world for so long and still don't know the concept of killing to silence?" Yang Qi laughed.

This statement made the white-robed woman laugh out loud, thinking to herself, "This young man is quite amusing."

"Kill me? I don't think you even know how to write the word 'death.'" The leader of the black-robed men moved quickly, closing in on Yang Qi like a large python hunting its prey, taking a zigzag path. In the blink of an eye, he was within a few hundred steps.

"Be careful, this man has deep poison qigong..." The white-robed woman warned, taking a pill from her pouch to quickly restore her true qi.

Before she could finish, Yang Qi saw a massive true qi ghost face charging at him, emitting a foul, oppressive aura.

The enemy's attack was fierce and should not be underestimated.

"Invincible King Fist!" Yang Qi secretly gathered his true qi and immediately unleashed six moves, invincible and unstoppable. In the blink of an eye, the true qi flowed and condensed, forming a powerful aura that exploded and collided with the ghost face, stirring up a cloud of yellow sand.

The ghost face was shattered by the powerful true qi.

Yang Qi felt his true qi being rapidly consumed, but his qigong was too profound, with the strength of two ancient mammoths, capable of moving mountains. With each step, his true qi was replenished, and he advanced, unleashing the Invincible King Fist at the leader of the black-robed men again.

"What qigong is this boy practicing?" The leader of the black-robed men's ghost face was shattered, and his true qi was weakened. He had already expended a lot of energy in his earlier battle with the white-robed woman. "This boy's qigong is only at the sixth stage, far inferior in quality to mine, but why does it give me a sense of an ancient beast awakening, as if each move is like being trampled by a giant beast?"

He tried to adjust his true qi and prepare another killing move, but Yang Qi's Invincible King Fist struck again, enveloping him in a storm of violent punches.

"Golden Bell Shield!"

The leader of the black-robed men once again used the absolute defensive qigong, the Golden Bell appearing and enveloping him, dissipating Yang Qi's Invincible King Fist.

"I want to see how many punches you can withstand!"

Yang Qi gave the enemy no chance to catch his breath. The Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique erupted within him, driving the Invincible King Fist. His true qi condensed into iron hammers the size of water jars, striking repeatedly. In an instant, he delivered over a hundred punches, the air swirling around him.

Buzz, buzz, buzz... The Golden Bell shook violently, and the intense sound waves were visible, spreading in all directions. The leader of the black-robed men was forced back, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth, clearly injured internally.

"Boy..."

He let out a sharp roar, and within the Golden Bell Shield, the bell began to spin.

"Die!"

Yang Qi roared, his qi shaking the mountains and rivers, cutting off the leader's words. His steps moved in reverse, his punches and kicks like a storm, each punch like a giant axe splitting a mountain or a mammoth uprooting a tree. His body seemed to grow taller, his arms like steel, thick and terrifying.

The Invincible King Fist was repeatedly unleashed, six moves in a cycle, never stopping, his momentum reaching its peak. In the blink of an eye, all one could see was the massive fist and qi waves, not the person.

He was like an ancient giant spirit, tirelessly swinging a hammer to break through mountains.

"This... This is still a human? How can his qigong be so profound and fierce?" The white-robed woman was stunned by the scene before her.

In just a moment, the leader of the black-robed men was at a complete disadvantage. He could barely use any other qigong, only using all his strength to maintain the Golden Bell Shield. If the shield broke, he would be turned into a pile of flesh.

He had no doubt that even if he were hiding in a steel house, he would be flattened into a metal pancake. The boy's qigong, though only at the sixth stage, was more powerful than ten sixth-stage practitioners combined.

"Boy, do you really think..."

"Think what the hell!" Yang Qi roared, cutting off the leader's anger. At the same time, a particle within him seemed to awaken, the sound of a cocoon breaking and a butterfly emerging. The third particle, awakened by the Thunder Mammoth, transformed again, giving him the strength of three ancient mammoths.

His power surged, his qi like a rainbow.

Boom!

The entire Golden Bell Shield shattered, and Yang Qi, like a wolf or a tiger, charged forward with the force of a mammoth, his fist striking the leader of the black-robed men.

With just one punch, one punch... the leader of the black-robed men was sent flying into the air, blood gushing from his seven orifices, his chest caved in, and he landed on the ground like a limp sack of cloth.

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(End of Chapter)