Chapter 4

Arrogant, violent! This was the only feeling Hu Li had at this moment.

Hu Li watched as Lu Shaoyou, with a cold and ruthless expression, stepped through the air, and all the hairs on his body suddenly stood on end.

"Now, it's your turn, Hu Li." Lu Shaoyou's voice was like a cold wind from the netherworld, his black robe billowing, and the intense killing aura was like the sound of swords and spears clashing, ringing out.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! You can't kill me!" Hu Li was suddenly startled by Lu Shaoyou's voice, leaped up, and jumped several meters away. "You've already killed Yingkong, and his parents are both supreme experts at the Twelfth Level of Qi Cultivation! If you let me go, I'll pretend I didn't see anything. If you kill me, my father is also a Twelfth Level Qi Cultivation expert! Aren't you afraid of being hunted down by three Twelfth Level Qi Cultivation experts?!" Mentioning his father, Hu Li suddenly felt more confident, puffed out his chest, and his voice gradually grew louder.

Sure enough, Hu Li noticed that Lu Shaoyou had stopped, and he secretly rejoiced: This kid is really afraid! Hmph, once I escape this, I'll make sure you have no place to bury your body! I'll cripple your cultivation, making you neither able to live nor die!

Lu Shaoyou's pupils slightly contracted. Twelfth Level Qi Cultivation! That's the cultivation level of a great demon approaching the Foundation Establishment stage. Cultivators practice the Great Dao to seek immortality, and the first step is the Qi Cultivation stage. The Qi Cultivation stage has twelve levels. Once a demon passes the transformation stage, it truly enters the Sixth Level of Qi Cultivation, a significant milestone. If they pass this, they take a big step toward immortality and ascension. However, the Qi Cultivation stage is the lowest level of cultivators in this world, not even worthy of being called cultivators, but rather Qi Practitioners! Once a Qi Practitioner reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, they begin to refine their bodies, shedding their mortal forms and expelling impurities, qualifying as true cultivators. Above the Foundation Establishment stage, there are the Transcendent Mortal Realm and the mighty demon kings. As for the mystical and ethereal Divine Realm, that was beyond what a mere Qi Practitioner like Lu Shaoyou could know. Even the Foundation Establishment stage was something he could only look up to.

Lu Shaoyou took a deep breath and suddenly burst into a wild laugh.

"Ha ha ha——" Lu Shaoyou's laughter grew more unrestrained, his voice sharp like a needle, making Hu Li, who had just relaxed, suddenly tense up again, muttering to himself: Is this kid going crazy?

"Hu Li, should I say you're naive or stupid?" Lu Shaoyou raised his head, his handsome face filled with killing intent, his black pupils as cold as an icy pond. Hu Li's heart instantly sank.

"I, Lu Shaoyou, will kill whoever I want! If you don't understand this, what kind of Dao are you practicing, and what kind of immortality are you seeking!" Lu Shaoyou let out a long howl, his voice full of vigor, loud and powerful, shaking the heart. "Hu Li, if you don't even know this, you might as well be dead! Give me your life!"

Boom!

A loud sound like a spring thunderclap echoed, and a giant golden palm suddenly appeared.

"Vast is the sky, boundless is the land. The sky-covering hand, enveloping the universe! The Sky-Covering Hand Seal!" Lu Shaoyou suddenly leaped up, howling. "I just mastered this move, and it's perfect to test on you!"

"Buzz——" An ancient, vast, domineering, and noble aura suddenly burst from Lu Shaoyou, as if he could tear the heavens and earth apart, control the universe, and even encompass the vast sky! The giant golden palm was crystal clear and spotless, like the Buddha's serene and indifferent smile among the flowers, yet it also contained a domineering aura that dominated all realms.

Hu Li was terrified, as if he saw the revival of an ancient great being and the terrifying scene of a celestial being's fall. He screamed like a madman: "What kind of technique is this?! What kind of technique is this?! How can it have such terrifying power!!!"

Without looking back, he ran wildly, turning into a white shadow fleeing into the distance.

"You can't escape! Die!" Lu Shaoyou moved like a dragon and a tiger, stepping through the stars, the giant golden palm covering the sky and the earth, the domineering aura like a surging dragon.

Hu Li turned his head and was instantly terrified, roaring in fear: "How is this possible! Your strength is so great! This is the power of sixty-four dragon horses! How is this possible! Even a common Twelfth Level Qi Cultivation expert only has the power of fifty dragon horses!!!"

The dragon horse is the unit of strength in this world. Dragon horses are a hybrid of ancient celestial dragons and divine horses, but over time, their bloodline has become increasingly diluted, and now, even a small Qi Practitioner can easily surpass them.

Boom!

A loud sound echoed throughout the forest, the giant golden palm shattering mountains and splitting the earth, invincible.

"Roar——No!——" Hu Li let out a惨嚎, and was ruthlessly crushed into a bloody pulp by the Sky-Covering Hand Seal. "Father! Avenge me!!!"

Lu Shaoyou floated in mid-air, coldly glanced at the bloody pulp that was Hu Li, and without looking back, he broke through the air and rapidly flew into the depths of the forest, not even bothering to take the essence blood of the two demons.

Wannan Mountain, Luoyun Cave.

"Report! —— Bad news, bad news!" A short, wretched-looking old man stumbled toward Luoyun Cave, "Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened! ——"

Two middle-aged men guarding the cave entrance opened their eyes, frowned, and looked at the old man: "Old Shu, what's wrong? What's so urgent that it scares you like this!"

Old Shu's face was full of pain: "The young master is in trouble! —— Quickly inform the cave master!!"

The two lazy men, upon hearing that the young master was in trouble, suddenly roared: "Young master? What happened to Young Master Ying!?! Quickly, speak!"

"The young master is dead! ——"

"What!!!"

"How is this possible!"

"Who would be so bold?! Could it be Hu Li!?"

"It's not Hu Li!" Old Shu said with a grieving face, "Because Hu Li also died on the spot! And from the method, it was the same person who did it!"

"What? How is this possible!" The two men said in unison.

"Quickly report to the two cave masters! Please have them decide on this matter!"

...

Qifeng Mountain, Huigudu Valley.

"What!? You damn fool, say it again!?" A middle-aged man sitting on a throne roared at those below. "You useless scum, you couldn't even protect Li'er!! Someone actually killed him!"

The demons kneeling below immediately fell silent, not daring to move, fearing that they would bring disaster upon themselves at this moment.

"Go and investigate! Investigate thoroughly, I want to get to the bottom of this, no matter who it is, I want to see them alive or dead!!!" The Tiger King roared from his throne, "Scum, what are you waiting for!!! ——"

The people below immediately felt as if they had been pardoned, and they scurried out one by one.

The Tiger King's face twisted in a hideous grin as he muttered: "No matter who you are, I will avenge my son!! The death of my son is an irreconcilable hatred! I will tear you to pieces! Roar——"