Chapter 104: Blame Your Insufficient Strength

Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Blame Your Insufficient Strength

Luo Lie felt his hair stand on end under Yi Xiaoyao’s chilling gaze, but he immediately sneered.

With his strength, crippling a mere fifth-layer Foundation Establishment brat would be incredibly easy.

"Brat, if you must blame someone, blame yourself for being too weak and getting involved with a woman you shouldn’t have!"

Luo Lie smiled cruelly. His right fist was already touching the fabric over Yi Xiaoyao’s Dantian. At such a close distance, no one else present could have possibly escaped being crippled.

Yet, there wasn’t the slightest hint of panic on Yi Xiaoyao’s face. Instead, an immense Killing Intent erupted from his body.

The violent Spiritual Power radiating from Luo Lie’s right fist shredded Yi Xiaoyao’s clothes and slammed into his dark Protective Spiritual Power.

"How can this be..."

In the next instant, Luo Lie’s expression changed drastically. The moment his fist made contact with Yi Xiaoyao’s Protective Spiritual Power, he felt an incredibly intense force of Gravity and Magnetism, causing his fist to plummet downward.

At the same time, a murderous smile touched Yi Xiaoyao’s lips as he swiftly grabbed Luo Lie’s right fist.

"I don’t even know you, yet you want to cripple me?" Yi Xiaoyao asked with a cold laugh.

Before Luo Lie could respond, an even more terrifying force of Gravity and Magnetism erupted from Yi Xiaoyao’s hand. This power was as heavy as a mountain. Yi Xiaoyao used its terrifying momentum to slam Luo Lie’s fist straight into the ground.

BOOM!

In an instant, the entire stone platform began to shake violently, cracks rapidly spiderwebbing across its surface.

The entire exchange happened in a flash, too fast for anyone to react.

When the dust settled, Yi Xiaoyao was already on his feet.

At his feet, Luo Lie lay sprawled out, his entire right arm buried deep within the stone platform.

Everyone watching was stunned into silence. ’Shouldn’t the normal outcome have been Yi Xiaoyao getting his Dantian crippled?’

’Why did Luo Lie end up like this?’

A smile touched Yi Xiaoyao’s lips. Inside his body, a murky gray mass of Qi had formed.

What Yi Xiaoyao had just used was the very Gravity and Magnetism he had spent the last few days devouring and assimilating. The gray mass of Qi was the result of him drawing that power into his body, then condensing and compressing it.

As for just how powerful this Gravity and Magnetism was, Luo Lie, currently filled with terror, was likely the one who understood it best.

Yi Xiaoyao was extremely satisfied with this new power. The gray mass of Qi in his body instantly flowed through his meridians and gathered in his right foot.

Before anyone, including Luo Lie himself, could react, Yi Xiaoyao raised his right foot—now imbued with the force of Gravity and Magnetism—high above Luo Lie’s body.

"You thought I was a pushover you could bully at will? Too bad you picked a fight with the wrong person."

His words ended as his foot came crashing down.

BOOM!!!

There was another deafening roar, far louder than the last, and the resulting shockwave was even more terrifying.

The stone platform shattered completely, with Yi Xiaoyao’s foot at the epicenter. Luo Lie, who had been lying on it, was stomped deep into the ground and buried beneath a mountain of rubble.

The onlookers were utterly horrified. ’What kind of power is that? Even a Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator like Luo Lie couldn’t resist it in the slightest.’

"Brother!!" Luo Feng cried out in grief and fury. He didn’t know if Luo Lie was dead or alive, but even if he had survived, he was most likely crippled for life.

"Yi Xiaoyao! How dare you!" Luo Feng seethed, gritting his teeth. It was obvious to him that Yi Xiaoyao had just struck with the intent to kill.

Yi Xiaoyao looked at Luo Feng indifferently and chuckled coldly. "If you must blame someone, blame your brother for not being strong enough."

Luo Feng’s face, flushed with rage, twitched. Those were the exact words his brother had said to Yi Xiaoyao just moments ago, and now they were being thrown right back in his face.

But after witnessing the power Yi Xiaoyao had just displayed, Luo Feng didn’t dare to make a move, no matter how furious he was.

Seeing that Yi Xiaoyao was unharmed, Luo Yi finally let out a sigh of relief and walked over to his side.

"Senior Sister, should we start dealing with the Black Stone Puppets now?"

Yi Xiaoyao smiled calmly at Luo Yi. Not only was he now immune to the effects of Gravity and Magnetism, but he could even control it. Dealing with the Black Stone Puppets would be no problem at all.

Luo Yi’s beautiful eyes shimmered. She had previously lost all hope of clearing this floor, but now, thanks to Yi Xiaoyao, her confidence was fully restored.

The two of them completely ignored the seething Luo Feng and walked off the stone platform together.

Instantly, two Black Stone Puppets shot toward them.

The Black Stone Puppets on this floor were nothing like the ones on previous floors. Just moments before, eight disciples at the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment had been brutally defeated by them.

Because of this, a vicious look flashed across Luo Feng’s face. He drew his longsword and launched a sneak attack on Yi Xiaoyao from behind.

One-on-one, Luo Feng wasn’t confident he could kill Yi Xiaoyao, but with the Black Stone Puppets attacking from the front, he was certain of his success.

"Yi Xiaoyao, die!"

Luo Feng roared. He no longer cared about the Seven Kills Star Hall’s rule against killing fellow disciples; he had to avenge his brother, Luo Lie.

In a flash of sword light, the blade slashed down toward Yi Xiaoyao.

"Watch out!" Luo Yi cried out, but the Black Stone Puppet attacking her kept her from being able to help.

’That Luo Feng is truly despicable, launching a sneak attack like that,’ the disciples in the Safe Zone thought, shaking their heads. ’Yi Xiaoyao is a dead man for sure.’

At this moment, Yi Xiaoyao was caught between a Black Stone Puppet to his front and Luo Feng to his rear—attacked from both sides.

"Hmph! You’re just as stupid as your brother!"

Feeling the sharp aura behind him, Yi Xiaoyao’s expression turned frigid as he suddenly executed the Nine Heavens Dragon Soaring Technique.

CLANG!

An astonishing crash rang out. Luo Feng’s sword had somehow struck the Black Stone Puppet that had been in front of Yi Xiaoyao.

Meanwhile, Yi Xiaoyao, who had been standing between them, had vanished, only to reappear at Luo Feng’s side.

"Such incredible speed!"

The other cultivators cried out in shock. Under the force of Gravity and Magnetism on the ninth floor, their own speed was suppressed by over seventy percent, yet Yi Xiaoyao seemed completely unaffected.

"What!"

Luo Feng realized it too. His expression changed drastically as he frantically twisted his body to dodge.

But why would Yi Xiaoyao spare someone who harbored killing intent toward him? The Bloodthirsty Sword swung in a clean arc, its blade coated in gray Gravity and Magnetism as it slashed down.

Luo Feng hastily swung his sword back to block, but the moment his weapon met the Bloodthirsty Sword, he felt the weight of a mountain pressing down on him. It was irresistible.

Killing Intent erupted from Yi Xiaoyao. Outside, killing Luo Feng might have been difficult. But here, in the Cultivation Tower, it would be effortless.

"No! You can’t kill me!"

Luo Feng let out one last, soul-shattering cry before a sword strike of overwhelming power mercilessly cleaved both his sword and his body in two.

With a flick of his wrist, Yi Xiaoyao continued the Bloodthirsty Sword’s motion. Its momentum unabated, the blade met the charging Black Stone Puppet, which instantly shattered into a pile of rubble.

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