Free Web NovelChapter 203: Chapter 196: Qi Refining Wang Xiedi Crushes an Inner Sect Prodigy with the Flick of a Finger
Su Ling’er’s voice slammed down like a hammer.
Ye Longtao’s steps faltered. He turned slowly, the corner of his mouth twisting into a mocking smirk.
"And why wouldn’t I dare?"
An aura erupted from his body with a deafening roar!
The pressure of a peak Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator instantly blanketed the entire courtyard!
The air seemed to solidify into lead. The disciples still in the Qi Refining Stage felt their legs go weak, unable to stand, their breath catching in their throats!
However, just a moment before this pressure was about to crush everyone!
Another aura, refusing to be outdone, rose from Su Ling’er and pushed straight back against it!
Her Cultivation, having just entered the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, surged forth without reservation!
The two forces collided in mid-air, kicking up a visible shockwave and letting out a muffled BOOM!
Their gazes locked, blade-sharp and hostile.
...
Just as the atmosphere in the courtyard grew taut, ready to snap at any moment.
Inside Wang Xiedi’s wooden house.
The moment the two auras from the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators descended, a barrier automatically formed in front of the cross-legged Wang Xiedi, shielding him from all the pressure.
The source of that barrier was the pool of silent shadow in the corner of the room—Shen Jieye.
At that same instant, Wang Xiedi’s eyes snapped open!
Within his sea of consciousness, the "Dao Beacon" representing Shen Jieye had finally stabilized completely!
A surge of Spiritual Power instantly fed back from the beacon, shattering the barrier within his body!
Level six of Qi Refining, achieved!
However, before he could even savor the power of his new realm, he was startled by the confrontation between the two forces outside.
A chill ran through Wang Xiedi’s heart, and he immediately rushed out of the wooden house.
He took in the scene in the courtyard at a single glance.
Miss Su was confronting Ye Longtao, an Inner Sect Disciple of Qingxu Temple!
’He’s actually bullying Miss Su!’
A wave of fury surged to Wang Xiedi’s head.
But he quickly assessed their respective strengths.
’Peak Mid-stage Foundation Establishment... With my meager Cultivation, rushing in would only get in Miss Su’s way. I’d just be serving myself up on a platter.’
’What should I do? What should I do?’
His gaze subconsciously flickered to the shadow that had followed him out of the house.
He thought of Lin Qingfeng.
’That man... though his actions were absurd, and he even forced a "ghost wife" on me...’
’But right now, a sliver of... relief? was actually blooming in Wang Xiedi’s heart.’
He didn’t know whether he should be grateful to his Eldest Brother or resentful, but at this moment, gratitude was undoubtedly winning out.
’Of course, it would have been even better if it wasn’t a "wife," but a battle pet or something.’
Feeling the Core Formation Stage aura emanating from the pool of shadow behind him, an unprecedented confidence surged through Wang Xiedi.
’I have the backer my Eldest Brother gave me! What do I have to be afraid of?!’
He straightened his back, his gaze fixed on the Ye Longtao who was confronting Miss Su, and spoke directly.
"Ye Longtao!"
"If you’re sick in the head, go get it treated! Don’t be an eyesore here!"
Everyone whipped their heads around, their gazes locking onto Wang Xiedi, their faces masks of disbelief.
They never expected that their perverted little junior brother would dare to be so bold, directly challenging a prodigy of Qingxu Temple’s Inner Sect!
The shout successfully drew Ye Longtao’s attention.
His gaze shifted from Su Ling’er to Wang Xiedi.
At first, he didn’t recognize who this person daring to provoke him was. But when his eyes fell on the Heart-Protecting Mirror on Wang Xiedi’s chest, he instantly remembered.
In the portrait given by the Sect Leader, that piece of trash named Wang Xiedi was wearing this exact Heart-Protecting Mirror on his chest!
A torrent of rage exploded in his chest.
"You’re courting death!"
Ye Longtao bellowed, smashing a wave of pressure directly toward Wang Xiedi!
However, the expected scene of Wang Xiedi being forced to his knees, coughing up blood, did not occur.
Wang Xiedi remained standing right where he was; not even the hem of his robe stirred.
The pool of shadow behind him had absorbed the pressure completely.
Wang Xiedi hesitated no longer. He issued a command to the shadow behind him.
"Shen Jieye! Go!"
"Don’t kill him. Just leave him breathing!"
Ye Longtao’s heart leaped in alarm, but it was immediately replaced by an even greater fury.
"A little bastard at the sixth level of Qi Refining thinks he has the right to shout at me—PUH!!!"
Before his words could fade, a pool of shadow slithered out from under Wang Xiedi’s feet. Within that shadow, a ghastly white face with waterlogged, peeling skin slowly emerged.
Its eyes, pupils and sclera merged into one, turned toward Ye Longtao.
The pressure of an Early-stage Core Formation cultivator instantly enveloped the entire area!
A chill ran down everyone’s spines. They stared in astonishment at the Shen Jieye who had emerged from Wang Xiedi’s house.
’What is going on?!’
’Little junior brother... was in the same room as that vengeful spirit?!’
’This...’
They couldn’t help but recall what Miss Su had said about their little junior brother and the mantis.
Su Ling’er was even more shocked!
’No way, you actually hooked up with this vengeful spirit?’
And now...
"GURGLE... GURGLE... GURGLE..."
That bubbling sound echoed in everyone’s ears!
Shen Jieye, standing behind Wang Xiedi, casually waved her hand in Ye Longtao’s direction.
"CRACK!"
With a crisp crack, Ye Longtao’s body bent like a shrimp as he was sent flying backward, smashing into a distant stone wall and kicking up a cloud of dust.
However, this was only the beginning.
Shen Jieye merely crooked her finger upward.
"BOOM—!"
Ye Longtao’s body shot into the sky as if to strike the heavens, then, after reaching its apex, plummeted straight down like a meteor with a piercing shriek!
"BANG—!!!"
The ground let out a muffled thud and trembled.
The ground instantly spiderwebbed with cracks, spreading out from the center of Ye Longtao’s body.
His entire body was deeply embedded in the earth.
A mouthful of blood sprayed violently from his lips, drawing a crimson arc through the air.
Shen Jieye swiped her finger to the left.
Ye Longtao’s body shot horizontally out of the crater, slamming into Dong Changsheng’s stone house!
"RUMBLE—!!!"
The wall instantly exploded! Rubble flew through the air as dust and smoke filled the sky!
Dong Changsheng: "!!!!"
Ye Longtao shot straight through the wall and out the other side, his body so battered that its original shape was no longer recognizable.
His limbs were bent backward, twisted at inhuman angles.
His once-defined features were now a bloody, pulpy mess.
One eye was swollen shut, while the other bulged lifelessly, its surface webbed with blood.
His Daoist robe, embroidered with gold and silver thread, had been torn to tattered strips by rubble and dirt, leaving him looking no different from a beggar on the street.
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"
The sound of impacts was incessant.
He was repeatedly lifted, smashed down, and slammed into the ground and everything around him!
And every impact was accompanied by the "CRUNCH" of breaking bones.
The sound echoed throughout the entire courtyard, striking fear into the heart of every undercover disciple.
