Chapter 38: Gale Hall
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Li Moxuan said calmly, “That is all?”
Li Moling stared at her brother with her little mouth agape, utterly stunned.
She had known that her brother was a cultivator, but could a cultivator’s strength truly reach such an outrageous level?
Only now did she realize that her brother was far more powerful than she had ever imagined.
A-Fu could not help but sneer.
“Look at you, acting so arrogant just because you killed a few people.”
“Today, an entire hall of Inner Force experts from the Crazy Wind Hall is here. You are certain to die! If you kneel and beg for mercy, I might even leave your corpse intact.”
Li Moxuan frowned.
“Crazy Wind Hall?”
He had assumed that Lin Mofei was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Li Moling explained, “Brother, they said you killed Steward Huang. A man named Yu Hong paid them to kill you.”
“Oh… so that is how it is.”
So this was the work of that so-called great figure who had wanted to seize his sister’s heart.
Li Moxuan smiled faintly.
“Your Crazy Wind Hall is rather bold, daring to come looking for trouble with me.”
A-Fu replied confidently, “The fact that hearing the name of our Crazy Wind Hall did not scare you into losing control of your bowels means you have at least a little courage.”
“Who would hear those three words and lose control of their bowels? Do you think you are a latrine?”
“You…”
A-Fu’s entire face flushed the color of pig liver with rage.
“Go to hell!”
A-Fu suddenly stomped hard against the ground.
The entire factory trembled, and a sharp, oppressive force surged through the air.
His figure shot forward like an arrow, his fist—imbued with the inner force of an Inner Force martial artist—racing toward Li Moxuan’s head.
Clearly, he intended to smash Li Moxuan’s skull to pieces.
Seeing the ferocity of A-Fu’s attack, Qi Hong nodded despite himself.
It seemed A-Fu had not held back and was fighting seriously.
With such momentum, smashing apart a boulder as tall as a man would be effortless.
His strength and speed were already nearly at the mid-stage of the Inner Force realm. Killing Li Moxuan would be no problem.
With such power, he could be considered a second-rate expert throughout the martial world of Wu City.
In the blink of an eye, A-Fu reached Li Moxuan and grinned viciously.
“Die, you ant!”
His fist was just about to land.
Bang!
A powerful wave of air burst outward.
Li Moxuan slowly raised his right hand and caught A-Fu’s fist with effortless ease.
A-Fu froze for a moment. Before he could react—
Crack!
Li Moxuan exerted the slightest pressure.
A-Fu immediately let out a scream that shook the heavens.
“Ah!”
The bones throughout his arm were shattered into powder by Li Moxuan’s spiritual energy.
The arm hung limply at his side, as soft as a strand of noodles.
A-Fu convulsed in agony, and beads of sweat the size of beans poured from him in an instant.
“My arm… my arm!”
Qi Hong’s eyes widened in horror.
How was this possible?
A-Fu was an early-stage Inner Force martial artist, capable of punching straight through an ordinary man’s chest.
Yet Li Moxuan had crippled his arm with such ease?
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Li Moxuan looked calmly at A-Fu.
“What did I say over the phone?”
“Did I not say that I would exterminate every last one of you? Do you remember?”
A-Fu’s face was drenched in sweat. Droplets fell one after another, as though he had just been dragged from the water.
He stared at Li Moxuan in terror.
“You… you monster!”
With such terrifying strength, he was no match for Li Moxuan at all.
Could Li Moxuan be at the peak of the Inner Force realm? Or even an Innate martial artist?
Li Moxuan sneered.
“So it is only natural that I should be defeated by you? Is everyone you cannot beat a monster? Your understanding of the world is truly narrow.”
A-Fu stared at his arm, twisted and swollen beyond recognition, no longer resembling a human limb, and frantically called to his companion behind him.
“Qi Hong, what are you waiting for? Come save me!”
Qi Hong finally recovered from his shock. He stomped fiercely against the ground, transformed his palm into a claw, and lunged at Li Moxuan.
If he did not save A-Fu, he would be next.
Qi Hong said confidently, “Judging by your strength, you should be a mid-stage Inner Force martial artist. To reach this level at such a young age is indeed impressive. You may even be a promising talent. But you are far too arrogant.”
“You clearly do not understand that there is always someone stronger, and a greater world beyond the heavens. No matter how gifted you are, until you have fully matured, you are still nothing but a useless wretch. Since you have encountered me, Qi Hong, you are destined to die here today.”
A surge of late-stage Inner Force erupted from Qi Hong’s body.
Carrying immense power, it bore down upon Li Moxuan.
Li Moling suddenly felt her whole body grow heavy, as though a tremendous gale were pressing down upon her from above. Even breathing became difficult.
Was this the strength of a martial artist?
Qi Hong’s confidence soared.
He reached viciously toward Li Moxuan’s chest, intending to tear his heart out with his bare hand.
“Pfft… hahahaha…”
The pitiful amount of force behind Qi Hong’s attack amused Li Moxuan so much that he laughed.
“Such incredible power. I am practically scared to death.”
Li Moxuan looked at Qi Hong with mocking eyes.
“You dare boast with strength of this level? It seems you know nothing about true power.”
“What did you say? Arrogant brat, you are courting death!”
Ridiculed by Li Moxuan, Qi Hong’s face reddened with fury.
The force in his hand grew even more vicious.
Li Moxuan merely waved his hand casually through the air.
Bang!
The sound was like someone falling from a great height and crashing heavily onto a concrete floor.
Qi Hong’s body flew backward at a speed even greater than that with which he had charged forward.
He slammed into the concrete wall of the abandoned factory, leaving behind a web of clearly visible cracks.
A cloud of blood burst from his body.
Pfft!
Qi Hong spewed mouthfuls of black blood.
Then, like a lump of rotten mud, he struck the ground with a wet slap.
His entire body had gone limp and motionless. There was not the slightest trace of life left in him.
Every bone in his body had been shattered by Li Moxuan.
A-Fu stared at Qi Hong’s hideous death.
His face turned ashen, and his entire body trembled like a sieve.
Qi Hong had been a late-stage Inner Force expert.
Ten A-Fus together would not have been his match.
And yet he had been smashed into a lump of mud just like that?
A-Fu looked at Li Moxuan with chattering teeth, a chill spreading through every inch of his body.
“You… you are an Innate expert?”
Li Moxuan merely waved his hand.
He tapped A-Fu several times, as casually as if he were giving him a massage.
“A martial artist? No, no. I would never practice such worthless garbage.”
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A-Fu asked curiously, “What are you doing?”
“Oh, nothing.”
Crack, crack, crack…
A series of crisp snapping sounds rang out.
The empty factory echoed once more with A-Fu’s screams.
Aside from his skull and spine, every bone in his body had been crushed into powder.
By the time A-Fu realized what had happened, his entire body had collapsed onto the ground like Qi Hong’s, limp as a pile of mud.
Every muscle spasmed from the pain.
“Ah… no! Don’t kill me!”
A-Fu shouted in despair.
Li Moxuan’s expression was cold.
“From the moment you conceived wicked thoughts about my sister, your fate was sealed.”
A-Fu lay limp on the ground, yet his expression remained savage, like a wounded wolf.
His eyes were bloodshot, and his features twisted viciously.
“You want to kill me? Hahaha… This place is rigged with explosives and grenades, fool! When you killed Qi Hong just now, the detonator on his body was destroyed as well. The countdown has already begun.”
“You and your sister are both going to die! Hahaha!”
A-Fu laughed hysterically.
Beep, beep, beep…
Li Moxuan glanced to the side.
Red timers had lit up on the explosives placed throughout the factory.
Less than ten seconds remained.
After that, the entire place would be blasted completely flat.
Li Moling’s face went pale with terror.
“Brother, go! Do not worry about me!”
Li Moxuan, however, remained completely calm.
With a casual lift of his hand, a transparent barrier of spiritual energy appeared around Li Moling.
Beep…
Boom!
The moment the countdown ended, the entire factory erupted in flames.
Countless shards of glass sprayed outward.
The explosives and grenades rocked the earth as they tore the building apart.
Li Moling shut her eyes in despair.
Several seconds later, she opened them in astonishment.
She felt no pain. Instead, she felt incredibly warm, as though she were being held in someone’s arms.
When Li Moling looked up, she saw Li Moxuan gazing down at her with extraordinary tenderness.
“Brother? Have we arrived in the underworld?”
“Brother, you did not escape either! What a pity—we are already dead!”
Seeing the regretful little expression on his sister’s adorably flushed face, Li Moxuan could not help laughing.
“With your brother here, how could you possibly die?”
Only then did Li Moling look around.
The factory had been reduced to ruins. Broken walls and shattered debris lay everywhere, while flames soared into the sky and darkness engulfed the scene. Almost nothing remained but a few fragments of crumbling walls.
Yet the two of them stood unharmed within the protective barrier.
Li Moling stared at Li Moxuan in astonishment.
“Brother, are you a god?”
Li Moxuan threw his head back and laughed.
“I am not a god, but I am your guardian angel.”
Li Moling’s heart surged with emotion. Her pretty little face flushed as she nestled against Li Moxuan’s chest.
A line surfaced in her mind:
The best thing in the world is having an older brother; a child with an older brother is as precious as a treasure.
Lying on the ground, A-Fu looked at the sweet and tender scene between the brother and sister, both of whom had survived by sheer luck within the barrier.
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