“That’s right. The innate stage!”
Huo Shan looked at Ye Lingchen with glowing eyes. “Mr. Y is great in both medicine and martial arts. Our Mo family will treat you as an honored guest. If we work together, we’ll definitely achieve greatness. Wouldn’t that be nice?”
With that, he looked at Ye Lingchen expectantly. The people from the other families were anxious and nervously looked at Ye Lingchen.
If Master Mo really broke through to the innate stage, nobody would be able to stand in his way if Ye Lingchen, with his monstrous strength, joined forces with Master Mo.
Huo Shan, a man in the half-step innate stage was easily defeated by Ye Lingchen. Even if Ye Lingchen was not at the innate stage, he was not far from it.
That was the innate stage!
A great number of people had a pained yet respectful expression on their faces.
Although Huo Shan was a so-called half-step innate stage, there was a qualitative difference from the actual innate stage. It was just like an inner force martial artist and a regular martial artist. A half-step innate stage martial artist had no place in front of an innate stage martial artist.
That was why Huo Shan intentionally brought up the topic of Master Mo. It gave him some form of confidence.
Master Mo went into seclusion and would not simply meet with guests. He was only able to meet him occasionally. Just some time ago, he had learned that Master Mo had broken through to the innate stage. After receiving that shock, he entered the seclusion grounds.
Over there, Master Mo gave him a simple palm strike.
Under that palm strike, the surrounding spiritual energy was sucked dry as a tremendous amount of energy rushed toward him. It was so oppressive that he could not muster a shred of resistance. At that moment, he finally understood what it meant to have a qualitative change after stepping into the innate stage!
Terrifying!
That feeling could only be described as such. Under that power, he felt like an ant that could be crushed at any moment.
Therefore, even though he had suffered serious injuries, he was still fully confident. He still wanted to convince Ye Lingchen that an innate stage martial artist was someone to be feared!
Nevertheless, Ye Lingchen teased him unexpectedly, “Work together? Are you even worthy?!”
They had been persecuting him all the while. Even at this point, they were still trying to flex and force him to work with them. Just where did that courage come from?
“What do you mean?” Huo Shan’s heart sank.
“What I mean is…you can die now,” Ye Lingchen replied steadily.
Almost at the same time his sentence ended, Huo Shan burst into action. His legs kicked off from the ground without regard for his injuries, sending his body into the air and leaped several dozen feet away. Wind was howling under his foot in a rhythmic pattern.
Soaring Wind Kick was naturally excellent for escape.
“Pfft!”
He spat out a mouthful of blood. Although his eyes were unfocused, he still ran with all his might through gritted teeth. His legs seemed to be unaffected by gravity.
Huo Shan’s eyes were filled with resentment. ‘Once I’ve escaped this calamity, I’ll make this kid pay with his life!”
No matter how strong Ye Lingchen may be, he was still a single person. When Master Mo takes action, he could source for more experts and even have them use firearms. Surely this kid would not survive that!
He was confident in his own speed. Without even looking back, he knew none of them would be able to catch up with him. Those who specialized in leg techniques were rare to start with, and even fewer would reach his level.
However, right at that moment, a calm voice could be heard behind him.
“I didn’t let you go. Why are you running?”
Those words immediately gave Huo Shan a good scare. He turned around in disbelief, then screamed in despair, “How’s this possible?!”
All he saw was Ye Lingchen taking strides in mid-air. Left foot over the right, shuffling through the air at an alarming speed that was no different from flying.
The next moment, Ye Lingchen raised his right hand and punched nonchalantly.
The devastating fist force rained down from above like a missile, piercing through Huo Shan’s chest. The body flew backward, and he was dead through and through.
‘H-h-he’s dead?”
The crowd was dumbfounded. They stood stupefied for some time, unable to catch their breath.
A half-step innate stage martial artist died just like that?
Some time passed before they woke up from that dreamlike daze. They were scared witless, unable to look directly at the figure in the field.
It was too amazing, scary, and unbelievable!
Especially toward the end where Ye Lingchen flew up and walked in the air. His levity skill was at a higher level than Huo Shan’s. That was just crazy.
Thud!
Even Su Tianhong, the master of a family, felt his legs go weak as he knelt on the ground instantly. If Ye Lingchen was able to kill Huo Shan, killing Su Tianhong would be just as easy.
“Mr. Y, our Su family was blind. Please do not keep this to heart. I’m willing to present both Qingxue and Qingyao for you,” Su Tianhong said with a trembling voice. He was extremely meek and did not even hope for collaboration anymore.
After that, members of the Su family followed along. Only Su Qingxue was left staring stupidly at Ye Lingchen. She found it hard to believe that Master Su, a person who was incomparable in her mind, was kneeling to a young man she had just met on the bus.
Meanwhile, Su Qingyao lifted her head slightly. Although she was kneeling, the way she looked at Ye Lingchen was filled with passion. She was not at all offended by her father’s wish to present her to Ye Lingchen. She was a business prodigy with great ambition. She knew full well the relationship between the strong and the weak. A weakling should seek shelter from the strong. Moreover, she was just a woman. It was only natural for her to follow a strong man.
“Mr. Y, please forgive our Su family’s insolence. I’m willing to serve you for life to make up for it,” Su Qingyao quickly stated.
Ye Lingchen felt Su Qingyao’s gaze and gave her another look.
He thought for a moment, then replied nonchalantly, “Forget it. The Su family’s conflict with me wasn’t a big deal anyway.”
Seeing that Ye Lingchen was unwilling to accept her, Su Qingyao’s gaze had a hint of disappointment. However, she bit her lip and reminded him, “Mr. Y, Master Mo goes by the name of Mo Tianqi. He was the strongest expert in this region since 10 years ago. If he really managed to step into the innate stage, you must be careful.”
“Huo Shan should be telling the truth.” Right then, a middle-aged man with long white hair greeted Ye Lingchen. “I’m the master of the Chen family, Chen Yuanhao. Nice to meet you, Mr. Y.”
He then continued, “Back then, there was a rumor that Huo Shan made a bet with Master Mo. He only joined the Mo family after losing the bet. That seems to be the case. Master Mo is a martial arts genius. After all these years, it’s highly likely for him to step into the innate stage!”
“If that’s the case, I’ll have to check it out,” Ye Lingchen replied calmly.
He then chuckled. “I might as well just wait here and meet this innate stage expert from the Mo family!”
With that, the crowd was immediately taken aback…
