Only I am Venerable

Chapter 356 - 353: The Might of a Single Sword

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"Ah!"

The green-skirted girl let out a sharp, piercing shriek, like a keen arrow soaring through the clouds!

Then, the woman’s eyes began to glow with a ghastly blue light. She stared directly at Qin Li, her voice now devoid of any trace of its former tenderness or charm. It was so cold it felt as if one had been transported to the Land of Extreme Cold.

"You little beast, you’re courting death!"

WHOOSH!

The green-skirted girl was already close to Qin Li, and now she moved like a bolt of lightning. She thrust a palm toward the major acupoint on Qin Li’s chest. At the same time, a faint, subtle fragrance began to emanate from her body. It was light and not at all pungent, yet it left a lingering, captivating impression. The more one smelled it, the more one wanted to, as if their very soul could be drawn into it!

This was a sign of the Celestial Demon Soul Hooking Technique cultivated to a High Level. The fragrance emanated from her body, formless and colorless, bewitching all living things!

At such a close range, even someone like Qin Li would likely be severely injured if her palm connected. The surging power was so immense it made the very air around them tighten!

A faint, mocking smile touched the corners of Qin Li’s lips. He dodged to the side with unbelievable speed, then raised his leg and kicked out fiercely!

It gave the impression that Qin Li’s foot had been waiting there all along, and the green-skirted girl had simply thrown herself onto it!

But everyone knew that was impossible!

The green-skirted girl wasn’t an idiot. Although Qin Li’s sharp tongue had sent her into a rage, as a Martial Artist, how could she possibly throw herself onto someone’s foot on purpose?

The only explanation was... Qin Li’s speed was simply too fast!

BANG!

A sickening thud, too gruesome to hear, was followed by the horrifying sound of shattering bones. The green-skirted girl’s body was sent flying dozens of meters by Qin Li’s kick. She vomited blood repeatedly in mid-air before crashing with a THUD in front of a group of soldiers.

It all happened so fast that her fellow sect members had no time to save her!

Only after the green-skirted girl landed on the ground, spitting blood, did her sect members rush over. All they saw was the woman, who held a high position in their Sect, with the whites of her eyes showing, her breath as faint as a silken thread. She was clearly not going to make it.

"You little bastard, I’ll fight you to the death!"

"You dare kill my junior sister! I’ll risk my life to kill you!"

"Qin Li, I will tear you to pieces!"

Three figures, seemingly driven mad, leaped into the air and charged at Qin Li!

She She was about to react when she heard Qin Li’s cold voice: "Don’t interfere. I will cut down these beasts with my own hands!" As he spoke, Qin Li also leaped into the air.

He shot like a lightning bolt toward a withered old man with white hair and a wrinkled face. One of his hands, without any flashy moves, shot out like an eagle’s talon, aiming straight for the old man’s throat!

This was the unarmed combat application from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable battle technique!

Qin Li had always preferred to use a sword. But today, because of his guilt over Hu, the wildness buried deep within him had finally been unleashed!

His other hand, however, blurred into countless afterimages as it struck at a dashing young man who looked to be in his twenties.

Fast!

Unbelievably fast!

From the moment the three of them leaped into the air to the moment Qin Li struck back, most people couldn’t see a thing. Before they could register what was happening... it was all over!

The withered old man with white hair and beard had his eyes bulging out. A bloody hole had been torn in his throat, from which blood gurgled, filling the air with a metallic stench.

As for the handsome, dashing young man, his once-proud face was now an unrecognizable mess of mangled flesh and blood!

It was as if he had fallen face-first from the sky. Qin Li had smashed it to a pulp with a single slap!

But that wasn’t all. There was still a third person!

The third person was a seductive-looking woman who appeared to be in her thirties. Her face was contorted with grief, her eyes shooting daggers of intense hatred. She wielded a narrow, silver longsword, which she thrust toward Qin Li’s heart with the speed of a meteor!

Originally, these three sect members had often coordinated with each other and had excellent chemistry. When they attacked Qin Li, they had completely sealed off all his escape routes and covered for each other, leaving him with nowhere to run and no way to dodge!

In their eyes, death was his only option!

But Qin Li’s strength completely exceeded their expectations. He was so fast he hardly seemed human!

In a flash, he had broken their coordinated killing blow!

By the time Qin Li had killed the other two, the tip of the woman’s sword was a hair’s breadth from his heart. A crazed look appeared on the seductive woman’s face. She gritted her teeth, having forgotten her grief in that moment, leaving only hatred.

"Go to hell!" the woman’s voice was incomparably cold.

But a look of utter disdain appeared on Qin Li’s lips. That chilling smile made the woman’s heart skip a beat. ’He’s about to die, how can he still be smiling?’ she wondered.

CRACK... CRACK... CRACK!

A series of crisp sounds, like snapping metal, rang out abruptly.

The woman’s narrow longsword, which looked extraordinary at a glance, had been shattered into more than a dozen pieces by Qin Li’s seemingly frail body. The fragments clattered to the ground!

Then, as the woman’s gaze turned to one of horror, Qin Li extended a hand, clenched it into a fist, and viciously slammed it into her chest!

BANG!

With a dull thud, the woman’s body was sent flying like a sandbag from the force of Qin Li’s punch!

And this punch was filled with all the boundless fury in Qin Li’s heart!

Thus, the fist’s energy entered her body. The Innate Purple Qi, which could be used to heal, had now become a deadly weapon. It almost instantly destroyed all the meridians in the woman’s body before rushing into her Dantian, utterly obliterating the Dantian she had spent countless years cultivating!

The fist that struck her body didn’t seem to break even a bit of her delicate skin, yet in that single instant, it shattered every bone in her body!

’This is the price for killing my brother’s family!’ Qin Li’s rage did not diminish in the slightest. After killing four people as easily as snapping dry twigs, he charged like a lion pouncing on a flock of sheep, rushing toward the remaining people who were frozen in place like wooden statues.

At this moment, in their hearts, Qin Li was no different from a demon!

They had originally thought of themselves as demons and never believed anyone in this world could kill them so easily. It wasn’t that they were shortsighted. In fact, among their group, including some of those Qin Li had already killed, several had reached the realm of a Venerable!

With the power of a Venerable, what in this Mortal Realm was even worthy of their notice?

But reality had delivered a cruel lesson: the Mortal Realm... was not a safe place, nor was it a place where they could do as they pleased!

The sixteen or seventeen people who remained glanced at each other, seeing the same shock and terror in one another’s eyes. ’To make an enemy of such a monstrous young man... we must have been out of our minds!’

But now, it was too late for regrets.

"Form the array!"

Someone’s loud shout snapped the dumbstruck group back to their senses. In the instant before Qin Li reached them, the sixteen people immediately formed a circle, creating an Array that trapped the incoming Qin Li inside.

"Array my ass!" Qin Li’s sneer was filled with contempt, making the group burn with the impulse to capture him alive and subject him to death by a thousand cuts.

However, in the next moment, their anger turned into pure, unadulterated terror!

A Treasure Sword radiating a chilling aura had appeared in Qin Li’s hand at some unknown point. He spun around like a top, turning just once, and striking with a single slash!

The Treasure Sword was immediately sheathed, vanishing from his hand.

Many people didn’t even see Qin Li draw his sword!

That’s how fast it was!

Looking again at the circle of people surrounding Qin Li, they all stared at each other, frozen in place as if struck by a Body Fixation Technique, unable to move.

Zhao Xinghai, who had long been trembling in fear at this aura and was on the verge of fainting, struggled to maintain the dignity befitting an Emperor. He refused to retreat even half a step, allowing two of his personal guards to support him as he stared, dumbfounded, at the scene before him.

He had only heard that group of Royal Family Tributors shout, "Form the array!" Then he heard Qin Li’s disdainful retort, "Array my ass!" And then... the sixteen people just stood there, completely motionless.

’What... what the hell just happened?’ Even though Zhao Xinghai was inwardly rooting for Qin Li, at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel an urge to curse.

’Dammit, he says ’Array my ass!’ and you all just stand there obediently?’

The big man who had shouted the command to form the array was now looking at Qin Li as if he’d seen a ghost. His mouth twitched violently. He opened it, sucking in a large gulp of air, and a thin red line suddenly appeared across his throat. A trickle of blood began to seep out from it... slowly... so slowly.

"S-so... fast... a sword!" The moment the words left his mouth, a torrent of blood sprayed out, creating a crimson mist in the air!

"Elysian... Divine Palace... will... avenge... us!" a woman declared, her eyes locked on Qin Li, as if trying to burn his face into her memory for the next life. The hatred in her eyes was so thick it felt tangible. After she spoke, a similar red line appeared on her pale neck. The line grew more distinct as she spoke, finally bursting open in a spray of blood!

The remaining fourteen people were scared out of their wits. It was obvious to everyone now: if they kept their mouths shut, they could cling to life for a moment longer. The instant they spoke, death was certain!

The feeling was enough to drive a person to collapse. One after another, four people couldn’t resist the urge to clutch at their own throats, or at least touch them, to see if they had been cut.

But their hands were instantly drenched in gushing blood, and they collapsed to the ground, screaming.

Another five, trembling, took out Elixirs from their pockets, hoping to prolong their lives. But as they swallowed the Elixirs, the rush of power only caused the sword wound on their throats to rupture even more violently!

Only five were left. Their faces were completely drained of color, their eyes flickering with terror. They stood frozen, not daring to move an inch!

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man who had first exchanged a palm strike with Qin Li looked on, his eyes wide with fury and horror. His mouth opened and closed several times, but no sound came out. His legs, however, began to shuffle backward quietly.

Faced with such a Godslayer, his heart was already filled with terror!

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