90: Chapter 90 Shortcomings Begin to Emerge

Ye Tian's gaze was icy, causing the originally arrogant Ge Hong's laughter to come to an abrupt halt.

However, the tyranny bred from long-term bullying made him unable to back down in front of a "mysterious" brat, especially in front of Zhong Linger.

"Are you done? You brat, how dare you speak to this Young Master like that!"

Ge Hong's face turned livid, his eyes fierce. "It seems that if I don't teach you a lesson, you won't know who calls the shots in this Qingmu Town! Ada, A'er, break his legs for me and throw him out to feed the dogs!"

"Yes, Young Master!" The two Qi Gathering Eighth Layer guards responded and lunged at Ye Tian with sinister grins on their faces.

They didn't take Ye Tian seriously at all; after all, Ye Tian looked too young, and his aura didn't seem strong. In reality, Ye Tian had deliberately restrained his aura here.

Zhong Zhenyue's expression changed drastically, and he shouted anxiously, "Young Master Ye, be careful!" He was about to step forward to intervene. Zhong Linger was so frightened that her face turned pale.

However, Ye Tian didn't even look at the two guards. With a slight sway of his figure, he passed through the gap in their joint attack, his speed leaving behind afterimages.

The next moment, he had already appeared in front of Ge Hong.

Ge Hong only felt a blur before his eyes, and a suffocating pressure rushed towards him. Before he could react, a cold palm had already clamped onto his throat, lifting him completely off the ground!

"Urgh... cough, cough..."

Ge Hong's eyes bulged, his face turned the color of liver, and his limbs struggled, yet he could not shake that hand in the slightest. His eyes were filled with terror; the opponent's speed and strength had completely exceeded his imagination!

The two guards lunged at empty air and turned around in horror. Seeing their Young Master being held in Ye Tian's hand, they were immediately terrified and trembling, not daring to step forward again.

Just then, a thunderous roar came from outside the mansion gate, accompanied by a powerful aura!

"Presumptuous! Put down my son!"

A figure walked into the courtyard. The person was a middle-aged man who bore some resemblance to Ge Hong; it was none other than the Ge Family head, Ge Tianxiong!

The aura radiating from Ge Tianxiong was actually Ningyuan Realm Second Stage!

Although it seemed he had just broken through, the pressure of the Yuan Condensation Second Layer instantly enveloped the entire courtyard, causing the faces of everyone in the Zhong Family to turn pale.

"Dad! Save me!" Ge Hong shouted hoarsely when he saw his own father.

Ge Tianxiong looked at Ye Tian with a cold gaze, his murderous intent fully revealed: "You little bastard, no matter who you are, if you dare to touch my son, I will make sure you die without a complete corpse today! Put him down!"

Ye Tian glanced coldly at Ge Tianxiong. Instead of letting go, he applied a little more force with his hand. Ge Hong immediately rolled his eyes, his struggles weakening.

"You are courting death!" Ge Tianxiong was furious. He stopped talking nonsense, curled his five fingers into claws, and went straight for Ye Tian!

This claw contained the powerful Qi of the Yuan Condensation Second Layer, enough to break stone!

"Young Master Ye, be careful! He is at the Yuan Condensation Second Layer!" Zhong Zhenyue shouted anxiously, his heart in his throat.

Although he guessed that Ye Tian might also be in the Ningyuan Realm, Ge Tianxiong was, after all, a veteran at the Yuan Condensation Second Layer, and his strength could not be underestimated.

Facing this fierce attack, Ye Tian's gaze remained calm. He threw the Ge Hong in his hand aside, smashing a stone bench. Ge Hong collapsed to the ground, life or death unknown.

At the same time, Ye Tian did not retreat but Advanced instead. The Nine Revolutions Purple Heart Art operated within his body, and the Qi of the Ningyuan First Level Peak erupted!

Although his Realm was one level lower, the purity and vigor of his Qi were far beyond what an ordinary Ningyuan First Level could compare to!

"Overlapping Wave Fist, Triple Wave!" Ye Tian let out a low shout and swung his right fist; it was still that familiar Yellow Rank Intermediate fist technique.

But now, driven by the Qi of the Ningyuan Realm, its power was incomparable to when he was in the Qi Gathering Realm!

The fist struck like a surging tide, one wave after another. Three layers of fist force stacked together, meeting Ge Tianxiong's sharp claws!

"Hmph! You dare to show off with a Yellow Rank fist technique!" Ge Tianxiong's eyes were filled with disdain. He did not change his claw stance, intending to crush the opponent with absolute strength.

Fist and claw collided with a loud bang, and the surging air currents kicked up dust all over the ground!

However, the scene Ge Tianxiong had envisioned—of the opponent's bones shattering—did not occur. Instead, he felt a force with extremely strong recoil coming from the opponent's fist, numbing his arm and causing his blood to churn, forcing him to involuntarily take three steps back!

As for Ye Tian, he only swayed slightly, not retreating a single step!

"What?!" Ge Tianxiong quickly stabilized his figure, his face filled with shock. He, a Yuan Condensation Second Layer, had actually been repelled in a direct confrontation by a junior at the Ningyuan First Level? How is this possible?

The Zhong Family members were also stunned, and then erupted in exclamations. They hadn't expected Ye Tian's strength to be so formidable!

Ye Tian did not let up after gaining the advantage. He stomped fiercely on the ground, causing it to crack, and lunged at Ge Tianxiong again like lightning.

He knew well that while his Qi quality was superior, his Martial Skill rank was too low, so he had to finish the fight quickly and could not give his opponent a chance to catch their breath.

"You little beast, don't be rampant!" Ge Tianxiong was both shocked and angry. He completely abandoned his contempt, channeled his Cultivation Technique with all his might, and unleashed the Ge Family's trump card, the Profound Rank Low-level Martial Skill, "Rending Wind Claw"!

The claw wind was even fiercer than before, tearing through the air and making a hissing sound.

However, although Ye Tian's Martial Skill rank was inferior, he possessed Physical Body strength far exceeding his peers, which completely made up for the deficiency in his Martial Skill.

He used the Overlapping Wave Fist to clash head-on with the Rending Wind Claw. Although he could not easily break through the defense, he still fought Ge Tianxiong into a state of chaos and disarray.

The more Ge Tianxiong fought, the more alarmed he became. He discovered that Ye Tian's Qi was ridiculously thick, as if it were endless. Moreover, his fist strength was extremely heavy; every collision made him feel so uncomfortable he wanted to vomit blood.

What made him even more frustrated was that the opponent's movement technique didn't seem very Advanced, just relying on speed and reaction to resist, yet it was this seemingly clumsy method that made all his exquisite Moves difficult to be effective!

"This child must not be left alive!" Ge Tianxiong's murderous intent grew intense. He knew that if he couldn't kill Ye Tian today, the Ge Family would definitely face a great disaster in the future!

The ferocity in his eyes grew stronger. Risking taking a punch from Ye Tian, his claw wind changed, going straight for Ye Tian's heart—it was a tactic of mutual destruction!

Ye Tian's gaze turned cold. How could he trade injury for injury with the opponent? He tilted his body slightly, dodging the claw, while his left fist arrived first despite being thrown later, slamming into Ge Tianxiong's wrist!

Crack! The sound of bone breaking rang out! Ge Tianxiong screamed, his wrist in excruciating pain, and the Rending Wind Claw was instantly broken!

"You little beast..." Ge Tianxiong was terrified to the point of despair. At this moment, he finally understood that he was simply no match for this young man! If he continued to fight, he would undoubtedly die!

For a person like him who usually bullied the weak and feared the strong, once facing the threat of death, his true cowardly nature was exposed. He turned around and wanted to run away!

"Want to leave now? Too late!" Ye Tian's voice was cold. Since they had already forged a death feud, he would never let the tiger return to the mountain! Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself!

Ye Tian instantly caught up with Ge Tianxiong, and his fist, containing the strength of five Dragons and five elephants, slammed into his back!

Pfft! Ge Tianxiong's body stiffened, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood, along with shattered internal organs. His eyes widened, filled with unwillingness, and then he fell down. He was dead as could be.

The Ge Family head, a Yuan Condensation Second Layer expert, was dead!

In the courtyard, there was not a sound. Everyone was so shocked by the youth's thunderous methods that they were speechless.

Ye Tian slowly retracted his fist, his expression calm, as if he had just done a trivial thing.

He walked over to the collapsed Ge Hong and, in the latter's terrified gaze, stepped down, ending his life. When cutting weeds, one must remove the roots!

After doing all this, Ye Tian looked at the dumbfounded Zhong Zhenyue and the others and said calmly, "Patriarch Zhong, please take care of this. I will take my leave."

He did not say anything more, nor did he even go to loot the spoils of war. He picked up the bag prepared by the Zhong Family and left the Zhong mansion under the gaze of everyone from the Zhong Family.

Walking on the road out of town, Ye Tian frowned slightly, reviewing the battle just now.

"The power of the Overlapping Wave Fist is indeed starting to feel strained when facing higher-rank Martial Skills. If it weren't for my Qi quality and Physical Body strength far exceeding the opponent's, this battle would never have been so easy."

Ye Tian recalled that most of the credit for his ability to defeat Tu Qianshan earlier was due to his Martial Dao Will.

Moreover, although Tu Qianshan was at the Ningyuan Realm Third Stage, he was, after all, just a bandit, with no Advanced Cultivation Technique, so his Third Stage strength was very hollow.

And although this Ge Tianxiong was only at the Ningyuan Realm Second Stage and had just broken through, his substance was by no means comparable to the likes of Tu Qianshan.

He sighed and thought, "My movement technique is a clear shortcoming. If the opponent had a high-level movement technique, I would probably have to go to great lengths to win, and might even let them escape."

"It seems I must find a way to find the follow-up Cultivation Technique for the Overlapping Wave Fist, or obtain a higher-rank Martial Skill, as well as a flexible movement Martial Skill."