55: Brotherly love and respect?

"Chu Yuan, watch out! It's the Burst Yuan Fist!" Li Hong's expression changed, and he hurriedly called out a warning.

Chu Yuan had actually heard of this fist technique; it was the most cost-effective explosive Secret Technique for Third and Fourth Realm Martial Artists, and it was quite widely circulated.

It required the sacrifice of an entire arm in exchange for powerful lethality in a short period!

Unexpectedly, while Li Ji had stepped into the Inner Breath Realm, he still had the time to cultivate such a Secret Technique.

It seemed that he and the Li family behind him were determined to obtain the Martial God Scroll!

What a pity...

If it were before he cultivated the Geng Metal Primal Dao Art, Chu Yuan might have been slightly wary.

But now...

He threw a punch of his own, plain and unremarkable, with no particular form.

But upon colliding with Li Ji's fist, a series of dense cracking sounds erupted, and a mist of blood exploded between the two!

Chu Yuan stood on the spot, unmoving, his spiritual power isolating him from the falling blood mist.

Li Ji's body, however, flew backward, snapping four or five large trees as thick as a man's embrace before crashing heavily into the ground!

Those with keen eyes noticed during this process that while the thickness of Li Ji's right arm had returned to normal, the entire forearm had vanished, revealing jagged, bone-white stumps!

They couldn't help but look at Chu Yuan in shock and suspicion.

Without activating any Martial Skill, he was able to cripple Li Ji, who was using a Secret Technique, with a single punch based solely on his own physical strength!?

Just how strong is this guy from an unknown small city...?

"Li Ji!" Li Hong quickly regained his senses and moved his feet to rush toward Li Ji.

The others were not surprised; although Li Hong had previously warned Chu Yuan, they were all from the Li family after all, so it was understandable for Li Hong to be concerned about Li Ji.

Only Chu Yuan activated his Divine Sense and looked over...

"Li Ji! Are you alright!?" Li Hong squatted down, speaking nonsense with flickering eyes, and pressed a hand onto Li Ji's chest, seemingly to check the injuries inside his body.

Li Ji's mind was in chaos at this moment, and waves of intense pain assailed him; he felt as if his body was about to fall apart.

How could he pay attention to Li Hong's abnormality?

"Get lost! You lowly scum!" He wanted to scold him like this.

But after opening his mouth, he found that he couldn't make any sound.

He looked down in disbelief and saw the hand Li Hong had pressed against his chest surrounded by an eerie blood-colored radiance; it seemed... somewhat similar to the scent of a Blood Beast?

That blood-colored radiance penetrated deep into his body and had already silently shattered his heart...

How dare he? He was just an unimportant, lowly scum... Harboring endless unwillingness and confusion, Li Ji's eyes became dead and silent.

"Chu Yuan! It wasn't enough for you to kill Qi Ying, you still want to kill Li Ji!?" Li Hong stood up, his expression angry.

Hearing this, the expressions of the other onlookers suddenly became colorful, and the gazes they cast toward Chu Yuan were filled with awe and wariness.

Killing Qi Ying might have been due to momentary anger, failing to hold back.

But what about killing Li Ji? Giving up and letting things go to ruin?

Since one is a kill anyway, might as well slaughter two?

Powerful, yet completely unscrupulous! Such a ruthless person is either relying on something, or... is a madman!

But no matter which one it is, it's better not to offend him...

Meanwhile, Chu Yuan, who had witnessed this scene of 'fraternal harmony' from beginning to end, had a strange look on his face.

He just thought, clearly Li Hong had acted like he didn't get along with Li Ji at all before, but now he had suddenly become warm-hearted.

So it turned out he was aiming to rob him while he was down... and he even conveniently pinned the blame on him?

Of course, he actually wouldn't have minded killing Li Ji.

But I can do the deed, yet you cannot pin what I didn't do on me...

Chu Yuan paced over, seemingly not seeing the wariness in Li Hong's eyes, and looked down at him.

Then he said indifferently: "You saw wrong, isn't he still alive?"

"Impossible!" Li Hong looked over subconsciously, just in time to see Li Ji's fingers move! For a moment, he lost his composure!

Just at this moment, Chu Yuan suddenly attacked, reaching for his throat!

Who would have thought, Li Hong displayed speed and reaction not belonging to an Inner Breath Realm Martial Artist, raising his knee to strike at Chu Yuan's chest!

His whole body seemed to seep out blood Qi, condensing into mist, which then transformed into the appearance of a Blood Beast, instantly charging into Chu Yuan's head!

Chu Yuan felt a moment of trance, and when he looked again, Li Hong was already tens of meters away, looking at him with a complex expression...

Others only knew that Chu Yuan was strong, but only the current Li Hong knew just how strong Chu Yuan really was!

He had received forced empowerment and activated the spiritual attack Secret Technique branded by the Lord, yet it only made Chu Yuan dazed for a split second?

Even though the Lord had informed him in advance that Chu Yuan was a Sky Soaring Realm Martial Artist, this was inevitably a bit abnormal!

No wonder even the Lord couldn't bear to kill him...

Li Hong no longer had the heart to fight Chu Yuan and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest with a leap.

Seeing this, Chu Yuan let out a soft breath and pinched the bridge of his nose.

Li Hong's strength and spiritual attack had indeed exceeded his expectations, but with his current Divine Sense strength, this kind of attack still posed no threat to him.

If he hadn't yet learned any means of spiritual attack, he would definitely have let Li Hong know who was the real master!

But there was no time to chase him now; Li Hong had obviously established a deep connection with the Blood Beast, and it could be determined that he had defected to the enemy!

Although he hadn't done anything yet, he had been discovered by him immediately.

But this was enough to prove that the Blood Abyss had already started moving... the great formation must be set up immediately!

"Buddy... there's no need to kill them all, right?" Seeing Li Hong also scared away by Chu Yuan's actions, someone finally couldn't help but speak up.

Naturally, they hadn't seen the scene of Li Hong killing Li Ji.

From the perspective of others, the whole thing was simple: Chu Yuan first killed Qi Ying, then killed Li Ji, and finally wanted to kill Li Hong!

It was just that Li Hong's strength was not weak, and he hadn't been successfully killed by him immediately...

"Sooner or later you have to go out; you are so unscrupulous... even the Zhenwu Bureau won't let you go."

Chu Yuan shook his head and didn't say anything more.

People only believe what they see with their own eyes; no matter how he explained it now, no one would believe him.

He picked up the Materials, supported Tian Tian with one hand, and headed toward the stone platform...

...

"Chu Yuan, is there anything I can help with?" Tian Tian asked.

Her hand had been severed, and her face had been scratched; she didn't know if she could recover in the future... Her mood was somewhat low.

But the current task still had to be done, and besides, if compared, the trouble Chu Yuan was in was far greater than her own...

"No, you go and rest."

Chu Yuan was using the wind slasher to carve grooves, which were the formation patterns, onto the stone platform.

Then he filled them with the Materials and infused them with spiritual power.

As the process progressed, a dense blood mist gradually permeated, bringing an ominous and evil aura...