57: Are you kidding me?

"Your strength..."

Duan Tianba's voice was trembling. He looked at Li Qing as if he were looking at a monster.

He felt that the other party's fist and foot techniques had no order to speak of; it was completely random fighting.

But it was precisely this random fighting where every punch contained a power that made his heart tremble with fear.

His own Surging Waves Palm hitting the opponent's body was like a stone sinking into the ocean; it could only make the opponent take half a step back, but it caused no substantial damage.

On the contrary, every time the opponent's fists collided with him, it caused his Protective Aura to vibrate violently.

A few more hits, and his Protective Aura would surely break!

Once his Protective Aura broke, how could his flesh and blood body withstand such inhuman Great Strength?

Just how many catties was this kid's Innate Divine Strength?

One hundred thousand catties?

Two hundred thousand catties?

As soon as this thought appeared, Duan Tianba himself was startled.

This was no longer a human; it was a Vicious Beast wearing human skin!

"Is that all?"

Li Qing finally spoke, a hint of disappointment in his tone.

He finally stood up.

He hadn't expected that he had unconsciously become this strong!

He still had several Divine Abilities he hadn't used yet.

Currently, he had only used the Mysterious Armor and Great Strength talents.

The most powerful and elusive Mystic Water Manipulation hadn't been used yet.

The opponent was already about to collapse.

This Meridian Opening Realm didn't seem like much after all.

This sentence became the last straw that crushed Duan Tianba's psychological defenses.

"Aaaah! Kid! You have some nerve!"

"I have urgent business, so I'll spare your life!"

"Let's go!"

After saying that, Duan Tianba swung his hands behind him and hurriedly walked out of the Iron Bone Martial Arts School.

Li Qing: ??

Xiao Chen: ???

The many Disciples of the Jingtao Martial Arts School: ????

Seeing their School Master walk far away, the Disciples only then reflexively chased after him.

Li Qing and Xiao Chen were stunned.

They had originally thought Duan Tianba was about to show his true power.

And it turns out, that's it?

Are you kidding me??

In the courtyard, the wind blew, sweeping up a few fallen leaves that swirled and landed on the ground.

Silence.

A deathly silence.

Li Qing and Xiao Chen just stood there in the center of the courtyard, staring at each other.

Duan Tianba, who was aggressive just a moment ago and looked like he was going to poke a hole in the sky, just ran away like that?

He even shouted "I have urgent business, I'll spare your life"?

This excuse he found was simply too perfunctory.

The first one to react was Xiao Chen.

He opened his mouth, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down, and only after a long while did he squeeze out a sentence.

"Bi... Big Brother Li, he... he's gone?"

"Seems so."

Li Qing withdrew his fist, his Face also full of strangeness.

He was all prepared to meet the opponent's thunderous final blow.

He had even gone through the thought of using Mystic Water Manipulation in his head.

In the end, the opponent ended it in such an anticlimactic way?

This feeling was like you had braced yourself to throw a punch, only to hit cotton; it was an indescribable discomfort.

"Isn't he at the Late Stage of Meridian Connecting Realm?"

Xiao Chen's tone was filled with a sense of unreality.

"An expert who ranks among the top in Jinling City, how could he..."

How could he be so cowardly?

Xiao Chen didn't say the last few words, but the meaning was already very obvious.

Li Qing shrugged.

"Maybe his family really does have urgent business."

Xiao Chen's mouth twitched.

Big Brother Li, do you believe that?

Anyway, he didn't believe it.

He looked at Li Qing, and the emotions in his heart could no longer be described as admiration; it was practically revering him as a god.

Going head-to-head with Duan Tianba and making the opponent find an excuse to flee.

What kind of terrifying strength was this!

The smoke must be rising from his Xiao family's ancestral grave! (Good luck from ancestors)

No, the ancestral grave must be on fire!

...Meanwhile.

In an alley in Jinling City, several figures were sprinting in a sorry state.

The leader was precisely the Jingtao Martial Arts School Master, Duan Tianba.

His Face was livid, he didn't say a word, and his steps were like the wind, moving extremely fast!

The few Disciples following behind were keeping close, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Everything that had just happened in the courtyard was still echoing in their minds.

The School Master... their School Master who was undisputed and majestic in Jinling City, was actually driven away by someone's fists!

If this matter got out, where would the Jingtao Martial Arts School put its Face?

One Disciple couldn't help but look back, fearing that the star of calamity would chase after them.

"What are you looking at! Hurry up and go!"

Duan Tianba growled without turning his head, scaring the Disciple into a shiver, almost falling to the ground.

A fire was suppressed in Duan Tianba's heart.

Humiliation!

This was the greatest humiliation since he took charge of the Jingtao Martial Arts School!

But he didn't regret it.

He could live until today and develop the Jingtao Martial Arts School to its current scale not just by relying on strength, but even more so on his caution that far exceeded ordinary people.

Or rather, following his heart (being cowardly).

If they continued fighting, he wouldn't necessarily lose.

He still had trump cards he hadn't used; by risking some injuries, he might not be unable to take down that kid.

But, it wasn't necessary.

His Jingtao Martial Arts School still had other rival forces.

And from the start of the exchange just now, he had felt a faint, indistinct sense of crisis.

That feeling didn't come from Li Qing's unreasonable strength.

Rather, it came from... that unremarkable Yellow Gourd at his waist.

His intuition had always been very accurate and had saved his life many times.

Just as he was preparing to fight for his life, that sense of crisis instantly rose to its peak, as if as long as he dared to move again, he would be decapitated the next second.

It was a feeling of being targeted by a natural predator—cold and hopeless.

Duan Tianba had no doubt that the thing inside that gourd could easily take his life.

A youth who possessed such terrifying power and also hid an even more lethal trump card... right, if he had a back-up plan, how could the youth in front of him not have one?

This kind of person should either be befriended or thoroughly crushed at once with thunderous methods.

Since he didn't crush him the first time and had even formed a grudge—fortunately, this grudge wasn't very deep yet!

Then the wisest choice was to retreat immediately and plan for the long term.

Face?

How much is Face worth? Life is the most important... Inside the Iron Bone Martial Arts School.

Li Qing looked in the direction where Duan Tianba had disappeared, his brow slightly furrowed.

He wasn't dwelling on the battle just now.

Instead, he was thinking about how troubles were coming one after another.

He just wanted to quietly and sneakily develop, eating fish every day and increasing his evolution points; why was it so hard?

First it was the people from the City Lord's Mansion, and now it was the Jingtao Martial Arts School.

He touched the gourd at his waist.

When Duan Tianba was preparing to fight for his life earlier, he had indeed felt a killing intent.

The water in the gourd was his greatest trump card.

The Mystic Water Manipulation talent killed without a trace.

With just a thought, the water could turn into sharp arrows, so fast that people couldn't react.

Back on the river, Zhao Si, Lu Yunfei, and Gao Qiang had died just like that.

But this trump card couldn't be used lightly.

Once used in the city, if the City Lord's Mansion investigated, they could easily link him to the events on the river.

At that time, they might think of the connection between the Spirit Turtle and him, and there would be a risk of exposure.

That would be the real big trouble.

Therefore, if it could be solved with fists, he tried his best not to use water.

"Whatever, soldiers will block the way, and water will be covered with earth (take things as they come)."

Li Qing exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Thinking too much now was useless.

At least today, he had driven back the Jingtao Martial Arts School.

He looked at Xiao Chen, and also at the few children peeking around the corner.

"Alright, it's fine now, continue practicing."

Xiao Chen looked out the door, and although he could no longer see Duan Tianba's back,

He still felt like it was a dream.

His heart was incomparably refreshed.

Three years of humiliation had finally been vented at this moment.

He looked at Li Qing, his eyes full of gratitude and admiration.

"Big Brother Li, thank you."

Li Qing waved his hand.

"Small matter."

He looked at the collapsed courtyard wall and frowned.

"It seems this wall needs to be repaired again."

Xiao Chen laughed.

"It's fine, Big Brother Li, I'll fix it!"

He was now full of energy.

Li Qing nodded, turned back to the center of the courtyard, and continued practicing.

To him, Duan Tianba was just a small interlude.

His goal was even greater strength.

And at this time, inside the Jinling City Lord's Mansion.