154: Chapter 154 The Shen Family? So what if they provoke us!

Chapter 154: The Shen Family? So What if I Provoke You! "May I ask which sect Your Excellency hails from? Why did you lay such a cruel hand on my Shi Family Disciple?" Shi Pojun spoke coldly, his voice raspy, yet permeated with a chilling Killing Intent.

Old Turtle remained hunched over, hands tucked into his sleeves. He glanced at him with cloudy old eyes and sneered, "This old man is but a mere Loose Cultivator from the mountains."

“Heh—so you're just a Loose Cultivator!”

Shi Pojun's tone was icy, his Killing Intent completely undisguised. "A mere Loose Cultivator dares to touch a member of my Shi Family? You deserve to die!"

He struck out with a palm, the wind whistling as his spiritual energy transformed into a pitch-black streak, heading straight for Old Turtle's face!

With this strike, he used seventy percent of his strength.

Seventy percent of a second-level Void Piercing Realm's power was enough to turn a Peak Dharma Image Realm Cultivator into a meat patty on the spot!

However—

“Bang!”

A figure charged out from the side, blocking the path in front of Old Turtle.

A fist met Shi Pojun's palm with nonchalant ease.

As fist and palm collided, a dull, thunderous explosion erupted!

A storm of spiritual energy swept in all directions, causing the bluestone slabs on the ground to crack instantly as stone fragments flew everywhere!

Shi Pojun's expression changed abruptly. He was shaken back three steps, each footfall leaving deep cracks in the ground. The web between his thumb and index finger split open, and blood flowed freely.

Yet, that figure remained motionless.

“You—”

Shi Pojun snapped his head up, staring intently at this uninvited guest.

It was a middle-aged man with a square face and a tall stature. He wore a navy blue robe, and his aura was as deep as an abyss.

It was none other than Shen Yuanshan.

Behind him, Shen Yuanhe stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm, but his eyes glinted with coldness.

"Shen Yuanshan, Shen Yuanhe?" Shi Pojun recognized their identities, his pupils shrinking slightly. "Is your Shen Family going to meddle in the Shi Family's business?"

Shen Yuanshan did not answer his question. He simply turned his head to glance at Shen Qingyuan, who was still standing lazily in place behind him. After confirming he was unharmed, he withdrew his gaze.

Then, he turned back to Shi Pojun, a cold sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

“Your Shi Family people are truly arrogant!”

Shi Pojun's face darkened. "Shen Yuanshan, get your facts straight. They are the ones who injured my Shi Family member! Tianhao has been beaten like this; won't your Shen Family provide an explanation?"

"An explanation?" Shen Yuanshan sneered with a cold face. "Your Shi Family person provoked a Shen Family Elder in the middle of the street, and you want my Shen Family to give an explanation?"

Shi Pojun frowned and turned to look at Shi Tianhao.

Shi Tianhao's face was deathly pale, and he dodged Shi Pojun's gaze.

Shi Pojun's expression sank. He knew Shi Tianhao was usually unruly. Back in Tianshi City, he had acted arrogantly and offended many people.

Today's events were likely trouble stirred up by Shi Tianhao as well.

But so what? As a dignified Shi Family Elder, how could he back down before the Shen Family?

His Shi Family had a ninth-level Void Tempering Old Ancestor; they weren't something a small Shen Family could compare to.

"Shen Yuanshan, I don't care who made the first move." Shi Pojun spoke coldly, his second-level Void Piercing Realm pressure erupting once more. "Today, if your Shen Family doesn't give my Shi Family an explanation, this matter isn't over!"

"Oh?" Shen Yuanshan raised an eyebrow, his lips curling into a playful arc. "Then what do you want to do?"

Inside Shen Yuanshan's body, an aura terrifying to the extreme suddenly exploded!

Third-level Void Piercing Realm!

A full minor Realm higher than Shi Pojun!

That pressure was like the heavens collapsing and the earth rending as it crushed toward Shi Pojun!

Shi Pojun's pupils constricted, and his face instantly turned as white as paper. He was shaken back several steps by that pressure, nearly falling to the ground!

“You, you—”

His voice was trembling, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Wasn't Shen Yuanshan in the Dharma Image Realm?

How did he suddenly become a third-level Void Piercing Realm?!

Furthermore, this aura was even more robust and domineering than his own second-level Void Piercing Realm!

This was impossible!

However—

This wasn't over yet.

Shen Yuanhe also took a step forward, and the aura within his body erupted!

Peak second-level Void Piercing Realm!

Stronger than Shi Pojun, not weaker!

The two Void Piercing Realm pressures intertwined like an invisible giant net, firmly suppressing Shi Pojun and the Shi Family members behind him!

Shi Pojun's face was pale, cold sweat poured down his forehead like rain, and his legs were trembling slightly.

The Peak Dharma Image Realm guards behind him were forced directly to their knees, their faces ashen and their bodies shaking.

A deathly silence fell over the market.

Everyone's eyes widened as they stared fixedly at Shen Yuanshan and Shen Yuanhe, their faces full of disbelief.

“The, the Shen Family actually has two Void Piercing Realm experts?!”

“Heavens! When did the Guangnan City Shen Family become so strong?!”

“No wonder they dared to challenge the Shi Family! It turns out they were hiding such a massive trump card!”

Exclamations rose one after another. The gazes directed at Shen Yuanshan and Shen Yuanhe were filled with shock and awe.

The Guangnan City Shen Family had a Legacy of eight thousand years and had always been incredibly low-key. Everyone had thought the strongest in the Shen Family was only at the Dharma Image Realm.

But now—

Two Void Piercing Realms!

And one was at the third level, while the other was at the Peak of the second level!

This level of strength would be considered among the top experts even within the three major cities!

Shi Pojun's face was grim as he stared at Shen Yuanshan, his eyes full of wariness.

He hadn't expected the Shen Family to be hiding so deeply!

Two Void Piercing Realms, and neither of their cultivations was lower than his!

"Shen Yuanshan, your Shen Family really hid yourselves well." He spoke through gritted teeth, emphasizing every word.

Shen Yuanshan stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at him with a mocking curl of his lips. "Not at all, we could hardly compare to the prestige of your Shi Family."

"Shen Yuanshan, I will remember today's matter for the Shi Family." Shi Pojun gritted his teeth, his voice raspy. "The world is round; we shall see each other again at the Canglang Mountain Assembly."

With a wave of his hand, he turned to leave.

“Stop.”

Shen Yuanshan's voice came from behind. It wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of everyone present.

Shi Pojun's footsteps halted. He spun around, the fury in his eyes almost erupting. "Shen Yuanshan, what else do you want?"

Shen Yuanshan let out a cold laugh and stepped forward slowly, looking down at him.

“You think you can just leave after injuring a member of my Shen Family?”

Shi Pojun's face looked terrible.

The surrounding Cultivators also widened their eyes, their faces full of disbelief.

A Shen Family member was injured?

They had seen clearly that from beginning to end, that young man from the Shen Family hadn't lost a single hair.

On the contrary, Shi Tianhao had been slapped away by that hunched old man, spitting blood as he hit the ground, and was still slumped in his attendants' arms, half-dead.

Shen Yuanshan's words were clearly a deliberate attempt to pick a fight!

"Shen Yuanshan, don't push people too far!" Shi Pojun's face flushed red, his chest heaving violently, and his body was wreathed in a soaring Killing Intent. "My Shi Family member was beaten into this state by you, and you still want more?!"

Shen Yuanshan raised an eyebrow and spoke nonchalantly, "It was your Shi Family person who moved first. My Ninth Young Master was minding his own business browsing the market when your kid rushed up to hit him. Are we not allowed to fight back?"

He paused, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "When he can't win, he calls for his Elders. And after the fight is over, you just want to leave? How can there be such a cheap deal in this world?"

Shi Pojun was beyond furious. When did the Shen Family become so unscrupulous?

Did they have no shame?

Clearly, it was his Shi Family's person who was injured!

"Shen Yuanshan, you are bullying me too much!" Shi Pojun bellowed, the spiritual energy in his body surging wildly as his second-level Void Piercing Realm aura erupted. "Do you think my Shi Family is afraid of you?!"

Before his voice could fade, the several Shi Family Elders behind him also stepped forward, releasing their auras without reservation.

One, two, three...

A full three first-level Void Piercing Realms!

Including Shi Pojun, that made four Void Piercing Realms!

The four Void Piercing Realm auras intertwined like an invisible giant net, crushing toward Shen Yuanshan and Shen Yuanhe!

The Cultivators in the market turned pale and retreated one after another, their eyes filled with horror.

“Four! The Shi Family actually brought four Void Piercing Realms!”

“The Shen Family is in trouble now... Two against four, how can they fight?”

“Even though Shen Yuanshan is one minor Realm higher than Shi Pojun, the other side has more people! And those three first-level Void Piercing Realms aren't pushovers either!”

“It's over, it's over. The Shen Family is likely going to suffer a huge loss this time...”

Shi Pojun stood with his hands behind his back, his expression dark.

"Shen Yuanshan, don't think that just because you've broken through to the Void Piercing Realm, you can oppose our Shi Family. My Shi Family's foundation is not something your Shen Family can imagine!"

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