Chapter 530: Disgustful Chen Siblings!
The Sword Qi that Li Yun had released looked ordinary at first glance, but with the bald man’s cultivation, he could tell immediately that this sword strike was absolutely not simple.
Whoosh!
Sure enough, that Sword Qi appeared slow and leisurely at the beginning. It did not seem sharp, and it did not carry any obvious killing intent. However, the moment it approached the bald man, it suddenly accelerated, and an extremely sharp aura erupted from within it.
Swoosh!
The air was instantly torn apart. That Sword Qi seemed to vanish into the depths of the air itself, and after a single breath, it suddenly reappeared from another direction, stabbing directly toward the bald man’s heart.
"Seeking death!"
The bald man roared and suddenly slapped out with his palm. With a loud bang, the Sword Qi was directly shattered, but the bald man’s figure was also forced to retreat six or seven steps.
"What?"
This result greatly shocked Lan Yichen and the Chen siblings.
Although Lan Yichen knew that Li Yun’s strength was far from ordinary, he had never expected Li Yun to actually force back a bald man at the 4th level of Earthly Core Realm.
As for the Chen siblings, their eyes widened in disbelief.
What had they just seen?
A cultivator at the 4th level of Mortal Core Realm, someone they had regarded as a weak follower hiding behind Lan Yichen, had actually displayed combat strength comparable to the 4th level of Earthly Core Realm.
This was a slap to the face.
For them, this was undoubtedly a harsh and merciless slap to the face.
Thud!
Because of the extreme shock and terror in their hearts, the Chen siblings both fell backward onto the ground at the same time. Their faces were filled with expressions of disbelief, as though they had seen a ghost.
"Damn brat, I want you dead!"
After being forced back several steps by Li Yun’s sword strike, the bald man’s eyes blazed with fury. His heart was filled with both shock and rage.
He was a dignified 4th level Earthly Core Realm cultivator and a notable figure within the Seventeen Cloudchain Strongholds. Yet he had actually been forced back by a junior at the 4th level of Mortal Core Realm. If this matter spread, would he not become a laughingstock?
To prevent that from happening, he had to kill Li Yun and everyone else present.
"Storm Fist!"
He roared and suddenly threw a punch.
Immediately, fierce winds howled, and violent gales surged outward. They swirled together into a small tornado, sweeping everything in their path into its center and devouring it instantly.
This martial skill was clearly a low-grade Earth Rank martial skill.
"Weak."
At the same time, Li Yun also moved.
He suddenly swung his sword, and his speed reached an extreme level. Even with the strength of Lan Yichen and the Chen siblings, they could not see his movements clearly. They only saw a streak of Sword Qi burst forth like light and lightning.
The Sword Qi bloomed with incomparably dazzling brilliance, illuminating half the sky. In an instant, it vanished into the small tornado.
Then, a loud boom rang out.
The small tornado was directly torn apart from within and shattered completely.
After that, the Sword Qi rushed out from the broken violent winds without losing any speed. Moving faster than ten times the speed of sound, it descended upon the bald man’s brow in an instant.
"Get away from me!"
The bald man roared and wanted to throw a punch to block it. Unfortunately, compared to this Sword Qi, his speed was far too slow.
Swoosh!
In an instant, his brow was pierced through.
A spray of blood erupted.
The light in his eyes vanished, and his body suddenly collapsed to the ground.
A 4th level Earthly Core Realm cultivator had been directly killed by Li Yun just like that.
In the next instant, the number representing battle merit points on Li Yun’s token suddenly jumped and increased crazily. In the blink of an eye, it surged from the original seventy-three points to one hundred and seventy-three points.
All the remaining bandits he had killed before, even when added together, could not compare to the value of this one bald man.
"My heavens!"
Watching the bald man’s corpse gradually turn cold and stiff, Lan Yichen’s mind shook violently. The shock in his heart was almost impossible to describe.
He knew that Li Yun was strong, but he had never imagined that Li Yun’s strength had already reached such a terrifying level.
After all, even if Hua Qingfeng, the person ranked first on the Spirit Ranking, faced the bald man, he might at most preserve his life. Defeating a 4th level Earthly Core Realm expert would still be nearly impossible for him.
But Li Yun had not merely defeated the bald man. He had directly killed him with a single sword strike.
Defeating and killing were two completely different concepts. To defeat someone, one only needed to be slightly stronger. To kill someone, the difference in strength usually had to be at least one level higher.
What made it even more astonishing was that Li Yun was only at the 4th level of Mortal Core Realm.
At the 4th level of Mortal Core Realm, he already possessed such incredible combat power. Did that not mean that once Li Yun stepped into the Earthly Core Realm, he would already be qualified to rank on the Earth Ranking?
Compared to him, the so-called first place of the Spirit Ranking, Hua Qingfeng, was simply not worth mentioning.
Lan Yichen was not the only one who was extremely shocked. Chen Haoyan and Chen Jiaolan were also dumbfounded. Their faces were filled with disbelief, and their expressions looked as though they had just seen a ghost.
The siblings exchanged a glance, then suddenly did something that neither Lan Yichen nor Li Yun had expected.
"Brother Li Yun! Brother Li Yun!"
Chen Haoyan suddenly jumped up. His face was filled with an extremely bright smile as he shouted in a righteous and solemn tone, "Brother Li Yun displayed divine might and killed a petty villain in one move. You are truly an idol of our generation and a guiding light on the path of martial arts. Although I am untalented, I am willing to serve before and behind Brother Li Yun as your loyal little brother."
"Brother Li Yun..."
Chen Jiaolan’s face revealed a shy smile. She spoke in a coquettish tone and said, "Jiaolan is also willing to become your personal maid."
Lan Yichen was dumbfounded, and Li Yun’s face immediately darkened.
These two truly were a pair of extremes.
It had to be said that the Chen siblings were truly extraordinary characters. Li Yun had seen people who were arrogant at first and became obsequious afterward, but the Chen siblings were different. One moment, they had been domineering to the extreme. In the next moment, they were suddenly full of flattery and praise. Their faces were so thick that it could almost be considered a skill.
This behavior made Li Yun, who had originally wanted to teach them a lesson, lose all interest in bothering with this pair of clowns.