Chapter 494 - 493: One Palm

Chapter 494: Chapter 493: One Palm

Qin Ya’s eyes narrowed slightly, a flicker of surprise crossing his gaze as he looked at Lann Qi. ’This Lann Qi is indeed an incredible prodigy,’ he thought. ’To be able to contend with a King at only a Half-Step King’s Cultivation... but his character is quite distasteful.’

"Ha! With my peerless Talent, I’ll tame you, you tigress! I’ll capture you and make you warm my bed. Tsk tsk, just the thought of it makes me itch with anticipation." Lann Qi roared with laughter, his aggressive gaze fixed on Bi Xiaoyu, as if he wanted to strip her naked and devour her whole.

Bi Xiaoyu’s anger flared under his gaze. Her eyes turned cold as she replied with a trace of mockery, "You’re not even in the top hundred on the Amor List, yet you dare to run your mouth like this? Be careful you don’t bite your tongue."

The Amor List was a ranking acknowledged by all major cities in the Divine Country. It listed prodigies under the age of a sixty-year cycle. Every person on it possessed combat power comparable to a King. The top one hundred, in particular, had the ability to slay Kings. They were unparalleled demons with the potential to reach the Venerable realm.

Although Lann Qi’s Talent was great, he wasn’t even ranked in the top one hundred. In all of Qingkong City, only the number one prodigy, Ruo Yukuang, had managed to make the cut. Bi Xiaoyu’s words viciously struck a nerve, and Lann Qi’s face darkened. The Wind-Fire Power suffusing the air around him grew restless and agitated.

"Hmph, you clueless bitch!"

Lann Qi snorted. The wind fanned the flames, and the flames rose with the wind, creating a mutually reinforcing cycle. A menacing sea of wind and fire surged toward Bi Xiaoyu, blanketing everything. In an instant, scorch marks appeared all over the Restaurant. The owner, watching from a distance, had a look of utter misery on his face.

’Couldn’t you fight somewhere else? Why did you have to come here?!’

’I’m just a small business owner. Do you know how hard my life is?’

"Let me."

Just as Bi Xiaoyu was about to retaliate, Qin Ya stepped in front of her and said calmly, "If this doesn’t end now, the Restaurant is going to be destroyed."

His meaning was obvious...

He could end this fight quickly!

Thinking of the near-crushing defeat she suffered back at the military camp, Bi Xiaoyu gave a wry smile and nodded. She felt that she was failing badly at her job as a guard.

Qin Ya smiled. A four-colored layer of Natural Energy emerged and swirled around him. Ignoring the raging sea of wind and fire, he simultaneously unleashed his Mysterious Speed and the Shrinking Inches technique. In the blink of an eye, he appeared before Lann Qi and struck out with his palm!

Lann Qi stared at the figure that had suddenly appeared before him, his pupils shrinking to pinpricks in terror. Without a moment’s hesitation, his True Essence erupted, forming a layer of Wind Gang around his body. He also activated several Defensive Pseudo-Spiritual Artifacts, but they were useless against the seemingly casual palm strike!

The palm strike was like a clap of thunder, imbued with a four-colored Flowing Light. The terrifying power it exuded made Lann Qi’s scalp tingle. After activating his Defensive Pseudo-Spiritual Artifacts, he didn’t hesitate. His True Essence surged, and he rapidly retreated!

The palm, seeming to hold up the heavens, shattered the three protective shields from the Defensive Pseudo-Spiritual Artifacts in an instant and continued straight for his chest. Although he had retreated at the first possible moment, the hand was like a shadow, impossible to evade!

BOOM! The palm slammed into the Wind Gang on his body, shattering it. The immense power exploded outward. With a series of CRACKS, the bones in Lann Qi’s chest were pulverized. He spat out several mouthfuls of blood and was sent flying out of the Restaurant like a cannonball. He crashed through the walls of two buildings and flew over a hundred zhang before slamming into the ground.

Before he lost consciousness, only a single thought remained in Lann Qi’s mind...

’Where the fuck did this monster come from?!’

"Who is that?"

"He was blasted right into the ground, leaving a huge crater."

"Good thing I dodged quickly, or I would’ve been injured too."

"Hey, that guy looks familiar. I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere before."

"Is... isn’t that the Lann Family’s prodigy... Lann Qi?"

As the last comment fell, a hush descended upon the crowd!

My god, that was the Lann Family’s prodigy, one of the Four Young Masters of Qingkong! A famous figure in the entire city! And now he was lying on the ground like a dead dog, not moving an inch. Who could have done this?

"Holy shit, what kind of ruthless badass did this?"

"Even the other Young Masters wouldn’t dare to do this! This is basically declaring war on the entire Lann Family and its hundreds of thousands of members!"

"The Lann Family’s prodigy beaten up and left for dead in the street! Hiss! This is definitely going to be the hottest news in Qingkong City. It’ll spread through all of Qingkong in less than half a day."

"Pah! That bastard finally got what was coming to him. How satisfying."

"Which hero did this? I’m going to make a statue of them and worship it at home."

The crowd was shocked and gloating, but they soon came to their senses and scattered completely. No matter what, this was the Lann Family’s prodigy. If the Lann Family showed up and saw them gawking, they would surely get dragged into trouble.

Within a few breaths, the once-bustling street became deserted. The surrounding shopkeepers quickly shut their doors and windows, temporarily closing for business. Some, however, with expressions of hatred and contempt, walked up to Lann Qi, spat on him, glanced around nervously, and then quickly departed. Once the first person did it, others soon followed suit.

Before long, Lann Qi was covered not only in blood but also in sticky saliva. It was clear just how disliked he was.

Up in the Restaurant not far away, Qin Ya said calmly, "Let’s go."

Beside him, Bi Xiaoyu glanced at Qin Ya. Even though she had some understanding of his combat strength, she couldn’t help but be shocked again at seeing him defeat Lann Qi in a single move.

"Is he dead?" Bi Xiaoyu asked.

"Don’t worry, he’s just severely injured. Didn’t you say he’s one of the Four Young Masters of Qingkong? If he died, I imagine City Lord Mo would have some trouble on his hands."

"Right. Let’s head back and report this to the City Lord."

As the patrons in the Restaurant watched Qin Ya and Bi Xiaoyu’s departing figures, a dead silence fell. A long moment later, an astonishing wave of discussion erupted.

"Who on earth was that young man?"

"I don’t know. To defeat Lann Qi in a single palm strike... I’m not sure even the other three great prodigies of Qingkong City could do that. It’s terrifying."

"And that woman really did seem to be one of the City Lord’s Personal Guard. If that’s true, then that young man’s identity must be extraordinary."

"No shit."

"We should get out of here too."

「A short while later...」

On the street, a patrol from the City Guard Army passed by. When they arrived at the spot where Lann Qi had fallen, they all looked confused. Upon seeing the wretched state of Lann Qi, they were aghast. But after a moment’s thought, the patrol captain said, "Brothers, there’s nothing unusual on this street. Let’s move on to the next one."

Everyone understood immediately. "Yes, sir."

After a long time, Lann Qi was finally found by a passing member of the Lann Family. Immediately, news that Young Master Lann, one of the Four Young Masters of Qingkong, had been beaten, began to spread like wildfire.