Chapter 129: Panicked
Qin Feiyang asked, “Senior, does that count as passing the first test?”
The beautiful woman came back to herself and nodded. “You passed. Now we begin the second test. Six-star Martial Masters, step forward!”
A large number of Martial King Hall disciples stood behind her.
As soon as she spoke, more than a dozen people immediately stepped out from the crowd.
“A group fight?” Qin Feiyang frowned.
He looked them over one by one.
They were men and women, tall and short, fat and thin. Without exception, however, they were all very young, and each possessed an extraordinary bearing.
The beautiful woman said, “Whoever defeats him will receive thirty thousand gold coins.”
“I’ll do it!”
A young man in black strode forward and landed opposite Qin Feiyang.
Qin Feiyang said, “One person probably won’t be enough.”
“How arrogant!”
The young man in black shouted furiously.
Boom!
His aura erupted, and true energy surged through his body as he struck toward Qin Feiyang with one palm.
“Wild Bull Fist!”
Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Feiyang used a martial skill. One punch sent the young man in black flying.
“Ugh!”
The young man crashed into the crowd and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Lying on the ground, he glared at Qin Feiyang and roared, “Bastard! You actually used a martial skill! How despicable!”
Qin Feiyang said indifferently, “No matter who you fight, as long as it is a battle, you must go all out from the very beginning. Didn’t the Martial King Hall teach you even that?”
The young man in black was about to say something else.
The beautiful woman shouted, “Next!”
A woman in red walked out. She appeared to be around twenty years old, with a tall, slender figure and exquisite features. She was breathtakingly beautiful.
“I’ll defeat you in one move!”
Yet she was overbearing to the extreme, pointing at Qin Feiyang with an icy, arrogant expression.
“Come on. Stop wasting time.”
Qin Feiyang stood with one hand behind his back and spoke calmly.
“Phantom Palm!”
The woman in red struck out with one palm, true energy surging from her hand.
In an instant, three palms appeared before Qin Feiyang. Their force howled through the air, sending sand and stones flying.
This martial skill could confuse an opponent’s eyes, allowing one to take advantage of an opening and kill the enemy in a single blow.
The real and the false were impossible to distinguish.
Yet Qin Feiyang did not look at the three palms. Instead, he fixed his eyes firmly on the ground.
“What is he doing?” the crowd wondered.
“Wild Bull Fist!”
Just as the three palms were about to strike Qin Feiyang in the face, he suddenly threw a punch and struck the woman in red directly in the center of her palm.
Bang!
Both of them retreated half a step.
“You could actually see through it?” The woman in red was astonished, finding it difficult to believe.
Qin Feiyang said indifferently, “No matter how fast your movements are, they will still cast a shadow on the ground. Remember that the next time you use this martial skill, find a place without sunlight.”
The woman in red was utterly shocked.
He had actually seen through the flaw in her Phantom Palm during the very first exchange. His eyesight was simply astonishing.
Qin Feiyang said, “You are not my opponent. Step down. Otherwise, don’t blame me for bullying a woman.”
The woman in red’s gaze turned cold. “Defeat me before you start boasting. Annihilation Palm!”
At that moment, nine palms appeared before Qin Feiyang.
Even if there were shadows on the ground, it was now impossible to tell which palm was real.
Her speed was simply too fast—at least several times faster than before.
Qin Feiyang felt his eyes grow sore after merely one glance.
“Let’s see how you break this move!”
The woman in red pressed forward, sending nine palms surging toward Qin Feiyang like mountains collapsing and seas overturning. The momentum was astonishing.
Qin Feiyang examined them carefully, then suddenly understood. “So it is a perfect martial skill. No wonder you are so confident.”
“Since you know that, then surrender!”
The woman in red shouted.
Qin Feiyang narrowed his eyes slightly.
The Annihilation Palm was extraordinarily fast. A martial artist of the same level would be completely unable to distinguish the real palm from the illusions.
It was indeed a top-tier perfect martial skill.
This woman was likely a core disciple of the Martial King Hall as well.
With her strength, she was already powerful enough to dominate among those of the same cultivation level.
But to Qin Feiyang, who possessed more than a hundred perfect martial skills, this level of strength was far from sufficient.
The nine palms came crashing toward him.
Their terrifying force was like countless sharp blades slicing across Qin Feiyang’s face, bringing waves of stinging pain.
But he did not retreat even half a step.
His gaze remained as calm as still water.
“You have lost.”
The woman in red had already reached Qin Feiyang. A victorious smile appeared on her face.
“Have I?”
The corners of Qin Feiyang’s lips curled upward, revealing a hint of mockery.
“Tiger-Binding Hand!”
His right hand shot out like lightning.
Like an eagle’s claw, it tore through layers of illusions and seized the woman in red by the wrist.
“How could this be?”
The woman in red stopped and stared at Qin Feiyang, who was within arm’s reach. Her beautiful face was filled with confusion.
The Martial King Hall disciples nearby were equally incredulous.
The Annihilation Palm was the most powerful martial skill in the Martial King Hall.
In the past, regardless of who the opponent was, as long as their cultivation levels were comparable, the Annihilation Palm had always been invincible.
Yet now, this man had broken it so easily.
Was this a dream?
Qin Feiyang said, “Actually, you have not displayed the true power of the Annihilation Palm.”
“Hm?” The woman in red froze.
The Martial King Hall disciples were all baffled as well.
But a series of gleams flashed through the beautiful woman’s eyes.
“I judged it from the force you used.”
“Your strength appears to be equivalent to that of ten savage elephants, but in truth, it falls just short of that level.”
“Your cultivation is not the problem. That leaves only one explanation: you have not practiced the Annihilation Palm to the point of perfection.”
Qin Feiyang spoke calmly.
The woman in red stared at him in disbelief. After a long while, she lowered her head and said, “I admit defeat.”
Qin Feiyang released her wrist. “What you lack is not proficiency, but practical experience. When you have time, go outside the city and fight vicious beasts. Before long, you will be able to unleash the Annihilation Palm’s full power.”
“Of course, if you see yourself as a delicate young lady from a wealthy family, you may ignore what I said.”
At that, everyone’s expressions became exceedingly strange.
Was this really an examination?
It was clearly an experienced teacher instructing his own disciple.
The beautiful woman’s heart burned even more intensely.
He had seen through the flaw in the Phantom Palm at a glance and immediately identified the woman in red’s weakness.
More importantly, this boy was only fifteen years old.
The woman was already twenty.
They were a full five years apart.
At such a young age, his understanding of martial skills was already so profound. He was simply a martial arts prodigy.
Elder He and Jia Hei were standing before the window of the reception hall. They had witnessed the entire scene with their own eyes, and both were completely dumbfounded.
This boy’s talent in martial arts was certainly no weaker than his talent in alchemy.
Things had become troublesome.
They could tell that the beautiful woman had been moved.
The beautiful woman suddenly turned toward the six-star Martial Masters who had stepped forward earlier and shouted, “All of you, attack together!”
“What?”
“All of us together?”
“There are twelve six-star Martial Masters!”
“Isn’t that obviously bullying Jiang Haotian?”
The crowd was stunned.
The twelve Martial Masters were equally taken aback.
The beautiful woman said, “Whoever defeats him will receive one hundred thousand gold coins.”
“One hundred thousand!”
“What are we waiting for?”
“Attack!”
The twelve immediately charged toward Qin Feiyang.
None of them held back. They used the Annihilation Palm at the very first opportunity.
The afterimages of more than a hundred palms surged from every direction like enormous waves crashing against the shore, descending upon Qin Feiyang.
“Every escape route has been sealed. Those twelve are all core disciples of the Pill King Hall. Jiang Haotian must be helpless now, right?”
“His defeat is certain. But even if he loses, it will still be an honorable defeat.”
“That is true.”
The crowd discussed the battle animatedly.
“Defeat?”
Qin Feiyang sneered inwardly.
Boom!
He stamped hard on the ground and leapt high into the air, landing behind one of the attackers.
The man was startled and swiftly turned around.
But just as he turned, Qin Feiyang pointed a finger at his right shoulder.
The man let out a horrible scream. A bloody hole appeared in his shoulder, and blood sprayed wildly.
“What?”
“He seriously injured someone in an instant?”
“Look! Something is wrong with his index finger!”
The crowd looked closely and discovered that Qin Feiyang’s index finger had transformed into ice crystal.
That was right.
It was the Ice Crystal Finger.
At the same time, the remaining eleven men were horrified. They quickly turned around and continued attacking Qin Feiyang.
“Even without using the Luo Yan Step, I can still deal with all of you!”
Qin Feiyang smiled coldly. In an instant, he became a human-shaped tyrannosaur and engaged the eleven men in a savage battle.
Tiger-Binding Hand!
Wind-Thunder Palm!
Ice Crystal Finger!
Heart-Locking Killing Fist!
Every casual wave of his hand and every effortless point of his finger was a perfect martial skill.
At that moment, every nerve in his body and every cell within him had become incomparably sensitive.
He did not even need to turn his head to sense what was happening behind him.
Every move he made was clean and decisive, without the slightest unnecessary motion.
Moreover, he never missed.
Every time he struck, one person was certain to be seriously injured and knocked to the ground.
This was battle instinct.
Qin Feiyang had completely entered his combat state.
Although the area around them was packed with people, the entire place had fallen deathly silent.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, utterly shaken.
One had to understand that every core disciple of the Martial King Hall possessed enough strength to dominate others at the same cultivation level.
Yet now, twelve of them had joined forces and still could not do anything to a single Jiang Haotian.
The beautiful woman’s hands were clenched tightly. Brilliant light burst from her eyes, bright as two full moons.
With her profound cultivation, she could tell at a glance that every move Qin Feiyang made was not the result of conscious thought. His limbs were being directed entirely by instinct.
Such combat instinct could only be developed through ceaseless slaughter and the baptism of countless streams of blood.
In other words, this boy had already experienced countless battles.
When danger approached, he did not need to see it with his eyes. His body could sense it on its own.
The core disciples of the Martial King Hall might undergo training from time to time, but they had never experienced true battles of life and death.
They were fundamentally two different kinds of people. There was no comparison between them.
More importantly, after observing him, she discovered that this boy possessed no fewer than four perfect martial skills.
This was unbelievable.
Even the Martial King Hall possessed only a single perfect martial skill.
Bang! Boom! Bang!
“Ah!”
After several dozen breaths, the remaining eleven core disciples all collapsed to the ground, groaning in pain.
At that moment, there was nothing but fear in their eyes as they looked at Qin Feiyang.
Qin Feiyang, meanwhile, had suffered only a few minor injuries.
“Whew!”
He exhaled slowly, glanced at the core disciples, then raised his head toward the beautiful woman. “I do not wish to continue this boring game.”
The beautiful woman took a deep breath and nodded. “For you, this truly was nothing more than a boring game.”
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Such an astonishing battle, and he actually called it boring?
Qin Feiyang asked, “Then have I passed the second test?”
“You passed.”
The beautiful woman nodded. “The entrance to the Martial King Hall is right beside you. You may enter whenever you wish.”
“This Elder does not agree!”
Elder He and Jia Hei could no longer sit still. They hurried out of the reception hall, their hearts beginning to panic.