Martial Sage from the Vajra Skill

’I’m done for!’

Lu Lin was scared witless. The color of Xu Yang’s Gang Qi was still faint, so he’d assumed it wasn’t very powerful. But he now realized he had underestimated the might of the Golden Gang Qi.

Against a fist wreathed in Golden Gang Qi, his Protective Gang Qi was like paper, shattered with devastating ease.

A backlash coursed through him, and he couldn’t stop his body from trembling, blood seeping from his pores. The most terrifying part was being forced to watch, completely helpless, as the powerful fist descended upon him. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

CRACK!

Xu Yang’s fist struck Lu Lin like a heavy spear. The immense force instantly obliterated his internal organs, blasting out from his back and shredding the clothes on it.

AAARGH!

A bloodcurdling scream tore through Qingfeng Ridge. Lu Lin spat a mouthful of blood as his body was sent flying backward through the air like a broken sack.

His chest had caved in, and blood poured from his seven orifices. There was no chance of survival.

"Second Brother..."

Meng Yuanshu’s eyes were splitting with rage. He charged at Xu Yang like a madman. If Lu Lin hadn’t been trying to save him, he would be the one dead.

His eyes instantly turned crimson. Forgetting the terrifying power of the man before him, his only thought was to kill him and avenge his Second Brother.

"Second Brother!"

Tang Chuan let out a furious roar. He never imagined this person could be so terrifying—able to withstand his Second Brother’s attack with his Gang Qi, only to kill him with a single counter-punch.

A powerful surge of Gang Qi erupted from his body, cracking the very ground beneath him. He vanished like an arrow loosed from a bow, his greatsaber swinging down on Xu Yang in a furious strike.

"Join my Second Brother in death!"

At the level of Gang Qi Great Success, he frantically poured his Gang Qi into the saber, intending to cleave his Second Brother’s killer in two right then and there.

The Sword Qi tore through the air, descending like a bolt of red silk, powerful enough to seemingly cleave a mountain in two.

’What garbage intel.’

The Yuan Family had insisted that all three leaders of Qingfeng Stronghold were at the level of Minor Achievement in Gang Qi Cultivation. Clearly, the Tang Chuan before him was not.

’It’s a good thing I’m no ordinary cultivator at Gang Qi Minor Achievement, or I would’ve been screwed and died here.’

With a stomp of his foot, he sent rubble flying. Just as the Sword Qi crashed down, he vanished.

BOOM...

The red Sword Qi slammed into the earth, which trembled violently. A terrifying gash was torn open, and dust and smoke billowed into the air.

As lithe and swift as a dragon, Xu Yang dodged the cleaving Sword Qi and simultaneously clashed with the incoming Meng Yuanshu.

Meng Yuanshu’s eyes were bloodshot, his killing intent boiling over.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he threw a punch wreathed in Gang Qi that tore through the air.

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes. His finger, glowing with a faint yellow light, tapped forward.

Pure Essence Gold-Splitting Finger!

PFFT!

The collision of fist and finger sounded just like a ball being punctured. Before Meng Yuanshu’s Gang Qi could even erupt, a bizarre force surged through his arm, causing his Gang Qi to collapse completely.

The next moment, a piercing pain shot through his entire arm. Before his very eyes, his arm disintegrated into fragments and fell to the ground.

Pure Essence Gold-Splitting Finger!

This was the true power of the Pure Essence Gold-Splitting Finger.

Killing from a distance with Finger Force was just a minor application of the skill. Its truly terrifying aspect was the bizarre force it unleashed when the finger made direct contact with flesh.

Although it was a common, mass-produced technique from the black market, it was a terrifyingly powerful Finger Technique.

Amplified by his Golden Gang Qi, it was, without a doubt, the most terrifying of all Xu Yang’s Martial Techniques.

Aaaargh...

The horrifying sight was like a bucket of cold water dumped on the enraged Meng Yuanshu. The anger in his eyes was replaced by sheer terror.

’If that had hit my head, wouldn’t it have shattered into a million pieces?’

His face contorted in agony. The pain from his lost arm made him let out a bloodcurdling wail as he scrambled backward in fear, trying to get away from Xu Yang.

"Third Brother, move!"

Tang Chuan’s roar echoed as a vicious Sword Qi, like a cascading waterfall, tore through the air toward them.

He hadn’t yet seen Meng Yuanshu’s gruesome state and had unleashed a tyrannical strike from behind Xu Yang.

Xu Yang had been about to press forward and finish off Meng Yuanshu, but sensing the fierce Sword Qi at his back, he was forced to dodge. He had no intention of trying to block a Sword Qi attack from a master at Gang Qi Great Success.

BANG!

The Sword Qi landed squarely on Meng Yuanshu’s Protective Gang Qi. Against a strike from a master at Gang Qi Great Success, the protective barrier was instantly sliced open and shattered.

SHLICK!

The Crescent Blade Qi, like a bolt of red silk, flashed through him, and Meng Yuanshu’s body was instantly split in two.

He didn’t even have time to scream. The two halves of his body flew apart, spilling his intestines and organs all over the ground.

"Aaargh... You bastard, why did you dodge?!" Tang Chuan roared, overcome with grief and fury. His killing intent was so strong it was almost palpable.

His strike had failed to kill Xu Yang, instead killing his own Third Brother. The tragic sight drove him to the brink of madness.

Like a raging bull, Tang Chuan charged Xu Yang, his body wreathed in the roiling Gang Qi of his Great Achievement in Gang Qi Cultivation. He stomped the ground, sending mud flying as a gale of force preceded him.

He was no longer curious about Xu Yang’s identity. He no longer cared if killing him would earn a hunt to the ends of the earth by the Purple Sun Sect. All he wanted now was revenge for his two sworn brothers.

Faint yellow specks of light began to appear on Xu Yang’s body, instantly spreading to cover him completely.

His aura erupted like a volcano. A tyrannical power surged through his limbs, and his entire presence swelled in an instant.

Golden Gang Skill!

Facing a master at Gang Qi Great Success, he had activated his trump card—the Golden Gang Skill—to meet the threat in his strongest possible state.

BOOM!

A vicious Sword Qi tore through the air with a piercing shriek, flying toward him like a red crescent.

Before the Sword Qi even arrived, its sharp aura alone was enough to crack the earth and stone at Xu Yang’s feet.

Xu Yang strode forward. With Gang Qi surging through his body, he poured it into his fist and threw a punch.

The Golden Gang Qi erupted, forming a Fist Seal that ripped through the air.