Behind a large tree not too far away, two men exchanged glances. Once their presence was detected, they no longer hid and dashed out, slowly approaching where Su Changkong stood.

Su Changkong also discerned the appearances of the two men. They looked very similar, probably twin brothers, both with broad foreheads and dark yellow skin, appearing to be in their thirties. One was dressed in blue, the other in green.

As Su Changkong observed them, the two were also scrutinizing him.

After exchanging a glance, the older man in blue, with a trace of indescribable meaning in his eyes, said in a deep voice, “Who are you? Why are you here? Judging by your appearance, you’ve been here for some time!”

Su Changkong frowned inwardly, sensing no small amount of hostility from the two, but he did not want to stir up trouble. So he replied, “I am a wandering Martial Artist who cultivates independently. While passing through Book Fragrance Mountain, I felt an urge to make a breakthrough, so I sat down to cultivate right here.

Now that my breakthrough is complete, I was just about to leave when you happened upon me…”

“Nonsense! An independent Martial Artist? The vast amount of nature’s spiritual energy you gathered during your cultivation is definitely from high-level Martial Arts! Are you a remnant of the Li Family?”

But before Su Changkong could finish, the man in green interrupted with a shout, his cold gaze locking onto Su Changkong as if to see right through him!

“Li Family remnant?”

Su Changkong did not understand the identity of these two, but they seemed to mistake him for a member of the Li Family.

“Gentlemen… To tell you the truth, I am here to look for the Li Family members, but it seems they have already relocated. Do you know the people of the Li Family?”

Su Changkong decided to figure out their identities and intentions, probing further.

“Indeed, even if you’re not a member of the Li Family, you are deeply related to them! Big brother, let’s capture him and interrogate him thoroughly!”

A trace of ferocity appeared on the blue-clad man’s face as he glared at Su Changkong like a vicious wolf.

“Are you sick or something? Can’t we talk this out peacefully?”

Su Changkong couldn’t help but curse. Despite speaking politely and not having offended them, these two behaved as if they were used to looking down on others, treating him like a criminal and even talking about capturing him?

“Boom!”

Yet the two had already taken a step forward, their blood rushing wildly within them. A formidable aura burst forth, accompanied by the ’crack crack’ sound of snapping bones. Their bodies started growing taller at an alarming rate, and their skin turned deep yellow.

In just a breath’s time, their appearance had drastically changed. They grew to a height of two and a half meters, their loose robes strained and split with cracks, while their muscles swelled up like dark yellow rocks, brimming with a profound sense of power.

One to the left and one to the right, they were like two towering giants! The overwhelming pressure was astonishing, and the ground beneath their feet groaned under the unbearable strain!

“Is this… Divine Skills of bloodline? Are you disciples of an ancient family?”

Seeing this, Su Changkong blurted out, identifying their status, and a hint of realization showed in his eyes.

No wonder they were so irritable. Su Changkong had encountered people from the millennium-old Mu Family and knew that these ancient family disciples were somewhat mentally disturbed, resorting to swords at the slightest disagreement!

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The techniques displayed by these two were not within the scope of Martial Arts, but rather bloodline Divine Skills, indicating they were from noble families!

Moreover, they seemed to suspect that Su Changkong, who was cultivating on Book Fragrance Mountain, was associated with the Li Family. Thus, they acted directly, intent on capturing him.

“Kid… Your cultivation is not bad, but you’re certainly no match for the two of us brothers. Just seal your Dantian obediently and cooperate a bit, and you can spare yourself some pain. Otherwise, I’ll crush every bone in your body!”

The man clad in blue, towering at two and a half meters tall like a dark yellow earthen giant, said in a deep and powerful voice. His ugly face showed a hint of ferocity as he looked down on Su Changkong.

Just now, the two had observed and knew that Su Changkong had opened eight Heavenly Pulses and was at the very top of the Earth Flower Realm, the same realm they were in.

But as disciples from a noble family, activating their bloodline Divine Skills naturally made them invincible within their tier, not to mention facing two against one, they believed they could easily crush Su Changkong, effortlessly handle him, and torment him at will.

“Ah… I, for one, really love you clueless rats!”

Su Changkong sighed, with his hands behind his back, the corners of his mouth curved in an arc, “Two Innate Martial Artists, that’s just two streams of Innate Qi!”

“Die for me!”

Upon hearing this, the blue-clad man with eyes as big as copper bells flashed a vicious light and, without any hesitation, made his move at lightning speed. His large, earthy-yellow palm, as big as a fan, carried a profound force. It seemed slow, but was in fact incredibly fast as it reached for Su Changkong’s shoulder to first take him down, then naturally learn his true identity!

Su Changkong appeared not to react in time as the robust fingers of the blue-clad man accurately grasped his shoulder. Although the man was puzzled that Su Changkong, an Earth Flower Realm Martial Artist, seemed so weak, he did not hesitate and a sinister smile appeared on his face. His five fingers suddenly constricted with force, aiming to crush Su Changkong’s shoulder bones to dust!

“Not good!”

However, at the moment when his fingers contracted, the blue-clad man’s expression changed dramatically. To his senses, what he had grabbed was not a body of flesh and blood, but a knife, an unsheathed precious blade. He frantically tried to withdraw, but it was already too late.

With a mere flicker of thought from Su Changkong, the Blade Intent in his Sea of Consciousness tremored and instantly transformed into an impregnable Blade Intent that burst forth! It was like countless Divine Weapons unsheathing and radiating!

“Hiss hiss hiss!”

Within the clear sound of flesh and blood being torn apart, the blue-clad man’s brawny fingers were sliced as if by a meat grinder. A surge of Blade Qi spread upward, and densely packed blood lines appeared on the surface of his arm. It then shattered into pieces, falling to the ground.

“Aaaaah! My hand!”

The blue-clad man screamed in agony as blood spurted from where his arm had been severed.

“This is… Blade Intent? He is… a Five-Qi Grandmaster!” The man in blue beside him felt a chill in his heart. Their family’s bloodline Divine Skill ’Heavy Mountain’ once activated, made their bodies impervious like mountain ranges, resistant to blades and spears.

This young man clad in black remained unmoved, and a mere thought triggered a burst of Blade Qi that easily shred the blue-clad man’s arm to pieces as if slicing through tofu. Only Blade Intent could accomplish this!

But wasn’t this black-clad youth only recently opened the eighth Heavenly Pulse? They had seen it with their own eyes!

(A Qidian Chinese Network update preview, the next chapter will be updated on the 7th at 22:00)

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Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Madara Web Novel