"Insolent junior! I advise you not to be so arrogant. Do you really think that trivial strength of yours amounts to anything in front of me? Let me tell you, if I want to kill you, all it takes is a single strike!" Upon hearing Chen Fei's brazen words—particularly his claim that death was certain for him—the disheveled elder, Mr. Bai, could no longer restrain himself.

One had to remember his identity, his status, his power. As the spokesperson for the Third Leader of Tiger Leopard Hall, his authority was said to be second only to one and above tens of thousands, capable of summoning wind and rain. How could he possibly tolerate such a humiliating provocation? In his fury, his words took on a crazed arrogance, his face twisting into a sinister mask.

"One strike? Alright then, why don't you give it a try?" Chen Fei's lips curled into a disdainful smirk upon hearing the threat.

A silent resolve surfaced in his pitch-black eyes as he thrust his hand forward, aiming to grab the old man's neck. A ferocious aura rolled forth with the force of a collapsing mountain, as if the Yellow River itself had burst its banks. The sheer pressure caused everyone present, especially Black Wolf, to pale, their hearts leaping into their throats.

If this had happened before today, he could never have imagined that a young man in his twenties—a complete greenhorn—would dare to take the initiative and attack a terrifying figure like Mr. Bai! It's utter recklessness, a death wish!

Yet at this moment, not only was he witnessing it with his own eyes, but he also felt an inexplicable worry that Mr. Bai might lose. Chen Fei's previous display had been far too terrifying, and it was chipping away at his confidence. Despite this nagging fear, however, he was still one hundred percent certain that Mr. Bai would be victorious. A single strike was all it would take to end the arrogant whelp's life. After all, this was the man who represented the pinnacle of martial power beside the Master—a Half-Step Innate Peak expert.

"Courting death!"

BOOM!

Seeing Chen Fei act so audaciously, actually daring to reach for his neck from a distance, Mr. Bai's face sank. A cold gleam flashed in his icy eyes. With a flick of his finger, a silvery-white flying dagger appeared in his hand, its tip pointed directly at Chen Fei with a cold, deadly intent.

In the next instant, an intensely frigid aura surged from his body. It channeled through the silver-white dagger, which shimmered with a chilling light, unleashing a bone-piercing coldness that shot toward Chen Fei's eyes as fast as lightning.

The frigid energy raced forward like an icy thunderbolt. The temperature plummeted wherever it passed, making people's hearts feel as if they would stop beating.

"Hiss… is this Mr. Bai's true strength? He's truly worthy of being a Half-Step Innate Peak. It's terrifying." Seeing this, Black Wolf couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath. Shock and horror flashed in his trembling eyes, his emotions spiraling out of control.

This was merely a casual strike from Mr. Bai. His real weapon, the silvery-white flying dagger, hadn't even left his hand, yet the attack was already this horrifying, its momentum overwhelming. It was impossible to fathom how powerful he would be if he truly went all out. Black Wolf couldn't even begin to imagine it.

"Heh."

But just then, a faint, cold chuckle sounded, making everyone's heart jolt. They stared incredulously at Chen Fei's youthful face, a sense of absurdity washing over them. Is it possible that an attack of this level isn't even enough to make him feel fear? Are you kidding? How could that be?

Seeing this, even the disheveled Mr. Bai frowned slightly, unsure if Chen Fei was merely posturing or genuinely unafraid. But regardless of his thoughts, his actions didn't slow in the slightest. The chilling aura continued its soul-stealing pursuit of Chen Fei.

In the next moment, however, his sinister, enraged face suddenly froze.

BOOM!

In that split second, a wild presence erupted like a tiger descending from a mountain, causing everyone's expression to change drastically.

It was a majestic, milky-white Spiritual Energy that stirred up a violent wind in the space behind Chen Fei, invisible to the naked eye. An ethereal tiger phantom, roaring at the heavens and the earth, faintly took shape, making everyone tremble to their core.

It was clear that while the chilling energy from Mr. Bai's cultivation technique was formidable, it was nothing before a monster like Chen Fei, who seemed to operate with some heaven-defying advantage. Especially before that regal tiger formed of Spiritual Energy, his attack was rendered utterly insignificant, crushed into oblivion in an instant.

"No, no, no, how is this possible…" Seeing this, Black Wolf's face turned deathly pale as he trembled all over. He couldn't comprehend how such a monstrous youth, who was only in his twenties, could possibly exist.

As for Mr. Bai, who had borne the brunt of the attack, his confident expression had vanished completely. At this moment, he finally realized that Chen Fei's strength was far beyond his imagination, to the point where he could even shatter the frigid energy of his martial art.

A muffled groan escaped him as he vomited a mouthful of blood from the martial backlash, his once-ruddy complexion turning deathly pale. He had clearly suffered a severe blow to his vitality.

"Very good. Truly, very good," Mr. Bai hissed after spitting out the blood. His entire demeanor suddenly changed, becoming utterly cruel and merciless. His voice grew fainter, yet his aura swelled, instantly flooding the entire basement. The feeling was strangely indescribable, as if he had transformed into someone else, someone with a primitive, bestial wildness.

What is this… Chen Fei couldn't help but frown.

He noticed that his opponent was truly different now, just as he had seemed when they first met: cold as a mountain, brutally merciless, and devoid of emotion, like an eagle from the Nine Heavens poised to hunt.

In the next moment, a chill began to emanate from Mr. Bai's body, like a cold moon rising, creating a momentary sense of bewilderment. Then, a streak of frigid light sliced through the air, causing the hair on Chen Fei's body to stand on end.

"Dammit!" His expression changed drastically as he instantly unleashed all the Spiritual Energy in his body, which erupted violently from his chest.

A spray of blood erupted, and a collective wave of cruel, merciless relief washed over the Tiger Leopard Hall members, especially Black Wolf. The trouble was finally resolved—Mr. Bai's flying dagger had pierced the 'fragile' heart of that damned kid. As expected of him. So powerful.

But in the next instant, a sharp-eyed elite of the Tiger Leopard Hall suddenly froze. Because… because he saw a bloodstained flying dagger clutched in Chen Fei's hand.

"No, how is that possible? The dagger didn't pierce him?!" he couldn't help but exclaim in horror, his voice trembling as his face turned white.

"What? It didn't pierce him?" Upon hearing this, everyone present, from Black Wolf to Mr. Bai himself, froze solid. Their excited, frenzied smiles vanished, replaced by sheer shock and even terror.

It didn't go in? And he caught it with his bare hands? Fucking insane… The basement fell deathly silent.

The sequence of events was staggering. First, Mr. Bai had unleashed his terrifying pressure and thrown his strongest dagger. Then, Chen Fei's chest had exploded in a spray of blood, making them all believe the threat was eliminated. And now came the ultimate realization that the dagger had been caught barehanded. The blood hadn't come from a fatal wound, but from the gash on his hand.

This is simply… how the fuck is that even possible!

A twenty-something kid, standing perfectly still, had managed to catch Mr. Bai's strongest technique—his ultimate strike—with his bare hands. They thought the day had already been shocking enough, that they had been stunned beyond belief. But the scene before them was so absurd it felt like a ludicrous dream.

"You… how is this possible?" Even Mr. Bai, who had entered a special state where his emotions were suppressed and his demeanor was ice-cold, couldn't help but gape, unable to believe what he was seeing.

As the one who had thrown the dagger, he knew exactly how powerful that strike was. Yet his opponent had caught it with his bare hands. What did that mean? It meant Chen Fei's strength didn't just surpass Black Wolf and the others by a wide margin; it far exceeded his own. But the problem is, my strength has already reached the Half-Step Innate Peak. For him to be stronger than me, wouldn't that mean… No, absolutely not! An Innate Expert in his twenties? That's a joke!

"I admit I underestimated you," a slightly breathless, cold voice suddenly cut through the silence. "However, since you gave me a dagger, let me return the favor." The words sent a chill down Mr. Bai's spine, and his cloudy, old eyes contracted into pinpricks.

"No—"

A long, shrill cry echoed through the basement, only to be cut off abruptly, as if a hand had clamped around the screamer's throat. In reality, a flash of cold light shot across everyone's vision, followed by a spray of blood from the disheveled Mr. Bai's chest.

What a chillingly similar scene it was.

This time, however, Mr. Bai had truly fallen. The silver-white flying dagger he himself had forged was now embedded in his chest. With a thud, he collapsed to the ground, dying with his eyes wide in disbelief.

Seeing this, Black Wolf and the other elite members of Tiger Leopard Hall were consumed by a deathly despair, their bodies limp with the understanding that it was truly over.

WHOOSH!

But in the next moment, Black Wolf suddenly gritted his teeth and charged out madly. Moving with the speed of a feral wolf, he slammed into a wall and vanished in the blink of an eye. Chen Fei didn't pursue him. Instead, without a moment's hesitation, he bolted like lightning toward the exit of the underground passage.

Because in that instant, he had sensed a crisis.

BOOM! RUMBLE, RUMBLE…

Sure enough, mere seconds after he burst out of the underground passage and the building above, a deafening explosion ripped through the air. A terrifying shockwave of pressurized air obliterated everything around the building, turning it all to rubble. Even he was caught in the blast, his entire body wracked with excruciating pain as if he had been struck by a giant hammer.

"Pah… fuck," Chen Fei said speechlessly, climbing out of the dirt after the shockwave finally subsided and spitting out a mouthful of mud. "Damn, that's brutal!"

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