Chapter 232: Chapter 174: Why Force My Hand?

Zou Feng frowned. ’Trouble already? We were just about to leave.’

Downstairs, Bai Kaizhi chuckled at his junior sister’s question. “The Corpse Qi on this person hasn’t dissipated; he’s clearly just killed quite a few people. Moreover, his Gang Qi makes me uncomfortable. It’d be strange if he wasn’t an Evil Cultivator. If I’m not mistaken, he probably uses Poison Skills.”

As expected of an elite from a Major Sect, his insight was indeed sharp.

Of course, this was also because Zou Feng’s Corpse Luo Heart Scripture was still unrefined.

If Zou Feng had cultivated the Corpse Luo Heart Scripture to the Realm of Refining Fire, there was no way Bai Kaizhi could have told at a glance that the Corpse Qi on him hadn’t dissipated.

After hearing Bai Kaizhi’s explanation, his two junior sisters immediately looked at Zou Feng with disgust.

Without hesitation, one of them made a wild guess, “Brother Bai, he’s probably the maniac who slaughtered that village, isn’t he?”

“And to think this bastard just killed a bunch of people…”

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Zou Feng cleared his throat and explained, “Members of the Xuanhuang Sect, the ones I killed earlier were bandits who blocked the road to rob people, not innocent bystanders.”

“I do practice a Poison Skill, but I have never done anything heinous.”

“If practicing a Poison Skill is a crime, then you all should head straight for the Southern Border and seek out sects like Biyou Palace.”

In his hurry to get back on the road, Zou Feng’s words were not particularly polite.

After saying this, Zou Feng signaled for Tian Yun to head downstairs, intending to leave regardless of them.

Unfortunately, Bai Kaizhi was very displeased with Zou Feng’s attitude.

Bai Kaizhi was famous in these parts. To Evil Cultivators, he was a veritable bringer of death.

Even Evil Cultivators in the Gang Qi Realm would tremble when they met him, speaking cautiously and acting subservient, terrified that he would “vanquish demons and exorcise evil” again.

After all, Bai Kaizhi’s strength was not just for show.

Many fellow Fifth Grade Evil Cultivators would simply choose to flee on sight.

“Hold on. You don’t actually think you can leave after just a few half-hearted words, do you?” Bai Kaizhi sneered at Zou Feng, Gang Qi circulating around his body and emitting terrifying howls.

Zou Feng sighed internally.

He had overlooked one thing: Bai Kaizhi was currently showing his junior sisters the world.

It was obvious at a glance that those two junior sisters of his were disciples who had only ever trained arduously within their sect. They had just recently advanced to the Gang Qi Realm and were now following Bai Kaizhi, a big shot in their eyes, to travel the Jianghu and slay demons as part of their training.

And men are at their most arrogant and short-tempered when they’re trying to impress women.

Tian Yun was also disgusted by Bai Kaizhi’s unreasonable behavior. She was about to step forward and defend Zou Feng, using the fact that she practiced a Righteous Skill as justification.

But she had barely taken half a step forward when Zou Feng reached out to stop her, giving her a look that told her not to do something so futile.

“My friend, if I’m not mistaken, you must be Bai Kaizhi of the Xuanhuang Sect. So, may I ask, Brother Bai, what will it take for you to let us leave?”

Bai Kaizhi said leisurely, “Since you know who I am, this will be simple.”

“First, prove that the people you killed earlier were really a group of bandits.”

“Lead the way. We’ll go to the scene and see for ourselves!”

Zou Feng was in a hurry to go back and save people; how could he possibly waste time here with Bai Kaizhi?

Hearing this, Zou Feng nodded, then suddenly entered his True Man State.

At the same time, he used the Moon Stepping Technique, darting in front of Bai Kaizhi and throwing a straight palm strike.

It was too sudden. Although Bai Kaizhi hadn’t let down his guard, he never expected Zou Feng to attack without a second word, even after recognizing him.

But his reaction was swift. Yellow Gang Qi instantly formed a suit of Gang Qi Armor, enveloping him.

However, Zou Feng’s palm strike didn’t end up landing on Bai Kaizhi. Instead, it veered off course, only grazing past him.

But even though it wasn’t aimed at Bai Kaizhi, Zou Feng had clearly put his full power into it, unleashing his Great Universal Hand at the Peak Realm.

In an instant, the deafening roar caused the weakest person present, the innkeeper’s assistant, to immediately fall to the ground, clutching his ears and wailing.

Even though they were at the Sixth Grade, Bai Kaizhi’s two junior sisters were still shaken to their core. They staggered backward, their faces pale.

And Zou Feng’s palm strike wasn’t just loud and powerful.

Amidst the howling palm wind were whispers like Brahma Sound, imbued with the Power of Fear, intimidating everyone around and causing an uncontrollable dizziness and chill to the bone.

It was as if even if Zou Feng’s palm missed you, countless hands would sprout inside your mind, about to burst out of your skull from within your Spiritual Sense…

The mental-pollution poison of the Great Universal Hand, when unleashed with Zou Feng’s full power, could only be described as utterly terrifying.

The strike had blown a hole halfway through the entire inn, leaving behind a massive, hollow Palm Seal.

After the single strike, everyone at the scene was frozen in place.

The scene froze. After a long moment, Bai Kaizhi, dripping with cold sweat, managed to slowly turn his eyes to look at where the palm had passed over his shoulder.

The Gang Qi Armor near his shoulder had long since dissolved. It couldn’t even withstand the mere Palm Force that had grazed past him.

Looking again at Zou Feng’s still-outstretched palm, he saw it tremble, as if an ominous Brahma Sound was still faintly echoing from it.

GULP. It was just the sound of Bai Kaizhi swallowing his saliva, but at this moment, it was incredibly clear.

Seeing that this was enough, Zou Feng slowly withdrew his palm.

As he pulled his hand back, Bai Kaizhi’s tense nerves relaxed, and he stumbled, almost making a fool of himself on the spot.

It couldn’t be helped. It wasn’t that Bai Kaizhi was a coward; he had truly just taken a stroll through the gates of hell.

“Is this palm strike enough to prove I killed bandits?” Zou Feng asked Bai Kaizhi, his expression blank.

To avoid getting entangled with Bai Kaizhi and to thoroughly intimidate him, he had to enter State Two and unleash his strongest palm strike, regardless of the cost.

Of course, a strike using the Five Poison Fire Lotus Skill would be no less powerful, but its intimidation effect would definitely not be as strong as the mentally-polluting Great Universal Hand.

“It’s… it’s enough…”

What else could Bai Kaizhi say? He could only stammer and choose to follow his instincts, all the swagger he’d had while showing off for the girls completely gone.

In truth, he wasn’t without the strength to fight, but in a duel between experts, once one’s courage is lost, the outcome is no longer in doubt.

Bai Kaizhi wasn’t so brain-dead as to keep up a tough front when he knew the situation was hopeless.

As for his two junior sisters, the disgust in their eyes when they looked at Zou Feng had long been replaced by a fear that made them resemble frightened quails.

Seeing Bai Kaizhi back down, Zou Feng took the opportunity to say, “Since it was a misunderstanding, we’ll be taking our leave!”

With that, he took Tian Yun’s hand and turned to leave.

Bai Kaizhi was an Elite Disciple of the Xuanhuang Sect, after all. The methods of such a Major Sect were unpredictable, and the trouble that would come from killing him might be extremely difficult to handle.

And since Zou Feng was currently rushing back to be a rebel, he really didn’t want to get any more involved with Bai Kaizhi.

But after leaving the inn and sprinting for more than ten breaths’ time, Zou Feng didn’t forget to check the List of Gods.

The result left him utterly speechless: three new names had appeared on the List of Gods.

Bai Kaizhi, Xing Yu, Pan Miaoling.

“Why are you forcing my hand…”

Zou Feng stopped in his tracks, cursing inwardly. ’But disciples from these Major Sects, even if they understand the gap in strength, truly have the means to develop killing intent toward me.’

’The reason is simple: they can call for backup.’

’It’s even entirely possible for them to summon a senior brother or sister at the Fourth Grade Realm.’

’Then, they could fabricate a story about me being a bloodthirsty demon who kills without batting an eye, or promise enough benefits, and some expert from their sect would naturally be willing to make the trip.’

“Zou Lang?”

Seeing Zou Feng suddenly stop, Tian Yun asked in confusion.

“Sister Yun, wait here and don’t move. I’ll be right back!”

Seeing Zou Feng’s killing intent boiling over, Tian Yun didn’t ask any more questions and just nodded silently.

The next moment, taking advantage of the fact that his “three-minute True Man” time wasn’t up yet, Zou Feng accelerated and shot back toward the inn.

’No choice. Since Bai Kaizhi is hell-bent on seeking death, I can only grant him his wish.’

’And these people really can’t be left alive.’

’It won’t be long before they call for experts from their sect. Unlike those other big shots who could be left on the List of Gods to be tormented slowly, these ones must be eliminated as soon as possible.’

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