Only I am Venerable

From childhood, Hai Jinzun had lived amidst praise and adulation. His actual combat experience was lacking. If Qin Li was a practical fighter forged through countless battles from a young age, then Hai Jinzun was a theorist, brimming with an incredible wealth of theoretical knowledge.

Hai Jinzun considered himself an expert in all sorts of combat techniques and character psychologies. Since he was young, he had diligently studied this knowledge, constantly enriching his own experiences.

Of course, combat was an indispensable experience. He also considered himself a Super Martial Artist with rich combat experience, one who valued both theory and practice!

But in reality, most of Hai Jinzun's "battles" were conducted within his own family... yes, they were training sessions!

He had not experienced many true life-or-death fights.

Therefore, no matter how he wracked his brain, he couldn't figure out why this Qin Li, who showed no fluctuations of Primordial Power whatsoever, could blast him back and make him cough up blood with just brute force.

In truth, Hai Jinzun's physical injuries weren't that severe; he could fully recover in a little over ten days. But the blow to his psyche was immense!

He had stepped forward voluntarily. Though he didn't show an overtly tyrannical expression, a deep-seated arrogance was etched into his very bones. 'You all don't dare to stop this Qin Li, but I do! The things you don't dare to say to him, I will say!'

He never expected that this Qin Li wasn't someone who played by the rules at all. 'Even Han Mei, the most prominent Saintess of the Moon Shaking Immortal Palace in the Land of the Far West, has never been this arrogant, has she?'

"Qin Li, you... you dare to strike me?" Hai Jinzun snarled, glaring at Qin Li through gritted teeth.

Qin Li tilted his head and glanced at Hai Jinzun as if looking at an idiot. He turned and muttered as he walked away, "A good dog doesn't block the path!"

"Qin Li, I'll kill you!" Hai Jinzun roared as an incredibly dense Primordial Power erupted from his body. Two eerie blue orbs of light shot from his hands, blasting toward Qin Li's back.

Consumed by rage, he no longer cared about the shame of attacking someone from behind. His only thought now was to completely and utterly obliterate this arrogant bastard!

"Whoa, the Hai Family's Ultimate Skill, the Blue Light Slash!" someone in the crowd who knew what they were seeing cried out in alarm.

Qin Li spun around abruptly, swinging a fist toward the two blue orbs. BOOM! BOOM! Following the two massive explosions, a colossal force radiated outward from the point of impact in all directions.

The Martial Artists hastily reinforced their Protective Gang Qi and retreated backward at high speed.

The chubby young man pulled his junior sister by the hand, too scared to continue copping a feel. He retreated with a look of terror, thinking, 'Damn it, lucky for me I'm a low-key person and didn't rush to the front like an idiot to get myself killed. This Qin Li guy isn't even human! His power is too immense! What kind of freak of nature could produce a monster like that?'

Qin Li didn't pause for a second. Without even glancing at the massive crater blasted into the ground, he charged straight toward Hai Jinzun, roaring, "I let you off once, but you just won't quit! It seems you won't know your place until I beat some sense into you!"

Qin Li's words made the people scrambling to retreat break out in a cold sweat. 'To hear such brazen words,' they thought, 'This is a first in my entire life.'

The chubby young man muttered, dumbfounded, "Well, Master Pang has really seen it all now. Damn it, to think there's someone in this world more shameless than I, Master Pang! I need to befriend him! People like that... anyone who makes an enemy of him... is a complete idiot!"

As soon as the fatty finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his side. He casually turned to his junior sister and said, "What'd you pinch me for?" Only then did he sense the strange atmosphere and notice someone glaring at him furiously.

The fatty happened to recognize the person—it was one of the Hai Clan Members who had come with Hai Jinzun. Hadn't he just said that anyone who makes an enemy of Qin Li is a complete idiot? Wasn't that the same as calling the Hai family idiots?

So, with a perfectly straight face, the fatty explained to the ashen-faced members of the Hai family, "Sorry, I wasn't calling *you* idiots..."

"Kid, you're looking to die!" one of the Hai family members exploded in rage, about to step out and challenge the fatty to a duel.

The fatty darted behind his junior sister with incredible speed, then peeked his head out. Looking sneaky and innocent all at once, he pleaded, "Junior Sister, protect me!"

The fatty's junior sister rolled her eyes. She flashed a charming smile at the furious Hai family members and said, "My senior brother doesn't know how to talk. I apologize to you on his behalf. Your enemy is that guy over there, not us."

The people who witnessed this scene were rendered collectively speechless. 'This pair of young man and woman are no simple characters,' they thought, 'They're both quite wicked!'

The Hai family members turned away resentfully, no longer paying the pair any mind. Just then, the battle on the other side drew gasps of astonishment from everyone, and naturally, no one was paying attention to this little spat anymore.

It turned out that Qin Li was now completely overwhelming Hai Jinzun!

If Qin Li's earlier words had made people think he was boundlessly arrogant and shameless, then at this moment, everyone was utterly and completely stunned.

Qin Li was attacking with the bearing of a celestial god descending to the mortal world. His fists flew, each one faster and heavier than the last, smashing toward Hai Jinzun. Every punch landed with a deafening boom.

Hai Jinzun could only retreat backward, a horrified expression on his face as he passively fended off the blows. He didn't even have an opportunity to counterattack with his Ultimate Technique!

Speaking of which, hand-to-hand combat was supposed to be the Hai family's Ultimate Skill. If an ordinary person tried to fight a member of the Hai family with their fists and feet, they would be laughed out of the room.

But right now, no one could bring themselves to laugh. The scene was simply too shocking! Even hundreds or thousands of years from now, anyone who recalled this battle would sigh with endless emotion.

Qin Li's body was simply not that of a human. He had completely surpassed the limits of what a human Martial Artist could achieve!

"You shameless old bastard, feeling good?"

BAM!

Hai Jinzun staggered back a step, his face a mask of misery.

"Why'd you have to be a dog blocking the road?"

BAM!

Hai Jinzun stumbled back another step, a trickle of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

"You old fool, you even sneak-attacked me from behind. I don't even know you, yet you wanted to kill me. Are all you ancient families and Sects this unreasonable?"

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Hai Jinzun was forced back again and again!

But what was most terrifying to everyone was that from start to finish, no one had sensed even the slightest... fluctuation of Primordial Power from Qin Li's body!

Hai Jinzun actually hadn't suffered any severe internal injuries yet. But what left everyone scratching their heads, at a loss for words, was that Qin Li was suppressing him so completely that this great figure at the Pill Nascent Soul Transformation realm didn't even have a chance to counterattack!

This could no longer be explained as a miracle; it was practically a divine act!

"Do you submit?" Qin Li's fist viciously smashed into Hai Jinzun's blocking fist. Hai Jinzun's hand was already a bloody mess, a horrifying sight to behold.

"Submit my ass! Qin Li... you... you remember this! You've provoked the Hai Family! The Hai Family will never let you go!" Hai Jinzun gasped, forcing the words through his clenched teeth.

"Pah! You can't beat me!" Qin Li sneered and threw another punch.

BAM!

With another dull thud, a numbing sensation spread through Hai Jinzun's arm. Every time their fists collided, he felt as though Qin Li's fist was the hardest object in the world. The impact sent waves of numbness up his arm, to the point where he had almost lost the feeling of pain.

But Hai Jinzun, who was also an expert in hand-to-hand combat, knew exactly what this meant. If his opponent continued this relentless barrage, his entire arm could be crippled.

Yet, maddeningly, he couldn't get a single opportunity to fight back. The frustration made him want to die.

Moreover, Qin Li's words were infuriating enough to make a living person drop dead from anger and a dead person rise from the grave in fury. No matter what you said to him, he wouldn't answer directly, instead throwing back an even nastier insult!

The few Hai family members on the side could no longer hold back. They could see how the situation was developing. Ganging up on Qin Li might earn them ridicule, but if they didn't step in to help Hai Jinzun, then this prodigy, the likes of whom the Hai Family only produced once every few centuries, might truly be destroyed by Qin Li's hands.

Although this Qin Li didn't have any powerful Primordial Power, his terrifying physical strength was simply unrivaled. If someone claimed he had the power to uproot mountains and part rivers, everyone present would believe it.

Thinking this, the few members of the Hai family erupted into action simultaneously. Without a sound, like several eagles diving for their prey, they all attacked Qin Li at once.

"HAHAHAHA!"

Qin Li threw his head back and laughed. His left fist continued to pound toward Hai Jinzun, while his right hand now held the Blood-Drinking Sword. He laughed heartily and said, "So this is a great family from the Land of the Far West! HAHAHA, when one can't win, a whole group joins in! How delightful! Come on! Today, in front of all these heroes, I'll take on this Hai Family I've never even heard of. Let's see just how impressive you really are!"

"So damn delightful..." The chubby young man had barely gotten the words out before his junior sister clamped a hand over his mouth. She then looked apologetically at the nearly exploding Hai family members, pointed a slender, jade-like finger toward Qin Li, and said, "Go that way... My senior brother is an idiot!"

"..."

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Three thunderous booms rang out as three invisible streams of Sword Qi brutally sent the three attackers flying. Then, with a fist in his left hand and a sword in his right, Qin Li resumed his frenzied assault on Hai Jinzun.

He roared, "Surrender! If you don't surrender, I'll beat you to death!"

BAM!

BAM!

BAM...!

The speed of Qin Li's punches was unparalleled. To many, it seemed as if his fist was frozen in place after a single punch, without even leaving an afterimage. This was because the speed of his punches had already surpassed what their eyes could track by countless times!

How could these people possibly comprehend the training he had undergone inside the second floor of the Golden Palace?

CRACK!

With the crisp sound of shattering bone, Hai Jinzun's arm finally gave way, unable to withstand the Mountain-crushing force. The bone was smashed to pieces!

"We submit, Young Master Qin! The Hai Family admits defeat! Please stop, stop now!" one of the Hai family members yelled, his voice choked with sobs.

Qin Li's raised fist froze a foot above Hai Jinzun's head. If that man hadn't cried out, Qin Li's punch would have smashed Hai Jinzun's head into a rotten Watermelon!

Looking at Hai Jinzun, he stood there, ashen-faced, looking as if he had lost his own parents.

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