Chapter 24 - Ruthless (2/2)

"Alright."

When they were around ten feet apart, Zhong Yue squinted his eyes and whispered, "Shui Tu Clan…."

BOOM!

The quartz slabs under his legs suddenly cracked into thousand pieces and flew in every direction. The ground Zhong Yue stood on suddenly sank and a footprint faintly resembling the mark of a Jiao Dragon's claw appeared. It looked like a fierce Jiao Dragon unleashed its strength and cracked open the ground asunder!

Zhong Yue's body shot out, and as he dashed forward, a dragon roared so loud as if it could reach up into the skies as if signaling the end of the world. Meanwhile, around his body, a Jiao Dragon could be seen winding up around him quickly!

Shui Lingshan blinked, and as he opened his eyes again, Zhong Yue could be seen standing in front of him with his arms raised up with a dragon claw fiercely slamming on his chest!

Dong!

A loud sound like the sound of a drum resounded and followed which was the unmistakable sound of cracking bone. Shui Lingshan's body could then be seen bending unnaturally as he flew toward the back before crashing into a thick pillar in front of the Knowledge Teaching Pavilion. He did not stop flying toward the end after slamming into the pillar. Instead, he continued rolling on the ground for another few hundred feet like a ragdoll cut from its string—the kinetic energy of Zhong Yue's attack seemingly refusing to disperse!

The other battles that were still ongoing in front of the Knowledge Teaching Pavilion suddenly stopped because of Zhong Yue's attack that was shocking to the extreme.

The terrifying strength erupted in that split second was just simply inconceivable!

At that moment, all the battles stopped, and all the disciples looked over toward them.

"Brother Lingshan!"

Two Shui Tu Clan disciples shouted in shock and quickly rushed toward Shui Lingshan and helped him to get up. Shui Lingshan could not even move, and there was a crater on his chest as a few bones of his rib cage were shattered.

"Such heavy injuries?"

The two Shui Tu Clan disciple face changed and stared at Zhong Yue fiercely while shouting, "Was this even necessary?"

"I've already gone soft on him. I did not even use my full strength."

Zhong Yue remained calm and expressionless as he continued, "I only used seventy percent of my strength, he would've died if I used my full strength."

In his psyche ocean, Xin Huo was lecturing him, "Your strength is still not swift enough, if it is, the moment it strikes your opponent, it will shatter him into pieces! Don't talk about seventy percent, even fifty percent of your strength could've killed that brat! You need more practice. You are not swift enough!"

"Seventy percent of your strength?"

One of the two Shui Tu Clan disciples helped Shui Lingshan to get some medical care while the other one walked up. He then said coldly, "You are a disciple under Elder Pu? You cultivate the physique-refining arts? No wonder you are that fast, pure body-refining arts could train one's body to be far stronger than anyone else, and in close quarter combat, Brother Lingshan was not aware of your cunning and let you have your chance. If he had been more aware of that, how would you be able to win that easily?"

He raised his hands, and a totem pillar flew out. Waves could be seen emitting from the totem pillar, and the waves quickly surrounded them. As the ripples spread everywhere, the upper disciples in the totem pillar's area of effect could feel an immense pressure on them, rendering them immobile.

An ordinary totem pillar could only cover a radius of two to three feet, but this totem pillar could cover a radius of a few ten feet, and it was self-evident that this was not something an ordinary disciple could get his hands on!

"Those who only focus on body-refining arts have veered away from the true path, and they will only end up being useless in the end. With just a little bit of help from my beloved totem pillar, I could easily suppress a person who only focuses on the body-refining techniques!"

The Shui Tu Clan disciple looked at the Jiao Dragon winding around Zhong Yue's body, he smirked and said, "Besides, your Jiao Dragon is only form and devoid of substance—no flesh, no bone, and no soul. It is still far from being a real Jiao Dragon! Come on, show me your so-called seventy percent strength!"

Zhong Yue stomped, and suddenly, everything stopped. The waves initially instigated by the totem pillar suddenly flew away as if a huge tsunami slammed into it and the pressure exerted on everyone around it was lifted instantly!

The Shui Tu Clan disciple was stunned by Zhong Yue's strength, and the next thing he saw was Zhong Yue's fists only a few inches away from his face. He quickly tried to visualize his skills but how could he have made it in time when Zhong Yue was literally only a few inches away from him?

"Seventy percent of my strength."

Zhong Yue said calmly, and his fist mercilessly slammed on the specter created by the Shui Tu Clan disciples. The disciple flew to the back as if he were rammed by a huge rhino traveling at immense speed. He flew and rolled on the ground for a few tens of feet until the force Zhong Yue applied on him finally dispersed!

"I didn't even have the time to visualize! How is he moving that fast?"

The Shui Tu Clan disciple was slammed with great shock and blood flowed out from his mouth like a fountain. He tried to get up but to no avail, and he said in anger, "How could his explosive force be that terrifyingly strong?"

"Any other Shui Tu Clan disciples?"

Zhong Yue looked around as the hundreds of disciples remained silent in front of the Knowledge Teaching Pavilion. His voice could then sounded out again, "I want to fight ten of them.