Gou Zai Wudao Shi Lian Shen

Suppressing his surprise and doubt, Zhou Mingqi said coldly, "Lu Chen, this is my Qianhe Martial Arts School hunting exotic beasts. Does your Wangji also want to interfere?"

Lu Chen slowly flexed his fingers, looked at Zhou Mingqi, and said in a chilling tone:

"I'm not interested in hunting exotic beasts."

"But I'm very interested in hunting you lowly scoundrels!"

The single slash Zhou Mingqi delivered to Uncle Lu Qiao was enough for Lu Chen to mentally sentence him to death!

Zhou Mingqi felt a chill run down his spine as he looked into Lu Chen's icy, death-like eyes.

Lu Chen's ability to defeat Iron Crane Palm Shen Shijun shows he has considerable skill.

But Zhou Mingqi, as a true disciple of Qianhe Martial Arts School, was not afraid.

Moreover, he was surrounded by disciples of his Thousand Crane Martial Arts School, outnumbered and powerful, so there was no way he would be afraid of Lu Chen.

His only worry was that Lu Chen would hold him back and ruin the important hunt for the Crimson Blood Deer.

Zhou Mingqi met Lu Chen's gaze, a slight chill on his lips: "Lu Chen, don't think that just because you defeated Shen Shijun, you can dominate Chixia County."

"My Qianhe Martial Arts School has many martial artists who are even more powerful than Shen Shijun."

"Get out of here if you don't want to die, or don't blame me for taking action!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Chen had already made his move, unleashing the power of the Azure Dragon through his fist, aiming straight for Zhou Mingqi's face.

Zhou Mingqi's pupils contracted, not expecting Lu Chen to be so unreasonable.

"court death!"

He roared and raised his palm to meet the attack.

Thousand Cranes Dispelling Clouds Palm!

The palm strike spread like a crane's wing, its lightness concealing a heavy force, and collided head-on with Lu Chen's fist.

boom!

Fist and palm touch.

Two powerful forces exploded violently in the mountains and forests.

The fallen leaves at our feet were shaken into the air, and the bushes beside us rustled and swayed.

Zhou Mingqi felt a numbness in his palm as the Azure Dragon Force surged into his arm like a tidal wave, causing his arm bones to ache.

Lu Chen also felt a sharp palm force cutting along his fist, like a crane's beak pecking at bones, specifically targeting the gaps between joints.

The two men each took half a step back.

Zhou Mingqi's face grew even more gloomy.

Lu Chen remained expressionless.

"You've got some skills."

Zhou Mingqi shook his numb hand and sneered, "Likewise."

The next moment, the two collided again.

On one side of the mountain valley, the Crimson Blood Deer was surrounded by disciples of the Thousand Crane Martial Arts School, and its roar shook the trees.

On the other side, Lu Chen and Zhou Mingqi exchanged blows, creating a series of powerful gusts of wind.

Zhou Mingqi moved nimbly, his footwork as swift as a crane skimming across shallow water. His palm strikes were cunning, sometimes striking Lu Chen's wrist, sometimes slapping his ribs, and sometimes slashing his throat with a palm strike. Every move was vicious.

Lu Chen then faced his opponent head-on with the Azure Dragon Tongbi Fist.

boom! boom! boom!

The sounds of fists and palms colliding echoed continuously through the forest.

Zhou Mingqi grew increasingly impatient as the fight progressed.

He noticed that Lu Chen's punches were coming in waves, growing stronger and stronger.

Like a silent beast, patiently, precisely, and step by step, it approaches.

What's more troublesome is that the Crimson Blood Deer charged several times in the distance, and the disciples of the Thousand Crane Martial Arts School were almost unable to stop it.

If this drags on any longer, the situation will inevitably change.

Anxiety flashed in Zhou Mingqi's eyes.

"Damn it!"

But the thought that Shen Fangzhou and Ma Chongshan would arrive soon gave him a sense of certainty.

"Fine, we can chase the Crimson Blood Deer after it runs away. Let's hold this kid off for now, and feed him to the wild beasts when our senior brothers arrive!"

However, Lu Chen was unwilling to continue this stalemate with him.

The moves changed abruptly.

After a move called "Azure Dragon Coiling Body," Lu Chen's five fingers, like iron hooks, instantly gripped Zhou Mingqi's wrist.

It is the Iron Wire Grappling Technique.

Zhou Mingqi's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately tried to pull his hand away.

But Lu Chen's Vajra Palm gripped his wrist bone like an iron clamp, the force of his fingers terrifyingly heavy.

"Grappling techniques?"

Zhou Mingqi was shocked; he had not expected Lu Chen to change his tactics so suddenly.

His blood and qi surged, and he prepared to forcefully break free.

But at that very moment, a force shot through Lu Chen's palm and into his wrist.

Intercepting strike!

That force was like a sunken ship lying across the river, forcefully blocking the flow of blood and qi in his wrist.

The energy and blood that Zhou Mingqi had just gathered suddenly stopped at his wrist.

"What?"

Zhou Mingqi's expression changed drastically.

Their Thousand Crane Martial Arts School and Weiyuan Hall were vying for supremacy in Chixia County, so they were naturally very familiar with each other's signature martial arts.

Zhou Mingqi had also witnessed the intercepting force.

He stared at Lu Chen in shock and disbelief: "How do you know the Weiyuan Hall's intercepting force?!"

That's a special martial arts power that only the true disciples of Weiyuan Hall can master.

But isn't this Lu Chen an outcast of the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts School? When did he get involved with the Weiyuan Hall?

Lu Chen, however, did not have time to answer Zhou Mingqi's questions.

He seized the opportunity, snapping his wrist, twisting his elbow, and shifting his shoulder.

The Iron Wire Grappling Technique was executed in one fluid motion.

Click!

Zhou Mingqi's right arm was twisted so badly that the joints were dislocated, forcing him to lean forward.

He roared in pain and hurriedly slapped Lu Chen's throat with his left palm.

Lu Chen raised his right hand, and with a surge of Azure Dragon Force, he directly blocked the palm strike.

At the same time, he wrapped his left hand around it.

Five fingers slid from Zhou Mingqi's wrist to his elbow and arm, then grabbed the other's shoulder and neck.

Zhou Mingqi felt a chill run down his spine.

He frantically circulated his qi and blood, trying to break free.

But Lu Chen's second intercepting strike had already entered his shoulder socket.

When the blood and qi in my shoulder stagnate, half of my body goes numb instantly.

Zhou Mingqi finally felt fear.

"Lu Chen, what are you doing?"

"You dare kill me?"

"I am a true disciple of the Chizuru Martial Arts School!"

"If you kill me, the Thousand Crane Martial Arts School will never let you get away with it!"

Lu Chen took a step closer, bringing his voice as cold as icy mountain stream water: "The problem is, who would know?"

Zhou Mingqi's pupils suddenly contracted.

"wait--"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Chen had already grabbed his neck and chin with both hands.

Iron wire grappling technique, throat lock and neck break.

Lu Chen twisted his wrist.

Click!

A crisp sound of bone cracking rang out.

Zhou Mingqi's voice abruptly stopped.

His head was tilted to one side at an odd angle, his eyes were wide open, and his face still showed fear and disbelief.

Lu Chen let go.

Zhou Mingqi's body slammed into the mud with a thud.

The forest suddenly fell silent for a moment.

Several disciples of the Thousand Crane Martial Arts School who were still trying to stop the Crimson Blood Deer from escaping turned around when they heard the commotion, and their faces turned deathly pale.

"Senior Brother Zhou!"

"Senior Brother Zhou is dead?!"

For a moment, the disciples' faces were filled with fear.

Lu Chen didn't give them a chance to hesitate.

With a light tap of his foot, the Golden Ape Through the Forest Steps instantly unfolded.

His body was like that of a mountain ape, leaping and bounding freely.

In just a few leaps, Lu Chen darted away from Zhou Mingqi's corpse, like a black shadow passing through the forest, heading straight for the Qianhe Martial Arts School disciples.

"Stop him!"

An elite disciple who had reached the minor stage of blood transfusion shouted and swung his sword to strike.

Lu Chen dodged the blade by sidestepping it, then extended his five fingers and gripped the opponent's wrist holding the knife.

Iron Wire Grappling Technique!

Click!

Wrist bone dislocation.

Before the disciple could even utter a scream, Lu Chen's intercepting force had already penetrated his wrist, forcefully severing his energy and power.

Half of the other person's body went numb, and their whole body went limp instantly.

Lu Chen twisted his wrist and pressed down on Lu Chen's shoulder and elbow.

Another sound of bone cracking.

The disciple was forced to kneel in the mud, his neck snapped by Lu Chen's palm, and his voice abruptly stopped.

Upon seeing this, the second disciple turned and fled.

Lu Chen stepped onto the slanted tree root, leaped into the air, and landed in front of him.

"you--"

The disciple's eyes were filled with fear.

Without wasting words, Lu Chen gripped the man's throat with his left hand and grabbed his elbow with his right.

click!

His elbow was broken, and his throat was crushed.

The body slumped down.

The remaining few were utterly terrified.

"run!"

Someone screamed.

But it only lasted a few breaths.

Several crisp cracking sounds of bones breaking echoed in the valley.

One by one, the disciples of Qianhe Martial Arts School fell to the ground, their screams unable to escape the mountain valley.

Taking advantage of the chaos among the disciples of the Thousand Crane Martial Arts School, the Crimson Blood Deer seized the opportunity and let out a long cry.

With a powerful stomp of its four hooves, it transformed into a streak of crimson light and raced wildly out of the mountain valley.

Lu Chen glanced at it, but did not immediately give chase.

He turned back and found Zhou Mingqi's body, then used a grappling technique to tidy up his appearance.

Erase the traces of the Azure Dragon Force on the corpse.

In this way, even if the people from Qianhe Martial Arts School discover the body, they will only cause trouble for Weiyuan Hall and will not suspect Lu Chen.

Because no one knew he knew the Iron Wire Capturing Hand, the signature martial art of Weiyuantang, let alone that he had already mastered the Intercepting Force!

After doing all this, Lu Chen looked in the direction of the Crimson Blood Deer and chased after it.