Outside the entrance of Hundred Herb Valley.
Zhao Fan clenched his fists, his body trembled, and an overwhelming aura erupted from him.
“I’ll take you three on, all at once!”
Zhao Fan beckoned to the three disciples of the Guiyuan Martial Sect standing across from him.
The trio stared at Zhao Fan, dumbfounded.
“Haha…”
Suddenly, they burst into laughter, the leader clutching his stomach, doubled over with amusement.
“Oh my god, you scared me to death…”
“Hahaha… this guy claims he’ll take on three at once.”
“Hey, yellow-haired kid, do you even know what you’re saying?”
The three disciples of the Guiyuan Martial Sect laughed so hard they almost cried.
It was just too hilarious.
“Hey, little guy, did you come here to be funny?”
The leader, struggling to contain his laughter, said.
“A mere Qi Refining Realm dares to come here and challenge three of us?”
“You little rascal, this isn’t how you give your head away!”
The Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples mocked.
From a distance, Xiao Yang watched this unfold and couldn’t help but shake his head. How could they possibly underestimate Zhao Fan from the Qi Refining Realm?
“Hah… you worthless fools, laugh all you want. Soon, you won’t even be able to cry.”
Liu Qingyun chimed in.
They all knew Zhao Fan’s true strength.
He had once punched a fully grown armored bull to death at the Back Mountain of the Qingyun Sect.
The armored bull wasn’t just any beast—it had incredible defensive capabilities, its scales as tough as iron, impervious to blades and spears.
Even a Transformation Realm warrior couldn’t do that with a single punch.
Though Zhao Fan was only at the Qi Refining level, his Body of Domination had already allowed him to incapacitate Chang Wei, the head of the Chang family, six months ago.
And now, Zhao Fan’s Body of Domination was stronger than ever.
“You guys, come at me together!”
Zhao Fan’s fierce gaze fixed on the three men.
“Are you serious, kid? Do you even know our cultivation levels?”
The leader looked down at Zhao Fan with scorn.
“Heh, my brother Yu is a peak Transformation Realm warrior. We’re both Transformation Realm warriors! You think you can challenge us as a Qi Refining Realm? Are you asking for death?”
A disciple from Guiyuan Martial Sect scoffed.
“Kid, you’re asking for it. Go back and call your elders!”
The leader replied impatiently.
The Qi Refining Realm was merely the entry-level for martial artists. Above it were the Foundation Building Realm, and then the Transformation Realm.
There was a whole two major realms of difference between Qi Refining and Transformation.
What was Zhao Fan even doing here? Was he trying to be funny?
No way a Qi Refining Realm could defeat a Transformation Realm!
Absolutely impossible.
In the face of their mockery, Zhao Fan responded with a single punch.
He stomped his right foot on the ground, causing the earth to explode as he shot forward like an arrow, throwing a ferocious punch at the mockingly grinning leader of the Guiyuan Martial Sect.
“What…?”
The leader was taken aback, and by the time he wanted to dodge, it was too late.
*Bang!*
Zhao Fan’s fist smashed into the man’s face.
The guy screamed as he was sent flying, crashing straight into the wall beside the valley entrance, then crumpling to the ground.
“My face…!”
He lay there, bloodied and bruised.
The other two Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples were dumbstruck.
They could hardly believe that a mere Qi Refining Realm warrior could unleash such immense power.
Their brother Yu was a peak Transformation Realm warrior!
Honestly, if that guy hadn’t been a peak Transformation Realm warrior, Zhao Fan’s punch might have killed him right there.
“How is the Qi Refining Realm this strong?!”
They stared at Zhao Fan in disbelief.
“Junior Brother, your disciple’s martial body seems even stronger now!” Liu Qingyun remarked to Xiao Yang.
“Not bad!” Xiao Yang said casually.
“It’s just ‘not bad’?!” Everyone looked at Xiao Yang in shock.
Zhao Fan, a Qi Refining Realm, taking on a Transformation Realm?
“Junior Brother, isn’t your disciple a mixed martial body? How come he’s so powerful?” Liu Qingyun was filled with curiosity.
Everyone was intrigued.
A mixed martial body was the lowest rank of martial body.
Single attribute martial bodies were the suitable ones for cultivation—like Ling Xian’er’s Taiyin Sacred Body and Jiang Ting’s Water Walking Body.
These were all single attribute bodies.
But Zhao Fan possessed five different attributes as a mixed martial body.
In fact, by all accounts, based on his attributes, Zhao Fan was actually ill-suited for martial cultivation!
“You guys believe me? If I could refine a Five Elements Tempering Body Pill, Zhao Fan would become even stronger! Even as a Qi Refining Realm, he could be invincible below the Heavenly Martial Realm.”
Xiao Yang confidently asserted.
“What? Invincible below the Heavenly Martial Realm?”
The crowd was left in shock.
Could a Qi Refining Realm really become that powerful?
Even Chen Taixu was taken aback by Xiao Yang’s words.
How could this be possible?
A Qi Refining Realm could defeat everyone below the Heavenly Martial Realm?
This surpassed all their understanding.
As everyone was taken aback, Zhao Fan had already engaged in battle with the other two Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples.
“You little brat, die!”
One of the Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples roared, unleashing the Guiyuan Divine Fist.
He punched forward, and the air crackled with energy, stirring up dust and debris around them.
The other disciple drew his sword and chopped down at Zhao Fan, fierce and imposing.
The crowd rushed to watch the battlefield.
*Boom!*
Zhao Fan met the incoming punch with his own right fist.
A sickening cracking sound echoed.
The opponent’s fist was crushed on impact, bones shattered, and he was sent flying back, hitting the ground hard.
Simultaneously, Zhao Fan extended his left hand, grabbing the descending sword and using his right hand like a blade to strike at the sword’s body.
*Clang!*
He effortlessly sliced through the sword with his hand.
The stunned fighter stumbled backward in panic.
But Zhao Fan already kicked him, sending him flying backwards.
In a matter of moments, Zhao Fan had not only dealt with the leader but had also defeated all three Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples.
“…!”
Even Liu Qingyun and the others were dumbfounded by this scene.
They finally believed Xiao Yang’s words were not mere bragging.
*Bang!*
Just then, a loud explosion rang out from above, and a firework burst open in the sky.
Even though it was daytime, the firework was dazzling.
“We’re getting the party started!” Liu Qingyun laughed.
This was the Qingyun Sect initiating their first battle to reclaim territory.
They aimed to show everyone the consequences of invading Qingyun Sect’s domain.
Today, they planned to make an example out of someone.
Soon, a crowd emerged from the valley.
They were all disciples of the Guiyuan Martial Sect stationed to guard the Hundred Herb Valley.
At the forefront stood a middle-aged man with a black beard.
“Who dares to injure my Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples?!”
The middle-aged man saw three of his disciples lying on the ground in a miserable state and immediately flew into a rage.
“I am Zhao Fan from the Qingyun Sect. You lot better scram!”
Zhao Fan glared at the middle-aged man, exuding authority.
“The Qingyun Sect?”
The middle-aged man sized Zhao Fan up, then glanced at Xiao Yang and the others behind him.
“Hmph, so it’s just these waste from the Qingyun Sect. Who hurt them? Step forward, or you’ll all be dead!”
Upon hearing it was the Qingyun Sect, the man became arrogant.
The Qingyun Sect only had a few strays, hardly worth fearing!
“Master, why bother with this trash? Let’s just kill them all! After all, they hurt our men first.”
One of the Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples stepped forward.
The middle-aged man, suddenly seeing a sliver of opportunity, seized it.
Indeed, these Qingyun Sect rascals had come to take revenge; he could wipe out the Qingyun Sect in one fell swoop.
With that thought, the middle-aged man waved his hand, and dozens of Guiyuan Martial Sect disciples scattered.
“I was the one who hurt them!”
Zhao Fan shouted boldly.
“What? You injured them? What kind of joke is this? You, a Qi Refining Realm, could hurt them?”
The middle-aged man fumed, utterly disbelieving.
A Qi Refining Realm? Injuring Transformation Realm warriors? Impossible!
“Really, it was me! If you don’t believe me, ask them!” Zhao Fan was annoyed.
“What happened?”
The middle-aged man turned to the three guys on the ground.
At that moment, someone came to help them up.
“It… it was him who did it…” One of them replied, terrified, staring at Zhao Fan.
“What? He really hurt you?”
The middle-aged man looked at Zhao Fan in disbelief.
“Scram now with your people, or I’ll come after you too!”
Zhao Fan didn’t hold back against these intruders in Qingyun Sect’s territory.
“Oh boy…”
The middle-aged man was so enraged he started laughing.
“In my decades out in the world, this is the first time I’ve met such an ignorant Qi Refining Realm.”
He glared at Zhao Fan coldly.
“Master, don’t waste time on this trash; let me take care of him!”
A disciple from Guiyuan Martial Sect stepped forward.
“Fine, don’t kill him, just break his limbs, then throw him back to the Qingyun Sect!”
The middle-aged man said darkly.
“Understood, Master!”
The disciple grinned malevolently as he strode toward Zhao Fan.
“Ah, so it’s people from the Gui family,”
Xiao Yang noted, understanding the middle-aged man’s aggressive demeanor.
If they were from the Chu family, they’d have run away by now.
After all, Chu Guichen was one of Xiao Yang’s pawns!
“Transformation Realm?”
Liu Qingyun and the others recognized the disciple’s cultivation, their anxiety growing.
Zhao Fan could effortlessly defeat Transformation Realm warriors, but now he was up against someone of the Divine Ability Realm.
The man was a whole three realms higher than Zhao Fan!
Could Zhao Fan defeat him?
Xiao Yang smirked; after all, Zhao Fan possessed the Body of Domination.
The disciple stepped in front of Zhao Fan.
“Hey, little guy, are you going to break your own limbs, or should I do it for you?”
He looked down at Zhao Fan disdainfully.
With just a single finger, he could squash this Qi Refining Realm brat.
Zhao Fan stared at the man for a moment before suddenly breaking into a grin.