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304: Everyone was shockedImmediately, Lin Jingyu’s lips curled into a hint of undisguised mockery. Looking at Ruan Black Wind, who was enveloped in dense Evil Qi ahead, he said calmly, ”Noisy. If you want to fight, then fight. Why so much nonsense?”

”You... you’re courting death!”

When had Ruan Black Wind ever been treated with such contempt? Especially after he had displayed his Foundation Establishment Stage pressure!

The extreme humiliation instantly enraged him, and his rationality was swallowed by fury.

His figure moved abruptly, the ground beneath his feet cracked into a shallow pit, and he shot out like a cannonball.

His right fist clenched tight, black Evil Qi wildly converged, coalescing into a hideous ghostly head that let out a mournful shriek as he punched straight towards Lin Jingyu’s face.

This was precisely his famous ultimate technique, the ”Black Evil Fist”!

This punch carried monstrous Evil Qi, accompanied by the wails of ghosts, and wherever the fist wind passed, the air became viscous and icy cold.

On Wangfeng Slope, everyone seemed to already see the bloody scene of Lin Jingyu’s head being smashed by the punch.

Qin Yue’s body trembled, and she couldn’t help but close her eyes. Even though she knew Lin Jingyu must have some means of defense, she still dared not watch.

Yun Momo cried out in alarm, ”Jingyu Gege!”

Her palms were covered in sweat, and she tightly gripped the jade talisman in her hand.

Everyone thought it was over. Lin Jingyu was nothing more than a Qi Refining Cultivator.

How could he possibly withstand the full-force strike of a third-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

However, in the next instant, something happened that left everyone dumbfounded.

Facing this punch, which was powerful enough to split mountains and shatter stones, Lin Jingyu’s steps shifted slightly. His body seemed weightless, like willow catkins drifting in the wind, and he lightly slid away at an incredible angle that almost defied physical laws.

This was precisely the movement technique ”Thunder Shadow Steps” recorded in the Nine Heavens Thunder Canon!

Ruan Black Wind’s punch, which he was certain would land, actually grazed past the corner of Lin Jingyu’s clothes, failing to even touch the layer of jumping purple electrical arcs surrounding him!

The violent fist wind plowed a deep trench into the ground behind him, yet failed to harm him in the slightest!

”Hmm?”

Ruan Black Wind’s punch missed, and his massive body surged forward due to inertia, a look of disbelief appearing on his face.

He was extremely confident in his speed and strength; few Cultivators of the same Realm could evade it so casually.

”little beast’s movement technique is bizarre!”

He roared, suppressing the shock in his heart, and unleashed a rapid barrage of punches. In an instant, black fist shadows filled the sky, and Evil Qi covered the area like dark clouds, completely sealing off the space around Lin Jingyu. Every punch contained the power to shatter mountains and stones.

”Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The fist wind whistled, and pits continually exploded open in the ground, sending shattered stones flying everywhere.

However, Lin Jingyu’s figure darted through the dense fist shadows like a ghost, or perhaps like a constantly flickering bolt of lightning.

He utilized the subtlety of the Thunder Shadow Steps to the extreme, repeatedly dodging fatal attacks by a hair’s breadth at the last possible moment. His movements were erratic, causing Ruan Black Wind’s fierce assault to completely miss.

At the same time, he joined his fingers like a sword, and streams of condensed purple electrical snakes shot out from tricky angles, accurately striking the Protective Evil Qi surrounding Ruan Black Wind.

”Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...”

The power of thunder is supremely Yang and rigid, making it the natural nemesis of Yin Evil Qi.

Although the electrical snakes failed to directly break through the Foundation Establishment Stage Protective Aura, they caused the dense black Evil Qi to constantly ripple and dissolve, producing a sound like cold water dripping into hot oil.

What made Ruan Black Wind even more uncomfortable was that intense waves of numbness traveled through the Protective Evil Qi, causing a slight sluggishness in the circulation of his Qi and blood, involuntarily slowing his movements by a fraction.

”Damn it!”

Ruan Black Wind screamed in frustration. He possessed immense brute strength but couldn’t hit his opponent. Instead, he was constantly harassed as if by mosquito bites, a feeling of stifled rage that nearly drove him insane.

Although his offensive was fierce, it was like striking a fly with a sledgehammer—all in vain.

On Wangfeng Slope, the crowd slowly moved from initial shock to numbness, and then to profound horror.

They watched Lin Jingyu casually evade the frantic attacks of a third-layer Foundation Establishment expert, even managing to counterattack and interfere. This completely subverted their understanding of the disparity between cultivation Realms.

”This... is this really the Qi Refinement Stage?”

”His movement technique... it’s too terrifying! Ruan Black Wind can’t touch him at all!”

”That lightning... it seems to have an extremely strong suppression effect on Evil Qi!”

”This child... must never be made an enemy!”

”Too strong! If he is this powerful in the Qi Refinement Stage, then if he successfully achieves Foundation Establishment, the Southeast Market Town will likely become solely dictated by the Lin Family!”

Qin Yue’s tightly clenched hands relaxed slightly, and her beautiful eyes sparkled with brilliance. The shock in her heart was immense.

Yun Momo opened her small mouth, forgetting her fear, her eyes filled with stars of admiration.

After failing to land a hit for a long time, Ruan Black Wind grew restless and irritable, and his Spiritual Qi consumption was immense.

The shock in his heart was far greater than that of the bystanders around him.

Even an Inner Sect Disciple of the Qinglan Sect would be unable to defeat a Foundation Establishment expert by fighting above their Realm.

The young man before him was simply too unorthodox.

He knew he couldn’t continue like this. He suddenly feinted a punch, using the momentum to leap back thirty meters. His hands rapidly formed incantation gestures at a speed indiscernible to the naked eye. The already dense Evil Qi around him surged like boiling water, frantically converging above his head.

”little beast! To force this old man to use this move, you can be proud! It is your honor to die beneath my ’Nether Ghost Claw’! Die for me!”

Ruan Black Wind’s face was ferocious and twisted; clearly, using this technique placed a heavy burden on him.

As his incantation gestures were completed, the Evil Qi above his head condensed into an immense, incredibly solid black Ghost Claw, several meters in circumference.

The Ghost Claw’s five fingers were like hooks, its nails sharp, wreathed in black flames, emitting an evil Aura that made one’s Soul tremble.

Even space seemed to slightly distort under the pressure of this Ghost Claw.

”Go!”

Ruan Black Wind roared hoarsely. The gigantic Nether Ghost Claw tore through the air, creating a deafening sonic boom. Carrying the Aura of world destruction, it clawed down directly toward Lin Jingyu! The power of this strike had already surpassed the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, infinitely approaching the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

On Wangfeng Slope, everyone felt a suffocating pressure!

Qin Yue’s face turned deathly pale, and the jade talisman in Yun Momo’s hand burst with light, ready to be activated recklessly.

”So, you finally decided to use something decent?”

Facing this terrifying strike, Lin Jingyu finally stopped evading. He took a deep breath, his eyes becoming intensely focused. The dark golden Thunder Seed within his body suddenly shone brightly, and incomparably pure Thunder Spiritual Power surged out like a river breaking its banks.

At the same time, his powerful Divine Sense drew upon the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Dark clouds faintly began to gather in the sky, and electrical snakes danced wildly.

He held his hands in front of his chest, gathering the immense Spiritual Power within his body along with a trace of the attracted Heaven and Earth Thunder Protective Aura, compressing and condensing them frantically.

A thunderball, only the size of a fist but condensed to the extreme, with countless purple-silver electrical snakes wildly darting within and emitting destructive fluctuations, instantly formed in his palm.

The space around the Thunderball slightly distorted!