Chapter 31: Watch as I Strike... and Shake the Heavens!

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Chapter 31: Watch My Fist... Shake Heaven and Earth!

The smoke and dust slowly cleared.

Xue An withdrew his fist and said indifferently, “I told you long ago that fighting and killing are terribly dull. Too bad no one ever listens.”

No one dared answer.

After all, who would casually speak to a man who had brought down an entire building with a single punch?

As for Curator Tan Dong, he was so ashamed that he wished he could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

He had actually looked down on this man just now?

He had even dared to mock him?

What had given him such courage? Liang Yongqi?

Xue An slowly walked down from the private room and headed toward the gentian herb on the stage.

As he passed Qin Tian, Xue An gave him a glance.

That single indifferent look made Qin Tian feel as though all the blood in his body had frozen.

An overwhelming terror seized him, and his entire body began to tremble.

Liu Shou was currently buried beneath the ruins, his fate unknown.

Qin Tian had originally believed that, relying on an expert like Liu Shou, he could effortlessly eliminate Qin Yuan and his grandson.

He had never expected someone to suddenly appear and throw all his plans into disarray.

At that moment, there was another person present who was both shocked and frightened.

He was Hong Ming’s father, Hong Yuan, the head of the Hong family.

He had come to the auction and remained hidden in a corner, attracting no one’s attention.

He was there to repay the debt his son owed.

Qin Yu had made the amount perfectly clear to him: exactly forty-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred yuan.

Hong Yuan had not dared to disobey. After gathering the money, he had come to the auction with a heavy heart.

But he had held something back. Rather than hand over the money immediately, he hid to the side, intending to wait and see how things developed.

After all, Qin Tian was currently powerful, and everyone knew it.

Moreover, his family had a good relationship with Qin Tian.

If Qin Tian could bring down Qin Yuan, Hong Yuan would be able to save more than forty million yuan.

He had never expected Xue An—the man who had driven his son to the brink of insanity—to be so formidable.

A single punch had sent Liu Shou flying.

Now Hong Yuan was both shocked and frightened, regretting that he had not handed over the money at once.

Xue An stepped onto the stage and looked at the gentian herb, feeling somewhat wistful.

Back then, he had not even spared medicinal herbs like this a second glance. Yet now, he had to treat one as though it were a priceless treasure.

Xue An reached out, just about to touch the spiritual herb.

Suddenly, the floor of the hall began to tremble.

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A terrifying aura rose from the ruins. Then a burly man nearly two meters tall, his muscles knotted and bulging, tore away the rubble covering him and appeared before everyone.

“Heh heh. The fact that you forced me into this form is enough to make you proud, boy!” the burly man said ominously.

It was Liu Shou!

He was still alive!

Qin Tian was ecstatic. “Mighty Divine Immortal Liu!”

Hong Yuan was even more excited. No longer bothering to conceal himself, he immediately sprang forward.

“Chairman Qin, with the aid of this extraordinary man, your great undertaking is sure to succeed!”

Hearing this, Qin Tian burst into loud laughter.

Only Xue An slightly furrowed his brows. “Ordinarily, you should not be able to use such a secret art in your current state. Unless you are burning away your lifespan.”

Liu Shou sneered. “You have a good eye, boy. Unfortunately, you still have to die!”

“Oh? Is that so?” Xue An smiled faintly. “Then come. Let me see how powerful you really are.”

Liu Shou charged forward.

This time, he was incredibly fast. He leaped into the air and threw a punch while still airborne.

The force of that punch was so great that it stirred up a gale inside the hall.

Yet Xue An neither dodged nor moved. He simply stood there quietly.

A smug smile appeared at the corner of Liu Shou’s mouth.

Xue An was right. With his current level of cultivation, Liu Shou was still incapable of using this secret art that filled his body with ghostly energy. He had forcibly activated it by burning away his lifespan.

But Liu Shou no longer cared about that.

As long as he obtained the gentian herb, he would be able to break through to the True Immortal realm and enter the Carefree Realm.

When that happened, who could possibly be his opponent?

Boom!

A muffled impact rang out.

Xue An was sent flying by Liu Shou’s punch, smashing straight through a wall before falling silent.

“Ah!” Qin Yu cried out.

Qin Yuan’s expression grew grave.

Only Tan Dong slightly furrowed his brows before gradually calming down.

Qin Tian and Hong Yuan, however, were overjoyed.

“Mighty Divine Immortal Liu!”

As long as Xue An was dead, nothing would stand in their way.

The onlookers erupted in commotion as well.

Was Liu Shou really that powerful?

It seemed Xue An was likely doomed.

Many people were thinking the same thing.

Liu Shou was quite pleased with himself. He then turned his heated gaze toward the gentian herb on the stage. This was the hope of his future.

He was just about to reach out and touch it.

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A calm voice drifted over.

“I originally wanted to see how powerful you would be in this state. Unfortunately... you have disappointed me.”

Qin Tian, Hong Yuan, and the others, who had been cheering moments earlier, froze.

Qin Yu covered her mouth, tears of excitement and joy welling in her eyes.

A figure slowly emerged from the collapsed wall.

When he passed through the dust and smoke, it was none other than Xue An, his expression as calm as ever.

Although Liu Shou’s punch had sent him flying, Xue An remained completely spotless from head to toe. Even his hairstyle had not been disturbed.

Liu Shou was also filled with disbelief. “How is this possible?”

He was confident that his punch could smash steel into scrap metal.

Could this man’s body actually be tougher than steel?

As though he had sensed Liu Shou’s doubt, Xue An smiled faintly.

“There is no need to wonder. You are simply too weak.”

Then Xue An extended one finger toward Liu Shou.

“Courtesy demands reciprocity. You hit me once, so now it is my turn.”

With those words, Xue An lightly tapped the ground with his toes. His entire body shot into the air, and he extended his right fist, giving a soft cry as he floated overhead.

“Watch my fist... shake heaven and earth!”

The punch itself appeared utterly ordinary.

Yet as it descended, everyone felt as though the heavens and earth were trembling. Some people could not even keep their footing and fell directly to the ground.

Liu Shou finally revealed an expression of utter terror.

“Spare...”

He never managed to finish the word.

Xue An’s fist had already smashed into his head.

Puff!

Liu Shou, whose body had been transformed into a towering giant through the secret art, was driven bodily into the floor by that single punch. His head was crushed straight down into his abdomen.

His entire body, previously more than two meters tall, was reduced to less than one meter.

Blood and brain matter splattered across the floor.

Xue An landed where he stood, his hands clasped behind his back, majestic as a god of heaven.

Qin Tian and Hong Yuan were completely petrified.

Qin Tian in particular felt warmth spread beneath him. He had been frightened into wetting himself.

But at that moment, a cloud of black mist rose from Liu Shou’s body and shot toward the window.

Xue An said indifferently, “Do you really think you can still leave?”

As he spoke, he reached out with his fingers and made a grasping motion in the air. The black mist was immediately seized in his hand.

It struggled desperately.

Xue An suddenly clenched his fist, and the black mist was crushed into nothingness.

The entire hall fell silent.

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