Chapter 292: Chapter 240: Trump Card, Spirit Burst Pill

Pfft...

After taking Lin Li’s Fire Fist, Liu Ke hit the ground. A sweet taste flooded his throat, and he spewed a large mouthful of blood.

For a moment, the grievously injured Liu Ke saw stars, and his entire body throbbed with pain.

His internal organs felt like they had been churned together from the violent impact.

Of course, the most painful spot was where he had taken the full brunt of Lin Li’s punch.

The scorching flames had split his skin and torn his flesh, leaving it a charred black mess. The faint smell of roasting meat drifted through the air.

Had Liu Ke not spent extra effort during his cultivation tempering his body with Spiritual Energy, greatly increasing its resistance to blows, he probably would have been knocked unconscious on the spot by Lin Li’s full-power punch.

"Liu Ke!!!" Seeing him so grievously injured and in such a miserable state from a single punch, the expressions of Tie Qiu Heng and the other two changed drastically.

They wanted to rush forward and check on Liu Ke’s injuries, but their feet felt as if they were coated in super glue, rooting them to the spot.

"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH... You... how are you so strong? I’ve sparred with Second Order High Rank Cultivators before.

By all rights, even if I wasn’t your match, there’s no way I should have ended up in this state from just one punch...

Your speed and power far exceed those of a Second Order High Rank Cultivator. Just what kind of monster are you...?"

Liu Ke coughed violently, spitting out more blood from time to time as he stared in terror at the fearsome young man before him.

"Am I strong? I feel like I’m just okay. There are probably plenty of Cultivators stronger than me.

Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. If you think I’m outrageously strong, it’s probably because the Second Order High Rank Cultivators you’ve encountered before were just too weak."

Lin Li spoke calmly to the terrified Liu Ke, his demeanor that of a true master.

In reality, despite the calm expression on his face, Lin Li was also internally surprised by the effect of the full-power punch he had just thrown.

After using the Magical Little Fruit to break through to Second Order High Rank, this was the first time he had used his full strength in a fight. He hadn’t expected the gap between himself and his opponent to be so vast.

It was said that the higher a Cultivator progressed, the more their strength would increase after each breakthrough, with higher levels yielding even greater boosts.

Now, Lin Li was experiencing this massive increase in strength firsthand.

The increase in his power when he broke through from Second Order Initial Stage to Second Order Middle Stage had been nowhere near as dramatic as this leap to Second Order High Rank.

Of course, Lin Li also considered that for a Second Order High Rank Cultivator like himself to so grievously injure a Second Order Middle Stage Cultivator with a single, full-power punch was a feat few others at his level could likely accomplish.

’My ability to do this is probably related to how the Magical Little Fruit improves my cultivation aptitude and physical constitution every time I eat one.’

When the badly injured Liu Ke heard Lin Li claim that the Second Order High Rank Cultivators he knew were weak for their level, his face instantly darkened.

’What does he mean, "weak for their level"? That’s utter nonsense.’

’The Second Order High Rank Cultivators he’d encountered before might not have been top-tier within the Canglan Society...’

’...but against other Cultivators of the same level, they almost always came out on top.’

Liu Ke had always believed the Second Order High Rank Cultivators trained by his organization were absurdly powerful. Now, after witnessing Lin Li’s strength, that belief was utterly shattered.

He couldn’t help but think, ’If the Second Order High Rank Cultivators from my organization fought Lin Li one-on-one, they probably wouldn’t last long before being defeated.’

’To win, it would probably take two or three of them at the same level ganging up on him.’

......

With Liu Ke’s defeat, the entire situation had changed. The once-aggressive quartet from the Canglan Society fell silent, staring in terror at the perfectly nonchalant Lin Li.

The turn of events was completely beyond their expectations.

They had originally thought their combined strength would be enough to crush a target they believed was merely a Second Order Middle Stage Cultivator and get revenge for Tie Qiu Heng.

They never expected his strength to so far exceed their imagination. Not only was he a Second Order High Rank Cultivator, but an outrageously powerful one at that.

Badly injured from Lin Li’s punch, Liu Ke wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and slowly struggled to his feet.

When Tie Qiu Heng and the other two saw him get up, their gazes immediately shot toward him.

Although none of the three spoke, Liu Ke could read the question in their eyes. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Given their current predicament and the looks on their faces, it was easy to guess what they were asking.

’What do we do? We’re facing an enemy so powerful we can’t possibly fight back. How are we going to get out of this?’

"Haaa..." Liu Ke took a deep breath, but the sharp pain flaring through his body made him afraid to inhale too deeply.

Afterward, he said nothing to his disoriented companions.