Only I am Venerable-Chapter 43: Injuring with a Borrowed Cat

"Split up and run!" Qin Li barked after throwing the cub. Hu had already reacted, and the group scattered, running deeper into the Forest.

A faint blue light suddenly flared up around the ugly middle-aged man as he scrambled backward, his figure moving as fast as lightning!

But the Green Furred Cat was known as the "lightning assassin of the Forest," and its speed was naturally unparalleled! Coupled with the close distance between them, the middle-aged man had no defense whatsoever.

Most importantly... this female Green Furred Cat had already entered a frenzied state!

First, it had been knocked unconscious. Then it awoke to find its child in the hands of a human. That rage caused it to unleash its full potential!

The Green Furred Cat’s sapphire-like eyes gleamed as it swiped a claw across the middle-aged man’s eye...

AH!

The ugly middle-aged man let out an earth-shattering, piercing scream that sounded like a woman’s shriek. One of his eyes had been viciously torn out by the enraged Green Furred Cat! The socket was now a grisly, bloody mess.

The sudden, excruciating pain caused the Primordial Power the man had just gathered to instantly disperse. The massive backlash made him spit out a mouthful of blood!

He shrieked like a madman, "Kill them!"

MROW!

The berserk Green Furred Cat had no intention of letting the man who was still holding its cub go. It paused in mid-air and swiped again, this time raking its claws from between the man’s eyebrows down to his lips. The ugly middle-aged man let out another piercing scream as his hand went limp, dropping the cub. At the same time, a layer of faint blue light erupted from his body as he viciously chopped a palm forward!

In just an instant, his face was a bloody blur. After landing the blow, the female Green Furred Cat immediately pounced on the cub on the ground, snatched it up in its mouth, and vanished into the Forest in a few nimble leaps, like a streak of green light.

It all happened too suddenly. By the time the middle-aged man’s subordinates reacted, the damn Hunters had already scattered and fled. They were about to split up and give chase when they realized their leader had been grievously injured in that single moment.

There were only about ten of them, and although each possessed Profound Level strength, they were, in fact, only skilled at fighting and killing, not the ways of Adventurers and Hunters. And the one most skilled in that area, the ugly middle-aged man, was now in this state.

So, the men could only hurry to support him, stanch the bleeding, and apply medicine.

The ugly middle-aged man’s eye was definitely ruined. Half his nose had also been torn off, and the gash from the Green Furred Cat’s sharp claws ran straight from his brow to his lip. He only survived that single swipe because he was an Earth Level master and had his Protective Gang Qi. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made it out alive!

How many Martial Artists attacked by a Green Furred Cat had ended up with a bloody hole in their head!

In his most vulnerable moment, the man’s remaining eye had met the Green Furred Cat’s gaze, plunging him into an illusion. The scene before him changed drastically. Fortunately, he managed to guard his mind and didn’t descend into madness.

Once his wounds were bandaged, tranquility returned to the Forest. Finding those damn Adventurers now was completely impossible. The ugly middle-aged man’s chest heaved violently. The pain from his wounds was one thing, but what he felt more than anything was rage!

’How could I have been so foolish?’ he thought. ’I’ve been clever my whole life, yet I ended up losing to a teenager! And in such a humiliating way! If I had just ordered my men to kill all those damn Hunters from the start, none of this would have happened!’

Overwhelming regret washed over him. Feeling the immense pain from his face, he glared with his one eye, sweeping his gaze over his subordinates. Under his stare, every one of them lowered their heads, knelt to the ground, and cried out in unison, "This subordinate deserves death!"

"We’ll... talk... back home!" Because his upper lip was torn, speaking was extremely difficult for the middle-aged man. Although his heart was a sea of fire, he hadn’t lost his senses. ’I’ll burn that boy’s face into my memory,’ the middle-aged man thought venomously. ’Once we’re back, I’ll have a portrait drawn up immediately and put out a warrant for his arrest! After he’s captured, I’ll have him torn to pieces!’

...

As for Qin Li, he had possessed exceptional Lightweight Skill in his previous life. Now, after a few days of adapting to this new body and with a supply of Primordial Power, executing the skill was even more natural than before.

Qin Li wasn’t too panicked. As they ran, he saw Leng Yao pulling Bu Yunyan along, Li Jian running with He Laosan, and himself with Hu. He was in front, with Hu sprinting madly not far behind him.

Qin Li understood that they must have a special way of contacting each other. Otherwise, it would be far too easy to get lost in this dense jungle where the canopy blotted out the sun.

At first, Hu didn’t think much of it—they were running for their lives, after all. But as he kept running, he was shocked to discover that while he was already using his full strength, Qin Li up ahead clearly had power to spare. He maintained a distance of several dozen meters, and Hu simply couldn’t catch up!

Hu was now thoroughly convinced. ’Master was right,’ he thought. ’Geniuses really do exist in this world! I just never expected to witness the birth of one with my own eyes!’ If Hu hadn’t been so aware of the flaws in the Only I am Venerable Cultivation Technique, he would have been tempted to start practicing it himself.

Qin Li and Hu ran for a full hour without stopping. When he felt they were safe enough, Hu called for Qin Li to stop. Hu was soaked in sweat from head to toe, but when he looked at Qin Li, he saw that while there were some beads of sweat on his forehead, his breathing was even and his expression unchanged. Thinking back on what just happened, Hu couldn’t help but say, "Younger Brother Qin, I’m convinced! You’re a true genius! That was so satisfying!"

Qin Li wiped the sweat from his brow and said with a smile, "They were pushing us too far. Besides, we didn’t do anything. The Green Furred Cat did it all!"

"HAHAHA!"

Hu laughed heartily a few times, then said, "I’ll contact the others!" He took something that looked like a whistle from his pack, put it to his lips, and blew. A series of crisp bird calls immediately echoed through the Forest.

Qin Li was impressed. ’Humans really are the smartest creatures,’ he thought. ’I was just thinking that if Hu used something like a Cloud-Piercing Arrow, our allies would see it, but so would our enemies!’

A moment later, a few similar bird calls answered from the distance. Although the group had split up, they had a tacit understanding. They had seemed to scatter in the jungle, but in reality, they had all gradually converged in the same general direction, making it easy to regroup.

Once everyone was gathered, they couldn’t help but feel a lingering sense of fear. Leng Yao looked at Qin Li and said, "You certainly got your satisfaction, but do you have any idea who you just offended?"

Qin Li smiled faintly. "Just a eunuch. What’s the big deal?"

"What?" Everyone except Leng Yao was stunned. They stared at Qin Li in disbelief. Although the middle-aged man’s scream had been piercing, they hadn’t considered that possibility.

The Cyan Dragon Kingdom was vast, encompassing the Nine Provinces, Thirteen Commanderies, and Thirty-Two Cities. Moreover, the Imperial Capital was extremely far from Yellow Sand City—one was in the south, the other in the north.

A eunuch was a position that existed only in the imperial palace! How could one possibly appear in a place like this?

Leng Yao was also taken aback. Her cool eyes stared at Qin Li as she asked, "You’re not afraid?"

Qin Li said coolly, "What’s done is done. What good would being afraid do? Did you really think they would have spared us if we had handed over the adult Green Furred Cat?"

Leng Yao wanted to say more, but Hu cut her off with a wave of his hand. "Leng Yao, Qin Li is right," he said in a heavy voice. "Those men were already getting restless. Nine times out of ten, they weren’t going to let us go. Besides, their actions were no different from bandits. Can you reason with a bunch of bandits?"

"But they might be from the Royal Family!" Leng Yao said with a frown, a hint of displeasure in her voice.

Bu Yunyan gave a faint, cold smile. "So what if they’re from the Royal Family? Who would know what they do out here in the deep mountains and old forests? Killing all of us would be perfectly normal for people like them."

Qin Li took in everyone’s reactions and chuckled lightly. "Actually, Leng Yao, you don’t need to worry. I’m the one who acted. Naturally, I’m the one they hate the most. Since I’m the one who caused this trouble, I’ll handle it myself..."

"You know that’s not what I mean!" Leng Yao shot Qin Li an annoyed glare. "I could explain, but you wouldn’t get it... Forget it. We’re a team. We face trouble together!"

He Laosan laughed heartily. "That’s more like it! What Qin Li did was for our sake, to vent our anger. Besides, you could tell those people were bad news at a glance. Who knows if they’re really from the Royal Family? And who can say for sure that man was a eunuch?"

Everyone paused. ’That’s true,’ they thought. ’Maybe they’re from some other family!’

Hu grinned. "In any case, Yellow Sand City is our turf. It won’t be so easy for them to stir up trouble on our home ground!"

Qin Li smiled faintly. In his mind, he had already basically confirmed the origins of those men. He wasn’t afraid for a very simple reason: if they wanted to make a move on him, the Shangguan Family would be the first to object. Whether he liked it or not, he was now branded as the son-in-law of the Shangguan Family.

’Since that’s the case, what’s the harm in borrowing their power once in a while?’

’In any case, these people are all genuine. If you don’t let me down, I certainly won’t let you down! Never!’

Qin Li thought.

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