"You..."

’He tore through my Gang Qi with his bare hands. What is Xu Yang’s cultivation level?’

Yan Qingqiu’s scalp went numb. He frantically unleashed his Gang Qi, trying to blast Xu Yang’s hand away, but Xu Yang’s grip was like an iron clamp, holding him fast.

"Is this pathetic trick all you have?"

Xu Yang slowly tightened his grip. With a series of sickening cracks, crimson blood oozed from between his fingers as he brutally crushed Yan Qingqiu’s wrist.

"AHH!"

Yan Qingqiu’s face contorted in pain as he let out a loud wail, his expression filled with uncontrollable terror.

’Gang Qi Minor Achievement! Xu Yang’s cultivation has to be at least Gang Qi Minor Achievement. Otherwise, he couldn’t possibly be this strong.’

"Gang Leader!"

Zhang Xu, who was still struggling to hold on, saw his face drain of color. Yan Qingqiu had achieved Qi Cultivation Gang for years, yet he was no match for Xu Yang, suppressed as easily as a father disciplining his son.

’Are Dragon Ascending Geniuses this terrifying?’

"You dare get distracted while fighting me?"

Qiu Wenjie seized the opportunity and threw a punch, a tide of True Qi pouring into Zhang Xu’s body.

"CRACK!"

With a crisp crack of bone, Zhang Xu spat out blood and screamed as he was sent flying backward, smashing a table. The bleeding from his severed arm, which he had managed to stop, started again, instantly dyeing the floor red.

Radiating killing intent, Qiu Wenjie strode forward.

Terrified, Zhang Xu begged, "Young Master Qiu, spare me!"

Qiu Wenjie stepped on Zhang Xu’s severed arm. "Weren’t you quite arrogant this afternoon? You broke one of my Uncle Zhou’s fingernails and demanded one thousand taels in compensation. You don’t want it anymore?"

"I don’t want it anymore!"

Zhang Xu nearly fainted from the pain, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

Combined with Yan Qingqiu’s own screams, the two men’s cries nearly tore the roof off the Jufu Building.

"That’s Zhang Xu’s voice."

"Gang Leader Yan Qingqiu is screaming too. Since when did the Qiu Family and the Zhou Family have such a powerful expert?"

"It must be Master Lin Cheng. I heard he dotes on Xu Qing."

"I’m afraid the Cyan Snake Gang is finished."

...

The people on the street listened to the screams coming from the Jufu Building, their hearts pounding in fear. They wanted to get closer for a look but were afraid of getting into trouble.

"It’s not Master Lin. It’s Xu Yang! Xu Yang is back," a waiter said with a trembling heart as he ran out of the Jufu Building.

This generation of Dragon Ascending Geniuses left two years ago, and not a single one had returned. Many assumed they had died as Outer Disciples. As a result, some people had begun to look down on the families of these geniuses, treating them with disrespect.

"What do you mean, Xu Yang? He achieved Qi Cultivation Gang in just two years?"

Hearing that Xu Yang had returned left some people utterly astonished.

Didn’t the masters at the Martial Arts Halls say that achieving Qi Cultivation Gang was incredibly difficult, that some people could never achieve it in their entire lifetime? When Xu Yang left, his Qi Gathering Great Success wasn’t even at the Perfection stage, and now he’s already at Qi Cultivation Gang?

"Who said a Dragon Ascending Genius can’t come back? Look, one just did! Rumors are dangerous. Yan Qingqiu probably never dreamed that right after he made a move on Zhou Shunchang, Xu Yang would return."

Chattering amongst themselves, the crowd quickly pieced together the general situation.

Inside the Jufu Building, Xu Yang had already ripped Yan Qingqiu’s wrist clean off. He now gripped the man by the neck, holding him up with one hand. "So, you’re the one who wanted my uncle to obediently make money for you?"

Yan Qingqiu trembled like a leaf in the wind. "Mercy! I won’t dare to do it again."

He had no doubt that the hand gripping him like an iron clamp could crush him as easily as an ant.

Qiu Wenjie was utterly shocked. It had only been two years, yet Xu Yang had become so powerful that he could hold a vicious man like Yan Qingqiu, the Gang Leader of the Cyan Snake Gang, like a helpless chick.

Dragon Ascension!

This was the Dragon Ascension that everyone yearned for!

Xu Qing, however, did not share his sentiment. In her eyes, her big brother was omnipotent. A mere Yan Qingqiu was nothing.

The two men she had been fighting were scared out of their wits, kneeling on the ground, not daring to make a move.

One of them was the burly man called Tiger, the one who had injured Zhou Shunchang.

He wasn’t injured, but he was drenched in a cold sweat.

’Even Yan Qingqiu is being tortured this brutally. What kind of fate awaits me, the one who actually laid hands on Zhou Shunchang?’

"In your next life, remember not to bully the weak."

Seeing that his one move had terrified the rest of the Cyan Snake Gang into inaction, Xu Yang saw no reason to waste any more words.

His fingers suddenly tightened. With a sharp CRACK, Yan Qingqiu’s eyes bulged. His limbs twitched unconsciously a few times, and then he went still.

"WHUMP!"

Seeing this, Qiu Wenjie didn’t hold back either, killing Zhang Xu with a single palm strike.

"Master Xu, spare us!"

"It was all Yan Qingqiu! He made me do it!"

"I didn’t harm Master Zhou! Please, Master Xu, spare my life!"

Seeing this, Tiger and the remaining Qi Gathering Great Success Martial Artist nearly pissed themselves in fear. They kowtowed relentlessly, begging for mercy, banging their heads on the floor until they bled.

"Break his limbs," Xu Yang said, pointing at Tiger.

Xu Qing gritted her teeth, stepped forward, and with a few sickening cracks from Tearing Sinews and Shattering Bones, she twisted and broke all of Tiger’s limbs, leaving him wailing in agony on the floor.

The other Qi Gathering Great Success Martial Artist was scared out of his mind and kowtowed even more furiously.

"Just kill them all," Xu Yang said, annoyed by the noise.

Qiu Wenjie strode forward. He and Xu Qing each took one, killing them both.

When it was over, both of them stared blankly at Xu Yang.

"What are you standing around for? After you kill someone, you loot the body. Search them for valuables."

The two of them came to a sudden realization. After a thorough search, they only found less than a hundred taels of silver.

"Anyone still breathing in the Jufu Building?" Xu Yang called out.

"Yes, Master Xu."

A few staff members from the Jufu Building ran out, trembling as they looked at the floor littered with corpses, their faces filled with terror.

"Consider it your unlucky day. You deal with the bodies. Wenjie, leave twenty taels of silver. We’re going to the Cyan Snake Gang."

Hearing this, Qiu Wenjie left the silver and followed Xu Yang out of the Jufu Building.