Chapter 150: The Fist

“Are you ready… to die?”

A man arrived behind him without anyone noticing. Li Xunyi and the others looked up through the surrounding swarm of Yellow Springs Flies, barely able to see that it seemed to be a man dressed entirely in black.

In the next moment, something shocking happened to everyone. The man clenched his fists, raised them high above his head, and then smashed them fiercely toward Yilezi’s body, which had turned into a black cloud.

A loud boom echoed! It was pure brute force, but it created an effect like a bomb exploding on Yilezi’s body.

It was like a drop of water hitting the ground and bursting apart, but countless times more tragic and intense.

Yilezi’s body disintegrated instantly. Thousands of miserable shrieks came from the countless Yellow Springs Flies. Those Yellow Springs Flies scattered in all directions, shattered by the man’s explosive power and sent flying everywhere.

Along with the Yellow Springs Flies came a terrifying gust of wind. Centered around that punch, it rampaged violently in all directions. The air shook fiercely under the explosive force, forming almost visible shockwaves.

The shockwaves carried countless Yellow Springs Flies, scattering them far and wide. Some of the Yellow Springs Flies were shaken to death mid-air. Others were thrown by the shockwaves and smashed against the ground, turning into piles of mush amid clouds of dust under the immense force.

The forest on the ground shook violently from the shockwaves, shedding countless leaves as if experiencing a typhoon. It forced everyone present to close their eyes.

This terrifying strike was like an ancient god descending from the heavens, punching and exploding the dark clouds in the sky with one blow.

After that punch, Yilezi’s figure, which had been hovering in the sky, completely disappeared. The cold moonlight shone down once again, spreading across the forest.

This was an attack accomplished by pure strength, using absolute brute force to shatter Yilezi completely.

When an ordinary Martial Artist threw a full-force punch at Yilezi, it usually just stirred the dark cloud. With his body composed of countless Yellow Springs Flies, he was almost immune to all direct physical attacks. Whether it was a sword, a fist, or a club, hitting him was like striking a cloud—almost useless.

That was why Yilezi claimed he was the natural enemy of Sword Cultivators.

But in this world, everything, whether it counters or is countered, depends on a measure.

When a force is strong enough—strong enough to kill the gathered Yellow Springs Flies even through the air as a medium, even while weakening—when a single punch can create effects like a bomb explosion or cannon fire, Yilezi could no longer withstand such an attack.

And now, Zuo Zhicheng clearly possessed such ghostly, terrifying power.

After delivering that punch, Zuo Zhicheng slowly descended to the ground.

From Zuo Zhicheng’s sudden entrance, leaping behind Yilezi, to punching and scattering his body in the sky, it was only a few moments. But in that short time, everyone present was stunned by his punch.

Liu Manwen’s eyes widened almost in disbelief as she stared at the sky, at the body descending slowly like a demon god. The previously almost unbeatable Old Man, whom even Li Xunyi of the Qingwei Sword Sect couldn’t handle, had been blown apart with one punch. It felt like a dream.

Li Xunyi’s expression also froze for a moment; even the Flying Swords dancing around him paused for a few seconds. Unlike Liu Manwen, who was an outsider, he knew exactly how much power was needed to crush Yilezi head-on with pure brute force. That was why he was even more shocked.

He sighed as if in a dream, “Such brute force is basically the limit a human body can achieve.”

Quinlin was even more shocked, even terrified. Besides knowing Yilezi’s strength and how difficult it was to blow his body apart with one punch, he also knew that the man in black before him was the same person who had fought them in the study earlier.

Cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

‘How is this possible!’

‘How could this man be so strong?’

‘No, if he had this kind of power, he shouldn’t have been so helpless back in the study.’

Quinlin forced himself to calm down, but the fear from that demon-like punch was etched into his mind, impossible to shake off.

Behind him, Alice also gasped sharply, her eyes filled with terror. As for the Ghouls around, almost every one of them had bulging eyes, staring intently at Zuo Zhichen as he landed.

Just as Zuo Zhicheng landed, Yilezi’s shrieks echoed through the area again. Zuo Zhicheng’s punch had indeed wiped out the Yellow Springs Flies that formed Yilezi’s body in the sky.

But before that, Yilezi had already sent down forty percent of his Yellow Springs Flies to attack Li Xunyi and the others. Now, these surviving Yellow Springs Flies, while emitting shrill cries, spread out and surrounded Zuo Zhicheng.

“Brat! I’m going to kill you!”

Every single Yellow Springs Fly was the result of Yilezi’s painstaking efforts, cultivated over decades to achieve this many. Having so many wiped out in an instant made his heart bleed. In this moment, rage clouded his mind, and he chose to counterattack without hesitation.

Although the counterattack was hasty, he had some strategy. He didn’t know how Zuo Zhicheng had escaped the Blood Pool or why he suddenly possessed such immense power.

But Yilezi had always fought using Yellow Springs Flies, so he naturally knew his own weaknesses and strengths. To deal with someone like Zuo Zhicheng who had great strength, he needed to spread the Yellow Springs Flies far apart.

Even though Zuo Zhicheng’s power was immense, the force transmission and shockwaves from his punches when hitting insects and air would weaken significantly. As long as he didn’t gather in a cluster like before, forming a dark cloud in the sky.

When the Yellow Springs Flies were widely dispersed, Zuo Zhicheng’s attack power would be greatly reduced.

In this state, with fewer Yellow Springs Flies per unit of space, they weren’t suited for direct confrontation with someone like Zuo Zhicheng who had immense strength. So Yilezi didn’t choose to attack by biting.

Almost as soon as the sea of insects surrounded Zuo Zhicheng, countless Yellow Springs Flies began vibrating intensely. The sonic wave attacks started again.