Chapter 554: Chapter 554: Are You Convinced? Chapter 554: Chapter 554: Are You Convinced? “An Earth-Rank expert!” After retracting his fist, Xiao Jie stepped back several steps, staring at Xia Liu in disbelief and exclaimed.
An Earth-Rank expert, in Xiao Jie’s understanding, was an extremely rare occurrence throughout the entirety of Huaxia.
Moreover, to reach that rank, one would either need decades of accumulation or exceptionally high talent.
Just like himself, his cultivation had reached the Mysterious Rank Peak.
Yet, he was unable to break through to the Earth Rank.
Xiao Jie considered himself older than Xia Liu.
But Xia Liu’s cultivation was even stronger than his own!
This was truly a slap in the face!
Faced with Xiao Jie’s astonishment, Xia Liu did not respond directly.
An Earth-Rank warrior, huh?
He wasn’t one, and even a warrior of the Heavenly Rank Early Level was merely a loser in his eyes.
At that moment, he had no time to play with Xiao Jie, as Mo Wanqing was still waiting for him to rescue her.
After pondering for a moment, Xia Liu said, “Let’s make a bet. If you can withstand one move from me, I’ll leave immediately; if you can’t, you lend me your helicopter. How does that sound?”
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Faced with an invitation from an Earth-Rank Martial Artist, Xiao Jie found himself in a difficult position.
Xiao Lin beside him dared not speak, knowing that her brother had become serious.
And Xia Liu seemed quite formidable; he had come asking for help, so he probably wouldn’t seriously harm anyone.
“Haha! You’re courting death, don’t think that just because you blocked Captain Xiao’s punch you’re invincible!”
“Exactly! If Captain Xiao hadn’t held back just now, you probably would’ve died!”
“Kid, you better scram, or our Captain Xiao might just mistakenly cripple you.”
“Exactly! Scram! Don’t you see who you’re dealing with? And you dare to talk about one move!”
“Everyone, quiet!” Listening to the surrounding soldiers, Xiao Jie’s face grew increasingly pale.
Originally, he didn’t want to accept the challenge, but now he had no way out.
No matter what, he had to accept.
Otherwise, how could he carry on in the future?
Even if he returned to Spearhead, his reputation would have been ruined here.
“Fine! I accept! If you can defeat me with one move, then I’ll lend the helicopter to you!” Xiao Jie declared proudly.
Though he stood straight, he wasn’t very confident.
The moment Xia Liu countered his fist with just two fingers, Xiao Jie knew he was outmatched.
Perhaps it was his pride, or maybe he was unwilling to give up.
He still didn’t want to believe that Xia Liu held Earth-Rank cultivation. Well, let’s just try and see!
“Very well!” Xia Liu gave a slight smile, as this method indeed easily got him what he wanted.
“Xia Liu! What are you planning to do?”
“Little sister, step aside.” At this point, Xiao Jie of course wouldn’t let anyone interfere.
“Brother! Just don’t kill him.” Xiao Lin softly cautioned.
“Err, got it.” Xiao Jie awkwardly responded.
“Haha! Just watch Captain Xiao crush this ignorant fool.”
“Stop talking, do you want Captain Xiao to scold us?”
Listening to the voices around her and those disdainful glances, Rose felt a deep helplessness.
She was quite worried; if Xia Liu made a mistake, Xiao Jie might end up dead.
“I’m sorry, sister, but Xia Liu might cripple him,” Xiao Lin said softly next to Rose, her head bowed.
In fact, she had gotten over her anger at Xia Liu long ago.
The incident wasn’t a big deal, and in the end, Xia Liu had even given her Beauty Mud, and she had gotten what she wanted.
Xia Liu was indeed her benefactor, but his earlier words had made her uncomfortable, so she didn’t want to admit it.
“That likely won’t happen, ah…” Rose did not explain much; Xia Liu was a cultivator who had killed Heaven-Rank warriors.
A thousand Xiao Jies wouldn’t cause a stir with Xia Liu.
After the right moment came, Xia Liu’s body shuddered, and he raised his palm slowly, a low voice emanating from his mouth, “Peerless Technique: Energy Depleted to Mystic Yellow!”
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
As Xia Liu’s voice fell, his garments moved as if by an invisible wind.
An overwhelming pressure swept out from him as the center, radiating in all directions.
With both his martial arts skill and cultivation exerting pressure, the ground beneath Xia Liu’s feet could not withstand it and immediately collapsed three inches.
The surrounding crowd found it difficult to breathe at this moment.
It was as if a giant invisible hand was strangling their necks.
They all felt the breath of death as the pressure swept over them.
Stupefied, they collapsed to the ground one after another, while the soldiers with weaker endurance fell flat on their faces.
Only by doing so could they breathe a bit easier.
In contrast, Xiao Lin and Rose barely changed.
No, that’s not entirely true—just a slight furrow of their brows.
As for the others, there should be no change.
On the scene, the most tormented and shocked was definitely Xiao Jie.
As a Mysterious Rank Warrior, he trembled.
Trembled in the face of Xia Liu’s aura!
Frightened by Xia Liu’s martial arts skill!
He had encountered Earth-Rank Warriors before, so he understood a bit.
Having encountered Earth-Rank Warriors, his heart was profoundly shaken.
Because Xia Liu’s aura seemed to exceed the Earth Rank Peak!
It had reached beyond the Earth Rank!
That would be a Heaven-Rank Warrior!!!
Moreover, he had never seen the martial arts skill Xia Liu was consolidating.
He had also never felt such an aura before.
But he was very clear on the strength of this aura; if he were to take it on—
he wouldn’t be able to withstand it, and even touching it would mean death.
Yes, touching it would mean death.
He believed that, and it was certainly the case.
“Ha!” Xia Liu let out a loud shout, and more inner spirit energy surged from within him.
The pressure intensified again, and this time, all the soldiers lay down on the ground.
Xiao Jie also could not withstand the overwhelming pressure, his mouth dripping with blood before he kneeled on one knee.
“Do you concede now?” Xia Liu’s martial arts skill slowly dissipated in his palm, just his cultivation alone was enough to suppress countless Xiao Jies.
But if he didn’t show some real power to Xiao Jie, killing him wouldn’t make him lend his helicopter.
Of course, he couldn’t hurt him either.
Xiao Jie, still kneeling, tried to stand but found he was shrouded in oppressive force.
It was like a mountain weighing him down, unable to move.
“Xia Liu, my brother concedes. I’ll take you to the plane, just stop it already!” Though she didn’t understand what was happening, seeing her brother in such distress on the ground, Xiao Lin’s eyes reddened.
She had never seen her brother before.
Glancing back at Xiao Lin, Xia Liu instantly gathered his energy back.
“Ah! It’s so unbearable!”
“So terrifying! He’s not human!”
“He is a Martial Arts Grandmaster!”
“As fearsome as this!”
After Xia Liu retracted his energy, the soldiers finally felt relief. They all had the illusion that under such horrific pressure, they could have died at any moment.
Xiao Lin slowly helped Xiao Jie up from the ground, her tears flowing freely as she anxiously asked if he was seriously injured.
Xiao Jie did not respond, his cold eyes still fixed on Xia Liu: “Tell me, who exactly are you?”