CHAPTER 1233: CHAPTER 1205: MAYBE YOU MISSED AGAIN

Looking at the man walking towards them, Li Chen’s eyes showed a trace of amusement.

Although there are indeed quite a few martial artists in Linchuan now, it’s really rare to see someone so blatantly exposing their identity as a martial artist and openly acting as a thug. After all, on the surface, Linchuan is under the control of the Palace of the Nether King.

Other martial artists who want to showcase their true skills have to report to the Palace of the Nether King.

The Palace of the Nether King is not the underground emperor of Linchuan, but overall, it’s somewhat equivalent to a management department.

This can’t really be blamed on Catherine being too harsh. It’s just that there have been too many incidents in the past, and relatively speaking, Li Chen has numerous enemies. The Palace of the Nether King can’t help but keep a tighter watch on its own headquarters.

"Who are you? Get out of the way!"

The man obviously noticed Li Chen blocking the path in front of the old man and said impatiently.

In his view, if the old man was an ordinary person, then the young man in front of him was certainly not a martial arts master.

After all, he couldn’t perceive any True Qi cultivation in the young man. Subconsciously, he assumed Li Chen was just a descendant of the old man or something.

"You’ll find out soon enough who I am. But who are you?" Li Chen remained motionless, clearly showing no intention of stepping aside.

"Kid, don’t force me to make a move. You should be clear that those folklore legends are not all fake; martial artists do exist for real!" The man glared at Li Chen, seemingly trying to assert his martial artist’s authority to scare Li Chen away.

But would Li Chen be frightened away by him?

With a slightly smiling, slightly nonchalant expression, Li Chen looked at the man with curiosity.

Although the old man was quite good at Tai Chi, Li Chen could tell that there was indeed no True Qi fluctuating from him. No matter how strong he was, he couldn’t possibly go toe-to-toe with a martial artist.

For this old man, who had unintentionally guided him, Li Chen would naturally not let him get hurt easily.

"Oh, really?" Hearing the man’s words, Li Chen had a look of sudden realization and continued watching him.

"You..." Although the man was just a Yellow Rank Martial Artist, he was still a martial artist, and he couldn’t tolerate such disdainful looks from an ordinary person. Immediately, he aimed a palm strike at Li Chen’s chest.

In his imagination, even if this palm couldn’t kill the ignorant young man in front of him, it would at least seriously injure him, making him bedridden for months.

However, reality deviated slightly from his expectations.

"Boom!!"

The palm landed heavily on Li Chen’s chest, and everyone present heard a muffled thud.

Yet, Li Chen remained standing in place, not even moving a step.

His face still bore that faint, half-smile expression.

"This..." the man instinctively took a step back: "How is this possible?"

"Did you miss?" Li Chen looked down at his chest with a convincingly puzzled expression and asked.

"Missed?" The man nodded vigorously as if to affirm his own thought: "I must have missed, otherwise how could this be? How could an ordinary person withstand my palm?"

"Huh!"

A low shout came from the man’s mouth. Watching Li Chen, the man channeled his True Qi, his face grim, and swung a punch again at Li Chen’s chest.

Seeing this punch, Li Chen’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Although this punch still couldn’t hurt him, if it were aimed at an ordinary person, it would indeed qualify as a deadly attack.

If it was a regular person, no matter how tough their skin and muscles were, getting hit by such a punch would break bones and tear tendons.

This Yellow Rank Martial Artist had clearly started to break the rules.

The rules that Li Chen initially set for the Palace of the Nether King in Linchuan were that martial artists must not harm ordinary people at will.

The Palace of the Nether King didn’t specify what would happen to violators, allowing martial artists to imagine the consequences themselves. But many people knew, with the Palace of the Nether King’s current power, anyone blatantly opposing them was courting death.

Moreover, even if you aren’t afraid of the Palace of the Nether King, aren’t you afraid of the Hongmeng Pavilion behind it?

After the last incident, who in the Martial Artist World doesn’t know that the backer of the Palace of the Nether King is the Hongmeng Pavilion?

Opposing official forces is truly seeking one’s own death.

The fist hit Li Chen’s chest with the force of a stone breaking through the air.

"Boom!!"

Many people standing not far away could even feel the strong vigor spreading from the chest impact. Many had already sighed in their hearts for the brave young man standing in front.

However, for a long time, they didn’t hear the scream they had imagined.

When everyone looked back at the center, they found the punching man had a ghost-like expression, quickly retreating to a group of people, his face filled with terror.

And Li Chen remained standing in place, unmoved.

Slightly patting the dust off his chest, a trace of emotion appeared on Li Chen’s face.

Back then, when he faced the Black General, who was also a Yellow Rank Martial Artist, he had been completely helpless, having to fight tooth and nail to barely win.

Unexpectedly, as time passed, today’s Yellow Rank Martial Artists couldn’t even pose a threat to him.

He hadn’t even used True Qi defense, taking the punch with his bare body.

And that fierce punch from the Yellow Rank Martial Artist couldn’t even cause a tremor in his body.

How poignant is this realization?

"Want to try again? Maybe you missed again," Li Chen said with a light laugh, looking at the man.

But the man just shook his head, looking at Li Chen with a pale face, realizing he had encountered a master.

He almost used around eighty percent of his True Qi with that punch, yet it couldn’t even make the opponent take a step back. He really couldn’t imagine what kind of terrifying powerhouse he was facing.

Nor could he imagine what kind of terrifying existence this foolish guy beside him had offended.

"Not fighting anymore?" Li Chen raised an eyebrow: "If you’re done, then scram, and don’t show up in Linchuan again."

"Yes... yes!" The man nodded vigorously like a pecking chick, then turned and ran.

Meanwhile, the young man and a group of bodyguards still looked puzzled, not knowing what had just happened to scare that dignified martial artist like that.

Looking at the group, Li Chen had no intention of continuing to mess with them and snapped his fingers.

Two Nether Army Warriors emerged from somewhere.

"Take him back and let his family discipline him properly. Otherwise, just get out early and stop causing trouble in Linchuan."