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  "Good move! Good skill! Good strategy!"

  Long Aotian, who had been lying lazily on the table, suddenly lit up in front of his eyes and couldn't help but let out a low cry.

  One side of the dragon's face slightly changed color, he naturally knew that his precious son's talent was extremely high, and several old monsters in the family looked at him with great importance. His eyes had long been raised to the sky, but unexpectedly, that waste Li Yi could make him have such an evaluation.

  Long Fei's mind was racing, but he had already asked in a low voice: "What did you say?"

  Long Ao Tian's expression turned serious, and he felt a strange sense of fear from Li Yi's movements, but couldn't quite put his finger on what it was. He lowered his head to think for a moment, then looked around at the equally curious clan members before explaining in a low voice: "Although Li Yi's aura is abundant, it's not internalized, and he's probably only a first-class warrior. It's likely that he just condensed his aura vortex and came to the Mo family. However, his movements are clean and efficient, with no unnecessary feints, aiming for a single move to defeat his opponent, without even willing to exert extra energy. He has only used his aura once so far, but none of the Li family warriors could touch him. Such skill is not just rare among warriors, but even among masters it's almost... unnatural. Furthermore, considering that Mo family's personal guards haven't appeared yet, if my guess is correct, this Li Yi must be a lone swordsman who charges in with blood-soaked steps... But what's truly astonishing is that he still has such energy after arriving at the great hall. This is truly admirable."

  "Li Yi's moves seemed ordinary, even unimpressive, but each one perfectly countered the skills of the Li family members. It was as if they were throwing themselves onto his blade. Moreover, he remained calm and composed amidst the flashing blades, without a hint of distraction. How could someone with such composure, such keen eyesight, be a mere three-month-old novice? His battle experience must be even more terrifying than that of a top-tier warrior. This was the true source of his formidable power."

  "Li Yi charged in, killing left and right, heads rolling, corpses scattered all over the field. Do you think he really couldn't bring himself to attack his own family members? No, it's just that he didn't want to. You should know that these Li family fighters and Mo family guards are not comparable. These talented individuals all have a few tricks up their sleeves to save their own lives. If Li Yi were to push them too hard, they would all end up killing each other, wouldn't that be disastrous? So although Li Yi's attacks were injuring people, he was still holding back, and besides, these Li family fighters were no match for him in the first place. At this point, their morale had already begun to waver, and those who were not resolute would have probably lost confidence by now. In a fight to the death, the person with the upper hand has the advantage. Li Yi was clearly intentionally holding back against his family members, but some people didn't know any better and tried to use their martial arts to ambush him. He didn't hesitate to use the most ruthless methods to annihilate them. After this move, those Li family members must have been crystal clear in their minds: if it were just a normal fight, Li Yi would at most only injure them, but if they were to provoke him, he would take their lives. As a result, these family members' killing intent, which was not strong to begin with, would crumble, and once their morale was gone, even the best martial arts skills would be reduced by 20-30%. In my opinion, Li Yi's psychological tactics were no worse than his physical skills."

  "With such means, such skills, and such a mind... how could he be called useless?" Long Ao Tian's face was incredulous. "Could it be that he has been hiding his true strength all along, thinking of relying on this one event to establish his supreme prestige in the family? If so, this child's future achievements will surely be unimaginable!"

  It seems that even Long Ao Tian couldn't believe his own analysis, he couldn't help but let out a sigh and shook his head again. However, the gaze that fell on Li Yi's body was something that he couldn't take back no matter what.

  "If Li Yituo really has this mind, then today, the four elders of the Li family are settled." Long Fei deeply believed in his son's words and looked at Li Yi, who was still taking one step at a time, with each sword necessarily hurting someone, and couldn't help but take a breath.

  Long Ao Tian did not answer his words, but instead his eyes still flickered, and after a moment he said in a low voice: "Father, do you know that the Li family has a set of exercises to cultivate black-colored Dou Qi?"

  Long Fei thought for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said: "I don't know, the Li family's most famous Shui Ying Jue is also a water-based martial art, the aura should be blue, not black... Li Yi's black aura really makes it hard to see the way."

  Long Ao Tian nodded slightly, he still wanted to study it carefully, but at this moment Li Yi, who was in the midst of battle, seemed to have noticed his gaze. He casually pointed his sword at a fighter's wrist and then slapped him with his backhand, sending him flying several meters away before turning around to glance at Long Ao Tian, revealing a faint smile.

  But for some reason, this smile made Long Ao Tian's scalp feel numb, and the inexplicable sense of horror in his heart grew stronger. His eyes finally couldn't help but shift to the side, not daring to look again.

  Mo Yi, who was sitting in a superior position, had also been carefully listening to Long Ao Tian's analysis. He noticed that Long Ao Tian was intimidated by Li Yi's gaze and shook his head, looking puzzled. The aura used by Li Yi was strange and unbearable, which should be the effect of some high-level martial art, but when did the Li family have this set of martial arts? How could those four old ghosts not know about it?

  At this moment, Li Yi had already felled more than thirty opponents, but his fighting spirit was hardly used a few times. Obviously, he relied solely on his wrist strength to defeat his enemies each time. Mo Yi's eyesight was exceptionally good, and Li Yi's ordinary moves appeared in his eyes, instantly causing his heart to churn with turmoil. He couldn't believe that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old youth could actually hone his swordsmanship to such an extent.

  Could it be that this is another mysterious and unparalleled fighting technique?

  At this time, more than two-thirds of the younger generation of the Li family had been cut down, and Li Yi had already advanced more than 40 steps in the great hall. Every time he injured someone with his sword, he would take another step forward. In the blink of an eye, those so-called geniuses of the Li family who were usually arrogant and domineering were cut down by him, but what was strange was that even under such circumstances, no one dared to use a move again.

  If everyone used their martial skills, Li Yi wouldn't have been able to enter so easily. However, it's clear that the young masters of the Li family were all shocked by Li Yi's brief display of brutality earlier, and each person subconsciously didn't dare use those extremely powerful martial skills.

  At this moment, the tense atmosphere at Li's seat had also dissipated. The four elders looked at Li Yi with a gaze as if they had seen a ghost. They were more aware than anyone else of the skills of those collateral members of the Li family, but these people who rushed up like a tide were cut down by Li Yi like wheat, which was really unbelievable.

  "What...what's going on?! Li Han! Did you teach him some kind of martial arts technique?! Could it be...the White Tiger Rank technique?!" The Third Elder saw one of his own grandsons being knocked to the ground, and he knew that this grandson was already a Five Crystal Warrior, but couldn't even block a single move from the other person. At this moment, he couldn't help but let out a shrill cry.

  "What's with the White Tiger level technique?" Li Han sneered, "Aren't you four old ghosts quite familiar with the Martial Arts Pavilion? Don't you know that our Li family's highest-level technique is only at the Vermilion Bird middle stage? The White Tiger level technique? If I really had a chance to study such a technique, I would have broken through long ago. Why bother playing mind games with you old ghosts?"

  It was the Great Elder who had calmed down, looking at Li Yi's figure with a gaze that shone with extraordinary colors: "Old Three, no need to waste words. The Li family doesn't have such strange and demonic fighting skills. If it really exists, then the only possibility is that someone from the direct line has secretly kept it hidden. You should know that our Li family ancestors were strong enough to be ranked as a Dou Huang, and the techniques and skills left behind by those strong people are truly limited to just Zhu Que Middle Stage?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of many people in the hall fell on Li Han's body at the same time, because if this matter was true, then Li Han must be the first person to know.

  "What about the Dou Huang's leftover technique?" Li Han chuckled, a hint of mockery in his eyes. "Haven't you figured it out yet? Yi'er's sword edge didn't use even a thread of Dou Qi, relying solely on clever strength and wrist power. You're considered knowledgeable people, have you ever heard of a Dou technique that doesn't require Dou Qi to activate?"

  Douji, as the name suggests, requires skills that are driven by Dou Qi. This is something that everyone on the continent of Dou Sheng knows. At this moment, when Li Han asked this question, many fervent eyes dimmed down.

  If that's indeed a set of combat skills that allows the weak to defeat the strong, then today's situation would be even more complicated. However, if it's just Li Yi's accumulated battle experience, then all that can be said is that Li Yi is terrifying.

  Many conversations fell into Li Yi's ears, and he couldn't help but let out a cold laugh in his heart. In his past life as one of the top assassins in the dark world, what weapon didn't he know how to use? Let alone weapons, even if it was just a stick in hand, he could still exert its due power. As long as these people hadn't condensed their aura into armor, then no matter how strong the human body was, it would absolutely be unable to withstand the long sword in his hands.

  That is to say, under the master of martial arts, one has no rival, but if they were to encounter a master of martial arts...

  Li Yi's heart slightly retracted, he had never directly confronted a Dou Shi before, so naturally he wasn't clear just how formidable an expert of that level was. However, as soon as he imagined it, merely advancing to the rank of Dou Zhe would allow him to recover his former life's hundred percent physical prowess, and from that one could infer just how terrifying a Dou Shi was.

  I hope all these fighting masters of the Li family will end up like that tragic hero from the Mo family.

  With this thought, Li Yi shook his head. The long sword in his hand drew a circle in mid-air and lightly tapped on the hilt of someone's sword from above. However, this person seemed to have grasped a few moves of Li Yi's attack pattern. He didn't condense his fighting energy at the tip of the sword but instead spread it all over his body, thus withstanding Li Yi's tap.

  A strong counter-shock force came, Li Yi's arm went numb, and he almost couldn't hold onto the long sword in his hand. He hastily urged the internal Dou Qi to surge out along the meridians, and only then did the feeling in his hand improve slightly.

  At the same time, his long sword made another swift motion, ruthlessly piercing through the opponent's arm, and a muffled hum was heard as the person retreated backward.

  This was not the first time Li Yi had encountered such a situation. The Li family, known as geniuses, each had their own unique aspects. Although they were all shaken by Li Yi's fierce attack, there were still several who could see Li Yi's weakness at this moment - that he dared not use brute force to preserve his strength, but instead relied on a clever trick to defeat the enemy.

  As long as they defend with all their might and don't seek to launch a quick attack, the effect of Li Yi's strange movements will not be too great.

  Unfortunately, Li Yi relied on his cleverness, but he had already reached the rank of Dou Zhe. If it were before, he would have fled in defeat, but having reached the first transformation of Tian Mo, the promotion to Zhu Que's lower stage brought him almost infinite joy. Although he was only a one-crystal Dou Zhe, the Dou Qi within his body was not much inferior to that of an ordinary three-crystal Dou Zhe.

  This is the key to Li Yi's invincibility at this moment, and his ability to dominate the battlefield with a single horse.

  Those who could see through Li Yi's weakness were injured by his sudden burst of fighting spirit and had to retreat. Li Yi sneered repeatedly, and in the blink of an eye, he took several steps forward, his long sword pouring out like a stormy lightning bolt. One step, one person, until the moment his sword shattered, there was no one left surrounding him.

  Li Yi casually flung open the long sword that had cracked in his hand, and there were less than ten people from the Li family left in front of him. He was also within ten steps of the Li family's seat.