26: Stunning skills

“Pfft!”

Not only could Xiao Xuner no longer hold back her laughter, covering her mouth to let out a light giggle, but even the surrounding crowd watching the commotion burst into suppressed guffaws.

Amidst the laughter, Mo Yuhan and the two others, who had witnessed the entire process, also laughed with unconcealed mockery.

And this laughter, in Galeo’s ears, was like adding fuel to the fire. He was already furious and humiliated from losing face in front of Xuner, and now being mocked by the surrounding people filled him with rage. When his gaze swept across Mo Yuhan, the pent-up fury instantly found an outlet.

He suddenly twisted his head, his vicious gaze sweeping like a venomous snake towards Mo Yuhan and the two others.

When he saw Little Fairy Doctor beside Mo Yuhan, Galeo’s eyes couldn't help but light up.

The young girl was delicate and gentle, with a pure aura. Although not as captivating as Xuner, she possessed a unique charm.

Then he looked at Mo Yuhan's other side, at the figure completely shrouded in a wide grey cloak. Although her face was unclear, the subtly full curves outlined by the cloak, and the mysterious yet breathtaking beauty peeking from the shadows of the hood, were alluring.

“Where did this wild brat come from, daring to mock this young master?”

Galeo sneered, seizing the opportunity to pick a fight and turn his aggression towards Mo Yuhan, attempting to regain his dignity, while also harboring the dirty thought of flirting with these two beauties, one older and one younger.

He led several followers, pushing through the crowd aggressively, heading straight for Mo Yuhan and the two others, his gaze wickedly scanning the cloaked figure and Little Fairy Doctor: “And these two little beauties, why hide your faces? Let this young master take a look…”

Before he finished speaking, an icy, bone-chilling killing intent, without any warning, emanated from beneath the wide grey cloak.

Like an arctic gale, it instantly swept through the area. Several close onlookers shivered violently, looking at the cloaked figure with surprise and uncertainty.

Little Fairy Doctor’s expression changed, and she instinctively reached for her medicine pouch.

However, Mo Yuhan was faster than Little Fairy Doctor.

The moment Galeo uttered the last frivolous word, “look.”

A ray of light, like the breath of a dormant young dragon, suddenly struck.

Mo Yuhan was so fast that he left a blurry afterimage in his original spot. He didn't even put down the oil-paper package in his hand.

There were no fancy moves, no earth-shattering roars, only the simplest and most direct straight punch!

The fist, enveloped in condensed pale yellow Dou Qi, seemed to tear through the air, carrying a sharp, piercing shriek, and with the force of thunder, it unceremoniously landed squarely on Galeo's greasy face, which was filled with shock and disgust.

“Bang—!!!”

A dull, heart-stopping thud of flesh colliding rang out.

The sneer on Galeo’s face hadn't even had time to transform into horror before his entire body, like a kite with a broken string, instantly lifted off the ground.

Blood foam mixed with several broken teeth sprayed from his mouth, drawing a dazzling red line in the air, and his tall body uncontrollably arched backward, flying away.

Crash!

He knocked over two followers behind him who had no time to react, and the three of them, like rolling gourds, crashed heavily into a thick wooden shelf selling medicinal herbs by the roadside.

The wooden shelf instantly shattered into pieces, and various medicinal herbs scattered like falling flowers. Galeo was buried under the broken wood and herb pile, with only his two legs still twitching unconsciously outside. Blood gushed from his mouth and nose, and he couldn't even let out a complete scream before directly fainting.

Dead silence!

Absolute dead silence!

The bustling market intersection, which had been noisy and laughing a second ago, was now so quiet that a pin could be heard dropping.

Everyone seemed to be under a spell, their expressions frozen in shock, bewilderment, and disbelief.

Xiao Yan’s innocent smile also stiffened, and Xiao Xuner’s delicate hand that covered her mouth dropped. For the first time, her clear eyes showed gravity and scrutiny.

Guard Payne’s pupils constricted sharply, his hand gripping his weapon tightened, and his whole body instantly tensed.

Time seemed to solidify like grease, the bustling sounds of the market suddenly drained away, leaving only the monotonous rustle of medicinal herbs rolling off the overturned wooden shelf, and Galeo's wheezing sound like a bellows from where he lay in the rubble.

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Mo Yuhan, who stood before the mess, one hand steadily holding the oil-paper package of sugar cakes, and his other small fist still held in a striking posture.

The pale yellow Dou Qi aura slowly dissipated from his fist.

Mo Yuhan withdrew his fist expressionlessly, as if he had merely swatted away an annoying fly.

He didn't even spare a glance at the unconscious Galeo in the pile of rubble, only carefully protecting the oil-paper package in his hand to ensure the sugar cakes inside hadn't fallen out.

Then, he turned around and handed the oil-paper package back to the figure under the wide cloak beside him, his voice returning to its previous calmness, as if the earth-shattering punch had never happened:

“Auntie, Little Fairy Doctor sister, the sugar cakes aren't broken, eat them while they're warm.”

Under the cloak, Bibi Dong gently nodded, picking up a small piece of sugar cake, as if approving of Mo Yuhan’s action and being accustomed to it.

This extreme contrast made the dead silent market seem like cracking ice.

Gasps of cold air converged into a suppressed tide.

“One… one punch?”

Someone mumbled hoarsely, their voice stuck in their throat.

“Galeo… he’s a One-star Dou Zhe!”

The person next to him stared blankly, as if unable to comprehend the reality before his eyes.

“That child… he’s at most eight years old, right?”

Someone swallowed with difficulty, their gaze shifting between Mo Yuhan’s tender face and his unruffled eyes.

“Dou Qi… that’s Dou Qi… he’s definitely a Dou Zhe!”

An experienced old mercenary’s voice trembled, filled with unconcealed horror.

Xiao Yan started cultivating at four, possessed Nine-stage Dou Qi at ten, broke through to Ten-stage Dou Qi at eleven, successfully condensed his Dou Qi vortex, and instantly became the youngest Dou Zhe in Wutan City in a hundred years, truly unparalleled in the region.

However…

The rest of the words were drowned in a blank silence.

This could no longer be described merely as “talent.”

The deliberately innocent smile on Xiao Yan’s face had long faded, replaced by a deep solemnity, like an unyielding dark ink.

No matter how much exaggeration was in Galeo’s strength, the title of One-star Dou Zhe was real, yet this young boy, who seemed a full cycle younger than himself, with just one punch, without Dou Skills, without building momentum, just pure speed, power, and terrifyingly condensed Dou Qi, defeated Galeo in one strike!

An eight-year-old Dou Zhe?

This realization was like a cold iron spike, fiercely striking Xiao Yan’s heart.

Having experienced the sharp pain of falling from the clouds into the mud, he understood the preciousness and cruelty of talent more than anyone.

What this child displayed was no longer genius, but a monstrous prodigy.

Who is he? Where did he come from? When did such a monstrous prodigy lurk beneath the waters of Wutan City?

Countless questions instantly tangled into a knot, filling Xiao Yan’s gaze towards Mo Yuhan with unprecedented scrutiny and a hint of apprehension that he himself hadn't even noticed.

In Xiao Xuner’s clear eyes, the faint smile that had arisen from Xiao Yan’s teasing had long vanished without a trace, leaving only a deep, still calm.

She perceived it more clearly than Xiao Yan; in the instant Mo Yuhan struck, the purity of that Dou Qi and the inherent dominance it contained were absolutely not something any known cultivation method in Wutan City could achieve.

What made her heart slightly tremble even more was the fleeting, icy killing intent from beneath the cloak—indifferent and pure, carrying a sense of absolute superiority, almost like looking down on ants.

This was definitely not the demeanor that should exist in the Gama Empire, which was content to stay in its corner of the Dou Qi Continent!

This mysterious child, and the woman he called his auntie… their origins were unfathomable.

Even the gentle Little Fairy Doctor, she also gave off a dangerous feeling.

Xiao Xuner’s slender fingers unconsciously twirled lightly within her sleeve. The keen warning from her ancient clan bloodline caused a subtle ripple in her gentle Dou Qi that was hard to detect.