The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 58 - 47 The Peril of the Night

Chapter 58: Chapter 47 The Peril of the Night

Night.

The old and dilapidated old town was shrouded in darkness, and the murky air was still filled with dampness and decay. But for most of the lower-class residents, this was already considered a decent place to settle down in.

In one of the unremarkable residential buildings, there faintly came a series of dull explosions. At serious times, even the residents above and below could feel the ground and walls vibrating.

Some people were dissatisfied.

But no one dared to knock on the door and complain.

Becaue those who could cause such a disturbance were no longer ordinary people, they must be cultivators who had evolved.

Most of the people living here were ordinary folk, who didn’t dare to offend a cultivator.

Li Yi, immersed in practicing boxing, didn’t notice the noise he was making that affected the surrounding neighbors.

At this moment, he was sweating profusely, his gaze intense, bare-chested, and his muscles clearly defined as if he were a fierce beast. With the movement of his hands, his fist power burst forth, shattering the air and causing the ceiling’s dust to scatter downwards.

After several days and nights of tempering,

Li Yi had a deeper understanding of boxing, and after training, he could now deliver fist power from various parts of his body.

Legs, knees, elbows, shoulders... even his fingertips were charged with power, a flick of his finger could make a snapping sound, penetrating three inches forward.

However, he hadn’t learned systematically and didn’t have a master to continue guiding him. He relied solely on his own explorations and insights, so his boxing was completely without pattern, merely following the directional flow of his body’s power to deliver fist power.

This type of patternless boxing was very dangerous.

Because each strike was lethal, making it easy to accidentally take a life.

But Li Yi was a novice; he didn’t know this and only thought of unleashing the most powerful punches he could, nothing more.

"Take a break, eat something to replenish your energy."

All of a sudden.

Li Yi took a breath, dropped his boxing stance, wiped the sweat from his body, then picked up the Golden Nutrient Liquid on the table and gulped down two big mouthfuls.

After eating, he immediately sat down, closed his eyes to rest his spirit, and recover his body.

With the boost from the Golden Nutrient Liquid, his physical strength recovered quickly, fully replenished with nutrition, and the injuries he had sustained in the dangerous area had healed completely, leaving no hidden dangers. Not only that, but his muscles became even fuller, his body stronger than ever.

After merely twenty minutes of rest, Li Yi was once again vibrant, full of energy.

This was the strong recovery power of a cultivator.

"I feel like I’ve almost figured out my striking techniques. Now what I need to do is link them together to form a unique combination sequence. The situation I faced the last time against that Biao can’t happen again," Li Yi thought to himself.

It was easy to deliver a single powerful blow, but to follow up with successive strikes required the body to adapt and adjust.

Otherwise, if you don’t kill someone with the first punch, you might find yourself in danger if your second punch doesn’t follow through.

However, just as Li Yi was preparing to continue refining his boxing...

Out of the blue.

His phone rang.

Li Yi glanced at it and saw that it was Lv Jue who had called. He didn’t think twice and immediately answered, "Hello, Lv Jue?"

On the other end of the phone, Lv Jue’s voice was very serious and hushed, "Li Yi, don’t talk, just listen to me. Just now, a very close friend of mine suddenly contacted me. He said he received a private task that someone is going to kill you tonight, and they will be here soon."

"Li Yi, I don’t know who you’ve offended, but you’re in great danger tonight. If you believe me, run now. It’s best if you leave this city. I can’t help you much, only warn you. That’s it, I’m hanging up."

Lv Jue’s voice was urgent, and he hung up the phone as soon as he’d finished.

Suddenly receiving such a message, Li Yi was stunned.

Someone wanted to kill him?

How could that be?

He was just cultivating at home alone, not offending anyone.

Could it be Yang Yilong?

No.

Impossible, Yang Yilong got the boxing techniques, he’s probably still figuring them out. Without having fully mastered the boxing, he had no reason to kill him.

Wait a minute.

Suddenly.

An idea flashed through Li Yi’s mind.

"Could it be Crow and his gang... If they knew I had hunted a Biao, they might suspect I have a Mysterious Object on me, and such an object would be enough for those people to take the risk and openly kill someone in the old town."

Realizing this, Li Yi’s heart suddenly started pounding fiercely.

Were his previous concerns about to become reality?

Run!

The idea immediately surfaced in Li Yi’s mind.

But as soon as his gaze fell on his parents, still silent in the medical pod in the bedroom, he immediately stopped in his tracks.

If he left, what would happen to his parents? Who would look after them?

What if the enemy took his parents hostage as soon as he turned his back?

"No, I can’t leave."

In the dimly lit living room, Li Yi’s eyes glowed as a surge of ferocity welled up within him, "Crow is a cultivator, and so am I. They want my life, yet now I also want theirs."

"If they dare to come tonight, I’ll make sure they won’t return."

At this moment, he clenched his fists and made up his mind.

However, just then,

Li Yi’s ears twitched as he heard faint footsteps outside in the hallway, indicating someone was coming upstairs.

Normally, he wouldn’t care, for the building was full of residents and hearing footsteps up and down was quite common.

But the footsteps were too light, far below the noise level of an ordinary person; one wouldn’t notice them if not listening carefully.

This meant that the person ascending the stairs was deliberately softening their steps.

And that wasn’t all.

Li Yi suddenly looked towards the window, where he could hear something climbing outside.

"Could it be that they’ve already arrived?" He took a deep breath and once again picked up the bottle of golden nutrient liquid from the table, then gulped it down in one go.

Boxing was very taxing on the body; Li Yi needed to have a full meal first.

Ding-dong! Ding-dong!

Afterward,

the doorbell rang.

A stranger’s male voice came from outside, "Is this Li Yi, Mr. Li’s home? There’s a delivery for you, please sign for it."

A delivery late at night?

If you’re looking for an excuse, at least make it a plausible one.

At this moment, Li Yi was already standing by the front door, motionless, even holding his breath.

Anyone not in the Inspiration Realm wouldn’t be able to sense him just on the other side of the door.

"The other party doesn’t want to attack me under the guise of delivering a package; they want to confirm whether I’m home to decide whether to take action. Moreover, it looks as though no matter whether I respond or not, they will enter my home to investigate the situation. Additionally, there seems to be a cultivator climbing up the walls outside." Li Yi’s mind was exceptionally clear as he pondered quietly.

"So, I’m surrounded?"

"If that’s the case, then I should strike first."

Li Yi’s gaze flickered as he slightly lowered his head to look at his hands.

His hands trembled inexplicably.

Had his body realized that it would have to kill someone today?

Was it excitement or fear?

Ding-dong, ding-dong!

The doorbell continued to ring, growing more urgent.

"Is Li Yi, Mr. Li at home?"

At this moment, outside the door, a Cultivator who had tapped into the Spirit Medium Realm held a knife in one hand and pressed the doorbell with the other. He stood in the dimly lit corridor, his eyes gleaming menacingly.

At his side were two Spirit Medium Realm accomplices.

Their eyes shone brightly as they stared intently at the door.

If Li Yi dared to open the door, the two of them would immediately use Eye Witness to stun him briefly, and then attack in coordination, completing the mission in an instant.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong~!"

The doorbell rang again.

The knocking Cultivator furrowed his brow, "Could the intelligence be wrong, and Li Yi is not at home now?"

However, at that moment.

"Boom!"

The old front door suddenly emitted a loud noise as a hole was blasted in it, and a fist shot out directly at the Cultivator standing in front of it.

"Hmm?"

The blade-wielding Cultivator instinctively reacted, his pupils suddenly constricting as he took a step back subconsciously.

But it was too slow.

The fist advanced further, striking the man’s face directly.

The terrifying Fist Power erupted.

Accompanied by the sound of breaking bones, the fist became deeply embedded in the Cultivator’s face, almost as if it would penetrate the entire head.

Blood began to gush out in large quantities, and the body convulsed unnaturally.

The Cultivator lost consciousness instantly, collapsing straight to the ground, making no further movements.

The other two Cultivators outside the door were momentarily stunned by this sudden turn of events.

"Li Yi, you really are home," a low roar suddenly came from a corner inside the house.

The figure behind the door seemed attracted by this voice and immediately withdrew the fist, then quickly retreated back inside.

Accompanied by the sound of breaking glass,

Several silhouettes directly broke through the window and entered.

The leader was none other than Crow, who had crossed paths with Li Yi a month earlier.