"What's so great about that? If I become a grandmaster, I'll surely outshine him!"
A man with a hooked nose stood in the corner of the banquet, looking on with jealousy.
Although he had achieved great success in internal strength,
before a martial arts grandmaster, he was as insignificant as an ant.
At that moment,
his whole body tensed, goosebumps trailing over his skin.
Because Lu Yuan, who was seated in the honorary position, inadvertently glanced in his direction.
"Boom!"
The next second,
Lu Yuan suddenly stood up,
emitting an unrestrained murderous aura that soared to the sky.
It caused all present to shudder with fear.
That man with a hooked nose was shockingly the chief martial artist from the past life!
Although now, to Lu Yuan, he was just an ant who could be crushed with a single move,
it was precisely this ant who seized his family business in his past life,
causing his parents' tragic deaths and his family's ruin!
Such a deep-seated vendetta, how could it not be avenged?
Only at this moment did everyone present sense that something was amiss.
Lu Yuan, with a cold gaze, walked one step at a time towards the man with triangular eyes.
Then, he clasped his fists, bowed solemnly, as if facing a highly respected elder.
But seeing Lu Yuan's demeanor, the man with a hooked nose shivered all over.
He was frightened to tears on the spot.
Because Lu Yuan's action
was renowned in the martial arts realm as a declaration of life and death, beyond question of superiority!
If anyone dared to intervene, they would also become Lu Yuan's mortal enemy!
"Please."
Lu Yuan stood with hands by his side, staring icily at the chief martial artist, as if looking at a dead man.
"Grandmaster Lu, isn't there some misunderstanding here?"
The man with a hooked nose sat limp on the ground, having cried from fear.
It wasn't just him.
Under Lu Yuan's strong murderous intent, other guests were trembling and afraid to even breathe heavily.
"This person is associated with the Red Lotus Sect."
Lu Yuan glanced at the live broadcast camera and said calmly.
According to the life script,
it was the chief martial artist secretly colluding with the Red Lotus Sect members that led to his own becoming a guinea pig for genetic experiments, eventually tortured to death.
Upon hearing this, all martial artists present couldn't sit still.
As is well known,
with the progress of the times, various forces have been suppressing the martial arts realm, and the martial artists' space for survival has been shrinking.
In addition to propaganda with ulterior motives by certain forces,
negative news about martial artists continued, gradually becoming perceived as adversaries by ordinary people.
It was against this backdrop that the Red Lotus Sect was born.
They believed that martial artists were the scourge of the old era, and only technology could lead humanity forward.
Especially after the decline of martial arts,
the actions of the Red Lotus Sect became increasingly rampant and extreme.
They have conducted genetic experiments on martial artists multiple times and even assassinated several martial arts grandmasters.
A few years ago,
this group of deranged lunatics even hijacked a strategic bomber from a military base, attempting to use the 'Father of Bombs' to bomb the Shaolin Temple!
This bombing almost turned the entire Shaolin Temple into ruins.
If it weren't for the powerful intervention by a Shaolin expert, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After this incident,
the entire martial arts realm regarded the Red Lotus Sect as their number one mortal enemy.
Anyone found to have any association with them would be attacked by all martial artists!
But no one expected that,
during Lu Yuan's grandmaster banquet, a member of the Red Lotus Sect would show up.
"Kill him; these madmen deserve to die!"
"My master was also killed by them; they must pay for it with blood."
All the martial artists glared at the man with a hooked nose, eager to tear him apart.
"No, he's lying! I'm being framed!"
The man with the hooked nose howled hysterically, but no one paid attention to him.
As Lu Yuan steadily approached, about to confront him,
the man, driven to desperation, suddenly pulled out a syringe and stabbed it into his neck.
"Interesting, is this the genetic potion developed by the Red Lotus Sect?"
Lu Yuan paused, his eyes narrowing dangerous, but he did not act immediately to stop it.
Because he too wanted to see to what extent the Red Lotus Sect's genetic technology had developed.
The turquoise liquid in the syringe rapidly spread throughout the body via blood vessels.
Under the genetic potion's influence,
the man with the hooked nose's flesh was torn apart, his genes recombining, and his meridians and bones becoming tougher.
He transformed into a raging beast, his aura rapidly intensifying, even surpassing Lu Yuan!
The other martial artists were chilled by this scene.
From the changes in the man with the hooked nose, it was evident that the Red Lotus Sect's genetic technology was now extremely advanced.
This signified that,
they could mass-produce genetic martial artists, even creating an entire army of them!
By then, how would they resist?
"Roar!"
After using the genetic potion,
the man with the hooked nose roared and charged straight at Lu Yuan.
Facing the storm-like assault,
Lu Yuan appeared completely at ease, his demeanor relaxed.
"Speed, power, reaction ability, all comparable to a martial arts grandmaster."
"A rough estimation suggests that a single genetic potion could increase the user's power by at least five times!"
"The only downside is that after using the genetic potion, the user will lose some of their rationality."
Lu Yuan kept observing, quickly concluding.
It had to be said,
the power surge after using the genetic potion significantly enhanced the man with the hooked nose's abilities, threatening even the feeble elder grandmasters.
However, before absolute strength,
any struggle or resistance was utterly insignificant.
When Lu Yuan finished his observation, the man with the hooked nose lost all value.
"Fist Intent: Wind and Thunder!"
He clenched his hand into a fist; his right fist fired out like a cannonball.
"Crack!"
As gale winds howled and electricity crackled in the void,
the immense and unparalleled fist strength came crashing down like a torrential downpour on the man with the hooked nose!
Under the powerful threat of death,
the man with the hooked nose, now in berserk mode, suddenly regained temporary clarity.
His bloodshot eyes flashed with despair and fear,
yet he didn't have time to react before being hit by the fist strength.
His entire body was like a kite with a broken string, being blown away dozens of meters,
and by the time he hit the ground, he had become a puddle of flesh.
"A genetic martial artist comparable to a martial arts grandmaster, just like that... dead?"
"Killed with a single punch, without even the slightest chance of resistance?"
The other martial artists gasped in shock.
They knew Lu Yuan was strong,
but they hadn't expected Lu Yuan to be so unfathomably powerful.
Especially during the entire battle,
Lu Yuan remained calm and unruffled, as if he were merely swatting a fly.
Thinking of this,
all the martial artists present looked at Lu Yuan with eyes full of fear and awe.
Members of the Martial Extreme Daoist School quickly stepped forward to drag the corpse away, and the chaotic scene was cleaned up.
Everything returned to its previous state.
Lu Yuan returned to his seat, and the banquet continued.
"Friend Lu, you're in trouble."
The Wudang Old Grandmaster reminded solemnly.
"Why does senior say so?"
"The Red Lotus Sect has always been unscrupulous; back then, they even dared to hijack a fighter jet and bomb the Shaolin Temple with missiles."
"By killing their member in public, you're sure to invite their frenzied retaliation."
Saying this,
the old grandmaster felt a lingering fear to this day.
Because,
the missile that the Red Lotus Sect dropped on the Shaolin Temple had a resonant name,
'Father of Bombs'!
It is the largest non-nuclear bomb in human history.
Had it not been for the profound heritage of the Shaolin Temple, guarded by martial arts experts,
any other ancient martial sect would have faced certain annihilation under such a berserk attack!