I'm actually slowly working through a re-translation of Xia Ke Xing, which was done by multiple translators and in parts by machine translation, and as part of this I've been rereading the novel. That's when I noticed something interesting - Shi Potian has a massive body count!
In Jinyong stories, it's quite rare for an MC to actually kill a lot of people personally. While some like Guo Jing/Wei Xiaobao arguably caused a lot of deaths via leading armies, there are very few who have significant amounts of hands on their own hands; in fact, the only one that I can think of is Xiao Feng, for his awesome performance at Juxian Manor. However, I don't believe we have an actual body count for him.
Shi Potian, however, has a confirmed body count of over 100 people... in a single battle! This boy's got massive blood on his hands!
In chapter 12, 'two copper medallions', Shi Potian accidentally wipes out basically the entire Iron Rake clan through his poisonous palms.
Holy crap! This is an absolute bloodbath! Again, possibly save for 'War God' Xiao Feng at Juxian Manor, I can't think of any Jinyong protagonist with a higher body count - for that matter, even amongst antagonists/side characters, I can't immediately think of any who had a higher body count in a single encounter!这么一连击倒了六人,好几人大叫:这小子毒掌厉害,大伙儿小心些。又有人叫道:王三哥也给这小子毒掌 击死了,小 小 心 这人话未说完,咕咚一声,摔倒在地,一根铁叉重重击在自己脸上。这人并没给石 破天手掌击中,居然也中毒而死。
铁叉会会众神色惶怖,步步退后,但听得呛啷啷、砰嘭、喀喇、啊啊之声不绝,一个个摔倒,有的转身欲逃,但跑 不了两步,也即滚倒。
转眼之间,大厅中百余名壮汉横七竖八的摔满了一地,只剩下四个功力最高之人,伸手掩住口鼻,夺路外闯,但只奔到厅门口,四人便挤成一团,同时倒毙。
Anyone have some events/MC's/characters that might be on par with or ahead of Shi Potian? Xie Xun wiping out 30 families probably does the trick, although it was spread out.