The cold, sharp glint snapped Li Feng back to alertness. Looking at the attacking stone statue, a chill flashed in his eyes. He instantly activated Phantom Nine Layers.
Pfft!
The large blade struck Li Feng, and his figure exploded with a boom, but it was only an afterimage.
At that moment, Li Feng had already flashed behind the stone statue. A large blade appeared in his hand, and he chopped fiercely towards the statue’s neck.
Boom, boom, boom…
Blade light exploded outward, slamming hard into the statue’s neck. Chunks of stone flew in all directions.
After landing one strike, Li Feng did not press the advantage. Instead, he rapidly retreated.
Boom, boom, boom…
The instant Li Feng pulled back, a sky full of blade light swept towards him. It was the stone statue’s counterattack. If Li Feng had not reacted quickly, he would have been hit by that terrifying strike.
Li Feng’s pupils contracted. This stone statue’s attack power and reaction speed were too strong. Even a martial artist of the same realm could not possibly be this powerful.
“Kill!”
Li Feng shouted loudly and charged forward again, engaging the stone statue in battle. Although the statue was powerful, its movements were stiff. Its attacks were fierce, but against Li Feng who possessed Phantom Nine Layers, it could not inflict any real damage on him.
However, the statue’s defence was astonishing. Even though Li Feng had combat power close to half-step innate, facing the combined assault of two stone statues, he could not do anything to them.
With one move he forced a statue back, then Li Feng quickly retreated, preparing to use Dragon Roar Palm against the two statues. But as he withdrew, the statues did not pursue him. Instead, they returned to the door in the rock wall beside the remains.
Boom, boom, boom…
Under Li Feng’s surprised and puzzled gaze, that door slowly closed.
“What is going on?” Li Feng was stunned. Could the stone statues have decided they could not beat him and gone back to rest?
Li Feng swept his gaze across the stone chamber. He noticed that the daily items in the chamber were kept some distance away from the remains. And the traces of his earlier fight with the statues had not damaged any of those items.
Seeing this, a possibility suddenly occurred to Li Feng. Could the statues’ attack range be centred on the remains, within fifty metres? As long as one left fifty metres from the remains, the statues would not attack?
To test his idea, Li Feng flashed forward and rapidly shot towards the remains.
Crack, crack…
The moment Li Feng entered within fifty metres of the remains, the door in the rock wall opened again. The two stone statues walked out once more.
Seeing this, Li Feng stomped his foot and swiftly retreated.
When Li Feng moved back beyond fifty metres from the remains, the statues returned to the door again.
“So that is how it is. These stone statues are protecting the remains. Could there be some secret about these remains?” Li Feng frowned. After fighting the statues for so long, he had gained a good understanding of their strength. Right now, he could handle one statue, but against two working together, although they could not defeat him, he still could not defeat them either.
If he could not defeat the two statues, he could not approach the remains, and he could not uncover the secret of the remains.
“It seems that to learn the secret of these remains, I will need to find a helper to deal with the statues together.” A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. Then he turned and left the stone chamber.
Li Feng decided to fetch Lin Ge. With Lin Ge’s help, the two of them together should have more than enough strength to handle these statues.
After leaving the stone chamber, Li Feng released his divine sense and found that it had returned to normal. So he used his divine sense to scan the area around the stone chamber. But whether above or below the chamber, his divine sense was blocked from going further.
“It looks like there really is something in this stone chamber that blocks divine sense.” A light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes as he continued on his way.
Unlike his cautious approach on the way in, Li Feng moved very quickly on the return. In just a quarter of an hour, he was back at the storage room in Spirit Crane Garden.
“Young Master, are you alright?” Xu Jie, who had been anxiously waiting in the storage room, hurried forward the moment she saw Li Feng emerge. She had almost gone mad with worry during the past hour or more.
“I am fine.” Li Feng shook his head, pressed the mechanism to close the opening, then said to Xu Jie, “Xu Jie, without my order, no one is allowed to enter this passage.”
“Yes.” Xu Jie nodded, then asked curiously, “Young Master, what is inside?”
“You do not need to know right now. All I can tell you is that if you go in, you will die without question.” Li Feng said gravely.
Xu Jie’s expression changed. She had originally planned to find a chance to sneak in and take a look, but after hearing Li Feng’s words, she did not dare. She knew Li Feng’s strength well. If he said it like that, there must truly be danger inside. She had no intention of risking her life for curiosity.
“By the way, where is Lin Ge?” Li Feng asked.
“At this time, he should be in his room,” Xu Jie replied.
Li Feng nodded. He planned to rest in a room for a bit before going with Lin Ge to deal with the two statues.
At that moment, his phone rang. Li Feng took it out and looked, then could not help but be stunned.
A quarter of an hour later, at the Black Eagle Battle Squad training base.
“Ge Feng, when did this happen?” Li Feng looked gravely at Ge Feng. The call earlier had been from Ge Feng, and all Ge Feng had said was one sentence: Ge Ying had gone missing.
“Five hours ago.” Ge Feng’s face looked ugly. Ge Ying was his younger sister. If anything happened to her, he did not know how he could face his parents.
“Five hours ago. Ge Feng, could Ge Ying be somewhere where you simply cannot reach her?” Li Feng asked.
“Impossible. After what happened last time, I already warned Ge Ying. If I cannot contact her now, the only possibility is that something has happened to her.” Ge Feng shook his head and said, “Moreover, if it were just a short time without contact, that might be explainable, but five hours have passed already.”
Li Feng nodded. Losing contact for an hour or two could be overlooked, but after five hours with no word from Ge Ying, it was possible that something really had gone wrong.
“Ge Feng, why did you not call me earlier?” Li Feng sighed. Five hours had already passed. Investigating now would be somewhat troublesome.
“I did not expect it either. At first I thought Ge Ying was in secluded cultivation.” Ge Feng replied.
“Why would Ge Ying leave the training base for no reason?” Li Feng frowned. The training base was in the suburbs. Once she left, there were no surveillance cameras outside. No one would know where Ge Ying had gone.
“My little sister loves to play around. She cannot sit still.” Ge Feng gave a bitter smile. He understood his sister better than anyone. “Now I suspect she has been kidnapped.”
“Kidnapped? Ge Feng, is that possible? Last time it was because of Murong Kang, but now Murong Kang’s issue has been resolved. Who else would kidnap Ge Ying?” Li Feng shook his head. Last time Murong Kang had kidnapped Ge Ying because of him, but now he could not think of any reason for Ge Ying to be targeted. Could it be related to Li Wu?
After thinking, Li Feng felt that possibility was unlikely. If it were because of Li Wu, kidnapping Hu Yuanyuan would make more sense. There was no need to target Ge Ying.
“I suspect it is Nangong Xin.” Ge Feng said gravely.
“Nangong Xin?” Li Feng frowned and asked, “Ge Feng, why do you suspect Nangong Xin? Last time Nangong Xin tricked Ge Ying into going out because of Murong Kang. What reason does she have this time to kidnap Ge Ying?”
“There is nothing Nangong Xin would not do.” A cold glint flashed in Ge Feng’s eyes.
“Ge Feng, then what do you think is Nangong Xin’s purpose in kidnapping Ge Ying?” Li Feng was stunned. Ge Feng’s attitude towards Nangong Xin was so bad. It had been the same last time and now again. Could there be some deeper reason behind this?
“She…” Ge Feng paused. Yes, what could Nangong Xin’s purpose be in kidnapping Ge Ying? The reason he suspected Nangong Xin was simply because he had a bad impression of her, especially after that incident years ago, which had left a deep mark on him.
“Ge Feng, if it were someone else, there might be a possibility. But Nangong Xin would not do it.” Li Feng shook his head and said.
“Li Feng, why do you say that? Let me tell you, do not underestimate Nangong Xin. Otherwise, one day you will suffer greatly.” Ge Feng warned.
“Ge Feng, right now the Nangong family is my vassal family. So as the eldest young lady of the Nangong family, Nangong Xin has no reason to kidnap Ge Ying.” Li Feng did not hide from Ge Feng the fact that the Nangong family had become his vassal. When the Boxing King Tournament came, he might be with Nangong Xin. If Ge Feng did not know in advance, there could be big trouble later.
“Vassal family? Li Feng, you are not joking, are you?” Ge Feng was stunned.
“Ge Feng, do you think I would joke with you at a time like this? Just yesterday, the Nangong family became my vassal family. The Third Master of the Nangong family, Nangong Wu, has already made a blood oath on behalf of the Nangong family.” Li Feng said gravely.
“What? You say Nangong Wu is in Tianhai City, and he made a blood oath on behalf of the Nangong family?” Ge Feng looked at Li Feng in shock.
“Yes.” Li Feng nodded.
“How is that possible?” Ge Feng was completely stunned. Li Feng had actually taken the Nangong family as his vassal. Even if the Nangong family had declined now, it was still far beyond ordinary families. How could they be willing to become Li Feng’s vassal?
“So now Nangong Xin cannot possibly have kidnapped Ge Ying. Nangong Xin cannot be unaware of my relationship with Ge Ying. Therefore, I can be certain that if Ge Ying has been kidnapped, the kidnapper is definitely someone else.” Li Feng said gravely.
If Nangong Xin had kidnapped Ge Ying, it would inevitably affect his relationship with the Nangong family. With Nangong Xin’s intelligence, she could not possibly be unaware of the consequences. Li Feng also believed Nangong Xin would not make such a foolish move.
Moreover, Nangong Wu was by Nangong Xin’s side. Although this Third Master of the Nangong family had a fiery temper, he was careful and meticulous beneath the surface.
“It seems Ge Ying’s disappearance has nothing to do with Nangong Xin this time.” Ge Feng nodded. Since Nangong Wu had made a blood oath on behalf of the Nangong family to become Li Feng’s vassal, Nangong Xin had no reason to kidnap Ge Ying.
Then, apart from Nangong Xin, who else could it be…
Suddenly, a possibility occurred to Ge Feng. A cold killing intent surged from his body. “I know who is behind Ge Ying’s disappearance…”
