“Yes.”
Lu Shuang responded, turning to look at Xiang Kanghai. A chilling killing intent burst from her eyes.
“Courting death.”
Xiang Kanghai flew into a rage. He glared coldly at Lu Shuang. “You want to cripple me? Then I will cripple you first.”
With that, Xiang Kanghai gave a cold snort. His figure moved like a ghost, closing in swiftly. His palm rose, and a pitch-black palm energy shot out instantly. Layer upon layer of it enveloped Lu Shuang.
The Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai possessed half-step innate strength. He was already infinitely close to a true innate expert. When he struck, his palm energy surged vast and powerful, with an overwhelming momentum that made breathing feel heavy.
“The one who dies is you.”
Lu Shuang stepped forward. Without using any leg technique, she simply threw a punch.
Her fist energy was fierce, carrying icy killing intent. It whistled out and shattered the sky-full of palm winds with unstoppable force.
Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out. Xiang Kanghai staggered back several steps. He stared at Lu Shuang in disbelief, a trace of seriousness flashing in his eyes.
He had originally thought this palm strike would end the fight completely. Yet to his surprise, in this fierce and domineering clash, he was the one who suffered.
So strong.
Xiang Kanghai was certain the person before him was definitely not at half-step innate.
“An innate expert!”
A sharp glint flashed in Hua Jieyu’s eyes. She had assumed Li Feng had come to Golden Buddha Temple alone. She never expected him to have a subordinate, and an innate expert at that. This made her regard Li Feng even more highly.
Someone who could have an innate expert as a subordinate surely had no simple identity or background.
“An innate expert?”
Xiang Kanghai had sharp ears. He naturally heard Hua Jieyu’s words. His gaze narrowed, and his expression turned somewhat ugly as he looked coldly at Lu Shuang. “So what if you’re an innate expert? Even an innate expert must die today.”
With a cold laugh, Xiang Kanghai stomped down hard. The ground sank three inches beneath his foot. His entire body shot forward like a sharp sword. He threw a punch straight at Lu Shuang.
“Pursuing Life Fist.”
His fist energy blazed fiercely, domineering and ferocious, as if it intended to smash Lu Shuang into pulp.
Lu Shuang’s gaze remained calm. The instant Xiang Kanghai closed in, a cold light flashed in her eyes. Her蓄势待发 punch exploded outward.
Boom!
Fist met fist in a thunderous collision. Explosive cracking sounds rang out. Winds surged around them, and the stone slabs beneath their feet shattered one after another.
Shock appeared on Xiang Kanghai’s face.
Although his cultivation was only half-step innate, he was called the Pursuing Life Heavenly King precisely because he possessed combat power that surpassed his realm. At half-step innate, his fighting strength was no less than that of ordinary innate experts.
Even though Lu Shuang was an innate expert, Xiang Kanghai could sense that she had only just broken through to the innate realm. Dealing with someone who had freshly entered innate should have been easy for him.
Yet in that clash just now, they had fought to a draw. Even if this was not his full strength, it was enough to shock him.
A strange look flashed in his eyes. Seriousness appeared as he snorted coldly and threw another punch.
Bang!
Once again clashing fists head-on with Xiang Kanghai, Lu Shuang retreated several steps, her figure slightly unsteady.
After steadying herself, Lu Shuang exhaled a breath of turbid air. She looked at Xiang Kanghai, seriousness flickering in her eyes. She had heard of the name Pursuing Life Heavenly King before. Among rogue cultivators, he counted as her senior, someone she had once admired. But after breaking through to innate realm, Lu Shuang had believed that the four heavenly kings at half-step innate were no longer her match.
Now, after exchanging blows, Lu Shuang realised that although she had broken through to innate realm, there was still a certain gap between her and the Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai.
This Pursuing Life Heavenly King truly lived up to his name.
Nevertheless, though shocked, Lu Shuang felt no fear. Instead, her battle intent surged. She had long wanted to fight one of the four heavenly kings but had never had the chance. Now that her wish was granted, she naturally wanted to have a proper battle with the Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai.
“A person who just broke through to innate realm can actually block two of my punches. You have every right to be proud. But under my hand, Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai, even an innate expert must die.”
A ferocious cold smile spread across Xiang Kanghai’s face. His figure flickered and vanished from the spot.
“Pursuing Life Kill.”
Xiang Kanghai’s low, sinister voice echoed.
The next moment, three eerie black figures appeared in mid-air, silently charging towards Lu Shuang from three directions.
The three figures tore through the void, carrying fierce and domineering icy killing intent. It seemed as if a single hit would take a life.
Lu Shuang’s expression remained calm. She ignored the three figures rushing towards her and instead looked in another direction.
Then she suddenly raised her foot and kicked out.
Boom!
A ferocious and domineering leg energy shot out, radiating power as it surged towards the front left.
Swish!
At that instant, the three figures reached Lu Shuang, bringing chilling coldness. But the moment they touched Lu Shuang, they dissipated like mist.
Boom!
Right then, Lu Shuang’s leg energy struck its target. With a thunderous sound, a black shadow appeared in mid-air. It rolled on the ground, barely dodging Lu Shuang’s kick in a sorry state.
He was none other than the Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai, who had just vanished.
Standing up covered in dust, Xiang Kanghai’s face looked extremely ugly.
His movement technique could create multiple illusory figures to confuse the enemy while he struck a fatal blow from the shadows.
This move had always been invincible in the past. He never expected it to fail today. If he had not escaped quickly, he might not even know how he died.
Of course Xiang Kanghai did not know that after Lu Shuang broke through to innate realm, she had opened her sea of consciousness and cultivated divine sense. Although it had only been a few days, because she cultivated the Soul Nurturing Art provided by Li Feng, everything within several metres around her was under her surveillance.
Therefore, Xiang Kanghai’s illusions could fool others but not her. Otherwise, Lu Shuang would never have broken this move.
Xiang Kanghai gritted his teeth and glared at Lu Shuang. His gaze flickered as he once again executed his Pursuing Life Kill.
This time was different from before. He conjured several illusions and hid himself among them, charging to assassinate Lu Shuang.
Swish!
Several black shadows rushed towards Lu Shuang. Lu Shuang stood motionless with an expressionless face.
“Kid, you’re dead this time!”
Xiang Kanghai sneered inwardly. When he was three steps away from Lu Shuang, he shot forward like a fierce tiger pouncing on a rabbit, striking at Lu Shuang with lightning speed.
“Die!”
Xiang Kanghai appeared at Lu Shuang’s side, a ferocious grin on his face. He threw a punch. A massive fist energy carrying the aura of death blasted out.
The next moment.
The motionless Lu Shuang suddenly vanished strangely from Xiang Kanghai’s sight.
“Pursuing Life Heavenly King, nothing more than that. Using the same move twice. Do you think others are fools, or are you the fool yourself?”
Lu Shuang’s cold voice came from behind.
“What?”
Xiang Kanghai’s expression changed drastically. He hurriedly circulated his true qi and wrapped himself in black energy.
Boom!
A thunderous sound rang out. Xiang Kanghai rolled more than ten metres away, his body covered in wounds.
Lu Shuang looked at Xiang Kanghai struggling up from the ground and frowned. Although Xiang Kanghai was only half-step innate, the Pursuing Life Heavenly King truly deserved his title. If it were an ordinary half-step innate, they would have died under that move. Yet Xiang Kanghai had only suffered minor injuries.
Actually, not only Lu Shuang was shocked. Even Li Feng standing nearby was deeply astonished. Although Lu Shuang had just broken through to innate realm and Li Feng did not know the full extent of her combat power, he felt that Xiang Kanghai’s fighting strength was probably greater than that of Old Qu from the Beiming family.
“Your subordinate is not bad, but if you think he can deal with Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai, I’m afraid he’s still lacking a bit.”
Hua Jieyu gave Lu Shuang a deep look before turning to Li Feng.
“That remains to be seen.”
Li Feng smiled. He had truly experienced Lu Shuang’s strength the last time he controlled her with Divine Control Technique. Now that she had broken through to innate realm, he did not believe she could not handle even a Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai.
Tonight he had intended for Lu Shuang to deal with an innate expert. If she could not even handle this half-step innate Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai, then Lu Shuang would be of no great use tonight.
At the same time, Li Feng became secretly vigilant. He knew that people like Pursuing Life Heavenly King Xiang Kanghai were true experts. The four great families of Tianhai City that had opposed him before, along with the people Hongmen brought from Blood Shadow, were merely ordinary acquired ninth-layer ancient martial artists. They probably were not even fit to carry Xiang Kanghai’s shoes.
If one Pursuing Life Heavenly King was already this formidable, what about the other three heavenly kings among the rogue cultivators? Were they also like this?
After thinking it over, Li Feng felt it was certain. Since the four heavenly kings were ranked together, even if their strengths varied slightly, the difference should not be too great.
At the same time, Li Feng believed that besides the four heavenly kings, there were plenty of other experts among the rogue cultivators. Hua Jieyu herself was the best example. According to Lu Shuang’s analysis of Hua Jieyu, she could be considered a monstrous genius.
If rogue cultivators were already like this, then what about the people from major forces? Compared to rogue cultivators, they had superior cultivation methods and resources. The representatives from the Ancient Martial Association, the Imperial Alliance, and those from various sects participating in the Boxing King Tournament this time—were they even stronger than Xiang Kanghai?
“It seems handsome here has great confidence in his subordinate. With such a powerful subordinate, handsome’s own movement technique probably isn’t bad either.”
Hua Jieyu said meaningfully.
“Which aspect are you referring to?”
Li Feng asked.
“How? Do you have several aspects where you’re impressive?”
Hua Jieyu looked at Li Feng curiously. “I wonder which aspect of yours is impressive?”
“I have a knife specially for dealing with men, and a gun specially for dealing with women. I wonder if you’re asking about my knife skills or my gun skills?”
Li Feng looked at Hua Jieyu with a meaningful gaze.
