“Only one path: death?” Li Feng heard Blood Shadow’s words and burst into loud laughter. He laughed for quite a while before saying, “Blood Shadow, do you think you can kill me? I have been in Tianfu Building for so long, yet I never saw you come to kill me. Could it be that you could not find me? Does that not mean you are incompetent?”
“What did you say?” Blood Shadow’s gaze turned icy.
“Are you not incompetent? I killed so many of your subordinates, yet you still could not find me. If that is not incompetence, what is?” Li Feng said coldly. Earlier, Blood Shadow had quickly suppressed his anger, which surprised Li Feng. But now Li Feng deliberately provoked Blood Shadow’s rage. Only then would his chances increase when fighting him later.
“Li Feng, I did not expect you to have such a sharp tongue.” Blood Shadow said coldly, a grim killing intent flashing in his eyes.
“Blood Shadow, where are your subordinates? Surely they are not all dead?” Li Feng said with a cold laugh.
Tap, tap, tap…
A series of footsteps echoed. A black-clothed man led more than a dozen others into the hall.
“Li Feng?” The black-clothed man stared coldly at Li Feng.
“Have we met before?” Li Feng looked at the man, his gaze sharpening. He felt this black-clothed man looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
“We have met, but that is unimportant. The crucial thing is that today is the day you die.” The black-clothed man said with a cold laugh.
“This young master does not even fear Blood Shadow. Why would I fear a rabble like you?” Li Feng smiled disdainfully.
“Courting death.”
One of the black-clothed men behind him flew into a rage at Li Feng’s words and fiercely struck out with a palm towards Li Feng.
“Die.”
Li Feng slashed with his blade. The large knife cut a dazzling arc of cold light through the air, and a chilling blade energy howled forth.
Pfft!
The palm force was cleaved apart. The black-clothed man staggered, spurted a jet of blood, and was split in two.
“Li Feng, you deserve to die.” Grim killing intent flashed in the leading black-clothed man’s eyes. He waved to his subordinates. “Attack. Kill him for me.”
“Courting death.”
Li Feng snorted coldly. He had not expected this black-clothed man to send these people to their deaths, but towards those who came seeking death, Li Feng would show no mercy. He swung his large blade, sending waves of blade energy spreading out in layers. Wherever they passed, the bodies of the black-clothed men were torn apart and scattered across the floor. His advance was unstoppable.
“Li Feng, you, you…” Although he knew Li Feng had killed many of his subordinates, this was the first time the leading black-clothed man had witnessed Li Feng killing. He had not expected Li Feng to be so ruthless.
“Li Feng, these are ordinary people. As an ancient martial artist, you actually struck against them. Are you not afraid of being hunted by all ancient martial artists under heaven?” the leading black-clothed man asked coldly.
“What a joke. They came to kill me, yet I cannot kill them? What kind of logic is that? Moreover, the one sending them to their deaths is you.” Li Feng said coldly.
“You…” The black-clothed man glared at Li Feng, eyes blazing.
“Is it not so?” Li Feng gave a cold laugh and looked at him. “Now only you and Blood Shadow remain here. Will you come at me together, or one at a time?”
“Arrogant.” The black-clothed man flew into a rage and said with a cold laugh, “This time, there is no need for Lord Blood Shadow to act. I will kill you myself.”
The black-clothed man let out a long whistle. His body leaped into the air, and a vast aura burst from him. His right leg struck like a blade, kicking out fiercely. The powerful wind forced the surrounding air to part automatically.
“Good leg technique.”
A glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. This was the second time he had seen someone use leg techniques. The first was Lu Shuang, but compared to her, this black-clothed man’s leg technique was slightly more exquisite.
Fierce and domineering.
That was the characteristic of the black-clothed man’s leg technique.
“Li Feng, die.”
In mid-air, the black-clothed man roared angrily. His right leg slashed down towards Li Feng.
Boom, boom, boom…
As his right leg struck, a huge leg force appeared in the air, forming a curved blade that slashed towards Li Feng. The curved blade was as fast as lightning, as powerful as thunder, fierce and domineering. It shook the entire hall, making the space tremble slightly as if it might collapse at any moment.
“Hmph. The one who will die is you.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh. His body stood unmoving, sharp light bursting from his eyes. He slashed fiercely with the large blade in his hand.
“Blade Severing Heaven and Earth.”
Powerful blade energy erupted suddenly, forming a streak of cold light in the air that met the black-clothed man’s leg force.
The next moment.
Boom, boom, boom…
Thunderous explosions rang out in the hall. The intense shockwave shook the surrounding space. Both the curved blade leg force and the blade energy vanished without trace.
“How is this possible? You actually blocked it?” The black-clothed man landed, staring at Li Feng with an even colder gaze.
“I did not expect you to conceal your strength so well. You are actually a Postnatal Realm ninth-level ancient martial artist.” A flash passed through Li Feng’s eyes. The aura on this black-clothed man had only seemed around Postnatal Realm fifth-level. All along, Li Feng had believed that was his true strength.
He had not expected the man to possess Postnatal Realm ninth-level power.
If he were truly only Postnatal Realm fifth-level, that earlier slash would have been enough to kill him. But at ninth-level, it was far from sufficient.
“It seems you have something on you that hides your cultivation.” A glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. Items that could conceal cultivation were not simple, though not rare. He knew Li Wu possessed such a thing.
In Li Feng’s mind, he was very curious about such items. Although the Nine Heavens Heart Scripture he cultivated meant others could not discern his strength unless he revealed it, such things were excellent for ambushing others. He himself had no need for them, but that did not mean his subordinates did not.
Li Feng did not notice that when Blood Shadow saw the black-clothed man erupt with Postnatal Realm ninth-level combat power, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
This black-clothed man was Chen Junyi’s agent in Tianhai City. Like Li Feng, Blood Shadow had believed he only possessed Postnatal Realm fifth-level combat ability. He had not expected him to hide his strength. Had he known the man had such power earlier, searching for Li Feng would not have been so troublesome.
“That is none of your concern.” The black-clothed man said coldly.
Taking a deep breath, Li Feng said coldly, “It was not easy for you to cultivate to Postnatal Realm ninth-level. If you leave now, I will not make things difficult for you.”
Li Feng smiled bitterly inwardly. Had he known there was a Postnatal Realm ninth-level ancient martial artist beside Blood Shadow, he would never have come looking for him. His current state was not at full strength. If he killed this black-clothed man, the true qi in his body would at most be half remaining. With only half his true qi, he did not know how long he could hold out against Blood Shadow.
Moreover, killing this man now would not be easy, with Blood Shadow watching. What if Blood Shadow ambushed him during the fight? Blood Shadow’s strength was half-step Innate Realm. Originally, Li Feng had no confidence he could defeat him, let alone now.
Therefore, if the black-clothed man left at this moment, Li Feng had no intention of stopping him.
The black-clothed man gave a cold laugh. “What a joke. Since I have already acted, only one of us can survive. In that earlier move, I did not even use my full strength.”
“Is that so? It seems you are confident in your abilities.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh, a disdainful curve appearing at his lips.
“You will soon find out.”
Boom!
True qi boiled throughout the black-clothed man’s body. The air twisted violently, forming a cyan halo around him that shone brightly.
“Li Feng, die for me!”
The black-clothed man’s aura reached its peak, but he dared not underestimate Li Feng. As soon as he attacked, he used twelve parts of his strength.
He stepped forward, leaped into the air, and the cyan halo merged into his leg technique. Instantly, he gave off an invincible impression.
“Li Feng, die.”
With a cold snort, the black-clothed man kicked out dozens of leg shadows in succession.
In an instant, the space before Li Feng was filled with cyan-glowing leg forces in mid-air. These leg forces seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth as they slashed down towards Li Feng.
Boom, boom, boom…
The air seemed pierced through. Even before the leg forces landed, cracks appeared on the floor, as if the entire hall were about to be destroyed.
Watching this scene, a glint flashed in Blood Shadow’s eyes not far away. However, he showed no intention of interfering in the fight between Li Feng and the black-clothed man.
Surrounded by the leg forces, Li Feng’s expression remained calm. Disdain flickered at his lips, but he raised his large blade slightly.
“Break.”
With a cold snort, Li Feng made no unnecessary moves. He simply slashed out, executing the second form of the Heaven and Earth Blade Technique: Force Splitting Mount Hua.
Crack, crack, crack!
A loud explosion sounded. A one-metre-long blade energy shot forth instantly, striking with thunderous momentum towards the black-clothed man.
Boom, boom, boom…
The blade energy advanced irresistibly. Wherever it passed, all the leg forces were shattered without resistance. It was fierce and domineering.
The black-clothed man’s expression changed drastically. True qi surged wildly within him, and the cyan halo around him shone brilliantly.
Seeing Li Feng’s domineering slash, even Blood Shadow’s pupils contracted. Clearly, he had not expected this strike to be so powerful.
Boom!
The blade energy struck the black-clothed man hard.
Cold light flashed. The cyan protective energy was cleaved apart. A half-foot-long bloody gash appeared on the black-clothed man’s chest. He spurted blood wildly and was sent flying backwards.
Li Feng looked at the fallen black-clothed man and said expressionlessly, “I gave you a chance to live, but you did not cherish it.”
Hearing this, the black-clothed man’s face turned ashen. He raised his head to look at Li Feng, clenched his fists tightly, eyes filled with unwillingness.
He could not rest in peace.
He had not expected to be unable to withstand even one slash from Li Feng.
Bang!
The black-clothed man collapsed to the floor, lifeless.
Li Feng gave a cold laugh. Without sparing the corpse another glance, his gaze fell on Blood Shadow. He said coldly, “Blood Shadow, next it is your turn.”
