The direction Ling Xiao chose to flee was originally the place with the most fierce beasts. It was not surprising if anyone encountered fierce beasts at all. Because he and Zhan Liu were too fast, many fierce beasts couldn’t catch up with them at all.
Instead, Wang She, who was chasing slowly, was obstructed by the Lava Behemoth.
Soon, Wu Yang and Qin Wu also ran into trouble.
When they were running in the forest, they suddenly sensed fierce wind coming from all directions.
The speed was very fast, and the angle was also very tricky.
They were stunned, and they two out their weapons in succession. Then, relying on their intuition, they attacked in the direction where the threat was the greatest.
Puff!
The sharp blade cut through a fierce beast’s body, and its sound was particularly harsh in the quiet forest.
Ao~
A shrill howl resounded.
Bang!
On the ground, two adult-sized wolves fell.
“It’s the Wind Tailed Wolf!”
The two bloody peak rank two fierce beasts, Wing Tailed Wolves, continuously struggled on the ground.
Wu Yang and Qin Wu had no intention to step forward and finish them.
Because they knew that the Wind Tailed Wolves worked in a pack. Now, they had to leave this place quickly.
Their judgment was not wrong, but unfortunately, they were a step too late. More Wind Tailed Wolves in the dense forest launched an attack without the fear of death, which turned Wu Yang and Qin Wu’s face very unsightly.
They had already lost sight of Zhan Liu and Ling Xiao, and now, they were obstructed. Although they were not afraid of these fellows, they were delayed again, which made them very unhappy.
What about their Senior Brother Zhan Liu?
At this moment, Zhan Liu suddenly noticed that Ling Xiao had actually stopped.
This surprised him a little. According to reason, Ling Xiao should have run desperately when they were chasing. But now that he had stopped suddenly, it was fishy.
He turned to look behind and suddenly understood.
“Humph, do you think that you can win since I’m alone? You will know how stupid this thinking is later!”
Zhan Liu snorted coldly and said while looking at calm Ling Xiao.
“As expected of a good senior brother, even the virtue of speaking is the same. That Tie Shan also said the same thing to me. It’s a pity the one who died in the end was not me, but him!”
Ling Xiao smiled slightly and added: “Today, you will naturally follow in his footsteps.”
“Idiot!”
Zhan Liu sneered and said: “Tie Shan’s cultivation base was just Initial Rank Seven Transcendent Realm, but my cultivation base is Late Rank Seven Transcendent Realm! Not only that, but I’ve also gotten the guidance of Senior Brother Meng Yuan, and learned a superior-gold-grade martial art. If you compare me with him, then that would be a very ignorant thing.”
“Oh, is that so? Why don’t you people believe it when someone is telling you the truth? Since that’s the case, I’ll let you taste how it feels like when the death approaches you!”
Ling Xiao was unwilling to talk nonsense anymore, and he directly put away the Refine Array Stone. Now that Zhan Liu was alone, he had the power to fight. If the other people arrived, then he would be powerless.
Therefore, unlike when he was dealing with Tie Shan, he was prepared to go all out from the start.
Well, this naturally didn’t mean that he would use the Half Dragon Form and Ancient Golden Dragon Form easily.
“I heard that you discovered an ancient martial artist’s cave-dwelling here, and you took away a lot of good things. Obediently hand them over now, and I promise to keep your corpse intact.”
The purpose of Zhan Liu didn’t seem to be just revenge. He was also very interested in the ancient martial artist’s cave-dwelling.
Ling Xiao smiled lightly. He then raised his hand and said: “That’s right, I have discovered an ancient martial artist’s cave-dwelling, and I also got a lot of good things, including a peak-gold-grade martial art. If you want them, come and get them.”
A peak-gold-grade martial art!
Upon hearing these words, Zhan Liu’s heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Even a core disciple couldn’t easily have a chance to cultivate a martial art of this grade. But Ling Xiao actually got one from the ancient martial artist’s cave-dwelling.
This kid shouldn’t be lying, because there is no need to lie.
In any case, even if he doesn’t have a peak-gold-grade martial art, he must have gotten something else. After killing this kid, let’s keep his storage ring for myself.
Thinking of this, the soft sword in Zhan Liu’s hand became rigid again and pointed at Ling Xiao. Then, his true essence suddenly burst out, and the soft sword seemed to become lifelike, manifesting a rich green color.
The fighting method of combing martial soul and martial skills seemed to be taught systematically in the inner court. It was not something Ling Xiao alone had.
“Little beast, since you are unwilling to hand them over, I’m forced to cut off your head to report the completion of my task, and use your corpse to commemorate my good brother Tie Shan.”
After speaking, Zhan Liu suddenly took a step, and he shot forward. The soft sword in his hand also emitted bright green light and shot towards Ling Xiao together with dozens of willow twigs.
The phantom of the willow tree behind him was shaking continuously, and the green radiance was flourishing.
Feeling a sharp sword qi approaching his face, Ling Xaio’s expression was still indifferent.
When fighting, he might laugh if he ran into a happy situation, but he wouldn’t easily show his thoughts on his face.
His face was basically expressionless in battle.
He had to admit that Zhan Liu was much stronger than Tie Shan. It could even be said that gap between Late Rank Seven Transcendent Realm and Initial Rank Seven Transcendent Realm was as far apart as heaven and earth.
On the cultivation path, the further ahead, the bigger the gap between the stages. Even the gap between small realms was far bigger than the gap between the stages of the Martial Vein Realm. Even compared to the first half of the Transcendent Realm, the gap was much bigger.
Rank Seven Transcendent Realm was known as the ‘Valorous’ stage.
Valorous, as the name suggested, meant courageous and invincible like gods.
When the Transcendent Realm reached this stage, it basically meant that they had pulled open a big gap from others. This was also the reason why it was possible to become a core disciple after stepping into Rank Seven Transcendent Realm.
The Valorous stage was divided into five phases: Initial, Mid, Late, Peak and Invincible. The next realms were also the same. They also had a very big difference from previous stages.
In the previous stages, as long as one could reach the peak phase, one could break through to the next realm, but from the Valorous stage, with every increase in the realm, there would be a small stage, and the difficulty of advancement would continue to increase.
Ling Xiao understood Rank Five Transcendent Realm, which was also known as the ‘Divine Strength’ stage.
At this stage, via the previous cultivation of soul, true essence and physical body, one would erupt with strength far surpassing ordinary people and ordinary martial artists. One would have the strength of five or six thousand pounds.
It was possible for outstanding people to even reach the strength of seven or eight thousand pounds or even ten thousand pounds.
It was definitely not an easy task for an Initial Divine Strength to fight a Late Valorous.
Now, Ling Xiao understood very well that without using the Ancient Golden Dragon Form, fighting against Zhan Liu, he only had a fifty percent chance of victory. He had no absolute advantage.
“It seems I can’t avoid getting injured.”
Ling Xiao frowned, but soon after that, he felt relieved. If he could kill Zhan Liu, what if he was a little injured?
It took time to say these thoughts, but in fact, it was just a matter of blinking an eye.
