Chapter 310: Using Their Own Way to Treat Them

Late at night.

The cold moonlight spilled onto the leaves, flashing with crystal luster; the forest was silent, and from time to time, one could hear the rustling sound of birds flying out of the forest.

"How long are you going to hide!"

Qi Feng walked alone in the mountain, his eyes cold.

As a Spirit Guide.

Monitoring someone couldn't be simpler; Qinghe City was now the city with the most spirit beasts in the entire Yu Kingdom, and these spirit beasts could all become his eyes, so Li Rui's every move was naturally seen by him.

One had to admit, Li Rui's patience was truly good.

A full half-year.

He hadn't stepped out of Qinghe even once, and had even rarely left the Anning Guard.

There were many experts in Qinghe City, not to mention the God of Slaughter Nie Siming sitting in town.

A frontal attack was definitely not an option.

So the only thing Qi Feng could do was wait.

"The Dragon Lord's patience is limited; if you still can't find the Dragon Saliva Incense, go back and plead guilty yourself."

"I see you staying here all day, and it's useless; I'll take these two back first."

This was what the messenger from Giant Stone City said to him a few days ago.

Just as he expected.

As time went on, that Luotian Da Jiao would definitely lose patience.

Primordial Realm great demons were extremely important war resources; it was impossible to keep them in Qinghe doing nothing, which was a huge waste.

Staying for half a year was already the limit.

A Primordial Realm great demon and a Sea-Observing spirit beast had already left Qinghe; one could anticipate that if he still had no progress, it wouldn't be long before the great demons sent by the Demon Lord would leave, and even he would have to return to Giant Stone City.

Thinking of Li Rui eating and drinking well in the city, while he could only sleep in the open in the mountains.

Qi Feng hated him even more.

He wished he could drag Li Rui out of Qinghe City, skin him and pull out his tendons, and eat up all the dragon Qi to vent the hatred in his heart.

Taking a deep breath.

"Can't be impatient."

Qi Feng understood that the real contest had just begun.

Spirit Guides had a skill called "Boiling Demons," where the Spirit Guide had to confront the spirit beast with their own true Qi; this process often needed to last for months, which was a huge challenge to the Spirit Guide's will.

Often, the closer one was to success, the easier it was to give up.

Qi Feng, as a Spirit Guide Master, of course had enough patience.

Mainly because the attraction of True Dragon Qi was simply too great.

Qi Feng was determined to get the True Dragon Qi on Li Rui; it was extremely difficult for a Spirit Guide to break through a realm. His Fifth-Rank cultivation among Spirit Guides was already extremely impressive, but wanting to go further was as difficult as ascending to heaven, and True Dragon Qi was his greatest hope for breaking through to the Primordial Realm.

"I don't believe you can stay in Qinghe for a lifetime!"

Just as Qi Feng was venting his anger—

Suddenly, a sound came from the side.

"Hmm?"

Qi Feng turned his head violently, his peripheral vision catching a black shadow smashing toward him.

He twisted his body.

The black shadow brushed past him.

Also at this moment, he saw clearly what the black shadow was.

A black bear two people tall.

Spirit-Devouring Poison Bear!

Qi Feng's pupils shrank; because this Spirit-Devouring Poison Bear was one of his spirit beasts.

It was actually killed silently...

This was a Fifth-Rank spirit beast!

Immediately, his hair stood on end.

"Who is it?!"

Qi Feng scanned the surroundings frantically, trying to find the person who took action, while simultaneously contacting the two great demons nearby.

At this time—

The hair on his back stood up, and a strong sense of crisis made him instinctively dodge to one side.

Boom!

Mud splashed, and a scabbarded long saber smashed down fiercely.

If this saber strike had landed, even if he didn't die, he would be half-crippled.

Qi Feng gasped.

He saw a masked person staring at him with cold eyes, the terrifying murderous intent making him feel as if he had fallen into a ten-thousand-zhang abyss.

"Li Rui!"

Even though he was masked, Qi Feng recognized Li Rui's identity in an instant.

Only because of the True Dragon Qi that Li Rui couldn't cover up at all.

"I haven't gone to kill him yet, and he actually came himself?!"

Qi Feng thought he was the hunter.

But he never expected that at this moment, he had become the prey.

Behind the mask, Li Rui's face was full of determination.

Coming here was for the sake of killing!

Qi Feng snorted coldly, the panic on his face decreasing a bit.

One Li Rui couldn't kill him.

As a Spirit Guide on whom the Qi Clan placed high hopes, apart from his spirit guiding skills, his martial path realm was also extremely impressive, and a Spirit Guide's perception of crisis was far beyond that of an ordinary martial artist.

With sharp five senses, his ability to save his own life was nearly invincible among the same rank.

As long as he held on for twenty breaths.

The nearby great demons would arrive, and by then, the prey would still be the prey, and nothing would change.

He was even vaguely excited.

"Sure enough, I am the one with more patience."

Li Rui finally couldn't help but leave the city.

Although the way he left the city was different from what he had expected, it didn't matter; the result was the same.

As long as Li Rui could be killed, the True Dragon Qi would be his.

Breaking through to the Primordial Realm was just around the corner!

Qi Feng's mouth curled into an arc, his figure retreating violently, with no intention of fighting back; he didn't need to risk his life, only needing to delay time.

At the same time.

Other spirit beasts guarding around him rushed out of the forest, pouncing toward Li Rui to kill him.

The advantage of a Spirit Guide began to stand out; although they were at a disadvantage in one-on-one combat, if they added a vast number of spirit beasts, it would be enough to trap a martial artist to death.

Watching Li Rui struggling to deal with the spirit beasts.

Everything was under control, and there was more smile on Qi Feng's face.

He seemed to have already smelled the aura of the Primordial Realm.

Watching Li Rui behead the spirit beasts he controlled one by one, he was secretly shocked.

"What domineering combat power."

"Kill, I have plenty of spirit beasts; I want to see how long you can kill."

But soon, the smile at the corner of his mouth froze, and his pupils shrank instantly.

"Immortal Saber!"

The long saber in Li Rui's hand finally left its scabbard.

Once it left the scabbard, it was earth-shattering, the violent evil Qi of the weapon spirit stirring up a wild wind.

Qi Feng was from the Qi Clan and had extraordinary knowledge; of course, he had seen immortal weapons.

So he saw at a glance that the long saber in Li Rui's hand was clearly an immortal weapon, and an evil one at that!

At this moment.

He could no longer remain calm.

"Damn it!"

"How could he have an immortal saber? Impossible, absolutely impossible!" He knew too well how terrifying an evil saber at the immortal level was; it was simply not something he could resist.

Qi Feng's brain worked at high speed, thinking of countermeasures.

At the same time, he ordered the surrounding spirit beasts to block Li Rui no matter what.

Facing the desperate siege of the spirit beasts.

Li Rui's eyes turned crimson in an instant, and a bloodthirsty smile lifted at the corner of his mouth.

"Kill!"

A streak of eerie blood-red occupied all of Qi Feng's vision.

This saber strike was simply too stunning.

He had almost no ability to fight back.

The next instant.

His wide-eyed head rolled onto the ground, truly dying with eyes wide open; the surrounding spirit beasts were also all beheaded by the terrifying saber strike. Li Rui stood alone holding the saber in the center of the pile of corpses, slowly sheathing the saber.

(Checking for errors...)

Just killing someone, why think so much.

Li Rui scanned the pitch-black mountain forest.

Immediately squatted down, quickly rummaged through the key parts of the black-robed man's body, grabbed a token, and disappeared into the night.

Only ten breaths passed.

Several great demons appeared in the forest.

They looked at Qi Feng, whose head was separated from his body, and were furious.

Someone actually dared to kill under their noses.

Bold and daring!

A Wind-Evil Wolf Spider, a zhang tall and in the Primordial Realm, stared at Qi Feng's corpse and said dissatisfiedly: "Truly a piece of trash, actually couldn't even hold on for twenty breaths."

Less than twenty breaths; this meant almost the same thing as being killed in one move.

The other few spirit beasts also nodded.

Trash.

Truly trash.

They rushed over as soon as they received Qi Feng's signal, at most twenty breaths before and after, but they didn't expect Qi Feng to be so trashy, being killed in seconds.

Spirit beasts had always respected the strong; if it weren't for the Demon Lord's order, they wouldn't have been willing to listen to Qi Feng's command.

Now they felt even more that being ordered around by Qi Feng for half a year was simply a humiliation.

"This revenge must be avenged; we can't afford to lose this face."

The Wind-Evil Wolf Spider continued.

Another Primordial Realm great demon, the Purple-Green Flying Locust, didn't intend to pursue: "This Qi Feng isn't really trash; the one who took action is at least in the Primordial Realm. This is Qinghe; once a fight starts, the commotion will be too big, and it might attract the siege of human experts in the city. It's not worth risking our lives for a Qi Feng."

The Wind-Evil Wolf Spider's dense black eyes blinked.

"That is indeed the principle."

They were just here to help; why risk their lives.

As Primordial Realm great demons, their intelligence was already extremely high, and they had long been extremely dissatisfied with Qi Feng, only not daring to act at will because of the Demon Lord's order.

Now that Qi Feng was dead, they had just found an excuse to return to the Wu Kingdom, which happened to suit their wishes.

The Wind-Evil Wolf Spider nodded: "Correct, let's go now."

Hearing that neither of the two Primordial Realm great demons intended to care.

The remaining few Fifth-Rank spirit beasts naturally followed the two great demons and walked away obediently.

Soon.

The mountain forest was left with only corpses all over the ground.

An hour later.

Li Rui returned and appeared by Qi Feng's corpse again.

"What a grand lineup."

Just now, he had actually been hiding in the dark observing.

Although those few great demons had already left, out of caution, he waited for an hour, and only came out after confirming there would be no return ambush.

To kill him, they didn't just send one Spirit Guide, but even sent two Primordial Realm great demons and five Sea-Observing great demons.

"Truly thinking highly of me."

Li Rui was puzzled.

He just sent the Little Bai Jiao to the Annan Prefecture, ruining the Luotian Da Jiao's healing plan, and it sent such a lineup to hunt him down.

Is it a grudge-holder?

Such a temper.

He had heard the words of those two Primordial Realm spirit beasts just now; they were indeed here to kill him.

And this black-robed man he killed was actually the famous Wan Yao Demon Lord of the Wu Kingdom, Qi Feng.

Li Rui searched Qi Feng's body and found the Qi Clan's waist token.

Since it was locked onto being someone from the Qi Clan.

And it was a Spirit Guide, the identity was self-evident; there weren't many Fifth-Rank Spirit Guides, so it was easy to guess.

Ever since he joined forces with Nie Siming to kill the Wind Sand Wolves.

The smoke of the Insight Eye not only didn't return to white, but became redder and redder.

Li Rui understood that the matter was far from over.

Otherwise, why would he hide in Qinghe City and not go out?

Of course.

If he just hid blindly, that would be underestimating him, the Military Advisor of the Anning Guard.

When Qi Feng was using the Spirit Guide's methods to control spirit beasts to monitor him, how could he not have done the same.

Did they really think he was tirelessly going to the Market Trade Office to find Yan Zhongxing for the profits of the beast pen?

Yes, but not entirely.

Every time Li Rui went to the Market Trade Office, he would go to the beast pen.

And then after a while, spirit beasts would go missing for no reason.

Some of these missing spirit beasts escaped on their own, but others were deliberately released by the elders of the Tiandi Alliance under Li Rui's instructions.

Because he had reached a cooperation with these spirit beasts.

As long as these spirit beasts could help him find the enemies lurking outside Qinghe City, he could return their freedom.

That Seven-Colored Emperor Parrot was one of them.

He had long since figured out Qi Feng and the great demons Qi Feng brought, and didn't rush to take action, but dragged it out for a full half-year, until the two Primordial Realm great demons left some time ago, and then Qi Feng gradually relaxed his vigilance, only then choosing to strike like thunder.

Every step was calculated by him, and there wouldn't be any accidents.

So Qi Feng didn't die unjustly.

After all, who could have thought that Li Rui could not only see through everything but also have the guts to take action and kill people directly.

In Qi Feng's view, he and Li Rui were both Fifth-Rank Sea-Observing.

It shouldn't have been possible to be killed in seconds.

But the outcome far exceeded his expectations; Li Rui's combat power couldn't be measured by common sense.

Li Rui looked at the corpse on the ground.

Swept his sleeves.

A large piece of true Qi was scattered, cutting the corpse of Qi Feng and the spirit beasts on the ground like a saber blade; in just an instant, the traces of the corpses could no longer be seen on the ground.

Looking at the clean ground, Li Rui's mouth lifted slightly.

"Truly a divine skill."

That day he saw Jiang Linxian use this to destroy the bodies, so he had been secretly practicing hard.

Until the Rising Bright Moon.

This time he mastered it completely, not expecting to have a chance for practical combat so soon.

Li Rui finished handling everything, and only then clapped his hands with satisfaction.

Just as he was about to leave—

Lines of small characters appeared before his eyes.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the intermediate plot of the "Famous in Jianghu" achievement—Strike First.】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 311 =====