Chapter 149: The Cunning Loach, Leng Qianqiu of the Tiangang Sect

"Report!"

"Reporting to the General, the Empress's envoy has arrived!"

"Oh? Invite them in quickly!"

He had not expected Shen Lingwei's Imperial Edict to arrive at such a timely moment.

It had been delivered right on the heels of his preparations to attack Pengguan.

Before long.

The travel-worn Lv Ke arrived at the Fanzhou City government office.

The moment he saw Chu Feng, Lv Ke felt an inexplicable, powerful pressure.

"My heavens, what intense pressure!"

This was Lv Ke's first impression upon seeing Chu Feng.

Such strength was likely already that of a Martial Saint-level powerhouse, and the other party looked even younger than himself.

A Martial Saint-level powerhouse in his twenties, who was also an Eight-Grade Alchemist.

It was no wonder the Empress would choose Chu Feng; if it were him, he would have made the same choice.

"Lv Ke of Xuan Yun Mountain pays respects to the Champion Marquis!" Lv Ke announced his background as soon as he approached.

"Oh? Xuan Yun Mountain?"

Chu Feng was somewhat puzzled; why had someone from another faction come?

After some observation, he found that the other party's strength was quite good; to be a Martial Venerable-level powerhouse at such a young age was unexpected.

Suppressing the questions in his heart, Chu Feng asked, "May I ask what business brings you here?"

"Acting under the orders of Her Majesty the Empress, I have come to convey the Empress's decree!"

"Has Her Majesty agreed to my request?"

"Of course, Her Majesty has agreed to the Marquis's petition to campaign against Great Zhao, and has ordered this subordinate to come to the front lines to await your command!"

What kind of game is this Empress playing?

Stuffing people into his camp again?

Chu Feng did not understand why Shen Lingwei would do this.

Just as he was about to ask Lv Ke for the specific details, another messenger soldier ran in at full speed.

"Report!"

"Reporting to the General, Great Zhao has mobilized an army of two hundred thousand, preparing to fight our army to the death. Someone under the city walls is even challenging the General, claiming they will capture the General alive!"

"Yo, this is quite interesting; they want to capture me alive?" Chu Feng was immediately amused by the other party's actions.

Which idiot is this, the kind who needs to carry a lantern to go to the toilet?

To actually dare to come and challenge him!

"Order the troops to prepare for battle!"

"Yes!"

Chu Feng turned his head and looked at Lv Ke again: "Brother Lv, come with me to see who wants to challenge this Marquis."

"Yes, Marquis!"

Everyone set out together.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were lined up in a row beneath the city walls, and those with formidable strength also ascended into the air to prepare for battle.

"Which one of you is that so-called piece-of-trash Champion Marquis? Get out here right now!"

"Why is he here?"

Lv Ke was greatly alarmed and hurriedly explained to Chu Feng,

"Marquis, this person is Leng Qianqiu, the Sect Master of the Tiangang Sect. His strength is heaven-defying; he is a super powerhouse at the Martial Saint Late Stage. It is said his strength is infinitely close to the Great Perfection realm; he cannot be underestimated!"

"Yo, another sturdy leek!"

"What?"

Lv Ke was taken aback.

He truly had not expected Chu Feng to give such an evaluation of the other party.

"No, Marquis, he is at the Martial Saint Late Stage and infinitely close to Great Perfection, you know?"

"Young man, one look and I can tell you're new here and don't know the Champion Marquis's prowess!"

Tuoba Hu chimed in with a sudden piece of advice at this moment.

"No, this Leng Qianqiu of the Tiangang Sect really has some..."

Before Lv Ke could understand the situation, Chu Feng had already taken action.

"I am Chu Feng. Could you be Senior Leng Qianqiu of the Tiangang Sect?"

"That is I!"

Leng Qianqiu said triumphantly, "Kid, I hear you've been very impressive lately, having successively killed three Martial Saint-level powerhouses: Feng Guangyu, Liu Yude, and Tuoba Ying!"

"Hehe, Senior is too kind!"

"No, you misunderstand; I am not praising you!"

Leng Qianqiu continued, "In my eyes, those fellows are all useless trash who can't be propped up; it's no big deal that you killed them!"

"Oh?"

Chu Feng immediately became interested, "So, in that case, Senior, you think you're pretty tough?"

"Heh, tough? In the eyes of the strong, there is no place for weaklings like you!"

Leng Qianqiu sneered.

With a single leap, he charged straight toward Chu Feng to kill him.

"Brat, I have come under the orders of the Great Zhao Emperor specifically to take your head!"

"Hmph, you old fart, you start puffing yourself up just because I gave you a compliment, don't you?"

Just a Martial Saint Late Stage.

In my eyes, he is nothing more than trash that can be finished off with a single blade strike.

Chu Feng said, full of confidence.

He arrived close by.

Chu Feng went up and slashed his blade right onto Leng Qianqiu's body.

With one strike, he split Leng Qianqiu's body into two halves.

"Tch, no challenge at all..."

Before the words had even faded, Leng Qianqiu's corpse, which had been cut in two, vanished from the spot.

"Hm?"

This actually made Chu Feng feel surprised.

He had not expected that the strike he just landed was not on the opponent's true body.

"Brat, your strength is not bad!"

Clang!

Leng Qianqiu suddenly appeared from nowhere and fiercely slashed his blade toward a vital point on Chu Feng.

Chu Feng hurriedly held his blade horizontally to block, stopping the opponent's attack.

"Yo, your reaction speed is quite fast too; it seems you are a tricky one!"

The next moment.

Leng Qianqiu's figure vanished from the spot again.

"What kind of technique is this, so bizarre?"

This was the first time Chu Feng had encountered such a bizarre opponent.

He had missed his mark twice in a row.

"Marquis, be careful! This is the unique secret skill of the Tiangang Sect, Tiangang Star Shadow!"

"Tiangang Star Shadow?"

"Correct. This technique allows one to switch positions between the true body and clones at will, leaving one dazzled and impossible to guard against!

The most terrifying part is that he can also summon multiple clones simultaneously, which can also be switched at will!"

"Holy crap, there's such a wicked technique!"

After Lv Ke explained it this way.

Chu Feng sighed that the world is truly full of wonders.

To think there is such a bizarre technique.

Switching positions at will between multiple clones is indeed quite difficult to deal with; no wonder he said the three people he killed were trash not worth looking at.

It turns out he really had the ability to be arrogant.

"Heh, brat, you know quite a bit, but it's a pity—so what if you know? Can you break it?"

Leng Qianqiu did not care at all that Lv Ke had explained the situation of his technique.

After all, there were naturally many people in the martial arts world who knew the power of his technique.

Therefore, he did not care that Lv Ke had described the characteristics of his technique.

"Hmph, I refuse to believe it!"

Chu Feng gripped the battle blade in his hand tightly, "I want to see if your movement technique is faster or if my blade is faster!"

It was rare to encounter an opponent who could make him take things seriously.

It immediately ignited the competitive spirit in Chu Feng's heart.

He refused to believe it.

Even against a Martial Emperor level opponent, he had the confidence to trade a few blows; could a Martial Saint Late Stage really stump him?

Swish!

Sensing a fluctuation behind him, Chu Feng backhanded a strike toward his rear.

As it turned out, what was behind him was still just an afterimage of the opponent.

Swish, swish, swish, swish...

Countless blade lights instantly filled the sky, covering all of the opponent's activity area from every angle without any blind spots.

He refused to believe that under his saturated, wide-range attack, the opponent could still hide.

"It's useless, brat!"

Leng Qianqiu manifested his figure once again, "No matter how fast you attack, you still cannot be faster than the speed at which I create clones. As long as I create my clones fast enough, you will never be able to lock onto me!"

"You really are a slippery loach!"

Chu Feng was truly provoked into a True Fire by him.

This was the first time he had encountered an enemy who played guerrilla warfare against him.

It had truly caused him no small amount of trouble.

If it were a head-on clash, he would absolutely have the confidence to defeat the opponent.

It was just that this technique of the opponent's truly countered his fighting style somewhat.

"Damn it, if only I could restrict him!"

"Wait a minute, restrict?"

Chu Feng had a flash of inspiration.

An excellent idea instantly popped into his mind.