Chapter 173: Master Feng

Wu Badao and the two remaining whale-hunting snakes fled the Merman Sea at high speed, with Cheng Xinzhan following closely behind.

The four people from Huang Liu Island watching from afar were dumbfounded. Since when had Qing Laosi's subordinates become so fragile?

The four of them conferred: two would follow Master Feng—that master didn't know the way and might get lost while chasing someone—while the other two would go down to fish out the sea snakes. Such a substantial amount of blood-food could not be wasted. It was just a pity about the whales; they had let them get away. If Master Feng had acted a little later, they might have been able to salvage a few whale carcasses.

Once out of the Merman Sea, Wu Badao looked back and saw a stranger in black chasing after him.

Wu Badao observed his appearance and build, which were quite ordinary; there was not a hint of a master's demeanor about him. At most, he was an expert in using poison, relying on the mist in the Merman Sea to show off his power. He figured that flying sword probably wasn't much either; he just needed to be careful.

With that, Wu Badao couldn't help but look down on him by thirty percent, a cold sneer appearing on his face. A person who hid their head and showed their tail actually dared to chase him out! However, since he had just left the Merman Sea, he didn't want to scare the person away, so he continued to feign flight.

After skimming over another few dozen miles, and confirming that this reckless thing wouldn't have time to turn back to the Merman Sea, he stopped immediately. The other two whale-hunting snakes were also prepared; they flew backward to block Cheng Xinzhan's path, the three of them forming an encirclement to trap him in the middle.

"Mermen are good at illusions, but not at poison. Who are you?"

Wu Badao stood in mid-air, holding a crimson long saber, and asked.

Cheng Xinzhan ignored him and looked left and right. The area was empty, and the sea breeze was blowing; using the Mirage Cloud would no longer have the effect of catching him off guard, and using the miasma would be difficult to achieve results. Thus, he stopped hiding and directly commanded "Youdu" to strike.

However, outsiders couldn't see the form of "Youdu." The bone flying sword was nourished by blood beads, wrapped in a layer of deep, thick purple-vermilion mysterious light—this was cold blood energy. At the same time, covering this layer of tangible purple-vermilion light was a faint layer of purple-pink brilliance; this was the initial effect of feeding it the "Purple Fire Rotten Peach Sha" over these past few days, and the flying sword had already begun to take the embryonic form of a sword sha.

Therefore, the flying sword appeared in a gaudy, colorful form, a mass of purple-vermilion sword light, like a highly poisonous object, with no bone color to be seen.

The sword light thrust forward, exploding like thunder, trailing like a rainbow.

Wu Badao's expression changed instantly. Just now in the fog, although he had heard the sound of a flying sword breaking through the air, he hadn't expected the flying sword to have such momentum, nor had he expected that this petty person in the dark, who looked ordinary, would have such a superior flying sword in addition to using poison.

Seeing the long rainbow sword light heading straight for his face, a dark blue long saber appeared in his left hand. He swung it with all his might, slashing out a ten-plus-zhang-long dark blue saber qi, meeting the purple-vermilion sword light like a giant wave.

This was clearly the usage of a Dharma sword.

Cheng Xinzhan saw this and thought to himself that this Wu Badao was quite interesting. This blue saber was used as a Dharma sword, while the red saber from the beginning was used as a body sword. He just didn't know if the remaining six sabers had other variations.

Since that was the case, he might as well play along.

Cheng Xinzhan operated the flying sword, showing no fear in the face of the dark blue wave-like saber qi. The flying sword's speed did not decrease but instead increased, piercing directly through the saber qi. Its forward momentum was almost undiminished as it continued to thrust toward Wu Badao.

And Wu Badao was indeed not simple. This first saber qi was for obstruction and probing, and at the same time, it was to provide cover and time for the second saber.

At the same time the first saber qi was swung, his Dharma saber also stirred up giant waves on the sea. As the giant waves surged forward, Wu Badao stepped on the crest of the wave. Borrowing the cover of the saber qi and the momentum of the giant wave, he raised the red long saber high, slashing toward the flying sword that had just passed through the saber qi with the force of splitting a mountain.

"Clang!"

The huge sound made everyone present frown. At the same time, a wave of sound and magical power rippled outward from the center where the saber and sword met, blowing away the drifting clouds and stirring up ripples.

Cheng Xinzhan's Zique shook. He controlled the sword with his thoughts; the opponent's heavy and powerful strike made him feel uncomfortable. At the same time, his entire body's magical power vibrated, causing a fishy sweetness to surge into his throat.

The purple-vermilion sword light trembled incessantly, nearly being smashed into the sea. Fortunately, it didn't damage the main body; it was just that a lot of the blood energy attached to the flying sword was shaken away.

When it came down to it, a saber and a sword were different. Sabers were naturally suited for hacking and slashing, especially those used in body arts, while flying swords were good at thrusting. He had used weakness to oppose strength in this move; he had been careless.

However, Wu Badao was definitely not having an easy time either. "Youdu" was extremely fast and attached with sword sha. When it collided with the edge of the long saber, it directly chipped a notch out of it.

Wu Badao flew backward for more than ten zhang, his right arm trembling uncontrollably. Moreover, this saber was his natal magic treasure. Now that the saber was broken, the force surged back, directly impacting his internal organs. He now felt as if his internal organs were churning like a river.

"Who exactly are you?"

Wu Badao asked again. He was quite familiar with the forces near this sea area, but he had never seen this person who was good at both poison and flying swords before. It was as if he had popped out of thin air. But how could such a good hand be unknown?

Could it be that he was recruited by some family?

He had come out this time to look for blood-food, but he hadn't even made a move while looking for whales on the outskirts of the Merman Sea before being ambushed by this person. The attack was merciless; he must have been sent by the other three families to spoil things!

"The four Jin Dan cultivators under the Tuo Wang—Black, Red, Yellow, and Green—are you sent by the other three families, or did you just arrive at the Dadu Sea? I pity your skills. If you are willing to follow me back to see the Little Saint and work for him, I guarantee you will lack nothing in terms of Dharma, wealth, companions, and land in the future. Today's matter will also be let bygones be bygones. How about it?"

Cheng Xinzhan remained silent.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Wu Badao became even more certain of his judgment and said again,

"You are a newcomer, perhaps you don't know, although the Little Saint takes orders under the Tuo Wang, there is also a Great Saint behind him! Have you thought about the consequences of going against the Little Saint!"

This was coercion and inducement.

The two Huang Liu Island people in the distance, who were using concealment techniques to blend in with the sea surface, heard this and couldn't help but panic. With this master's ability, if he agreed, their lives would be over.

However, Cheng Xinzhan naturally wouldn't agree. He had long inquired that apart from Huang Laosan, the leaders of the other three families in the Dadu Sea were all monsters who had become demons, and leading the masses to eat people was just a common occurrence. If he went, he wouldn't be able to stay for even a day.

Therefore, he commanded "Youdu" again, thrusting toward Wu Badao.

An angry look appeared on Wu Badao's face. He put away the broken long saber and transformed a new one, which was identical to the broken one. He still had six such sabers, all of which were natal magic treasures refined from the shackles on his body. He didn't believe that this flying sword could withstand his hacking and slashing a few more times.

Wu Badao's method of dealing with the flying sword remained the same: using the dark blue Dharma saber to swing saber qi to obstruct, and seizing the opportunity to get close and slash with the crimson long saber.

At this time, the other two whale-hunting snake demon cultivators also began to act. Their weapons were still rope darts. At this moment, they ignored the flying sword and instead attacked Cheng Xinzhan's physical body.

Cheng Xinzhan leaped in the air, dodging the saber qi and rope darts, looking like he was struggling to cope.

Seeing this, Sanmei jumped out of Cheng Xinzhan's arms to pounce on the two whale-hunting snakes. Sanmei was fast, her four claws stepping on the air, turning and moving. The two whale-hunting snakes couldn't catch her at all. At the same time, Sanmei spat smoke and fire into the faces of the two demons, which really helped Cheng Xinzhan.

Until Cheng Xinzhan saw the other two from Huang Liu Island appear at the edge of the Merman Sea, dragging a group of sea snake corpses and flying toward this side in a hurry. Thus, he scolded in a volume that the two people nearby could hear but the people in the distance could not,

"Are you two blind! Even the civet knows to help me, and you two still won't block these two for me!"

Not far away, the two hidden Huang Liu Island people felt bitter in their hearts. Wasn't it you who said you wanted to go up alone and let us wait on the sidelines to support you? And you were showing off your power in the Merman Sea, so why are you failing here?

However, since they had been called out, these two naturally couldn't continue to hide. As two red-yellow miasmas rose up and enveloped the two whale-hunting snakes, Cheng Xinzhan found it much easier to deal with them.

"It's Huang Laosan's people!"

As the conspicuous sulfur miasma rose, the three demons under Qing Laosi also called out Cheng Xinzhan's origin.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled secretly, while concentrating on dealing with Wu Badao. However, his direct attack with the flying sword just now was also a probe. Now that he knew the Dharma saber was a feint and the body saber was the real method, he naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to go head-to-head again. Besides, Wu Badao's coordination of the Dharma saber and body saber was quite interesting; he could borrow from it in the future.

"Youdu" flew toward Wu Badao, and another saber qi struck him head-on. When it got close, the flying sword suddenly flickered and disappeared, and the saber qi also slashed into empty air.

What kind of sword technique is this?

Watching this scene, Wu Badao's expression changed. His reaction was extremely fast; he danced the two sabers in his hands into a mass of saber light, impenetrable by water, protecting himself.

A series of sparks lit up outside that mass of saber light, flickering uncertainly, clanging and clanging, as if there were countless sabers and countless flying swords. After about ten breaths, the two Huang Liu Island people who had rushed over flew closer. Cheng Xinzhan suddenly withdrew the flying sword and turned to deal with the two whale-hunting snakes, calling out,

"You two are really useless, wait for me to come over!"

Although Cheng Xinzhan withdrew, Wu Badao didn't dare to chase. He was still dancing the saber flowers in place, but he felt that the speed of his saber dancing was getting slower and slower, and his arms were starting to ache. He knew that he might have been poisoned, but he dared not stop even more, fearing that Cheng Xinzhan was tricking him and would seize the gap to finish him off with one sword.

It wasn't until he heard a scream and hadn't seen the flying sword continue to thrust for a long time that he stopped.

He looked closely and found that one of the whale-hunting snakes had already been pierced through the forehead by the flying sword and had died.

He let out a loud cry, wanting to step forward to stop him, but found that his body was as heavy as if it had been filled with lead. He looked down and found that many cuts had been made on his body by the flying sword, but the flying sword was too fast, and these cuts had been sealed by cold ice, which was why he couldn't feel the pain.

He developed the intention to retreat.

The person Huang Laosan invited was not ordinary! Even though he had protected his vital points just now, he had still been wounded by this person's needle-in-a-haystack tactics. Moreover, there was poison on the sword; if time dragged on, he would really be in trouble.

Although he still had trump cards he hadn't used, it could be seen that this flying sword user hadn't used his full strength either. It wasn't time for a life-and-death struggle yet; there was no need to continue fighting.

As for the blood-food matter, he could only return to the Qinghao water area to kill a few minions with large original forms to serve as blood-food.

It was just that he had come out with a team, and if he fled back alone, the Little Saint would definitely be angry. So his eyes rolled, and he also rushed into the sulfur miasma. However, he no longer went to find trouble with Cheng Xinzhan, but instead slashed directly at the other two people with his saber.

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And Cheng Xinzhan seemed to have been injured in the saber-sword clash with Wu Badao just now, and was now entangled by a whale-hunting snake, unable to attend to anything else.

By the time Wu Badao killed both Huang Liu Island people, cut off their two heads, and fled the place without looking back, Cheng Xinzhan also finished off the last whale-hunting snake with one sword, and then went to chase Wu Badao.

But he was clearly in a state of physical exhaustion, swaying and about to fall.

The two people from Huang Liu Island who had put down the blood-food and rushed over at full speed also hurriedly called out to Cheng Xinzhan,

"Master Feng! Do not chase anymore! That is the direction of Qinghao Island!"

Cheng Xinzhan stumbled and fell from the air. Sanmei let out a cry and immediately rushed over. It wasn't until he was about to crash into the sea that he summoned the cloud carriage to stabilize his figure.

The two from Huang Liu Island arrived and asked repeatedly,

"Master Feng! Where were you injured?"

Cheng Xinzhan panted heavily, "My internal organs were shaken by the saber force. Let's go, let's go back quickly, bring all these snake corpses with us. It's just that two people were lost; I hope Immortal Master and Master Eagle won't blame me."

The two shook their heads repeatedly upon hearing this,

"Master Feng's divine power, one person fought seventeen demons, leaving sixteen snake corpses. These two were the ones who dragged Master Feng down; how could Old Immortal and Master Eagle blame you."

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Huang Liu Island, Bugui Building.

"Old Immortal! Master Feng is truly divine!"

Cheng Xinzhan returned to the Huang Liu water area, met with Huang Yunying, said a few words, and immediately returned to Honglu Island to heal his wounds. The remaining two were taken directly to the Bugui Building by Huang Yunying.

Huang Laoxian opened his mouth to ask how Feng Brother Bie Lu was doing. The two immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, shouting about Master Feng's divine power.

"Tell me in detail."

Old Immortal said.

Hearing this, the two began to speak one after another,

"Reporting to Old Immortal, we infiltrated the Merman Sea and discovered the tracks of Wu Badao's group. We wanted to make a move, but Master Feng wanted to solve it by himself. We really didn't know Master Feng was an expert at using poison. Those ten big snakes died while swimming; their bodies were purple here and red there, and I estimate they can't even be used as blood-food anymore."

"The remaining few were caught in illusions, thinking the mermen had come. Master Feng sacrificed a precious bead and quietly killed three whale-hunting snakes. It was truly a case of seeing blood and sealing the throat; not a single sound was made. The brothers were all dumbfounded."

"Finally, it was Wu Badao who saw through it and broke the illusion. Master Feng still wanted to kill him by force. At this time, the precious bead was smashed, but no one expected that a flying sword was hidden inside the bead! The flying sword killed another person, scaring Wu Badao and the remaining two whale-hunting snakes into fleeing the Merman Sea as if their lives depended on it."

The two spoke vividly. Huang Laoxian glanced at Huang Yunying, the satisfaction in his eyes overflowing. Huang Yunying also hadn't expected this Feng Brother Bie Lu to be so powerful, and said to the two,

"Continue."

The two then said,

"At that time, we thought that these ten or so big snakes had just died and could serve as blood-food, so we went down to fish out the corpses, while the other two went to follow Master Feng, as Master Feng didn't know the way."

"When we caught up after fishing out the corpses, we saw Master Feng driving the flying sword to suppress Wu Badao. It was just that the other two whale-hunting snakes kept helping from the sidelines, making Master Feng exhausted from dodging and very embarrassed. I also heard Wu Badao keep asking Master Feng which family he belonged to, very much wanting to recruit Master Feng, but Master Feng didn't say a word."

"At this time, the two brothers hiding in the dark wanted to help Master Feng and made a move to drag down the whale-hunting snakes. Those two brothers used sulfur miasma, which was how Qinghao Island identified that Master Feng was one of our people."

"Idiots!"

Huang Yunying shouted, and Old Immortal's face also showed displeasure, frowning and saying,

"Continue."

The two continued to recount,

"However, those two brothers were no match for the whale-hunting snakes and gradually couldn't hold on, causing Master Feng to come to help them again. Originally, Wu Badao was unable to fight back, but even so, Master Feng was still worried about whether Old Immortal and Master Eagle would blame him."

Huang Laoxian nodded upon hearing this, and a smile returned to his face,

"He is indeed someone who just came from the land; he is more sensible than the killers on the sea."

The two continued,

"Master Feng went to save those two brothers, but he also suffered internal injuries while clashing with Wu Badao and was entangled by the whale-hunting snakes. At this time, Wu Badao also came over, probably afraid of the Third Master, and went to kill our two brothers first, then fled without looking back. Master Feng finally killed all the whale-hunting snakes and wanted to chase Wu Badao, but his internal injuries flared up, and he nearly fell into the sea. It was my two brothers who caught him."

The two finished speaking and kowtowed to the ground.

"Good!"

Huang Laoxian stood up from the couch, "Yunying!"

"Disciple is here."

"Go and visit Brother Bie Lu on my behalf. Don't be shabby; bring more things. Also, Brother Bie Lu has to kill people and still worry about getting lost; what kind of talk is that? Teach the Huang Liu Island buoys to Brother Bie Lu. Also, since Brother Bie Lu is good at poison, I still have a nest of Gu insects brought from the land that I haven't used for many years. You give them to Brother Bie Lu for me. In addition, tell him to rest well."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 174 =====