Chapter 216: The Killer Is Li Li Yuanba! (Part 2)

Li Li Yuanba?

Feng Feng Yuanqing, retreating violently, was greatly shaken in his heart; he had only instinctively shouted in anger, never expecting the newcomer to actually answer.

But he had no time to ponder; before his voice faded, the heavy hammer had already arrived, precisely at the moment his long sword was halfway drawn.

This person not only deceived the Fire Dragon Sword, but chose the timing perfectly.

Unable to draw the sword in time, he could not dodge either.

Zing!

In a flash of lightning, Feng Feng Yuanqing's left hand suddenly turned crimson; his entire arm underwent an utterly unimaginable distortion, like a Wu Gong serpent-dragon, circling his body once and blocking horizontally before him.

Then, he pressed his five fingers together like a sword, and internal Qi gushed out, attempting to block this hammer strike.

At the same time, fierce internal Qi swirled around his body, spreading layer by layer, as if draping him in a layer of solid internal Qi armor; viewed from afar, he truly resembled a fire dragon.

This was the Fire Dragon Qi Art, and its transformed form, the Crimson Dragon Body.

If he could just block this one strike, he could draw the Fire Dragon Sword...

Boom!

As if struck by thunder, Feng Feng Yuanqing's eyes instantly turned completely crimson, and his heart pounded wildly.

At the moment of contact, the sword-finger and internal Qi he had pointed out were like a flame in a gale, almost blown out in an instant.

'I can't block it!'

Feng Feng Yuanqing's eyes bulged in rage; he felt a mighty, unstoppable force spread from his fingers to his shoulders, back, chest, and abdomen; in his haste, he actually could not withstand it.

After the internal Qi scattered, his entire body was actually struck into the air!

Internal strength not strong, internal Qi thin, but this strength...

'Innate divine strength?!'

Mid-air, Feng Feng Yuanqing already spat out a mouthful of blood; from this single strike, he felt his arm bones shattered and his chest cavity cracked.

But the Fire Dragon Sword also drew from its scabbard; crimson light spanned over ten zhang, like an enraged fire dragon, rushing straight at the 'Li Li Yuanba' who, having missed the strike, immediately withdrew:

'Die!'

A Meridian-Opening expert is truly tough to hit!

With one hammer strike, Li Li Yuanba knew from the feel that this attack had failed; Feng Feng Yuanqing's Fire Dragon Qi Art was incredibly resilient, layered like a net, deflecting most of the force.

'The sharpness of this sword is too intense!'

Li Yuan felt a stinging pain in his brow; he reckoned that with the support of the Commanding Talisman, he might well fight, but in a flash of thought, he decisively withdrew; before the sword light reached his body, he had already vanished gracefully into the wind and rain.

With his lightness skill, he could advance or retreat at will; why rush to clash head-on?

The wind and rain were fierce; the night was still long.

Moreover, 'Li Li Yuanba's' appearance still needed him to spread the word; Yue's weight was not enough.

Crack!

Within the night curtain, electric snakes rolled away.

Only then did Yue's weight in the courtyard wake in shock: 'Li Li Yuanba?!'

The Li Li Yuanba suspected to have received the approval of the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer?

How could he...

Yue's weight's mind was shaken; he quickly leaped onto the roof, but saw a crimson sword light moving from near to far; soon, however, he heard a roar from within the rain curtain:

'Rat, can you only flee?!'

Missed the strike, immediately fled far away!

In the wind and rain, Feng Feng Yuanqing was furious yet couldn't help feeling cold; this person's lightness skill was actually faster than last time?

'Enemy attack?!'

'Sect Master...'

'Who? Li Li Yuanba?!'

As soon as Yue's weight leaped onto the roof, figures from the civilian houses darted over, all looking toward the rain curtain and the crimson sword light returning at extreme speed.

'Ah!'

The trembling sword swept horizontally; house after house was torn apart by sword Qi; earth and stones flew, terrifying the crowd into scattering.

'Rat, rat!'

Feng Feng Yuanqing returned in a violent rage, his eye twitching, killing intent surging.

He had exhausted all his strength to pursue, but under the cover of the rain curtain, he lost track of the target even faster than last time.

'Sect Master, your hand...'

A disciple had sharp eyes.

Feng Feng Yuanqing's left arm hung lifelessly before him, broken into several pieces, with white bones exposed.

'Master...'

Yue's weight's face was full of shock and rage; he had only been stunned for an instant, and the assassin had already vanished without a trace; he hadn't even seen the assassin's appearance clearly.

'Li Li Yuanba!'

With surging strength around his body, wind and rain could not approach; Feng Feng Yuanqing swallowed several pills, looked down at his soft, ruined arm, and his eyes were filled with killing intent.

Wait...

'Li Li Yuanba?'

Feng Feng Yuanqing suddenly realized; through the rain curtain, even Yue's weight felt his gaze sting.

This was the Gaze Technique; if it were an ordinary person, being stared at like this would instantly shatter their courage.

'This person claims to be Li Li Yuanba?'

In the rumors, the Li Li Yuanba suspected to have received the approval of the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer?!

Feng Feng Yuanqing, amidst his shock and fury, could not help but feel suspicious; he and Li Li Yuanba had no grudge, yet Li Li Yuanba had suddenly appeared in Dechang Prefecture and provoked and ambushed him several times...

"Indeed, this man calls himself Li Li Yuanba."

Yue Chongtian glanced around; many had already arrived at the backyard, including experts from the Fire Dragon Temple, and even more were masked, disguised experts from other sects.

"Brother Feng is actually injured?"

Outside the small courtyard, an old man with a long beard and a masked face spoke in a hoarse voice: "Who is that man? It seems I heard 'Li Li Yuanba'?"

"This man calls himself Li Li Yuanba!"

Feng Feng Yuanqing kept his sword unsheathed; his face looked very grim. Had it not been for a hair's breadth, that hammer would have struck his chest; even with his swift reaction, his left arm was ruined.

This was no longer just broken tendons and bones; it was nearly pulverized into mud. Unless there was a peerless great medicine, his left arm was completely ruined.

"Li Li Yuanba?!"

"The Li Li Yuanba said in legends to have gained the recognition of the Split-Sea Profound Whale Hammer?"

"The Lord of the Profound Weapon?! He actually came to Dechang Prefecture?!"

In the backyard, the crowd of experts who had hurriedly arrived all changed color.

In these past few months, the name spreading most widely in the Jianghu was this suspected Lord of the Profound Weapon, Li Li Yuanba.

The reputation of the Daoist Tianyun Profound Weapon was too heavy; even the Wudadao Sect and the imperial court could not ignore it.

"Everyone is looking for him, yet he dares to appear on his own?!"

The old man with the long beard felt uncertain shock in his heart.

"It may not truly be Li Li Yuanba; perhaps it is that assassin deliberately confusing the issue?"

A masked old man carrying a large sword on his back hurriedly approached, glanced at Feng Feng Yuanqing's severed arm, and felt a slight shock in his heart.

"According to legend, this Li Li Yuanba hails from the Divine Weapon Valley and is suspected to be Shi Hong, the young valley master of the Divine Weapon Valley. Could it be..."

Upon suddenly hearing that Li Li Yuanba had appeared in Dechang Prefecture, a group of experts even forgot the pouring rain.

For a good while, someone finally came to their senses:

"Brother Feng, do we still act tonight?"

Everyone looked at Feng Feng Yuanqing.

"Huff!"

Under the eaves, Feng Feng Yuanqing had already taken injury medicine and bound his severed arm before his chest; hearing someone speak, his face turned cold and grim:

"This man did not act earlier or later, but chose to act tonight; he must intend to block us from striking the Divine Weapon Valley..."

His killing intent boiled in his heart.

"Regardless of whether this person is Li Li Yuanba or Shi Hong."

In the rain curtain, the Fire Dragon Sword rang out with a clanging sound; Feng Feng Yuanqing's killing intent could no longer be suppressed:

"Tonight, we slaughter the Divine Guard Army!"

Boom!

In the night sky, thunder rolled.

In the shadows of the rain curtain, Li Yuan moved outside the civilian houses; in his line of sight, the gleam of a weapon occasionally flashed, and based on this, he could determine the approximate locations of everyone inside the houses.

"At this time, Feng Feng Yuanqing must be most alert; if I launch a surprise attack now, he should be somewhat prepared, but..."

Li Yuan lightly pressed his bamboo hat; before leaving this time, he had already prepared for guerrilla warfare.

Relying on his lightness skill, even if Feng Feng Yuanqing held the Fire Dragon Sword, he would only have the passive role of taking beatings; moreover, even without an ambush, Li Yuan believed he had a chance of victory.

Soon, Li Yuan once again detected that ray of yellow light tinged with gold, approaching Feng Feng Yuanqing to within forty meters once more.

"Huff!"

In the shadows of the alley, Li Yuan suppressed his aura; almost at the same moment the gleam of the Fire Dragon Sword brushed past him, he exerted force under his feet, and his blood qi and internal strength erupted once again.

Wooo~

The mud and floor tiles beneath his feet sank down together; he burst forth with all his might!

Bang!

Inside the civilian house, a group of people walking quickly heard a dull thud; a wall ten feet long came crashing down heavily.

"You indeed came!"

In the heavy rain, Feng Feng Yuanqing sneered; the unsheathed Fire Dragon Sword emitted a slight hum.

Shhh!

One sword strike seemed like a hundred; sword qi climbed layer upon layer, rolling forward like a terrifying tide.

The wind and rain, along with that wall, exploded into fragments with a boom; where the Fire Dragon sword qi reached, the sky full of wind and rain was cut in two, and the temperature around rose accordingly.

This one sword strike demonstrated his formidable strength that had dominated Dechang Prefecture for decades.

As his sword qi swept back and forth, it covered all directions before him; even if dozens or hundreds of people charged together, they would all be shattered by this ruthless and peerless Fire Dragon sword qi.

Fierce!

Fierce!

Through the wind and rain, Li Yuan felt a stinging pain all over his body; the might of a Grand Master of the Unblocked Meridians realm holding a quasi-divine weapon and unleashing his full power was terrifying.

But his figure surged forward, and the long-handled heavy hammer slashed through the night sky.

There were no hammer shadows filling the sky, nor any apparent intricacy; only immense, surging power and extremely fast speed!

Before him, the sword qi was like a tide, like a net; Li Yuan led with the hammer and followed with his body; the heavy hammer weighing several hundred jin acted like a shield, blocking the sky full of sword qi as he charged wildly toward the source of the sword light.

Clang clang clang clang~

The sound of hammer and sword striking each other instantly rang out everywhere.

The group of experts behind Feng Feng Yuanqing reacted quickly, scattering one by one to encircle the two fighting, gathering their strength and waiting.

"Die!"

After only a few breaths of combat, Feng Feng Yuanqing's roar echoed through the night sky; immediately following, accompanied by a sword light shooting toward the heavens, a massive, pockmarked hammer crashed down onto the ground.

The outcome is decided!

Seeing this, Yue Yue Zhongtian and the others felt their hearts relax; the Fire Dragon Sword is renowned for its sharpness, and without a suitable weapon, even wearing heavy armor, one would surely be shredded into minced meat.

"Truly worthy of being a quasi-divine weapon..."

With the hammerhead severed by a single sword strike, leaving only the handle in his grip, Li Yuan suddenly felt much more strained; although his Gun Fa was not bad, it still did not match the swordsmanship attainment of the person before him.

His foot moved, as if he were about to withdraw and depart again.

"No escape!"

Having landed a hit with his sword, Feng Feng Yuanqing's sword momentum surged greatly, trapping him tightly within its circle.

Sss!

Another sword strike, and the hammer handle also cracked into two pieces.

"Ah!"

Seeing that the assassin had nowhere to retreat, he roared and charged forward to fight.

"Want to die together?"

Feng Feng Yuanqing was slightly stunned in his heart; Yu Yu Xuanji immediately sneered, his sword light sweeping horizontally and splitting apart, like a tide or a waterfall, about to slice the person before him into a thousand pieces!

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Feng Feng Yuanqing sensed something amiss; through the curtain of sword light rain, he saw a pair of eyes, calm and cold:

"Close quarters!"

What does that mean?

Before Feng Feng Yuanqing's thoughts could turn, he felt darkness before his eyes; suddenly, there was another heavy hammer.

'Where did this hammer come from...'

Feng Feng Yuanqing's face changed abruptly.

Bang!

A dull thud echoed through the night sky.

Rainwater mixed with blood splattered; Feng Feng Yuanqing, straight as a wooden stake, was hammered right into the stone slab and mud!