Chapter 120

"Gang Leader, Hao Yi has left the city."

At the Yu Mansion, a subordinate reported to Yu Hu.

"Oh?"

Yu Hu was somewhat surprised after receiving the news, then sneered:

"That old fox Gu Zhenhui really has some tricks up his sleeve."

Zhang Mingze knew Hao Yi well enough, but Yu Hu did not. Without Zhang Mingze to plan for him, he had not actually anticipated in this game of chess that Gu Zhenhui could move Hao Yi to take action.

"Unfortunately, cleverness is often undone by cleverness."

Yu Hu did not panic because of this.

Although he had not anticipated that Gu Zhenhui could move Hao Yi to act, Hao Yi leaving the city was a situation he had wanted to see anyway; the opponent's move had indirectly helped him.

"Understood. Continue to scout and keep an eye on the movements of the City Guard at all times."

After letting his subordinate leave, Yu Hu walked into the room, picked up the telephone receiver, and dialed a number.

Soon, the call connected:

"The plan has changed; Hao Yi has left the city."

Morning of October 21st.

Administration Hall, Chief's Office.

"My lord, the secret agents acting with Hao Yi have sent back news. They have already discovered the tracks of the horse bandits. The opponents are currently near Liujia Town, and it looks like they are preparing to make a move on Liujia Town."

Cheng Bi reported to Gu Zhenhui.

After Hao Yi agreed to take action, he left the city the next day. Cheng Bi had sent several secret agents skilled in tracking to act with him.

Hao Yi himself was not skilled in tracking; he was only responsible for ensuring the safety of these secret agents.

Then, after a day of tracking, useful intelligence was finally sent back today.

Gu Zhenhui was somewhat invigorated upon hearing this and hurriedly asked:

"How many people are there? Are there any experts? Did they encounter any expert attacks during the tracking process?"

"There are about fifty-some horse bandits, all riding horses, with firearms and powerful crossbows. No experts have been discovered for the time being, and no expert attacks were encountered during the tracking process."

Cheng Bi replied.

"Only fifty-some people? No experts?"

Gu Zhenhui frowned, "Could it be a deliberate attempt to lure Hao Yi out of the city? What are they plotting?"

Unable to discern the opponent's intent for the time being, Gu Zhenhui decided to play it safe:

"Send a message back and ask Hao Yi to take action and directly resolve this batch of horse bandits."

Since there were only fifty-some people and no experts, it should be very easy for Hao Yi to resolve them with his strength. Even if some people ran away in the end, it wouldn't matter; in any case, Gu Zhenhui was definitely not going to send troops out.

"Yes."

Cheng Bi received the order and left.

Soon, a falcon flew out of Xingcheng, heading toward the mountains and forests in the southwest.

This was the method for secret agents to maintain contact with the city.

At the same time, Yu Hu also issued an order on his side:

"Let Gray Eagle take action!"

Martial Arts Hall, inside the training room.

Li Fei had just swallowed a Golden Armor Pill and was circulating the Geng Metal True Qi within his body to constantly stimulate the steel armor implant, accelerating the digestion of the medicinal power.

Although Hao Yi was not there, he still arrived at the training room on time every day to train.

Hao Yi had been away for two days, so he just happened to increase his dosage to boost the progress of his Qi Transformation cultivation, while also striving to complete the upgrade of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead.

More than twenty days had passed since the last upgrade of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead. During this time, Li Fei sparred with Shangguan Xiao every night, and combined with taking new elixirs, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead had absorbed a massive amount of energy and was only a tiny bit away from upgrading.

A moment later, Li Fei's expression turned joyful.

【Level: Level 11, 1%

Blood Soul: 161

Blood Soul Skills: Blood Rage, Blood Sha, Blood Might

Transformation Skill: Blood Demon】

After reaching Level 11, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead gained 20 Blood Souls at once, bringing Li Fei's total number of Blood Souls to 161.

And after the number of Blood Souls exceeded 150, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead unlocked a new Blood Soul Skill—Blood Might!

Through the information unlocked in the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, Li Fei immediately understood the function of the 【Blood Might】 Blood Soul Skill:

After using 【Blood Might】, one can launch a mental shock against a single designated target. The more Blood Souls consumed at once, the stronger the mental shock.

【Blood Might】 can only consume a maximum of 10% of one's total Blood Souls at one time.

"Mental shock?!"

After seeing this information, Li Fei immediately associated it with the sorcery of this world.

Hao Yi had once told him that during the two stages of Body Breaking and Divine Transformation in sorcery cultivation, all sorcery used could only act on the mental level.

For example, illusions, hypnosis, intimidation, and so on.

And 【Blood Might】 also produced a shock on the mental level, looking very similar to sorcery.

This reminded Li Fei of when he was pursuing members of the Anshen Sect in the mountains and forests, and later, when Hao Yi and the others arrived, the mages from the Judicial Academy cast 'Fear Spell' on the Anshen Sect followers.

At that time, the Anshen Sect followers were so frightened that they fled in all directions, and some even became mentally deranged, completely losing their ability to resist.

Viewed in this light, the newly unlocked 【Blood Might】 looked very much like another version of the Fear Spell.

It was just that the Fear Spell was a group attack, while 【Blood Might】 was a single-target attack.

"The Ten Thousand Blood Bead can actually unlock sorcery? Does this mean that from now on, I can also be considered a person who cultivates both martial arts and sorcery?"

Li Fei thought happily.

Cultivating both martial arts and sorcery seemed powerful, possessing almost invincible combat strength among the same tier, but the further one went, the harder it became to cultivate; the implants of two different systems would produce violent conflicts.

Throughout history, many people who boasted of supreme talent felt they could walk the path of 'cultivating both martial arts and sorcery', but they all failed in the end.

However, Li Fei's Ten Thousand Blood Bead was different; no matter what the ability was, it belonged to the Blood Soul Skills, and there was absolutely no conflict whatsoever. So, rather than saying he was cultivating both martial arts and sorcery, it was better to say he was a martial-sorcery integration!

"Currently, it seems that 【Blood Might】, a sorcery-side Blood Soul Skill, and 【Blood Rage】 and 【Blood Sha】, which are martial-side Blood Soul Skills, indeed have essential differences."

Li Fei pondered quietly in the training room, summarizing:

"【Blood Rage】 and 【Blood Sha】's power limit depends on my own physical strength. The stronger my physique, the higher my tolerance, and the higher the limit of 【Blood Rage】 and 【Blood Sha】 can be. But 【Blood Might】 is different; it clearly states that the maximum casting power is 10% of my total Blood Souls, so it has nothing to do with physique. Only when the total number of Blood Souls goes up can the power of 【Blood Might】 go up. Hmm, one martial-side, one sorcery-side, interesting."

Bang, bang, bang.

Just as Li Fei was summarizing the characteristics of the Blood Soul Skills, a knock on the door suddenly came from outside.

Li Fei was startled. He and Hao Yi trained in this training room, and rarely would anyone come to disturb them.

He got up and walked over to open the door. Standing outside the door was a man wearing the uniform of the Martial Arts Hall administrative staff.

The man smiled at Li Fei and said very politely:

"Student Li Fei, hello. The Hall Master wants to see you."

"The Hall Master wants to see me?"

Li Fei was stunned for a moment, "Is there something the matter?"

Did this newly appointed Martial Arts Hall Hall Master, who had only been in office for a few days, want to chat about something while Hao Yi was away?

"I don't know about that; I'm just here to pass on the message."

The man outside the door said.

Li Fei nodded: "Wait a moment."

After saying this, he turned and walked into the training room, picking up the Ghost Slaying Blade placed to the side.

This blade was originally packed in a wooden box and did not have a scabbard.

For the sake of carrying it conveniently, Li Fei specifically found someone to craft a scabbard for it.

After unlocking the Ghost Slaying Blade's deformation ability, he could already publicly use this blade under the identity of Li Fei, without fear of being seen by others.

"Let's go."

Li Fei walked out of the room holding the scabbard in his left hand.

The man outside the door looked at the blade in Li Fei's hand, hesitated for a moment, and spoke up:

"Going to see the Hall Master, carrying a blade, isn't that inappropriate?"

Li Fei smiled:

"This blade was a gift from an elder, I dare not lose it. Please lead the way."

How precious was a Level 5 exotic weapon? He naturally had to carry it with him.

The man said nothing more and turned to lead the way in front.

The two soon walked out of the training room building.

Just after walking out of the building, Li Fei looked suspiciously at the man leading the way in front.

Nowadays, his sensory ability was no longer what it used to be; even when not in the 'Tyrant Body' state, he was very sharp, so he could clearly feel the muscles of the man leading the way in front beginning to tense up, appearing somewhat nervous.

This made Li Fei immediately heighten his vigilance.

The two walked on a tree-lined path, with ginkgo trees on both sides of the road.

It was the golden autumn season, and the leaves of the ginkgo trees had all turned golden yellow, drifting down onto the ground one by one, looking very beautiful.

Suddenly, Li Fei turned abruptly, drew his blade, and slashed to the right!

Just as Li Fei drew his blade, a figure rushed out from behind a ginkgo tree and pounced toward Li Fei.

The person's speed was extremely fast. With a wave of both palms, the wind brought up by them swept up all the ginkgo leaves on the ground, turning them into a golden tide that surged toward Li Fei, covering the sky and earth!

Li Fei's vision was completely blocked, preventing him from seeing the specific location of the person.

However, this did not affect his blade strike in the slightest. The Ghost Slaying Blade turned into a cold gleam, stabbing toward a certain spot in front of him, piercing a hole in the surging golden tide.

"Eh?"

The person was somewhat surprised and reached out a finger to flick the side of the Ghost Slaying Blade's body.

Bang—

A thunder-like sound rang out, attracting many students and lecturers nearby to look over.

Just then, a flash of fire passed by, and those golden-yellow leaves surging toward Li Fei were instantly ignited, turning into countless sparks that fell on Li Fei, setting his clothes on fire as well!

The tide turned into a sea of fire!

The Ghost Slaying Blade Li Fei stabbed out with was trembling uncontrollably, almost flying out of his hand, and he also determined the cultivation of the person through this round of sparring—

A Qi-Practicing Martial Master!

The opponent used fire-attribute force, at least at the mid-stage of Qi Transformation.

Although there were many students and lecturers nearby at this time, the strength of these people could not be compared to a Qi-Practicing Martial Master at all; counting on them for rescue was impossible.

If Li Fei wanted to protect himself, he would have to expose his strength in front of so many people.

In this way, perhaps the identity of the Green-Faced Ghost would also be exposed!

But if he didn't expose his strength, how could he, a Martial Arts Hall Grade A student with only mid-stage Body Breaking cultivation, escape from the hands of a Qi-Practicing Martial Master?

Li Fei ignored the flames burning on his body, very calmly retreating while swinging his blade to block horizontally, simultaneously activating 'Tyrant Body'.

Just as he entered the 'Tyrant Body' state, the person had already reached out to grab him.

Only then did Li Fei see the person's appearance clearly:

Wearing a black martial robe and a green evil ghost mask.

Green-Faced Ghost?!

(End of chapter)