Chapter 386: The Hour of Noon Has Arrived, Sunlight Floods the City (Part II)

"Today, none of you are getting past."

The newcomer stood in front of the three experts from the Feng Province Top Rankings.

"Who is that?!"

"Dragon-Splitting Hand" Fan Yan demanded.

The newcomer was naturally Li Fei.

After seeing Hao Yi make his move, he had been preparing to act at any moment.

Upon seeing Hao Yi display combat power at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm, Li Fei was certain that Hao Yi must still have a trump card.

Although Hao Yi's personality seemed somewhat rigid and dogmatic, after Li Fei finished reading through Hao Yi's past deeds from the archives, he concluded:

This teacher of his was actually a very pragmatic person, and he almost never fought a battle he wasn't prepared for.

Therefore, Li Fei believed that Hao Yi had definitely come prepared today.

Since there was such a major variable, Li Fei acted decisively, intending to fight alongside Hao Yi to seize that glimmer of opportunity!

Hao Yi was also somewhat surprised, not expecting anyone to jump out to help him.

He had already instructed Yun Shen in advance to intercept Li Fei, so could this person right now be that Green-Faced Ghost?

Was Shangguan Xiao's ally really this loyal?

Yet for some reason, he always felt a strange sense of familiarity from the back of the person in front of him.

*Whoosh*—

Wen Ke made her move; this gentle-mannered female professor's temperament had completely changed, and astonishing killing intent erupted from her body!

Li Fei couldn't help but recall the scene in the classroom when he fought her after she had taken a Life-Killing Pill.

On the list of suspects at the Martial University held by the General Inspectorate, Wen Ke's name was prominently featured.

Besides Wen Ke, the names of the professors and those special-grade lecturers who came to the execution ground with Xu Jing today were all on it as well!

This layout, which had taken over a decade, could not have been completed by Xu Jing alone.

In Chen Xiang's confession, Wen Ke, Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan, and the special-grade lecturers present today had all participated in this layout.

They were all accomplices of Xu Jing!

This left Li Fei feeling somewhat conflicted.

After he entered the Martial University, the person who had helped him the most was Wen Ke.

And now, he had to be her enemy.

"Is it because you knew all along that this day would come that you took such special care of me?"

Watching Wen Ke charge toward him, Li Fei really wanted to ask her that.

Wen Ke raised her hand and pointed at Li Fei; over a thousand dark golden rays, like arrows, shot toward Li Fei, blotting out the sky!

For a moment, the world before Li Fei's eyes turned dark gold.

These rays were a mix of real and fake, jumbled together, making them difficult to distinguish.

The energy Wen Ke practiced was the Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy, which possessed two characteristics: sharpness and inherent light-and-shadow special effects.

Every strike of energy could project dozens of illusions.

Originally, this was just a visual deception, but after being controlled by Wen Ke's special techniques, these illusions became equally realistic in sound and physical sensation.

Through his "Danger Perception," the result Li Fei sensed immediately was that all these thousands of energy strikes were real!

Finding it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, he simply stopped trying and threw a punch directly in front of him.

*Boom*—

A blood-red, crystal-like energy appeared in front of Li Fei's fist, forming a cone-shaped umbrella surface.

The Diamond Blood Demon Energy collided with the Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy.

When Li Fei fused the Diamond Energy and the True Blood Energy, he chose to sacrifice the Diamond Energy's powerful defensive capabilities to further enhance its sharpness.

The Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy was also known for its sharpness, and its primordial innate Qi was also Geng Metal True Qi.

Wen Ke had incorporated four implants and possessed three core-level extraordinary abilities; her Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy fused four types of innate Qi, making it the strongest energy Li Fei had encountered to date.

The Foundation Establishment experts he had killed previously had incorporated at most three types of implants.

For every additional type of innate Qi fused, the power of the energy would increase by a level, and its characteristics would be further enhanced. Wen Ke's Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy, having fused four types of innate Qi, was peerlessly sharp!

Now, the needle point met the awn of the wheat.

Dark golden rays struck the blood-red crystal, like thousands of raindrops tapping on a blood-red "umbrella."

*Clang, clang, clang, clang*—

The sharp ringing of hundreds of metal impacts echoed across the plaza.

Immediately after, the "raindrops" shattered one by one, and the blood-red "umbrella" shattered along with them.

Li Fei's self-created Diamond Blood Demon Energy was even a notch sharper than Wen Ke's Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy, which had fused four types of innate Qi!

The Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy had light-and-shadow special effects, and the Diamond Blood Demon Energy also had a splash characteristic.

Although the "umbrella" surface only blocked a portion of the "raindrops," after it exploded into countless blood-red fragments, these fragments remained incredibly sharp, splashing outward and cutting more "raindrops" to pieces.

In the blink of an eye, dark golden light and shadows intertwined, blood-red fragments flew, and blood mist filled the air, looking like a magnificent performance.

Li Fei passed through the gap in the middle, burst out of the blood mist, and lunged at Wen Ke.

Wen Ke did not retreat and accelerated to meet him.

The two figures collided at high speed, tearing the air apart.

The marble floor beneath their feet was crushed in succession.

At the moment of impact, Wen Ke struck at Li Fei with a hand blade; hundreds of strands of Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy flowed, intertwined, and converged on her palm like streaming light.

This move of hers was somewhat similar to the "Armor-Piercing Style" Hao Yi had taught Li Fei, both possessing changes in piercing, spiraling, cutting, and vibrating energy!

Li Fei simply threw a punch, his Diamond Blood Demon Energy transforming into a blood-colored fist.

*Bang!!! *

The sound was like a great bell tolling.

The energy from their collision shattered instantly, then splashed toward each other, enveloping their entire bodies.

The next second, Wen Ke was knocked back by a massive, overwhelming force.

Her protective energy was pierced in over a dozen places, and the level-four protective suit on her body was also punctured!

After those "blood crystal fragments" pierced into her body, the highly condensed blood-evil aura contained within them exploded violently.

Wen Ke's expression changed as these dozen wounds on her body suddenly burst open, and blood gushed out.

What were originally just a dozen small wounds on her body had now become a dozen bloody holes!

This injury was not caused by the blood-evil aura, but by Wen Ke herself using her Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy to directly gouge out and explode a large mass of flesh at the wound sites!

Her choice was extremely decisive, and she was extremely ruthless to herself.

In doing so, she successfully prevented the blood-evil aura from spreading further to corrode more body tissue.

The next second, the dozen bloody holes on her body began to heal rapidly.

Attack, defense, healing, recovery, movement.

Top-tier martial foundations would do their best to ensure the martial artist possessed all-around extraordinary abilities, so that there were no obvious weaknesses.

Of course, a few top-tier martial foundations followed the most extreme path, where all five implants enhanced the same aspect of ability.

Now, the entire Jianghu of Datong Prefecture rumored that the Green-Faced Ghost King was a Foundation Establishment expert of this type.

Wen Ke's foundation was all-around, so she possessed a core-level extraordinary ability for healing.

As her wounds recovered, she glanced at Li Fei; Li Fei had also just had his protective energy and protective suit broken by her Ultimate Gang Rainbow Shadow Energy, and his body had been struck.

But there wasn't a single wound on Li Fei's body!

In terms of offense, there wasn't much difference between the two.

But in terms of defense, they were simply not on the same level!

Wen Ke narrowed her eyes; while retreating, she raised her hand again to point at Li Fei, and another thousand dark golden rays shot out.

At the same time, another Martial University professor, Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan, charged at Li Fei.

Li Fei had just thrown a punch to break the energy Wen Ke had sent, and Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan's blade arrived.

This former third-ranked expert on the Feng Province Top Rankings was a 6.5-tier Foundation Establishment powerhouse, and he slashed his blade toward Li Fei.

The blade light was not bright; on the contrary, it was pitch black.

The next second, this pitch blackness continued to enlarge before Li Fei's eyes, enveloping his entire person.

Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan had slashed a night toward Li Fei.

The high-tier energy he practiced was called the Eternal Night Lightless Energy, a dark-attribute energy that fused five types of innate Qi!

A foundation containing mutated-attribute implants was extremely difficult to cultivate; Shangguan Xiao had two mutated-attribute implants and had been stuck at this step for so many years that she couldn't incorporate a third.

However, the combat power boost brought by mutated-attribute implants was also very significant; one implant could increase combat power by at least half a tier.

Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan had incorporated five implants and only had two core-level extraordinary abilities, but because he had a dark-attribute implant, he was classified as 6.5-tier.

Enveloped by the night, Li Fei lost all perception of the outside world for an instant, feeling only tranquility, depth, and annihilation.

His killing intent and desire to fight vanished rapidly, and his whole body relaxed, subconsciously wanting to fall asleep right there in the night.

This blade strike from Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan was also a perfect unity of "essence, Qi, and spirit," a move where the power of the mind was manifested externally!

When Li Fei realized the danger, a flash of blade light had already reached his neck!

Following the wind, it sneaks into the night; taking a life, it is silent.

"As expected of the former third-ranked on the Top Rankings."

Li Fei praised inwardly.

The next second, following a dull sound, the night that had enveloped him was torn apart by blood-red crystals.

The strength of the Eternal Night Lightless Force lies in its shielding and influence on perception, but its sharpness is far inferior to Wen Ke's Extreme Gang Rainbow Shadow Force.

Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan had just seen from Wen Ke what the outcome of clashing head-on with this force would be, so he retreated decisively and looked at Li Fei in surprise:

"You are the Green-Faced Ghost?!"

To be struck in the neck by his blade and still not die—aside from that rumored Green-Faced Ghost King who had added defense to all five of his core-level extraordinary abilities, he could not think of anyone else in Datong Prefecture who could do it.

It was just that this person's appearance and build did not match, and even the force he used was different from the Green-Faced Ghost; rumor had it that the Green-Faced Ghost's force was also defense-oriented and shouldn't have such strong attack power.

"What Green-Faced Ghost, I am the Blood-Faced Ghost!"

Li Fei shouted while charging toward Fan Yan.

Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan: "."

Wen Ke: "."

Fan Yan: "."

Hao Yi, in the rear, was also stunned upon hearing this, because he remembered what he had said when arguing with Li Fei back then:

"This Green-Faced Ghost killed the right person this time, but what about later? Will some Blue-Faced Ghost or Red-Faced Ghost jump out later to kill people wantonly?"

Now, a Blood-Faced Ghost had actually jumped out!

It could be considered a prophecy fulfilled.

As they spoke, Li Fei and Fan Yan collided.

Since his nickname was "Dragon-Rending Hand," Fan Yan was naturally a master of close-quarters combat; he was most skilled in grappling and hard-body training.

Li Fei threw a punch at his face, but he did not dodge or evade; he grabbed Li Fei's arm with both hands, using his force to press Li Fei's punch downward while simultaneously using his force to twist the joints of Li Fei's arm, attempting to snap it!

The next second, Li Fei's fist slammed into Fan Yan's chest, the Vajra Blood Demon Force breaking through the opponent's protective force and striking his chest.

The level-four protective suit was torn by the force, and the blood-evil aura exploded against Fan Yan's earth-yellow pectoral muscles.

But the corrosion speed of the blood-evil aura on the outer skin was very slow; it was not like corroding a flesh-and-blood body, but rather like corroding a steel plate. Before it could penetrate this layer of skin, it was dispersed by Fan Yan's force.

Fan Yan had also incorporated five implants, and the high-tier force he practiced was defense-oriented; he possessed a core-level extraordinary ability, "Stone Body," and combined with the hard-body martial arts he specialized in, his defensive power was extremely strong!

What surprised him was that the force he struck into Li Fei's body was like a stone sinking into the sea, having absolutely no effect on Li Fei, which caused his subsequent grappling moves to be interrupted.

Li Fei lifted his foot and raised his knee, a knee strike slamming fiercely into Fan Yan's lower abdomen.

Fan Yan raised his knee to collide with Li Fei, and with a loud bang, a mist of blood exploded between the two.

Li Fei used both hands to grab Fan Yan's arms, intending to grapple him in return.

He had followed Chen Xiang to learn grappling for a period of time, and his level was not low.

Fan Yan sank his shoulders and bent his elbows, his arms swaying left and right; two streams of earth-yellow force surged like waves, neutralizing Li Fei's power like a moat, and then twisted toward Li Fei's arms.

This was the high-tier force, Earth-Origin Moat Force, which excelled in defense; it was powerful and heavy while also possessing agility and changeability.

Li Fei's arms were locked by the Earth-Origin Moat Force and he was unable to move for a moment; he erupted with two bursts of Vajra Blood Demon Force, first breaking through Fan Yan's "moat," then tearing through the opponent's protective suit, and finally, a wave of blood-evil aura landed on the opponent's "Stone Body," yet it still failed to break through the opponent's defense.

Relying on his outstanding defensive power, Fan Yan wanted to continue entangling Li Fei to create opportunities for Wen Ke and Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan.

But the next second, he fell into a boundless sea of blood.

Li Fei took the opportunity to break free from the opponent's force restraint, grabbed his neck with one hand, and sprayed Vajra Blood Demon Force from his palm, instantly breaking through Fan Yan's protective force!

At the same time, Li Fei executed the Vajra Seal: Dragon-Elephant.

After breaking through to the Dao Foundation stage, because all the implant branches were gathered together, Li Fei no longer needed to circulate force on his body surface to simulate the seal when executing the Vajra Seal; everything could be completed directly within his dantian.

While being more concealed, his speed in executing the seal was also faster.

Fan Yan had already broken free from the sea of blood and, feeling the immense power coming from his neck, immediately erupted with his full force.

Boom—

The earth-yellow force submerged the two like a raging tide!

But the next second, this Earth-Origin Moat Force lost control and was dispersed.

A deep pit was blasted into the ground.

Inside the pit, Li Fei stood there holding Fan Yan's head in one hand!

A powerhouse ranked seventh on the Wind and Cloud List had fallen just like that!

Everything happened too fast; from Li Fei jumping out to intercept Wen Ke, to the few of them exchanging moves in turn, the entire process took less than ten seconds.

Fan Yan, known for his grappling and hard-body skills, had died just like that!

Even when facing an opponent a grade stronger than himself, Fan Yan could hold on for a long time relying on his powerful defense, yet in Li Fei's hands, he was as fragile as paper.

Previously, Li Fei could only truly threaten Dao Foundation stage powerhouses after entering the "Blood Demon State" and relying on 【Blood Rage】 to obtain powerful strength; now, with the Vajra Blood Demon Force, he had finally made up for his lack of offensive power.

In that instant just now, he withstood Fan Yan's Earth-Origin Moat Force head-on, relying on the powerful explosive force brought by 【Blood Rage】 + Vajra Seal: Dragon-Elephant, used his fingers to forcibly tear through Fan Yan's outer stone skin, and then consumed 15 Blood Souls to use 【Blood Might】 to convert into blood-evil aura, which exploded inside Fan Yan's neck!

The blood-evil aura had been blocked by the outer stone skin earlier and was dispersed before it could take effect.

At this time, the highly condensed blood-evil aura exploded directly inside; even if Fan Yan's "Stone Body" defense was formidable, it could not block such an attack, and his neck was instantly "hollowed out," finally being easily decapitated by Li Fei.

After killing Fan Yan, Li Fei executed the Vajra Seal: Great Peng and instantly disappeared from where he stood.

The next second, he had already bypassed the execution platform in the center and was charging toward the spectator stands in the rear!

This terrified the officials there, who hurriedly ordered people to block Li Fei.

Chu Bo and the others, who were trapped by Hao Yi's "Heaven and Earth Furnace," were also broken out in a cold sweat and finally began to fight for their lives.

Once something happened to those officials on the spectator stands today, their own futures would be completely ruined!

Hao Yi timely released his suppression of these five Dao Foundation stage powerhouses.

He could see that Li Fei was helping him share the pressure so that he could face Xu Jing directly.

The five Dao Foundation stage powerhouses immediately returned to provide support.

On the spectator stands, three figures jumped down and blocked the front.

They were the Head of the Stop-Conflict General Academy, Ding Ding Zhuowen, and two Dao Foundation stage powerhouses from the Government Building Security Department.

These three looked at Li Fei, who was charging toward them rapidly, and all felt a bit guilty.

Their combat power was not even as good as Fan Yan's; even Fan Yan had been killed within a few moves, so how many moves could they withstand?

Awooo—

A high-pitched dragon roar descended from the sky, and a green dragon with bared fangs and brandished claws swooped down toward Li Fei!

It would definitely be too late to wait for Chu Bo and the others to return to defend, so Jiang Jin, who was presiding over the array, withdrew his flying sword a step early.

His flying sword's speed was the fastest in the entire arena.

Before the flying sword arrived, its powerful sword intent and dragon might had already slammed into Li Fei.

This was a powerful spell impact, but Li Fei was completely unaffected.

As a white air wave spread from the sky to behind Li Fei, a piercing sonic boom exploded in his ears.

Li Fei turned and leaped violently, kicking heavily against the flying sword shooting from behind.

Snap—

He used the force to leap toward the spectator stands in the rear!

The Ten Thousand Blood Bead did not mean he was completely immune to force, but rather helped him share the damage.

In other words, if a force did not cause any damage to him, then the effect of this force could be fully manifested on him.

For example, when Fan Yan used his force to lock Li Fei's arms earlier, this force did not cause damage to Li Fei, so Li Fei could not break free from the restraint for a time.

At this moment, facing Jiang Jin's flying sword, Li Fei fully activated "Tyrant Body" to counter-shock while jumping, so the counter-shock force brought by "Tyrant Body" and the portion of the impact force that broke through his defense could be "borrowed."

The remaining impact force after breaking the defense was then transferred away by the Ten Thousand Blood Bead.

With the help of the flying sword's impact, Li Fei skimmed over a distance of over a hundred meters at a low altitude, getting closer to the spectator stands.

Ding Ding Zhuowen and the two Dao Foundation stage powerhouses from the Government Building Security Department joined forces to strike at Li Fei with their force, and three formidable forces arrived through the air.

Li Fei threw a punch, and the blood-red crystal collided with these three forces; the four forces exploded almost simultaneously.

Li Fei's momentum paused, but the next second he disappeared from where he stood again.

The effect of the Vajra Seal: Great Peng was still active, and Ding Ding Zhuowen and the others could not keep up with his speed.

Swish—

The flying sword broke through the air; this time it was stabbing from the front.

Li Fei circulated the Vajra Seal: Dragon-Elephant within his body, then stretched out his left hand to grab the flying sword stabbing at his face.

Snap!

The flying sword cut his palm and slid forward a distance, then was firmly controlled by him!

Buzz buzz buzz buzz!!

The flying sword in his hand was like a giant dragon thrashing violently, continuously erupting with powerful force, yet it could never fly out of Li Fei's palm.

Li Fei deliberately let this flying sword cut his muscles, then controlled his muscles to lock it, letting its every movement cause damage to himself, thereby utilizing the Ten Thousand Blood Bead to transfer the power.

Next, he continuously used the Vajra Blood Demon Force to impact the flying sword in his hand, completing over a dozen impacts in the blink of an eye!

With a crack, the flying sword in Li Fei's hand developed cracks and finally stopped moving.

Pfft—

On the spectator stands, Jiang Jin spat out a mouthful of blood and almost fainted.

A martial artist's force, blood-Qi, and heart-intent power could all restrain spells, and combined with the sharpness of the Vajra Blood Demon Force, Jiang Jin's flying sword was forcibly ruined by Li Fei!

With this flying sword gone, the Four Symbols Constellation Seal in the sky also dissipated, and Hao Yi's pressure was greatly reduced.

On the execution platform, Xu Jing had to start taking this person who had suddenly run out to disrupt the situation seriously.

He turned to look at Li Fei, who was still charging toward the spectator stands, and raised his hand, aiming at Li Fei's back.

Although he did not care about the life or death of Senior Bian Senior Bian Jingru and the others, Yan Yan Shijin and other investigation team officials were also on the spectator stands, so he had to take action.

"Xu Jing!"

Seeing this, Hao Yi immediately took a step forward, while simultaneously smashing all the force he was using in the air to resist the Four Symbols Constellation Seal onto the top of Xu Jing's head.

Swish—

Wen Ke raised a hand and pointed, and over a thousand strands of force shot toward Hao Yi.

At the same time, Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan swung his blade to slash at Hao Yi.

Li Fei, who was charging forward, suddenly felt a sense of intense danger!

A force of extreme tyranny descended upon him in an instant, ignoring his protective force and his "Tyrant Body," acting directly upon the blood throughout his entire body.

The next second, Li Fei felt as if all the blood in his body was about to burst through his vessels, and his heart was about to shatter!

Then, this damage was borne by the Blood Soul Bead—

The Blood Souls decreased by 42 in an instant!

During the previous exchange, Li Fei had consumed a total of 109 Blood Souls, 56 of which were used by his own Blood Soul techniques, and 53 of which were knocked away by a group of experts.

As a result, Xu Jing had knocked away 42 of Li Fei's Blood Souls with just one move!

During the battle in the wilderness, Li Fei, with a cultivation base at the peak of the Qi Transformation stage, fought against seven Dao Foundation stage combatants, eventually killing six of them.

He had originally thought that after breaking through to the Dao Foundation stage and refining the Vajra Blood Demon Force, which was comparable to high-level force, he could at least contend with a Martial Arts Master, even if he couldn't defeat one.

But this strike from Xu Jing shattered his wishful thinking.

The chasm between a Martial Arts Master and the Dao Foundation stage was far greater than Li Fei had imagined!

Li Fei had once seen Xu Jing use the Water Control supernatural ability; now that it had truly landed on him, he finally understood what a supernatural ability was.

Ignoring force, ignoring extraordinary abilities, ignoring martial techniques—this was the "Dao" that truly transcended "technique"!

"Hmm?"

Seeing that Li Fei had not died from his blood exploding as he had expected, Xu Jing could not help but show a look of astonishment.

Before he could strike again, the force Hao Yi had sent down from the air had already arrived.

Xu Jing pointed upward, and the falling fireballs were extinguished one after another; the weapons inside were instantly frozen, then shattered in mid-air.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Fei activated 【Blood Demon】, and his body expanded rapidly.

Because he had previously used the "Bone-Shrinking and Tendon-Tightening" method to contract his body, his physique after this expansion was only comparable to that of a normal strong man, not as exaggerated as in the past.

At this moment, the magic treasures of the other three Great Mages had also arrived.

First was the gale brought by the bronze drum; a visible tornado rolled toward Li Fei.

Li Fei immediately consumed 20 Blood Souls to activate 【Blood Rage】, then unleashed the Vajra Seal·Dragon Elephant to charge forward, using his terrifying strength to directly crash through the tornado!

Immediately following were a sea of fire and a raging tide; Li Fei did not slow down and crashed directly into them.

Whether it was the sea of fire or the raging tide, both were condensed and manifested from spells, not real natural forces.

Li Fei continuously unleashed the Vajra Seal·Dragon Elephant, causing the Qi and blood within his body to surge exponentially, his essence and energy rising like wolf smoke into the sky!

Coupled with the peerlessly sharp Vajra Blood Demon Force, he had already caused serious interference to the two spells before even making contact with them.

The next second, both the sea of fire and the raging tide were torn apart by a blood-red rainbow as he crashed through!

Li Fei was unstoppable!

At this moment, he was less than thirty meters away from the viewing platform.

The officials on the platform had already retreated behind the platform under the protection of their guards.

Before he could continue his charge, a force of extreme tyranny descended once more.

Xu Jing used the Water Control supernatural ability on Li Fei again!

The Vajra Force within Li Fei's body circulated in advance; before the Water Control supernatural ability descended, his state of mind calmed down, all his "essence, energy, and spirit" condensed into one, and his body suddenly shone with great light, manifesting a Vajra Dharma image.

This Dharma image glared with rage, surrounded by flames, protected by Heavenly Dragons, with the sound of Sanskrit chanting.

This was the Buddhist Red-Sound Fire Vajra.

After breaking through to the Dao Foundation stage, Li Fei could cultivate more difficult martial techniques. In the ultimate technique "Red-Sound Fire Vajra Method," he had mastered another move, which was this one—the Red-Sound Fire Vajra Image!

The Infinite Light Fire was for "offense," and the Red-Sound Fire Vajra Image was for "defense."

Facing Xu Jing's supernatural ability, this was the only defensive means Li Fei could think of.

When the power of the supernatural ability descended, the Red-Sound Fire Vajra Image that Li Fei had visualized within his body instantly disintegrated!

However, the damage he sustained this time was reduced, decreasing by only 33 Blood Souls.

Xu Jing was certainly more serious with this strike, but the damage caused was smaller than the last time, which showed that this defensive method of unifying "essence, energy, and spirit" was indeed effective!

A single aspect of Qi and blood, force, or intent could not block a supernatural ability, but when combined, they could at least contend with it.

"Dao Force? How is that possible?"

Xu Jing frowned.

The manifestation of a martial artist's intent, the unification of essence, energy, and spirit, is called "Zen and Self as One" in Buddhism, and "Returning to Void and Merging with Dao" in Daoism.

Because Daoism has flourished and Buddhism has declined over the last hundred years, the martial arts world named this power "Dao Force."

Qi and force merge, force and intent merge, intent and Qi merge.

Qi and blood, force, and intent—when these three are perfectly fused together and the intent manifests like a spell, this is "Dao Force"!

Only those Dao Foundation stage experts who possess top-tier martial arts heritage, or who are full of essence and energy and preparing to impact the realm of Martial Arts Master, can come into contact with this power.

For example, the blade Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan just slashed at Li Fei with used "Dao Force."

But what puzzled Xu Jing was that even using "Dao Force" to resist his supernatural ability, Li Fei should not have remained unscathed.

Boom—

After blocking Xu Jing's strike, Li Fei continued forward and crashed into the arriving Ding Ding Zhuowen and the others.

Li Fei blasted out the Vajra Blood Demon Force, and the three of them also joined forces to strike out three strands of force.

Just like before, the three high-level forces shattered Li Fei's Vajra Blood Demon Force.

Under normal circumstances, they should have been able to stop him.

But Li Fei once again unleashed the Vajra Seal·Dragon Elephant and swung his fists at the three.

This was a punch with the power to pull up mountains and cover the world!

Boom!!!

The wind roared like thunder, and a white wave of air expanded outward from where Li Fei threw his punch.

The Dao Foundation stage expert blocking directly in front hadn't even had time to exert force again before he felt as if he had been hit by a heavy truck traveling at high speed, flying out like a cannonball!

The terrifying power scared the remaining two into stunned silence, and they did not dare to continue blocking Li Fei.

With the last obstacles gone, Li Fei charged onto the viewing platform in one step.

The officials were retreating outside the square under the protection of their guards.

Li Fei spotted Yan Yan Shijin in the crowd at a glance and immediately charged toward him.

Since Xu Jing and the provincial capital had joined forces, it was impossible for them not to care about Yan Yan Shijin's life; otherwise, they wouldn't have intervened twice to stop him.

Therefore, Li Fei intended to take Yan Yan Shijin hostage!

"You're courting death!"

A flash of murderous intent appeared in Xu Jing's eyes, and he was about to step forward to pursue Li Fei.

"Xu Jing!!!"

Just at this moment, Hao Yi suddenly shouted.

Xu Jing felt the movement coming from behind him and subconsciously turned his head to look.

Ultimately, the person he cared about most was Hao Yi; to some extent, he cared even more than he did about Li Fei!

Xu Jing turned around, only to see Hao Yi repel Wen Ke and Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan with one move and leap into the air in a single bound!

He did not have the ability to fly like the Cloud-Treading supernatural ability; he leaped into the air by using 【Magnetic Horn】 to exert a repulsive force on metal, then used the reaction force to ascend.

What truly attracted Xu Jing was not that Hao Yi had flown into the sky, but the aura Hao Yi was erupting with at this moment.

The man seemed to be burning all over, and the terrifying Heaven and Earth Furnace Force condensed around him, making it as if there were another sun in the sky!

"Come—"

Hao Yi reached out his hand toward the distance.

At the edge of the Datong District, Master Yun Shen, who was blocking 'Li Fei' on the street, felt something, turned to look in the direction of Baoyun Temple, and pressed his palms together:

"Amitabha."

At the same time, a thick pillar of light shot up into the sky from Baoyun Temple!

After Hao Yi arrived at the Datong Prefecture City, the first thing he did was go to Baoyun Temple to see the peach blossoms.

Of course, it wasn't just to see the peach blossoms.

After he arrived, he waited for several days before making a move.

Of course, he wasn't waiting for Shangguan Xiao to be convicted.

Having never given up for over thirty years and intending to start over from the beginning, Hao Yi's preparations were certainly not just about recovering from the injuries in his body.

The next second, from the pillar of light rising from Baoyun Temple, a glowing object flew toward Rongguang Square at an extremely high speed.

A brilliant ray of light streaked across half the city!

The hour of noon had arrived, and the sunlight flooded the city.

Requesting monthly tickets.

(End of chapter)