Chapter 425

"The Marquis of Jing'an is coming?"

Tuso's words startled the two people in the basement.

"How could he find this place?"

Rune looked puzzled.

Even the people who traded with them didn't know about this basement; it was their most hidden stronghold.

"I don't know, but the guidance fate gave me is like this."

Tuso's expression was uncertain, "Take all the secret manuals and destroy the radio!"

He quickly made a decision and decisively abandoned this stronghold.

"My lord, where are we going then?"

Rune asked in surprise.

"What we wanted is already in hand; we'll leave Lanling City tonight!"

Tuso stood up and tucked the secret manual in his hand into his bosom.

Soon, the three of them cleared away all clues and left this basement.

Rune and another person were each carrying a briefcase, inside which were a portion of the secret manuals.

Tuso carried the two most important secret manuals with him: the inheritance of the top-tier Dao Foundation and the accompanying peerless martial art.

The three walked out of a small alley; at this time, their appearances had all been disguised—the colors of their hair, skin, and pupils had all changed, and they no longer looked like Westerners, but like authentic subjects of the Great Lan Dynasty.

Having walked only a few steps, Tuso suddenly stopped.

"My lord?"

"I'm too stupid!"

Tuso looked annoyed.

"What's wrong?"

Rune hadn't quite reacted.

"We shouldn't have walked out."

Tuso sighed.

Rune was startled, then immediately reacted.

It was already late at night, and Lanling City had a curfew, so no pedestrians could be seen on the street.

The three of them walking on the street at this time was naturally very conspicuous.

"Then we..."

Rune was about to speak.

Tuso shook his head: "It's already too late."

The next second, Rune's expression changed, and he turned abruptly to look at the other side of the street.

A golden figure appeared at the end of the street, illuminated by the streetlights.

"Li Fei?"

Silver light shone from Rune's eyes as he looked toward that figure several hundred meters away.

When his gaze landed on the other party, he suddenly felt an extremely sharp aura tear his gaze to shreds!

Rune's eyes pained, as if they had been pricked by a sharp sword, and tears flowed out immediately.

He was startled in his heart and hurriedly closed his eyes, not daring to look again.

Tuso turned to face the newcomer with a grave expression and said in a deep voice:

"You go first, split up!"

"My lord!"

"Go!"

Tuso said sternly.

Thus, Rune and the other person immediately split up and retreated.

At the end of the street several hundred meters away, Li Fei stood with his blade.

He had obtained the location of this secret stronghold of the Westerners from the memory fragments of the scarred man and the others.

The stronghold that Tuso and the others thought was hidden had actually been exposed long ago.

After all, they were in the Great Lan Dynasty, and Tuso and the others were Westerners, which was very inconvenient.

It was only because the person behind the scenes thought about long-term cooperation in the future that they hadn't engaged in a 'dog-eat-dog' scenario.

Li Fei had been casting Sword State: Heaven and Earth Unbound all the way, rushing toward this secret stronghold at the fastest speed.

Before he had even arrived, he had discovered the three people walking on the street.

If Tuso and the others hadn't run out, but had instead changed to another place nearby to hide, hiding until the next morning and leaving when there were many people, it would have taken Li Fei more effort to find them.

But the name of the Marquis of Jing'an scared them, and they trusted Tuso's perception of fate too much, ultimately resulting in the current situation.

Seeing Rune and the other person running away separately, Li Fei didn't rush to chase them.

He had already 'marked' the subconscious projections of the three through the Dream Realm just now.

With his current sorcery cultivation, plus the assistance of the Dream-Entering Order, for the next seven days, as long as the distance didn't exceed three hundred kilometers, he could find the locations of the three at any time through the Dream Realm!

True Person Master Qingding told Li Fei that this sorcery of the Nightmare Sect had infinite wonderful uses, not just for peeking into others' secrets.

Now Li Fei had deeply experienced it.

He stepped forward and walked toward Tuso.

The light stretched his shadow very long, and his golden robe shone brilliantly.

The sharp sword intent locked onto Tuso, making him feel pressure like a mountain or a sea!

Watching Li Fei walk toward him step by step, this scene was exactly the same as the 'fate warning' Tuso had previously received.

Tuso's expression was somewhat puzzled; if he hadn't received the 'fate warning', he wouldn't have suddenly taken people away from that secret stronghold, and thus wouldn't have happened to run straight into Li Fei.

Looking at it this way, this 'fate warning' seemed to be helping Li Fei?

However, Tuso's eyes soon became firm.

He always firmly believed that he was a member of the Destiny Family, and fate would always stand on his side!

"Marquis of Jing'an..."

Tuso was just about to start a conversation, when his expression suddenly changed, and he stepped to the right, his figure vanishing from the spot.

The next instant, an invisible sword qi tore through the air, passing through the afterimage Tuso had left in place.

At this moment, Li Fei and Tuso were still more than two hundred meters apart; this sword qi had crossed that distance!

The striking distance of martial artists had always been inferior to sorcerers; a peak Qi-Transformation martial artist could only let their Jinli leave their body by at most twenty-some meters at the limit.

Even for a Dao Foundation Establishment martial artist, it was difficult for Jinli to leave the body for more than a hundred meters.

Yet the sword qi Li Fei unleashed at this moment easily broke the limit of a Dao Foundation Establishment martial artist!

This sword qi was not composed purely of Jinli; it also fused True Power.

After condensing True Power, Li Fei could perfectly fuse his own True Power and Jinli, so his methods of combining sorcery and martial arts had become even richer!

Tuso had just dodged one sword qi when three more came head-on.

He stepped and dodged again, pulling out a series of afterimages.

Just like that, Tuso's afterimages were continuously pierced through by the sword qi.

The speed of the sword qi Li Fei unleashed was even faster than the movement speed of his Sword State: Heaven and Earth Unbound, yet it hadn't managed to hit Tuso even once.

Tuso seemed to be able to know things before they happened, always able to predict the route of the sword qi in advance, thereby dodging it.

This predictive ability even exceeded Li Fei's 'Danger Perception'.

'Danger Perception' at most allowed Li Fei to have a sense when danger was about to take shape, whereas Tuso acted even before Li Fei had made a move.

This was no longer perception, but precognition!

When Li Fei arrived thirty-some meters before Tuso, the number of sword qi increased sharply.

Tuso suddenly turned and slapped out more than a dozen palms to the right in succession; Jinli like snowflakes piled up layer upon layer, instantly constructing an ice wall more than three meters high and over a meter thick on his right side.

The next second, five sword qi pierced through this ice wall.

But this ice wall also bought Tuso a bit of time and dodging space, allowing him to finally break out of the encirclement formed by the sword qi.

"Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin? 【Cold River Snow】?"

Li Fei was startled, recognizing that the high-tier Jinli Tuso unleashed was Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin, and the Dao Foundation he practiced was 【Cold River Snow】.

Back then, Yu Hu, the leader of the Tiger Blade Gang in Xingcheng, practiced 【Cold River Snow】, and in that battle against Hao Yi, he also used Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin.

However, Tuso's attainment in 【Cold River Snow】 was far stronger than Yu Hu's back then!

Yu Hu had only incorporated three types of implants and barely condensed Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin, whereas Tuso had clearly incorporated five types of implants, and his Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin had already reached the Great Completion realm of 'Condensing Snow into Profound Ice'.

A Westerner, not only had his martial arts cultivation reached the Dao Foundation Establishment realm, but he had also incorporated five types of implants, and his use of Jinli was more proficient than the vast majority of Dao Foundation Establishment martial artists in the Eastern Continent.

This made Li Fei's mood somewhat complex.

He stepped and charged toward Tuso, his whole person like a peerless precious sword, stabbing straight ahead.

Tuso's expression was grave; he had piled up a large amount of Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin before him in advance, forming three ice walls to block the path of Li Fei's advance.

Li Fei didn't dodge or evade, crashing straight into them.

The three ice walls hardly formed any obstruction, being crashed through by Li Fei and crumbling into ice shards filling the sky.

Sword State: Heaven and Earth Unbound was not just purely fast movement speed; it could also break through all restraints and obstructions!

The three ice walls shattered in an instant; Li Fei rushed before Tuso and simply threw a punch.

Tuso met the attack with both palms; just as the fist and palms were about to collide, a large amount of cold air surged out from his palms!

This surge of cold air was not just Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin; it was also mixed with a strange power.

The cold air enveloped Li Fei, as if wanting to completely freeze this patch of air!

Li Fei's punch, heavy as a thousand jun, was obstructed; Tuso turned without hesitation and retreated at an extremely high speed.

At this moment, the speed he erupted with was at least twice as fast as when he was dodging the sword qi just now!

He had been intentionally hiding his strength from the very beginning, all for this moment.

Behind him, the profound ice condensed from the cold air was forcibly disintegrated before it could completely take shape.

Li Fei leaped out from within and glanced at Tuso's back.

Tuso, who was running away, was struck as if by lightning; his figure paused abruptly, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Li Fei took advantage of this time to catch up.

"Is this your special ability?"

Li Fei's voice rang in Tuso's ears.

He wanted to witness the power of the Western Continent, so he intentionally controlled his attacks and wasn't in a hurry to deal with Tuso.

Tuso turned to look at Li Fei, who was 'walking' over as if strolling in a courtyard, wiped the corner of his mouth, and said proudly:

"This is the power bestowed upon us by the gods!"

Members of the Leonard family all possessed the innate extraordinary ability to perceive fate.

But merely perceiving fate was not enough to make them the royal family of the Deni Kingdom.

Their bloodline power also contained other special powers, just like other Transcendents.

And with the same extraordinary ability, plus the guidance of fate, whether it was the speed of becoming stronger or the application in combat, people of the Leonard family would be stronger!

This was the strength of the Deni Kingdom's royal family members.

Tuso's bloodline contained the power of fate and the power of frost, so after obtaining the martial arts secret manuals of the Great Lan Dynasty, he chose 【Cold River Snow】, a Dao Foundation with ice and snow attributes.

The frost power in his bloodline combined with Cold Evil Drifting Snow Jin, and its power would far exceed the upper limit of the Jinli itself.

Not only that, Tuso's physical fitness also far exceeded that of martial artists in the same realm.

Even without using Jinli, by pure physical strength alone, he could rival ordinary Dao Foundation Establishment martial artists!

His martial arts cultivation was only at the 6th grade of the Dao Foundation Establishment realm, but added to his bloodline power and powerful physique, he even had the confidence to trade blows with a Martial Arts Master of the Eastern Continent!

If the person who came tonight wasn't Li Fei but another Dao Foundation Establishment martial artist, he wouldn't have chosen to run away at the first opportunity.

Even now, he still felt he had a chance to escape.

"Gods?"

"Indeed."

"Then your gods aren't much."

Li Fei said calmly.

It wasn't that he looked down on the power of the Western Continent, but one could think with their feet and know:

The Western Continent was far superior to the Eastern Continent in terms of technological level; if they could also contend with the Eastern Continent in terms of individual power, then why did the Western Allied Forces fail back then?

The 120,000 allied forces being routed by 10,000 Heavenly Lan Iron Cavalry was enough to explain many problems.

Tuso was stunned, then became angry.

Many people in the Western Continent felt that Transcendents were God-Gifted, so over eighty percent of people believed in gods.

If Li Fei looked down on Tuso himself, Tuso wouldn't be angry, because he also admired the strong, and Li Fei was indeed stronger than him.

But at this moment, what Li Fei looked down on was his faith, which he couldn't tolerate!

Tuso's eyes held anger; for the first time, he took the initiative to charge toward Li Fei, his palms slapping out rapidly.

A large amount of Cold Evil Qi transformed into a tsunami, surging toward Li Fei, covering the sky and the earth!

This move of Tuso's was not Dao Jin, but it drew upon a large amount of Water-element Qi in the surroundings, and faintly made Li Fei's mind also feel a sense of frosting.

It wasn't Dao Jin, yet it surpassed many Dao Jin!

Li Fei raised his right hand, his palm aimed at the Cold Evil Qi in front, and a dazzling light bloomed from his palm.

The next second, the entire long street was as bright as day.

It was as if Li Fei was holding a small sun in his palm!

A beam of light pierced through the surging Cold Evil Qi, causing this cold tide to melt rapidly, unable to get even a fraction of an inch close to Li Fei.

Dao Jin—【Infinite Brightness Fire】!

Earlier in the valley, what Li Fei displayed was absolute control over this Dao Jin in a dispersed state.

At this moment, what he displayed was absolute control over this Dao Jin in a condensed state.

Not only that, a large amount of sword qi was also fused into the blooming light.

This was a form of Dao Jin that combined sorcery and martial arts!

But Tuso seemed to know in advance that Li Fei would use this move, leaping high in advance to dodge the beam of light.

He raised his right hand high, and a spear condensed from profound ice appeared in his hand.

The muscles on his back suddenly bulged high, followed by the muscles on his right shoulder, and finally the muscles on his right arm; the power of his whole body completed transmission and concentration in an instant.

Tuso stretched his right hand back to the limit, finally slamming it downward, throwing the ice spear in his hand.

The ice spear, radiating cold air, tore through the air, stabbing from diagonally above Li Fei's head.

This happened to be the place where the power of 【Infinite Brightness Fire】 was weakest.

When the ice spear stabbed down, Li Fei had just finished exerting his power and was stepping forward.

It looked just as if he had actively met this ice spear with his own head!

A flash of surprise crossed Li Fei's eyes, and a layer of faint golden light emerged on his body surface.

Bang!!!!

The ice spear exploded like a cannonball; although it failed to break the layer of golden light on Li Fei's body surface, the huge impact force pressed Li Fei toward the ground, ultimately causing a large pit to appear on the ground.

Li Fei exerted force with his feet and immediately jumped out of the pit, only to happen to meet the second ice spear!

When Tuso threw this ice spear, Li Fei was still at the bottom of the pit without any movement!

By seizing the initiative everywhere like this, his attacks could make it so Li Fei couldn't even dodge.

This ability to predict the future used in combat was indeed very terrifying, enough to allow one to defeat the strong with the weak, and even fight across realms!

This was Tuso's confidence.

"I can see your fate!"

Tuso's voice rang in Li Fei's ears, "This is the greatness of the gods!"

Li Fei was struck by the second ice spear and retreated several meters.

Terrifying power erupted from his legs, as if two iron pillars had been driven into the ground, plowing two grooves into the ground.

Li Fei forcibly halted the trend of retreating; the power erupted in this instant was twice as strong as before!

And this was still not the limit of Sword State: Golden Body and Jade Marrow.

The next second, a large amount of sword qi surged out from Li Fei's body.

These sword qi didn't fly around in disorder, but orderly surrounded a patch of space, enclosing both Li Fei and Tuso within it.

Tuso had just thrown the third ice spear, but after this ice spear left his hand, its speed and power were clearly a notch weaker.

It wasn't that Tuso was exhausted, but that the ice spear couldn't draw Water-element Qi from the surrounding space.

Li Fei stepped forward and punched this ice spear, shattering it:

"Can see my fate? Including now?"

Tuso's expression changed; whether it was the terrifying power Li Fei suddenly erupted with or the space around him surrounded by countless sword qi, both made him feel a sense of terror.

He had originally intended to use two more moves to knock Li Fei further away, winning time for himself to escape, and then run after 'finishing the act'.

Yet he hadn't expected Li Fei to directly cut off his retreat.

"Martial Arts Domain? How is that possible?!"

Tuso looked at Li Fei with an incredulous gaze.

He had done deep research into the martial arts of the Eastern Continent, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to cultivate to the Dao Foundation Establishment realm.

However, regarding higher-level power, he still lacked experience.

He mistakenly thought that what Li Fei was unleashing at this moment was a Martial Arts Domain.

This misunderstanding caused his confidence to collapse in an instant!

Li Fei didn't explain to the other party.

After condensing True Power and having his mind power break through to the 'Realm of Communicating with Spirits'.

He combined his mind power and True Power, and with the power of combining sorcery and martial arts plus the Dao Foundation significantly strengthened by the Flying Sword Body, he was finally able to completely restrict that portion of the Heavenly Water Soul Bone within the Dao Foundation, thereby achieving a new balance!

The fifth implant of 【Primordial Heavenly Gold】 was only truly fused tonight!

By the standards of a top-tier Dao Foundation, when 【Primordial Heavenly Gold】 incorporates the fourth implant, the body will undergo one strengthening, forming the 'Golden Body and Jade Marrow'.

After incorporating the fifth implant, there will be another strengthening, and the 'Golden Body and Jade Marrow' will also receive a second strengthening, incorporating water-attribute extraordinary abilities, thereby significantly enhancing recovery ability.

In this way, possessing life force far exceeding martial artists in the same realm, possessing top-tier offensive and defensive capabilities, and also top-tier endurance capabilities.

Balanced and powerful in every aspect—this was the ability of 【Primordial Heavenly Gold】 as a top-tier Dao Foundation.

And after replacing the fifth implant with the Heavenly Water Soul Bone, 【Primordial Heavenly Gold】 upgraded to a legendary-tier Dao Foundation, possessing all the aforementioned abilities, and even more powerfully.

Besides this, the legendary-tier Dao Foundation 【Primordial Heavenly Gold】 also possessed an additional very powerful ability—Primordial Domain!

I don't know if it was because of incorporating the 7th-grade Heavenly Water Soul Bone, but after the Dao Foundation achieved balance, the Heavenly Water Soul Bone was directly triggered to produce a core-tier extraordinary ability.

The extraordinary ability of the Heavenly Water Soul Bone was named 'Water Mansion', capable of absorbing Water-element Qi from the outside world into the Dao Foundation, thereby allowing Li Fei to quickly recover Jinli and physical strength, significantly enhancing his endurance.

The core-tier extraordinary ability triggered by the Heavenly Water Soul Bone was named 'Water Domain', capable of possessing absolute control over Water-element Qi within a certain range!

This was a level of control one level higher than the 【Hundred Rivers Qi-Conducting】 that came with the Golden Thread Jade Red Qilin Armor, second only to the 【Water Control】 divine ability!

'Water Domain' fused with the power of the other four implants of 【Primordial Heavenly Gold】, forming the Primordial Domain:

Within a certain range, all Five Elements Origin Qi were under control!

Such an ability could be seen as the prototype of a Martial Arts Domain, similar to the 'Thunder Realm' formed by 【Ten Thousand Thunders Ruling Fate】.

However, the Primordial Domain alone wasn't enough to make Tuso misunderstand.

What Li Fei was unleashing at this moment was not the Primordial Domain, but—

Sword State: Primordial Sword Realm!

Combining the Primordial Domain and the Flying Sword Body, fusing True Power with Jinli and Five Elements Origin Qi, thereby forming a brand-new sword state.

To deal with Tuso, there was of course no need to use such a killer move.

It was just that the Primordial Sword Realm was a new ability Li Fei had mastered, and he wasn't proficient in it, so he just happened to take Tuso to practice.

Under the Primordial Sword Realm, no matter if Tuso unleashed the extraordinary abilities of his Dao Foundation or his own bloodline power, he could no longer draw a single bit of Water-element Qi from the surrounding environment.

Not only that, as long as it was a Five Elements-attribute extraordinary ability or Jinli, it would be affected by the mutual generation and restriction of the Five Elements, thereby being suppressed, with its power damaged.

Whereas Li Fei was just the opposite; he could continuously absorb Five Elements Qi, and the power of his Primordial Vajra Jin went up another level!

Tuso's power was already inferior to Li Fei's, and now with this kind of 'as one grows, the other wanes', the gap was so large it made one despair!

"I can also see your fate."

Li Fei suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Tuso was startled, then sneered.

He of course didn't believe it.

Before he could speak, Li Fei said word by word:

"After one move, I will be standing, and you will be lying down."

"This is your fate."

As his words fell, the sound of sword humming like a tsunami rang out on the long street!

Pressure like a mountain pressed toward Tuso from all directions!

He opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Fei in front; the fate power in his bloodline was triggered, allowing him to 'see' the following scene one step ahead:

That golden robe arrived before him, and then a punch was thrown.

The pale golden fist continuously magnified in his field of vision, ultimately as if filling the entire world!

Tuso exerted his bloodline power to the limit, attempting to find a way to break the situation from the guidance of fate.

But no matter how he exerted his power, the final outcome he saw was only one—

On the long street, Li Fei moved.

The distance of over a hundred meters seemed not to exist, crossed by him in one step.

He rushed before Tuso and threw a punch.

Cold Evil Qi and Jinli were all shattered!

Boom—

This small world shook once.

Li Fei punched through Tuso's lower abdomen, destroying the other party's internal organs!

"Fate? I am destiny."

Li Fei looked into Tuso's eyes and said so.

He never believed in fate!

Tuso's eyes were filled with despair and fear, and he ultimately collapsed to the ground with a crash.

On the long street.

One person stood, one person lay down.

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