Chapter 673: Flying Fire on the Snowy Plain

A dark red glow appeared from the corner, and a fierce, murderous intent surged forth like a tide.

A tall figure came into He Jian's view.

He Jian narrowed his eyes, a faint light flickering within them.

Through the opponent's protective energy, he clearly saw the intruder's appearance:

About one meter ninety tall, weighing nearly two hundred jin, wearing a black protective suit with flame patterns; it was likely a level-five protective suit made from a fifth-grade exotic beast, the Flame-Qi Unicorn.

He held no weapon in his hands and wore an iron mask on his face.

He Jian observed every detail of the intruder as best he could.

Upon seeing He Jian, the opponent pushed off the ground and charged forward.

The air was torn asunder!

A sharp, piercing sound vibrated through the cramped corridor, and the blood-red energy carried astonishing heat, causing the temperature of the entire corridor to rise by over ten degrees instantly.

He Jian's mind jolted, as if he were instantly placed in the middle of a snowy plain.

Looking out, everything was snow-white.

But the snowy plain was scorching!

Red light shone through the snow, melting the accumulation into flowing water that turned into a great river.

Finally, the great river was also evaporated, and the snowy plain turned into a sea of fire!

The layered fire energy disintegrated all resistance.

Dao Energy—【Snow Plain Flying Fire】!

When an implant is stimulated to release a core-level extraordinary ability, it makes a martial artist's mind, physique, and energy move closer to perfection, with tighter connections between them; therefore, usually only Dao Foundation martial artists who have reached the 7th rank or higher can cultivate Dao Energy.

Of course, there are exceptions; some martial artists with high enough talent can fuse the three powers together in advance.

Or, like Li Fei, whose mental power and blood-Qi strength exceed the standard, allowing him to forcibly complete the fusion.

And regardless of the type of martial artist, their combat power will not be low.

This was definitely not a master that He Jian could contend with!

He Jian was in the midst of the sea of fire, and even if his mind and body were to melt in the next second, he remained calm.

He was still carefully observing through his own sensory abilities, refusing to let any detail slip by.

For tonight's event, he only needed to bring a pair of eyes.

A golden light suddenly pierced in from the outside, followed by a second, then a third...

Infinite brightness riddled the sea of fire with holes, simultaneously carrying away all the heat.

Boom—

The sudden gust of wind whipped He Jian's hair and made his robes rustle, forcing him to take a few steps back.

A figure holding a blade stood before him, forcing the intruder back.

"Li Fei?"

The enemy wearing the iron mask said in a hoarse voice.

Li Fei was not wearing the Golden-Thread Jade-Scale Armor at this moment, and the blade in his hand was not the Ghost-Slaying Blade.

Both of these items had been "borrowed" away.

He looked into the intruder's eyes; there was only a moment of surprise in the opponent's gaze, which then turned to calmness.

This meant the opponent had anticipated the possibility of him appearing here.

To dare to attempt a prison break while knowing his combat power—it seemed there was a backup plan!

Li Fei directly smashed a 【Blood Might God】 strike over.

But this mental strike, combining both magic and martial arts, encountered an invisible barrier before touching the opponent's mind and was blocked.

"A magic treasure?"

Only then did Li Fei realize that the iron mask the opponent wore was a magic treasure, and there was a Great Mage secretly controlling it, resonating with it to cast spells.

The man charged forward again.

He was indeed no match for Li Fei, but tonight's operation did not require him to defeat Li Fei.

As long as he could stall him, that was enough.

Furthermore, he was not fighting alone.

As he punched toward Li Fei, intense magical fluctuations surged from the mask on his face, and a spell was cast upon Li Fei first.

Curse of the Lost Path in the Dark Night!

It would cause a person to instantly lose their perception of the outside world while feeling lost and uneasy.

Even if it were only a moment of distraction, in a clash of this level, it was enough to become a fatal flaw.

Compared to head-on combat, mages were indeed better suited for support.

With scorching fists thrown out, the man seized this moment to unleash his power without reservation!

This was the depths of the dungeon, the most secure place; both the floor and the walls on both sides were mixed with special materials that could absorb a martial artist's energy.

But at this moment, the floor and both walls were covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

It was as if a giant beast had suddenly appeared in this cramped space, about to crush it!

The man's fists struck Li Fei's chest heavily, and the energy, like a volcanic eruption, surged into his body, only to sink like mud into the sea.

Li Fei's eyes never showed a hint of confusion from start to finish, and he thrust his blade toward the opponent's lower abdomen with his right hand!

He had intentionally not used his protective energy, taking the opponent's punch head-on, just to close the distance.

The tip of the blade instantly pierced the opponent's protective energy and protective suit; only after half the blade had entered was it firmly locked by flesh and energy.

The intruder retreated at full speed, and at the same time, a burst of blood-evil Qi erupted within his body!

Li Fei stepped forward to pursue, only to see the person in front suddenly hunch over, and a square iron hammer came crashing in with a whistling sound.

The air through which the iron hammer flew left a clear white trail; despite being only the size of a palm, it felt as if a mountain peak were crashing down!

Bang—

The iron hammer struck the Primordial Star Armor, and Li Fei was shaken back.

This magic treasure bought the masked man a chance to catch his breath.

He straightened up, spat out a mouthful of blood, used his energy to disperse the blood-evil Qi in his body, and fully activated his core-level healing extraordinary ability.

He looked at Li Fei with a shocked expression.

He believed he had attached enough importance to this Marquis of Jing'an, and the Great Mage working with him also possessed astonishing combat power; the two of them combined even had the confidence to kill those experts ranked at the bottom of the Wind and Cloud General Ranking!

Yet, in just a single exchange, he had nearly been severely injured!

"The Curse of the Lost Path in the Dark Night didn't take effect?"

"I don't understand either; even a Dao Foundation martial artist with strong mental power should have been affected for at least a moment."

The Curse of the Lost Path in the Dark Night was the key spell for tonight's operation; even if Li Fei wanted to return for reinforcements, this spell could be used to block him.

Yet, this spell hadn't taken effect at all.

"How much longer does Liusha need?"

"At least ten seconds."

"Stall him then; switch with me, I'll use the Soul-Shaking Mountain-Breaking Hammer to attack the front."

"Alright."

The communication on the conscious level was extremely fast; once the two finished, the slowed-down iron hammer once again crashed toward Li Fei with astonishing momentum.

Meanwhile, in a cell at the end of this corridor, the three Dao Foundation experts Lu Wen had found from the Stop-Arms Pavilion were all there.

The three of them were responsible for guarding Liu Jiehui, who was in a state of severe injury.

Suddenly, all three felt an anomaly coming from underground almost at the same time.

This was not an anomaly caused by the fighting in the corridor, but energy fluctuations coming from beneath the ground.

All three were experienced and knew that some martial artists had extraordinary abilities that allowed them to "tunnel underground," so they immediately became alert.

The cell they were in was "wrapped" in every direction; even the ground had specially made steel plates. Normally, even if someone used an extraordinary ability to sneak underground, it would take some time to break through the special steel below.

This time was enough for the three of them to move Liu Jiehui.

But the enemy was clearly prepared.

Two seconds later, the tremors in the ground became extremely violent, and then a figure burst out from the soil!

The intruder not only had the "tunneling" extraordinary ability but also possessed an extraordinary ability to rapidly corrode special steel.

Of course, the most critical thing was that he had known exactly where Liu Jiehui was located beforehand.

"There really is a mole!"

A cold glint flashed in He Jian's eyes in the corridor; he glanced at Li Fei, who was fighting the enemy, and decisively turned to run toward the cell at the end.

Li Fei also sensed the movement behind him, so he decisively entered the "Blood Demon State"!

The iron hammer whistled toward him.

Li Fei extended his left hand to meet the iron hammer.

Boom!!!

The Primordial Star Armor on his body finally shattered after several impacts, but this time, Li Fei was not knocked back again.

He had caught this magic treasure steadily with his left hand!

This scene made the pupils of the masked man behind him shrink.

This magic treasure was named the Soul-Shaking Mountain-Breaking Hammer, capable of launching both mental and physical attacks simultaneously.

It shakes the mind and has the power to break mountains!

It was the first time he had ever seen someone catch this magic treasure head-on and remain completely unscathed.

"Clearly, the protective energy has already been broken."

The massive figure before his eyes, whose head nearly brushed the ceiling, brought him an unprecedented sense of oppression!

The man threw out both fists, and his Dao energy appeared once more.

Li Fei grabbed the Soul-Shaking Mountain-Breaking Hammer with his left hand, and without waiting for the magic treasure to break free, he slammed a full-power 【Blood Might God】 strike onto it.

After incorporating the 【Green Bone】, Li Fei's physique was strengthened once again; his total blood soul count had now increased to 878.

The maximum limit of 【Blood Might】 rose to 87. , and combined with the doubling effect of the 'Blood Demon State' and the fusion of mental energy, the power was astonishing!

The hammer in Li Fei's hand shook and instantly lost its kinetic energy.

At the same time, the man's Dao energy and a spell struck Li Fei simultaneously.

The spell still failed to take effect.

Li Fei let the surrounding snowfield melt, ignored the powerful fire energy constantly invading him, and swung his blade forward to slash.

At this moment, the snowfield had just melted into a great river; before the water could be evaporated, all the fire energy suddenly accelerated, converged toward Li Fei, and then vanished into thin air.

In that instant, Li Fei seemed to have turned into a black hole, absorbing all the fire energy completely.

【Snowfield Flying Fire】 was broken just like that!

However, this was not the end.

A towering tree manifested out of thin air, its branches covered in flowers formed from flames.

A gust of wind blew, and the flowers from the tree scattered, turning into sparks that filled the sky.

A burst of blooming energy appeared, possessing not only explosive power but also a vitality that intoxicated the mind.

【Fire Tree Silver Flower Nightless Sky】!

This was one of the Dao energy techniques Hao Yi had originally created himself, a move that prioritized defense before offense.

It first absorbed the opponent's power, then finally transformed it into a blooming fire tree!

The energy within the intruder was pulled by this Dao energy technique, and he instantly lost over thirty percent of it!

Not only that, he himself was invaded by the pervasive fire energy and suffered internal injuries.

Li Fei had only initially mastered this Dao energy technique; if the opponent hadn't also been using a fire-attribute Dao energy, he wouldn't have been able to break the move with a move so smoothly.

After breaking the move, he stepped forward to charge at the opponent and used another full-power 【Blood Might God】.

The magic treasure on the opponent's face activated again, forming a defensive spell.

But this time, that invisible barrier could no longer block it, like a wall shattered by a heavy hammer!

The intruder was struck as if by lightning and stood stunned on the spot.

Li Fei rushed in front of him and stabbed his blade into the opponent's lower abdomen.

This time, the blade pierced right through!

A powerful blood malevolence erupted inside the opponent's body; by the time he regained his senses, the energy within him was completely chaotic, and his internal organs had suffered heavy damage.

He threw a punch subconsciously, but Li Fei grabbed his right shoulder, and a massive, overwhelming force erupted, forcibly snapping the joint.

"Ah!"

Following a scream, Li Fei snapped the opponent's left shoulder joint as well.

He held the man with one hand and turned around just in time to see the Soul-Shaking Mountain-Breaking Hammer flying up again.

Another full-power 【Blood Might God】 slammed into the magic treasure, causing the treasure that had just flown up to fall once more.

Li Fei, holding the masked man with his left hand, picked up the hammer from the ground with his right hand as he passed the magic treasure, then quickly rushed toward the prison cells ahead.

Inside the prison, three Foundation Establishment martial artists of the Stop-Conflict Department were surrounding and attacking the invading enemy.

He Jian did not participate in the fight, but instead protected Liu Jiehui.

The man who had suddenly emerged from the ground, codenamed 'Quicksand', could not help but show a look of horror when he sensed Li Fei rushing toward him.

According to the pre-arranged plan, Li Fei should have been delayed for at least twenty seconds. Although Quicksand was fighting four people, his abilities were bizarre; he didn't need to defeat the four Foundation Establishment experts, only kill Liu Jiehui, who was being protected by them.

Quicksand had said when formulating the plan that he only needed ten seconds.

Yet Li Fei had returned in less than ten seconds?

Quicksand did not hesitate; his figure vanished like a phantom before the four of them, intending to escape by tunneling underground!

The three Foundation Establishment martial artists surrounding him didn't have time to react and could only watch helplessly as Quicksand tunneled into the ground.

Just at this moment, He Jian, the weakest in terms of combat power who had not made a move until now, suddenly stomped his foot.

A burst of energy blocked the direction of Quicksand's escape at the perfect moment, like a wall generated out of thin air!

Quicksand was both shocked and furious; he couldn't understand how He Jian had judged his escape route and managed to ambush him with energy in advance.

This energy was nothing to Quicksand, and he broke through it in just one second.

But a second later, Li Fei had already arrived outside the prison, and an invisible force like a mountain peak slammed fiercely into Quicksand's mind!

His supernatural ability to tunnel was forcibly interrupted, and his body became stuck in the soil.

Boom!

A palm broke through the soil above and grabbed Quicksand's head.

Quicksand regained his senses and revealed a look of terror.

Red Sleeve Restaurant.

Shentu Yue unexpectedly spoke up:

"The Marquis of Jing'an is unwilling to cross swords with my senior brother, so what about me?"

As for Li Fei, to say she had fallen for him would certainly be an exaggeration; she was not that kind of tacky or infatuated woman.

It was just that for such a legendary figure who was younger than her, more talented, and more famous, curiosity was always inevitable.

Coupled with her best friend 'fanning the flames' on the side, she had specifically asked Chi Chengyu not to proactively bring up the matter of a duel at tonight's banquet.

Hidden within this were a young girl's little thoughts and reserve.

But when she saw Huang Jin being rejected so bluntly by Li Fei, Shentu Yue was instead provoked into a rebellious state of mind.

This senior brother of hers, Huang Jin, had always been very good to her, so Shentu Yue standing up at this moment had nothing to do with 'poetry and the moon'.

It was only about martial artists!

She also wanted to see what kind of methods a Foundation Establishment martial artist capable of heavily damaging a True Person's flying sword possessed.

Li Fei, sitting in the main seat, was suddenly distracted for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face; he seemed to be in a good mood.

Turning his head to look at Shentu Yue, Li Fei smiled and said:

"If Miss Shentu wishes to spar, you might as well wait a while."

Sorry, only one chapter today.

(End of this chapter)