Chapter 660: Thief Zei Lao Shi (2/10, Autumn Subscription)

The black blade sliced once, the blast of air exploded, and the houses halfway up the mountain blew apart with a thunderous crash.

Amid the flying rubble, over a dozen Night Thieves were pierced through by the debris, mowed down like a hail of machine-gun fire, dead in an instant.

More Night Thieves came down the mountain path, but Fang Yue was not flustered in the slightest; he glanced at his internal energy reserves and silently popped over a dozen pills to restore his internal energy.

It was the dead of night—the Night God of War feared no challenge!

Watching more Night Thieves pour down, Fang Yue's fighting spirit only grew fiercer.

While killing those Night Thieves, Fang Yue had actually spotted several that looked vaguely familiar, but the impression was faint.

He figured they weren't top-hundred strong on the 【Thief Rankings】—at most vicious Night Thieves just outside the top hundred, with louder reputations.

Of course, that was for everyone else in Chunuan City.

Before Fang Yue, whether they had a name or not, any Night Thief who hadn't reached Human-rank was no more than a single slash to him.

If, between the rise of his blade and its fall, he could still vaguely sense a hint of familiarity, that was already Fang Yue having a decent memory.

As for collecting heads to trade at the Government for rewards, that could only wait until the battlefield was cleared, then he'd tidy things up slowly.

Although he was currently being slandered by the Government, he walked upright and sat straight; once he sat straight and cleared his name, he could go claim the reward.

Just as Fang Yue was thinking this, a sudden thunderous explosion erupted on the mountain path above the halfway point.

Fang Yue looked toward the sound, his pupils contracting at once.

He saw a small black dot on the mountain path suddenly shoot out from midway like a cannonball, charging toward him.

In his line of sight, the black dot quickly grew into a human shape—a burly man with a face full of jowls, a massive iron ball wrapped around his body, barreling toward him like a human battering ram.

Fang Yue raised his hand and slashed…

CLANG!!

The expected killing blow did not come.

Supernatural Strength bore down, actually sending Fang Yue skidding back several dozen meters, his feet gouging long furrows into the ground before he steadied himself.

The blade trembled faintly; Fang Yue's face showed astonishment.

"Internal energy resonance?"

Just now, his had been a phantom blade, yet the opponent had used internal energy that resonated in sync to make solid contact with the phantom blade!

Fang Yue's expression darkened.

It seemed the Night Thieves of Dongliu Mountain weren't all nobodies!

The place where Rat was hiding was indeed no simple matter!

Narrowing his eyes, Fang Yue asked coldly, "You look like an expert yourself—I'd guess you're the boss of Dongliu Mountain. Tell me, where is Rat of the Phoenix Organization? How much do you know about the Phoenix Organization?"

"You're looking for Rat?"

Zei Lao Shi grinned viciously.

From that brief clash, he had already figured out that Fang Yue's strength could only be called barely Human-rank—his internal energy was even far inferior to his own!

Jackpot!

The person Lord Rat had ordered dealt with turned out to be someone even he could handle!

The beautiful future after snatching that quota already seemed to unfold before his eyes.

A mere black blade condensed from internal energy might still fool some Xiantian Realm warrior who'd never seen the world.

But using it against a Human-rank expert was underestimating Human-rank masters far too much.

Human-rank cultivators were extremely sensitive to the control and subtle variations of internal energy.

Narrowing his eyes, Zei Lao Shi unclasped the great iron ball at his side, connected it with an iron chain, and began to swing it.

Whirring, it became a great metal windmill—offense and defense in one—pressing in on Fang Yue.

His expression slightly grim, Fang Yue was nonetheless a little puzzled.

Because Human-rank experts rarely used signature moves like the Innate Qi Shield or Aura.

As for why Fang Yue didn't use them—his internal energy was only at Xiantian Realm level, even inferior to a standard Xiantian Realm cultivator; in terms of internal energy quantity and quality, Fang Yue's strength sat at the middle-to-lower end of the Xiantian First-rate Realm.

With internal energy at that level, going up against a Human-rank expert a full tier above was utterly pointless.

Watching the figures continuing down the mountain path behind, Fang Yue's body moved along the shadows, his speed surging!

"Huh?!"

Zei Lao Shi's expression shifted slightly—Fang Yue's speed was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Though it fluctuated between fast and slow, at its fastest he couldn't even make out the trajectory of his movement.

But in the face of wide-area attacks, what use was speed!

He lengthened the iron chain and accelerated its rotation.

The iron chain and ball in his hands immediately spun at high speed; at the same time, coated in internal energy, the speed was so fast that to the naked eye the iron ball's rotation seemed frozen, while spikes of condensed internal energy sprouted from its surface.

"Violent Spike Iron Ball!"

The iron ball, held high overhead, spun at high speed as it rapidly closed in on Fang Yue.

Zei Lao Shi's original intent was to drive Fang Yue back to the cliff's edge, leaving him nowhere to retreat.

But to his surprise, Fang Yue didn't retreat—he advanced, willingly stepping into the spinning iron ball's range.

"Seeking death!"

Zei Lao Shi's face lit up with delight, even worrying his attack might be too fierce and accidentally kill Fang Yue.

But soon, he was astonished to discover that after Fang Yue entered his attack range—

Within the high-speed spinning iron ball, he was racing against the chain's rotation!

Sprinting clockwise along the chain, he maintained a certain balance with its speed and rapidly charged toward Zei Lao Shi at the core.

His expression changing, Zei Lao Shi poured in internal energy, and the high-speed spinning iron ball accelerated again!

This time, it clearly caught Fang Yue off guard; he raised his blade for an immediate block.

Clang—!

With a thunderous crash, the iron chain wrapped around Fang Yue's blade, and the spiked ball, guided by the chain, smashed straight toward Fang Yue's head.

But before the spiked ball could strike, the black blade in Fang Yue's hand suddenly seemed to lose its internal force support, and with a pop it shattered into nothingness.

The iron chain, suddenly with nothing to wrap around, fell to the ground, and the spiked ball sank a little as a result, its speed affected.

While Zei Lao Shi was still stunned, Fang Yue kicked off the ground, bent low, and charged forward.

His figure shot straight to Zei Lao Shi's front; with a grin, he raised his foot and kicked Zei Lao Shi right under the chin.

Lower teeth and upper teeth slammed together, spitting out a few broken teeth; the terrifying Supernatural Strength actually sent his whole body—man and ball together—flying high into the air.

"What kind of force was that?!"

Zei Lao Shi was dumbfounded. His strength at the early Human Grade was already fearsome.

But compared to Fang Yue below, it was far inferior!

After a single blow, he was already having trouble enduring it.

To think that with nothing but raw force, without any amplification whatsoever, he had beaten him until his Qi and Blood were boiling, and he could barely hold his ground?!

If the black blade had struck him head-on, wouldn't he have died on the spot?

Although there was the reason of his own carelessness and his failure to defend, the high damage still scared Zei Lao Shi.

He had still been circulating his Internal Breath to distribute it around his body the whole time, resisting the damage!

When Zei Lao Shi came back to his senses, he saw Fang Yue had already leapt into midair; the black blade had somehow reformed, and without the slightest pause, a blade came crashing down!

His face changing drastically, Zei Lao Shi deployed all his internal force across his entire body to resist the damage.

Boom!!

The blade fell; the black blade struck as if chopping into a golden bell, emitting a heavy crash. Zei Lao Shi's body plummeted down, slamming into the ground with a tremor that cratered a large pit. When he raised his head again, fresh blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, and he stared in terror at Fang Yue, who was likewise falling down.

(End of this chapter)