Chapter 1217

Seeing the middle-aged man's confusion, Ximen Wudi explained.

When he heard Ximen Wudi's words, the middle-aged man understood something. He nodded and said:

"Don't worry, I will go back and get it for you right away!"

After the words fell, the middle-aged man turned and left.

"Wait!" Seeing this, Ximen Wudi hurriedly called out to stop the middle-aged man.

"What? Do you want to stop me?" Seeing Ximen Wudi's appearance, a look of anger flashed across the middle-aged man's face.

Seeing the middle-aged man's expression, Ximen Wudi couldn't help but shake his head. He immediately handed his storage bag to the other party and smiled faintly: "No, I just want to borrow it from you for a moment!"

Seeing the storage bag handed over by Ximen Wudi, a trace of surprise flashed across the middle-aged man's face. He opened it and found that Ximen Wudi had not taken out any treasures, nor any poison or hidden weapons, nor any offensive spirit weapons, which made his expression unpredictable.

Although he was a Grandmaster of Artifact Refining, he was not good at fighting. If this martial artist wanted to launch a sneak attack, with his strength, he would definitely be unable to defend against it!

"Are you sure you only want to borrow it once? Once we leave, the restriction will close!"

Seeing Ximen Wudi so serious, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said.

"That's right! I, Ximen Wudi, keep my word!"

Ximen Wudi said with a faint smile. Dealing with this mob didn't require any schemes or tricks.

"Fine! Then be careful!"

After hearing Ximen Wudi's guarantee, the middle-aged man took a deep breath and said.

Then, they were about to leave, but at this moment, Ximen Wudi's footsteps stopped abruptly. A violent gust of wind whistled, and he instantly arrived in front of the middle-aged man. In the middle-aged man's shocked eyes, Ximen Wudi reached out with one hand and pinched his neck, lifting him up...

"You, what do you want to do? Do you really not care about the threat of that secret weapon anymore?"

Feeling Ximen Wudi's sharp aura, the middle-aged man's expression changed. He didn't expect Ximen Wudi to turn hostile so quickly, completely disregarding his words. This made him both shocked and angry, and he immediately roared at Ximen Wudi.

"Haha... do you think I'm still afraid?"

Ximen Wudi's face was filled with a ferocious look, and his arm suddenly increased its strength, snapping the Grandmaster of Artifact Refining's throat.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he threw away the corpse of the middle-aged man who was already dead.

"Hmph, just a bunch of trash. If it weren't for that secret weapon my father left behind back then, I could have slapped you all to death!"

Ximen Wudi's gaze was cold, and he slowly walked toward the outside of the valley. Since those guys wanted to put him to death, Ximen Wudi didn't mind letting them disappear from this world forever!

At this time, outside this canyon, more than five hundred people had gathered. Apart from a portion who were rogue martial artists, the rest were all experts from major factions!

The reason they gathered here was to wait for the rabbit. Once those guys from Tianyang City escaped from the valley, they would immediately rush into the valley to snatch that heavenly treasure—the Red Flame Crystal—and then destroy it!

And at this moment, among these five hundred people, there were three people.

One of them was a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe, standing with his hands behind his back. He was burly and exuded a fierce and domineering aura.

This person was the Master of the Sky Wolf Fortress, and also the most powerful Grandmaster of Artifact Refining in Sky Wolf City!

Besides him, another person was also wearing a black robe, his body straight like a spear, his face resolute.

This person was the ruler of the Flowing Fire Kingdom, Li Feilong!

As for the last person, it was an old woman. She was hunched over, her wrinkled old face covered in folds, and she was wrapped tightly in a blood-red long dress, making it impossible for people to see her true appearance!

These three existences who surpassed the peak of martial artists all had expressions of certainty.

It seemed they were determined to take down Ximen Wudi and the others in the Black Iron Mountain Range!

And at this moment, these three also saw Ximen Wudi walking out of the valley, and their faces flashed with astonishment.

"Eh! Why did only one person come out? Could that brat have been killed by the Black Iron Beast?"

Seeing only Ximen Wudi, Li Feilong immediately frowned and asked with some suspicion.

Hearing this, the old woman waved her hand and said:

"Impossible! The Black Iron Beast is a demonic beast comparable to a Two-Star Demon King! How could a piece of trash at the eighth level of Innate walk out alive?"

"And he doesn't even have the key in his hand?"

The old woman's voice was somewhat sharp, sounding very harsh.

"This..." Li Feilong was stunned, and just as he was about to retort, he suddenly looked into the distance, his expression shifting:

"Look, the Black Iron Beast is coming!"

As Li Feilong's words fell, sounds of breaking through the air came from the distant horizon, and immediately after, a huge figure appeared in everyone's sight.

This was a huge Black Iron Beast. It was about two and a half meters tall, over ten zhang long, and its whole body was covered in mottled bronze, especially its head, which was full of sharp horns, extremely sharp!

At this moment, sitting on top of this Black Iron Beast was an old man with a crane-like appearance and a youthful face, his eyes flashing with brilliance.

He was the only Grandmaster of Artifact Refining at the Martial Ancestor level in Tianyang City—Zhao Tianhe!

Zhao Tianhe's eyes flashed with strange light, and his divine sense swept down, seeing Ximen Wudi!

"It's him!"

When Zhao Tianhe saw the corpse of the middle-aged man beside Ximen Wudi, he immediately snorted coldly:

"Hmph! I knew those idiots couldn't trap that little beast. No matter how he hides, he will eventually be unable to escape from our grasp!"

Zhao Tianhe shouted coldly at the Grandmaster of Artifact Refining, then looked at Ximen Wudi and said coldly:

"Brat, I'll give you one last chance. Hand over the key, otherwise, you will definitely die today!"

Hearing this, Ximen Wudi's expression remained calm, and he didn't even glance at Zhao Tianhe, which made Zhao Tianhe furious.

"Courting death!"

Zhao Tianhe let out a low roar, and his figure turned into an afterimage, rushing straight toward Ximen Wudi. At the same time, a ball of flame appeared in front of him, and within the flames, a long sword burning with raging flames emerged.

This was his strongest trump card—【Flame Burning Heaven】.

As soon as this long sword appeared, it immediately emitted a monstrous heat. The temperature within a radius of several hundred meters rose sharply, like a sun hanging in mid-air, scorching the surroundings.

Zhao Tianhe held the long sword, drawing a fiery trajectory, and slashed straight at Ximen Wudi.

In an instant, terrifying flame sword energy exploded, roaring like a fireball!

Seeing this, Ximen Wudi smiled coldly.

Then he flicked his finger.

Shoo~~

A pitch-black blade light appeared, slamming heavily into the flame sword energy, destroying it in an instant!

Pfft~

This scene shocked Zhao Tianhe. Ximen Wudi was clearly only at the eighth level of Innate, why did he possess such strength?

"Damn it!"

His heart sank slightly, and Zhao Tianhe did not hesitate, immediately unleashing his strongest sword technique—【Wild Thunder Sword Art】.

Swish!

This sword was extremely fast, so fast that the naked eye could barely catch it, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Ximen Wudi!

Ximen Wudi's eyes were exceptionally cold. He took a step forward and also slashed down with a sword-drawing technique.

Boom~~~

The two long blades collided, and a surging gust of wind raged, blowing the many martial artists around to retreat one after another.

And Zhao Tianhe used this force to pull back and retreat!

However, Ximen Wudi did not intend to give the opponent any chance to breathe. He moved his feet, instantly closing in on Zhao Tianhe's side, and threw a punch, the fist containing ten thousand jin of force!

Bang~~~

Under this punch, the void shook incessantly, and the massive power caused the void to twist slightly. This punch was simple and direct, but faster and stronger, like a mountain, suppressing Zhao Tianhe's chest.

"So strong!"

Zhao Tianhe's pupils shrank sharply. He never expected Ximen Wudi's attack power to be so strong; the power of this punch could actually rival his own!

In the critical moment, Zhao Tianhe could only raise the long sword in his hand to block. With a crisp 'crack' sound, the bones in his wrist were shattered, and then his whole body flew backward, falling heavily to the ground, blood spilling from the corners of his mouth.

Looking at Zhao Tianhe, who had fallen to the ground and was spitting blood, everyone was completely stunned!

Defeated in one move!