Chapter 6

Chapter 6: The Cave “Who are you?”

Qin Yefeng gripped the black combat saber tightly in his hand. The strength of the person in front of him was not weak. Before figuring out his background, he absolutely would not make the first move.

Liu Qian’s mouth curled into a smile as he said, “There is no need to know who I am. You only need to understand that someone asked me to eliminate you.”

After saying that, Liu Qian pointed the three-foot sword blade at Qin Yefeng. The moment the cold light gleamed on it,

“Die!” In an instant, Liu Qian dove through the forest and arrived in front of Qin Yefeng, fiercely thrusting the longsword in his hand toward his heart.

Qin Yefeng did not retreat but advanced instead, taking a large stride forward and slashing the black combat saber with all his might.

Clang!

The weapons clashed fiercely, sending sparks flying. A notch was pierced into the black combat saber, while the black-clad man’s Green Steel Sword remained completely undamaged.

Qin Yefeng stared fixedly at the black-clad man in front of him. The combat saber in his hand had already unleashed its full power, yet the blade simply could not break through this man’s defense.

On the contrary, the longsword in the black-clad man’s hand seemed to possess a spirit of its own, breaking through Qin Yefeng’s slashing moves at precisely the right moments!

“Brat, it seems your strength is indeed not small. So you’ve been hiding your true strength all along? But it’s a pity you met me. Next, I’m going to get serious. Don’t get stabbed to death by me too quickly,” Liu Qian laughed teasingly.

Qin Yefeng’s heart sank slightly. The person opposite him actually had a cultivation of the seventh level of the Houtian Realm. Currently, at the third level of the Houtian Realm, he had already used all his strength, yet he was still not his opponent!

If the unknown man truly hadn’t used his full strength just now, then now that he was serious, he would be in an even more dangerous situation.

Immediately, Qin Yefeng made up his mind. He would fight desperately first, and if he couldn’t win, he would flee. He was definitely not someone who could be easily intimidated.

Qin Yefeng coldly snorted in his heart, and then his figure blurred as he charged forward, horizontally slashing the black combat saber in a bizarre arc.

At the moment the combat saber slashed down, Liu Qian immediately flipped and jumped up. After dodging Qin Yefeng’s fatal strike in mid-air, he took advantage of the momentum to thrust his sword sharply toward Qin Yefeng’s throat.

A cold and sharp aura rapidly pierced toward Qin Yefeng. Gritting his teeth and ignoring the risk of injury, Qin Yefeng reversed his blade, slashing upward toward the man’s head.

Liu Qian did not anticipate this kid’s madness. Hastily changing his move to defend, the longsword in his hand was bent out of shape by the combat saber’s slash. The blade scraped his face, directly drawing a bloody gash from which fresh blood dripped down.

“You’re courting death!”

Liu Qian was enraged. He took out a yellow spirit talisman from his robes and wiped it over the Green Steel Sword.

The Green Steel Sword instantly brimmed with a substantial amount of spiritual energy. The extreme spiritual energy stimulated the cold light on the sword blade, almost blinding Qin Yefeng’s eyes.

Liu Qian’s face was covered in blood. At this moment, he looked incredibly ferocious as he roared, “Brat, to be able to die under my use of a precious Deity Transformation Talisman, you can rest in peace!”

Liu Qian’s figure produced afterimages as he charged toward Qin Yefeng at an extremely fast speed. With the enhancement of the Deity Transformation Talisman, the slashing speed and power of the Green Steel Sword had been amplified to a terrifying degree.

Clang!

Clang! Clang! Qin Yefeng was forced to raise his combat saber to defend. Continuously defending against the forceful slashes of the Green Steel Sword, he was suffering unspeakably.

Deep gashes were hacked into the back of the black saber by the Green Steel Sword. The webbing between Qin Yefeng’s thumb and index finger, which gripped the saber, had already split open with a large tear, and fresh blood seeped out madly from within.

Qin Yefeng’s hands had long gone numb from the hacking of the Green Steel Sword. If this continued, he would sooner or later die at the hands of this guy!

Right at this moment!

Liu Qian launched a sudden assault, arriving in front of Qin Yefeng and fiercely thrusting down with his longsword!

“High-grade Martial Art: Afterimage Thrust!”

The Green Steel Sword now carried sharp afterimages. The blade traced a tricky arc, aiming straight for Qin Yefeng’s throat.

Qin Yefeng could no longer evade. At the critical moment, risking his arm being pierced through, he brazenly used his arm to directly block the thrusting sword blade.

After blocking the fatal strike of the Green Steel Sword, Qin Yefeng ignored the gash on his arm, rapidly retreated, and brazenly activated the Soaring Cloud Movement Technique, dashing deep into Sheep Horn Peak.

“Qin Yefeng, you can’t escape!” Looking at Qin Yefeng’s fleeing figure, Liu Qian’s eyes were filled with a cold glint.

Liu Qian fiercely gave chase in the direction Qin Yefeng fled, his speed unbelievably fast.

Qin Yefeng fully stimulated the spiritual energy within his body to accelerate his escape speed, but he realized the distance between the black-clad man and himself was getting closer and closer.

At this moment, forced to the edge of a cliff, Qin Yefeng looked at the thousand-foot precipice shrouded in clouds and mist before him. Turning around to glance at the ferocious man rapidly pursuing him from behind, he braced himself and leaped down from the Black Water Mountain Range.

Liu Qian looked at the thousand-foot cliff shrouded in clouds and mist beneath his feet. Anyone who fell from here would definitely die without an intact corpse!

“Qin Yefeng will definitely be smashed to pieces falling from here. I can be considered to have completed the task Qin Xue entrusted to me.”

Liu Qian gazed at the bottomless cliff and left the place with a maniacal laugh.

…

In a recess of a sheer cliff in the Black Water Mountain Range!

A man’s arm had been completely pierced through. At this moment, gritting his teeth, he sat cross-legged, rapidly recovering from the wounds on his body.

The man was none other than Qin Yefeng. His body had been nourished by dragon blood, and coupled with his good luck of landing on ancient tree branches, he had only suffered superficial wounds and fortunately had not injured his internal organs.

Moreover, with the Nine Dragons Burning Heaven Art accompanying him, his injuries had now recovered by nearly half.

Qin Yefeng only needed to consider for a moment to know who had sent this black-clad man.

The only person who wanted to kill him was Qin Xue. She was trying to exterminate him completely!

The wound on Qin Yefeng’s arm was nothing compared to the piercing pain deep in his heart. He decided to heal his injuries and recover his strength first, to avoid the black-clad man coming down the cliff to pursue him again.

He took out the few Spirit Stones he had obtained after killing the bandits and began refining them using the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame.

As the refined Spirit Stones grew smaller and smaller, he felt the dragon power catalyzing the golden dragon blood to transform his body. The granulations of the wound on Qin Yefeng’s arm actually began to slowly heal!

Qin Yefeng lowered his head, looking at the wound with some surprise. His recovery ability was truly formidable. He then touched the last remaining Spirit Stone in his bundle.

“I have too few items containing spiritual energy! I can’t refine more dragon power to convert into dragon blood! It seems I still need to search for more spiritual treasures in the mountain range.”

After refining the last Spirit Stone, a trace of surprise flashed across Qin Yefeng’s face as he muttered, “Strange, why is the spiritual energy here so much stronger!”

After the wound on Qin Yefeng’s arm recovered, his perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth also became clearer.

He actually discovered a cave next to this cliff wall, and a trace of spiritual energy was unexpectedly surging out from within the cave.

There must be a treasure rich in spiritual energy inside!

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yefeng directly climbed up the rock face, pulled aside the long green vines covering the stone cave, and slipped inside.

A cold wind blew against his face from within the cave, mixed with the stench of rotting meat.

“What the hell is inside?” Qin Yefeng continued walking deeper into the cave, wanting to know what the treasure brimming with spiritual energy was.