The saber struck like a thunderbolt, a storm of fire and wind.
Lin Fan drew his saber and rose. The Mystic Fire Saber became a streak of crimson saber light, roaring away amid fierce winds and blazing flames.
Hiding a thousand zhang away, Ma Hefeng had no time to react before a crimson meteor came hurtling straight at him.
In an instant, Ma Hefeng's head and half his body were blasted apart.
The Mystic Fire Saber traced a scorching arc through the air, returning amid billowing flames and clearing out another swath of demonic monkeys along its path.
With Ma Hefeng dead, the demonic monkeys could no longer suppress their fear. They scattered in terror.
A moment later, Jiang Sheng and Lin Fan arrived before Ma Hefeng's corpse.
Lin Fan summoned the token from the waist of the remaining half of the corpse. His brow furrowed involuntarily. "Someone from the Ma Clan?"
"Could someone have discovered that secret realm?"
"No, that doesn't seem right. Could the Ma Clan be hunting something here?"
Answering his own questions, Lin Fan reckoned the date and said, "It's the turn of spring and summer now. This should be the Ma Clan's younger generation out hunting."
"The Ma Clan excels at commanding venomous insects and ferocious beasts, but they're fiercely protective of their own."
The Qingping Sword trembled in Jiang Sheng's hand, humming softly. "Let's kill our way over."
"Hm?" Lin Fan looked at Jiang Sheng in surprise.
"We've killed someone from the Ma Clan. He attacked us first, but word of the disturbance here must have gotten out already. Since that's the case, let's kill our way over!" Jiang Sheng repeated.
Lin Fan grinned. "That makes sense. The Ma Clan has always been fiercely protective of its own. If they find out we killed