Counter-Kill

Seven or eight days passed, and Chen Fei's originally thin, small body slowly began to fill out. Gradually, some muscle appeared on him, and he no longer looked so scrawny and easy to bully.

Just as Chen Fei was looking forward to breaking through to the Skin Refining Realm, the Medical Hall suddenly notified them that they had to go into the mountains outside the city to gather herbs.

Early the next morning, a group of handymen from the Medical Hall left the city with herb baskets on their backs and arrived at Pingyin Mountain.

Things had not been very peaceful outside the city lately, but the Medical Hall was short on herbs, and once it arranged for the handymen to leave the city, there was naturally no room to refuse. Everyone had a quota of herbs to gather. Once they completed it, they could go down the mountain.

If they could not finish, they still had to return after three days, but a beating would be impossible to avoid.

The group scattered into the vast Pingyin Mountain and soon vanished from sight.

Chen Fei walked for the time it took an incense stick to burn and saw a medicinal herb. Delighted, he stepped forward to pick it. As his cultivation continued to rise, Chen Fei had recently not only grown better in stamina, even the sharpness of his five senses had improved greatly.

Although Chen Fei was gathering herbs at the moment, his ears and eyes still paid attention to his surroundings from time to time, lest some danger arrive and he remain unaware.

Though there were no large beasts in Pingyin Mountain, there were plenty of poisonous insects and venomous snakes. Every time herbs were gathered, many handymen were injured, and some even lost their lives.

The herb had only been half picked when Chen Fei's expression suddenly changed, and he abruptly threw himself forward.

The next moment, an arrow stabbed into the spot where Chen Fei had been. The arrow was still quivering slightly, its force extremely heavy. If Chen Fei had not dodged just now, the arrow would probably have pierced into his internal organs by now.

Chen Fei hid behind a large tree, holding his Woodcutter's Knife, anger overflowing in his heart. If his movements had been a little slower just now, he would probably be at someone else's mercy now, a lamb on the chopping block.

"Your movements are pretty quick," a laugh rang out.

"This kid studied for a while at Extreme Mountain Martial Hall, so he's got a bit of small cleverness," Sha Daxin's voice sounded.

"He does have some skill. You go to the other side. Today he won't be able to run... not good, this kid's trying to run! Chase him!" Niu Kuo's brow lifted slightly. He had just raised his Bow and Arrow when he discovered that Chen Fei was always running between the large trees, making him difficult to lock onto.

Though Niu Kuo was a hunter and had some Archery, in the end, he was only at an ordinary person's level. Chen Fei was now on the verge of breaking through, and whether it was stamina or sharpness, he was much stronger than an ordinary person.

So now that he was running, Niu Kuo actually had no way to deal with him.

"Chen Fei, why are your guts like a woman's? What are you running for? Come hit me! Come kill me!" Sha Daxin roared loudly.

Chen Fei did not respond and ran in great strides. In less than fifteen minutes, he had thrown off the two behind him. Chen Fei's expression was cold and sunken. This matter could not possibly be left like this, but Niu Kuo had a Bow and Arrow. With Chen Fei's current strength, he could not break through head-on, unless his realm improved.

Thinking of this, Chen Fei looked at his own Panel.

Name: Chen Fei

Occupation: Martial Artist

Cultivation Methods: Extreme Mountain Fist (Not Entered), Extreme Mountain Breathing Technique (Great Perfection)

Realm: Martial Man (99/100)

"It's about to rise!"

Chen Fei's expression lifted slightly. His original estimate had been ten days, but now it seemed it would be even earlier. And after that intense running and breathing just now, the speed of his realm's improvement seemed to have become a little faster too.

Chen Fei thought of Niu Kuo's attire just now. He might be a hunter from Pingyin Mountain, and perhaps he could rely on Traces to find him. Chen Fei did not stay where he was either and ran in another direction.

He ran for a stretch, then rested for a while. Half an hour later, Chen Fei stopped, because he felt his body undergoing violent changes.

The next moment, the sound of Muscles and Bones Resonating rang out from within Chen Fei's body. Chen Fei involuntarily raised his head, and a surge of pain came from inside his body, followed by a wave of numb itching that traveled through his flesh and skin.

Fortunately, this feeling only lasted for a moment before stopping. A sense of power surged through his body, and Chen Fei subconsciously clenched his fists.

Realm: Skin Refining (1/1000)

The Panel clearly displayed Chen Fei's current realm. Chen Fei looked around. Some faint sounds drifted into his ears, and Chen Fei could see farther away.

Chen Fei hopped in place a few times. He did not know if it was because of the Panel or the Great Perfection breathing technique, but right after breaking through, Chen Fei had perfect control over his own strength.

Applying force with his body, changing direction—everything answered his will. If he faced his former self now, one punch would be enough to knock him down. As for Niu Kuo's Bow and Arrow? It was nothing more than an ordinary person's strength and archery.

Several hundred meters away.

"This kid can run way too well. Once we catch him, we have to torture him properly first!" Sha Daxin gnashed his teeth and said coldly.

"What's hard about torturing someone? Later, cut open his skin and pour some honey into the wound. I guarantee he'll feel nice and comfortable," Niu Kuo laughed loudly.

"I've troubled Uncle Niu this time," Sha Daxin said attentively.

"I took your money, so it's only right I do a little work."

Niu Kuo did not care in the slightest. Looking ahead, he said, "That kid can run, but he must be on tenterhooks right now. We'll slowly follow behind him. We'll wear him to death sooner or later."

"I'm afraid he'll run back to the Medical Hall."

"I actually hope he runs down the mountain. That would make it even easier to cut him off." In Niu Kuo's eyes, killing a person was much simpler than killing a wild beast.

"Uncle Niu is still the amazing one!" Sha Daxin said with a fawning smile.

"Hahaha, if you have this kind of thing again in the future, keep looking for—"

"Whoosh!"

Before Niu Kuo could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and he rolled to the side. A stone the size of a bowl flew over his head.

Niu Kuo got up and had just raised his Bow and Arrow when a figure appeared in front of him at some point, kicking the Bow and Arrow from his hands. Niu Kuo himself was also overturned by a surge of Giant Strength and involuntarily fell backward.

"Chen Fei!"

Sha Daxin still had not understood what had happened when he saw Chen Fei appear and kick Niu Kuo flying. The Woodcutter's Knife in his hand subconsciously chopped toward Chen Fei.

"Bang!"

Chen Fei kicked Sha Daxin in the chest. Sha Daxin let out a muffled grunt, blood spraying from his mouth as he flew several meters backward, slammed into a large tree, and slid down to sit on the ground.

"Young Hero, this is a misunderstanding!"

In the blink of an eye, swift as a rabbit rising and a falcon swooping, the situation instantly reversed. Niu Kuo shouted loudly. Chen Fei, however, said nothing. In a single stride, he arrived before Niu Kuo, and the Chopping Knife in his hand swept out.

Seeing Chen Fei act with such decisiveness, a ruthless glint flashed through Niu Kuo's eyes. A handful of lime powder appeared in his hand and he flung it toward Chen Fei; in his other hand, a dagger appeared, stabbing at Chen Fei.

"Hiss!"

A pair of hands flew into the air. Niu Kuo stared blankly at his own arms. The next moment, pain flashed through his neck, the world turned heaven and earth upside down, and finally sank into darkness.

Expressionless, Chen Fei turned and walked toward Sha Daxin.

"Murdering people and taking lives—Chen Fei, you'll die a horrible death!" As though knowing he could no longer survive, Sha Daxin cursed at the top of his lungs.

Chen Fei swung his blade and sheathed it. Sha Daxin slumped limply to the side.