No More Running!

"Swoosh!"

A line of blood appeared between the young man's brows.

"You... you weren't injured?" he cried out unwillingly.

Chu Feng's movements were swift and bursting with power. He looked nothing like someone who had been injured.

"Huanhuan, I can't go see you anymore..." A look of longing flashed through the young manservant's eyes before he collapsed unwillingly.

With one hand free, Chu Feng planted his saber in the ground, then grabbed the jaws of the wolfhound biting his shoulder and slowly began to apply force with both hands.

The wolfhound's vicious growl gradually turned to terror. In the end, it became like a frightened cub, letting out a shrill, mournful whine.

"Ha!"

Chu Feng let out an angry roar and suddenly exerted force with both hands. He actually tore apart the wolfhound's saber-toothed maw, spraying blood across his body and making him look like a demon god bathed in blood.

When the other wolfhound saw this, it curled up with its tail tucked between its legs and lay trembling on the ground. A wet patch spread beneath it.

Li Dahai stared at the shoulder where the wolfhound had bitten Chu Feng, his pupils shaking violently.

His bronze-colored skin was completely unharmed—not even slightly scraped.

How was this possible? The wolfhounds specially bred by the Fang Family could even bite through wood as thick as a bowl.

Once bitten by a wolfhound, even a Peak Skin Polishing Realm Martial Artist would have a chunk of flesh torn away. How had Chu Feng not even lost a hair?

[Killed a wolfhound. Plundered 1 year of lifespan.]

[Killed an Early Skin Polishing Realm Martial Artist. Plundered 2 years of lifespan.]

The wonderful notification chime rang out. Chu Feng could confirm that this was no Nanke dream; he had truly obtained something capable of defying heaven and changing his fate.

His eyes grew brighter, and his entire body became uncontrollably excited. When he looked at Li Dahai again, his gaze was filled with the desire to hunt.

Chu Feng tossed the dead dog aside and drew his saber once more.

You want to trade my life for a reward? Then trade your own life for it!

When Li Dahai saw Chu Feng charging over, he urged the remaining wolfhound to pounce on him.

But the wolfhound had already been scared witless. It only whimpered desperately, burying its head in the ground and trembling nonstop.

Watching Chu Feng close in step by step, Li Dahai angrily chopped off the dog's head with one stroke and met Chu Feng's saber.

"Clang..."

The clash of metal rang out with a piercing sound.

Chu Feng followed through with a horizontal slash. Li Dahai failed to dodge in time, and a bloody mark was drawn across his face. His hair tie had come loose, leaving him in a miserable state.

He said in shock, "Late Skin Polishing Stage? You concealed your strength while staying in Fang Manor. What exactly are you planning?"

"You'd better worry about yourself!"

Chu Feng's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was flushed with excitement. At this moment, Li Dahai was no longer a living person in his eyes, but moving lifespan.

"Brat, we're both in the Late Skin Polishing Stage. It's still uncertain who will be the one left dead!"

Seeing how much Chu Feng looked down on him, Li Dahai angrily swung his saber and launched an attack.

Chu Feng gripped his saber and unleashed the Breaking Edge Saber Technique he had painstakingly practiced for years. Cold light swept in every direction, beating Li Dahai into a flustered mess.

After just four or five exchanges, Li Dahai's arm had gone numb, and his blood and qi surged violently.

Chu Feng gave him no chance to catch his breath. With a flick of his wrist, he knocked aside Li Dahai's incoming weapon. The horizontal slash transformed into a straight thrust, and the saber tip swiftly pierced through Li Dahai's heart and lungs.

Fresh blood flowed like a stream. Clutching the hole in his chest, Li Dahai said in terror:

"How is this possible? How could your skin and flesh be so tough?"

His saber had clearly struck Chu Feng squarely in the chest. How had it left him completely unharmed?

Chu Feng said coldly, "You'd better remain a fool in death."

"You..."

Li Dahai died on the spot.

[Killed a Late Skin Polishing Stage Martial Artist. Plundered 3 years of lifespan.]

Chu Feng touched the red mark on his chest and said happily, "With Bronze Skin Iron Bones combined with the defensive power of the Late Skin Polishing Stage, this is truly astonishing. I took Li Dahai's saber head-on and wasn't hurt in the slightest."

Although he had deflected the saber and caused it to lose half its force, the defensive power of his skin and flesh was still truly astonishing.

If Chu Feng had exchanged injuries with Li Dahai earlier, he would have needed only two moves to kill him.

It was just a pity about that wolfhound. He could have gained another year of lifespan from it.

Chu Feng knew full well that he could not stay here for long. The Fang Family might still have pursuers on the way.

He fished two taels of silver from the corpse, stripped off a fairly dry set of clothes and changed into them, then disturbed the traces of the battle around him. After putting on a straw rain cape, he hurried away beneath the cold rain.

After racing nonstop for half an hour, Chu Feng arrived before a great river.

The Tianlan River was a famous great river in Jizhou, winding for thousands of li. Especially downstream from Yong'an City, it branched into the Tianyu River, Tianqing River, Tianlang River, and Tianxing River—four tributaries.

As long as Chu Feng jumped into the river, washed away his scent, and followed the current downstream, the Fang Family would have no idea which direction he had gone.

With his current physique, he could soak in the water for several hours without becoming hypothermic. He could definitely escape beyond the Fang Family's sphere of influence.

He had visited the Tianlan River once before. The wind and waves had been calm then, but unexpectedly, it had now become turbulent and surging, with the river's surface swollen to twice its former size.

The Tianlan River was now raging with huge waves. Jumping in meant certain death.

Seeing this scene, Chu Feng felt relieved instead.

Since that was the case, he would stop running.

Fleeing a thousand li away and relying on the plundering system to develop in secret was definitely the wise choice.

But his thoughts would remain blocked, his heart aggrieved, and a ball of fire would smolder within him. How could he ever reach the peak of the martial path like that?

A true man was born between heaven and earth. How could he flee whenever trouble arose?

"Since even Heaven doesn't want me to run, then let the hunt begin—until I wipe out his entire family!"

Chu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. His gaze was like an ancient, unfrozen pool, dark and icy, as if it could freeze everything.

A group of uninvited guests found the place where Chu Feng had fought earlier.

"Liu Hu? Li Dahai? They both died here?"

"They're both Late Skin Polishing Stage Martial Artists. How did the two of them end up dead when they were fighting one person?"

When the group saw the gruesome condition of Liu Hu and Li Dahai, they were all terribly shocked. Many of them were weaker than the two men, so naturally they felt frightened.

As for the young manservant who had only just entered the Skin Polishing Realm, everyone subconsciously ignored him.

Chen Yuan, the Fang Family Guard in charge, stepped forward. After searching the three corpses, he said coldly, "How much ability could a lowly wood-chopping slave have? Liu Hu and Li Dahai must have underestimated the enemy and fallen for this brat's trick."

"The blood in the corpses hasn't congealed yet. They've been dead for no more than an hour. Chu Feng definitely hasn't gone far. Everyone, spread out and search. The moment you find Chu Feng, light the Heaven Shaking Thunder and send a signal!"

"Chen Yuan, Zhao Da, Lin Shan, the three of you come with me to investigate the Tianlan River. That brat very likely fled along the Tianlan River..."

"Yes, boss," the three answered in unison.