Faced with Mu She's vicious attack, Lin Qingyun merely drew back slightly, then thrust the iron spear in his hand straight out, striking exactly at the spear tip.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
As the two of them moved, every collision between the two long spears sent sparks flying everywhere, along with a string of crisp ringing sounds.
The fighting energy that burst out wildly swept the room into a complete mess.
After tangling with Lin Qingyun for a while longer using ordinary attacks, Mu She retreated several steps, holding his spear, his gaze grave. The young man before him had displayed strength superior to his in both speed and power, which shocked him greatly. However, he could also see that the young man's combat experience did not seem especially rich. Perhaps that was his only chance of victory.
Taking a deep breath, Mu She let out a low shout, tapped the tip of his foot lightly against the ground, and his fighting energy surged wildly within him. His body, like a fallen leaf in a gale, flashed rapidly toward Lin Qingyun. At the same time, the long spear in his hand once again erupted with spear light.
Lin Qingyun, on the other hand, stood rooted in place. With a faint smile, he discarded the iron spear in his hand, and a mass of black flame rose from his jade-white hands.
"You're asking to die!" Mu She's eyes lit up, and he immediately let out a low shout. "Gale Stab!"
The tip of the long spear was instantly wrapped in a faint green whirlwind. As the wind swept past, the surrounding air seemed as though it had been torn apart.
Lin Qingyun paused slightly. Fighting energy covered the surface of his body, forming a layer of gauze robe. This layer of Fighting Energy Gauze Robe blocked all the force sweeping toward him.
Watching the spear tip racing toward him and enlarging in his pupils, Lin Qingyun simply raised both hands, then caught it.
In that instant, Lin Qingyun's entire body was like a speeding train, his legs sunk into the ground as they plowed two long trenches across the floor.
Mu She's figure came to a halt, but before joy could appear on his face, he suddenly discovered that the black flame had already burned away all the violent fighting energy attached to the spear shaft. Even the long spear itself had begun to melt, drops of molten iron dripping onto the ground.
"Damn it, what a strange flame!"
A horrified thought flashed through his mind. Mu She abruptly threw away the long spear in his hand, but Lin Qingyun's figure suddenly appeared behind him. The low, cold laugh made Mu She feel a chill all over. "Looks like you won't be taking my life after all."
"Sky-Breaking Strike!"
The cold shout in his heart made Lin Qingyun's fist abruptly fill with a shocking, ferocious power. His clenched fist brought with it a pressure-laden sound that tore through the air.
The fierce force that suddenly attacked from behind made Mu She's expression change wildly. In particular, that blazing, domineering flame made cold sweat pour down his back. He knew very well the tyrannical power of that strange flame.
The fighting energy in his body suddenly surged wildly, and a layer of Fighting Energy Gauze Robe appeared on the surface of his body. Still feeling somewhat uneasy, he gave another low shout in his heart.
"Phoenix Feather Heavenly Net!"
Pieces of feather-like fighting energy condensed into substance and transformed over his body, enveloping him completely and adding a few degrees of defense.
And at that very moment, Lin Qingyun's attack arrived viciously on his back.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound of impact quietly rang out inside the room. Within that deep noise was a solid sense of force.
The ferocious force from behind directly made Mu She's face turn deathly pale. His body abruptly lunged forward and smashed through the wall.
Before he could even steady himself, Mu She sensed the light before his eyes dim. At the same time, a wisp of fierce wind came rushing toward him.
Mu She was aghast. His figure twisted strangely, avoiding his vital point, but his shoulder was still smashed.
As the pain of torn flesh hit him, Mu She suddenly let out a loud cry, his face incomparably pale.
After retreating several steps in succession, he looked at the young man walking toward him step by step and panted, "I can give you whatever you want. I can also let Li'er's matter go."
"But you said you wanted my life, didn't you? So I'll be taking yours. I don't like leaving hidden dangers behind," Lin Qingyun said, shaking his head.
"Bastard!" Looking at the young man gradually enlarging before his eyes, a trace of fear rose in Mu She's heart. With a low shout in his mind, "Soaring Wind Steps," he turned and fled into the distance.
But before he had gotten far, Mu She let out another miserable scream. Wisps of black flame emerged from all over his body, and in an instant, they wrapped around him completely.
Waves of miserable screams echoed continuously through the deathly quiet manor. Lin Qingyun slowly walked over. On the ground, only a pile of ash remained.
"It's already late. I'd better find a place to rest for the night!"
After leaving the manor, Lin Qingyun looked up at the sky and figured he had no plans to return to the Monster Beast Mountain Range tonight.
In fluttering white robes, once the matter was done, he brushed off his sleeves and left.
Inside an inn whose lights had yet to go out.
A drowsy waiter lay beside the table.
Lin Qingyun pushed the door open and strode in, calling out, "Waiter, bring me a bowl of Big Bowl Wide Noodles! Add chili."
...The silent night slipped by quietly. When the sky had only just begun to brighten the next day, Lin Qingyun, who had been sleeping, opened his eyes right on time. Over the past few days, most of his time had been spent in the wild, which had already adjusted his biological clock to a rather reasonable state.
Although he had only rested for one or two hours, the fatigue left behind by last night's battle had already been completely erased, replaced by vigorous vitality.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Lin Qingyun formed the seals for cultivation with both hands and slowly closed his eyes again.
At dawn, when the sun had just risen, Heaven and Earth Energy was at its richest, and it was also the best period for cultivation. Cultivation was like stepping onto an ancient path up a tall mountain; only by taking one step at a time and persevering could one climb to the peak.
However.
Clearly, Lin Qingyun had cheats...
As Lin Qingyun's breathing gradually steadied, the calm space around him suddenly rippled faintly like water. Wisps of fighting energy spread out from the surrounding space.
And the speed at which this fighting energy gathered became increasingly turbulent. In just half a quarter of an hour, the space around Lin Qingyun was already shrouded in a damp mist, while Lin Qingyun's figure appeared and disappeared within that haze.
The benefit of a high-grade technique lay in the speed at which it absorbed Heaven and Earth Energy.
His fighting energy cultivation continued for nearly an hour. Only after the sunlight outside the window had illuminated the room brightly did Lin Qingyun slowly finish. The seals in his hands dispersed, and a somewhat turbid breath was exhaled in one long stream.
His eyelids gradually opened. In his dark eyes, a faint white light flashed past, then in the next instant hid itself in the deepest depths of his pupils.
"At this pace, I can step into three-star Dou Zhe in at most a month. If I combine it with Chaotic Fire, I can fight a Seven-star Dou Shi." Estimating how full the fighting energy in his body was, Lin Qingyun's face lifted into a satisfied smile.
But as if he had thought of something, the smile on his face collapsed again.
"Then what the hell is with that Check-in System? It still hasn't triggered a check-in reward!"
The Check-in System he had been thinking about constantly had not reacted in the slightest, which left Lin Qingyun very helpless, but there was nothing he could do.
Jumping down from the bed, Lin Qingyun washed up briefly in the room.
On the first floor of the inn, people had already gathered early in the morning. Most of them were mercenaries dressed in simple, rough clothing.
Amid the noisy voices and flying spittle, Lin Qingyun also heard what these mercenaries were discussing.
"Everyone from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group disappeared. There's only a pile of ash left on the ground."
"Who exactly did they offend? That's really ruthless!"
"Who knows? Maybe they provoked some powerful magical beast inside the Monster Beast Mountain Range, haha."
"Good riddance. I couldn't stand the Wolf Head Mercenary Group throwing their weight around for ages."
"..."
Maintaining a faint smile the entire time, Lin Qingyun finished eating his Big Bowl Wide Noodles, then drifted away.
When he reached the entrance behind Green Mountain Town, it was still noisy there, with many mercenaries gathered.
However, Lin Qingyun very quickly noticed a figure carrying a Great Black Ruler on his back.
Sorry for not updating yesterday. There will be two updates today.
At the same time, many thanks to book friend: Wuwuwu, Why Is Choosing a Name So Hard for the 100 Qidian coin tip.
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