Surrounded and Hunted

Golden light blazed all over him, illuminating the entire cave like a brilliant sun.

Behind him, the phantoms of two golden dragons appeared, as though roaming the dark heavens.

Then they quickly vanished into Lin Tian's body.

With a thought, Lin Tian threw a punch.

Boom!

The punch was mighty and heavy, layers of fist shadows surging forth.

They became a blast of air that smashed forward, leaving a vacuum of rippling light and flame in its wake.

Boom!

The fist shadows struck the stone wall.

In an instant, they shattered it into a skyful of rubble.

Immediately afterward, Lin Tian reined in his presence.

The dazzling radiance gradually faded.

Though he had already reined it in,

the richness of his blood Qi had still reached an unprecedented level.

Because he had yet to adjust, fierce, surging blood Qi poured from his entire body.

"Am I a sword cultivator now, or a body cultivator?"

Lin Tian murmured and walked out of the cave.

[Zhenwu: Still alive?]

He sent Ziwei a message.

[Ziwei: Uh, boss, did you do that on purpose just now? My heart nearly went cold.]

[Zhenwu: Looks like you're not dead yet. Those messages you kept sending nearly interrupted my cultivation and made my body explode. How do you think we should settle this?]

[Ziwei: ???? I'm so miserable! Not only am I being hunted by outsiders, but my own people are going to exploit me to death!]

Lin Tian stopped replying.

Just then, Ziwei sent another message.

[Ziwei: Boss, I ran into Qi Liancheng. He's leading a group surrounding Yu Xiu and Li Xin, trying to kill them. I'm crouching behind a stone wall, too scared to make a sound.]

Something stirred in Lin Tian's mind.

[Zhenwu: Where are you?]

[Ziwei: Boss, can you see that enormous human skeleton? They're a thousand meters directly in front of it.]

Lin Tian frowned and looked over.

The towering skeleton sat against a mountain, several dozen li away from him.

It wasn't far.

"I hope there are enough of them."

Lin Tian murmured and charged in that direction.

Like a streak of white light, he barreled straight through everything.

After taking the Soaring Dragon Flower, even Lin Tian himself had not expected this.

Perhaps his previous accumulation had been sufficient.

His strength had now reached the strength of two dragons.

Combined with his terrifying defensive ability,

he could practically ignore ordinary trees.

As he sprinted, he practiced "Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows."

Martial techniques like this actually became more proficient with repeated use.

Although Lin Tian could now take five steps in an instant,

he was still far from the ten steps of the first level of "Swift Wind, Ten Thousand Shadows."

There was still a long way to go.

Techniques like this only grew harder as one progressed.

Meanwhile,

several dozen li away,

Qi Liancheng grinned viciously at Yu Xiu and Li Xin, who were surrounded in the middle.

There were eight of them in total.

Apart from him, all the others served the Su Clan's second young miss.

The Su Clan's second young miss stood prettily atop a rocky cliff, watching the scene with interest.

Li Xin held his sword in one hand, several wounds marking his body, and said calmly,

"Everyone, let us go, and we'll help you find Su Nan afterward!"

Everyone froze at Li Xin's words.

Qi Liancheng said disdainfully,

"Aren't you a sword cultivator? How can you have so little backbone?"

Li Xin chuckled.

"What even is backbone? I've always looked down on those sword cultivators whose minds can't bend around a corner. They're the ones ruining my reputation."

When Li Xin finished, everyone fell silent.

They suddenly felt that he made a great deal of sense.

"If they're going to kill us, let them! Li Xin, what the hell are you cowering for?"

Yu Xiu cursed under his breath, every word dripping with mockery.

Li Xin hurriedly said,

"As you can all see, this man isn't my friend at all. I'm not with him!"

Qi Liancheng and the others exchanged glances, somewhat at a loss.

"Kill them both."

Su Rou spoke lightly, instantly breaking through their hesitation.

"He's gathering momentum. Are you all blind?"

Su Rou continued, and Qi Liancheng and the others suddenly froze.

They looked at Li Xin. Upon closer inspection,

they indeed discovered that the presence on his sword was growing increasingly sharp.

"Damn it, you played me!"

Qi Liancheng cursed under his breath, and a wine gourd appeared in his hand.

"Let's see if I don't drown you both."

He grinned viciously, and a cloud of pink Spiritual Qi instantly poured from the gourd's mouth.

The pink Spiritual Qi immediately enveloped Li Xin and Yu Xiu.

Illusions of scantily clad, breathtakingly beautiful women, chattering sweetly, appeared within the pink gas.

The scent of rouge, hallucinogenic fragrant powder, and the women's faint bodily fragrance instantly surrounded the two.

"Sir, do you want me?"

"Husband, I'm going to eat you up today."

"My darling, you're so fierce today."

Women's soft voices arose one after another.

They slipped out of their clothes, revealing rounded, snow-white bodies.

"Everyone, take these pills!"

Qi Liancheng tossed pills to the others.

They gave Qi Liancheng wary looks, and none took them.

"Qi Liancheng, that stuff of yours is sinister. If you want to kill them, do it yourself!"

"Hmph, what if the wine isn't what this drunkard is really after? Wouldn't we be poisoned to death by you?"

"Hmph, the Joyous Immortal Sect certainly lives up to its reputation for sinister ruthlessness."

"Why would you think we'd fall for your trick?"

"Why don't we kill Qi Liancheng together first? He's the only one here who serves the Su Clan's eldest young miss."

"Brother, you make excellent sense. I wholeheartedly agree!"

All seven cultivators covered their crotches and shot backward.

"Qi Liancheng, in that case, go in alone!"

Atop the rocky cliff, Su Rou, the Su Clan's second young miss, spoke coldly.

It should have been extremely simple for several people to surround and attack Li Xin and Yu Xiu.

But after Qi Liancheng's stunt, no one else dared approach.

"Fine."

Qi Liancheng's expression darkened as he spoke coldly.

A bone whip resembling a human spine materialized in his hand, and he charged into the pink gas.

Meanwhile, within the pink gas,

Yu Xiu's and Li Xin's eyes had already glazed over.

Yu Xiu had even taken off his shirt.

Behind a distant boulder, Ziwei watched, dumbfounded.

[Ziwei: Boss, this is bad! That bastard Qi Liancheng isn't human! He's playing dirty.]

Just then,

Qi Liancheng charged with his bone whip toward Yu Xiu, who was the most severely affected.

Hum!

A sword's ringing cry sounded.

"Hmph, with my Bone-Bewitching Powder, you have less than a tenth of your strength left!"

Qi Liancheng smiled faintly, his bone whip meeting Li Xin's sword strike.

Li Xin opened his eyes, which were filled with terror.

"Stop!"

He roared, only to see that Qi Liancheng had already clamped a hand around Yu Xiu's head.

"Stop? How do you expect me to stop?"

Qi Liancheng sneered and squeezed hard with his large hand.

Crack, crack, crack!

Thick red-and-white fluid spurted from Yu Xiu's head.

"Qi Liancheng!"

Li Xin roared, slashing out sword shadow after sword shadow.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Qi Liancheng concentrated on blocking with his bone spike.

His other hand suddenly squeezed harder.

Crack!

Yu Xiu's head instantly burst into pulp, and his whole body collapsed to the ground.

"You are rather interesting."

Qi Liancheng grinned viciously as he fought Li Xin within the pink gas.

"My master bestowed this Bone-Bewitching Powder upon me. Only sword cultivators like you, with your somewhat firmer wills, can still resist."

"But that's all. Your mind has been corroded now. You can't even unleash your Sword Intent."

Qi Liancheng sneered, his bone spike slashing out repeatedly.

Li Xin struggled to defend himself, driven back step by step.

Gritting his teeth, he unleashed one sword slash after another.

"Thirteen Swords of Spring Rain!"

Li Xin shouted, his Sword Qi sweeping forth as densely as raindrops.

The keen Sword Qi slashed relentlessly.

"Thirteen Swords of Spring Rain? Isn't this the Thirteen Swords of an Impotent Man?"

Qi Liancheng mocked as he attacked without pause.