Breaking Through With Strength

Not only was there a difference in the quality of their cultivation techniques, but on the level of technique proficiency, he was far from it.

Yang Linghu had extraordinary talent in practicing techniques. Now at the second level, he had already cultivated the Brute Force Art to the third level. All basic moves were mastered, and their power had greatly increased.

This was his ultimate move, and besides himself, no one else knew about it.

In just a few breaths, the three had exchanged over ten moves. Zhang Chen and Liao Feng were even more horrified.

They had originally thought that with their numerical advantage, they could suppress Yang Linghu from the start, but they didn't expect this person to be so composed and handle them with ease.

"What's going on with this guy? Where did he get such rich combat experience? He can handle all of this?"

Zhang Chen became more alarmed the more he fought, gradually feeling a bad premonition. His intuition told him that he couldn't drag this out any longer.

"Delay will lead to complications, we need to finish this quickly!"

With this thought, Zhang Chen's gaze towards Liao Feng began to change.

"Keeping this person alive is a disaster. Might as well get rid of him today, to prevent my collusion with the bandits from being exposed."

Zhang Chen was extremely insidious. Once he made a decision, he acted immediately.

He stopped in his tracks, and in the blink of an eye, a scorching fireball condensed in front of his chest.

"Go!"

Bang!

The fireball whistled past, hitting Liao Feng and Yang Linghu, exploding with a roar.

"Pfft—Haa!!"

Liao Feng, who was fighting Yang Linghu, was caught completely off guard. A heavy blow to his back made him spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot and cry out in pain.

Yang Linghu also did not expect Zhang Chen to be so ruthless, directly ignoring Liao Feng and attacking indiscriminately.

Caught off guard, the right half of his body was also hit by the fireball, leaving a large area of injuries.

Seeing the situation change, Yang Linghu reacted quickly and grabbed the injured Liao Feng to shield himself.

Boom!

The second fireball flew over. Liao Feng's mind was reeling. Feeling the scorching heat approaching, he opened his eyes, and anger surged within him. He immediately cursed loudly.

"Zhang Chen, you beast! I'll f*** your m***! You f***ing..."

Bang!

The second fireball exploded, interrupting his scolding and blasting Liao Feng's entire front into a bloody mess, leaving him completely unconscious.

Yang Linghu was shaken back a few steps. Feeling the considerable power of this fire spell, he guessed that Zhang Chen must possess some kind of treasure.

"Tch, a stray dog dares to bark."

Zhang Chen sneered, not taking Liao Feng seriously at all. He then raised his hands again, condensing two more balls of flame.

His face was indifferent, and his eyes on Yang Linghu were as if looking at a dead man.

With the Jade Pendant on him, even a cultivator at the Third Level of Qi Gathering might not be his opponent, let alone Yang Linghu.

"Run first."

Yang Linghu didn't hesitate at all. He threw the unconscious Liao Feng aside and turned to flee.

"Where do you think you're going! Die for me!"

Two fireballs whistled towards him, but Yang Linghu was prepared. He dodged by leaning to the side.

Then, he mobilized his spiritual power to the extreme and ran with all his might towards White Stone Town.

Zhang Chen naturally wouldn't let him go and chased closely behind.

"Heh heh, run, I want to see how far your spiritual power can support you running like this!"

Even without the talismans, Zhang Chen still had the Jade Pendant to continuously restore his spiritual power. As long as Yang Linghu couldn't run anymore, it would be his death day!

After the two had gone far, a figure trembled out from the woods behind them.

"Big... Big Brother..."

Scarface witnessed everything that had just happened and stumbled to Liao Feng's side.

"Mmm... Ugh..."

Liao Feng's consciousness was already scattered, only able to let out weak groans.

Seeing his miserable state, Scarface immediately wailed in grief.

"Big Brother! My Big Brother!"

Unlike the effeminate man, he and Liao Feng had a genuine life-or-death friendship.

Seeing Liao Feng suffer such a great calamity now, he was truly heartbroken.

"Big Brother, I will save you, it's okay! I will definitely save you!"

He carefully picked Liao Feng up on his back and then walked in the opposite direction of Zhang Chen and Yang Linghu.

On the other side, the two, one chasing and one fleeing, had already run a considerable distance.

"Not as fast as before. It seems the talisman that boosted speed has been used up."

Yang Linghu analyzed the situation as he ran, "In that case, all that's left is that strange treasure on him."

He didn't yet know the specific effects of the treasure Zhang Chen possessed, but he could make a general inference.

Scouting and enhancing spell power – those were the abilities already displayed.

"Knowing my family's cultivation technique is powerful, yet he still pursues like this, he must be confident in his spiritual power reserves. He should also have a way to recover spiritual power."

Yang Linghu thought, "Then I can't keep running like this. If I run out of spiritual power in the end, I won't even have the capital to fight for my life."

He ran wildly, observing his surroundings.

For this, he needed a suitable battleground.

The location needed to have cover but not be too open.

With this thought, Yang Linghu consciously moved away from the woods and began heading towards undulating terrain with hills and hollows.

As he ran, he also kept track of his internal spiritual power reserves, ensuring he left enough for the fight.

The two continued to run for three hours.

Just as Yang Linghu began to consider forcing a fight, a stone forest finally appeared not far away.

His eyes lit up, and he changed direction, rushing towards it.

Yang Linghu entered the stone forest first and immediately concealed his aura, hiding himself.

Zhang Chen pursued but saw no one, so he took out the Jade Pendant to investigate.

Clang!

At that very moment, Yang Linghu suddenly struck, aiming for the treasure in his hand.

Thump!

Yang Linghu felt as if he had punched a wall of bronze; a faint green barrier protected Zhang Chen.

"Hmph, you think you can sneak attack this young master?"

Zhang Chen sneered, turned around, and began to beat Yang Linghu fiercely.

After taking three fireballs head-on, Yang Linghu finally used the environmental advantage of the stone forest, with its numerous stone pillars, to escape Zhang Chen.

"These damned pillars are so annoying!"

With the fireballs continuously blocked by the stone pillars, Zhang Chen lost his patience.

He directly targeted the direction where Yang Linghu had disappeared, conjured a pillar of fire half his height, and smashed it down.

Boom!

With a deafening explosion, dust flew everywhere, and rocks scattered.

Yang Linghu seized the opportunity to throw several large rocks at Zhang Chen, while he himself hid behind one of them.

The moment Zhang Chen raised his hand to shatter the rocks, he seized this precious opportunity.

Brute Force Art, Third Level! Spiritual power maxed out!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, Yang Linghu threw three punches in rapid succession, smashing them fiercely onto the green barrier.

The mere shockwave destroyed all the stone pillars within a ten-foot radius, demonstrating its immense power.

Zhang Chen was startled by this, instinctively wanting to retreat, but remembering the Jade Pendant's barrier, he stopped.

"The Jade Pendant's protection can't even be broken by a Third Level of Qi Gathering cultivator, how could this Yang family brat do anything?" he thought.

But in the next moment, as Yang Linghu's fourth punch landed, the barrier actually cracked!

Crack!

Zhang Chen's hair stood on end, and he hastily retreated.

But unfortunately, if he had retreated earlier, he might have been able to create some distance.

Now that Yang Linghu's four punches had formed a momentum, the fierce force pulled him, preventing escape. He could only be forced into close-quarters combat with Yang Linghu.

In terms of hand-to-hand combat, he was far inferior to Yang Linghu. After only a few moves, he was forced into a corner.

Yang Linghu pressed his advantage, his attacks relentless.

Finally, with a strong knee strike, he broke through the barrier's defense.

He immediately raised his fist and smashed it towards Zhang Chen's head.

Dong—

But at this moment, Yang Linghu suddenly felt dizzy and lost his balance.

Zhang Chen immediately counterattacked, blasting Yang Linghu away with a few fireballs.