Chapter 325: Chapter 133: A Crushing Hunt, the Yellow Springs Death Qi Shows Its Might! Dantian Qi Sea Transformation, Washing Marrow and Rushing Meridians to Break Through
The valley, which just moments ago had been a scene of fierce battle, now fell into an eerie silence.
The air was still thick with the smell of blood, a scorched scent, and a lingering, bone-chilling cold.
Cao Feng clutched his chest, his face pale, but his gaze remained sharp.
He lifted his robe for a look.
The Black Gold Silk Armor was surprisingly undamaged.
The few Wind Blades that had struck him hurt, but they hadn’t caused any real harm.
Cao Feng looked toward Chu Fan and nodded slightly. Everything was understood without a word.
He had long since witnessed Chu Fan’s terrifying strength and demonic methods, so now his heart was filled more with the calm composure of a successful plan.
Li Qingxue and Cao Yan also sheathed their sabers.
Though their faces showed the fatigue of a fierce battle, they didn’t look particularly surprised.
They knew in their hearts that the core of this ambush, and the greatest variable, had always been Chu Fan, who appeared to be merely at the First Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm.
However, in stark contrast to their composure, Lu Tao and the Old Constable were a different story.
"HUFF... HUFF... HUFF..."
Lu Tao leaned on his saber, gasping for breath as his chest heaved violently.
The frenzied strike he’d unleashed against the Golden Bell had torn open the webbing of his hand. Fresh blood trickled down the saber’s hilt, and his arm was so sore and numb he could barely feel it.
But he seemed oblivious to the pain, his eyes wide as he stared intently at the two black-robed corpses on the ground.
’The Third Heaven of the Divine Power Realm...’
’These were two masters at the Third Heaven of the Divine Power Realm!’
’Oh, and there was another one at the Third Heaven of the Divine Power Realm in the carriage over there... killed before he even showed his face.’
A short while ago, when the Ghost-faced Man found them and said he wanted to ambush and kill three Third Heaven masters from the Moon Worship Sect, Lu Tao had thought the man was either crazy or had a death wish.
He himself had just broken through to the First Heaven of the Divine Power Realm and knew full well the gap between realms; it was like the difference between heaven and earth.
A Third Heaven against a First Heaven was an absolute slaughter.
Even with his master, a Second Heaven expert, their group’s chances of winning against three Third Heaven masters were slim to none.
Back then, he had even been prepared to die in the line of duty, hoping only to spill his blood in Maple Valley.
But he never expected that they would actually win, and so decisively at that!
Aside from his own torn hand and one other person who was hit by three Wind Blades, not a single person present was seriously injured!
’Three Divine Power Realm experts, dead just like that...’
’They were utterly powerless to fight back!’
His gaze shifted to Cao Feng and his two companions.
When they came to Maple Valley, both sides had worn Evil Ghost Masks, so he hadn’t known their identities.
But after this battle, seeing them use the "Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber" and the "Seven-Star Bead Slash," how could he not understand? These were Cao Feng, Cao Yan, and Li Qingxue!
Everyone in Cyan Yang City thought they had already left for Qing Province, but who would have thought they were actually hiding just outside the city.
Lu Tao felt deeply ashamed...
’These members of the Seven Stars Gang were clearly still in the Spirit Awakening Realm, yet they never stopped fighting.’
’And here he was, a Cyan Yang Constable who had already broken through to the Divine Power Realm, yet he had spent these past days in a daze, doing nothing, daring to do nothing.’
’When the Ghost-faced Man found him, he had been drowning his sorrows in alcohol...’
Lu Tao’s gaze involuntarily fell back upon the mysterious, slender youth.
Even now, he still felt as if he were dreaming—a dream where their "ragtag group," led by the Ghost-faced Man, had actually accomplished this nearly impossible feat with almost zero casualties!
The Old Constable was faring slightly better...
But the hand he used to grip his saber’s hilt was still trembling slightly.
He had lived for most of his life, weathered countless storms, and believed his state of mind was as solid as a rock.
But what he had seen and heard today still made his heart surge with emotion, and he found it difficult to calm himself.
He had originally agreed to participate after learning from the Ghost-faced Man about a shocking conspiracy: Zhang Yunpeng was colluding with the Moon Worship Sect to bring ruin to Cyan Yang City.
At that time, he had been resolved to die...
He was old. If this mission could take down one of the enemy’s Third Heaven experts, dealing a heavy blow to the Moon Worship Sect’s plans and winning a sliver of hope for Cyan Yang City, it would be a blessing from the heavens. He could die with no regrets.
But reality had given him a massive "surprise."
The Ghost-faced Man’s power completely exceeded his imagination and comprehension.
It wasn’t just his hidden Cultivation Realm; it was also his precise grasp of battlefield opportunities, his perfect use of his own strange abilities, and that bottomless composure.
’An endless stream of terrifying techniques...’
’His aura was clearly only that of the early Spirit Awakening Realm, yet killing three masters at the Third Heaven of the Divine Power Realm seemed as easy as flipping his hand!’
’Truly unimaginable!’
He looked at the corpses on the ground—three Third Heaven experts who, from start to finish, had been systematically slaughtered without even managing to organize a proper counterattack!
This wasn’t a battle; it was clearly a meticulously planned, perfectly executed, one-sided hunt!
The Old Constable let out a long, slow breath, as if trying to exhale all the shock and disbelief from his chest.
He looked at Chu Fan, his gaze complex—filled with gratitude, reverence, and a hint of indescribable curiosity.
Just as everyone was still calming their emotions...
Cyan Snake produced a large black sack from somewhere and actually started looting the bodies.
Seeing this, Lu Tao, Cao Feng, and the others were all silent.
"Heh heh..."
Cyan Snake gave an awkward smile and said, "You all rest. I’m not tired. Just leave this dirty work to me."
...
The battle in Maple Valley, a lightning-fast slaughter of three experts at the Third Heaven of the Divine Power Realm from the Moon Worship Sect, was like a brief sliver of light tearing through the dark clouds looming over Cyan Yang City.
Back in the secluded courtyard of the Seven Stars Gang, Chu Fan sat cross-legged in the Quiet Chamber, finally able to relax his taut nerves a little.
The victory had been both beautiful and timely.
It was like severing one of Zhang Yunpeng’s arms, buying precious time for the precarious city of Cyan Yang.
Now, he could only hope that the long-overdue reinforcements from the Demon Suppression Bureau could quickly free themselves from whatever was delaying them and hurry to Cyan Yang City.
But Chu Fan knew deep down that he couldn’t place all his hopes on others.
’Ultimately, you have to rely on yourself!’
He did not dare to relax even for a moment.
Dragon Ridge Mountain was close at hand. The Moon Worship Sect’s Divine Sacrifice Envoy—whose strength was comparable to that of Demon Suppression Envoy Yue Mankong—was currently active in the mountains with the sect’s elite forces. They were simultaneously suppressing Yue Mankong and searching for that mysterious "key."
