Chapter 150: Chapter 149: One-Sword Kill
Two figures stood at the cliff’s edge on Cyan Bamboo Peak, gazing at the sea of clouds.
One wore green robes. His gaze was serene, his shoulder-length black hair hung loose, and his wide sleeves billowed, creating a figure of indescribable elegance above the sea of clouds.
The man in white seemed more deferential. He had a stern expression, a handlebar mustache, and a somber glint in his eyes.
"Wenren Feng, this is the one and only time. The favor for helping me get into the All Stars Academy is now repaid in full!"
The man in green gazed at the sea of clouds, his handsome face suffused with a faint luminescence.
This was the Cave Master of Cyan Slope Cave on Cyan Bamboo Peak.
Cyan Bamboo Peak was a Fifth Level Spirit Mountain, overgrown with a unique type of green bamboo that was as tough as any sword or blade.
The name of Xiao Xiaoyue, Cave Master of Cyan Slope Cave, was renowned. He was considered one of the very best among the Condensing Vein Realm experts.
He was rumored to be an expert of the Fifth Secret Realm of the Condensing Vein Realm, just one step away from breaking through to the Sea of Reincarnation Realm.
Rumor had it that the Cave Master of Cyan Slope Cave hailed from the Xiao Family, a Duke Family in the Cloud Water Empire.
However, no one knew that this Cave Master of Cyan Slope Cave had a sordid past from his youth.
"Yes, Young Master Xiao!" The expression on the white-robed man’s face shifted.
"In that case, you’re on your own. Finish your business, then get off my mountain immediately!" The man in green turned to glance at the man in white, let out a cold snort, and vanished from the cliff’s edge.
"Yes!" A wry smile touched the lips of the man in white, Wenren Feng.
Watching the green-robed man’s retreating figure, a look of helplessness crossed Wenren Feng’s face. He knew the man’s temperament all too well.
The man in green was cold and aloof, and he detested nothing more than underhanded schemes like this.
Recalling what the green-robed man had endured at the hands of the Xiao Family, Wenren Feng could only give another wry smile.
KAW!
Just then, a strange eagle’s cry rang out.
’Is it here?’
Wenren Feng’s expression shifted. He looked up. Dozens of miles away, a giant white bird appeared above the sea of clouds. As he stared at it, a chilling coldness filled his eyes. Wenren Feng made a hand sign, and a green silhouette instantly shot into the heavens.
’Qin Feng, don’t blame me. If you must blame someone, blame yourself for standing in the Young Prince’s way!’
...
High above the clouds, the White Sparrow flew with incredible stability. Qin Feng sat cross-legged on its back, a faint light flowing in his eyes as strands of Innate Primordial True Qi circulated through his meridians. In a Spirit Mountain Blessed Land so rich with Spiritual Qi, his Cultivation speed was easily ten to twenty percent faster than before.
He could absorb Spiritual Qi into his organs with every breath, strengthening his physical constitution.
A sudden premonition of danger struck him, and Qin Feng’s eyes snapped open in an instant.
SKRAWW!
The White Sparrow let out a panicked cry.
On his shoulder, Eighth Master had already started squawking his head off. "AWK! AWK! Brother Feng, big trouble! A real nasty customer with a terrifying aura is here!"
"Don’t panic. I see it." Qin Feng stood up, his face composed as he looked up. A few miles out, a massive, ferocious green eagle had appeared above the clouds and was diving straight for the White Sparrow.
The Green Scale Storm Eagle King! Qin Feng recognized the ferocious green eagle, which was radiating pure malice.
The Green Scale Storm Eagle King was a First-level Barbaric Beast. It possessed a Wind Attribute Divine Ability, granting it incredible flight speed, and its talons were sharp enough to rip any prey apart.
It was an incredibly terrifying predator!
A Martial Artist of the Martial Arts Ninth Layer Heaven who encountered such a terrifying aerial predator would meet only one end!
Death!
The Green Scale Storm Eagle King was incredibly fast!
It crossed half the distance of several miles in just a few blinks of an eye.
The silly bird beneath his feet was scared witless!
The Green Scale Storm Eagle King was the White Sparrow’s natural predator! If not for Qin Feng’s intimidating presence, the silly bird would have turned tail and fled long ago.
"AWK! AWK! We’re gonna die, we’re gonna die! Eighth Master just regained his freedom, and now he’s fated to die young! Why is my, Eighth Master’s, bird-life so bitter!" Eighth Master plopped down on Qin Feng’s shoulder and squeezed its eyes shut.
’A Green Scale Storm Eagle King! How could a Barbaric Beast like this appear in territory controlled by the All Stars Academy? Looks like someone’s stirring up trouble again.’ Qin Feng mused as he slowly drew the Ancient Sword from his back.
’It’s definitely not Xiao Yuchan or Liu Canyang. They aren’t stupid enough to think a mere First-level Barbaric Beast could take my life.’ A smile touched Qin Feng’s lips, failing to conceal the savagery in his eyes.
SCREEE!
A ferocious screech that pierced the clouds!
Like a bolt of green lightning streaking through the sky, the Green Scale Storm Eagle King appeared in an instant, dozens of yards above the White Sparrow.
Its talons tore through the air!
Its sharp, steel-like green wings blotted out the sun!
Fast!
Impossibly fast!
A palpable aura of death enveloped the man and two birds!
Locked in the trajectory of the talons, Qin Feng looked up, a cold light erupting in his eyes. He moved. Instead of retreating, he advanced. Using the White Sparrow as a springboard, he kicked off and shot into the sky.
Going from absolute stillness to sudden motion, his figure moved like a wisp of wind, instantly appearing a hundred paces from the Green Scale Storm Eagle King!
He floated in mid-air! The dangerous aura radiating from his body began to skyrocket!
Innate Tide Extinction Sword Qi!
A sliver of sharp Innate Invisible Sword Qi erupted and expanded, instantly condensing into a tangible blade of Sword Qi over ten feet long.
With the first revolution of the Innate Primordial Tide Sword Qi—Martial Arts Ninth Layer Heaven!
With the second revolution—Martial Arts Ninth Layer Peak!
With the third revolution—Half-Step Pulse Condensation Realm!
With the fourth revolution—First Secret Realm of Meridian Condensation!
With the fifth revolution—Second Secret Realm of Meridian Condensation!
BOOM!
The Sword Qi surged uncontrollably, like a tidal wave or an avalanche!
"Holy crap, crap, crap... Brother Feng is this strong?! That was a Three-level Chain Jump in power!" Eighth Master was so startled by the terrifying aura that he leaped into the air, his beady eyes bulging like lightbulbs.
"What kind of Secret Technique is this?! The Innate Sword Qi is like a tsunami, with each wave cresting higher than the one before!"
"Sever!" With a shout that cracked like spring thunder, Qin Feng converted all his Innate Primordial True Qi into Innate Tide Extinction Sword Qi and infused it into the Ancient Sword. His body erupted forward as he slashed down through the air.
The terrifying beam of sword light crashed down like a meteor!
"SCREECH!" The Green Scale Storm Eagle King was highly Spiritual. Sensing the terror of the tidal wave of sword light, a flicker of panic crossed its eyes. It frantically beat its wings, whipping up a gale to blast the oncoming figure.
At the same time, the beast actually changed its path mid-air, transforming into a green shadow as it tried to retreat!
It was terrified!
But it was too late!
SCREECH! A final, tragic cry!
The massive body of the Green Scale Storm Eagle King was instantly split in two, disintegrating under the beam of sword light.
SPLAT!
A bloody mist filled the air, dyeing a swath of the cloud sea crimson!
The Green Scale Storm Eagle King, insta-killed with a single slash!!!
With a flash of his black robes, Qin Feng reappeared a hundred paces away, his longsword dripping blood. At the same moment, the silly bird deftly flew over to catch the black-robed youth, whose face was slightly pale as he drifted down like a gentle breeze.
"He... he actually..." On Cyan Bamboo Peak, Wenren Feng’s jaw hung open in the shape of an ’O’ as he watched the scene unfold.
The Green Scale Storm Eagle King had been defeated! Utterly helpless, it had lost to a Martial Artist at the Martial Arts Eighth Layer Middle Stage!
And killed with a single slash, no less!
Wenren Feng’s face was ashen. After all, even with his Cultivation at the Second Secret Realm of Meridian Condensation, his own strength was barely a match for the Green Scale Storm Eagle King!
This Elder Cyan Dragon was actually that powerful!!
In that instant, Wenren Feng felt the future of his Young Prince grow impossibly bleak!!
In front of Cyan Slope Cave, the man in green looked up at the flash of sword light within the sea of clouds, a hint of surprise in his gaze. His eyes then fell upon the dumbstruck Wenren Feng, and he let out a soft sigh.
’You play with fire, you get burned.’
