Chapter 997: Fierce Battle

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Right after he said that, he suddenly laughed out loud. “I believe Lady Xiao is already here?”

Jin Wu was stunned. His face darkened as he turned to look, but no one was around.

“Boss Huang…?” He turned back and chuckled. “Don’t scare me!”

“You fool. How proud of you to come back like that after being crippled of your martial arts. If Lady Xiao is such a smart lady, won’t she follow you here knowing that she would find me?”

“She’s not that brave, is she?”

Huang Feiyun shook his head. “Lady Xiao is a heroine. So, of course, she has the bravery. Am I right, Lady Xiao?”

However, it was still empty around them as nobody appeared.

Huang Feiyun laughed. “Lady Xiao, since you’re here, why not you show yourself for me to witness your beauty?”

Still, nobody responded.

Huang Feiyun burst out laughing. “Knowing a person by reputation is not as good as seeing that person in flesh. I’ve always admired your charm, Lady Xiao, so please grant my wish. I’ll spare Chu Li!”

Sure enough, there were no replies.

Jin Wu mentioned, “Boss Huang, if Lady Xiao is by herself, she might pay you a visit. But she needs to take care of a crippled man now!”

“Hmph, what do you know?” Huang Feiyun glared at him.

At once, Jin Wu shut his mouth as Boss Huang looked truly anxious.

Huang Feiyun continued, “Lady Xiao, since you’re unwilling to show yourself, I’ll take the initiative to meet you. Adjacent Town is such a small place, it’ll be easy for us to meet, am I right?”

All of a sudden, Chu Li’s laugh could be heard. “You’re bold and reckless, no wonder you were thrown here.”

In a flash, Chu Li and Xiao Qi appeared in front of them.

While Huang Feiyun kept a smile on his face, his heart trembled. He wondered to himself, ‘I can’t believe that I couldn’t sense them coming. Her light-body technique is spectacular. Indeed, she lives up to her reputation!’

In actual fact, it was Chu Li’s God’s Limb that did the job, but it seemed like it was Xiao Qi’s light-body technique.

Huang Feiyun fixed his gaze on Xiao Qi greedily without looking away.

Since Xiao Qi had a white veil that covered her face, only her eyes could be seen. Her limpid eyes were clear yet cold, which completely drew his attention. He was dying to pull her into his arms and he hoped that her beautiful eyes belonged to him forever.

However, Xiao Qi looked at him calmly.

Although she was already used to thirsty looks like that, Huang Feiyun was much more straightforward and daring. Nonetheless, it did not bother her. Chu Li was the only person who could sway her and the looks from other men were simply passing winds.

Chu Li continued, “Huang Feiyun, you’re not fit to be a chiliarch. An incompetent general will only exhaust his soldiers and get your subordinates killed.”

“Shut up, you piece of trash!” Huang Feiyun suddenly turned to stare at Chu Li hatefully. His yell was so menacing, it was as if a wolf had sprung on its prey.

Unbothered, Chu Li smiled. “There are six other masters waiting in ambush, right? Trying to play dumb? Call them out now, I’ll settle them at once!”

Right away, Huang Feiyun looked displeased. He mentioned, “You’re still quite capable. Well, I’ve underestimated you!”

“And I’ve overestimated you.” Chu Li shook his head. “You can’t disguise your inner desires and you’re completely driven by your instincts. You’re not going places!”

“What a joke, hehe!” Huang Feiyun licked his lips. Suddenly, he looked even more vicious as his killing intent grew stronger. “With just a small trick, you fell into my trap. How dare you speak like that?”

“Small trick?” Chu Li sighed. “Why did you need to put so much effort into this? You tried to test the waters but ended up harming your subordinates instead. If all of you were at our residence to set an ambush on us, we would’ve been crippled no matter how strong we were!”

Obviously, he was trying to cause disunity between them and to attack Huang Feiyun.

Indeed, it was important to test the waters or else fighting without any clue of their opponents’ strengths would likely cause total destruction. The merciful could never take charge of an army and this was the way of using troops. As much as one cherished one’s soldiers, one must use one’s soldiers as one’s chess piece on the battlefield.

Huang Feiyun had sent Jin Wu and others to test the waters, to probe Chu Li and Xiao Qi’s abilities, and to infuriate them such that they would lose their mental state. On top of that, he wanted to fool Chu Li and Xiao Qi to think that his other experts were just like Jin Wu and the two men.

In fact, Jin Wu and the two middle-aged men were the weakest, by which the other six men were more superior than Jin Wu.

As presumptuous as Huang Feiyun was, he was also quite smart and cunning. After all, this was what he had learned after years of experience in war.

With that being said, his experiences were simply castles in the air and he could not even withstand a single blow. Xiao Qi’s Regal Sword Scripture that was rarely seen in the world was definitely far more supreme.

“Hehe.” Huang Feiyun sneered. “Stop being so stubborn, I’d like to witness your abilities. Lady Xiao, excuse me!

“Come out!” He roared.

Upon hearing him, six men fluttered toward them, whereby four entered through the window and two came up from the stairs. With that, Chu Li and Xiao Qi were completely surrounded.

Four elders and two middle-aged men stared at Xiao Qi coldly.

Chu Li remarked, “You’ve gathered quite a number of experts.”

“Hehe, these are experts from my military!” Huang Feiyun was extremely proud. “Lady Xiao, please enlighten me. Attack!”

When he waved his hand, six men made their moves but they only attacked Chu Li.

Chu Li took a diagonal step and dodged the attack from four swords, one fist force, and one palm energy.

Huang Feiyun furrowed his brows.

While it looked as if he had dodged the attacks easily with one step, it was exquisite. He thought to himself, ‘I wouldn’t have been able to make that step. Head Chief Chu possess a superior step technique, I must force him to tell me what it is!’

Xiao Qi wielded her sword as fast as electric, but instead of saving Chu Li, she took a diagonal step forward to stab one of the elders in the chest. She performed the attack with such ease.

Subsequently, Huang Feiyun’s face changed. After evaluating the situation for a while, he finally decided to pounce toward Xiao Qi as Chu Li was not very threatening. Xiao Qi’s swordsmanship was much more powerful than what was told, by which it was impossible to guard her due to her swift body technique.

He pulled his sword out from his scabbard before he slashed it at Xiao Qing, quickly and ruthlessly.

Chu Li swung his hand gently.

“Tss!” Accompanied by a whistling sound, a flash of light was seen. One of the elders turned to stare at Chu Li in disbelief.

A flying blade had cut through his back and flew out from his chest before it was shot towards another middle-aged expert.

Taking advantage of when the middle-aged man tried to dodge the flying blade, Xiao Qi slid to avoid Huang Feiyun’s sword and she then appeared in front of the middle-aged man. Following that, she stabbed her sword through his Dantian and crippled him of his martial art.

“Damn it!” Huang Feiyun yelled furiously.

Not only did he fail to suppress Xiao Qi by getting involved, but she had also managed to injure two of his men. Yet, the main culprit was Chu Li who was supposed to be crippled!

He felt like he had been fooled, thus he was filled with rage.

Even though he had always been self-assertive, he was still cautious. After Chu Li appeared, he observed carefully and found that Chu Li really had no inner energy. There were no signs of martial arts skills in him, and his eyes looked dull. Puzzled, he wondered, ‘How could he shoot flying blades!’

Chu Li smiled. “It only takes me awhile to regain my martial art!”

“Damn—it—!” Huang Feiyun turned to pounce on Chu Li, where his sword formed an arc of light as he swung it at Chu Li.

Stepping diagonally again, Chu Li had dodged the attack easily.

With the combination of the Manifestation of Nature Restoration and the Omniscient Mirror, he had seen this coming long ago.

Huang Feiyun gritted his teeth as he flattened his sword in an attempt to cut through Chu Li horizontally. He expected this to be a sure hit as Chu Li had been negated of his martial art after all.

However, Chu Li had still managed to avoid it easily.

Right now, Chu Li’s body was exceptionally powerful. Apart from the Divine Light Body and the Heavenly Demon Body, he had also consumed several Wind Speed Pills and Giant Spirit Pills. Even without using his inner energy, his speed and power were already similar to a Grandmaster’s.

Of course, with the help of the Manifestation of Nature Restoration and the Omniscient Mirror, he was able to avoid getting hit by Huang Feiyun even if he had to do it a few more times.

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