Martial Arts Overlord

SWISH!

Like a physical blade, the light flashed through the night sky, carving out a stunning trajectory, then disappearing immediately.

BOOM!

A slope several tens of meters high slightly shook. It split right down the center and fell to either side, the cut as smooth as a mirror, having been beautifully cleaved in half.

"I've finally achieved the Minor Achievement of Great Trend!"

Looking at the split hillside, Luo Feng's eyes sparkled with a strange brilliance.

At that moment, he could clearly feel that his Grand Momentum had solidified quite a bit.

With his previous strength, he couldn't have cut open such a hillside. The power of the Minor Achievement of Great Trend was clear to see.

Exhaling a murky breath, Luo Feng took out the Secret Manual that Xu Zhi had given him, a smile appearing on his face.

"I never thought that the cultivation insights in this manual would be so useful. Thank you, Xu Zhi…"

Based on his past experience, Luo Feng had speculated that it would take at least another month to achieve the Minor Achievement of Great Trend. He hadn't expected to make a breakthrough overnight.

All of this was naturally due to the cultivation insights in the Secret Manual.

At this moment, if Xu Zhi knew what benefits Luo Feng had obtained from the Secret Manual, he would undoubtedly be stunned speechless.

This Secret Manual, he had studied for a long time, but had not gained anything from it.

Gripping his fist, Luo Feng felt the power of the Grand Momentum, a hint of a smile playing at the corner of his lips.

"With the Minor Achievement of Great Trend, if I were to face a Martial Artist at the ninth layer of the Heavenly Court Realm, I would have at least a seventy percent chance of victory! And if I successfully cultivate the Eight Wildernesses Dominating Flame Fist, I could potentially increase my chances of success to eighty or ninety percent!"

Luo Feng wanted to test the power of the Grand Momentum. Suddenly looking ahead, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Someone?

As he sent his Soul Power spreading out, Luo Feng immediately detected three figures rushing towards him from a kilometer away.

With a tap of his foot on the ground, Luo Feng stood above the valley, looking intently ahead.

Several hundred meters in front of him, three figures were rushing over. Luo Feng could clearly see their faces—three young Martial Artists, two males and one female, all dressed in snow-colored uniforms.

Students of the Floating Snow School?

Seeing the snow-colored uniforms on the three people, Luo Feng immediately recognized them as being from the Floating Snow School.

However, what puzzled Luo Feng was their panicked expressions, as if there was something terrifying behind them.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The three young Martial Artists pushed their speed to the limit. In just a few breaths, they arrived in front of Luo Feng.

"Senior…"

The muscular young man at the front, seeing Luo Feng from afar, called out. When he took a closer look at Luo Feng's face, he paused, swallowing the rest of his words.

The stern-browed young man and the delicate-looking young woman beside him also looked at Luo Feng, somewhat surprised.

The muscular young man recovered quickly. Looking at Luo Feng, he asked, "Where did the senior who was practicing here just now go?"

Luo Feng touched his nose and chuckled, "I'm not any senior."

The delicate-looking young woman covered her red lips in surprise and looked at Luo Feng. "You mean the person who was practicing here just now was you?"

The other two young men also stared at Luo Feng with shocked faces, their eyes flickering slightly in disbelief.

They originally thought that the person practicing in the valley was older, but they didn't expect him to be even younger than themselves.

The stern-browed young man was straightforward and said, "My friend, don't joke around. We urgently need to find that senior."

Luo Feng felt somewhat helpless and couldn't be bothered to explain. He simply struck out with his palm.

BOOM!

A deafening sound erupted as a three-meter-deep pit was blasted into the ground beside them.

The muscular young man was taken aback. "Such a powerful Palm Gang!"

The stern-browed young man stared at the palm print on the ground, drawing a sharp breath. Among the three of them, the muscular young man was the strongest, a peak Martial Artist at the seventh layer of the Essence Storage Realm, yet even he definitely couldn't do this!

The muscular young man took a breath, looked at Luo Feng, and said, "I am Lu Shan, a student of the Floating Snow School. This is Junior Brother Wang Hai, and this is Junior Sister Xu Qing."

Lu Shan pointed to the stern-browed young man and the delicate-looking young woman, introducing them one by one to Luo Feng. His tone and attitude were very respectful. With just that one palm strike, he could tell that the person in front of him was far stronger than him.

Luo Feng cupped his fist and said, "Luo Feng, Purple Sun School."

"You're Luo Feng from the Purple Sun School! The Top New Talent of the Four Great Schools!" Xu Qing, the delicate-looking young woman, stared at Luo Feng, her pretty eyes wide with surprise.

Luo Feng nodded.

Wang Hai, the stern-browed young man, was shocked. He looked at Luo Feng with admiration. "No wonder your strength is so strong. I know Senior Brother Hu Yitian. He always talks about you, saying that you are his most admired opponent."

Lu Shan chuckled. "I didn't expect we'd meet such a celebrity from the Four Great Schools today."

Luo Feng gave a faint smile and looked at them. "Why are you guys here?"

Hearing this, Lu Shan seemed to recall something, and his expression turned grim. "We were so busy with introductions we almost forgot the important matter! Luo Feng, this place is very dangerous. We need to leave quickly!"

"What happened?"

Luo Feng noticed the strange expressions on the three faces and asked with a frown.

Lu Shan quickly explained, "Someone was cultivating here just now, causing a disturbance in the Yuan Qi of the heavens and the earth, which seems to have disturbed the surrounding Demon Beasts. Now, all the nearby Demon Beasts are heading this way."

Even now, Lu Shan still found it hard to believe that Luo Feng had caused that shocking Yuan Qi vortex.

Just as Luo Feng was about to speak, his gaze suddenly hardened, looking into the distance.

At some point, the waning moon had completely hidden behind the clouds, and the night grew darker. In the distance, vast clusters of dark clouds blotted out the sky, moving towards them at extreme speed. The intense Demon Qi emanating from them was chilling.

Such potent Demon Qi. There must be hundreds of Demon Beasts.

Luo Feng was rather surprised; he hadn't expected his cultivation to attract so many Demon Beasts.

"Senior Brother Lu! They're coming!"

Xu Qing looked into the distance, her face pale, her delicate body trembling slightly.

Moments later, a thunderous sound gradually began to fill the air, coming from all directions. The entire wasteland seemed to tremble under the footsteps of the Demon Beasts.

Lu Shan's face turned grim. He drew his sword and looked at the shadows that were fast approaching, gritting his teeth. "It seems we can't escape! Everyone, gather together and resist with all your strength."

"Are we going to die here?"

Xu Qing's lips were tightly pursed, her sword trembling incessantly, revealing the turmoil within her.

"Junior Sister Xu Qing, we'll surely survive and return to the academy."

Lu Shan forced a smile, trying his best to keep his voice calm, but it still trembled slightly.

So many Demon Beasts... Even if the Top New Talent were here, the hope of survival would be extremely slim.

I hope a master passes by... otherwise...

Lu Shan licked his lips as he watched the dark swarm of Demon Beasts. Just then, he saw Luo Feng step forward and hurriedly shouted, "Luo Feng, come back! We must fight together if we want a chance to win!"

With a faint smile, Luo Feng replied, "You just stay here and protect yourselves. I'll handle the other Demon Beasts."

These Demon Beasts were drawn here by my cultivation. Besides, these three seem to know Hu Yitian. It's only right that I save them, both for that reason and as a matter of principle.

"No way! He's going to face all those Demon Beasts alone?" Wang Hai exclaimed in astonishment.

Lu Shan was equally startled. Although he hadn't attended the New Talents Competition, he had heard that this year's Top New Talent only possessed an eighth-layer Hell Realm cultivation. With so many Demon Beasts, even a ninth-layer Heavenly Court Realm Martial Artist would likely struggle to handle them. He thought Luo Feng's actions were utterly reckless.

Xu Qing couldn't help but plead, "Senior Brother Luo Feng, don't be reckless, it's too dangerous."

WHOOSH!

Before Xu Qing could finish, Luo Feng had already shot out and in a blink of an eye, he had covered several hundred meters, reaching the front of the group of Demon Beasts.

So fast!

Lu Shan looked shocked. Knowing he couldn't dissuade Luo Feng, he said to Wang Hai and Xu Qing, "Do as he says. We protect ourselves."

"Yes." Wang Hai and Xu Qing nodded, all three of them gazing at the distant figure of Luo Feng.

Although the hope seemed slim, a glimmer of anticipation still lingered in their eyes. Their lives now rested entirely on Luo Feng. If he couldn't stop the swarm of Demon Beasts, they knew that with their own strength, they would undoubtedly perish.

Good, they're not high-level Demon Beasts.

Luo Feng arrived before the Demon Beast swarm and glanced up.

A massive, dark horde of Demon Beasts stretched before him, mostly first and second-level, with a smaller number of third-level Demon Beasts among them.

"Mad Thunder Overturning Sky!"

In a one-on-one fight, Luo Feng wouldn't have given these Demon Beasts a second thought. However, facing such a massive number, he didn't dare to be careless. He immediately struck, his saber slashing towards the densest part of the Demon Beast pack.

CRACKLE!

As his Fury Flame Knife descended, it was as if a massive thunderclap echoed across the entire wasteland. The blade's dazzling light twisted in the air like several entangled Thunderbolts, sweeping towards the Demon Beast swarm with ferocious power.

Screams rang out continuously. In an instant, a straight clearing, over ten meters long and many meters wide, opened up before Luo Feng. Whether they were first-level, second-level, or even third-level Demon Beasts, all were torn to shreds by that single, ferocious slash.

With one strike, dozens of Demon Beasts were slaughtered.

"Killing dozens of Demon Beasts with a single slash? Isn't that too exaggerated?!" Wang Hai exclaimed, rubbing his eyes hard, his face a mask of disbelief.

"This... this is the strength of the Top New Talent," Xu Qing murmured, her pretty face filled with shock. She clenched her delicate fists tightly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Luo Feng, a dazed look within them.

Lu Shan took a deep breath and said with a wry smile, "It seems we all underestimated him. Judging by the power of his Saber Technique, he's likely already at the late stage of the ninth-layer Heavenly Court Realm cultivation."

In truth, Luo Feng was only using seventy percent of his strength. It was his Minor Achievement of Great Trend, combined with the Condensation Yuan Technique, that led Lu Shan to mistakenly believe he was a late-stage ninth-layer Heavenly Court Realm Martial Artist.

"Late-stage ninth-layer Heavenly Court Realm..."

Both Xu Qing and Wang Hai were taken aback. They were at the seventh layer of the Essence Storage Realm cultivation, a level considered quite advanced among the academy's students and a source of pride for them. Now, hearing that Luo Feng, someone their own age, was already a powerful expert at the ninth-layer Heavenly Court Realm, they couldn't help but feel a complicated mix of emotions.

"Huh, what's that?"

Xu Qing, with her keen perception, pointed to a huge shadow in the distance.

Following her direction, the faces of Lu Shan and Wang Hai changed dramatically.

There stood a monstrous shadow nearly ten meters tall. From afar, it appeared humanoid, like a giant. Its entire body, however, was made of blood-red rock, from which scorching hot magma continually dripped. Wherever the magma touched the ground, flames instantly erupted. Its eyes blazed with fire, and even from such a distance, the three could feel an oppressive, mountain-like aura bearing down on them.

"We're doomed! It's a fourth-level Demon Beast—the Flame Rock Monster!"

Looking at the giant shadow in the distance, Wang Hai paled and gasped for breath.