Chapter 961: Never Expected It Was You
With someone directing, things were different. No matter how adept Long Feiyun was at concealment, he was just one person, while there were two on the opposing side, including someone equally skilled at concealment techniques. This time Long Feiyun wasn't so lucky and was chased around the forest by Yan Shuang. He wanted to knock the person pointing from the tree down, but every time he prepared to search for that person's figure, he realized he couldn't see them at all.
"Damn it. What should I do now?" Long Feiyun thought while escaping, his hands remaining active. He had no choice but to evade direct confrontation with Yan Shuang, given that he was more skilled in concealment and assassination.
Yan Shuang pursued Long Feiyun persistently, despite Qinghong's guidance. However, she was not adept at concealment herself, so to catch up with Long Feiyun without the synergy like Xiao Ruo and Long Feiyun had was difficult. If it weren't for Qinghong's guidance, Yan Shuang would soon lose sight of Long Feiyun, which made her feel uneasy. Yan Shuang's angry shouts echoed through the forest, along with her curses, all of which Long Feiyun ignored as he continued fleeing, periodically launching attacks to provoke Yan Shuang. For him, Yan Shuang losing her composure was the best outcome.
A burst of red light occurred; Xiao Ruo's longsword clashed again with Bai Hao's. Xiao Ruo's face was highlighted red by the sword's glow, a hint of a smile appearing on his lips, with wildness in his eyes. After fleeing for so long, today he could finally unleash freely. With a low growl, he disarmed Bai Hao's sword and formed a peculiar hand seal with his left hand, then his fingers moved slightly, emitting a fire burst from his hand, chasing Bai Hao.
Bai Hao was not one to be outdone; with a flick of his finger, a white bullet collided with the fire burst, instantly freezing it into ice.
"So it was you." Witnessing Bai Hao's tactic made Xiao Ruo recall the person who launched the sneak attack yesterday, his smile intensifying. This kind of smile made Xiao Ruo's face somewhat menacing. His actions sped up, forcing Bai Hao to retreat continuously.
The more Bai Hao fought with Xiao Ruo, the more frightened he became. Was this really a person who had fled for a day and a night? How was his stamina so abundant, and how could his movements not pause? Even if perfectly fine, a person would slow down after launching a series of fierce attacks. Yet, the man in front of him became more vigorous, with speed seemingly increasing. Moreover, what did that peculiar smile on his face mean? Bai Hao was extremely surprised but didn't relent on his movements, each time blocking Xiao Ruo's attacks at crucial moments.
Who exactly is this guy? Bai Hao thought this to himself, further determined to recruit Xiao Ruo.
Bai Hao's sword shook, a white light gliding from the sword's tip, forming a circle, then retracting the sword beside him, with the sparking hand slapped onto the white circle floating in the air. A visibly white mist rose within the circle and a swoosh sounded, the mist transforming into a water pillar charging at Xiao Ruo, freezing everything in its path.
Startled, Xiao Ruo quickly dodged to the side, but the water pillar followed tightly behind. Watching the scene of frozen plants shattering completely made Xiao Ruo shudder; he didn't want to be hit by such a twisted attack.
Long Feiyun, in his escape, suddenly halted, smiling at the chasing, flustered Yan Shuang, and gently pointed with his right hand, signaling Yan Shuang to pay attention to what's behind her.
Yan Shuang cautiously glanced back, seeing Xiao Ruo wielding a red sword, wildly dashing towards her, immediately alarming her. She hadn't expected Long Feiyun led her around for so long just to wait for Xiao Ruo to fight with her. Though surprised, she made the most accurate judgment, forming a hand seal with her left hand and extending her right hand in a palm with its center facing Xiao Ruo, growling low. With this growl, Yan Shuang's clothing on her arm burst apart, revealing a fiery tattoo. As the tattoo appeared, the sound of a phoenix sounded out of thin air. Then, a Fire Phoenix apparitionally emerged from Yan Shuang's right arm, screeching and flew towards Xiao Ruo.
Seeing the suddenly arriving Fire Phoenix, Xiao Ruo felt delighted, retracting his sword sharply, charging directly at the Fire Phoenix. He was at the peak of speed, almost making close contact with the Fire Phoenix within a single breath. Suddenly, an eerie smile appeared on Xiao Ruo's face. The emergence of this smile was so peculiar that Yan Shuang was confused, but when she saw Xiao Ruo suddenly disappear, her expression immediately changed, for what she saw behind him was the lingering water pillar.
Yan Shuang couldn't lack knowing whose attack this water pillar was. But now she had no time to alter her strategy, only able to watch as her Fire Phoenix collided with the water pillar. What would be the outcome when equal strength and opposite attribute powers collided?
A hiss sounded as the Fire Phoenix plunged into the water pillar, with smoke rising from where they collided. The collision point began to expand, growing continuously until it exploded with a boom. Yan Shuang screamed, hastily fleeing the blast site. Xiao Ruo had been taken away by Long Feiyun long ago, yet was still affected by the explosion.
The collision sent the attacking power back to the attackers. Bai Hao and Yan Shuang spat blood simultaneously, their faces turning pale, almost collapsing to the ground. Xiao Ruo and Long Feiyun weren't much better, as they were sent flying before crashing heavily onto the ground, almost passing out. After this, both were severely injured, barely managing to sit up with bitter smiles on their faces.
Qinghong suddenly appeared beside Xiao Ruo and Long Feiyun, tilting his head at them, saying, "You two did quite well." A smile actually surfaced on his face.
"Boss Qinghong, don't mock us," Xiao Ruo coughed out a blood clot, then smiled at Qinghong.
Qinghong, the Dragon Team leader, full name Long Qinghong, now stood directly in front of Xiao Ruo and Long Feiyun, watching them as he spoke, "Mock you? Look at what you did to Yan Shuang and Bai Hao. I heard Uncle Xuan Yang said that when you two entered the mountain for cultivation, he sent some people to probe, but to see you two so abnormal, it was unexpected."
"Us, abnormal? Why don't you say you guys are abnormal?" Long Feiyun attempted to straighten up, talking familiarly with Long Qinghong, "You dispatched four teams to surround us, what did you take us for, gods?"
"Didn't you escape?" Long Qinghong still tilted his head. At this moment, Bai Hao and Yan Shuang also approached Long Qinghong. Bai Hao was the Tiger Team leader, while Yan Shuang, full name Feng Yanshuang, was the Feng Group leader. And Wu Yuan, another unseen leader, headed Xuanwu.
"Escape? Isn't it evident with you standing here?" Xiao Ruo moved his body, glancing at Bai Hao and Feng Yanshuang. These two he hadn't met before, so he didn't recognize them, but he could guess who they were. Apart from the four groups, none other could appear with Long Qinghong.
"Kid, you did well." Bai Hao gave Xiao Ruo a thumbs up upon seeing him.
"You two better repay me for my clothes!" Feng Yanshuang irritably yelled at the duo Xiao Ruo and Long Feiyun, who sat on the ground like two dead snakes.
Both Xiao Ruo and Long Feiyun just laughed; they had no strength to retort to Feng Yanshuang now. Though seemingly unharmed on the surface, their insides were disordered, utterly spent with Qi, so even a child could easily handle them.
"Take them back for treatment. If not treated soon, Uncle Yichen will skin us alive," Long Qinghong said. The thought of Yichen's intimidating skills sent shivers down his spine. Long Qinghong and Bai Hao had trained under Yichen, knowing how extraordinary his power was.
Hearing Yichen mentioned, Bai Hao involuntarily shuddered. He recallled that Xiao Ruo was Yichen's disciple. No wonder this guy was so abnormal; he was Yichen's disciple. Thinking thus, Bai Hao lifted Xiao Ruo. Long Feiyun was left to Long Qinghong, with him being Qinghong's subordinate. Couldn't leave the leader not caring for his own underlings.
The group slowly emerged from the woods.
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