Fag the Sudden Attack

  Faced with this sudden attack, although Zhao Heng's hair stood on end, he didn't panid instantly responded.

  He twisted and ducked his head, hiding behind the shield on his back. Two gleaming flying knives embedded themselves in the shield, vibrating with a humming sound.

  Simultaneously, Zhao Heng's legs twisted oddly, his body as flexible as if boneless, avoiding the flying knives aimed at his lower body.

  "Oh...?"

  A light excmation came from the dense forest.

  "Who's there?"

  The moment Zhao Heng dodged the flying knives, he fshed behind a rge tree trunk.

  "Hehe... not bad skills. No wonder you were able to take out all those people sent by Steward Liu!"

  With light footsteps, a young man wearing miseous disciple's clothes emerged from the dense forest.

  The youth was well-proportioned with handsome features, but the cold smile and killing i in his eyes gave him a dangerous aura.

  frontation

  "Are you sent by Liu Hong?" Zhao Heng asked cautiously, never havihis person before.

  "Let's just say I am. However, I'm only here because I owe him a favor, and this time I'll take care of you for him."

  Zhao Heng's eyes narrowed slightly. "Have you been following me?"

  The youth smiled lightly. "Yes, I was. Initially, I thought those people would handle you, but they turned out to be so inpetent, getting taken down by you alone."

  Saying this, the youth looked at Zhao Heng with i.

  "I'm really curious; how did you mao increase your strength so mu just two months? From the fourth level of body refio your current state, did you really e some heavenly or earthly treasures?"

  "If you offer such treasures, maybe I'll spare your life."

  Zhao Heng's expression shifted slightly.

  "Really?"

  "Of course!"

  "Fine, I'll give it to you!"

  Zhao Heng directly reached out and threw a handful of lime and a soft tendon dispersant at the youth's face.

  The youth, however, repared and waved his sleeve to fan away the dust. With his other hand, he pulled out two flying knives from his sleeve and shot them at Zhao Heng, f him to retreat.

  "Hehe... I expected you'd try that!" the youth ughed coldly.

  Zhao Heng didn't say a word and tio wildly scatter lime.

  Although the youth had some precautions, he couldn't withstand the rge quantity of lime. Several dozen kilograms of lime were scattered, turning the area around them into a foggy, smoggy enviro.

  The youth, though not hit directly by the lime, was still choked and his flying knives tio shoot out as he retreated from the fog.

  "Cough... cough... Your lime must be all used up now!"

  The youth, covered in dust and looking somewhat disheveled, gred at Zhao Heng with great malice.

  "Your flying knives are all used up too," Zhao Heng replied, his eyes equally cold.

  Both men locked eyes and simultaneously charged at each other. Zhao Heng took a powerful step forward and unleashed a robust punch.

  The punch was mighty and dense, a basic level of the "Stone Shattering Fist."

  Fag Zhao Heng's attack, the youth smirked and adopted the same stance, pung out.

  "Stone Shattering Fist!"

  He also executed the Stone Shattering Fist, colliding with Zhao Heng's punch.

  "Bang...!"

  A muffled sound echoed as the youth stumbled back a step.

  Zhao Heng, however, ushed back several steps, his fist ag and his arm numb.

  "Stone Shattering Fist, small achievement!"

  Zhao Heng was surprised to see the youth's skill level. The Stone Shattering Fist was one of the most basic postnatal martial arts teiques. It was not surprising that the youth also k, but what shocked Zhao Heng was the youth's fist's power ay, far surpassing his own and clearly reag the small achievement level.

  "How's my Stone Shattering Fist?" the youth ughed coldly, his body suddenly closing in with rapid and fierce punches like falling rocks.

  Zhao Heng did not dare to s and swung his fists to meet the youth's, retreating as they exged blows.

  The two men engaged in this standoff for dozens of moves. Although Zhao Heng was at a clear disadvantage, he tio resist stubbornly without falling.

  This surprised the youth, whose cultivation had already reached the peak of the ninth level of body refi and was just a step away from entering the bone refi realm. bined with his small achievement ione Shattering Fist, he was nearly uable among peers of the same rank.

  The youth was astonished by Zhao Heng's resilience. From a power perspective, Zhao Heng was only marginally at the ninth level of body refi, and his Stone Shattering Fist was just at the basic level. It shouldn't have been so tough.

  Moreover, the youth noticed that Zhao Heng's Stone Shattering Fist was not only more powerful than the ordinary basic level but also had a unique blend of hardness and softness, making it very odd.

  Though puzzled, the youth had absolute fiden defeating Zhao Heng. He believed that in this high-iy battle, Zhao Heng wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.

  Zhao Heng, struggling to withstand the youth's increasingly fierce attacks, was also puzzled.

  "Why hasn't the soft tendon dispersant taken effect?"

  Earlier, when scattering lime, Zhao Heng had also spread a rge amount of soft tendon dispersant. The youth didn't wear a mask and couldn't have avoided inhaling it entirely.

  Moreover, with his intense mobilization of qi and blood, the dispersant should have taken effect quickly.

  This was also why Zhao Heng had engaged in close bat—to speed up the effect of the dispersant.

  Seeming to sense Zhao Heng's fusion, the youth ughed coldly: "You're w why the soft tendon dispersant hasn't taken effect? That little bit of dispersant is useless against me. Siering the sect, I've been w in the spirit herb garden and have seen all sorts of medications. I've already taken an antidote beforehand."

  "Hmm?"

  Zhao Heng was surprised; he hadn't expected the youth to not only be powerful but also knowledgeable about poison.

  "Enough, no more pying around. Go die!"

  The youth's voice turned cold, his speed increasing by threefold as he unleashed two deadly punches aimed at Zhao Heng's fad chest.

  The i was to make Zhao Heng uo dodge.

  Fag these lethal punches, Zhao Heng's pupils suddenly stricted, but his mind remained calm. His body twisted at an unbelievable angle, avoiding both punches simultaneously and terattag with a punch aimed at the youth's throat.

  The youth was shocked, forcibly retrag his punches areating to avoid the dangerous blow.

  "You've actually cultivated a body teique!"

  The youth looked at Zhao Heng in disbelief.

  As a miseous disciple, being able to cultivate any martial teique was already remarkable. The rarity and value of body teiques far surpassed other types of teiques, even among outer sect disciples.

  That Zhao Heng had cultivated one and was already at the basic level was truly astonishing.

  The youth's initial shock turned into a fiery passion.

  "You have so many good things on you; after I kill you, they'll all be mine!"

  The youth's entire body surged with qi and blood as he unched ata Zhao Heng.

  He swung his fists wildly, aiming to crush Zhao Heng with overwhelming force.

  Liu Feng couldn't do anything about Zhao Heng, and Zhao Heng couldn't nd a hit on Liu Feng. For a moment, both sides had reached a stalemate.

  However, if they tinued fighting like this, Zhao Heng would definitely lose first. After all, Liu Feng was at the peak of body tempering, with greater qi and blood reserves.

  And although the Boransf Step was mysterious and effective, the body could hardly sustain its prolonged use.

  Fag this difficult situation, Zhao Heng g the rge tree where he had secretly buried his package earlier, a hint of hesitation fshing in his eyes.

  Liu Feng, still engaged in battle, noticed Zhao Heng's ging expression and his demeanor shifted.

  He suddenly moved sideways, actively disengaging from the battle to charge toward that tree.

  "What are you doing?" Zhao Heng was greatly armed.

  Without stopping, Liu Feng sneered, "Kid, don't think I don't know. You've hidden all the good stuff you got from those people here. Since I 't kill you, I 't leave empty-handed. I'll take these things, and I'll tell Liu Hong it was you who took them. Then he'll e finish you off!"

  As he spoke, Liu Feng had already reached the tree and was reag to lift the stone sb.

  A fierce wind whistled from his side.

  "Don't touch my things!" Zhao Heng rushed over anxiously, throwing a punch at Liu Feng. Liu Feng sneered with disdain, tering with a punch that sent Zhao Heng stumbling back several steps.

  "I may not be able to kill you, but you 't stop me either!"

  Seeing Zhao Heng's urgeion, Liu Feng became even more certain there were valuable items hidden there. After repelling Zhao Heng, he kicked away the stone sb.

  Uhe sb was a yer of soil with a dead branch stu the middle.

  Liu Feng didn't notice that the branch moved slightly upward, as if something had pushed it from below.

  He brushed away the soil and grabbed hold of a round object.

  "What's this?"

  He brought the object up to his eyes - it was an iron ball the size of a pigeon's egg, beautifully patterned and quite attractive.

  Not far away, witnessing this se, Zhao Heng sighed softly and expertly dropped to the ground, c his ears with both hands.

  The moment.

  "BOOM...!"

  A violent explosion rocked the quiet forest, sending shock waves rolling outward and startling tless birds into flight.

  After the explosive force dissipated, Zhao Heng stood up and looked at where Liu Feng had been standing.

  Besides a rge crater, Liu Feng's corpse was basically o be found. Based on experience, Zhao Heng judged that Liu Feng had probably passed away very peacefully.

  "Say I told you not to touch it, yet you still did. Now you've learned your lesson," Zhao Heng said ily to himself.

  That round ball was her tha thunder pearl he had.

  Earlier, after eliminating those miseous disciples who were chasing him, Zhao Heng had a vague feeling of hidden danger.

  Although he couldn't firm if this was just his paranoia.

  But following the principle of being prepared for danger, he had taken a a up precautions.

  So, Zhao Heng had preteo bury treasure halfway through his journey but actually set up a "trigger-type ndmine" using the thunder pearl.

  This was to have a backup pn in case he couldn't hahe enemy.

  Unfortunately, Liu Feng perfectly triggered this backup pn.

  Although he had spent his st thunder pearl, destroying such a strong enemy made Zhao Heng satisfied.

  It was just a pity that the thunder pearl's power was to, destroying everything on Liu Feng's body, including the valuable items.

  Liu Feng was a miseous disciple from the Spirit Herb Garden, which was a lucrative position. He must have had many good things on him.

  "Ah... what a shame!" Zhao Heng sighed.

  Preparing to leave, he was ed that the earlier otion would attract other partits and patrol teams.

  However, at this moment, a prompt from the divine dice system echoed in his mind.

  "Detected a dissipating soul. use 'Memory Plundering' skill. Do you want to use it immediately?"

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