I Can Merge Techniques-Chapter 115 - 100: A Shocking Turn of Events Below the Cliff, Bloodshed in the Medicine Garden

Chapter 115: Chapter 100: A Shocking Turn of Events Below the Cliff, Bloodshed in the Medicine Garden

Zhao Tianxing grabbed the rope with both hands, planted his feet on the cliff face, and scrambled up the cliff.

Atop the cliff was a Black Pine Forest.

The scent of rotting leaves and damp earth mingled in the morning mist.

The two of them slowed their pace, changed their clothes in a crevice between large stones, and put on their Evil Ghost Masks.

Then they crouched low, moving like cheetahs toward the northern part of the Black Pine Forest.

The mountain wind whipped pine needles across their cheeks, the tips making their skin prickle.

Chu Fan tapped his toes on a protruding bluestone on the cliff face, and his figure landed at the edge of the Black Pine Forest, as Light as a Feather.

He turned his head to look at Zhao Tianxing behind him.

Zhao Tianxing had a longbow on his back, one hand gripping a pine branch to steady himself. His dark martial attire was torn in several places by sharp rocks.

The two peered down through the interlaced pine needles.

Below them was a valley.

The cliffs flanking the valley entrance looked as if cleaved by a giant axe, the exposed rock a dark, rusty red.

The valley was filled with various medicinal herbs. Pale purple Spirit Immortal Vines climbed up wooden trellises, and golden Sun Flame Flowers bloomed in the cracks between stones.

A rich, medicinal fragrance wafted up on the mountain wind, compelling one to take another deep breath.

Farther off, they could vaguely make out people moving within the valley.

"This position is a bit far..." Zhao Tianxing said. "We need to get closer to that outcropping on the right side of the valley entrance to be within my bow’s range."

Chu Fan said nothing, merely giving a slight nod.

The two retreated a dozen or so paces, then rose and crept toward the position Zhao Tianxing had mentioned.

The only sound in the forest was birdsong.

Soundlessly, the pair emerged near the mouth of the valley.

There were several huge boulders there, with a Black Pine tree beside them—the perfect spot for an archer to lie in ambush.

"Be extra careful!"

Zhao Tianxing took the Bengyue Bow from his back and held a Purple Bamboo Arrow in his right hand.

Just as Chu Fan prepared to leap from the cliff, Zhao Tianxing gave a sudden start and grabbed him.

"Look over there!"

Chu Fan froze. Following Zhao Tianxing’s gaze, his pupils instantly shrank!

There, on the western cliff face, two figures in black were rapidly descending, clinging to vines!

"Someone beat us to it..."

Chu Fan frowned. "Which faction are they from?"

"And there are only two of them?"

They scanned the area but saw no one else.

Zhao Tianxing hesitated. "What do we do?"

"Should we wait for them to start fighting and then take advantage of the situation?"

Chu Fan remained silent.

’This Medicinal Herb Garden is different from the Fishery. I knew the Fishery like the back of my hand, but I have no idea what kind of masters are stationed in this Medicinal Herb Garden. That’s why I prepared in advance: if we encounter anyone at the Incense Master Level, we flee immediately. With "Light as a Feather," I can use the terrain to quickly shake off any pursuers, cross over the Black Pine Forest, and escape into the mountains. But now another faction has intervened, and their strength is also an unknown...’

"The safest approach is to wait and see," Chu Fan said. "If neither side has anyone at the Incense Master Level, I’ll go down, eliminate them all, and clean out the Medicinal Herb Garden!"

"If either side has someone at the Incense Master Level, we lie low."

The Incense Masters of the three major sects were all at the Entering the Realm of Strength.

Chu Fan was currently in the Bone Marrow Forging Realm. While he could use his Moon Eclipse Arrow to fight someone in the Entering the Realm of Strength, he wasn’t completely confident he could kill them.

It was best to avoid risks if possible.

At that moment, the crisp sound of clashing weapons came from the valley below.

The two figures in black were already engaged in battle with disciples of the Blood Saber Sect.

Both of them used swords. Their long swords pulsed with terrifying sword light, sending limbs flying wherever they swept.

’They’re so strong... This is...!’

They were too far apart for Chu Fan to sense their auras, but from their Swordsmanship alone, it was clear they were no ordinary fighters.

Just then, a furious roar erupted!

A wooden hut deep within the Medicinal Herb Garden was suddenly thrown open, and a burly man charged out!

The man’s dark martial attire was stained with dried blood, and his left arm was wrapped in a white bandage. He was clearly injured.

But he was astonishingly fast, brandishing a scimitar as he charged toward the two figures in black!

"Die, you rats!"

As he bellowed, a blood-red saber light, ten meters long, erupted from his scimitar as he swung it in a wide arc toward the figures in black!

"Mortal Transformation!"

Zhao Tianxing gasped. "That’s definitely Mortal Transformation!"

"Master Cao told me that only a Martial Artist who has reached Mortal Transformation can produce a saber light so condensed and so long!"

Chu Fan was also taken aback and said in a low voice, "That guy is so fierce even when injured. Could he be one of the two remaining Hall Masters of the Blood Saber Sect?"

Zhao Tianxing glanced at Chu Fan, his eyes filled with absolute shock!

For the two of them, with their level of Cultivation, facing a Hall Master who had reached Mortal Transformation was like throwing an egg against a Stone!

Suddenly—

RATTLE RATTLE!

The sound of rattling chains drifted over.

Chu Fan focused his gaze and saw that one of the figures in black was now wielding a thick chain!

The chain was enveloped in blue Primordial Qi, striking like a serpent and kicking up fierce whirlwinds!

’Second Miss Fang?!’

At that moment, Chu Fan’s heart tightened.

’After confirming the person was Fang Qingqing, I understood... all three of the fighters below are masters who have reached Mortal Transformation! And behind that burly man, there are surely several Incense Masters as well!’

At this point, the situation in the valley grew even more tense.

Fang Qingqing and her companion were both masters at the Mortal Transformation level. Fighting together against the burly man, they held their own.

But more and more members of the Blood Saber Sect were gathering, surrounding them from all sides with Long Sabers in hand.

No sooner had Fang Qingqing’s chain wrapped around a sect member’s neck than three Long Sabers swung at her back from the other side.

Though she dealt with them effortlessly, killing the injured, burly man would be no easy task.

Chu Fan watched the scene unfold, saying nothing.

’If Second Miss Fang hadn’t gone down first, I would have had to face that injured, burly man. My chances of survival would have been slim to none! I can’t believe a Hall Master Level expert was hiding here to recuperate...’