Martial Arts Overlord-Chapter 662 - 660: The Mantis Hunts the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

Chapter 662: Chapter 660: The Mantis Hunts the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

Luo Feng walked over to the White-faced Saber Guest. With a wave of his hand, a storage ring flew through the air and landed in his palm.

He’s certainly worthy of being from Qingyun Mansion, so wealthy indeed.

As his Soul Power entered the storage ring, a smile appeared on Luo Feng’s face.

Inside the ring were hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, as well as many pills. Besides these, there were also quite a few second-grade Yuan Stones. He roughly estimated there to be around three to four thousand, quite the windfall.

As for the other items, Luo Feng paid them no mind.

Putting away the storage ring, Luo Feng said to Ye Siyi and Zhu Ling, "Let’s leave this place first."

Seeing Luo Feng’s pale face, Ye Siyi’s fine brows knitted slightly, and she said, "Luo Feng, you’re injured. Should we rest for a while?"

Luo Feng shook his head, looked towards the Imperial City, and said, "It’s just a minor injury. Since Qingyun Mansion is determined to cripple me, they wouldn’t send just one expert. I fear others might be following us. Let’s leave here before we talk further."

"Alright," Ye Siyi nodded lightly.

Zhu Ling slammed her spear fiercely into the ground with a THUD, creating a deep pit. She said coldly, "Qingyun Mansion is truly arrogant! Despite having agreed to a life-and-death duel in three months, they still sent an expert to assassinate you. Once I return to Jade Hall, I’ll make sure everyone knows of their despicable actions."

Luo Feng offered a faint smile. This Zhu Ling certainly has a personality that despises evil. He said, "Winners are kings, losers are outlaws. Since I’m unharmed today, in two months, I will make Yi Tian pay for all of this."

"Exactly! Such shameless villains must be taught a harsh lesson. Luo Feng, I’ll go to the Imperial City to cheer you on then," Zhu Ling nodded.

"Let’s go."

Luo Feng executed Teng Dragon’s Step, pushing his speed to its limit as he dashed ahead.

Seeing Ye Siyi hadn’t moved, Zhu Ling asked, "Ye Siyi, what’s wrong?"

Ye Siyi looked at the White-faced Saber Guest’s corpse and sighed softly. Decades of cultivation to reach the Spiritual Rotation Realm... he could have had a boundless future. What a pity he died just like that.

Zhu Ling’s willow-like eyebrows arched, a hint of coldness in her pupils. "If Luo Feng hadn’t managed that desperate counter-kill today, the three of us would likely have died here. The True Martial Continent is a cruel world where the strong prey on the weak. This is an immutable truth."

"You’re right. I was overthinking it."

Ye Siyi nodded, her gaze shifting forward as she smiled. "Let’s go, or we won’t catch up to him."

Zhu Ling glanced back. In just a moment, Luo Feng was already several li away. She pursed her red lips. "That guy is so fast! But I won’t lose to him."

WHOOSH!

The moment her words fell, Zhu Ling circulated her Yuan Qi and shot forward. Her speed was so great that she left a trail of dazzling, brilliant purple airwaves behind her.

Ye Siyi shook her head slightly. With a flick of her finger, her longsword unsheathed and flew forward, carrying her with it. In the blink of an eye, she vanished from sight.

HUM!

After the three of them had disappeared, the air a thousand meters above rippled strangely, and a figure suddenly materialized.

The figure was clad entirely in pitch-black armor, with only two cold, unblinking eyes visible. Like a colossal steel beast, it exuded a heavy, murderous aura, devoid of any human emotion.

This person was Yingkui, sent by Yue Haitang’s father to follow Luo Feng.

Yingkui glanced at the White-faced Saber Guest’s corpse, a ghostly light flickering in his eyes. The Family Head’s guess was indeed correct; Qingyun Mansion plans to make a move against Luo Feng.

Looking in the direction where Luo Feng and the others had disappeared, Yingkui recalled the battle between Luo Feng and the White-faced Saber Guest. A cold voice echoed from beneath the armor: This boy... is terrifying. He truly hasn’t disappointed the Family Head’s expectations...

As his voice fell, countless strands of black lightning suddenly erupted around Yingkui, tearing at the surrounding space.

WHOOSH!

The black lightning vanished in an instant, and Yingkui’s figure disappeared without a trace, as if he had never been there.

「Half a day after Yingkui disappeared, a golden halo appeared in the southern sky.」

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The golden halo moved with incredible speed, like a blazing sun tearing through the sky, emitting thunderous blasts. Its domineering, scorching aura filled the heavens, terrifying the nearby Demon Beasts into stillness.

The golden halo flashed across the sky, then suddenly stopped, turned back, and descended to the ground like a falling star.

BOOM!

Amidst the deafening sound, the shockwave from the golden halo tore several large cracks into the ground. A red-robed old man with white hair and a white beard walked out from within it.

Qiu Qianren!

His gaze swept over the White-faced Saber Guest’s corpse. The red-robed old man’s eyebrows rose. In a single step, he was beside the body, murmuring to himself, How did you die here...?

This man was Yuan Xinglie, one of the three great stewards of Qingyun Mansion.

He had received orders from the Azure Cloud Marquis to travel from the Imperial City to Sky Mountain, intending to find an opportunity to cripple Luo Feng’s cultivation.

However, his luck was poor. He encountered an old enemy en route and had to expend considerable effort to shake him off. By the time he reached Sky Mountain, Luo Feng had already left.

After making numerous inquiries, he had only heard a few days ago that Luo Feng had appeared in Coldwater City. He immediately rushed there and learned of Luo Feng and Ye Siyi’s whereabouts from some Jianghu martial artists. He had been chasing them ever since, hoping to try his luck and encounter Luo Feng.

Yuan Xinglie carefully examined the White-faced Saber Guest’s corpse.

A single, fatal saber strike. The attacker must be a skilled saber man. Qiu Qianren was poisoned by a Triangular Dark Cloud Python, and they seem to have fought for a long time. This person’s cultivation should be below the fourth level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm. Could it be Luo Feng...?

A name flashed through Yuan Xinglie’s mind, his gaze gradually turning colder.

Qiu Qianren was always one for grand achievements and seeking glory. He must have wanted to claim all the credit for himself by tracking Luo Feng here. But instead, he failed and got himself killed...

Thinking this, Yuan Xinglie’s brows furrowed slightly as he looked at the terrifying, crisscrossing saber marks nearby, pondering, The Marquis’s worries were indeed justified. This Luo Feng is a dangerous individual!

Yuan Xinglie was well aware of Qiu Qianren’s strength. Even a martial artist at the fifth level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm would have to expend some effort to kill him. Even poisoned, Qiu Qianren’s power was not to be underestimated, yet he had been killed by Luo Feng!

Lifting his head, Yuan Xinglie looked ahead, his eyes narrowing slightly.

That direction leads to Red Valley City and the Red Flame Mountain Range. It seems he intends to go to the Red Flame Mountain Range for training! Good. The boy can’t have gone far. I should be able to catch up with him soon!

A cold glint flashed in his eyes. Yuan Xinglie glanced at the White-faced Saber Guest’s corpse and shook his head.

To be unable to even kill an academy student, truly useless! However, I have you to thank for finding Luo Feng’s whereabouts this time. When I return to the Imperial City, I’ll ask the Marquis for a commendation for you. Our acquaintance won’t have been entirely in vain.

As his voice fell, enormous flames erupted around Yuan Xinglie. He shot up from the ground and sped into the distance, soon disappearing over the horizon.

In the Red Ancient Wasteland, a vast wilderness thousands of miles in all directions, not a single blade of grass grew. Amidst the endless mountain ranges, only countless Demon Beasts roamed.

A blazing sun hung high in the sky, its golden radiance dyeing the thin mist in the valleys a faint red. From afar, these mists looked like ribbons of blood, vibrant and strangely beautiful.

The sound of rushing wind broke the silence as three figures shot through the mountain ranges with such speed that the naked eye could only capture fleeting afterimages.

The leader of the three was a youth with a saber on his back. Ten Qi Dragons swirled around him, and his handsome face held a hint of extraordinary bearing.

To his left was a woman in green attire, her features exquisite. Purple light pulsed around her, giving her a heroic and valiant air.

The girl to his right was slightly younger. She flew on her sword, her dress fluttering in the wind, graceful and elegant, with an ethereal, refined beauty.

Luo Feng, executing Teng Dragon’s Step, flew at the very front, alert to his surroundings.

A day had passed since he killed the White-faced Saber Guest, and they had been traveling at full speed ever since.

"Luo Feng, the people from Qingyun Mansion probably won’t let you off so easily," Zhu Ling suddenly said as they flew. "Why don’t you come with us to Jade Hall? No one would dare to harm you there."

Luo Feng shook his head. "All they want is to cripple me, to prevent me from defeating Yi Tian in our life-and-death duel two months from now. If I go to Jade Hall, I’ll definitely be no match for Yi Tian by then. That’s exactly what they want."

Zhu Ling considered Luo Feng’s words and realized he was right. Her fine brows furrowed, and she fell silent.

At that moment, Luo Feng’s gaze suddenly shot towards the northern sky. "Careful, Demon Qi is approaching!" he warned.

Throughout their journey, both Zhu Ling and Ye Siyi had gained a deep appreciation for Luo Feng’s perceptive abilities. Hearing his warning, they immediately stopped and looked towards the sea of clouds in the northern sky.

WHOOSH...

The calm sea of clouds suddenly began to churn violently, and a massive shadow was rapidly approaching them.

WHOOSH!

The sea of clouds was torn apart, and the entire sky abruptly darkened as a vast swarm of blood-colored clouds descended upon the three of them.

Ye Siyi gripped her longsword and said coldly, "It’s Double-headed Blood Bats."

Luo Feng had already clearly seen that the blood-colored clouds were, in fact, enormous blood-red bats.

These bats were entirely blood-red and possessed two heads, one large and one small. The large head had a massive mouth as wide as a washbasin, filled with sharp teeth that glinted under the sun. The small head was only fist-sized, almost unnoticeable, but its eyes reflected a sinister, blood-red light.

As they drew closer, the smaller heads of the Double-headed Blood Bats opened their sharp maws, emitting rings of tangible sonic waves.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The sonic waves overlapped, growing larger and more powerful. By the time they reached the trio, they were like raging tidal waves, shattering mountain peaks in their path and creating terrifying sounds.

"Slash!"

Seeing the sonic waves closing in, Luo Feng roared and slashed out with his saber.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The immense Saber Qi tore through the sonic waves, its momentum undiminished, ripping an opening in the blood-colored cloud of bats.

"Let’s fight our way out!" Luo Feng said. The Double-headed Blood Bats were merely high-level Tier Four Demon Beasts. While their sonic attacks could easily shatter Protective Gang Qi, there wasn’t much danger as long as one wasn’t directly engulfed by the waves.

As his words fell, Zhu Ling was the first to act. Gripping her spear, she blurred through the air, executing five consecutive thrusts. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Five rays of purple light shot out, instantly blasting the approaching Double-headed Blood Bats into a bloody mist.

"Falling Leaves Scatter."

Ye Siyi’s expression was calm. With a flick of her wrist, her sword’s edge unleashed a shower of cold, snow-like light. Over a dozen icy Sword Qi beams shot forth.

THUD...

In front of the sword light, large numbers of Double-headed Blood Bats fell, their bodies sliced cleanly in two, the cuts smooth and precise.