Volume 1: Heaven's Secret Pavilion, Stormy Weather Chapter 2: Frightening Cliff

  In less than a moment after Ling Feng left, three figures shot out from the dense foliage. After discovering the two corpses on the ground, they didn't stop immediately, and the three of them swiftly dispersed in different directions, carefully searching the surrounding area within a radius of hundreds of meters before returning to the bodies.

  "Big brother, lao liu and lao qi are dead!" The speaker was a tall, muscular man with a shaved head, over two meters in height. He wore a black vest on his upper body, with muscles bulging all over, like rocks, and his physique was unusually robust, making him look like a brown bear about to go wild from afar.

  Mad Wolf! Ranked third in the "Thirteen Wolves", he is cruel and bloodthirsty, said to have practiced martial arts at Shaolin Temple on Mount Songshan in Henan for twenty years, mastering the thirteen horizontal exercises of hard qigong, making his body impervious to swords and guns. Even bullets with extreme penetrating power can hardly cause fatal damage to him. He is the trusted general of the leader of the "Thirteen Wolves" organization, Head Wolf Chai!

  "Lao Liu's neck is broken, Lao Qi was killed with one knife. This Ling Feng is really ruthless!" A petite woman who looked to be 27 or 28 years old bent down to examine the wounds of the two men on the ground, then raised her head and said to a dark-skinned middle-aged man not far away.

  These two, without a doubt, the dark-skinned middle-aged man is 'Head Wolf' Chatchai. His background is unknown, and even people within the 'Thirteen Wolves' organization only know that the leader is of Thai-Chinese descent. As for the woman, she is the second-in-command of the 'Thirteen Wolves', 'Poisonous Wolf' Pazhu. She is a native-born Yunnan Miao ethnic minority woman with dual identities - both Chatchai's mistress and his trusted lieutenant, skilled in stealth and assassination techniques. She has eliminated many opponents for Chatchai, holding an extremely high position within the organization, second only to Chatchai himself!

  After listening to the two, his eyes were icy cold, and he scanned around, immediately locking onto Ling Feng's escape direction. After a moment of thought, he said coldly: "According to this kid's escape route, ahead is the Soul-Shocking Cliff. Humph, let's hurry up and chase after him. This time, even if he grows wings, it'll be hard for him to escape!"

  As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them moved at the same time. The mad wolf took the lead, and the other two followed closely behind. Their movements were incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the dense thicket.

  Three people followed the trail left by Ling Feng and chased after him. Along the way, they encountered some wild beasts that blocked their path, all of which were shot dead by Kuang Lang's gun. After traveling for about two or three miles, the branches and vines underfoot became denser, the light in the forest grew darker, the birdsong grew scarce, and the surroundings became eerily quiet.

  "Be careful, everyone!" Chacao's tone was stern, and a solemn expression appeared on his dark face.

  As his words fell, the three of them drew a slight distance between each other, their footsteps unceasing as they continued to move forward.

  In a distance of over ten meters from the three people, on a branch of a lush tree, Ling Feng camouflaged himself with leaves, his whole body motionless like a spirit cat perched on the tree. When he saw the three people enter his line of sight, Ling Feng quietly and soundlessly extended the black gun barrel, aiming at Crazy Wolf who was leading the way in front!

  Ling Feng was skilled in hiding and concealing his form, and the three people below were completely unaware of his presence. However, wanting to snipe at Cai Gu and the other two wasn't that easy. But seeing how Cai Gu and Ba Zhu walked ahead, their footsteps constantly changed and were unpredictable, sometimes forward, sometimes backward, sometimes left, sometimes right, and they never stopped for more than half a second. Although this way of walking was exhausting, it was the best method to prevent being sniped by hidden enemies, and even Ling Feng couldn't lock onto the two now!

  As for the mad wolf, he seemed quite relaxed, his footsteps neither fast nor slow, only his upper body swaying back and forth non-stop, especially his big bright head, swinging back and forth non-stop, looking extremely strange!

  Kuang Lang's body was tempered to perfection with his external hard qigong, as long as he protected the few vital points on his head, even if other parts of his body were hit by bullets, they would not be able to cause fatal injuries.

  Ling Feng was also clear about this point. However, his target at the moment was Crazy Wolf's head. He focused his energy and waited for the best opportunity to strike!

  The wolf's footsteps moved forward step by step, and Ling Feng's eyes became increasingly sharp. Suddenly, only to hear the wolf in front of him let out a painful cry, his foot seemed to have stepped on something sharp, although he was wearing leather boots, he still felt as if the sole of his foot had been pricked, the pain was unbearable!

  Thirteen Taibao's horizontal qigong practice, after reaching the great completion, his whole body is impervious to swords and spears. However, apart from the head's vital points, the Yongquan point on the soles of the feet is exactly where the weak spot lies. Even if a mad wolf's entire body is as hard as iron, the soles of his feet are still as tender as those of ordinary people!

  As the mad wolf lifted its left foot and lowered its head to look down, Ling Feng made a decisive move. A gunshot rang out, and the bullet whizzing in struck the mad wolf's temple, splashing blood everywhere. It didn't even let out a whimper before thudding to the ground with a "thud".

  At the same time as the gunshot, Chai Cai and Ba Zhu's figures flashed quickly, hiding behind trees in the forest. At the same time, Chai Cai's hands contracted, two Desert Eagles appeared in his palms, raised his hands, and fired continuously at Ling Feng's hiding place. And Ba Zhu's reaction seemed to be even faster than him, this Miao girl flew up to a nearby short tree, swung her hand, and a dozen blue light points shot towards Ling Feng like lightning.

  As soon as Lingfeng succeeded with one blow, he fiercely kicked the tree trunk. Before his opponent's gunshot sounded, he was as agile as a spirit cat, darting into the depths of the dense forest and disappearing instantly.

  "Chase!" Zha Cai's face sank like water, not even looking at the mad wolf that had fallen to its death, his body rapidly dashing forward, while Ba Zhu closely followed behind in pursuit.

  Ling Feng held his military knife and opened the way, desperately sprinting. He successfully eliminated Kuang Lang, that thorny guy, making him feel exceptionally relieved now. Kuang Lang was a master of hard qigong, extremely difficult to deal with, but no matter how difficult someone is to deal with, they always have a weak point, and Ling Feng happened to know where Kuang Lang's weak point was.

  When Ling Feng was training with the 'Hidden Dragon Group', he had a good understanding of Chinese martial arts and various international fighting techniques. The hard qigong of Crazy Wolf's style was unknown to ordinary people, but Ling Feng was very clear about it. Before Chai Cai San arrived, he buried three military daggers on the path they must take, guessing that Crazy Wolf would be the vanguard based on their behavior. If he stepped on the hidden daggers and let his guard down for a moment, he would become a ghost under Ling Feng's gun!

  The ending was just as he had expected, smoothly resolving the thorny issue of Crazy Wolf, and it would also be much easier to deal with Cha Ge and others below.

  "In front of me, not far away, should be the Cliff of Horrors. I must change direction immediately and bypass this cliff. Otherwise, if they block my way, things won't look too good! Ling Feng was well-versed in forest combat tactics. He knew that to annihilate the enemy in this vast and boundless forest, one had to fully utilize the surroundings, ambush and snipe being the best strategy. If he were to engage the enemy head-on, it would be an unwise move."

  As he stopped in his tracks, scanning around him and preparing to move forward on the left side, suddenly he felt a blackness before his eyes, his body staggering and unable to stand steadily. This state lasted for three or four seconds before slowly getting relieved.

  Taking a deep breath, Ling Feng felt a numbness in his right half of the body. He lowered his head and saw that there was a blue steel needle inserted into his right shoulder.

  His pupils contracted, Ling Feng reached out and pulled out the steel needle, tearing apart the entire sleeve in the process. Where his gaze fell, the spot on his left shoulder where the steel needle had pierced was already a large patch of blackish purple skin. When he pressed down with his fingers, there was no sensation of pain or itching, as if his entire right arm wasn't even his own.

  "The poisonous wolf's soul-breaking needle is indeed formidable!" Ling Feng sighed, closed his eyes and meditated for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, his face showed a determined expression, and with a swift movement of his legs, his body shot off like a cheetah towards the direction of the Soul-shocking Cliff.

  'Du Lang's' Ba Zhu's Soul-Breaking Needle, the steel needle itself doesn't have any special features, it just has a secret poisonous medicine recorded in the ancient Miao people's prescription on its body. If one is poisoned and can't get the antidote within three hours, they will immediately die from poisoning, truly sinister and vicious!

  Ling Feng was poisoned by the needle, and in this vast forest, it was equivalent to certain death. At this moment, he had changed his plan and went straight to Xinghun Cliff. Time was pressing, he needed a quick battle, striving to solve Chacha and Bazhu before his own poison broke out, even if it meant going down together!

  Racing against time, exhausting all his potential, in just over ten minutes, he arrived at the notorious "Heaven's Gate" cliff.

  Intense exercise caused the blood circulation in his body to speed up, and Ling Feng suddenly found that the numbness on the left half of his body was getting more and more severe. Taking a deep breath, he tried his best to calm down his racing heart, standing at the edge of the cliff and looking down, only to see clouds and mist swirling around, with no bottom in sight.

  "Time is running out, at most five minutes, those two will catch up, I must hurry to prepare!" Ling Feng's eyes scanned around and found that there were many protruding rocks in the surrounding area, which could be used as cover for defense.

  He quickly walked to a rock ten meters away from the cliff, thought for a moment, removed the AK47 magazine from his hand, and took out all the remaining bullets. He reached into his waist and pulled out a military dagger, and with extremely skilled hands, he used the dagger to remove all the gunpowder from the bullets within two minutes. He poured all the gunpowder behind the rock, lit a cigarette, took two heavy puffs, placed the cigarette on top of the gunpowder pile, covered it with an empty magazine case, and hid himself holding a military knife behind another rock ten meters away, slowing down his breathing, waiting quietly for the arrival of the two men.

  Just two or three minutes after Ling Feng had finished preparing everything, a faint sound of footsteps could be heard beside his ear.

  "Ling Feng, stop hiding and come out like a man!" A low, ominous voice came over. He and Ba Zhu had already arrived at the cliff, their eyes scanning around to search for Ling Feng's hiding spot.

  "Die, you little beast! If you come out now, I'll give you a quick death. Otherwise, I'll skin you alive like that Zhao fellow last time!" Baizhu said as she stepped forward, her feet not stopping.

  Although he knew that the snake scorpion woman was provoking him to reveal himself, Ling Feng still couldn't help but want to go out and chop the cheap woman who killed his brother into pieces. His strong willpower restrained his impulsive thoughts, and Ling Feng tightly grasped the military dagger in his hand, waiting for the best opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to these two venomous villains!

  Cai Cai and Ba Zhu, one on the left and one on the right, slowly approached the edge of the cliff, separated by tens of meters. They knew in their hearts that Ling Feng must be hiding behind a rock somewhere ahead, and at this moment, they didn't speak again, their eyes gleaming like torches, scanning all around, trying to find out where Ling Feng was hiding!

  They walked forward for about a dozen steps, and Chacao and Baozhu simultaneously discovered that there was a faint smoke drifting out from behind a rocky mountain about 20-30 meters away. The two exchanged a glance, nodded slightly, and then Chacao raised the two Desert Eagles in his hand, slowly approaching the smoking rock, while Baozhu stood still, scanning around with her eyes, her face full of vigilance.

  When Chacha was only a few meters away from the rock, suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and the two of them were startled. Instinctively, Chacha immediately pulled the trigger and fired randomly at the rocks in front of him.

  At this moment, Ling Feng's figure appeared tens of meters away on the left side of the mountain rock. His gaze locked onto the two people immediately, and with a burst of force from his wrists, the military spear in his hands transformed into two white lights shooting towards Cha Cai and Ba Zhu.

  At the same time, Baizhu was the first to react, waving his hand and triggering a series of blue light points that shot back at Lingfeng like lightning. Chai Cai also discovered Lingfeng's whereabouts, turning his gun and preparing to fire, but suddenly saw a flash of white light in front of him and hastily dodged to one side.

  "Ah!"

  A loud scream rang out, and Bajiu was pierced through the chest by Lingfeng's thrown military dagger, with blood spurting out, falling to the ground, and it seemed he wouldn't survive. Chacao, however, managed to dodge in time and only suffered a minor injury from the dagger grazing his arm.

  "What a pity!" Ling Feng sighed softly, hastily withdrawing his body and continuing to hide behind the mountain rocks. At this moment, there were dozens of steel needles over an inch long in front of his chest, any one of which would be fatal, and even ten would only accelerate the onset of the poison without immediately taking his life!

  "Damn it, I'll spare your life today, but I swear to God, you won't get away!" The last of his men had fallen at Ling Feng's hands, and it was none other than Ba Zhu, with whom he had a close relationship. Chai Cai's character was already gloomy, but now he couldn't help the flames of anger burning in his heart. His eyes locked onto the rocky outcropping where Ling Feng was hiding, and he fired his dual guns continuously, using the gunfire as cover as he advanced forward.

  "Ten... eleven... twelve..." Ling Feng hid behind the rock, silently counting the opponent's gunfire. The Desert Eagle magazine can only hold seven bullets, as long as he guessed that the fourteen bullets in his dual guns were finished, it would be the time for Ling Feng to engage in close combat with him.

  "Fourteen!" After fourteen gunshots, Ling Feng heard the sound of two empty clicks. He didn't hesitate at all, holding his military knife and jumping out with a loud "whoosh". His feet kicked the ground hard, and he darted forward diagonally, the tip of his knife pointing directly at Chai Cai's abdomen!

  "Hmm!" Seeing Ling Feng charging with his knife, Cha Cai let out a cold hum from his nose, loosened both hands, and the empty gun fell to the ground. At the same time, he didn't dodge or evade, took a step forward with his left foot, and swung his right arm to punch out.

  At this moment, the two were only a little over a meter apart. Ling Feng saw that his opponent was actually using his fists to meet the blade of his knife, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. At this time, his attacking momentum was like an arrow off the string, and it was already too late to change moves. He could only grit his teeth, pour all his strength into his right hand holding the knife, and desperately stabbed forward.

  "Clang!" A clear and crisp sound of metal rang out, and Ling Feng's military knife was suddenly broken by Chai Cui's punch. This ending made Ling Feng extremely shocked and discolored. Before he could regain his composure, the opponent struck again with another punch to the chest.

  Ling Feng dodged too late, his body slightly tilted to the side. The incoming fist landed squarely on his left shoulder, producing a loud cracking sound. Ling Feng felt an immense force surge through him, and he immediately flew backward six or seven meters.

  Iron Fist! A fist harder than iron!

  One punch shattered the tempered steel military sword, and one punch turned Ling Feng's shoulder blade into powder!

  Chatchai didn't continue his attack, instead he clasped his hands together, the joints cracking loudly. He gazed at Ling Feng who was lying on the ground, unable to get up, a look of disdain on his face. "There's something you probably don't know," he said, "I, Chatchai, have been the champion of the underground boxing match in Thailand for three consecutive years. I myself don't even know how many people's bones have been shattered by these iron fists!" He paused slightly, his eyes fixed on Ling Feng like a dead man, taking slow steps closer to him. "One thing I can be certain of is that today, I will definitely use these fists to turn your entire body into powder!"

  "His double fists are too powerful, and with my current state, I'm not his match at all!" Seeing Chacha approaching step by step, Ling Feng endured the piercing pain and struggled to get up.

  He took a deep breath, his eyes fixed intently on the approaching Chai Cai. In the flash of an instant, he had already made up his mind. At this moment, Ling Feng moved, but instead of advancing forward, he slowly retreated step by step towards the edge of the cliff.

  "What's wrong? My undercover great hero, are you going to jump off the cliff to survive? Hahaha......" Chacha burst out laughing loudly, with a scornful gaze, completely not taking Ling Feng seriously.

  "If you have the courage to jump down, you can also avoid the pain of breaking all your bones!" Zha Cai's sinister gaze fell on Ling Feng, who had already retreated to the edge of the cliff, his footsteps not stopping as he continued to advance forward.

  "It's right here..." Ling Feng slightly shifted his body, gazing down at the deep chasm shrouded in mist and clouds, smiled, then turned around, his eyes fixed intently on Chacha walking towards him.

  "It seems you still don't have the guts to jump down, so I'll kindly send you on your way!" Just as Chai Cai approached Ling Feng within three meters, he suddenly took a step forward with his left leg and swung his right arm fiercely, throwing a thrusting punch straight at Ling Feng's face.

  This punch, if it hits its mark, even if Ling Feng isn't killed by the blow, will still be knocked off his feet and sent tumbling into the bottomless chasm behind him!

  He was indeed worthy of being the champion of Thailand's underground boxing match for three consecutive years. His punching speed was so fast that people only felt a flash of illusory fists in mid-air. However, his opponent Ling Feng was not an easy one to deal with, and he had already thought of a way to counterattack.

  Only to see Ling Feng sink his shoulders and elbows, his body slightly tilted to the side, just avoiding Chai Cai's fatal punch. At the same time, his only movable right hand flashed out like lightning, with five fingers curled into claws, grasping Chai Cai's right arm tightly. Then, his body leaned back, his legs fiercely kicked the ground, and his entire person formed a huge force that dragged Chai Cai together towards the deep abyss behind him.

  "Don't... Ling Feng you crazy..."

  "You son of a bitch, I'd rather die than let you get away with this!"

  Two figures entwined in mid-air, cursing each other until they parted and vanished into the swirling clouds and mist, plummeting down into the depths below...

  "Are you going to die?" The wind whistled in his ears, and Ling Feng felt a dizziness of consciousness, his head spinning.

  Every scene of this life is like a movie flashing by.

  He grew up in an orphanage as a child, accompanied by many other children. One of the most honest and kind-hearted was a boy named Zhao Dajun. They had the best relationship, joined the army together, entered the 'Qianlong Group' training... completed tasks assigned by the organization, their bond was stronger than brothers!

  "This life, the only regret is that I haven't loved well enough... but with a good brother like Da Yong, I'm content..."

  Ling Feng felt a chill wind blow, his body cold, and he barely opened his eyes halfway. In a daze, he found himself getting closer and closer to the ground below. A strange beast statue appeared before his eyes, getting closer and closer, bigger and bigger, until they finally crashed together with a loud "thud".