Chapter 63: A Life Hanging by a Thread

  Blood was step by step approaching, the intention is very clear, that is to get close enough after being able to subdue Liang Tou Er, eliminate hidden dangers.

  But Liang Ze still looked calm and collected, without a hint of urgency.

  "Halt! If you take another step forward, we'll destroy this mechanism." Although he didn't know what trickery Liang Ze was up to, Su Feng really couldn't wait any longer. Xue Yin had already taken several steps and was now at the middle of the stairs, less than two zhang away from them. At this distance, if Xue Yin were to suddenly attack, they wouldn't even have time to react.

  "How long do you want to play with such childish tricks? This Jiulong lock is your last trump card, will you destroy it so easily?" Xue Yin's eyes saw that Liang Tou'er had not spoken, allowing himself to get closer and closer, secretly rejoicing in his heart. As long as he could get a little closer, even if Liang Tou'er took action, he would have the confidence to intercept him.

  "Hah!" Liang Tou'er let out a loud shout, startling the Blood Hiders into momentarily halting their actions. "Old thief, you've calculated everything, but you never expected that I wouldn't use this as a bargaining chip. From the very beginning, I had made up my mind to destroy it!"

  The words had barely fallen when Liang Zei suddenly exerted his strength, and the cold air emanating from the jade dagger in his hand grew even more intense. A pale white glow appeared at the Golden Dragon's mouth, and the tip of the dagger was already pressed against its tongue!

  A loud roar shook the air as he suddenly snapped out of his daze. Summoning all his strength, he pounced towards Liang Ze!

  In that instant, it was as if time had frozen. The blood that had leapt into the air seemed to hang suspended, while Liang Tou'er's face remained unruffled, still wearing an enigmatic smile that was impossible to decipher. Zhang, on the other hand, stood with his mouth agape, his eyes wide with shock.

  "Get ready, I'll send you out." In the midst of panic, a faint voice whispered in his ear. Before he could react, a strong force suddenly struck from behind, pushing him out instantly. This sudden turn of events caught Blood Hidden off guard, and before he could even realize what was happening, Su Feng had already crossed paths with him in mid-air and landed on the white jade steps below.

  Time flew by in a flash, and the Blood Hider passed by with a shocking and frightening speed. It turned out that Liang Tou'er had planned this all along, deliberately luring the Blood Hider over and then using his palm force to push himself out. This way, he could destroy the Nine Dragon Lock and save himself at the same time. Fortunately, the Blood Hider's strength was already exhausted, and it didn't have Liang Tou'er's extraordinary lightness skill to borrow power in mid-air, so Su Feng was able to narrowly escape unscathed.

  As soon as he landed on the ground, a loud shout came from behind him, "Run quickly!"

  He had never heard such a hoarse and heart-wrenching voice. Without hesitation, he employed the Phantom Steps that Liang Ze had taught him, using the last bit of internal energy in his body to propel himself forward, desperately running towards the direction of the tunnel.

  While running, he turned his head back to look. When he looked back, Liang Ze seemed to have been hit by a palm of Blood Huan's full strength and flew up into the air. In mid-air, there was a faint splashing of blood. Liang Ze fell diagonally towards one side. Unable to bear looking again, he turned his head back once more.

  His eyes were already moist, with a hint of blood-red light, and his nose was like it had been drenched in vinegar, feeling sour. But he couldn't stop, nor could he turn back, "If anything happens to Brother Liang, I'll make the entire Blood Hidden Hall come and offer their lives as sacrifice!" As he ran, he engraved such a deep and solemn oath in his young heart, never to be forgotten!

  Looking at Liang Ze, who occasionally let out a few muffled hums on the ground, he took another look and had already disappeared into the distance of the corridor, with a faint cold smile rising from the corner of his mouth.

  Run, run without stopping for a moment, and forget who you are. How much longer do you have to run? It's as if the only thing he remembers is running. His eyes are empty and hollow, like he's lost his soul.

  "Bang!" A sudden dull thud.

  Time stood still for an instant, and he was stunned on the spot.

  "What's that sound, what happened? It clearly came from a very far place behind me, could it be that something has happened to Liang Ge? No, I have to go back and take a look." With the wind, he seemed to be in a state of frenzy, muttering these few sentences to himself, as if even his mind was not clear.

  He turned around with a quiver and went back in the direction he came from. Just as he took a few steps, his whole body shook violently. "Could this be a trick arranged by Brother Liang beforehand? If I blindly go forward now, wouldn't I be dragging him down?"

  "Yes, it must be so. With Brother Liang's wisdom and martial arts skills, how could anything go wrong?" Xun Feng muttered to himself repeatedly in his heart, then without further hesitation, he hastily headed back towards the direction they came from.

  Today's sudden change is really frightening, from the footsteps that had been circling around their ears since they entered Yongdao, to the appearance of Xue Ying later on, until finally Liang Ze took a great risk and fought for a way out with Su Feng. If it weren't for Su Feng's internal skills and vision making rapid progress, I'm afraid today would have required a choice that would make people sigh in regret, and also disappoint Liang Ze's good intentions.

  The most exhausting run finally reached the bottom of the square pond. For some reason, Xue Ying didn't chase after him. Without any hesitation, he drank the remaining emergency-use Earth Lung's essence and Dragon Saliva, recovering a bit of his internal energy. Using Phantom Step, he climbed up from the bottom and re-entered the square pond.

  It was already extremely cold in the stone-walled tunnel, and after entering this square pond and being stimulated by the cold water, he finally felt thoroughly refreshed.

  Fortunately, the effect of Liang's stealth was really strong. Even after being stuck underground for so long, the tiger-toothed fish that floated up had not yet recovered from its coma. This also allowed Su Feng to return to the surface smoothly.

  He slowly got up, wringing out the sleeves that were dripping with water. He looked at the sky and saw that it was pitch black and windy, making it impossible to tell which direction he should go in. His whole body was soaked through, and he had no idea where to go. The cold wind blew strongly, causing him to shiver uncontrollably, and he didn't know when the Blood Hider would come out again, so he didn't dare linger and wanted to leave immediately.

  "Haha, Master said it would be the case, arranging me here, and there really are fish that have slipped through the net." A rough and coarse male voice came from the thicket beside the square pond.

  Unexpectedly, another sudden change occurred, and he was startled by this abrupt sound, carefully retreating a few steps to the side.

  A rough and burly man emerged from the woods, with a stubbly beard and a scar above his eyebrow, clearly not a chivalrous person. At first glance, he exuded an aura of murder, and it seemed likely that he was connected to the Blood Hidden Gang. The bloodshed that had been lurking beneath the surface would probably erupt soon, and now this unexpected development had arisen.

  Without making a sound, he took advantage of the person's momentary stunned state and ran away with the wind.

  The big Han was stunned, then burst out laughing, "This kid is quite clever, but I've never heard of anyone escaping from my Crazy Blade's killing intent." He muttered to himself, and slowly followed in the direction that Su Feng had run off in.

  It turned out that this person was actually the notorious killer of Xueyintang - Kuangdao. As soon as Kuangdao moved, he revealed the huge knife in his hand. Most of the famous killers of Xueyintang did not use their real names and instead used titles to travel the world. What made Kuangdao most famous was the gigantic knife that he always held in his hand, which was half a person's height long. Because of its enormity, once it was wielded, nothing could withstand it, and thus Kuangdao naturally became renowned throughout the land.

  Only with the wind, only to say that Crazy Knife's one-handed knife technique is out of this world, but he doesn't know that his lightness skill is also as fierce as his knife technique. With a heavy step forward, swift and sudden like a strong gust of wind, before the wind could even react, Crazy Knife was already right behind him.

  His heart was secretly bitter, and he had not only been frightened in the stone cave, but also exhausted his inner strength. Although he had barely recovered a little with the help of Longyan and Digu's energy, he had suffered from the cold water on this winter night, and his muscles and joints were completely frozen like ice. He still had to spare some of his energy to drive out the chill. Moreover, his Phantom Step was newly learned and not yet proficient, making it almost impossible for him to escape.

  During the escape, Su Feng thought of stopping and fighting him to the death more than once. However, he was never his opponent in the first place, let alone now that he was also weakened by internal injuries, so stopping would be equivalent to seeking death.

  Two men, one chasing and the other fleeing, ran for over ten miles. As they went, the distance between them shortened from more than twenty yards to less than three yards. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before Feng was caught up.

  Fortunately, Su Feng didn't panic and kept calculating his position all the way. He deliberately chose a rugged and winding road to walk on, so even if Xue Ying came out of the stone cave later, he wouldn't be easily discovered. Otherwise, he would really have no chance of survival.

  "Slow down!" The Windrunner suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned around to shout at Crazy Knife.

  Kuangdao paused, and also stopped. He looked around and found that the two of them had unknowingly arrived at the banks of Qu River from the foot of the mountain. Not far ahead was the confluence of Qu River and Fuchun River. The night was quiet, and the sound of the waves of Fuchun River could already be heard. Kuangdao secretly smiled to himself, thinking that this place near the riverbank was an excellent spot for killing someone and throwing their body into the water.

  "So you've been running for so long to find a place to die, huh? Heh heh, it's about time I sent you on your way." As he spoke, Crazy Knife slowly raised the large knife in his hand, and a flash of light shot out, rapidly heading towards Following Wind.

  Only then did he realize that the Crazy Blade's various martial arts all relied on knives, and even his body technique was as swift as a knife. As he thought about it, his hands didn't slow down, and with a sword hum, the pure and sharp blade emerged from its scabbard, crossing in front of him, and fiercely met the Crazy Blade's knife.

  This knife gathered all the strength of the body, as if it had the ability to split mountains and seas, wanting to cut Random Wind into two halves! "Bang!" The sword and knife intersected, sparks splashed everywhere, and there was a loud sound like a giant bell. Random Wind's tiger mouth suddenly burst open, blood gushing out, fortunately Pu Jun was a divine sword, if it were an ordinary fine iron sword, it would have been broken and killed long ago.

  Even so, he could block the blade, but couldn't block this momentum. His chest shook violently, as if hit by a giant stone, and his entire body was thoroughly knocked flying, crashing into the tree behind him.

  His internal organs seemed to have been twisted around, all mixed up together. As soon as his feet touched the ground, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out. His breath was weak and he was severely injured.

  The Mad Blade looked at the small notch on his giant knife and laughed, "Kid, you were actually able to block this one hit, not bad."

  In Su Feng's eyes, seeing Kuang Dao's smile was like seeing a ghost, his heart was filled with despair.

  The big tree behind the wind was hit, and a group of crows flew out from the branches. The moon seemed to hide in the clouds, unable to bear the cruel scene that was about to unfold.

  The mad knife stared at the already somewhat limp Su Feng, sneering and walking step by step. "You don't need to struggle anymore, just let me send you on your way quickly."

  As he spoke, he raised the giant knife in his hand.