Chapter 31: Fierce Battle (Part 1)

  Shi Sheng hid behind a bush, one hand grasping a peach wood dagger, the other palm flat, a fist-sized ball of blue flames slowly condensed and emerged.

  However, Shi Sheng did not directly attack, but with a thought, the misty sea of his mind's power churned and slowly released, controlling the wooden dagger to slowly revolve in a certain direction.

  The fireball was controlled to fly in another direction, both of which were relatively far away from Shengshi. In this way, even if the two ambushed and came out, it would be difficult for the opponent to determine where Shengshi was.

  At this moment, the young man in white clothes revealed a lustful smile, looking at the enticing and delicate body on the ground, panting heavily with each breath, his eyes shining brightly as he pounced forward.

  Whoosh!

  Suddenly, a wooden dagger flew out from the thicket in the distance and shot straight at the young man's back of the head. According to Shi Sheng's plan, this blow was not fatal but enough to make an ordinary person faint.

  Just as the wooden dagger was about to reach the back of the young man's head, he seemed to feel something, his expression changed slightly, but he didn't panic too much. With a swift and agile movement, he bent down and fell to the ground, the dagger almost scraping against his scalp.

  In the distance, Shi Sheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes, feeling that this young man was by no means an ordinary person, and even he himself would find it difficult to achieve such a swift reaction.

  "Who's there?" The young man sprang up from the ground and turned around abruptly, looking in the direction of the flying dagger.

  Before the young man could see anything, he felt an evil wind behind him and sensed that something was rapidly approaching. He narrowed his eyes, suddenly turned around, and with a single hand, popped out a fist-sized fireball that shot out with a whooshing sound.

  A loud muffled sound, sparks flying everywhere!

  A white fireball burst open in an instant, and a pale blue fireball shot out from the flames, shooting towards the young man with a fierce momentum that was impossible to resist!

  The young man in white robes jumped at the corner of his eye, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. He hastily shouted: "Stop, two Taoist friends! Since you don't want to show your face, it's just that you want to save people. I'll leave here now, and I hope you will spare my life!"

  As expected, the blue fireball paused and finally floated in mid-air, no longer attacking. The young man couldn't help but wipe away a cold sweat, looking somewhat frightened. He hadn't expected this fireball to be so powerful. He hastily picked up his clothes from the ground and put them on, then tied the silk belt around his waist.

  The next moment, a hint of anger flashed in the young man's eyes, and a soft smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. With a single flip of his hand, a pale yellow talisman appeared in his hand, and the look of horror on his face disappeared, replaced by a face full of anger.

  "Hmph, idiot. It seems it should be two young whippersnappers!" The youth revealed a sinister smile, previously pretending to be shocked, only delaying time to put on his clothes and take out the treasure from inside, otherwise how could he fight with others?

  "Get out!" The young man grasped the talisman in his hand, looked at the direction of the flying dagger, and then looked at the direction of the fireball. With a single hand, he popped off five or six fireballs in succession, which shot out and finally hit the two locations where the dagger and fireball were coming from.

  With a loud whoosh, two bushes were immediately ignited by several fireballs, emitting thick black smoke. However, after waiting for half a day, no one came out, but the young man did not believe that he could burn his opponent to death so easily.

  "Sly!" Stone's distant expression darkened, not expecting the opponent to stall for time, taking out a treasure from his clothes to fight against him. It seemed that the talisman had given him quite some confidence, and its power shouldn't be underestimated.

  "It's a good thing I didn't take direct action, or else I'd probably be a roasted pig by now!" Shi Sheng looked at the two places where fires had started and felt a little relieved. However, this stalemate wasn't going to work either. He hadn't expected his opponent not only to react quickly but also to condense fireballs at an astonishing speed. Compared to Wugu Mountain's Lu Yuan, he was simply not in the same league. It seemed that even within the same realm, there were differences in strength."

  After a moment of contemplation, Shi Sheng felt that this person was not his match. The speed at which he condensed the fireball was too slow, and his attacking methods were too monotonous. There was still some distance between him and the true Huahai realm.

  With a single flip of his hand, Shi's intention stirred and a fireball slowly condensed into being. However, he didn't stop there, continuing to condense five or six more fist-sized small fireballs.

  Although he couldn't control all six fireballs at the same time, Shi Sheng controlled each one separately, making them slowly fly away and finally hide in the bushes around the young man.

  The last fireball was still not under Shi Sheng's control and flew away, but then three more fireballs came flying from a distance and hit the thicket in front of him, immediately sending up thick black smoke. He hastily dodged to one side, suddenly appearing within the young man's line of sight.

  "Hmph, is that you yourself? Indeed a young whippersnapper, do you think I don't dare to kill you?" The white-clothed youth held the talisman and gazed at Shi Sheng with a sinister glare. To be disturbed during such a good opportunity would evoke an extremely furious mood.

  "How do you know there's no one else down there? You still have a chance to leave now!" Shi Sheng said calmly, but with some helplessness in his heart. He didn't want to reveal himself and scare the other person away, but he was discovered anyway.

  "What kind of person are you? Which sect are you from? Or are you a loose cultivator?" The white-clothed youth frowned.

  "None of your business!" Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

  "Fine, since that's the case, I'll kill you right here and then retreat to meditate and advance my cultivation. Even if someone finds out that I killed you, it won't matter!" As he spoke, the white-clothed youth seemed to know that his fireball technique was no match for his opponent, and with a flick of his sleeve...

  With a swish, a two-foot-long, ancient copper-colored short sword floated in front of the young man. His finger pointed, and with a surge of spiritual energy, the ancient copper dagger slashed towards Shi Sheng.

  "Spiritual artifact?" Shi Sheng felt the wisp of spiritual energy emanating from the short sword, knowing that his own Nian Gu was no match for it. He could only counter with a fireball technique, and with a sudden movement, a pale blue fireball shot out in front of him.

  Immediately afterwards, Shi Sheng flipped his hand once again, slowly condensing the fireball. With a muffled thud, sparks flew everywhere, and the ancient bronze dagger merely hesitated for a moment before slicing through the fireball and flying towards Shi Sheng's head.

  Shi's eyes flickered, and a palm-sized fireball condensed in his hand. With a fierce surge of intent, it shot out with a whooshing sound towards the ancient bronze dagger.

  A loud, muffled sound, sparks flew in all directions, and the fireball shook violently, as if it might burst open at any moment, but for now, it barely managed to withstand the spiritual dagger.

  Whoosh!

  Just as the young man was about to thrust the dagger with all his might, he suddenly felt an evil wind behind him and turned around to see a small fireball the size of a fist flying out from somewhere.

  The white-clothed youth counterattacked extremely quickly, his technique even more incredibly swift. With a single hand, he fired off a series of shots in rapid succession. In front of him, a white light flashed, and with a whooshing sound, three ice cones about the length of a foot shot out towards the fireball, barely managing to hold it back. Finally, with a loud explosion, both the ice cones and the fireball burst apart and dispersed.

  With a whoosh, almost at the same time, another pale blue fireball flew out in another direction, only to have an extremely fast initial speed, and later on, Shi Zhen didn't need to use his spiritual power to control it, completely relying on its own inertia to charge towards the white-clothed youth, who then condensed several sharp ice cones to block it.

  Whoosh!

  At almost the same time, two pale blue small fireballs shot out from different directions towards the white-clothed youth. The latter's eyes twitched slightly, but he didn't show any panic, instead looking at the pale yellow talisman in his hand with some heartache. (End of this chapter, next chapter will be even more exciting!)

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