The Second Collection: Fog Conceals the Valley Chapter 6: A Desperate Battle Falls into the Water

  "What a big nerve you have, to actually dare investigate the affairs of my Ning Wang Fu so thoroughly!" King Guanlan's eyes turned cold, and he summoned all his internal energy. On the long knife in his hand, which had already begun to shatter, a faint layer of blue light appeared.

  "Bodhi Town's Fa Dao, it truly astonishes me! With a cultivation of Lian Qi Second Layer, you can consecutively cast it twice within an hour. You indeed live up to being the son of a noble family! However, your knife may be able to kill Zhou Bao, but it cannot kill me!"

  "Can't you just die? Let's give it a try!" Wang Guanlan sneered, and a fierce aura rose from his body.

  "Huh?!" Qin's eyebrows rose in surprise, as Wang Guanlan's sudden aura left him perplexed. The aura wasn't strong, but it was too sharp, sharp enough to send a chill down his spine.

  What a joke, he's just a Qi Refining Second Layer brat, how could he possibly make a Fourth Layer Late Stage martial artist like him feel a chill in his heart, and even have a feeling of being beheaded at any moment.

  This feeling made him uncomfortable and uneasy, so he took action.

  A ray of light flashed out from his sleeve and shot straight at Wang Guanlan's brow.

  Bang!!!

  The azure sword energy and the gleaming light of the sword burst forth in a dazzling display, Wang Guanlan's face turned deathly pale, his eyes losing their luster. His footsteps became disordered as he stumbled about on the spot, even his spirit was dazed, and before he knew it, he had retreated several steps, one foot landing on a round stone, causing his body to tilt precariously. Meanwhile, opposite him, Qin's face flushed bright red, his gaze losing its focus for a moment. Amidst Wang Guanlan's sword energy, a wisp of black light flickered, and it was this very wisp that repelled the sword light from Qin's sleeve, sending his mind reeling. It was during this moment of mental turmoil that he failed to stop Wang Guanlan from falling into the ravine. Only after more than ten breaths had passed did he come back to himself, but by then, Wang Guanlan had vanished at the edge of the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

  "Damn it!!" Looking at the rapid water flow in the ravine, Qin big brother stomped his feet anxiously and suddenly turned around, only to see that although Yue Haifeng was retreating step by step, he didn't show any signs of true defeat.

  "Bad luck for you!" he muttered, his body flashing horizontally, the sword light rising again. However, as soon as his body made a slight movement, a surge of intense pain emerged from his brain, as if someone was holding a long needle and stabbing his head fiercely, making him let out an extremely painful cry, and his body bent down due to the severe pain.

  "Qin big brother, what's wrong?!" The person who was fighting with Yue Haifeng was shocked and asked hastily. In the moment he was distracted, a strange light flashed in Yue Haifeng's eyes, and an invisible wave shot out from his brow, just like when he fought Wang She. That person instantly froze, and Yue Haifeng's knife flashed by, cutting him into two pieces.

  Just like Wang Guanlan's situation, one knife cut out, Yue Haifeng's face turned pale as snow, and his body was already unstable.

  "Damn it!!" Qin Da Ge, who was in severe pain, suddenly shouted and forcibly endured the agony. A sword light shot out from his sleeve like a poisonous snake, directly targeting Yue Hai Feng. Yue Hai Feng, who had over-exerted himself, couldn't withstand this sword light and was pierced through the chest by Qin Da Ge's single sword strike. He clutched at his chest, retreated two steps, and with a loud splash, fell into the Tiger Leaping Gorge along with Wang Guan Lan. After unleashing that one sword strike, Qin Da Ge also stumbled forward, as if he had drunk too much wine. He felt his soul becoming somewhat blurry, his body spinning around in place, and his vision growing increasingly hazy. Most eerily, his hair gradually turned a withered yellow. Finally, his legs gave out, and he knelt by the riverbank, his body swaying twice before falling down, completely devoid of breath.

  A fight ended in such a strange way, three hours later, Chen Qing Shan woke up from his coma, facing the two corpses in front of him and the eerie location he was in. He rubbed his head in confusion, not knowing what to do for a moment. After wandering around Hu Tiao Xia for three days, he was finally discovered by a warrior from Ning Wang Fu and brought into the mansion, but that's a story for later.

  But Wang Guanlan, because of the use of his divine powers, had almost exhausted all his spiritual energy and finally couldn't hold on any longer, falling into the ravine. In the ravine, he was stimulated by the cool water and his somewhat blurry consciousness suddenly cleared up. However, after falling into the water, his whole body felt powerless, and he could only drift with the current, being swept away by the rushing water deep into the Misty Valley Gorge.

  The water was rushing rapidly, and Wang Guanlan was exhausted to the point of death. He could only rely on his instincts to stretch out his hand in the torrent and grope around. However, he soon discovered that the stones in the water had been smoothed by the torrent's erosion over thousands of years, making them slippery and impossible to grasp. In his current state, he couldn't hold on tight and could only drift with the current, being swept away by the torrent towards the depths of the Tiger Leaping Gorge and the depths of the Misty Valley. Under these circumstances, Wang Guanlan gave up his futile efforts and began to search his body. After half a day's search, he finally found a bottle of elixir. Without hesitation, he poured the entire contents into his mouth, forcing himself to endure the extreme fatigue and coldness in his spirit and body. He recovered from his injuries, but he wasn't foolish enough to practice his skills in the water. All he could do was swallow the medicine, stick his head out of the water, and take big breaths, allowing the internal energy in his body to circulate. Although this method of recovery was slow, it was safer.

  It was as if a corpse was floating in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and gradually, the surrounding fog grew thicker. The seven-colored mist that was unique to the Rainbow Mist had disappeared, and the riverbed of the Tiger Leaping Gorge became wider. Wang Guanlan, who had somewhat recovered, finally managed to squeeze out a wry smile on his pale purple face. He knew that he had now left the outermost part of the Fog Concealing Gorge and entered its depths.

  Heaved a slight sigh of relief in his heart, but soon felt an unbearable trouble.

  What a bother, it's really a big bother.

  Because of the depth of the valley, it's not a place that a warrior who has just entered the second layer can enter. Here, every step is dangerous, and various strange phenomena are not something that a warrior in the Refining Qi realm can handle. Not to mention him, a warrior in the second layer of Refining Qi, even a late-stage Condensing Qi warrior entering here would be lucky to survive.

  Suddenly, Wang Guanlan felt a sharp pain in his leg, and a stream of blood gushed out from the bottom of the water, dyeing a patch of the water's surface red.

  "This is it!"

  Wang Guanlan was shocked, and before he could react, his leg hurt again. He lowered his head and submerged it in the water, finally seeing what was happening underwater.

  "Piranha?!"

  In the water, three or four palm-sized strange fish were circling around his legs, each with a mouthful of dense and sharp teeth, easily tearing open the flesh on his legs. What was terrifying was that the scattered bloody smell had attracted even more strange fish. Just a moment ago, there were only three or four such strange fish around his calf, but in less than one breath, the number had increased to ten.

  "I can't go on like this, drifting away, these piranhas will devour me!" Wang Guanlan was shocked in his heart, and with a burst of energy, he swam towards the shore. When he reached the shore and climbed up, there were already over 20 strange fish hanging from his legs. The lower part of his left leg had been gnawed to reveal white bone, and dozens more strange fish followed him onto the shore. In the Tiger Leaping Gorge, a hair-raising scene unfolded: a dense swarm of strange fish had swum up, following the bloody scent, quickly turning half the river water black. From time to time, several strange fish would leap out of the water, opening their large mouths full of fine teeth, and charging towards Wang Guanlan on the shore.

  "Greed, brutality, bloodthirstiness!!" In an instant, Wang Guanlan had an impression of this aquatic creature.

  No matter how ferocious and bloody those strange fish in the river were, now that Wang Guanlan is on shore, they are powerless.

  Enduring the intense pain, Wang Guanlan squeezed to death the few strange fish that were still biting his leg after being pulled out of the water. He then took out a small porcelain bottle containing white powder and poured it onto the wound on his calf. A wave of stinging pain spread from his leg, and he could only take a few deep breaths to endure the agony.

  "Hoo, hoo, hoo——!" After treating the wound on his leg, Wang Guanlan's spirit had already begun to waver, and his eyelids started to twitch. He was really too exhausted, as the experiences of the past two days had kept him on edge, and when facing the enemy, he had expended a great deal of mental energy to unleash two Bodhi Stabilizing Knife techniques and half of the Earth Prison True Wish Knife technique.

  This half-hearted use of the Earth Store Bodhisattva's Vow Knife was actually during his confrontation with Qin, and he didn't see Qin's final outcome, so he didn't know that Qin had died from this one knife strike. He also wasn't aware that at the time, he was in a desperate situation, although he used the Pusa Town Law Knife, it carried a hint of the Earth Store Bodhisattva's Vow Knife's intent. It was precisely this hint of intent that beheaded Qin's spirit and soul, and he himself lost his footing and fell into the ravine, coincidentally fulfilling his original intention.

  Just as Wang Guanlan was enduring the pain and treating his wounds, a change occurred in the ditch. The strange fish that had been attracted by his blood suddenly changed direction. Wang Guanlan looked in the direction the strange fish were leaving and his gaze suddenly froze. Not far away, a corpse floated over, and the large group of strange fish shifted their target and began to tear at it.

  "Yue Haifeng!!" Wang Guanlan recognized the identity of the corpse from its clothing, it was indeed Yue Haifeng who had entered the Fog Concealing Gorge with him.

  Food was discovered, and countless strange fish swarmed up, soon drowning his body. After a few breaths, the school of fish dispersed, and Yue Haifeng also turned into a white skeleton, which was washed to the shore by the torrent in the ravine.

  Watching this scene, Wang Guanlan felt a wave of relief in his heart. If he hadn't seen the opportunity, he would probably be like him now, turned into a pile of white bones.

  "Huh?!" Suddenly, Wang Guanlan found a faint glimmer of light flashing on top of Yue Haifeng's white bones. "Ghost fire? Impossible, it just turned into white bones, shouldn't have ghost fire yet?!"