The Second Volume: Fog Conceals the Valley Chapter 4: Slaying Zhou Bao

  As for Zhou Bao's idea, Wang She could also understand. The two of them had killed many people on this road and obtained some good things from their bodies. Although the martial artists who came to Wumeng Valley to temper themselves were all low-level, entering such a dangerous place would more or less bring some life-saving gadgets, which were generally very precious. Ordinary people were like this, let alone Wang Guanlan, the 14th young master of Ningwang Fu, who certainly wouldn't be an exception. The things on his body must be much more precious than those of ordinary martial artists. This made Zhou Bao greedy, and Wang She was also greedy.

  "Alright, we can't just retreat without a fight. Even if he has someone secretly protecting him, we can still try to probe his weaknesses first!"

  The two men's opinions were unanimous, and after exchanging a glance, they carefully made their way towards the entrance of the cave.

  "Someone has snuck in!" Just as Zhou Bao and Wang She were approaching the entrance, Yue Haifeng, who was meditating with his eyes closed inside the cave, suddenly opened his eyes, a fierce glint flashing in his gaze.

  "How many people!?" Wang Guanlan suddenly stood up, his hand grasping the hilt of the knife at his waist, looking somewhat tense. This was his first time facing a life-threatening situation. The person who had sneaked into the cave at this moment would not be like Yue Haifeng, who was intimidated by the Ning Wangfu's power and yielded to him. Since they dared to use poison to seal off the misty valley, it showed that they didn't care about Ning Wangfu's attitude, or even deliberately did so. Maybe he himself was their target, how could he not be tense?

  "Damn it, others who cross over are all lucky and get whatever they want. I just crossed over and had an epiphany once, but then I ran into something like this. Is my character really the problem?!" He muttered to himself in his heart, but his body slowly leaned against the wall of the cave.

  "There are two people, their cultivation should be at the early stage of the fourth layer of Qi Refining!" Yue Haifeng narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a low voice.

  "How did you know?!" Wang Guanlan looked at Yue Haifeng with some surprise, for the first time feeling that this low-level warrior he had known for several days was somewhat unfamiliar. Someone had snuck into the cave, and he hadn't even detected a hint of movement, yet Yue Haifeng had directly stated his cultivation level.

  "This cave is my and Qing Shan's foothold, so there are some arrangements!" Yue Haifeng didn't want to say more on this topic, he just used this reason to brush off Wang Guanlan. Wang Guanlan naturally didn't dare ask more questions, at this time, he also didn't have the heart to ask more, but rather said somewhat urgently: "If it's only a four-layer Qi Refining cultivator in the early stages, I'm confident I can handle one of them, can you handle the other?!"

  Yue Haifeng couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise, looking at Wang Guanlan who was anxious but not terrified. He thought back to his previous judgment and secretly praised him for being a worthy descendant of a large family, able to remain calm in the face of danger. He nodded and said, "As for the other one, I can handle her easily, but since they were able to enter this cave safely, it's likely that the toxic substances outside are related to them. Be careful, they might use poison!"

  "Don't worry about that!" Wang Guanlan thought for a moment, then took out two small porcelain bottles from his bosom and handed one over. "This time I brought three bottles of Qingling Antidote Pills, I've already used one bottle, there are still two left, you and I will each take one bottle, first hold one pill in your mouth and carefully hold your breath, as long as we fight quickly and decisively, it should be fine!"

  "Quick battle and quick decision!" Yue Haifeng nodded in agreement with Wang Guanlan's words, "They are very careful, but there are only two of them. You listen to my call, let's work together and take care of them!"

  The two held their breath, each gripping the long knife in their hand tightly, leaning against the wall of the cave, waiting quietly. Meanwhile, Wang She and Zhou Bao also cautiously and slowly approached the depths of the cave, and when they were less than ten zhang away from the two, they exchanged a glance and stopped.

  "Those inside, come out quietly! Hiding in there is useless. I'm telling you, the entire Fog Concealing Gorge has been sealed off by us, and you can't escape!" Zhou Bao shouted loudly, "Don't think that hiding in a cave will allow you to get away with it!"

  Wang Guanlan and Yue Haifeng exchanged a glance, neither of them replied.

  Zhou Bao shouted a few times, but got no response. He was displeased in his heart. "Since you don't appreciate the wine I offer, and want to drink the penal wine instead, then I won't be polite either!" As he spoke, he raised his sleeve, and a seven-colored dense fog gushed out from it. This seven-colored spiritual fog seemed to have life as soon as it appeared, and began to surge towards the depths of the cave.

  "I'd like to see where you're going to hide this time!" Zhou Bao said with a triumphant smile.

  "Damn it!" Although he couldn't see clearly, Yue Haifeng seemed to have sensed something when Zhou Bao shook out the Seven-Colored Spirit Mist. His face suddenly turned extremely ugly, and he immediately took out a Clear Spirit Detox Pill and put it in his mouth. He gave Wang Guanlan a signal with his eyes, then rolled up a flash of knife light and charged out. Wang Guanlan naturally didn't want to fall behind, so she followed him, opening up her own knife light and charging towards the two people behind the Seven-Colored Spirit Mist.

  "Have you finally come out?! " Seeing the two rushing out of the cave, Zhou Bao and Wang She initially didn't mind, after all they had the Seven-Colored Phantom Mist protecting them, so they weren't too worried. Moreover, they still had a hint of luck in their hearts, thinking that perhaps the people inside the cave had already been poisoned, and only retreated into the cave in time, which was why they hadn't died on the spot. It was also because things had gone too smoothly for them these past two days, so the sense of vigilance in their minds gradually relaxed. If it were Qin Gege who was here, he definitely wouldn't have made such a mistake.

  One side was well-prepared and ready for battle, while the other side was overconfident, and the outcome of the contest was almost decided from the very beginning.

  Seeing the knife light coming, Zhou Bao and Wang She were not unexpected, but when they saw that Wang Guanlan and Yue Haifeng were not affected by the Seven-Colored Phantom Mist at all, with a rainbow-like knife light rushing in wildly, their expressions both turned solemn.

  "You're looking for death!" Zhou Bao gritted his teeth, and with a flick of his wrist, the silver waistband on his waist was drawn out, transforming into a silver soft whip that struck out at Wang Guanlan's sword light like a venomous snake.

  "It's not us who are courting death, but you!" Seeing the whip shadow coiling over like a venomous snake, Wang Guanlan activated his inner energy, and Arhat broke out with his knife technique, in the blink of an eye, he was fighting alongside the silver long snake.

  The long snake was agile and retreating, revealing a sinister and venomous aura. Ananda's broken blade danced horizontally, unfolding like the Yangtze River, its majestic momentum only needing a few breaths to wrap the silver snake in its blade light.

  Zhou Bao only realized that something was wrong at this time, but when he wanted to withdraw, it was already too late. The silver long whip had been completely wrapped in the knife light.

  Hahaha!

  The long knife and the silver whip clashed, colliding violently. Wang Guanlan only felt wave after wave of great force surging from the knife, almost causing his hand to lose its grip on the long knife.

  Ah!!!!

  He only heard a loud drink, his hand tightened the long knife, and his body suddenly burst forward, a fierce momentum bursting out of his body.

  "Little kid, you're looking for death!!" Wang Guanlan could clearly feel the pressure from Zhou Bao's four-layer cultivation of Lianqi. Similarly, Zhou Bao could also sense the sharp intent in Wang Guanlan's knife aura. Although he had an advantage in terms of cultivation, the knife intent contained within Wang Guanlan's superior martial arts internal energy made him extremely uncomfortable. Conveniently, the long whip in his hand was a pseudo-law weapon, far surpassing the quality of Wang Guanlan's fine steel long knife by at least one level. After several collisions, Wang Guanlan's fine steel long knife could no longer withstand it and began to show signs of wear, with fine cracks appearing on its surface. Believing that if they continued to exchange blows, it wouldn't take long for his knife to shatter into pieces, Zhou Bao remained calm, using the silver whip in his hand to defend himself against Wang Guanlan's fierce onslaught. He was waiting, waiting for the moment when Wang Guanlan's long knife would be shattered and his internal energy would be depleted.

  "This little guy's cultivation isn't high, but his knife skills are incredibly powerful, it's very likely that he has a top-notch technique. Once I shatter his knife and capture him, I'll thoroughly interrogate him to get this technique out of him. Who knows, maybe one day I'll even enter the Yuqi period!" He seemed to see himself smashing Wang Guanlan's long knife with his silver whip, and his heart couldn't help but feel excited, but he didn't notice the faint, cold smile that flashed across Wang Guanlan's face.

  His long knife was indeed unable to withstand, but that didn't mean he had no way out. In fact, including his previous attack, were all meant to confuse Zhou Biao in front of him. He didn't have much time, the Seven-Colored Phantom Mist made him wary, although he had a antidote in his mouth, he still had to end the fight quickly. Of course, it wasn't relying on Adnan's Broken Blade, although this was a superior martial art, but his cultivation was at a disadvantage, and there was also a disadvantage in terms of weapons, plus being in the Seven-Colored Phantom Mist, just relying on a superior technique to win was unrealistic.

  He staked all his treasures on the Buddha's town law knife, because this is a magical skill.

  Because this is a divine art, it's not that you can display it whenever you want. Although Wang Guanlan was already quite familiar with this divine art and his cultivation had reached the middle of the Qi-gathering period, he could only use the Bodhi Town Knife three times. However, every time before using it, he needed a breath of time to gather his energy. In a fight against others, one breath of time is enough to be hacked into ten pieces!

  It's precisely because of this that he would make a fierce and forceful attack from the start, even if he knew his weapon was inferior to his opponent's. He had calculated the psychology of Zhou Bao perfectly.

  Zhou Bao's cultivation was higher than his, his martial arts were stronger, and he had also released the Seven-Colored Phantom Mist, so it could be said that he had the upper hand. Therefore, he chose to hold back, under Wang Guanlan's fierce offensive, his best choice was to defend first and then attack later, slowly waiting for Wang Guanlan's advantage to exhaust itself. What Wang Guanlan didn't know was that Zhou Bao was still worried about the experts from the Ning Wang Fu secretly protecting him, so he still had a hint of caution in his heart. All these factors added up, causing him to choose to hold back tightly, which gave Wang Guanlan the opportunity to display the Bodhi Suppressing Blade.

  Only to see Wang Guanlan's face filled with cold intent, the long knife in his hand suddenly stopped its fierce attack, and his body flipped over, as if he was about to escape into the depths of the mountain cave. The sudden turn of events caught Zhou Bao off guard, and he didn't expect Wang Guanlan to make a run for it. He paused for a moment before bursting out laughing, "You little brat, you think you can still run? It's too late for that!"

  As he was about to get up and chase after the figure, a sense of extreme danger rose from the bottom of his heart.

  "Not good!" He subconsciously wanted to retreat, but a strange thing happened at this moment. A fierce and unparalleled aura instantly locked him in place, and before he could even retreat, a cyan-colored knife aura flashed by, and Zhou Biao's body was frozen in place.

  Clap Clap Clap!!!!!

  The silver whip that had been protecting him suddenly let out a few crisp sounds, broke into several segments, and fell to the ground. A line of blood appeared on Zhou Bao's forehead, and his eyes also became dull and empty at that moment. The line of blood on his forehead gradually expanded and extended, and with a loud crash, his body split in two along the line of blood, heavily falling to the ground.