Chapter 42: Confrontation with Baoqi, Gao Peng's High Realm

  "Kid, you can be proud of yourself even in death today. You've forced me to use a high-grade spiritual soldier."

  Unable to defeat Fang Yan with a single move, Gao Peng's face was somewhat lost. Fang Yan was in the Qi Refining stage of 8th rank, while he was only at the Violent Air boundary of 1st rank, and the difference wasn't small. Moreover, he had been forced to use his own treasured sword, Snowflake Sword.

  "Haha…… defeating a violent Qi cultivator like you is what I call skill, if you want to put me to death, you should have the awareness of death." Fang Yan's face turned cold, he could feel the chill emanating from his opponent's weapon, this was a deadly instrument.

  "Your soul will be torn apart by the tiger's ferocity, go die."

  Gao Feng has already treated Fang Yan as an opponent in the same realm and launched a fatal blow from the start.

  "Mountain collapse."

  Fang Yan's face was as calm as an ancient well without ripples, with the strongest facing the strongest.

  Just now, Gao Songming also used the Tiger Soul Severing Blade, and so did Gao Peng. The power of the two was not even worth mentioning, but the same move, Tiger Soul Severing Blade, had a power difference of more than ten times.

  "The Ga family's Tiger Soul Severing Blade is nothing but this!" Fang Yan's fist changed, and the Collapse Mountain Fist was displayed to its extreme. The fist's power collided with the blade's edge, and the terrifying shockwave forced everyone around them to retreat far away. This Gao Peng had not cultivated the Ga family's Tiger Soul Severing Blade to the realm of a first-rate master, so Fang Yan did not have much difficulty responding.

  "Hmph, you hadn't even used your full strength just now, and now you're going to send me on my way." Being mocked by Fang Yan like this, Gao Peng's face was somewhat unable to hold up. He let out a cold snort, and then the knife in his hand changed its momentum, shaking it back and forth, sending a flurry of knife lights flying towards Fang Yan's position, bringing with it a chilling air that seemed to herald the arrival of winter ahead of schedule.

  In an instant, the fist and knife shadows all shattered and exploded. Gao Feng's knives were deadly, while Fang Yan constantly retreated with his fists against the knives. Fang Yan's defense was extremely tight, making it impossible for the opponent's knife shadow to advance even an inch.

  "It won't work, the opponent's offense is too rigorous, almost without any flaws. The Bung San Fist is a close-range martial skill, and my true energy is not as strong as theirs. Fighting like this is very passive." The two fought fiercely, exchanging dozens of rounds in an instant, and Fang Yan's true energy was severely depleted.

  "You're dead for sure now, kid. You actually dared to lose focus in battle." Fang Yan's mind wandered for an instant, and Gao Peng seized the opportunity, thrusting his sword straight at him.

  "Rain falls from the sky."

  At the critical moment, Fang Yan leaned back and rolled to the ground, dodging his opponent's fatal blow. Next, he took out the extreme-grade spiritual sword Blood Slasher from behind him, blocking Gao Feng's consecutive Snowflake Knife slashes. As their blades clashed, sparks flew everywhere. Then, Fang Yan unleashed the Water Curtain technique from his Watershadow Sword, blocking his opponent's ferocious attack.

  "Fang Yan, you're dead for sure this time. You've actually abandoned the Buried Mountain Fist, a peerless skill that has reached the pinnacle of mastery in the Fang family's Town Guardian Sect, and instead used an unfamiliar sword technique. This is undoubtedly seeking death."

  "Whether I live or die is not up to you." No one knew that Fang Yan's most powerful skill was not his Mount Hua Fist, but rather his Earth-level sword technique, Phantom Sword. In the past, he had used the Phantom Slash from the Phantom Sword to kill a thousand-year-old zombie that was equivalent to a Violent Qi Realm cultivator.

  "Die." Gao Peng sneered, his Snowflake Knife dancing with dense, wind-piercing movements, its blade casting a shadow everywhere.

  "Where is the young master? Who dares to hurt my family's young master, I want him dead." The news of Fang Yan and Gao Peng's fierce battle quickly spread throughout the entire Yanzhou trading market. In this trading area, there were not only people from the Gao family, but also people from the Fang and Wang families. Fang Tao heard that Fang Yan was in a fierce battle with Gao Peng of the Gao family, and he immediately rushed over in a flurry, his voice arriving before him, for the sole purpose of stopping the Gao family's people from striking the fatal blow.

  The Fang family has arrived, and there's no reason why the Gao and Wang families wouldn't be here. Almost at the same time, the top masters from the Fang, Gao, and Wang families who are in charge of the market in Xuzhou have all rushed to this place.

  "Fang Tao, what are you going to do? This is a fight between juniors, are you going to break the rules?" Gao Xi sneered at Fang Tao, who was about to intervene in the battle between Fang Yan and Gao Peng. If he dared to take action, he would not hesitate to stop him.

  "Gao Xi, go to hell! You're still competing with juniors, do you have any shame?" Gao Peng was in the Violent Qi Realm, while Fang Yan was in the Cultivating Qi Realm. The two were fundamentally not on the same level of existence, making it clear that he was bullying others. Fang Tao couldn't help but rebuke him angrily.

  "Fang Tao, this is a fight between Gao Peng and Fang Yan, let's not intervene, just wait quietly for the outcome!" Wang Yaolin saw that Gao Xi and Fang Tao were at odds, and suddenly said.

  "Wang Yao, Gao Xi, are you two joining forces to make things difficult for my family?" Fang Tao turned around and questioned them.

  "Fang Yan killed the Wang family's young master in the Sword Grave trial space, this matter is not over yet. We are just joining forces to bully your Fang family, what can you do?" Wang Yao said with a disdainful expression.

  "Fang Tao was moved by your integrity."

  Fang Tao wanted to take action, but was stopped by Gao Xi and Wang Yao, and couldn't help Fang Yan at all. Once he gathered the Fang family's children to take action, it would directly escalate into a battle between the three families. The alliance of the Gao and Wang families would be very unfavorable for the Fang family.

  The three parties' forces were divided into three legs, surrounding the entire battlefield. Mainly because Fang Yan is still fine now, otherwise, even if it means a chaotic battle among the three major families, he would still want to save Fang Yan.

  The battle between Zhang Zhong, Fang Yan and Gao Peng has entered a white-hot stage. With the help of Bōshan Fist and Shuǐyǐng Sword, they can fight both close-range and long-distance battles, and Gao Peng is being beaten without any room for temper.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host Water Shadow Sword proficiency +1000."

  Fang Yan's swordsmanship was becoming more and more effortless in the heat of battle, the cold system prompt sounded in his mind.

  "The proficiency of the Water Shadow Sword has increased again, and at this rate, it won't take a few months for the proficiency to break 1 million and reach the level of perfection. Fang Yan's bravery in battle grew, and the soaring proficiency of the Water Shadow Sword greatly increased his strength."

  "Mountain collapse."

  A loud crash shook the mountain, forcing Gao Peng to retreat. The Blood Blade in his hand transformed into a sword flower that swept towards Gao Peng, intent on killing him.

  "Unexpectedly, this kid is so troublesome. The weapon in his hand should be a top-grade spiritual soldier. To defeat this kid, I must use my ultimate move." After a long attack without success, the onlookers were getting more and more numerous, Gao Feng's face was ashen pale.

  "Pffft!" Suddenly, Gao Peng's body recoiled, his left hand slapping his chest, and he spat out a mouthful of inverted blood. He then forcibly swallowed it back down, his face turning pale in an instant. What was strange was that Gao Peng's aura didn't weaken, but instead rose, as a terrifying aura emanated from within him, pushing him to the brink of exploding.

  "You little brat, you've actually forced me to the point of self-destruction. Now you can go die!" Gaofeng's face was twisted in a fierce scowl, his aura surging greatly as he ignored Fang Yan's incoming Mountain-Crushing Fist and instead swung the Tiger-Devouring Soul-Slaying Saber at Fang Yan with an air of determination.

  "This move is dangerous." Looking at the greatly raised blade, Fang Yan knew that this move was not to be underestimated. The number of people gathered from both the Fang and Wang families was increasing, and Fang Yan could no longer afford to hide his true strength. He had to end the fight quickly. With a calm breath, he began to build up energy for his ultimate killing move, "Fantasy Slash".

  "Self-mutilation secret method! Gao Peng, you stop right there, if you dare to hurt Young Master Fang Yan, I'll tear you apart!" Looking at Gao Peng's suddenly surging aura, Fang Tao knew that things had gone too far and were beyond his control. Next was a loud rebuke, followed by a Crashing Mountain Fist aimed straight at Gao Peng.