Ch 20: Stirring Up A Big One
At this moment, a sense of danger swept over Li Le. He decisively rolled back, but was ultimately a beat too slow. The discarded sword had, at some unknown time, flown into the air and pierced through his body.
If not for that step back, this sword could have pierced his heart.
In an instant, the situation reversed. Sword Intent and Spiritual Energy surged through the sword body into Li Le’s flesh and blood without restraint, inflicting continuous damage on him.
At this critical juncture, Li Le did not choose to retreat. Instead, he tightly gripped the sword at his chest with both hands and resolutely charged towards his opponent.
Seeing Li Le charge so decisively, the opponent no longer held back, struggling to his feet from the ground.
Sword Intent, Flying Sword!
The Flying Sword Technique can be learned by anyone, but to practice the Flying Sword Technique to this level can indeed be called Intent.
And this was quite unexpected.
A Swordfighter’s sword is never far from hand. Strictly speaking, the Flying Sword Technique and Sword Control Technique are not Swordfighter skills at all.
But the Sword Intent of this person from Sword Peak is actually Sword Control. Rather than a Swordfighter, he’s more like an Assassin.
At this moment, a smile had already appeared on the opponent’s face. He waved his hand, preparing to remotely pull out the sword stuck in Li Le’s body.
Then, as long as he used Sword Control to stall for time, with Li Le’s severe injuries, he would undoubtedly lose if it dragged on!
He extended his hand and made a pulling motion towards the sword, but a scene that made his scalp tingle appeared.
Li Le, disregarding the damage the sword body was inflicting on him, still held onto the sword blade tightly. This caused the sword not to be pulled out. Instead, due to the pulling action, his sword rapidly approached him with Li Le.
Gazing at the fist in front of him, the size of a sandbag, the opponent knew he had made a mistake. Everything was over.
Thump!
“The battle is over! Li Le wins!”
Before the people from Lucky Peak could even say a word to Li Le, the two on the arena were taken away for treatment by the Catastrophe Grade Referee.
“Not simple…”
Xia Jiuyuan mused, touched. The puppets he fought in the Forbidden Zone, while having higher attack power and harder bodies,
their attack methods were too rigid, and they lacked Intent. Intent is too important.
Simply put, the puppets have stats but no substance!
“Come on, Guo Li’s Flying Sword Intent is very famous. He didn’t use his Sword Intent at all during the whole battle. Aren’t you guys strange?
Your Junior Martial Brother even dared to get distracted; his practical combat experience is still too little.
By the way, you guys still haven’t bothered to look up information about your opponents, have you?”
Fang Hao appeared beside Xia Jiuyuan at some unknown time. However, the latter was already accustomed to this. His main purpose for coming out was to inform everyone that he had woken up.
“Our Lucky Peak is talented and bold.”
Fang Hao rolled his eyes at Xia Jiuyuan, then threw out a booklet, saying:
“Some information.”
“Thanks.”
“Putting that aside, how are your injuries?”
“You care about me so much? I’m so touched.”
“Heh, you don’t need my care. It’s you. You asked me for a girl’s information that night, and you got her the next day. I heard she’s been coming to your Lucky Peak every day these past few days—”
“Hey, Brother Fang, be careful with your words,” Xia Jiuyuan said, glancing at Mo Mo beside him.
Seeing this, Fang Hao looked at Mo Mo, who was a head shorter. He noticed she seemed to be looking at him with a very dangerous gaze.
Damn it, I’m not the one who did this stuff, why are you glaring at me, little girl??
Fang Hao had no way to explain his woes, so he could only pat Xia Jiuyuan on the shoulder.
“Ai, you said you…”
“My dear Junior Martial Brother Xia!!!”
Suddenly, a figure rushed over and hugged Xia Jiuyuan.
“Junior Martial Brother Xia, you are my dear brother, no, my dear brother! Tell me, are we like family?”
Xia Jiuyuan was awkward looking at Zhou Qi from the Pill Refinement Pavilion, who was shamelessly trying to get close.
“No, no, no, let me go first!”
“You want me to let go, so I’ll let go,” Zhou Qi said, releasing Xia Jiuyuan. He then looked at him expectantly and continued:
“The matter regarding Sword Peak you asked about… it’s very complicated… I suggest you ask the Sect Master. It’s not that I don’t want to help, but it’s beyond my capabilities.
Initially, the mastermind behind those three causing trouble outside your Peak was a Small Fry from Sword Peak’s Outer Sect, and that Small Fry took the job from Wind and Rain Pavilion!
I really can’t do anything about Wind and Rain Pavilion, but if you bypass this lead and go directly to Sword Peak’s Inner Sect to investigate this matter…”
Zhou Qi shook his head at this point, his expression grim.
“Wind and Rain Pavilion dares to take on jobs like this? It seems I really need to have a good talk with the Sect Master about this matter!”
Zhou Qi gave him a thumbs-up. “You’re the only one who dares to speak about Wind and Rain Pavilion like that.
Also, those three who were yelling in front of your Peak and the one who took the mission had a blast swimming in the cesspool, so this kind of revenge should be quite satisfying, right?”
“Lowbrow.”
“Tch, the deterrence of swimming in shit publicly is more effective than killing them directly.”
Xia Jiuyuan’s mouth twitched, but upon closer thought, it seemed to be true.
He began to ponder Wind and Rain Pavilion.
In his impression, Wind and Rain Pavilion was a massive money-making machine; they got involved in anything related to money.
It was said their shops were all over the Three Realms of Humanity, backed by an unknown Human World-Ending Strongman.
“Oh, right, an additional piece of intelligence: for some reason, Wang Ji has left the Ask Dao Sect.”
Wang Ji said he was going to thoroughly investigate Sword Peak, but now he has run off sheepishly. The reasons behind it are worth pondering.
“Hmm… I understand. Now, tell me what your objective is?”
Zhou Qi’s intelligence exceeded the value he had given. His performance indicated he certainly had a favor to ask.
As expected, Zhou Qi spoke softly:
“Did you get anything good in the Forbidden Zone? I can pay any Price!”
Forbidden Zone? How did he know about the Forbidden Zone?
Before Xia Jiuyuan could speak, Mo Mo became a bit agitated, staring at Zhou Qi with her dead-water black eyes.
“You jest. With my strength, how could I dare to choose a Trial?”
“But your injury…”
“Liu Xixi obtained a good Spirit Plant, used it on the spot, and then lost control and injured me.”
“What a waste, what a waste! For such a rare Spirit Plant, if it were used for Alchemy… Ai…”
Zhou Qi muttered to himself and flew away in a daze.
“What a weirdo.”
“Junior Martial Brother Zhou Qi would do anything for Alchemy, which is why he acts like that when he has a request. He doesn’t have any of the arrogance of a Genius…”
Fang Hao commented, “He’s quite similar to Junior Martial Brother Le Yunzhe.”
“I’m not like that weirdo!”
Speak of the devil, Le Yunzhe also arrived here.
“Brother Xia, you must protect yourself well. Your life is the most precious.
Ai, it’s a pity I don’t have any Protective Magical Artifacts to give to Brother Xia…”
“Senior Martial Brother Le worries too much. Don’t worry, I value my life greatly.”
Le Yunzhe looked at Mo Mo, then at Jun Liuhe nearby and Liu Xixi in the distance.
Doesn’t Brother Xia know that women are dangerous?
Ai, it’s over. Brother Xia is still hopeless. As expected, Geniuses must have flaws. Why is the intelligent Xia Jiuyuan so lecherous?
“Ai.”
Mo Mo, standing beside them, seeing Le Yunzhe acting like this, instinctively adopted a defensive posture.
Why didn’t I notice this man was so close to my Older Brother before?
Could he be my love rival!!
Xia Jiuyuan certainly didn’t know that Mo Mo was imagining such terrible things. He said to Le Yunzhe:
“After the Martial Arts Grand Competition tomorrow, I’ll find time to visit you.”
“Okay, okay, then I won’t bother Brother Xia. I look forward to your visit to my humble abode.”
Watching Le Yunzhe’s retreating back, Xia Jiuyuan asked:
“Is the Sect Master in the Sect?”
“He’s probably not. According to my intelligence, Sect Master Li is extremely angry about this incident. He has invited Peak Master Luo out of seclusion to divine the mastermind organization, and then he and that person from Liu Jing Forest are searching everywhere to kill people.”
“…Alright, thank you. I’ll head back first.”
“Yes, Junior Martial Brother Xia, please take care.”
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