Chapter 35
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Chapter 35: Caught in a Big Trouble
It turned out that the two disciples of the Hidden Sky Sect were not inside the Jade Pavilion.
The woman acted first, and another man named Liu Feng hid before taking action.
He was an exceptionally cautious opponent, or rather an assassin who had yet to find the optimal angle for an attack.
To be an assassin requires meticulous attention, thinking more than others. However, Liu Feng overthought things today.
Firstly, he heard the man refer to himself as Zhang Tianhua. Knowing full well that this was a secret stronghold of the Hidden Sky Sect, he dared to approach the Jade Pavilion alone, perhaps as bait to test the pavilion’s defenses, or possibly the Jade Symbol Sect had dispatched a large force to attack.
Then, the man even dragged along a young eagle raised by Princess Yu Yan, indicating he had already been to the secret chamber. He had heard that Princess Yu Yan would return today to confine a captive. This was evidently a setup staged by the Jade Symbol Sect to ascertain the stronghold’s location.
Lastly, the man with a tuft of white hair revealed his arms’ Spirit Motion marks while turning to throw someone, exposing his golden claws, which were rarely seen in the world. With such qualifications, what status could he possibly have in the Jade Symbol Sect?
Given all this, Liu Feng confidently declared that this was a formidable enemy.
Things were going well; if given a little more time, he would surely succeed! But unfortunately, the Junior Sister ruined everything, allowing the opponent to be one hundred percent sure that a second person was present. The opportunity slipped away, and he had to take action.
Liu Feng overthought it. With his Spirit Motion mastery, he truly didn’t need to be this careful. Although Li Hui was brimming with courage and decided to take the risk for some plundering, he underestimated this secret stronghold of the Hidden Sky Sect.
“Quickly!”
Li Hui launched a handful of spirit talismans, and the blue long sword moved too swiftly. After a series of light thuds, it pierced through nine Golden Bell Talismans and several Golden Sword Talismans, transforming them into sword shadows that struck the opponent, producing only faint light and shadow without any significant impact.
Fortunately, after a series of obstacles, the blue long sword finally came to a stop.
“Reveal your magical artifacts! What’s the use of these low-tier talismans?” Liu Feng frowned slightly, quite annoyed with the Jade Symbol Sect disciple who was deliberately hiding his power.
“Are you an Inner Sect Disciple of the Hidden Sky Sect?” Li Hui thought to himself that he was so unlucky. Didn’t all the others go out to intercept the disciples of the Jade Symbol Sect? As an Inner Sect disciple, why weren’t you challenging the Jade Symbol Sect nearby but hiding in this secret stronghold?
Liu Feng was taken aback, unsure why the other party asked that. He was not actually an Inner Sect disciple, but he was just a half-step away, ready to break through the constraints and enter the Concentrating Spirit stage. Given his performance in recent years, he believed he could draw the attention of the sect’s decision-makers.
Li Hui did not wait for the other to respond. He dragged two bare-headed eagles and a dead eagle, leaping into the Jade Pavilion. He had prepared to fight for his life; if he died, then so be it! Perhaps there really was reincarnation, and after eighteen years, he would emerge as a new hero.
The Junior Sister danced lightly in the Jade Pavilion. Most of the time, she found safe spots to place her feet, but occasionally, she faced attacks.
However, the danger inside the Jade Pavilion was increasing. Even during these rare moments of danger, she narrowly escaped, frightened, and shivering with fear, causing her to almost scream and making her clumsily respond to attacks that she could have avoided.
After Li Hui entered the Jade Pavilion, he continuously slapped Golden Bell Talismans onto himself, using the three bare-headed eagles to block the attacks. They turned into meat puree without making a sound as they fell.
“Ah, what are you doing? Don’t come near!” The Junior Sister stomped her foot and launched a Crane Beak, displaying decent skills.
With Crane Beaks in front and the blue long sword behind, Liu Feng had already pursued them inside. In a life-and-death situation, Li Hui charged straight ahead, allowing the Crane Beak to stab into him, breaking through three Golden Bell Talismans’ defenses, piercing into the white rodent grass.
This white rodent grass came from the Eagle’s Nest and served as a strong protective layer.
In an instant, Li Hui grabbed the Crane Beak and spun around underfoot, swapping positions with the Hidden Sky Sect Junior Sister.
Face to face at close range, Li Hui grinned wickedly and said, “You guessed right, you really are a little beauty! You look two or three years younger than me!”
Liu Feng quickly sheathed his sword. He could mercilessly pierce the young eagle raised by the princess but dared not harm this Junior Sister. Doing so would obstruct his path to becoming an Inner Sect disciple.
With a loud “bang bang,” in the incredulous gaze of the Junior Sister, her Crane Beak turned into scraps.
For Li Hui, breaking a magical artifact was nothing, but for others, the visual shock was too intense, and it inevitably shocked them.
In a split second, Li Hui forcefully pushed the Junior Sister aside and reached for the guqin hanging on the wall, shouting, “Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique!”
With a light tremor, his arms erupted with scaled golden light that grew outward instantly, transforming into glimmering dragon claws, as if a tempest had swept through the Jade Pavilion.
Liu Feng stared transfixed at the golden light, absentmindedly saying, “Is this a Spirit Motion mark? It looks like dragon scales.”
Li Hui didn’t care about others’ shock; perhaps what he wanted was for others to be shocked. Today was the first time he half-revealed the Dragon Claw pattern in public, and spiritual energy surged wildly into his arms, creating a powerful pulling force.
The guqin hanging on the wall resonated with a clear sound, launching a wave-like sonic attack that intensified the chaos within the Jade Pavilion. Liu Feng hurriedly raised his hand, revealing a red flag nearby, which he grasped and waved, dissipating the blue light and sound waves around him.
At this moment, Li Hui had four flags in his hands. He attempted to grab the guqin but unexpectedly caught these items instead. However, before he could learn how to wield them, the flagpole collapsed into scraps, clearly a magical artifact that had exhausted its power along with the silver snake bracelet.
“I didn’t catch it; there’s danger!” Li Hui didn’t have time to think further. Seeing the blue light approaching and sound waves nearby, he suddenly expended all his spiritual energy, unleashing over a hundred spirit talismans.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
More than fifty golden sword lights, each two zhang long, shot out, and a golden bell rose from Li Hui, swirling around him. The blue light and sound waves attacking it were utterly ineffective.
Clearly, after absorbing the Crane Beak and the four flags, the silver snake bracelet demonstrated its efficacy, augmenting the power of the Golden Sword Talismans and the Golden Bell Talismans.
“Not good!” Liu Feng grabbed the Junior Sister and retreated quickly, but it was still a moment too late; two golden sword lights pierced into his shoulder and thigh.
The Junior Sister also took a hit, getting pierced through her left rib, making her cry in pain and nearly lose consciousness.
More sword lights bore down on the first level of the Jade Pavilion, and cracks appeared in the green jade walls. Although the blue light flickered as the Jade Pavilion attempted to repair itself, it would take at least a stick of incense to fully recover.
Li Hui dashed confidently, charging towards the screen with the enormous golden bell materializing in front of him. He casually picked up the red flag that Liu Feng had dropped earlier, but as soon as he grabbed it, the flagpole shattered into pieces.
“Puff puff!” He surged toward the screen as the silver snake bracelet trembled lightly, as if opening its eyes, instantly drawing in thousands of tiny lights from within the screen.
“What? Why are there so many?” Li Hui exclaimed in shock.
At the same time, someone in the Hidden Sky Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall shouted angrily, “What’s going on? The vast shadow map I concealed within the screen, no…”
