97: Lin Feng's helplessness

The colossal hand, condensed from blood Qi, obscured the sky and descended with the terrifying pressure of the Nascent Soul Stage, crashing down towards that Cultivator!

Under the pressure of this Nascent Soul Cultivator, even the thought of escaping was difficult to form; one could only watch helplessly as death arrived.

However, Lin Feng's eyes were as calm as still water. He didn't even look at the blood hand, only tightened his grip on Dong Xuan'er's hand beside him, ready to flee at any moment.

Because the blood hand's attack was not aimed at Lin Feng; he had long anticipated that, according to the usual trope of Cool article(shuangwen) novels, a Nascent Soul old monster would inevitably be drawn out today.

Sure enough, the blood hand did not come for him, but instead directly grabbed another burly, masked man in the crowd.

It was one of the two Loose Cultivator big men who had almost defiled Dong Xuan'er that night two days ago.

Just as the blood hand was about to crush the big man into minced meat, the big man suddenly raised his head, and terrifying blood-red light burst from his eyes beneath the mask!

"Roar!"

A roar, not sounding human, erupted from his throat.

His entire body's skin instantly turned crimson, and streaks of blood shot out from his pores, while the big man's own aura surged wildly at a terrifying speed!

Core Formation Early Stage Perfection!

Core Formation Middle Stage!

.........

Core Formation Late Stage!

.........

Core Formation Late Stage Perfection!

Ultimately, his cultivation was forcibly raised to Core Formation Perfection, infinitely close to the person within the boundless blood cloud!

And this was precisely the result of Lin Feng using Soul Control Art to manipulate the big man, disregarding all consequences, forcibly accumulating a superficial Core Formation cultivation with a large amount of Medicinal Pills, and making him learn more than ten life-risking forbidden arts exchanged from the System.

He also made him learn many life-risking forbidden arts and placed many Talismans on him. This was all to delay a Nascent Soul Cultivator for a while at a critical moment.

A chess piece specifically prepared for this moment.

"Die!"

The big man roared, and the fingernail of his right index finger snapped off with a "crack." He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of vital blood, enveloping the broken fingernail.

Under the impregnation of the vital blood, the fingernail transformed into a dark red stream of light, shooting towards the sky-obscuring blood hand!

Boom—!!!

The blood hand and the dark red stream of light collided violently!

Terrifying spiritual power aftershocks, like invisible giant waves, swept out in all directions!

The surrounding Foundation Establishment Cultivators were instantly sent flying, one by one spitting blood.

"Go!"

At the same moment the big man made his move, Lin Feng let out a low cry, pulled Dong Xuan'er, who was already scared out of her wits, and transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards Huangfeng Valley!

Above the sky, the boundless sea of blood churned, and the figure within it seemed surprised that the big man could withstand his attack.

The blood cloud receded, transforming into a middle-aged man in a blood-red robe with a sinister face. He floated in mid-air, his gaze fixed on the big man below who had withstood his attack.

"Wang Tiangu of Guiling Sect, I wonder what sect Fellow Daoist belongs to, to have learned so many Demonic Path secret arts?"

Wang Tiangu's voice carried a hint of surprise, but more so, undisguised greed.

The secret art that the big man had instantly unleashed earlier had even startled him. If he could obtain it, he would have an extra trump card when fighting against Cultivators of the same rank!

However, the big man completely ignored him.

Under Lin Feng's command, he turned and fled in the opposite direction from Lin Feng, transforming into a blood-red rainbow, escaping madly.

"Seeking death!"

Seeing this, a look of anger flashed across Wang Tiangu's face.

"Once I capture you and perform soul-searching, your secret art will still be mine!"

He snorted coldly and once again transformed into a blood cloud, chasing after the big man.

On the other side, Wang Chan made successive moves, killing several Cultivators, but seeing that the rest had scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in all directions, he was simply stretched too thin to Clone himself.

Seeing his second uncle about to chase after that Core Formation Cultivator, he quickly shouted, "Second Uncle, could you lend this nephew a treasure!"

Wang Tiangu, who was about to give chase, was a little impatient, but still flung a treasure from his sleeve towards Wang Chan.

It was a blood-red bracelet.

"This is the Blood Soul Bracelet, it contains a large number of Yin souls and blood ghosts. It's enough to hunt down these low-level Cultivators!"

Before his voice faded, his figure continued to chase after the big man.

Wang Chan caught the Blood Soul Bracelet, a look of joy on his face.

He eagerly injected his magical power into it, and the bracelet glowed with a brilliant blood-red light, but in the end, it could only barely summon dozens of ferocious-looking blood ghosts surrounded by black Qi.

However, these blood ghosts seemed untamed and did not immediately obey Wang Chan's command.

Wang Chan frowned, conjured a few drops of vital blood, and dripped them onto the bracelet.

Upon receiving the vital blood, the blood ghosts' eyes instantly turned crimson, their blood Qi intensified, and they let out sharp howls, chasing after the scattered Cultivators!

After doing all this, Wang Chan breathed a sigh of relief. He scanned his surroundings, chose the two Cultivators who had fled the furthest, and personally pursued them.

And that direction, coincidentally, was precisely where Lin Feng and Dong Xuan'er were.

...

"Lin Feng... behind us... that guy is catching up!"

Dong Xuan'er's voice was tearful as she looked back at the increasingly close small blood cloud, her pretty face pale.

Lin Feng didn't even turn his head, merely responding indifferently, "No matter."

He deliberately controlled his escape speed to the level of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, precisely to avoid attracting the attention of Yunlu Old Demon.

If he were to defeat Cloudy Dew now, he could do so by using all his means. However, if he wanted to guarantee a kill, he wasn't entirely confident.

Moreover, there was still a Nascent Soul Early Stage Wang Tiangu on the field, so Lin Feng dismissed the idea of making a move. He simply maintained a Foundation Establishment Stage escape speed, chasing after Wang Chan one after the other.

Soon after, the two had completely flown out of the Yanliang Mountain territory.

Just as they passed over a small city called Qingliang City, Lin Feng's eyes suddenly narrowed.

Ahead, a familiar red streak of light was coming directly towards the two of them!

That aura... it was Hong Fu!

"Xuan'er!"

From within the red streak of light, Hong Fu's extremely anxious voice could be heard.

Dong Xuan'er was startled when she heard the voice, then a look of joy appeared on her face, and she blurted out, "Master!"

Lin Feng felt a little helpless.

To avoid being detected by Yunlu Old Demon's Divine Sense, he hadn't let his Divine Sense extend too far along this path, and thus failed to discover Hong Fu's arrival in advance!

He had calculated everything, and it seemed he was about to clear the Hell difficulty Yan Family Fortress instance with Dong Xuan'er, this burden, without taking any damage, but he hadn't expected that Hong Fu's arrival would trigger the second-stage BOSS!

Sure enough.

Just a few breaths after Hong Fu's arrival.

Petals drifted down from the sky without warning.

Each petal carried an evil enchanting power, causing one's mind to waver.

A seductive figure, accompanied by a shower of petals, appeared like a ghost in front of Hongfu Immortal, blocking her path.

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How should I handle Old Devil Han's relationship with the protagonist later? I'm a bit conflicted.

Originally, I planned to write a pure flesh-and-blood Cool article(shuangwen), but Tomato's censorship is so strict, often deleting a thousand words from a chapter before it can be published....

Later, I had no choice but to cut down on the explicit scenes and add more fight scenes.