Martial Arts Overlord-Chapter 567 - 565: Luo Feng, Please Save Our Lives!
Sky Cloud Valley, Mysterious Rock Square.
WHOOSH!
The steward of Sky Mountain responsible for the assessment, stepping on flowing light, leaped into the air above the square. He announced, "Everyone, the students participating in the assessment have begun to enter Sky Cloud Ancient Lake. The assessment will soon end, so please head over to Skyridge Plaza."
The middle-aged steward gestured with his right hand toward the steep mountain peak behind Mysterious Rock Square as he spoke.
His words, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, immediately stirred up a flurry of discussion throughout Mysterious Rock Square. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
"Sky Cloud Ancient Lake? Does Sky Cloud Valley have such a place? I’ve never heard of it before."
"I do know about Sky Cloud Ancient Lake."
A Martial Artist carrying a saber slowly said, "There’s a hidden river underneath Sky Cloud Valley, which forms a lake in an underground rock cavern. This is Sky Cloud Ancient Lake. However, no one knows its exact location. Rumor has it that Sky Cloud Ancient Lake is thousands of meters deep and inhabited by countless powerful water-dwelling Demon Beasts."
"Thousands of meters deep, and with Demon Beasts too! Tsk, tsk, I wonder how many people will be eliminated here, or even lose their lives."
"The path of Martial Arts is fraught with danger. Life and death hang by a thread; which peerless master hasn’t experienced countless life-or-death situations?" The saber-carrying Martial Artist shook his head, his voice flat.
"That’s true. Many young experts have come for the Twelve Golden Palaces’ assessment this time. Who do you think will win the Rotary Solidification Pill in the first round?"
"Definitely a warrior at the first level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm. I’m most optimistic about Luo Lie, the ’Killing Star’ from Black Cloud Domain."
"Luo Lie’s strength is indeed impressive. However, Wei Kuang, the ’Wild Wind Saber’ from Tianming Domain, Chen Kui, the ’Double-headed Python’ from Xiushui Domain, and Yue Haitang, ’Young Master Haitang’ from Red Maple Domain, also have a chance of winning."
"Let’s go! There’s bound to be an exciting contest. Let’s head to Skyridge Plaza first!"
The leaders of various factions, along with heroes of the martial world, discussed among themselves as they headed towards the steep mountain peak.
In a corner of the square, Luotian, Yang Qing, Zi Hongyuan, and others walked together.
"Sky Cloud Ancient Lake is so dangerous. I wonder how Feng Er and Xiao Er are doing..." Yang Qing murmured, her delicate eyebrows knitting slightly as she listened to the discussions of the surrounding Martial Artists, a worried look on her face.
Zhou Zhiyun, walking beside them, smiled and said, "Don’t worry. Throughout the Six Southern Domains, the only ones who could threaten Luo Feng are perhaps the ten great young experts."
"Dean Zhou, why do you say that?" Both Luotian and Yang Qing looked surprised.
Zhou Zhiyun explained, "A day ago, I watched the duel between Luo Feng and Xue Fei. If I’m not mistaken, Luo Feng has already perfected the Shocking Thunder Saber Technique..."
"Perfected the Shocking Thunder Saber Technique!"
Not just Luotian and Yang Qing, but Zi Hongyuan also drew a sharp breath.
With their experience, they naturally understood what this implied.
In terms of power, the Shocking Thunder Saber Technique was among the best of mid-grade Profound Level martial arts. If one perfected it, it was likely that no Martial Artist of the same rank would be a match.
The Princely Heir of Azure Cloud Marquis, Yi Tian, was also in the crowd.
"Young Master, the ten great young experts won’t participate in this first round of assessment. Why are you so interested?" a small-eyed Martial Artist walking beside Yi Tian asked respectfully.
A hint of a smile touched Yi Tian’s lips. "This time I came to Sky Mountain not only to obtain the Sword Heart Heaven Jade, but also to observe the other young talents. I want to see who is worth recruiting to strengthen our Qingyun Mansion."
Hearing this, the small-eyed Martial Artist sneered coldly, "That Luo Feng, a mere Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artist, actually dared to refuse you, Young Master. He truly doesn’t know what’s good for him!"
Yi Tian waved his hand, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes as he chuckled, "Rest assured, his days of arrogance are numbered."
「Inside Sky Cloud Ancient Lake.」
"Tyrant Flame Return Wind!"
Luo Feng circulated his Yuan Qi and threw a punch downwards.
BOOM!
The ferocious fist energy spiraled out, forming a massive water vortex that shot down nearly a hundred meters. All Icearrow Spearfish in its path were torn to pieces.
Having cleared the obstructing Icearrow Spearfish with one punch, Luo Feng swiftly dove deeper.
Witnessing this, He Qin, who followed behind, had a look of astonishment in her beautiful eyes. What domineering fist energy! So this is the power of a perfected mid-grade Profound Level martial art!
After diving another thousand meters, the Icearrow Spearfish gradually disappeared. However, the water resistance became immense, and the trio’s diving speed slowed even further.
Suddenly...
A dark shadow rushed towards them. It was a corpse, eyes wide open, a head-sized hole in its chest still oozing blood.
"It’s that student from Bluemoon School!" Bing Ruolan exclaimed, her beautiful eyes narrowing as she recognized the corpse.
This was indeed the Bluemoon School student who had mocked them earlier.
"He was likely killed by someone, and not long ago. Be careful," Luo Feng warned, frowning.
Stone Man Xue Fei is quite strong. For someone to kill in his presence, the assailant must be formidable.
He Qin and Bing Ruolan nodded, and the three continued their descent.
Subsequently, two more corpses floated up, accompanied by bloody water. They were also students from Bluemoon School.
Seeing the bodies, a chill ran down the spines of the three. Each corpse had a large hole in its chest—all killed by a single blow!
Suddenly, He Qin pointed towards the depths of the lake. "Luo Feng, look there!"
Luo Feng followed her gaze downwards.
The water churned violently. Amidst the raging currents, they could vaguely discern a spear-wielding youth in a black uniform fiercely battling two blue-clothed youths.
The ’Killing Star’ Luo Lie, and also Xu Tao and Xue Fei! Luo Feng’s eyes flashed as he recognized the three.
"Luo Feng, what should we do?" Bing Ruolan asked, her shapely eyebrows knitted.
Luo Feng waved his hand. "Let’s observe the situation first."
Although Luo Feng wasn’t particularly interested in the outcome of their fight, it was impossible to dive deeper without alerting the three. Detouring would take even more time, and the effort wouldn’t be worth it. It was better to stay here and see how things unfolded.
RUMBLE...
The water surged, and the three figures broke apart after a brief exchange.
"Luo Lie, be merciful when you can! We’ll give you everything we have, just spare our lives!" Xue Fei pleaded, supporting Xu Tao as he glared at Luo Lie opposite them.
He had just used his Profound Weight Qi Field to dive here, only to find Luo Lie fighting Xu Tao.
At that time, Xu Tao was already injured. Xue Fei and several classmates immediately joined forces against Luo Lie. Who would have thought that even the five of them combined were no match for Luo Lie? Within a few breaths, three of them were dead!
Knowing the direness of the situation, the ever-proud Xue Fei had no choice but to lower his head and beg.
SWOOSH!
Luo Lie brandished his Fierce Gold Spear, parting the lake water with a visible rift. He looked at Xue Fei and Xu Tao, then slowly said, "It’s not impossible for me to spare you. If you both kneel down right now and kowtow to me three times, I’ll let you go. How about it?"
"You’re going too far!"
Xue Fei’s face turned purple with rage. As the dignified Young City Lord of Flame Sand City, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?
"HAHAHAHA..." Luo Lie threw his head back and laughed. "So what if I bully you? What can you do about it? If you must blame someone, blame yourselves for being too weak."
"Junior Brother," Xu Tao said, his left arm severed, leaving only a ghastly white stump of bone, yet his eyes remained as sharp as ever. "The Killing Star Luo Lie never leaves survivors. Don’t waste your breath on him. Let’s fight him with everything we have! Even if we can’t kill him, we’ll make him pay a heavy price!"
"Alright!" Xue Fei gritted his teeth and nodded forcefully.
"Profound Weight Qi Field!"
With a low shout, Yuan Qi surged around Xue Fei. GRATING SOUNDS echoed in the lake water as a ten to thirteen-meter-high shadow of a crystal mountain materialized, stabilizing the surrounding space.
Seeing this, a smile touched Xu Tao’s lips as his figure darted into the crystal mountain’s shadow.
"Thousand Swords Sever the Flow, Obstructing a Hundred Rivers!"
Suspended within the crystal mountain’s shadow, Xu Tao’s sharp aura soared as streams of transparent Sword Qi erupted from his body.
SWOOSH, SWOOSH...
The lake water within a hundred-meter radius was forced back by the Sword Qi.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The auras of the Sword Qi and the mountain shadow merged, their combined might steadily increasing as they surged towards Luo Lie.
"Courting death..." A ferocious sneer touched Luo Lie’s lips. Activating his Yuan Qi, his Fierce Gold Spear instantly erupted with crimson flames several meters long, forming a fiery spear shadow.
"Shatter for me!"
His figure soared, merging with the spear shadow, and he slammed it heavily onto the Sword Qi-enveloped crystal mountain shadow.
CRACKLE...
A series of crisp shattering sounds followed. The transparent Sword Qi protecting the outer layer was the first to give way, breaking apart piece by piece. The crystal mountain shadow trembled violently, countless cracks spreading across its surface.
PTOO!
As the Sword Qi shattered, Xu Tao’s body shuddered. He spat out a mouthful of blood and slumped.
"Senior Brother!" Xue Fei cried out, his face paling in alarm as he reached out to support Xu Tao.
Xu Tao lifted his head and said with a tragic smile, "Junior Brother, your Senior Brother... is useless..."
"Luo Lie, may you die a horrible death!" Xue Fei’s eyes, wide and bloodshot, seemed ready to bleed. Gritting his teeth, he picked up the enfeebled Xu Tao, circulated all his Yuan Qi to re-stabilize the crystal mountain shadow, and soared upwards, retreating rapidly.
"Trying to escape? Let’s see how far you can run!" Luo Lie’s eyes glinted with amusement, a cold sneer on his face as he flicked his long spear. SWISH!
A scorching radiance erupted from the Fierce Gold Spear, chasing after Xue Fei.
CRACK!
The crystal mountain shadow was shattered by the spear strike. Xue Fei staggered, was flung back a hundred meters, and spat out a large mouthful of blood. His face was deathly pale; he was clearly heavily injured.
Just as he thought death was certain, Xue Fei looked up and suddenly saw several figures. His gaze froze.
"Luo Feng!"
Seeing Luo Feng, Xue Fei hesitated for only an instant before clutching Xu Tao and rushing towards him.
"Luo Feng, please save our lives!" Reaching Luo Feng, Xue Fei let go of Xu Tao, gritted his teeth, and knelt on one knee before him.
"Junior Brother..." Xu Tao murmured. He had some understanding of the history between Luo Feng and Xue Fei and hadn’t expected Xue Fei to seek Luo Feng’s help. He was shocked, yet also somewhat grateful.
He Qin and Bing Ruolan watched Xue Fei and Xu Tao, their delicate brows furrowed, a touch of pity in their expressions, but neither spoke.
Whether to save them or not was Luo Feng’s decision alone.
Luo Feng frowned slightly. He didn’t want to get involved in this mess. However, that Xue Fei would risk his life for Xu Tao, even to the point of kneeling to him, was somewhat unexpected.
WHOOSH!
Just as Luo Feng hesitated, a figure streaked over—it was Luo Lie.
Luo Lie stopped about thirty paces from the group. His gaze swept over them before finally landing on Luo Feng. He said with a savage grin, "Well, well, enemies truly walk a narrow path. I didn’t expect another one eager to die! Perfect. I haven’t had my fill of killing yet. You’ve all arrived at just the right time."
(Today is Kuangren’s [the author’s] birthday, so this was a bit late. Here, I’d like to ask all my friends for a few recommendation votes and monthly passes. Many thanks!)
