Martial Arts Overlord-Chapter 771 - 769: Unfortunately, Today You’ve Run Into Us

Chapter 771: Chapter 769: Unfortunately, Today You’ve Run Into Us

Inside the dense forest, five people walked quietly, their eyes alertly scanning the dark corners around them as they gradually headed deeper into the Red Flame Mountain range.

WHOOSH!

As they passed through a thicket, a fierce wind suddenly rose. A pitch-black shadow, carrying a foul, bloody wind, rushed out and pounced towards Nanxuan and the others from behind.

"Ah!"

Startled by the sudden attack, Nanxuan’s face turned deathly pale as she swung her sword.

SWISH!

The Sword Qi swept past, splitting the shadowy figure in two. The corpse fell to the ground—a ferocious-looking wolf-tiger Demon Beast.

"It’s just a third-level Demon Beast, and you’re already so scared." Lin Yue’er glared at Nanxuan in annoyance.

Nanxuan glanced at the Demon Beast’s corpse beside her. Heart still pounding with lingering fear, she patted her budding chest and muttered, "It... It just appeared so suddenly. I... I wasn’t prepared at all..."

"Although the Demon Beasts here aren’t high-level, some are extremely venomous. Be careful. Let’s go," Ling Qingwu ordered, and the group continued forward.

After a while, Ling Qingwu suddenly moved to Luo Feng’s side and whispered, "Luo Feng, if we encounter masters from the Demon Sect, I’ll deal with them. You protect Yue’er and the others."

"Okay." Luo Feng nodded.

He had stepped into the sixth level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm and substantially increased his strength. Even so, there was still a considerable gap compared to Ling Qingwu.

While they were talking, Luo Feng suddenly stopped.

"What’s wrong?" Ling Qingwu’s delicate brows knitted slightly, and she held back Lin Yue’er and the others.

Luo Feng looked towards a nearby grove. "Someone’s there."

"Demon Sect disciples?" Ling Qingwu was taken aback for a moment, her hand immediately going to her sword hilt.

L Luo Feng shook his head. "I’m not sure. But they’re coming."

"Don’t hold back." Ling Qingwu also sensed many auras approaching and warned, her gaze vigilant.

The trees rustled noisily, and five figures burst out from the dense forest. They all had the same embroidery patterns on their chests, indicating they were Martial Artists from the same adventuring group. The five of them were rushing, looking flustered, as if something terrifying was pursuing them.

"Who’s there!" The five people burst through the dense forest and noticed Luo Feng’s group, their expressions changing drastically.

Luo Feng glanced at them and, seeing they didn’t look like Demon Sect disciples, said reassuringly, "Don’t worry, we are Golden Palace disciples."

"Oh, you’re disciples from Linglong Hall!" The burly man at the front, upon seeing the uniforms on Shui Linglong, Lin Yue’er, and the others, breathed a sigh of relief. He gestured for his followers to lower their weapons and muttered, "That scared me."

Luo Feng looked at him. "What happened?"

A flicker of fear crossed the burly man’s face. "Are you planning on going deeper?"

"Yes."

The burly man shook his head. "I suggest you turn back immediately. This forest is incredibly sinister. For the past six months, no one who has entered has come out alive."

"Oh?" Luo Feng and Ling Qingwu exchanged glances and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"Boss, let’s leave quickly. I keep feeling this forest is unnervingly grim," a young Martial Artist urged, glancing fearfully into the depths of the forest.

"Okay." The burly man also appeared very apprehensive and nodded his assent to leave.

"Please wait." Luo Feng stopped him, took out three Grade Two Yuan Stones, and placed them in the burly man’s hand, saying with a smile, "We plan to enter this forest to find a certain Spiritual Medicine. If you know anything, could you please tell us?"

The burly man glanced at the Grade Two Yuan Stones in his hand and quickly pocketed them. He coughed, then said, "A few days ago, an Inner Sect Disciple from the Sky Sword Pavilion heard that no one dared to venture into this forest. He wanted us to lead the way so he could investigate. We brought him into the forest, and then he went deeper alone. Well..."

"What happened next?" Nanxuan asked curiously.

Licking his lips, the burly man’s face turned ashen as he said, "Less than a quarter of an hour after he left, his head came flying out of the sky!"

"Ah!" Nanxuan gasped, not expecting such an outcome.

The young Martial Artist beside him said, trembling, "That Golden Palace disciple was a fourth-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artist..."

Has this sort of thing really happened? Luo Feng frowned lightly.

"Since you’re Golden Palace disciples with boundless futures, there’s no need to gamble your lives in a place like this. I suggest you leave this wretched place with us. Otherwise, if you lose your lives, you’ll regret it when it’s too late," the burly man advised.

"Thank you for your kind intentions. We just want to take a look around; we have no plans of going deep," Luo Feng said.

The burly man could see Luo Feng wasn’t being truthful and shook his head. These Golden Palace disciples, relying on their meager strength, fear nothing in heaven or earth. They’ll only regret it when they lose their lives, just like that disciple from the Sky Sword Pavilion yesterday.

"I’ve said all I can. Do as you see fit. Farewell!" After speaking quickly, the burly man turned and left. In moments, his group had vanished completely.

Once the group had entirely disappeared from sight, Luo Feng turned to Ling Qingwu. "Ling Qingwu, what do you think?"

Ling Qingwu, her delicate brows slightly knitted, glanced deep into the dense forest and said, "To kill a fourth-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artist within a quarter of an hour, one must possess at least fifth-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Cultivation. We are only at the periphery of the core area of the Red Flame Mountain range. There shouldn’t be any Demon Beasts that powerful here."

"Hmm." Luo Feng nodded, his gaze focused slightly. If it wasn’t a Demon Beast, then it could only be human-caused. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Whatever it is, we’ll find out when we see it. We’ll continue forward. If it’s too dangerous, we’ll leave this place immediately," Ling Qingwu ordered.

"Alright." The group continued on their way.

As the sun gradually sank in the west, Luo Feng and his companions ventured about a hundred li deep into the Red Flame Mountain range. The trees here grew abnormally tall, blotting out the sky and sun, casting the forest into a dimness that resembled nightfall. They did their best to quiet their breathing. This was already the area marked on the map, and they had no idea what dangers might be hidden here.

Hmm? Luo Feng’s gaze shifted as he turned to look to the side. The shadows of the trees were empty, yet just a moment ago, he’d sensed a red thread.

Was it an illusion? Frowning slightly, Luo Feng paid it no further mind and continued forward.

After walking about a dozen more steps, another red thread appeared in Luo Feng’s field of vision. But when he tried to focus on it, it was gone, with no trace of anything unusual.

Luo Feng was very confident in his perception; the same illusion couldn’t appear twice. He stopped immediately.

"Luo Feng, what’s the matter?" Ling Qingwu turned to ask. Lin Yue’er and the others also stopped.

Luo Feng closed his eyes. After a moment, he suddenly opened them, his expression grave. "There are many red threads nearby, as if deliberately arranged."

"Red threads?" Nanxuan looked around but found nothing.

Seeing Luo Feng wasn’t joking, Ling Qingwu frowned slightly. Her eyes flashed. She brought two fingers together and pointed into the air.

"Haoran Sword Lotus!"

WHOOSH!

A cold light flashed and bloomed in mid-air, transforming into a fist-sized lotus made of Sword Qi.

"Release!"

With Ling Qingwu’s soft command, the Sword Qi lotus suddenly exploded, transforming into countless streams of energy that shot out in all directions.

SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!

As the Sword Qi pierced the void, the continuous sound of threads snapping could be heard. Broken, blood-red threads appeared in their vision, only to quickly vanish.

"This is the Blood Demon Sect’s All Heaven Blood Array!" Ling Qingwu declared coldly upon seeing the broken red lines.

"All Heaven Blood Array?" Nanxuan looked confused; Luo Feng was also hearing about this Formation for the first time.

Lin Yue’er’s expression turned serious. "I’ve also heard of this Formation. It was created by the Blood Poison Demonic General of the Blood Demon Sect. It uses human essence and blood as the Formation’s core and is invisible, spreading like a spider web to cover all space. Anything that enters this Formation will be immediately detected; even one’s Cultivation level cannot be concealed."

"Correct. We’ve already been discovered, and I’m afraid the Demon Sect’s experts will soon arrive. Since the All Heaven Blood Array is deployed here, it must be a Demon Sect stronghold. It seems our initial guess was right: the locations marked on this map are all clandestine strongholds established by the Demon Sect." Ling Qingwu drew her sword, peered into the depths of the dense forest, and said, "We must leave this place and report this matter to the Hall Master."

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

As soon as she finished speaking, they immediately used their Qinggong and flew towards the edge of the dense forest.

"They’re coming." Just as they started to leave, Luo Feng’s gaze shifted, and he looked back.

Ling Qingwu nodded slightly. "It seems we can’t escape. Prepare for battle. Luo Feng, you protect Yue’er and the others. We’ll look for an opportunity to break through. I’ll hold off their experts."

"Senior Sister, we can help you," Lin Yue’er said.

Luo Feng reached out to stop Lin Yue’er, his expression grave. "They have a seventh-level Spiritual Rotation Realm expert. Don’t try to be a hero."

"A seventh-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artist?" Hearing this, the expressions of Lin Yue’er and the others changed.

WHOOSH!

While they were speaking, a large number of black dots suddenly rose from the forest. Over a dozen Demon Sect Disciples at the Spiritual Rotation Realm rushed towards them, moving like wind and lightning, unbelievably fast. Within the forest, hundreds more figures flickered and leaped.

Facing so many Demon Sect Disciples, even the usually composed Lin Yue’er looked somewhat tense.

The dozen or so Demon Sect Disciples arrived first. The leader was a young Martial Artist with refined and handsome features, but the top-left part of his head was bizarrely shorn off, giving him an unsettling appearance.

"We just killed a disciple from the Sky Sword Pavilion, and now more have come offering themselves up for slaughter." The young Martial Artist looked at Luo Feng’s group, a smile on his face.

Ling Qingwu, who harbored a deep hatred for the Blood Demon Sect, retorted coldly upon hearing this, "I didn’t expect you Blood Demon Sect disciples to dare venture so deep into the Hundred Kingdoms Domain."

Beside him, a gaunt elder dressed in a black robe chuckled dryly. "What’s there to be afraid of? In another ten years, the Hundred Kingdoms Domain will cease to exist. We have nothing to fear."

"Just by yourselves?" Luo Feng scoffed, covertly assessing their opponents.

Martial Artists of the Meridian Wheel Realm were not a threat. The dozen or so individuals before them were the ones to watch. Among them, the young Martial Artist had the highest Cultivation, at the seventh level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm. The black-robed elder was a late-stage sixth-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artist, while the others were mostly third and fourth-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artists.

"JIE JIE JIE! Boy, don’t speak so arrogantly. Surely you understand that careless words invite disaster?" The gaunt Martial Artist stared at Luo Feng, a cold light flickering in his eyes, and let out a strange laugh. "To be so young and already possess sixth-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Cultivation is indeed impressive. You must be some genius disciple from a Golden Palace to dare speak so boldly. Unfortunately for you, you’ve run into me today."