The Clan Master Can't possibly Be A Mortal-Chapter 1063: A Tough Challenge, Black Wind Stronghold (Additional update)

"Do you really think I’m easy to bully?"

Shi Lei scoffed, relying on his years of combat experience. With a step forward, he easily dodged the robbers’ slashes, pushing off the ground with his legs to surge in speed.

Whoosh!

In an instant, Shi Lei appeared in front of a robber and, with a punch, he hit the man’s abdomen, followed by a knee strike.

Bang bang!

Two muffled sounds echoed in succession.

The robber was struck down by Shi Lei, falling to the ground, foaming at the mouth, clutching his stomach, and his body bending like a cooked shrimp, his face filled with disbelief.

"Wow!"

"So he’s actually a skilled fighter."

"Brothers, let’s all go at him!"

The leader of the robbers laughed loudly, waving his steel blade. Several men surrounded Shi Lei in a circle and, timing their attack, aimed at different spots on Shi Lei’s body and stabbed forward.

At this moment, Shi Lei was attacked from all sides.

But, his combat experience was vast.

Shi Lei first stepped on the back of one of the steel blades with astonishing agility, using it to vault into the air, and then performed a beautiful backflip to escape the encirclement.

Bang bang!

Just as he landed, Shi Lei took a quick step, delivering a fierce elbow strike to the robber in front of him, knocking him down with ease.

Then, Shi Lei continued his onslaught.

In a short time, the knife-wielding robbers were all laid out on the ground, temporarily losing their ability to fight.

Even those robbers who had come to reinforce were struck down by Shi Lei, either severely injured or knocked unconscious.

Clang!

Shi Lei picked up a blade from the ground and turned to face the remaining robber leader, aggressively moving towards him.

As a Cultivator, he had slain many formidable foes.

To these mundane robbers, he naturally felt no need to hold back. If it weren’t for his fear of alarming the little girl, he would have sliced down several of the robbers on the ground long before.

"Courting death!"

The robber leader roared furiously, gripping the blade with both hands, his eyes flickering with a strange purple glint, and the blade in his hand also shimmered with blade light.

"Blade Intent?"

Shi Lei, charging halfway, was stunned, "Are you kidding me? I’m just a mortal, how can I defeat a Cultivator with Blade Intent?"

As the words fell, the robber leader brought down his blade in a sweeping slash.

Clang!

Shi Lei’s own blade was immediately cut in half, and following that, he was cleaved into two by the robber’s blade.

The third challenge, failed!

On the ancient altar.

"Ah!"

Shi Lei suddenly woke up, looked around, patted his cheeks, and found his Cultivation Level fully restored and Ma Liang’s Brush to be with him; he then realized he had been dreaming and knew he had failed.

"Big brother, you’ve finally woken up."

Shen Yu, who was also already awake, supported Shi Lei. They jumped down from the stone pillar and flew towards Ye Feng.

"The Sect Master Uncle is here too?" Seeing Ye Feng, Shi Lei quickly bowed, "Greetings, Sect Master Uncle."

"You failed as well?" Ye Feng asked.

"Yes, I failed," Shi Lei turned to Shen Yu by his side, "Junior brother, what about you? Why did you fail?"

"Alas!" Shen Yu sighed and said, "I was cut down by the robbers from Black Wind Stronghold. Their leader had Blade Intent, it’s like he was cheating."

For a common person to defeat a Cultivator possessing Blade Intent, it was absolutely a fantasy.

Even though Shen Yu was an Array Master, because his Cultivation Level was sealed, at most, he was just a slightly stronger mortal, with no chance against the leader of Black Wind Stronghold.

Hence, he too, failed.

"You were cut down by the leader of Black Wind Stronghold too? It seems our experiences were quite similar," Shi Lei quickly shared his own experience.

Shen Yu said with a wry smile:

"I wasn’t protecting a little girl, but I was giving geomancy consultations on the streets when suddenly the people from Black Wind Stronghold attacked. I had just thought to step forward and help when I was defeated."

"Alas!" Shi Lei felt even more helpless.

"Don’t be disheartened, there will be more opportunities," the Elder of the Black Tortoise Clan said, "After failing a challenge, you rest for a month, and then you can attempt the challenge again."

"Is that possible?"

Both Shi Lei and Shen Yu were delighted.

"Next, let’s see if Han Yonghui and Zhang Tianyuan can hold on," Ye Feng looked toward the two still on the pillars, with some anticipation in his heart.

...

Mortal City.

Inside a wealthy merchant’s estate.

Dozens of Black Wind Stronghold’s robbers were engaged in looting and killing.

"You bandits deserve to die!"

Han Yonghui charged into the fray.

He had mastered the Sword Dao, and after ten years had become an unparalleled swordsman in the area surrounding Mortal City.

Slash!

Ordinary Black Wind Stronghold bandits were like ants under his blade; with one stroke, he cut down several.

"You’re asking for death!"

The bandit chief unleashed Blade Intent, cleaving towards Han Yonghui, causing his complexion to change dramatically.

"Blade Intent!"

As a swordsman, Han Yonghui leaped into the air, distancing himself from the chief before lightly tapping the ground with his foot, vaulting over a high wall to dodge the incoming blade light.

"Shadowless Sword!"

Han Yonghui, standing atop the wall, lunged towards the distant bandit chief, who immediately swung his blade in a chopping motion.

But Han Yonghui used his sword to tap the back of the blade, flipping in mid-air to circle behind the chief.

Slash!

With a backward thrust, Han Yonghui severed the bandit chief’s neck and nonchalantly sheathed his sword.

"Ha-ha, thrilling!" Han Yonghui laughed.

Whiz!

But, in that instant, dozens of arrows shot towards him, turning Han Yonghui into a porcupine. With disbelief on his face, he turned to look into the distance.

From within a dense forest,

a cultivator armed with a bow stepped out slowly.

Those dozens of arrows had been his doing.

"A cultivator? Isn’t that outright cheating?"

Han Yonghui’s eyes widened as his life force faded away.

...

In the real world.

"Damn!"

Han Yonghui stood up from the black stone pillar, slapping his thigh forcefully, a look of helplessness on his face.

After dealing with the blade light-wielding chief, an archer cultivator had emerged from the woods, firing dozens of arrows in an instant.

How was he supposed to overcome such a challenge?

"You failed too?"

Ye Feng asked Han Yonghui.

"Sect Leader! What brings you here?" Han Yonghui immediately hopped down from the stone pillar and greeted Ye Feng with a bow.

"I came to have a look," said Ye Feng.

"How did it go? Were you just slain by a bandit chief wielding a long blade and Blade Intent?" Shen Yu leaned in close to Han Yonghui, asking curiously.

"No!" Han Yonghui shook his head. "I cut that man down, but then, I was killed by an archer cultivator. It’s so infuriating."

"What? There was such a powerhouse waiting in the back?"

Shi Lei and Shen Yu were both astounded.

"Ah!" Just then, the one who had lasted the longest, Zhang Tianyuan, cried out as he leaped from the black stone pillar. When he turned and saw Ye Feng, he immediately showed a look of surprise.

"Sect Leader, greetings!"

Zhang Tianyuan hurriedly bowed to Ye Feng.

"Tell us about your experience in the final challenge," Ye Feng said.

The others looked on curiously as well.

Zhang Tianyuan steadied himself and recounted:

"After spending ten years there, I encountered the Black Wind Stronghold bandits. Seeing them pillage and commit all manner of atrocities, I decisively took action, killing dozens of bandits with my refined archery skills."

"But their chief turned out to be a cultivator!"

"This person had mastered Blade Intent and was extremely powerful."

"Fortunately, I am skilled in archery. After increasing the distance, I fired five sharp arrows in succession and successfully killed him."

"But the real crisis came after that!"

"In the dense forest suddenly appeared a man who was adept at archery, engaging me in a long-distance shootout."

"In the end, I managed to kill this person."

"However, he was ruthless, managing to fire an arrow just before dying, hitting me right between the eyes."

"So, I too failed."

Hearing this, everyone realized that the challenge of Black Wind Stronghold was incredibly difficult; there was not only a chief who had mastered Blade Intent, but also a master archer who sprang from the woods.

Such difficulty was disheartening!

"We also failed here."

Just then, the voice of the Elder of the Black Tortoise Clan rang out, prompting Ye Feng and the others to turn in curiosity.

[PS: I’ve made up for the missing update from yesterday. Goodnight!]