Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Senior Brother Chen Xin, the Crimson Blaze Fruit is here…”
Right after the five people came out of the forest, the excited voice stopped.
Their expression changed the moment they saw the Sanguine Cloud Python’s corpse and Luo Feng on the slope.
“Senior Brother…”
The square-faced teen who was at the front gulped when he saw the Sanguine Cloud Python’s corpse. Afraid, he turned to look at a blue-clothed teen.
The blue-clothed teen was about sixteen years old. He carried a long sword, had a pair of sharp eyes and had a stern aura.
Upon seeing the Sanguine Cloud Python’s corpse, Chen Xin turned to set his eyes on the Tiger Essence Saber that Luo Feng carried, then frowned. When he walked up the slope, the others quickly followed.
“Crimson Blaze Fruit!” The square-faced teen raised his brows when he saw the empty Crimson Blaze Fruit plant behind Luo Feng. He then questioned Luo Feng, “Fella, did you take the Crimson Blaze Fruit?”
Luo Feng knew that he could not hide from them, thus he nodded. “That’s right!”
“Quick, hand the Crimson Blaze Fruit over!” The square-faced teen reached his hand out and demanded.
He was initially fearful of Luo Feng when he saw the Sanguine Cloud Python’s corpse, but immediately became proud when he realized that Luo Feng only had the cultivation base of Strength Boundary’s later phase.
Among the five of them, two of them had the cultivation base of Strength Boundary’s middle phase, the other two were in the later phase of Strength Boundary and Chen Xin who had the cultivation base of Iron Bone Boundary’s middle phase was the strongest! Since Luo Feng was outnumbered, the five men made light of him.
“Hand it over?” Luo Feng sneered. “Why should I give you the Crimson Blaze Fruit?”
At first, Luo Feng was going to give them the Sanguine Cloud Python’s corpse since he would not have gotten the Crimson Blaze Fruit if they did not provoke the python.
The Sanguine Cloud Python was a Rank Two High Class demonic beast, hence its corpse was worth thousands of taels of silver. However, Luo Feng changed his mind since they were rude and unreasonable.
“Hmph, we’re the ones who found the Crimson Blaze Fruit first! Of course, it belongs to us!” The square-faced teen replied arrogantly.
“Hahaha…” Luo Feng laughed out loud as he stood with his hands behind his back.
The square-faced teen furrowed his brows, then asked, “Fella, what are you laughing at?”
Luo Feng pointed at the forest around him, and mocked, “You say that the Crimson Blaze Fruit belongs to you because you found it first. Does it mean that the entire Red Training Mountain Range1 belongs to you if you run naked around it?”
“Fella, you’re courting death!” The square-faced teen who was furious swung his palm at Luo Feng.
“Wang Wu, stop!” Chen Xin was too late when he wanted to stop Wang Wu.
“Sun-splitting Palm!”
Wang Wu pounced toward Luo Feng with both palms; palm shadows could be seen.
The palm winds produced were so strong that they blew Luo Feng’s hair up and carried a momentum that could split a mountain or shatter a rock.
“It’s a Yellow Rank Lower Class martial art, Sun-splitting Palm!”
“Wang Wu’s an expert in this martial art, he has already cultivated it to Minor Success State. One palm is enough to crush a rock into powder, that fella’s dead!”
“He deserves it for being so unrestrained! It’ll teach him a lesson!”
The other teens watched eagerly.
“Sun-splitting Palm… That’s a martial art from Extensive Net Institution, they’re from Extensive Net Institution.” A thought crossed Luo Feng’s mind when he saw Wang Wu charging into him. Luo Feng then blasted a punch.
“How dare you underestimate me!”
Wang Wu cast a fierce look at Luo Feng when he saw that Luo Feng did not perform a martial art, then he activated his Sun-splitting Palm to the maximum. In an instant, palm shadows filled the sky, so much so that they later gushed down at Luo Feng like a tide that was going to drown him.
Unbothered, Luo Feng simply punched with his fist.
“Boom!”
The moment Luo Feng’s fist met Wang Wu’s palm, an ear-splitting explosion was heard.
“Wah!”
Wang Wu shrieked, then spat a shot of blood. Like a kite with a snapped string, he flew over ten meters away before he fell to the ground.
‘What terrifying strength!’
The other teens gasped.
Wang Wu was a master in Strength Boundary’s later phase, thus they did not expect that he would fail to block Luo Feng’s hit. Besides, Luo Feng did not even perform any martial art earlier!
“Nice move!”
Chen Xin asked one of the teens to look after Wang Wu, then turned to look at Luo Feng. “I’m Chen Xin, a student from Extensive Net Institution’s Outer Institution, may I ask what your name is?”
“Luo Feng, a student from Purple Sun Institution’s Outer Institution,” Luo Feng answered plainly.
‘Purple Sun Institution!’
The other teens looked at each other upon hearing Luo Feng’s reply.
Purple Sun Institution and Extensive Net Institution were never really on good terms, such that students from both sides sometimes competed with each other. Therefore, the teens were triggered when they heard that Luo Feng was from Purple Sun Institution.
“So you’re trash from Purple Sun Institution!” Wang Wu stood up with the help of another teen. He glared at Luo Feng as he wiped his blood off the corner of his mouth.
“Wang Wu, shut up! Are you not embarrassed enough!” Chen Xin stared at Wang Wu, causing Wang Wu’s face to turn pale.
Chen Xin glanced at the Sanguine Cloud Python’s corpse, then asked Luo Feng, “Did you kill this Sanguine Cloud Python?”
Luo Feng shrugged. “I don’t think there’s anybody else here. I’m going to leave if you have nothing else to say.”
Unwilling to waste his time any longer, Luo Feng was ready to leave but was stopped by Chen Xin.
“Wait.”
“You’re not going to ask me to hand you the Crimson Blaze Fruit too, are you?” Luo Feng frowned at Chen Xin.
When Chen Xin looked at Luo Feng, he felt a strong fighting will.
“That’s right. My cousin just arrived at the peak of Strength Boundary, so he needs the Crimson Blaze Fruit to advance to the next boundary. Moreover, you injured Wang Wu. Since they address me as their senior brother, I can’t just let you leave.”
“What do you want then? Tell me! I’ll keep you company to the end!” Luo Feng who was impatient responded coldly.
“Senior Brother Chen Xin, let’s fight him together to retrieve the Crimson Blaze Fruit!” Wang Wu who was not resigned to the outcome suggested.
“Back off.”
Chen Xin waved his hand to stop the other teens who were eager to fight. He said to Luo Feng, “I don’t like to take advantage of other people. Luo Feng, I’ll let you leave if you can withstand three punches from me, I won’t stop you after that! If you can’t please leave without the Crimson Blaze Fruit.”
“Three punches?” Luo Feng squinted his eyes, he knew that this had to be done. “Alright! I’ll give you the Crimson Blaze Fruit if I lose, but what if you lose?”
“What a joke, how can Senior Brother Chen Xin lose!”
“Exactly, Senior Brother Xin’s ranked number four in Extensive Net Institution’s Outer Institution, I’m afraid that you won’t be able to withstand even one punch with your insignificant strength!”
The other Extensive Net Institution students ridiculed.
Due to the great disparity between their cultivation bases, the other teens were certain that Chen Xin could defeat Luo Feng with one punch!
Chen Xin became more serious when he noticed Luo Feng’s confidence. He retrieved a manual, then declared, “If I can’t defeat you with three punches, this Yellow Rank Middle Class martial art, Moving Clouds Sword Technique, belongs to you.”
‘A Yellow Rank Middle Class Sword Technique…’
Luo Feng nodded when he saw the manual in Chen Xin’s hands. “Deal!”
“Watch out! Mountain-breaking Fist!”
Without further ado, Chen Xin rose and appeared taller than before as he towered like a perilous peak. In a flash, he launched his fist at Luo Feng, producing a fierce fist wind that startled the other Extensive Net Institution students.
“Nice hit!”
Luo Feng shouted, then punched back effortlessly.
Neither of them backed away as they went head-on against each other.
“Boom!”
The moment their fists met, a strong wind gushed out from the middle.
“Thump! Thump! Thump…”
They moved backward at the same time, leaving deep footprints on the ground for every step they took.
‘Eh?’
Wang Wu and the others who expected Luo Feng to be defeated by now were shocked.
They were sure that Luo Feng who only had the strength of Strength Boundary’s later phase could not withstand Chen Xin’s punch at all, yet it seemed like they had equal shares of power.
“Senior Brother Chen Xin must be testing that fella, he hasn’t exerted all his force yet, that fella will get a taste of his defeat soon!” Wang Wu licked his lips.
The other three Extensive Net Institution students nodded as they agreed with Wang Wu.
“Two more punches!”
After taking four steps back, Luo Feng stood firm.
Chen Xin took four steps back too. He stared at Luo Feng blankly for a moment before he suddenly shook his head. “There’s no need to.”
“I’ve lost, this is Moving Cloud Sword Technique’s manual.” Chen Xin threw the manual to Luo Feng.
“Hehe, nice!” Luo Feng received the manual and confirmed that it was indeed a Yellow Rank Middle Class martial art.
“Senior Brother, what happened? Don’t you have two more punches left?” Wang Wu and the others were curious when they finally came back to their senses.
From what they recalled, Chen Xin had always been a conceited person who never admitted defeat easily. Hence, they could not understand what had happened.
Chen Xin smiled bitterly. “You should know that my Mountain-breaking Fist is a Yellow Rank Middle Class Fist Technique.”
Wang Wu and the others nodded.
Chen Xin looked at Luo Feng. “If I’m not mistaken, you performed a Fundamental Class Martial Art, Leopard Fist!”
“Great judgment!” Luo Feng nodded.
‘A Fundamental Class martial art!”
Wang Wu and the others gulped as they were totally surprised.
Theoretically, Fundamental Class martial arts were definitely not as powerful as Yellow Rank Middle Class martial arts. Despite that, Luo Feng was able to withstand Chen Xin’s Mountain-breaking Fist, and had an equal share of powers! It was simply unbelievable!
“Forget about two punches, even if I were to punch a hundred times, I won’t be able to hurt him,” Chen Xin stated. Nevertheless, he also found it strange that Luo Feng who only had the cultivation base of Strength Boundary’s later phase somehow possessed such a frightening force.
Wang Wu quivered upon hearing Chen Xin.
‘Chen Xin’s ranked fourth in Extensive Net Institution’s Outer Institution and has the cultivation base of Iron Bone Boundary’s middle phase, yet he can’t do anything to the fella who’s only in Strength Boundary’s later phase1!
It was then when Wang Wu came to a sudden realization that Luo Feng did not exert all his force when he fought him earlier! Had Luo Feng done so, Wang Wu’s hands would have been crippled!
Wang Wu instantly felt chills.
“You flatter me, you flatter me, I almost couldn’t stop you just now.”
Luo Feng kept the manual, then smiled at Chen Xin. “We can fight again, perhaps you can win your Moving Cloud Sword Technique back.”
Chen Xin secretly cursed Luo Feng for being shameless, then replied, “Yellow Rank Middle Class martial arts aren’t cabbages. I chanced upon this Moving Cloud Sword Technique when I killed a robber, I don’t have other Yellow Rank Middle Class martial arts with me.”
“Oh, forget it then.” Luo Feng was immediately uninterested.
Luo Feng did not want to seem stingy since he had acquired a Yellow Rank Middle Class martial art, thus he gifted the Sanguine Cloud Python’s corpse to Chen Xin and the others. Luo Feng could not have taken it away by himself anyway.
When Luo Feng was about to return to the institution after he went back for his bag, Chen Xin’s voice could be heard.
“Luo Feng, the battle between us isn’t over yet. Once I advance after some time, I’ll invite you to a challenge at Purple Sun Institution!”
“Remember to bring more martial arts manuals.” Luo Feng could tell that Chen Xin was mad about battles. He waved at Chen Xin, then quickly left.