CH 9

C9 – Are You Deaf?

Spiritual Energy!

Although Yue Longzhang was wild with rage, when he saw the sword enveloped in the Spiritual Energy, he was still quite shocked.

Apparently this Liu Yuan was also a cultivator, but he didn’t sense any energy fluctuations from man at all.

There were only two explanations for this —

Either the man’s cultivation level was much higher than his, or he possessed an extremely profound hidden cultivation technique!

This was why Liu Yuan could conceal his cultivation level so perfectly that even he was convinced that the man was a complete mortal. Now, from the aura emitted from Liu Yuan, he could tell that the man was at least at the Foundation Establishment Stage!

And the way he so easily dodged his attack earlier…

What the heck was a cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment Stage doing in Pool Feather Mountain Manor?!

Were there other sects apart from Water Moon Dock who had discovered the secret of this place as well and wanted to get a piece of the pie?

Yue Longzhang’s mind was racing while his eyes were fixed on Liu Yuan. But he still couldn’t help but notice that Ning Xiangrong was gazing at Liu Yuan the whole time.

This made Yue Longzhang once again furious and resentful.

He was determined to kill this guy today at whatever cost!

The folding fan in Yue Longzhang’s hand flickered with a flash of mysterious light just as cold as his eyes.

He closed in on Liu Yuan in an instant, and his fan cut through the air like lightning, emitting cold light spots in all directions.

“Soul-breaking Water Cloud!”

Liu Yuan immediately recognized this technique. It was the first skill of Yue Longzhang in the game.

By now He had recalled all the information about this NPC.

This character was best at using poison and hidden weapons.

He had a total of three skills.

“Soul-breaking Water Cloud” was a close combat skill.

“Azure Water Divine Sword” was a long-range skill.

And “Soaring through the Clouds” was an AoE attack.

Among the three, Soul-breaking Water Cloud had the strongest attack power, Azure Water Divine Sword was the hardest to dodge, while Soaring through the Clouds would poison and weaken the opponents.

Overall, Yue Longzhang was a tough one to deal with for newbies.

But for advanced and experienced players, defeating Yue Longzhang would be as easy as pie.

Although Liu Yuan was an amateur player so to speak, he had done countless tasks in the Novice Village. Therefore, he was extremely familiar with Yue Longzhang and his tactics.

Soul-breaking Water Cloud mainly took the blue fog as a way of blocking opponents’ vision. In the meantime, countless needles would be released, and there was no time for the opponents to dodge or put up a defense.

Besides, the physical damage caused by the Frost Shadow Fan could not be underestimated. Even cultivators at the 9th Level of the Foundation Establishment Stage could get seriously injured if they hadn’t been careful enough.

The most tricky part was, once Yue Longzhang released Soul-breaking Water Cloud, he would immediately release Azure Water Divine Sword, and his attack speed was extremely fast. Newbies usually lost their lives here.

And most of them didn’t even get to see his third technique.

Liu Yuan sneered in his heart, ‘Today, Yue Longzhang will be the one to die a tragic death!’

Swoosh!

Liu Yuan raised his sword and strode forward swiftly and firmly. His eyes were fixed on the sword. It was just an ordinary longsword made of refined iron, which was commonly used by the guards in the manor.

However, once equipped with the Spiritual Energy, it became the hardest steel in the mortal world.

Although it couldn’t be compared to immortal weapons, magic tools, or spirit weapons, at least it wouldn’t break easily. Otherwise, when those Immortal Cultivators fought, they would have broken a lot of weapons.

Weapons were of utmost importance to a fight.

“Let’s see how you can dodge my attack this time!”

With a sneer, Yue Longzhang flipped the fan and blew the fog towards Liu Yuan.

The blue fog was very close to Liu Yuan at the moment and the poisonous needles were flickering in the fog, ready to strike, which was a rather terrifying sight even to the audience.

Liu Yuan had a faint smile on his face. He said with a mocking tone, “Dodge? Why would I do that? Do you really think these needles can harm me in the slightest?”

Usually, Liu Yuan was a gentle, good-tempered man. However, once he got angry, he would become a completely different person, not to mention in such a life-and-death situation where Yue Longzhang wanted to kill him.

He would definitely teach him a lesson!

‘How dare he look down on me! I will pay him pay!’

Ning Xiangrong watched from the side and could not help but laugh when she heard what Liu Yuan had said. A faint blush appeared on her face. He was still so fond of making jokes, just like old times.

Yue Longzhang’s face twisted in anger again and he growled, “What did you say?”

“What? Are you deaf now?”

Liu Yuan didn’t give a damn to the angry man at all and charged forward with his sword.

It was actually quite easy to defend against this Soul-breaking Water Cloud as well as the other two techniques. One just needed to release as many random attacks as possible!

Indeed, there were countless needles in the poisonous fog which made it almost impossible for people to guard against the attack. However, one mustn’t forget that those needles was light!

That was why Yue Longzhang had to rely on the wind produced by his fan to control the needles.

As a result, as long as he released lots of skills randomly to create enough airflow in the surroundings, he could disperse the fog and even advance forward and kill Yue Longzhang!

As the saying goes, random punches might hit the spot.

Although there were other more elegant and exquisite ways to defeat Yue Longzhang, right now Liu Yuan couldn’t be bothered to waste any time on him!

“Windstorm Armor Break!”

“Windstorm Tyrannical Saber!”

“Ten Directions Movement!”

“Wind Blade Sword!”

“Cloud Waves!”

Swoosh!

Liu Yuan released all the basic wind skills and AoE skills that he had ever possessed in the game. Simply put, he threw out a bunch of random skills.

Of course, before he did so, he had made sure that his current bone structure attribute could withstand releasing these skills. By now, his body had already got used to the improved attributes anyway.

Besides, he used these skills mainly to disperse the poisonous fog, and they wouldn’t consume much of his energy.

“What the hell?! How did he know how to use Windstorm Armor Break? Is he Yun Lianshan’s disciple? No way! Windstorm Tyrannical Saber as well? How the hell does he manage to release this skill with a sword? What? Cloud Waves? Isn’t this exclusive to disciples of Water Moon Dock?”

Yue Longzhang couldn’t believe his eyes.

He could also cultivate Cloud Waves, but he was not very good at such big moves, so he gave up.

However, he had seen the elders in Water Moon Dock releasing the skill during cultivation, and none of them were as proficient as Liu Yuan!

The others in the hall were also stunned by this calm young man called Liu Yuan as he released one attack after another in such a majestic manner.

Clash!

In an instant, wind was surging inside the hall, and the tables and chairs were all overturned, and the poisonous fog was dispersed in no time.

“Ah! My eyes! My skin!”

Those guards nearby were all injured by the fog and fell to the ground one by one bleeding. The rest of the crowd were frightened; fortunately, Ning Xiangrong waved her sleeve and created a shield of spiritual energy, so the poisonous fog wouldn’t hurt them.

Just like a hot knife cutting through butter, Liu Yuan charged through the fog and made his attack!

“Clang!”

Yue Longzhang, dumbfounded as he was, blocked the sword with his fan. However, the overwhelming force within the sword made him tremble and he knew he wouldn’t be able to hold out for long.

“It’s my turn now! Why don’t you try and dodge my attack this time?”

Liu Yuan’s pitch-black eyes flashed with a cold light. He had this smile on his face that made him look just like a devil toying with humans.

Yue Longzhang unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva. His arms were already getting numb, so he hurriedly rolled to the side.

He rotated a hidden device on the fan handle and the fan bones protruded like arrows.

“Swoosh!”

With the sleeves as a cover, he instantly turned around and pressed the device button. Three short arrows shot out at the same time at an astonishing speed.

After that, another three arrows were shot.

Swish!

However, Liu Yuan spun around his longsword and easily blocked all the arrows.

Yue Longzhang’s eyes were wide open with rage. He could not understand how the man managed to do this. His Azure Water Divine Sword failed as well. With fear and confusion, he started retreating.

Liu Yuan sneered. ‘So naive! You have no idea how well I know all of your techniques, you loser!’