Chapter 66

Three Yuan Fengs, positioned on three sides of Nie Tian, moved like ghosts.

Nie Tian, unable to distinguish the real from the fake, calmed down and stood still, not moving an inch.

He suddenly figured it out.

Since there were both real and fake Yuan Fengs, and only the real one could truly harm him, he could temporarily ignore the other two fakes.

A fake Yuan Feng could never possess the same formidable power as the real one!

In this way, remaining unchanged to deal with all changes might be the wisest choice.

Another Yuan Feng struck his chest with a punch, but he didn’t even blink, completely ignoring it.

“Peng!”

A punch, equally infused with spiritual energy, landed heavily on his chest. His body trembled slightly, and the pain on his face flashed and disappeared.

This punch, compared to the two previous attacks by Yuan Feng, was several times weaker. Given the strength of his physical body, he could easily withstand it.

“Fake!”

Through the difference in power, he easily identified that it was a fake Yuan Feng.

Squinting slightly, his expression remained unchanged, and he continued to stand still, enduring the second Yuan Feng's attack.

The second Yuan Feng's attack came from the right side.

That Yuan Feng, with fingers like hooks, grabbed at his shoulder.

“Rip!”

His right shoulder's clothing was instantly torn, and a burning pain spread from his exposed right shoulder.

However, this level of pain was still within his tolerance.

“Another fake!”

Remaining calm, he did not move, still waiting patiently.

“Boom! Boom!”

After that, the two fake Yuan Fengs continuously attacked him with fists and claws.

Soon, he had endured over ten attacks, his upper body's clothing was torn, and his exposed skin was covered with fine wounds.

But he stood firm, like a ten-thousand-year-old rock, his face expressionless.

The three Yuan Fengs, continuously attacking him, grew increasingly anxious as they saw him only with more wounds but seemingly unharmed.

Unlike Nie Tian, Yuan Feng had been on a mad rush after battling the Blood Sect and the Ghost Sect.

To stay as far away from the Ghost Sect and the Blood Sect as possible, he dared not stop, and his spiritual energy never had a chance to recover.

The spirit stones he carried had been exhausted in the Ice Zone.

Because he had expended so much energy and had no spirit stones to recover, when he encountered Nie Tian, he only asked for spirit stones to avoid wasting his strength.

Therefore, in this battle with Nie Tian, he was actually quite exhausted.

If he couldn’t resolve the situation quickly, the prolonged use of the "Gray Shadow Technique" would further deplete his strength.

Moreover, he was worried and feared that the Ghost Sect and the Blood Sect might catch up.

The two fake Yuan Fengs, carrying his strength, could not truly kill Nie Tian, which made him increasingly impatient.

Mixed among the two fake Yuan Fengs, he waited for a while, seeing that Nie Tian was always passively enduring the attacks. Finally, he secretly struck out.

“Peng!”

Yuan Feng's punch landed solidly on Nie Tian's chest!

The force of this punch made Nie Tian spit out another mouthful of blood.

“It’s you!”

However, Nie Tian, who had been prepared, endured the intense pain and suddenly pounced on Yuan Feng, knocking him to the ground.

Ignoring the frenzied attacks from the other two fake Yuan Fengs, he grabbed Yuan Feng's neck with both hands, applying force to crush his neck bones.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Behind him, the continuous heavy impacts of the two fake Yuan Fengs striking him could be heard.

“You can die now!”

Nie Tian, gritting his teeth, his eyes filled with ferocity, tightened his grip on Yuan Feng's neck like an iron gate.

From Yuan Feng's neck, he felt a thick spiritual energy fluctuation, knowing that Yuan Feng had gathered all his spiritual energy there when he was restrained.

He failed to instantly crush Yuan Feng's neck!

“Mental Impact!”

Knowing he had only one chance, he frantically gathered his mental energy and fiercely struck Yuan Feng's mind.

“Sizzle!”

Between their eyes, the violent mental impact caused the air to vibrate.

Unable to breathe, Yuan Feng felt fear, seemingly unable to continue the "Soul Solidification Technique" of the Gray Valley.

So close, Nie Tian's massive mental energy poured into Yuan Feng's mind, causing him to suddenly become mentally confused.

The spiritual energy he was gathering in his neck scattered due to his inability to concentrate.

“Crack!”

A crisp bone-breaking sound finally came from his neck.

The moment that sound was heard, Nie Tian's tense nerves relaxed.

He knew Yuan Feng was dead!

The continuous pain from behind him also instantly disappeared.

He lay on his back, flipping over from Yuan Feng's body, and saw that the two fake Yuan Fengs, like dense fog blown by a strong wind, quickly dissipated.

“Finally dead.”

He panted heavily, gradually calming down, and subtly sensed his own condition.

The battle with Yun Song had hardly consumed any of his strength; he had instantly killed Yun Song.

However, the process of killing Yuan Feng was extremely dangerous.

At that moment, his bare upper body was covered with crisscrossing blood marks, all from the attacks of the fake Yuan Fengs.

The blood marks were only skin-deep, looking scary but not damaging his bones or muscles.

His real injuries were all caused by the three attacks of the real Yuan Feng. Each attack made him spit out blood, and it seemed that even his internal organs had slightly shifted.

“Yuan Feng, a seed of the Gray Valley, at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation. This guy, before coming here, might have had less than half of his peak spiritual energy.”

“Even so, he almost killed me, leaving me in a state of no return!”

“His earlier words were very reasonable. I haven’t been accepted by the Lingyun Sect, and I don’t know how to use my advantages, unable to convert my massive mental energy into powerful attacks.”

“I don’t know the intricate spiritual techniques and don’t have any suitable spirit tools, making me at a great disadvantage in battle.”

“This time, once I leave the Qinghuan Realm, I must quickly advance to the ninth level of Qi Cultivation, go to the Lingyun Sect to learn advanced techniques and spirit tools.”

“...”

Looking at the gray sky, he organized his thoughts and summarized the lessons learned.

After a while, when he felt the pain in his body lessen, he slowly got up and searched Yuan Feng and Yun Song.

Yuan Feng and Yun Song had no usable spirit stones. Yun Song was the poorest, and he found nothing on him.

From Yuan Feng, he took a peculiar banner, which he did not know how to use and which offered him no immediate help. However, a map of the Qinghuan Realm, which seemed to be drawn by someone from the Gray Valley to help Yuan Feng find second-level spirit beasts, was very useful.

Putting the banner and the map into his bag, he picked up the cloth bag he had previously put down, took out two spirit stones, and began to absorb the energy within to recover.

The consumed spiritual energy was quickly restored through the two spirit stones, but his injuries still needed time to heal.

“Killing your own people, you’re really ruthless, Nie Tian, right? I remember you.” Suddenly, a cold female voice rang out inappropriately.

Yu Tong, dressed in bright red, appeared like a ghost from behind a high sand dune.

Through the Blood Compass, she had been tracking Yuan Feng and Yun Song. When they met, she was still several miles away.

As she slowly approached and used the Blood Compass to sense again, she found that only one life point remained.

She initially thought that someone from the Ghost Sect had beaten her to it and killed Yuan Feng and Yun Song.

But when she arrived, she saw Nie Tian!

Nie Tian, a fellow trial participant from the four sects, had killed Yuan Feng and Yun Song in the Qinghuan Realm, knowing that the Ghost Sect and the Blood Sect were still around!

She didn’t know the extent of the hatred between Nie Tian and Yuan Feng, Yun Song, but since only Nie Tian was left, she thought it was time to settle accounts with him.

“Blood Shadows!”

She suddenly waved her hand toward the bodies of Yuan Feng and Yun Song, and their blood suddenly gushed out.

The gushing blood, influenced by her spiritual technique, quickly transformed into two blood shadows.

As the blood shadows formed, her eyes flashed with a blood-red light, and the two blood shadows pounced on Nie Tian.

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