Fighting on the clearing

"Huff… huff" Shi was running through the forest at high speed, he wasn't even concerned about hiding his trail, he was only running as fast as he could the iron chain tying Cuifen at his back was making a 'ting, ting' noise as he runs.

It was already 3 hours since he escaped the clearing where Cuifen was being held. He didn't have any time to ask her questions, she only woke up one time when he was fighting against young master Yun but her fever was too strong making her body tired.

At first, when Shi learned about Xinghong being an inexperienced fighter he thought everything would be settled, but he couldn't take off his head the things that happened hours ago.

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"Old man are you sure about this?" Asked Shi as he shot a quick glance at Jiangu fight for her big size, her attacks were really fast, but he wasn't too interested in her techniques or fighting style, he wanted to see how that shrewd bald was going to fight.

"Absolutely, his way of fighting is only a reflex of his training, it's like you at the beginning, but you got way more life and deaths situation after those you will deal with whatever the heavens throw at you, that's one of biggest strength a cultivator can have, to keep them cool even in the door of death" Long Shin replied as he lazily looks at the fight faking a yawn.

Hearing the yawn, Shi's mouth twitched "how can you have a yawn if you are an ethereal body?" shaking those thoughts off his mind, he started the chant all over again, he was becoming better and better at it.

This time he could get a great sight of everything thanks to his cool head and the relief he felt at confirming the stronger guy was an inexperienced fighter. So all his thoughts are centered on Yong, it was the only thing that could threaten him now.

But sadly for him, his enemy wasn't a retard, seeing Shi's easy-going attitude and the way he was ignoring him Xinghong was getting angrier "how much this trash 4th layer would humiliated me?" his heart was burning.

Feeling a killing intent being directed at him Shi's face turned to Xinghong again, but he wasn't worried so he shot a throwing knife at him again, this time however with spirit qi inside it, making it shine in a beautiful sky-blue color lifting a dazzling trail as it shot through the clearing.

Xinghong's eyes got serious, the other ones were like annoying flies to him, but this one he could feel the danger, if this thing got closer to his body it would cut through it without a doubt.

This time Shi could see all his movements, his rapier slashed from below leaving images like it was multiplying, making his heart clench at the sight, after hearing about his inexperience Shi made a huge mistake underestimating Xinghong but no matter how much inexperienced one cultivator is, he still needs to learn and train martial arts all day.

"BANG" a burst sounded high on the clearing as the two blades clashed, the stone knife was cut in half by Xinghong swordplay.

Xinghong shot himself forward, his movements like fleeting clouds in the sky, but a slightly pained luster shined in his eyes. Even if he wanted to hide it Shi's celestial eyes could see the chaotic energy-burning his meridians.

"So he wants to finish it because he can't fight for long periods, this chaotic spirit qi is very dangerous" Shi was running with his <Light Spirit Steps> as he asked his father "Why does he need Cuifen? Shouldn't be easier than just letting this yin energy out of his body?".

Seeing Shi's feet kicking the floor as he shot backward, Xinghong heart clenched "It seems like he knows too much about my condition, but how is this possible?" he shot a glance with the corner of his eyes to Jiangu who was in a slow fight against Yong.

"As I told you before, the first stages of cultivation is just gathering of spirit qi, if he put all this yin qi outside his body he would go back to the 5th layer, and he probably thinks this isn't worth it" Long Shin lazily answered.

Thinking a little with his right hand on his chin he said "It's better for you to hurry up, this girl is having a really bad fever… if you don't help her she will end up dying".

Twitching his mouth Shi kept looking at the graceful bearing Xinghong had when he was fighting and asking if this was the effect of his martial spirit or the techniques he cultivated, he couldn't see his own fight so he didn't know how he looked like when fighting.

He tried a little of anything, he would use throwing knives when Xinghong lifted his foot from the grass floor trying to make his movement technique crumble but this time Xinghong already overmatched his throwing knives.

He still had some cutlasses but he didn't want to burn them out, they were more potent than the knives but they had the same flaw, if the enemy was ready to counter-attack them it was like a little fly, looks like it was time to use his new invention.

Taking a wood pentagon of his ring it was shining in a dark ocean blue light, he made a throwing motion putting his right hand at his left shoulder and with a turn of his upper body, he shot it injecting spirit qi at the last moment.

Seeing the spinning pentagon coming at him Xinghong only felt disdain, the guy was using the same tactics over and over again treating him like a retard he was about to take care of this assault the same way he did before.

As his blade was about to touch the wooden pentagon his heart throbbed and with his eyes wide open he used all spirit qi he could to evade it.

"BANG" a loud burst was heard followed by the sound of ice cracking "CRAAACK".

"drip" the blood flowed at the corner of his mouth, and his body was trembling because of the cold that was permeating his body, his eyes narrowed at the young man in his front, this was the first time he felt so miserable in his life.

If wasn't his sixth sense alerting him about the danger he would receive a deep wound for sure, but even only being caught by the aftershock it was enough to hurt him, not only was his body freezing cold but his meridians are burning because of the chaotic qi circulating his body, he couldn't use it too much to maintain the balance.

He took a pill bottle from his ring, and from it he picked a deep red pill that was burning in his hand, putting it on his womanly mouth he gulped it down.

The hot energy inside the pill started to permeate his body, suppressing the yin qi inside his spiritual veins calming the raging qi that looked like it was about to explode, suddenly his body became really hot like he was having a fever.

The yang qi suppressed the yin qi and exploded forward inside his body permeating all his meridians, behind him a phenomenon of a cloud beast emerged from nowhere, the atmosphere got heavier again and Jiangu and Yong stopped fighting.

About Xinghong situation even Jiangu knew little about it, it was her master that took care of him, she would only give him those pills, she didn't know it's uses, but seeing it now and taking into consideration Shi's words about his body condition she boldly presumed it was to restrain the yin qi, letting his bodywork normally.

Lifting his feet from the floor he shot in the direction of Shi, however this time he was at least five times faster than before leaving dozens of afterimages all of them of him graceful walking like he was taking a walk in the forest.

Xinghong rapier slashed from above this time only leaving a single after image, Shi was about to use his <Light Spirit Steps> to evade it, but his father said that the chaotic qi inside Xinghong was suppressed and he could fight normally now.

Then Shi clashed his spirit sword against the enemy rapier and with a loud "CLANG" he shot two meters backward and Xinghong only gave a step back.

Shi could have a good look now and the energy inside Xinghong was like ⅔ a bright red and ⅓ a light blue, seeing he was not knowing what was going on Long Shin said "He took a pill with great yang qi, it is suppressing his yin qi for some time, that why he will probably give his all to kill you before it, but if you can survive his body will feel weak and he wouldn't be capable of fighting again for some time".

"So it's another race against time? This time however I felt that is even more dangerous than the last time, even if his energy isn't exploding after leaving his body his movements are so annoying I couldn't see anything before it is already on my face"

As he traded hits with Xinghong, Shi was feeling worse and worse, his wounds were opening again his left arm was hurting too much, almost distracting him from the fight.

"It's time to get this fight over, if I keep fighting this guy I would only give his sect more chances to come and take Cuifen back" Shi thought before taking another wooden pentagon from his ring.

Seeing those wooden things Xinghong stopped his tracks and got serious, he couldn't let that thing hit him.