182: Qingfeng Patriarch

"Damn it!"

Wei Xun felt the chill from behind him and immediately dove down, using the Earth Escape Technique to burrow underground.

The sound of cracking and breaking wood echoed from above. Once the commotion subsided, Wei Xun immediately jumped out from underground, not daring to delay for a moment.

After all, his escape speed underground was far inferior to that on the surface.

If he stayed underground, he would quickly be caught by the Old Man. With the Old Man's cultivation, the Earth Escape Technique certainly couldn't hide him from his eyes.

But when Wei Xun jumped out from the ground, he found that the Forest he had just been in was already shattered by a rain of swords, with wood chips flying everywhere in the air, and even the smell of burnt wood lingering.

"What to do? What to do?"

Wei Xun's mind raced, trying to think of a solution.

But after thinking for a long time, it seemed that only surrendering could save his life.

After all, this Old Man had just said he wouldn't kill him, but how long had it been before he used such a powerful attack?

If he hadn't dodged, he would have been chopped into pieces like those trees.

"He's not dead yet?"

The Old Man flying in the air frowned slightly when he saw this scene, then reached out and grabbed something in the air, and a silver longsword appeared in his hand.

Immediately after, the Old Man swooped down towards the ground, a surging Qi appearing on the longsword in his hand.

Noticing the anomaly behind him, Wei Xun turned to look.

He saw that the Old Man had already swung his sword at him.

Then, a violent Sword Qi approached him, and the wind it brought became increasingly strong.

"I can't run..." The moment he saw this Sword Qi, Wei Xun knew he couldn't dodge it.

So he directly took out the heart-protecting shield from his chest and infused his Spiritual Qi into the shield. Instantly, the shield rapidly expanded, blocking in front of him.

Bang~

A loud bang, like a bomb exploding, rang out. Wei Xun only felt the arm holding the shield instantly go numb.

And the immense force carried by the Sword Qi felt like a truck had hit him.

Wei Xun was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, finally stopping when he hit a large rock.

"Cough ~ Pfft"

Wei Xun spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, feeling as if his body had been hollowed out.

He lowered his head and glanced at the Seven-Star Heart Protection Shield in his right hand. At this moment, several shocking cracks had appeared on it.

Its surface had lost its luster, and it looked as if it was already scrapped.

"What should I do!"

Wei Xun took two deep breaths. The continuous heavy injuries made Wei Xun feel as if his entire body was about to fall apart.

At the same time, the Old Man descended from the sky and landed on the ground not far from Wei Xun.

"How about it, Prodigy! Are you still running?" The Old Man's tone was icy. He stood still, sword at his back, but it made Wei Xun's heart pound.

"No running! No running!"

Wei Xun shook his head repeatedly. It wasn't that he didn't want to run, but that he really couldn't run anymore.

"Since that's the case!"

The Old Man said, "Then dig out your demonic core yourself, and I can spare your life!"

"Demonic core?"

Wei Xun shook his head after hearing that and said, "I'm sorry, Old Man, I haven't dug out a demonic core before. How about you dig out your Void Core and let me see the process?"

"You're about to die, and you still dare to talk nonsense!"

The Old Man snorted coldly.

"Do you know who this Old Man is?"

Wei Xun shook his head: "How about you introduce yourself!"

"This Old Man is the Sect Head of Qingfeng Sect on Qingfeng Mountain, known as Daoist Qingfeng, or Old Ancestor Qingfeng!"

After the Old Man finished his self-introduction, he looked at Wei Xun again.

"You killed my Junior Brother and several of my disciples today!"

"If your head wasn't worth some money, you would have died several times already."

Hearing Old Ancestor Qingfeng say such words, Wei Xun gave a few bitter laughs.

"I think you should change your name. Qingfeng doesn't sound domineering enough. How about changing it to Old Ancestor Mad Wind!"

Hearing Wei Xun's words, Old Ancestor Qingfeng's face turned ashen.

"It seems you're already out of your mind! Since you don't want to dig out the demonic core yourself, then let this Old Man do it for you!"

As Old Ancestor Qingfeng said this, he pointed his longsword at Wei Xun's chest and then thrust it fiercely.

Seeing this scene, Wei Xun took a deep breath, knowing that he had to go all out.

He gripped his long spear, ready to fight to the death.

Clang~

Just then, a black figure suddenly darted out from the nearby Forest, blocking Old Ancestor Qingfeng's path and deflecting his sword strike.

Wei Xun looked closely and found that the black figure was Si Niang.

Old Ancestor Qingfeng's intention with this sword strike was to take Wei Xun's demonic core, so he hadn't used his full strength.

Seeing himself blocked by the sudden appearance of the monster, Old Ancestor Qingfeng's gaze narrowed.

"There's a helper!"

No sooner had Old Ancestor Qingfeng's words fallen than he lightly flicked the longsword in his hand upwards.

Si Niang couldn't dodge in time, so the force carried by this sword strike sent her flying, and she finally stopped when Wei Xun caught her in his arms.

"Why are you here?" Wei Xun immediately asked after seeing Si Niang.

"Big Brother, I was worried about your safety!" Si Niang coughed twice, looking even weaker than Wei Xun.

"You're crazy!" Wei Xun didn't have time to scold Si Niang. He immediately shielded Si Niang behind him, holding his long spear and confronting Old Ancestor Qingfeng.

Seeing this scene, Old Ancestor Qingfeng sneered.

"All you Prodigies are so overconfident. Instead of staying in your deep mountains and old Forests, barely surviving, you dare to come to Central Continent to cause trouble!"

"Old Ancestor Qingfeng!" Wei Xun took a deep breath and slowly said, "Anyway, you want my life, you can have it, but can you let the one behind me go?"

"Let her go?" Old Ancestor Qingfeng sneered after hearing that, "As long as they are Prodigies, I won't let a single one go."

"Since that's the case!" Wei Xun sighed after hearing that, "Then I can only fight you to the death!"

"Fight to the death?" Old Ancestor Qingfeng looked puzzled after hearing that, "What do you have to fight me with?"

"Everything I have!" Wei Xun's eyes suddenly became resolute, then he flipped his hand and took out a handful of Medicinal Pills.

These Medicinal Pills were all stolen from Lingxiao Peak, and he still hadn't figured out the use of most of them.

But from what he had learned about alchemy in the past one or two months, all the Medicinal Pills were for increasing Qi, replenishing Qi, and temporarily enhancing cultivation strength.

"Big Brother!" Si Niang saw Wei Xun's action and, holding her Cold Gold Sword, wanted to step forward: "I'll block him, you hurry and leave!"

"You can't stop him!" Wei Xun was expressionless, already prepared to face death: "I'll block him, you go!"

"Neither of you can leave!"

Old Ancestor Qingfeng didn't know what Wei Xun wanted to do, but he no longer wanted to say another word of nonsense to Wei Xun. He stomped his foot and thrust his longsword towards Wei Xun.

Wei Xun simultaneously stuffed all the Medicinal Pills into his mouth, then swallowed them down fiercely.

"Come on! Let's fight to our heart's content!"

Wei Xun roared, and a violent wave of Qi instantly erupted from his entire body.

Seeing Old Ancestor Qingfeng charging, Wei Xun simultaneously blocked with the long spear in his hand.

Clang~

Wei Xun actually managed to block that sword strike!