40: Intercepting and killing Gao Yu

'So it's Senior Brother Wu from Yunxia Peak and Senior Brother Sun from Piaomiao Peak...' Lin Feng understood.

Wu Fan and Sun Mang felt the flames of jealousy grow stronger upon seeing Luo Linger defend Lin Feng.

Although they fought each other, they were even more displeased that an Outer Sect Disciple could be so close to Luo Linger.

Wu Fan sneered and said to Lin Feng, "Kid, Hundred Flowers Peak is not a place you should frequent, and Junior Sister Linger is not someone you can hope to climb up to."

Sun Mang also added fiercely, "If we see you pestering Senior Sister Linger again, don't blame us for being impolite."

Lin Feng stood there, looking at the two with a calm expression.

He didn't get angry; he only waited for them to finish before speaking neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Senior Brothers, you overstate the matter. This Disciple came only to exchange insights on spirit plants with Senior Sister Luo. Does Senior Brother believe that who Senior Sister Luo associates with requires your permission?"

Wu Fan and Sun Mang were choked up, their faces turning ugly. They could look down on Lin Feng, but they didn't want to leave a boorish impression in front of Luo Linger.

"You... sharp-tongued brat," Wu Fan choked out after a long pause.

"Good. Very good. Kid, I'll remember you," Sun Mang glared at Lin Feng fiercely.

Having made fools of themselves and seeing Luo Linger's displeased face, the two could only snort resentfully.

"Hmph, I can't be bothered to lower myself to your level," Wu Fan said to Sun Mang.

"I'm the one who can't be bothered with you," Sun Mang retorted.

The two took to their sword lights again, one after the other, departing in a huff as if in a fit of pique, though the final look they gave Lin Feng was full of ill intent.

Luo Linger breathed a sigh of relief: "Junior Brother Lin, they're just like that, constantly competing and arguing, and always so self-righteous."

After Lin Feng took his leave, he passed a small square on the mountainside where the Shang Gong Hall was located.

Suddenly, he heard a burst of arrogant shouting and pleading.

"Senior Brother Gao. I beg you to show mercy. This 'Blood Coagulation Grass' was gathered by this Junior Brother at the risk of injury, intended to be exchanged for Medicinal Pills to treat internal wounds. You can't take it away." An Outer Sect Disciple with a pale face and blood on his lips was pleading bitterly.

Standing opposite him was Gao Yu, dressed in Enforcement Hall robes, looking arrogant.

He toyed with a crimson Spiritual Plant in his hand and sneered, "Junior Brother Wang, what you say is incorrect. This injury of yours is clearly from a private fight, which should be punished according to sect rules. This Blood Coagulation Grass will serve as the fine for your punishment. What, you're not convinced?"

That Junior Brother Wang was so anxious he was almost in tears: "Senior Brother Gao! I didn't fight privately. I was injured by a Yao Beast while gathering herbs in the Black Wind Ravine."

"If I say it's a private fight, it's a private fight." Gao Yu's gaze sharpened, and he released his Qi Refining Seventh Layer Spiritual Pressure, causing the already injured Junior Brother Wang to stumble, nearly falling to his knees.

"If you dare to make any more noise, it won't be settled with just one Spiritual Plant. Scram!"

Several Outer Sect Disciples passing by were angry but didn't dare speak out, lowering their heads and walking away quickly for fear of being involved.

Lin Feng saw everything. Gao Yu's arrogance and overbearing manner were exactly the same as when he had snatched his Formation Flag and disrupted his Breakthrough.

'A dog can't change its habit of eating feces. If this scoundrel isn't removed, the Outer Sect Disciples will never have peace.'

A cold killing intent rose in his heart, which he immediately suppressed with reason.

Half a month later.

Gao Yu summoned his Flying Sword and quietly left the Tianxuan Sect gate.

He carried the bits and pieces of resources he had coerced from several Outer Sect Disciples recently, intending to sell them at a Loose Cultivator Market a hundred miles away for some Spirit Stones.

'A bunch of paupers, can't squeeze much oil out of them anymore.' He cursed inwardly, calculating how many Spirit Stones he could get from this haul.

After flying for a while, he habitually entered the airspace over a familiar, mist-shrouded desolate valley, intending to take a shortcut.

Just as he flew into the center of the valley, the scenery below suddenly blurred.

The Flying Sword beneath his feet let out a wail, its spiritual light dimming sharply, and it fell uncontrollably.

"What's going on?" Gao Yu was pale with fright, desperately pushing his spiritual power, only to find the Flying Sword difficult to control.

"Which expert has set up a Formation here? I am Gao Yu of the Tianxuan Sect. If I have offended you, please show yourself." He forced himself to stay calm and shouted loudly, his eyes scanning the thick fog with uncertainty.

'Is it a highwayman? No, this Formation... doesn't look like an ordinary Loose Cultivator's method.'

From the depths of the thick fog, a figure slowly walked out, dressed in green and holding a sword, with a calm expression. It was Lin Feng.

Gao Yu's pupils shrank suddenly, as if he had seen a ghost: "Lin Feng? It's you? How could you..."

He sensed the Qi Refining Sixth Layer Spiritual Pressure from Lin Feng and was even more incredulous: "You... you actually broke through? Last time I saw you, you were only at the Fourth Level of Qi Refining, how long has it been?!"

After the shock, Gao Yu's face instantly returned to normal.

"Hahaha! Qi Refining Sixth Layer? You really have some dog-shit luck. But so what?"

"Do you think that with just this Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivation and this trashy Formation you got from who-knows-where, you can do anything to me?"

The Qi Refining Seventh Layer Spiritual Pressure within him suddenly erupted, attempting to break through the Formation's constraints. "Trash is trash. Today, I'll let you know what a gap in Realms means, an insurmountable one. Break for me!"

Facing the oncoming Spiritual Pressure, Lin Feng's eyes didn't flicker in the slightest.

He simply raised his hand slowly, and in his palm, the xuanming heavy water bead appeared.

The bead rotated slightly, and a heavy-as-a-mountain, bone-chilling aura instantly spread out, forcefully suppressing Gao Yu's erupted Spiritual Pressure.

"What is this?" The cruel smile on Gao Yu's face froze instantly, turning into horror.

"Ice Soul Spear. Die!" He shrieked, gritting his teeth to push all his spiritual power. A crystal-clear long spear emitting a piercing cold air instantly condensed in front of him, and with a piercing whistle, it stabbed toward Lin Feng's heart.

Facing the ice spear, Lin Feng simply gave the heavy water bead in his hand a light push forward.

The precious bead trembled slightly, and a black water curtain appeared out of thin air, blocking Lin Feng's front.

The menacing ice spear crashed into the black water curtain, but it was as if it had fallen into a swamp; its speed dropped sharply, and the piercing cold and sharp edge of the spear were rapidly eroded, dismantled, and dissolved by the extreme pressure and cold.

Ultimately, just a foot in front of Lin Feng, it completely collapsed into a cloud of ice powder.

"What?" Gao Yu's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. His strongest strike was neutralized so effortlessly?

Before he could recover from the shock, a cold light flashed in Lin Feng's eyes, and he flicked his finger.

The xuanming heavy water bead vibrated slightly, and the swimming silver thread within the bead suddenly lit up.

A dark blue water line, as if teleporting, ignored the spatial distance and instantly pierced through the Spiritual Power Shield Gao Yu had hurriedly raised again.

"Im... poss... ible..." Gao Yu's body suddenly stiffened, and he looked down at his heart.

A tiny hole appeared; there was no blood, only a layer of cold white frost rapidly spreading in all directions. Wherever it passed, the Bloodline froze, and life was severed.

The horror, fear, resentment on his face, and the disbelief toward that terrifying bead were completely frozen.

His body fell straight back, the light in his eyes dimming rapidly until it was completely extinguished.