129: Walking the dog

Receiving the yin yun bell, Jiang E did not linger and left the Dragon Seeking Gate with the three of them.

Walking on the streets of Blazing Sun City, Lu Xingchen asked doubtfully, “Senior Sister Jiang E, this yin yun bell is a rare treasure. Why would the Dragon Seeking Gate willingly give it away?”

Jiang E said softly, “Naturally, our Cangxuan Sect exchanged it for something of higher value. I’m not sure what it was specifically.”

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, “That makes sense. The Cangxuan Sect wouldn’t do a losing business.”

Just then, Lu Xingchen frowned.

Through the System’s ability, he discovered three experts ahead, disguised as peddlers.

One Five-Star Martial King, and two Three-Star Martial Kings.

Lu Xingchen kept walking but whispered to the two, “There are three Martial King experts ahead. I suspect they are here to snatch the yin yun bell. Prepare for battle.”

Jiang E nodded slightly, “I noticed them too. They deliberately disguised themselves as peddlers, they must be planning to strike first!”

Li Hua, however, was dumbfounded.

“No, I mean, how did you two find them?”

When the two sides were only ten meters apart, the Five-Star Martial King pointed with one hand, and a stream of battle Qi shot fiercely towards Jiang E.

Jiang E was already prepared. She used her movement Martial Skill to dodge, then drew the longsword from her waist and slashed at the Five-Star Martial King.

The Five-Star Martial King snorted coldly.

“A mere Martial Spirit dares to resist stubbornly? Attack!”

The other two Three-Star Martial Kings also charged forward with their sabers.

A great battle was about to erupt.

The civilians on the street scattered like startled birds.

Jiang E frowned tightly and said in a deep voice, “They’re too tough. Let’s split up and run!”

Lu Xingchen chuckled, “Run? Why should we run? It’s not yet known who will win!”

Jiang E was greatly surprised and said in a deep voice, “Lu Xingchen, what are you joking about? That’s a Five-Star Martial King, comparable to a Peak Inner Sect Disciple. What can the three of us Outer Sect Disciples do?”

Lu Xingchen wouldn’t miss a chance to get a kill, and said with a smile, “Leave that Five-Star Martial King to me, Senior Sister Jiang E, you two deal with the two Three-Star Martial Kings!”

Jiang E was slightly stunned, then said loudly, “Lu Xingchen, are you sure? Don’t joke with our lives!”

Lu Xingchen chuckled, “I’m sure!”

With that, Lu Xingchen activated the “Heaven Swallowing Art,” and his Aura suddenly surged. His Realm rose from Seven-Star Martial Spirit to One-star Martial King.

This sudden increase in strength astonished everyone.

Jiang E murmured, “So strong!”

Li Hua was also shocked.

“Damn, Junior Brother Lu has gotten stronger again! A month ago, he could only raise his Realm to Ten-star Martial Spirit with a secret technique, but now he’s directly a Martial King. You’re amazing!”

Lu Xingchen ignored their shock, holding the shadow sword, and charged towards the Five-Star Martial King.

Jiang E gritted her teeth and charged towards one of the Three-Star Martial Kings.

No one would joke with their own life; she decided to trust Lu Xingchen once.

Li Hua also activated the “Meridian Breaking Art.” His Realm rose to Two-star Martial King, and at the same time, he summoned the Sea Heart Flame and charged towards the other Three-Star Martial King.

The enemy leader was greatly surprised.

“Didn’t they say they were just three Outer Sect Disciples? How does everyone have Martial King-level combat power? The intelligence is wrong!”

One Three-Star Martial King said sternly, “So what? Even if they used a secret technique that can temporarily boost their strength, their Realm is still not as high as ours. Dealing with them shouldn’t be a problem!”

The leader nodded slightly.

“Well said! Once we retrieve the yin yun bell, I will report it to the higher-ups and reward you handsomely!”

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen frowned.

Retrieve?

Could these people be from the Dragon Seeking Gate?

They gave the yin yun bell away, but then couldn’t bear to part with it, and wanted to kill them and take it back?

It wasn’t impossible!

Lu Xingchen rushed in front of the Five-Star Martial King and slashed with his sword.

The Five-Star Martial King also drew the long saber from his waist and confronted Lu Xingchen head-on.

But he was shaken back three steps by the immense force from the saber, while Lu Xingchen remained unmoving.

The Five-Star Martial King was greatly surprised and exclaimed, “How is this possible! Even if you used a secret technique, your Realm is still lower than mine, how could you push me back?”

Lu Xingchen smiled faintly, “You are not the first Martial King I’ve defeated, nor will you be the last!”

Hearing this, the Five-Star Martial King was furious and said sternly, “Lu Xingchen, you’re too arrogant! I’d like to see how long your secret technique can last!”

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen’s heart stirred.

The opponent actually knew his name, so they must have been following him all along and were well prepared.

The two clashed again.

On the other side, Li Hua also gained the upper hand.

He relied on the Sea Heart Flame.

Relying on the power of the “Meridian Breaking Art,” he was only one minor Realm lower than his opponent, and with the Sea Heart Flame’s ability to burn battle Qi, he actually suppressed the opposing Three-Star Martial King.

On the other side, Jiang E was playing cat and mouse.

That’s right, she was treating the Three-Star Martial King like a dog on a leash.

Although she didn’t have a secret technique that could temporarily boost her Realm, her perception was very strong, and she possessed a volume of movement Martial Skill.

Each time, she could anticipate the enemy’s moves, predict their attacks, and then easily evade them.

Although that Three-Star Martial King had powerful battle Qi, he couldn’t even touch Jiang E’s clothes.

Lu Xingchen fought the Five-Star Martial King while observing the situation of the other two.

Especially Jiang E’s battle.

After all, Jiang E was going to participate in the Inner Sect assessment with him, so understanding her strength was very necessary.

Li Hua’s excellent performance surprised Lu Xingchen a little.

Indeed, he wasn’t the only one making progress.

Although Li Hua was only a Nine-Star Martial Spirit, he could already suppress a Three-Star Martial King, also possessing the ability to fight beyond his Realm.

He couldn’t be complacent at all, otherwise, he might be surpassed.

As for Jiang E, Lu Xingchen found her performance a bit hard to understand.

Admittedly, her performance was impeccable; the opposing Three-Star Martial King couldn’t even touch her clothes.

But Li Hua, who was fourth on the earth ranking, could suppress a Three-Star Martial King, yet she, who was third on the earth ranking, could only contain her opponent. This seemed a bit unreasonable, didn’t it?

There were two possibilities.

First, Jiang E’s strength was only this much. She hadn’t made any progress during this time, while Li Hua had gotten stronger.

Second, Jiang E was hiding her true abilities and hadn’t revealed her real strength.

Although the probability of the first guess was far greater than the second, Lu Xingchen was accustomed to treating opponents with the utmost caution.

So he had already assumed Jiang E was in the second situation.

Moreover, Jiang E’s ability to toy with her opponent, besides that volume of movement Martial Skill, was more importantly due to her powerful perception.

And perception is linked to Soul Power.

He had reason to suspect that Jiang E’s ability lay in Soul Power.

While thinking these thoughts, Lu Xingchen exchanged blows with the enemy.

Within three minutes, the two exchanged over a hundred moves, and Lu Xingchen left three cuts on the enemy’s body.