Chapter 124: Chapter 90: Longxi - Sword Pulling, One Strike to Decide Life and Death

As a swordsman, and one from the Six Extremes Demon Sect at that, he couldn’t accept being forced by Zhong Ming to abandon his blade and flee.

Besides, he didn’t think the droplet of water Zhong Ming had flicked could do anything to him.

’My Disaster Ghost Face can convert calamities and disasters into my own power. This attack won’t kill me!’

Despite thinking this, Li Feng wasn’t careless. He clenched his free hand into a fist and smashed it violently toward the dark water droplet.

CRACK!

The water droplet burst apart under the full force of his punch.

However, this scene brought Li Feng no comfort.

The moment the droplet shattered, he felt a powerful, penetrating spiral force, like a coiling dragon, travel up his arm and toward his chest.

At the same time, a sense of mortal danger surged in his heart as the force approached.

’Stop!’

Realizing this, he immediately mobilized the Magical Power in his body, surging it toward his arm.

BOOM!

The torrent of Magical Power and Demonic Qi obstructed the penetration of Zhong Ming’s Dao Rhyme - Flowing.

But Zhong Ming’s force had already seeped into his body. Even though he tried to block it, he couldn’t escape unscathed.

ROAR!

When the power of the Longxi Sword Drawing: Dragon of the Profound Abyss Vortex (Shadow) was forced out and collided with Li Feng’s power, the first thing to give way was Li Feng’s arm.

KRAK! KRAK! KRAK!

His tough, demonic-looking arm was twisted into a pretzel by the spiraling, penetrating force of the Longxi Sword Drawing.

Moreover, Li Feng had only blocked less than half of the Dao Rhyme - Flowing. While the two forces clashed, the power of the Longxi Sword Drawing, aided by the Ripples of Water, continued to seep into his body along his arm.

Although Li Feng’s Magical Power and Demonic Qi prevented the full force of the Longxi Sword Drawing from rushing into his vital organs...

...the violent collision still completely pulverized his arm. A portion of the Longxi Sword Drawing’s power surged into the left side of his chest, shredding that half of his torso into a chaotic mess from the inside out.

KRAK! KRAK!

SQUELCH...

This one blow left Li Feng grievously injured.

No, it was more than just a grievous injury. It seemed he was about to die.

Li Feng held his blade with his right hand, so naturally, it was his empty left hand that he had used to punch.

It was also because his left hand was weaker that a late-stage Qi Cultivation expert like him was wounded so miserably, unable to even save half of his chest.

And as everyone knows, a person’s heart is on the left side of their chest.

With his heart shredded, Li Feng’s knees gave out. He collapsed to the ground, the strength to struggle draining out of him completely.

"How is this possible..."

To die just like that left Li Feng’s face filled with disbelief and intense frustration.

He died so quickly that no one had even had time to react.

At that moment, another disciple from the Six Extremes Demon Sect, Hua Lingdie, was still concealed, playfully taunting Xue Yao, Yi Yunya, and the others.

"Are you sure it was a good idea to let your dear Zhong Ming go up there alone? Over at our Six Extremes Saint Sect, Li Feng is a potential candidate for True Disciple. Hmm, well, the chance is slim, but just having a chance proves how strong he is."

"If your dear Zhong Ming goes up there by himself, he’s going to get killed, you know..."

Hua Lingdie wasn’t trying to pull off some grand scheme by provoking them; it was just in her nature. She enjoyed seeing others look uncomfortable.

However, that she could say such things at a time like this revealed one thing.

She was utterly relaxed and didn’t believe for a second that Li Feng and the Six Extremes Demon Sect’s plan could fail.

It was only because she had this leisure that she was in the mood to have some fun.

And then, still in this mood, she watched in the next moment as Li Feng, the one she had just called overwhelmingly powerful, collapsed to the ground, his face a mask of indignation.

Not even a full second had passed since he and Zhong Ming had started fighting.

!!!

Defeated in an instant—and it was her own teammate. The sight left Hua Lingdie completely stunned.

"...How is this possible!"

She was in disbelief. Xue Yao, Yi Yunya, and the others also had strange expressions on their faces.

Even Zhong Ming himself was somewhat speechless.

He stared at Li Feng, who lay collapsed on the ground, no longer breathing. After a long moment, he shook his head and said, "Arrogance truly is the greatest of all sins."

The key reason for Li Feng’s miserable defeat was that he looked down on the Seven Profound Sect, and he looked down on Zhong Ming.

When he fought Yan Chen, it was his first time, and Yan Chen’s attacks were grand and imposing, which made Li Feng respond with caution.

The first blade, ’Cicada’s Chirp,’ and the second blade, ’Tiger Roar,’ both proved his cautiousness.

In the end, however, his arrogance still showed.

Faced with the Flame Yan Chen released at a critical moment, he could have easily dodged it if he’d wanted to.

But he didn’t. Instead, he relied on his Disaster Ghost Face to take the hit head-on.

From this, you could already sense his contempt for the Seven Profound Sect.

Compared to Yan Chen, Zhong Ming was very low-key and looked utterly ordinary.

This led Li Feng to subconsciously assume Zhong Ming wasn’t strong. So, for his first strike, he didn’t use ’Cicada’s Chirp.’ Instead, he relied on his extreme speed to slash at Zhong Ming.

This arrogance planted the seeds of his downfall.

An ordinary slash allowed his weapon to be locked by Zhong Ming’s Longxi Magical Robe—if it had been the high-frequency vibration of ’Cicada’s Chirp,’ it would not have been so easy for Zhong Ming’s magical robe to lock it down.

Then, with his weapon locked, he committed his second act of arrogance.

Faced with Zhong Ming’s attack, he didn’t abandon his blade and dodge for the sake of his pride. Instead, he chose to meet it head-on.

And then, tragedy struck.

’Feelings of arrogance and conceit are truly a one-way ticket to disaster.’

While Zhong Ming was reflecting, on the other side, Li Feng was feeling wronged, so frustrated he was about to explode.

’Damn it, how can someone be so treacherous!’

’Using an ultimate move right from the start! Are you a swordsman or an assassin?!’

In Li Feng’s mind, the initial exchange should have been a probe from both sides.

In that situation, even if he was a bit arrogant and revealed some openings, he could have recovered.

But he never would have imagined that as a disciple of Longxi Peak, Zhong Ming’s first swordsmanship style wasn’t the balanced and gentle Longxi Swordsmanship, but rather the Longxi Sword-Drawing Technique, a style built on the core concept of a "One-Hit Kill," emphasizing surprise attacks that pour everything you have into a single strike.

It was a sword technique that decided life and death in a single strike!

Although, in his later cultivation, Zhong Ming comprehended artistic conception and completely transformed the Longxi Sword Drawing...

...the influence of his very first swordsmanship style was still profound.

His attacks had always been sudden and all-out.

For example, the attack just now. On the surface, it looked like a water droplet, but it actually combined Heavy Abyss Water, Longxi Sword Drawing, Dao Rhyme: Vortex Dragon (Shadow), and power accumulated through Qi Circulation...

You could say that one strike was Zhong Ming giving his all under normal conditions.

It was, more importantly, an extremely sudden Longxi Sword-Drawing Technique!

Furthermore, when attacking, Zhong Ming had subconsciously condensed all his power into the Heavy Abyss Water. The Heavy Abyss Water... it was a perfect match for the Longxi Sword Drawing. Not only was its carrying capacity extremely high...

...its dark color was also inconspicuous and didn’t emit any strong fluctuations of power.

All of this made Zhong Ming exactly as Li Feng had said: he wasn’t like a swordsman, but more like an assassin.

His attacks were sudden and deadly, and they carried the flavor of a ’first-encounter kill’—if an opponent was unaware of Zhong Ming’s methods and let their guard down even slightly, there was a chance they could be killed in a surprise attack the very instant they first crossed blades, even if they were stronger than him!

...

’I was careless. When fighting that Zhong Ming, you absolutely cannot show a single opening, nor can you be the least bit careless.’

Li Feng was filled with regret. He felt that if he had a second chance, he would never be defeated so easily again.

But while he thought this, the others on the viewing platform wouldn’t have agreed.

At the same time, whether inside the Heaven-Filling Array Map or outside, everyone was stunned by Zhong Ming.

"O-one hit!"