Chapter 1745: Chapter 1745: Gathering Formation

Peng Hai’s Hidden Tiger Fist roared like a fierce and domineering tiger descending the mountain, forcing Li Feng to step back continuously.

Liang Hongying also adjusted the direction of her spear, using the Seven Probes Coiling Serpent Spear Technique in a mysterious and cold manner, targeting Li Feng’s weaknesses and openings.

For a moment, Li Feng seemed completely suppressed.

Impressive.

As expected from Nine Layers Mountain, which focuses on martial arts, Li Feng was having his horizons broadened. The momentum of Yue Shan earlier, and now Peng Hai’s fist, both subtly contained a sense of power within.

The long spear that was everywhere was also causing Li Feng to click his tongue in admiration. If it weren’t for his current domineering aura protecting him, and the fact that the opponent’s spear skill was crafty, using cunning to overcome strength, Li Feng might actually find it troublesome.

But it wasn’t enough to harm him.

Although Peng Hai’s fists were fierce, they weren’t fierce enough to rub Li Feng into the ground. Li Feng retreated step by step, not because he was inferior, but because he wanted to observe the opponent’s fist technique and simultaneously understand his fist power.

But now that his understanding was more or less complete, Li Feng naturally didn’t need to continue taking hits passively. Suddenly, Li Feng’s foot tapped, and he retreated half a step backward.

"Trying to leave?"

Liang Hongying’s Red Tassel Spear shot out like a hidden viper, the spearhead like the open mouth of a giant snake, thrusting towards Li Feng’s side rib in mid-air.

A split second in time.

The Red Tassel Spear pierced through the sky, instantly penetrating Li Feng.

However, the next second, Li Feng turned into a phantom and dissipated—it was the afterimage left by Shadow Shifting.

And this spear just happened to block in front of Peng Hai, creating a moment of hesitation, allowing Li Feng to retreat two more steps.

Li Feng, having widened the distance, didn’t waste any words. He exerted a burst of power with his feet, and his aura was so overwhelming that he directly used the Hu Ben Battle Technique.

The Hu Ben Battle Technique was the set of cultivation techniques that Li Feng had practiced the longest, and it was a very well-known martial art technique in the Lower Three Rings, with many people practicing it.

"Oh, it’s the Hu Ben Battle Technique."

Many in the crowd recognized the martial art technique that Li Feng was using at a glance.

"The Hu Ben Battle Technique, though it’s of Xuan Rank martial arts, is generally of moderate level. In the Lower Three Rings, it counts as a high-level battle technique, but in Nine Layers Mountain, it’s only considered basic.

"Indeed, the Hu Ben Battle Technique has more than enough bravery, but it also has quite a few flaws, and there are just a few moves like the three ax strokes of a tiger, basically determining the outcome within three moves. If you can block these three moves, it’s just repetition, nothing novel."

In the voices of these Nine Layers Mountain disciples, the Hu Ben Battle Technique was undoubtedly the type of martial art technique that couldn’t make it to the stage, and didn’t even require contribution points to browse through casually. In Nine Layers Mountain, quite a few people cultivated this battle technique.

But most of them treated this technique as a transitional phase. After all, the Hu Ben Battle Technique was somewhat helpful for understanding the tiger’s power, but that was about it.

"I heard that this Li Feng is from the Lower Three Rings. This Hu Ben Battle Technique isn’t much here, but in the Lower Three Rings, it’s quite formidable. As far as I know, the strongest sect in the Ninth Ring is the Dragon Tiger Sect, which specializes in cultivating this Hu Ben Battle Technique."

"Yes, coming from the Lower Three Rings, this is the level you’d expect. To let him use a more advanced martial art technique, he’d have to know it."

Many people began to mock and belittle Li Feng, especially since there were people in the crowd deliberately trying to sway the narrative, essentially trying to trample Li Feng underfoot.

Peng Hai looked up at the approaching Li Feng and was also startled; the Hu Ben Battle Technique?

Peng Hai wasn’t shocked by the excellence of Li Feng’s martial art but rather shocked that the other party actually used the Hu Ben Battle Technique to confront his Hidden Tiger Fist.

Damn.

This is the Hidden Tiger Fist, specifically designed to fight tigers, isn’t it?

Is this guy doing it on purpose?

Fine.

Then let me show you the difference. You still want to use the Hu Ben Battle Technique against my Hidden Tiger Fist, Peng Hai was immediately furious.

Hidden Tiger True Intent.

In an instant.

A vision of an Arhat appeared behind Peng Hai, precisely the Hidden Tiger Arhat image. With the True Intent enhancement, Peng Hai’s combat power surged again, and he directly countered Li Feng’s incoming Tiger Roar with a punch.

However.

The result was shocking.

The Hidden Tiger Fist, enhanced by Hidden Tiger True Intent, was directly defeated by Li Feng, and Peng Hai was instantly sent flying like a kite, with the gust of wind stirred by the Fist Power overwhelmingly pushing him back; Peng Hai was utterly crushed by strength.

Yet, just as Peng Hai was sent flying, Fei Long General Hu Feiqi, who hadn’t made a move all along, directly threw out the Coiling Dragon Stick, which shot out like an arrow, straight towards Li Feng’s chest.

Hearing the sound of the wind, Li Feng reached out to block in front of him, his palm gripping one end of the Coiling Dragon Stick.

At this time.

Hu Feiqi, who had thrown the Coiling Dragon Stick, quickly rushed up behind it, grabbing the Coiling Dragon Stick with one hand, and executed a Coiling Dragon Stirring the Sea maneuver, with the stick body rolling and moving, while on the other side, Li Feng sensed the stick’s spinning thrust and immediately let go and sidestepped.

Hu Feiqi’s strike missed, with a flick of his body, the Coiling Dragon Stick in his hand switched from a thrust to a sweeping motion, the stick sweeping across a wide area.

Sweeping Thousands of Army.

Li Feng lifted his arm to block, and the stick hit Li Feng’s arm, emitting a sound of iron and stone colliding.

"All together."

Hu Feiqi’s face was serious, and he no longer had the slightest contempt, as this Li Feng could actually remain undefeated under the hands of their five-man team and even counter, suggesting his strength might be above theirs.

It seems this guy has the capital to be arrogant. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

But they couldn’t just admit defeat like that; if they lost in a one-on-five, the five of them would become a huge joke.

"Bring out all your hidden skills. If we lose in a one-on-five, do we still want to keep our faces?"

With Hu Feiqi’s words, the others also looked grim.

"You’re forcing us to do this."

Liang Hongying gritted her teeth.

"Battle Formation."

Then Yue Shan, Peng Hai, and Xu Kaishan all rushed forward, and in an instant, the five formed a formation.

"Kill."

As one, the five instantly became like a battle knife unsheathed.

And not far from the watchtower, Shi Huanshan squinted as he looked at Yue Shan and the others forming a group of five: "Now this is something to watch, otherwise if it was a one-sided crush, it would really make this kid underestimate our Nine Layers Mountain."

Shi Huanshan said, squinting at Li Feng opposite him.

He had already heard a lot of discussion from below and knew someone was deliberately spreading some information, and he even guessed who was doing it.

But Shi Huanshan didn’t say anything, Li Feng’s sharpness was too much; if it weren’t somewhat suppressed, he was really worried Li Feng would become arrogant.

A blade needs sharpening to be sharp.

However, any one of these five people, taken individually, couldn’t be Li Feng’s opponent. Regarding the seemingly coordinated attack earlier, the coordination was actually the simplest combined attack, barely enough for ordinary opponents.

But after realizing it wouldn’t work, these five from Yue Shan finally put aside past grievances and formed their strongest military formation, which was also Nine Layers Mountain’s trump card.

"It’s been a long time since we’ve seen these five form a formation."

"Since our previous Acting Flag Master left, these five generals fought bitterly for that unknown position, and it’s already good they haven’t torn each other’s faces apart, let alone form a formation."

"However, when our Vermilion Bird Camp’s five generals form a formation, it’s unbeatable, and no one within Nine Layers Mountain can resist."