HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
292 - Clashes

Elder Jing Yufeng's fight against Yan Qi Lou still did not show any signs of victory. The two people were equally great, their strength was balanced and what was left of the war between the two was an incredible battle mark.

Yan Qi Lou's whip struck for the umpteenth time and the attack from Elder Jing Yufeng's sword held the strike. As a result, explosion after explosion in the sky was created and sparks from the impact of their attacks hit the building and whatever was underneath.

"I want to see how long you can last!" Yan Qi Lou raised his hand and a glittering whip came again. Stronger and fiercer.

When someone else is hit by this whip, it not only suffers internal organ damage but also directly loses life.

Elder Jing Yufeng quickly dodged the attack, but the look on his face did not look good. He was indeed unharmed, but not so with the impact from Yan Qi Lou's attack.

Elder Jing Yufeng held onto his sword forcefully and then said, "Have you never thought about the impact of your attack? You also wounded your own troops,"

Yan Qi Lou snorted before chuckling, "That's no problem. Because to me, my own life is more important."

Elder Jing Yufeng's gaze darkened, she stared intently at the opponent before her. "You're a demonic woman, and no man should ever propose to you."

"You..!" Yan Qi Lou flinched and again lashed out his lash. He was annoyed and gave an unkempt attack to Elder Jing Yufeng.

While fighting fiercely, Yan Qi Lou looked down and watched as Mao Lin Lin and Wu Tong Fu were facing the other elders from the Thousand Sword Palace. He had already made sure that those patriarchs were already here and secretly smiled.

Yan Qi Lou's whip struck again, but this time he used it to be able to keep his distance from Elder Jing Yufeng. He darted and retraced gently on one of the roofs of the tallest buildings.

Yan Qi Lou snorted, "Hmph, do you think you can lure me? Unfortunately, this won't be easy."

He raised his left hand and visible spiritual energy began to gather. It did not take long until the spiritual energy formed a golden lotus flower and was unhesitatingly dropped by Yan Qi Lou. Elder Jing Yufeng who was about to make an attack suddenly froze.

"You think I came here unprepared, huh?" Yan Qi Lou sneered, "I didn't come to just play around with you,"

!!

The golden lotus dropped by Yan Qi Lou hit the roof of the building until it shattered and became blackish smoke. Everything spread and suddenly the air became heavy.

Yan Qi Lou slowly shook his hair and said, "That Sacred Lotus inheritance can lock in your spiritual energy. You now have no choice and won't even be able to fight."

"Holy heirlooms that can lock in spiritual energy?" Elder Jing Yufeng gasped in shock, she realized it too late and now her feet were already treading on the roof. At that very instant, the sword in his right hand disappeared.

The sword belonging to Elder Jing Yufeng was a spiritual sword. So if his spiritual energy was locked, then his sword would disappear as well. Of course this is not good news.

"I'll tell you something," Yan Qi Lou said, "Only members of the Demon Valley Sect will not be affected by this holy weapon. You and all your students ... Should I tell you what's going to happen to you?"

Yan Qi Lou laughed, let alone seeing the ugly expression on Elder Jing Yufeng's face. "I'm three to take your life now. Mm ... What if this was the case, you try to save your other students from my members. If you get in my way, then I won't hesitate to harass you in front of everyone."

Elder Jing Yufeng saw Yan Qi Lou dart away leaving her just like that. He held back his anger until the edges of his eyes turned red.

Both of Elder Jing Yufeng's hands were clenched tightly, she looked down where the disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace looked surprised and appeared to have a very pale expression.

Without being able to sense spiritual energy, then they were no more than ordinary warriors. This situation is obviously very bad, even though they have great sword techniques.

"W-What happened?!"

"My spiritual sword..! How can it disappear?!"

"I can't feel the spiritual energy. I-this ... What the hell is going on?"

"Damn it! What demonic techniques have they done?!"

"Chairman Murong, how is this?!"

"I don't know either. What exactly is going on?"

Elder Jing Yufeng heard the disciples of the Thousand Swords Palace who were so panicked. This will of course happen. Anyone would definitely be anxious and wonder when such a reliable power suddenly just could not be used.

"I have to figure out how to handle this. They'll all be in danger if no one acts, but ..." Elder Jing Yufeng looked at the surroundings and blinked, "How am I going to descend at this height now?"

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Elder Jing Yufeng and the disciples of the Thousand Swords Palace had problems at the moment and so did Wang Zhao. He continued to try to hold back so that Hei Lian did not use the strongest technique he had.

Wang Zhao's spiritual energy didn't disappear because he was from the Demon Valley Sect. But that does not mean it is easy to face a figure like Hei Lian. This girl even almost eliminated him if he was not nimble to avoid.

"Wang Zhao Gege, can you stop?" Hey Lian growled furiously. "You keep avoiding. How can I slash your head if you keep moving like that?!"

"Are you not sane?" Wang Zhao used the trees as a shield even though this was not very safe either.

Wang Zhao gasped for breath, but still opened his voice. "Who wants to wait for death?! I was not born to die in your hands..!"

"Tsk, you were born to die. It's just a matter of time," Hei Lian suddenly made a soft voice and started sobbing, "Wang Zhao Gege ... Don't you feel sorry for me?"

"I ..." Hey Lian said slowly, "I just want something for myself. I want to be seen by others that I can too. That ... By my own efforts ... Someone else will appreciate me."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Wang Zhao snapped behind his hiding place. "Who do you want to deceive with your tears?"

Wang Zhao held onto his sword force and said, "Your unnatural change of expression has already proven that you are an unbelievable person."

"Wang Zhao Gege, why are you saying that?" Hei Lian wiped her tears and saw a look on her face that looked very bad. "We've lived together for a long time. You know me well and even love me, but why when I want your life and you reject it?"

"Only a madman would do that..!"

"Hmph, you're a liar." Hei Lian flowed an extremely powerful spiritual energy in her right hand before starting to walk. Terrifying expression.

Wang Zhao who was currently behind the tree appeared to be gulping. If Hei Lian had been in trouble or was in danger, she would have without a doubt saved the boy - even if her own life was at stake.

But the problem is now very much different. Wang Zhao shook his head slowly. Hey Lian once said that the boy would not take anyone's life in the Thousand Sword Palace if he surrendered himself and died. But what promise should this hold? Hey Lian is completely unbelievable.

Wang Zhao was also not a fool to the point of having to take his own life. He would rather save everyone by fighting to the death than obey Hei Lian's words.

Wang Zhao took a deep breath, his expression solemn. "I'm the one who gave you the chance, but it's a pity that you didn't use it to change. My own patience ... It's over with you, too,"

Wang Zhao turned around and attacked the tree he was hiding in until it exploded. He darted quickly and at the same time, Hei Lian also launched a wind attack mixed with her acid.

!!

Hei Lian's eyes widened as Wang Zhao lunged at his acid attack. He was surprised not to play because the young man did not even suffer the slightest injury, let alone his acid did not scratch Wang Zhao's clothes either.

"That's ..." Hey Lian subconsciously held her breath and then became angry. He also sped up while growling.

Arriving in the middle, Hei Lian's body instantly turned into a red smoke filled with lightning. On the other hand, Wang Zhao's body also turned into dark black smoke.

The fight was fierce, with the trees around them falling, exploding and burning. It was a type of fierce fight and was even hard to follow the eyes.

Wang Zhao was still able to fight back because he was indeed unaffected by Yan Qi Lou's holy lotus. His position of being able to fight Hei Lian was far different from the current disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace.

The disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace were being overwhelmed and many had already been seriously injured. They had previously had difficulty facing the members of the Demon Valley Sect and were now becoming more and more of a cause all of a sudden they could not sense spiritual energy.

"Revelation..!" one of the disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace pulled his friend and they fell together. He was tense because of this alarming condition.

There were three members of the Demon Valley Sect with monstrous appearances. They laughed and mocked these extremely weak Thousand Sword Palace disciples. It was fun to oppress cultivators from the leading sects.

"Isn't this a big drop for your sect, huh?"

"See. No one can help you, ha ha ha."

"My brother. Let's have some fun before killing them," one of the Demon Valley Sect members seemed to have intentions on the members of the Thousand Sword Palace in front of him.

"Oh," the other members of the Demon Valley Sect had just noticed it. He then noticed well the two female disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace who were quite beautiful in front of him.

"Ha ha ha, what a great idea. I haven't done it in a long time either,"

!!

A male disciple from the Thousand Swords Palace who had suffered internal injuries seemed to stretch out his hands and try to protect his fellow students.

The pale-faced disciple who coughed in blood tried to speak. He growled, "Devil like you ... Don't expect to hurt my brother..!"

"Hmph, you're in the way..!" one of the members of the Demon Valley Sect darted and nearly grabbed the neck of the Thousand Sword Palace disciple if a shock wind did not push him.

Such power was great, even the two existing Demon Valley Sect members were also pushed a few steps. An all-red clothed figure stood up, right in front of the three disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace and his presence was startling.

"Wind blows in the sea,

The cold rain is in the east,

And the footsteps that led me here, you know,

It turns out there's something,"

The voice with that tone sounded clear and full of confidence. The figure who shamelessly said the strange poem was none other than Liu Wei Lin.

The handsome young man from the Cloud Sea Sect waved his fan and said, "I just came home from looking for inspiration. But there's no reason for turmoil to occur in this place,"

Liu Wei Lin glanced for a moment at the three disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace and then gestured for them to leave. The three disciples gasped, but immediately nodded and saluted.

"Don't expect you to run away from this place..!" one of the Demon Valley Sect members launched an attack, but with just a single wave of fan from Liu Wei Lin-the attack could instantly be broken.

"Bad..!" the Demon Valley Sect member growled furiously.

Liu Wei Lin shook his head slowly and was so calm as he said, "You guys are so disrespectful. Obviously I was standing in front of you, but didn't say hello? Haah, the Demon Valley Sect does have bad ethics."

"Kill him..!" a member of the Demon Valley Sect exclaimed. He and his two comrades darted to attack the young man before them.

Liu Wei Lin faced the three at once with admirable movements. He turned his fan around and managed to give a hard punch on the face of one of the opponents he was facing.

Liu Wei Lin waved his fan and such a powerful shock wind attack managed to make all three of his opponents pushed back. Liu Wei Lin's expression looked solemn as he fought.

One of the members of the Demon Valley Sect pressed down on his chest and spat out blood. He stared fiercely at the young man before him, "How does he still have spiritual energy?"

"Ohok, shit. I don't know either," one of the other members said, "Don't Miss Yan Qi Lou already use that Sacred Lotus? Then how is he ..."

As two of his comrades were astonished by their opponents, the other members of the Demon Valley Sect appeared to be fighting one-on-one with Liu Wei Lin.

The Demon Valley Sect member was originally also driven by the shock wind, but he was still able to overcome it by jumping and then counterattacking until it ended up fighting like this.

Liu Wei Lin clenched his body, he used his legs to dodge the opponent's slash and then gave a kick in return. The fight was quite fierce, yet it could be seen that Liu Wei Lin had no trouble at all.

The other members of the Demon Valley Sect started to move and help their friend. One of the two managed to slash the cloth on Liu Wei Lin's right arm and wound the young man.

?!

Liu Wei Lin frowned and the look in his eyes suddenly turned cold. It felt as if he did not like it at all if any opponent dared to scratch it.

One of the members of the Demon Valley Sect saw the wound on Liu Wei Lin's arm and was flipped over the youth's clothes - he noticed a fire sign on top of the wound his partner had managed to give him.

The eyes of the Demon Valley Sect members were rounded, he stared in disbelief at Liu Wei Lin and exclaimed. "He is the Sect Leader of the Ghost Valley"

The words of the Demon Valley Sect members were not finished when his mouth was smothered by a hand and he hit the ground. The sound was so loud that even the ground cracked because of it.

Both of his colleagues were surprised even too late to respond. This happens very quickly and even faster than the blink of an eye.

"Sw... Since you already know, then you should be quiet." Liu Wei Lin stared intently at the Demon Valley Sect member and strengthened the grip of his hand until a cracking sound was heard.

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