Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 43: The Cave at the Cliff

Chapter 43: The Cave at the Cliff

Ignoring Yun Ruoyan's secret weapon, both sides had more or less the same skill. If they were to really fight seriously, both sides would most likely be severely injured.

But since he had already decided to kill them all, there was no need to hide Feilai Blade. Yun Ruoyan prepared to call out to him directly if necessary so as not to drag on in the battle.

He unsheathed the sword at his waist and thrust it into Pei Ziao, who pushed Yi Qianying aside and blocked her with his spear.

As the swords and spears clashed, Pei Ziao was pushed back with considerable force.

Although Yun Ruoyan did not retreat, a crack appeared on the sword she was holding at the moment.

He had used the strength of the bracelet directly, but due to his recent fight with Wang Kuang, his spiritual energy was not enough to support the full strength of the bracelet.

Regardless, after the push, he was basically a rank six swordsman, enough to defeat a peak rank five Pei Ziao.

But Pei Ziao's spear was a high-grade spiritual weapon, whereas Yun Ruoyan's spear was just an unadorned simple sword that his family had given him. As a result, they fought on almost equal footing.

Although it was ready, Pei Ziao was still shocked to see Yun Ruoyan could force him to retreat even with a simple sword.

No, there was no way Yun Ruoyan was just a level four swordsman! He must have been hiding his strength all along!

Pei Ziao threw a spear towards Yun Ruoyan. He jumped and somersaulted in the air, and the spear passed through his hair. When his body landed from the air, he landed on just one foot before jumping again. At the same time, he protected his body with his sword.

The spear that shot out turned in the air and headed towards Yun Ruoyan once again, but it collided directly with her sword. With a clanking sound, the spear was deflected, but the sword in Yun Ruoyan's hand was cut in half.

"Qingxue, let me borrow your two daggers," Yun Ruoyan called out to the bewildered Lin Qingxue, standing to one side.

"Ah? In Here!" Lin Qingxue threw a dagger at him. By the time Yun Ruoyan caught the dagger, the spear was once again in front of him. It took six blows from the dagger before the spear strike was broken once again.

Lin Qingxue's twin daggers were not spiritual weapons, but they had been forged with quality steel, and were hard enough that Pei Ziao would not be able to destroy them with his cultivation.

"You actually managed to defend against my Nine-Folded Diversion!" Pei Ziao's face was pale, thin sweat appearing on his forehead. Controlling his spear like that in the air consumed a lot of spiritual energy.

"Nine-Fold Switch?" Yun Ruoyan glanced at Pei Ziao suspiciously and smiled coldly. "You haven't mastered the technique!"

In his past life, even though he was limited by cultivation, his ability to comprehend and comprehend martial techniques was not bad at all. While Pei Ziao was practicing the moves that Pei Yingxiong had given him, he would always be able to identify his flaws in a single glance.

Once, he had seen this exact technique used while the two of them were practicing in the courtyard.

He had brought Pei Ziao tea and could only glance at the technique, but that was all it took for him to remember the general trajectory of the spear.

Unfortunately, he had never learned a song that suited his technique, nor could he have used it himself, and at a level not too far away from Pei Yingxiong.

"Now, it's my turn to attack!" Yun Ruoyan aimed the dagger in her right hand at Pei Ziao, her sharp gaze looking even colder than the tip of her sword.

“What are you all waiting for? Let's all attack together!” Yi Qianying anxiously called out. "Yun Ruoyan will kill all of us, and if Big Brother Ziao dies, none of us can escape!"

Yun Ruoyan's killing intent was so clear that they were all terrified.

"Yun Ruoyan, since the blood relation means nothing to you, we will not hold back either!" Yun Ruoyao called before looking at Yun Ruoyu. The two girls raised their swords into one and started attacking Yun Ruoyan, and Lin Qingchen and Zhuo Yifeng also joined in.

“Sister Zhuo, be careful.. Qingchen, attack his feet!”.

Since Lin Qingxue had lent her dagger to Yun Ruoyan, she could only see from behind, so anxious was she jumping up and down.

Zhuo Yifeng had used all of his arrows in battle before, and now, he could only use his bow as a weapon against Yun Ruoyao. Their cultivation levels were relatively close, but Yun Ruoyao's weapons were easier to deal with, so their fight was relatively balanced.

Lin Qingchen also did not seem to be harmed even though she was facing Yi Qianying and Yun Ruoyu.

On the other hand, Pei Ziao had just retreated under Yun Ruoyan's attack, his wrists and feet were cut off by Yun Ruoyan's dagger, and it seemed like he was hovering almost dead.

“Ruoyan's sister, cut her, cut her, see if she still dares to take us to the snake nest!” Lin Qingxue called out maliciously. The snake nest was the most disgusting and frightening place he had ever visited in his entire life, and he hated Pei Ziao even more for it.

But Zhuo Lin'er's little face became severe, and she did not even look focused on her brother. "The savage beast in the valley raged," he muttered, pulling Lin Qingxue's sleeves.

"What did you say?"

Lin Qingxue's eyes were fixated on the battle ahead, and she didn't notice what Zhuo Lin'er said.

By the time he processed his words, a loud howl that resounded had already come from the valley.

That rampaging-like howl was enough to make the entire valley shake and shudder.

"What's the problem?!"

It was so loud and confusing that everyone stopped fighting and looked towards the cliff.

"Qianying, shouldn't the monster have swallowed your powder now?" Yun Ruoyao frowned as she looked towards Yi Qianying and asked.

Everyone's gazes were fixed on Yi Qianying.

He looked a little puzzled, as he entered the valley with everyone, he indeed sprinkled powder on all the animal carcasses he could see. The powder would cause the beast to fall into drowsiness as soon as they ate the carcass.

And if the beast really ate the carcass, then they should have fallen asleep, so why did they go berserk? Yi Qianying did not know either.

"Maybe these ferocious beasts are so powerful that my powder is not enough to subdue them." This was the only plausible explanation he could give.

As soon as Yi Qianying finished speaking, the ground began to tremble as four mystic-eyed lions walked out from the entrance of the valley.

Magical beasts were intelligent, and they grew increasingly higher in their level. They did not think of this group of people, but when they ate the carcass of the beast, they found that they became more and more dizzy as they ate.

Very quickly, they suspected that it must be a group of humans doing something, and had chased them all the way here furiously.

"Madam, don't just stand there, run!" Qiuqiu.

Yun Ruoyan glanced at Pei Ziao and Yi Qianying, gritting her teeth. "Wait a minute, I'll be back for you later!

“Zhuo Yifeng, do you have your sister? Everyone, run!” Yun Ruoyan gestured at the Lin brothers as she started running in a certain direction.

Pei Ziao, Yun Ruoyao, and Yun Ruoyu were also about to run away when Yi Qianying gestured for them to wait.

The others looked at him curiously and saw him pull out a small porcelain bottle from his lap. He opened the lid and a thin mist came out of the bottle. Yi Qianying blew the mist towards Yun Ruoyan's group, and began to spread out.

"The beast will follow this scent, so we'll be fine as long as we escape in the opposite direction." Saying this, Yi Qianying withdrew Pei Ziao's hand as she began to move.

Yun Ruoyao and Yun Ruoyu followed behind them.

"Hey, if you have a very useful item, why don't you use it earlier ?!" Yun Ruoyu called out from behind. They had met several groups of ferocious beasts before during the expedition, and the only reason Yi Qianying escaped unscathed was because the others had protected her.

“Act this animal puller is very difficult to make, and I only have enough to use it in life and death situations.”

“You mean, only when your life is balanced.” Yun Ruoyu pursed her nose and muttered with acid.

"Ruoyu, stop." Yun Ruoyao glanced at Yun Ruoyu, before looking at the back of the couple in front of them.

He didn't expect his cousin to have such a useful skill, and it seemed like he would have to put in more effort to get on his good side in the future.

In the other direction, the beast continued to chase after Yun Ruoyan's group following the mist-like substance Yi Qianying.

“Why are they just chasing us again?!” Lin Qingxue shouted while running.

Everyone knew that this was likely something that Yi Qianying had done.

Her past life, after marrying Pei, Yun Ruoyan had cut off all ties with Yi Qianying, until the night before she died. This was why he was completely unaware of Yi Qianying's skills.

Yi Qianying, Pei Ziao, you two must die!

"Ah, they're almost following." Lin Qingxue turned around and saw the four mystic-eyed lions urging towards their party like four small mountains, making her so frightened that she gathered her last reserves of energy and flew in front of the group.

After all, the four lions had been drugged, and in their dizziness, they had destroyed countless small trees and made an entire cloud of dust and rocks, he said, but this only caused them to chase after Yun Ruoyan's group even more furiously, as if they would not rest until they tore apart Yun Ruoyan's group!

"There's a trail of vines up ahead!" Lin Qingxue pointed to the side of the cliff in the distance before rushing over, climbing the vines up the cliff without hesitation.

Yun Ruoyan and the others followed.

This cliff was even steeper than at the entrance of the valley, but fortunately, there were many vines all over the cliff side.

Each of these vines is thick and sturdy, climbing up and down the cliffs, and the slender growth has fused perfectly to the side of the cliffs, the, it grows and grows until the entire side of the cliff is covered.

Yun Ruoyan raised her head, trying to see what was at the top of the cliff under the bright moonlight. The cliff was unusually high, and it seemed to jut into the dark sky, so he could not see its peak no matter how far he leaned.

Suddenly, the entire cliff started to shake. The four lions had seen Yun Ruoyan's group climb up, and they had all hit the bottom of the cliff, trying to knock Yun Ruoyan's group down.

The group hesitated for a moment during the commotion before continuing the climb once more. There was a cave about twenty meters tall, and they would be safe as long as they could go inside!

They just didn't know if it was big enough for the five of them.

Zhuo Yifeng took the lead and found that, although somewhat narrow, it was deep enough for all of them.

After taking down Zhuo Lin'er, he leaned into the face of the cave and reached out towards Yun Ruoyan.

"Grow your hands!"

Yun Ruoyan, who was near the entrance of the cave, placed her hand in Zhuo Yifeng's grasp, and she lifted it up easily.

Later, the two helped Lin's sister. Only when everyone was inside the cave did Yun Ruoyan finally catch her breath.

The echoes of the animals have decreased significantly.

"Ruoyan, Qingchen, look!" Lin Qingxue leaned out of the cave as she looked down. "The beast seems to be running out of energy."

The entrance of the cave was not wide, and it was rather narrow for the three of them there. Yun Ruoyan and Lin Qingchen slowly walked to the entrance and looked down.

That ferocious beast actually used less and less power. Not long after, they fell to the floor in a pile of sleeping ones.

"Rather than running out of strength, it is likely that Yi Qianying's powder has been influential," muttered Lin Qingchen. "Who knew Yi Qianying actually had some ability?"

"That's awesome!" Lin Qingxue almost jumped in joy. “Come down, down! Four high-level monster cores are waiting for us!”

"Qingxue, be careful!" Yun Ruoyan quickly pulled Lin Qingxue back before looking at her reproachfully. Sometimes, his cousin was too energetic for his own good.

Lin Qingxue stuck out her tongue, paying no heed to Yun Ruoyan's expression, as she continued to lean out of the cave.

"Let's get down now!" He continued impatiently.

"No, we have to wait." Zhuo Yifeng shook his head. "Animals at a higher level can be very cunning, and this may be a hoax."