“If you have the ability to do so,” Zhao Feng snickered.
“Newbie, don’t think that you’re good just because you beat Li Changfeng. Li Changfeng can’t even exchange three moves with me,” Lu Xiaoyu said slowly, and when he looked at Zhao Feng, it was with his chin.
Obviously in his eyes, Zhao Feng was the same as Li Changfeng, two little mosquitoes. There was a certain amount of difference in strength between every rank.
“What’s that got to do with me?” Zhao Feng sneered, and walked away in the other direction. “If you want to fight, then do it. If not, then go away!”
What!?
Lu Xiaoyu’s expression turned dim. Zhao Feng’s was looking down on him. Only he had ever looked down on others, and he had received the same treatment today. his angry blood surged.
“Hmph!” Lu Xiaoyu turned into a blur and disappeared.
Hu!
Zhao Feng only felt a small gust of wind come from his side. So fast!
In the blink of an eye, Lu Xiaoyu had blocked Zhao Feng’s path. To have such speed meant that his peak ranked speed skill had reached the high level.
Lightly Micro Step!
Zhao Feng left an afterimage behind as he dodged Lu Xiaoyu’s attack.
“Seems like you’re not that worthless!”
Lu Xiaoyu was pretty shocked because his peak ranked martial art had reached the high level, and apart from number one Feng Hanyue, no one could beat him in terms of speed. But he found out that Zhao Feng’s high ranked speed skill had reached perfection, and its effect was even better than his own.
Shua! Shua!
The two figures interwove, but none of them could beat the other.
“Thunderbolt Fist!”
Lu Xiaoyu suddenly used a peak ranked martial art and as he did so, the sky rumbled.
Star Finger!
Zhao Feng instantly used his Star Finger and at the same time, he pushed the power of his Metal Wall Technique near the fifth level. Even with all that, he still wasn’t able to fully block the Thunderbolt Fist.
Hong—-
The sound of Lu Xiaoyu’s fists became louder and louder as his peak sixth rank cultivation had the upper hand. Zhao Feng had suppressed his cultivation to the peak fifth level, so he was unable to confront him straight on.
Just as Zhao Feng was thinking if he should use some of his hidden strength-
“Stop!” a commanding voice came from the side. The owner of the voice was a bald youth with a robe of silver that shone under the sunlight.
“It’s number two Lei Cong.” Fear appeared on the youth’s faces.
The pair fighting also stopped.
Zhao Feng clearly saw the wariness and fear inside Lu Xiaoyu’s eyes. The bald headed youth had reached the peak sixth rank and he had touched the barrier of the seventh. He was number two of the Ten Sky Guards, Lei Cong. Facing him, both Zhao Feng and Lu Xiaoyu felt the pressure emitting from him.
“Lei Cong, why did you stop our battle?” Lu Xiaoyu questioned.
Lei Cong shook his head. “The overseer has ordered the Ten Sky Guards to gather to discuss something.”
Gathering of the Ten Sky Guards?
Curiosity and shock appeared on everyone’s faces. The Sky Guards Battalion never had had such a situation before. What did they want to discuss?
Soon...
Zhao Feng followed Lei Cong to the building at the center of the field. This was the one and only building on the field, and was where the supervisor lived. Entering the building, there were already a few youths there, and all of them had reached the sixth rank.
The people present were all part of the Ten Sky Guards.
“Who’s this brat?” One or two youths seemed to reject Zhao Feng.
“He beat Li Changfeng and became one of the Ten Sky Guards…” Lu Xiaoyu said expressionlessly.
He beat Li Changfeng? This brat was also one of the Ten Sky Guards?
The youths present took back their cockiness.
Soon, nine people including Zhao Feng had arrived, with Lei Cong having the strongest cultivation.
“Why isn’t Feng Hanyue coming?” one person asked.
“Even though he’s lazy, he should still be here.”
Feng Hanyue was the number one genius of the Ten Sky Guards.
Just as they were questioning this, a beautiful youth with silver hair walked in. At first, Zhao Feng felt that this person was a girl, but the second the youth released his aura, Zhao Feng felt the air become denser.
Every action the beautiful youth made gave off a powerful aura, as if his Inner Strength would come pouring out with just a thought.
Ssss!
Zhao Feng took in a cold breath. This Feng Hanyue had reached the seventh rank!
The seventh rank!
The other nine didn’t dare look Feng Hanyue in the eye.
So strong! He’s not even sixteen and he is already a Martial Master.
Zhao Feng couldn’t stop his shock. From what he had learned in Sun Feather City, most cultivators never broke through to the seventh rank and stayed at the peak sixth rank until they died.
For example, although many of the so-called Ten Sky Guards were at the peak sixth rank, they might stay like that for tens of years or forever.
One could see how hard it was to become a Martial Master, but someone in the Sky Guards Battalion had become one at only sixteen years old!
As Feng Hanyue arrived, he casually scanned across the others and looked at the new face for a second more, but didn’t do anything.
In his eyes, even geniuses such as Lei Cong and Lu Xiaoyun were nothing.
Chapter 69 – Kill Squad
“What do you think the discussion is about?”
“I heard that Lord Guanjun will be coming out of secluded meditation next month, could it be related to this?”
A few of the smart youths already had their guesses.
Sky Guards Battalion was a special force in the Guanjun Palace, and it had two aims: One was to raise geniuses, and the other was to supply new blood for the Guanjun Corps.
The creator of this organization was Lord Guanjun himself.
“Everyone’s here,” a cold and emotionless voice echoed in the building.
Shua!
The youths only felt a blur before a person appeared.
“Third Guard.” The Ten Sky Guards bowed their heads, including Feng Hanyue.
Third Guard was only a nickname and represented this person. Everyone knew that Lord Guanjun had eighteen Guanjun Corpsmen and they helped him in the shadows. All of them were Martial Masters, and their strength was far greater than normal Martial Masters.
The guard that had appeared on the summit that day was ranked seventeenth, but he had beaten the Qiu family elder in two moves. The Third Guard in front of them had even greater strength.
“You should all know that Lord Guanjun will come out of secluded meditation in one month.” The guard’s voice was simple and straightforward.
Of course they knew!
The youths present nodded their heads, full of expectation. Lord Guanjun was a legend in the Cloud Country and he had already received the title 'Unbeatable', his fame had even spread to neighboring countries.
“There’s one piece of news I want to announce. When Lord Guanjun comes out, he will take in one or a few disciples out of you all.” Envy appeared in his eyes as he said this.
Lord Guanjun was taking in disciples?
As soon as he finished his words, the youths flushed red from excitement. Many would die without regrets just to see Lord Guanjun, and if they were able to receive pointers from him, that would be a dream.
But to become his disciple was something they never even considered. After all, Lord Guanjun had a high authority in this country and he had apparently reached the Holy Martial Path…
Excitement shone on Zhao Feng’s face, it looked like it was a good decision to come here. Here, he cou
ld interact with geniuses all over the country, and he had the chance to see the legendary Lord Guanjun.
“There’s still one month! The Sky Guards Battalion is giving you a chance at actual combat.” When he spoke, a smile appeared on his lips.
Actual combat?
The ten were all curious and expectant at the same time. Being at the Sky Guards Battalion, they had many chances to spar and fight. But they hadn’t experienced many life and death situations.
“There have been some bandits around lately, with all of them at the fourth rank or higher. There’s also suspicions of them being sent by our neighbor, the Maple Fire Country. Your mission is to eliminate these bandits, while protecting the nearby villages at the same time,” Third Guard spoke.
Bandits? Sent by neighboring countries?
Although they were curious, most of them were also excited.
“Sir Third Guard, why doesn’t the Guanjun Palace just send their troops over and crush them?” Lei Cong asked for all of them.
“Good question!” The man explained, “The bandits are extremely cunning, as they don’t always appear at the same place every time…they also sometimes pretend to be commoners. Anyways, the chance of eliminating them by sending our troops over is very low…therefore, the Guanjun Palace has decided to give this chance to you youths.”
Hearing this, Zhao Feng understood immediately. The Guanjun Palace gave this mission to them because they lacked combat experience.
“I hope that through this your potentials will be further revealed. The Guanjun Palace had set this up so that for any bandit of the fourth rank you kill, you receive one battle point; for every fifth rank you kill you receive two battle points; and if you’re able to kill the leader, you get twenty battle points! Those that rank highest get extra rewards,” Third Guard continued.
“May I ask what do battle points do?” One of the youths asked.
“You can spend the battle points at the Treasury Hall, where you can exchange it for Martial Arts, resources and weapons…for example 1 battle point can be exchanged for a five-hundred-year old blood plant, ten battle points can get you a peak ranked martial art, fifty battle points can get you a half-Holy martial art," the man answered.
Hearing this, the blood of the youths boiled.
Peak ranked martial arts! Half-Holy martial arts!
All of them were moved. Every one of them all had at least one peak ranked martial art, but it was limited to either speed, defense, or offense. Therefore, peak ranked martial arts were extremely precious for them.
Although there was an incomplete Holy martial art in Zhao Feng’s left eye, its actual use wasn’t even better than a half-Holy martial art.
Furthermore, battle points could be exchanged for weapons and resources.
It looks like the Guanjun Palace had decided to properly raise these geniuses. Just killing a few bandits alone can give you battle points, which can be exchanged for such precious resources, Zhao Feng thought in his heart.
He was really looking forward to this mission. The fact that he had his mysterious left eye gave him a better survival rate.
“The mission starts five days from now, go and get ready!” Third Guard finished explaining the details in depth once more, then he gave the disbanding order.
After the discussion was over, the news spread within the Sky Guards Battalion.
The mission wasn’t limited to just the Ten Sky Guards, but the Ten Sky Guards led the squads. For the next few days, the members of the Sky Guards Battalion started to form teams in accordance to how the rewards were split.
Some of the strongest teams included Lei Cong’s and Lu Xiaoyu’s, in which all the people were of the fourth rank or higher.
Obviously, there were still people going solo such as Feng Hanyue, the number one of the Ten Sky Guards.
Feng Hanyue was the only Martial Master, therefore his strength alone beat a team.
Because Zhao Feng had just arrived, he formed a team with Zhao Yufei and Huang Qi, but the strength of his team was incomparable to Lei Cong’s and Lu Xiayu’s. However, Zhao Feng had confidence that his battle points would still be at the top.
As the mission was just a few days away, Zhao Feng ate one of the other thousand year plants.
Three days later...
The green ray of light in the dimension of his left eye had reached 2.3 meters.
At this time, Zhao Feng still had one more plant, but he didn’t use it because continuous use of resources meant that the effect would decrease. Also, Zhao Feng would rather save it for the critical moment when he would be trying to reach the seventh rank.
My cultivation is at the late stages of the sixth rank, but there’s still a bit of distance to the peak, Zhao Feng thought in his heart.
Therefore, he became even more expectant of the mission as one’s potential would be fully unleashed through life and death battles. In the blink of an eye, the five days given to prepare passed.
Another surprising thing was that Zhao Yufei had broken through to the sixth rank two days ago with the help of Zhao Feng’s resources.
Morning...
All the youths of the fourth rank or higher split into small teams and left the Guanjun Palace. The group of three formed up by Zhao Feng, Zhao Yufei and Huang Qi were among them.
“Brother Feng, is your real cultivation only at the peak fifth rank?” Zhao Yufei voiced her suspicions.
Back in the Zhao family, she clearly knew how fast Zhao Feng progressed, but she had reached the sixth rank already. So how could Zhao Feng still be at the peak fifth rank?
Hearing this, Huang Qi was also interested.
“You’re right, this isn’t my real cultivation.” Zhao Feng didn’t hide it either and released his true aura.
Peak sixth rank!
Both Zhao Yufei and Huang Qi felt the pressure bearing on them. Zhao Feng’s aura was extremely dense and heavy, it brought more pressure than other peak sixth ranks.
After he briefly released his aura, Zhao Feng hid it once more, suppressing it to the beginning of the sixth rank, the same as Zhao Yufei and Huang Qi.
Zhao Feng showed his teammates his true strength to gain their trust. Now that he hidden it away, he could do sneak attacks in the battles coming. The three left Guanjun Province City and they arrived at its borders after a few days of travel. This area was broken and wild, with many trees, rivers, streams, cliffs and a few villages around, but this place was also the only path that lead towards Maple Fire Country, so the bandits could have been sent by them.
“Once we leave this village, we’ll be entering the danger area where the bandits lurk.” Zhao Feng opened up his map and discussed things with Zhao Yufei and Huang Qi.
“Hehe, Lady Yufei, do you have the interest in joining my team?” a clear arrogant laughter sounded.
Zhao Feng and the other two turned around, and found Lu Xiaoyu, leading a team of seven other people, passing by.
Chapter 70 – First Victory
Lu Xiaoyu’s voice made Zhao Feng’s brow furrow, was the bastard trying to steal people from right under his eyes?
Obviously, Zhao Feng had to admit that the strength of Ziaoyu's team was indeed strong. There were three members of the fourth rank and the rest were all peak fifth ranks.
Lu Xiaoyu’s face was full of smiles as he eyed Zhao Yufei, there was no one who didn’t know her in the Sky Guards Battalion.
“Thanks for your offer, but I already have my own team,” Zhao Yufei expressionlessly rejected Lu Xiaoyu’s offer.
Rejected? Didn’t this girl like the strong?
Lu Xiaoyu was slightly surprised. He was handsome enough, and adding the fact that he was extremely talented, what girl would reject him?
“With the strength of you three, you’d be hard pressed to even fend for yourselves.” Lu Xiaoyu glanced at Zhao Feng and Huang Qi with disdain.
“Thanks for your care, but my team has our own ways to survive, we’ll s
peak with our battle points later,” Zhao Feng said calmly.
“Battle points? Hahaha…you think a group like yours can be compared to ours?” A youth of the peak sixth rank had tears of laughter in his eyes.
He was Li Ziwen, ranked seventh within the Ten Sky Guards.
“Go!”
Zhao Feng didn’t bother with their team and he lead Zhao Yufei and Huang Qi into the danger zone. Soon, they met a few other teams led by the Ten Sky Guards.
Lei Cong’s team was even stronger, with tens of people and two of the Ten Sky Guards. Facing such a setup, Huang Qi became a little uneasy.
“Brother Zhao, are you sure we’ll be able to get some battle points?” Huang Qi couldn’t help but ask. In terms of numbers, they had only three people, if they were unlucky and met a group of ten bandits, they’d face the danger of being eliminated.
“Relax, your battle points won’t be low.” Zhao Feng was fully confident. “If you don’t believe me, you can go join another team.”
Looking at the confident expression on Zhao Feng’s face, Huang Qi’s suspicions fell a bit.
Half an hour later...
The three entered the danger zone.
The landscape was complex, but Zhao Feng didn’t even look around as he passed through. Zhao Yufei and Huang Qi had to take out the map time after time to see if they were on the right track, but Zhao Feng didn’t need to as the map had already been photocopied into his mind and with the magnifier of his left eye, he could see the 'real view'.
“Brother Zhao, where are we going?” Huang Qi felt dizzy as he looked at the map.
“There’s a stream up there, next to the canyon. Water and food is a must for these bandits...," Zhao Feng said without hesitation.
Soon, a river appeared and not far away there was indeed a canyon. Huang Qi couldn’t help but click his tongue, he had not expected that Zhao Feng’s memory was so good and that he had perfectly matched the map to the real landscape.
“We’ll ambush here. Huang Qi, you go hide in the river; Yufei you go hide between the rocks near the entrance of the canyon,” Zhao Feng soon gave them orders.
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