Translator: Kazeyuki_ Editor: Jimmy_
“Trying to hide?” That man in black sneered, “Let me see where you can hide!”
He waved his soft whip again and poured powerful Qi into it. Suddenly, standing upright, it turned into a big spear in his hand.
He continued to raise his arm and was genuinely going to use the whip as a long spear. It would be a combination of attack with the softness of the whip, the hardness of the spear plus the random attack of an Upper Sky user.
Like a storm, he sent piercing strikes with the spear one attack after another. The speed was almost equivalent to an arrow. Like an arrow, the speed and the power of the Spiritual Qi gushing out were also significant.
For a time, a dozens of the cone like attacks pierced towards the location where Qin Wushuang stood.
Rumbling!
The massive power from this attack cut off the top of those giant rocks. This scenario had indeed marked that old saying—The storm would for sure destroy those trees standing out!
The man in black attacked recklessly over this rocky terrain. Revealing no signs of fear, Qin Wushuang knew that it was not necessary to fight head on with the current enemy.
“Kid, let me see if you can still hide!”
With a sneer, suddenly, the man in black changed his attack pattern. He withdrew the spear, and in exchange, he turned to use the soft whip as a club.
This power appeared to be more suitable than slashing. The extent of this enormous terrifying power had increased tremendously! It seemed, from his temperament, he had intended to raze this rocky terrain into a flat land.
“Obviously, this man in black was not someone from the Star Gaze Palace. Or else, he would never dare to fish on this territory. There’s just no telling how many students from the Palace fell into his traps.”
Qin Wushuang was not in a rush to fight with this man in black. Instead, as if he were casually strolling in a yard, he moved about using that <Virtuous Immortal Clouds Steps> as if this rocky terrain was the most beautiful scenery in the world. And it would be a pleasure to walk here.
In his eyes, the threatening power of the man in black was like nothing.
Qin Wushuang understood well about the things happening in combat. Especially to Upper Sky Realm warriors, it was crucial for them to grasp the degree of temperament. They would start with a spurt of energy, then gradually become weaker until they were empty.
From the appearance, this man in black seemed to have gained the upper hand by a show of strength. In fact, it was a futile effort. Apparently, it was not enough to use these reckless fists to fight against Qin Wushuang.
Qin Wushuang excelled in fighting a reckless battle. Especially in such terrain, where regardless of how much variety your soft whips could turn into, it would be useless in the end.
Comparing this terrain to a flat land, the advantageous capabilities of a weapon would be reduced.
“Students of the Star Gaze only have this much courage?” When that man in black saw Qin Wushuang only dodge and did not confront him, he also felt somewhat irritated inwardly.
They created a great scene since it was a fight between the Upper Sky Warriors. Despite the remoteness of this place, it was not a guarantee they would attract elders from the Star Gaze
Place to come.
Once such situation occurred, it would turn the tide instantly. Not to mention the high level ones, even a Middle Ranking Elder would be enough to destroy him.
Previously, he had always used the Flame Cloud Vultures to lure in his targets. Each time, he had succeeded in his sneak attacks and controlled the target from winning over him.
And this time, he had met someone as tough as Qin Wushuang. Not only had he destroyed all of his Spiritual Beasts, but he also dragged him into this battle of endurance.
His identity was meant to stay hidden. Once exposed, he would die. After all, killing students from the Star Gaze in their own territory was a definite taboo.
“You talk a lot of nonsense! Use whatever you’ve got.” Qin Wushuang mocked, “You are afraid of the wolf before you, and a tiger after you. You want to kill me, yet you are afraid of the arrival of Elders. Haha, too bad, the more you are afraid, the more it will happen! When I killed your first vulture, I had already contacted Elders from the Star Gaze Palace. I believe now; the entire Virtuous Cloud Mountain Range has turned into an iron bucket formation. Even if you managed to escape from me unharmed, you would never make it out of the mountain!”
Lights flashed in the eyes of the man in black. Apparently, he could not judge whether Qin Wushuang had spoken the truth.
Only, to such matter, he would rather believe it than not.
If it were true like he said, then he was stuck in a quagmire. Before those elite warriors in the Star Gaze Palace, his current strength would be like a child’s!
His strength was only enough to deal with the students of the Palace. He had always been careful and shifted around the Virtuous Cloud Mountain Range. He did not even attempt to go the Summit.
It was because the Summit was filled with Core students. He deeply feared the strength of those Core students.
Bang, bang, bang!
The continuous booming sound shook the entire sheer cliff.
Each time when the man in black hit the ground, it brought out tremendous power. It carried a destructive power like waves of surging tides that scattered over as if a mountain was falling.
He must admit, the attack strength from this man in black was astonishing.
Only, the more he furiously attacked, the happier Qin Wushuang was. He had felt that the other party started to have a change of mood inwardly.
Especially after his words, doubts had apparently emerged in his heart.
To an Upper Sky warrior, it would be fatal. Between a battle of the Upper Sky users, one feared most a swaying mind and hot-temper. The more one became like this, the more trouble they would have.
Boom!
Another stick attack struck toward Qin Wushuang.
However, as if he his feet were oiled, Qin Wushuang smiled lightly and advanced toward the man in black. His dashing had genuinely surprised the man in black.
Suddenly, the shape of the soft whip returned to its snake form and moved to wrap him up.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh, after wrapping itself for three times, it moved to Qin Wushuang’s chest, waist and legs. The power of this three coils had a name called “three times encircling the tree.”
Each coil contained the power of binding.
Unexpectedly, like a slippery fish, Qin Wushuang’s body slipped away even though he had seemed to be in his attack zone. It was as if a tide had rushed over and pushed him far away.
These three coils had failed again.
“Humph!” The man in black gave a light sneer and stepped forward. He flipped the soft whip and continued to direct the wrapping motion in the direction where Qin Wushuang had sprung away. He was going to borrow this momentum to follow-up, until he could throttle Qin Wushuang to death!
Qin Wushuang kept moving the tip of his feet to step on the giant rocks.
Scathing!
That man in black also followed up with a relatively quick speed. That snake shaped whip spat out tens of thousand of lights leaving many shadows of the whip. It would never let go.
This time, he was determined to throttle him to death!
“To use this snake shaped soft whip for twisting would have a far distance attack zone. Only the flow of Spiritual Qi could turn it into clubs or spear. It would be impossible if he wants to get everything!”
When he thought here, he did lose speed as he kept jumping higher. Soon, he reached the top of the sheer cliff. This cliff was extremely steep with the hill almost as vertical as the ground below.
Suddenly, Qin Wushuang turned around and dashed downwards.
This time, Qin Wushuang’s choice was incredibly strange as he charged towards the direction of that soft whip.
The man in black laughed: “Nowhere to hide?”
Suddenly, his face turned cold: “If that is the case, then die!”
As soon as his words left his mouth, he waved his soft whip and turned it into a spear. Next, it pierced upwards directly!
“Humph!” Qin Wushuang slightly slanted his body and evaded the dart on that soft whip. He followed down with that soft whip and grabbed it with both of his hands.
That man in black also reacted quickly. Again, he changed the spear into a soft whip and twisted it upside down.
At this time, the color on his face suddenly changed. His right hand holding the soft whip suddenly trembled.
In the next moment, he also felt that his internal organs also shaking as well, as if something was pulling on the Spiritual Qi.
The leaking of the Spiritual Qi!
The color on the face of the man in black changed drastically. He looked at Qin Wushuang with disbelief.
With the thumb poking on the soft whip, both of Qin Wushuang’s hand grabbed the soft whip and initiated the <Power of Deep North> technique quickly.
A comfortable and relaxed feeling had slowly poured through his thumb to his Middle Altars point.
Indeed, the <Power of Deep North> was well-deserved of its reputation!
Inwardly, Qin Wushuang was overjoyed. He kept using the technique to destroy the defense of this man in black.
If someone were watching this scene, surely they would have their jaw open. The fight between the two Upper Sky Warriors was way too strange.
Previously, one of them had been scrambling around after being chased by the enemy. Suddenly, in the next moment, the situation took an entirely different turn. The one who was being chased had grabbed the soft whip. And that man in black who was chasing became petrified as he stood there waiting for the other one to do whatever he wanted.
He was not a complete wooden block. At least, the expression of the man in black changed regularly. It changed from the initial surprise, to fear and slowly to despair. From his eyes, there was an apparent trace of doubt and disbelief.
How could this be happening?
The Spiritual Qi he had acquired via hard work, how could the enemy directly absorb it through the soft whip?
In almost the blink of an eye, the man in black who was previously full of energy and force had become different. He now appeared to have a face full of wrinkles and a head full of white hair. Also, his body was like a dried eggplant, laying flat showing no elasticity.
Qin Wushuang had no time to bother with this man in black. He sat cross-legged and enjoyed the digestion of the Spiritual Qi from this man.
This wave of Spiritual Qi was much richer than those Flame Cloud Vultures. Despite the Qi having come from a Spiritual Martial Force user, it was also much more useful than those vultures. In a moment, he had digested it all in his inner body and merged it with his own.
Inwardly, Qin Wushuang was feeling lucky. This battle was much tougher than the one he’d had with Li Wuji. Especially, the use of methods from this man was much stronger than Li Wuji. If he had not taken advantage of a variety of elements, and this newly trained <Power of Deep North>, it would most likely not have been easy to kill him!
