Chương 230: Hua Liuli appears

A while after Yan jian and Li Yue'er left the clan, another powerful aura rapidly approached the Long Clan's valley. All of the Long clansmen who had just went through a brutal battle instantly tensed up, their murderous aura flaring as they glared at the incoming beam of light. The beam of light stopped above the Valley and faded away to reveal the petite figure of a female, looking tired and ruffled with her hair scattered around her face.

Hua Liuli glanced down at the destruction and blood that filled the Long clan as well as the red eyed glares from the survivors that seemed to be a step away from madness again. Her heart instantly sank to her stomach. Her pretty face paled as worry and pain merged together to torture her heart. Was she too late? Looking at the state of the Long clan, it seemed like they just went through a terrifyingly brutal fight, or a one sided slaughter.

The hundreds of broken body parts and almost flowing blood made her mind to be unable to calm down. Especially when she couldn't sense Long Feng's aura anywhere around. A month ago, after Long Feng left the Yihua clan, her father had locked her up in her home, leaving several powerful cultivators to watch over her and prevent her from leaving. But this wasn't the first time she had been restricted to her room, and it definitely wasn't the first time she escaped. But this time was much harder.

She failed to leave twice before and only barely fled a week ago after almost getting caught a few times. She didn't even pause to rest after that, rushing over to the Jianhai province with the fastest speed she could muster. She didn't think about whether she could actually be of help to Long Feng. She didn't care even if she was placing her life at risk. All she knew was that Long Feng was probably facing a life threatening danger due to her foolishness, and she had to be there to face it with him.

And so she rushed over with barely any rest in between to restore her energy. These few day's journey had left her feeling completely exhausted, lightheaded and looking ruffled. But when she arrived at the Long clan, she was met with this scene of completely carnage and destruction. She didn't even know how to feel as she stood frozen in the sky. If something had happened to Long Feng, she didn't know what she would do, how she would begin to live. Right now, her heart was filled with indescribable pain.

"Who are you?!" A thunderous voice laced with rage and killing intent filled her ears from below, bringing her back to the present. She recognized the person speaking as Long Feng's father, the Clan Chief of the Long clan as she had met with him a few times. He was staring up at her with cold caution in his eyes. The remaining Long clansmen also glared up at her, their bubbling killing intent already beginning to spill out.

If she made a single wrong movement, Hua Liuli had no doubt that she would be met with the frenzied attacks of these pain filled and vengeful people with no regard for their lives. She instantly retracted all her aura to show that she meant no harm. But the hundreds of gazes on her remained cold and unfeeling.

"I am Hua Liuli, a friend of Long Feng. I rushed over to help!" Hua Liuli quickly explained before these people began to attack out of caution. The Long clansmen's expressions changed after hearing that, gradually becoming complicated and pain filled, but their eyes were no longer filled with killing intent, just caution.

"Ah. So it's Young Lady Hua. I apologize for the scare. We have our struggles" Long Yuan also calmed down and sighed as he explained. He naturally knew Hua Liuli. He just failed to recognize her due to his restless emotional state at the moment.

"Senior Long is too polite. Hua Liuli understands senior's situation. I'm truly sorry for this senior." Hua Liuli descended to the under the cautious scrutinizing stares of the people around. Long Yuan nodded indifferently.

"Senior Long, What exactly happened? Where is Big brother Long Feng? Is he alright?" Hua Liuli quickly asked, hoping to hear a slightly good news. Maybe Long Feng hadn't even returned. Maybe all this destruction was simply someone letting out his frustration of not finding Long Feng. Although that would make the Long clan to be the victim, Hua Liuli would still be filled with happiness.

Because although this felt wrong and she knew it, she couldn't help it that no one else's life and death mattered to her other than Long Feng's. And Yan jian and Li Yue'er too. As long as he was safe, nothing else mattered. Long Yuan sighed at her question"If lady Hua is here to help, then I must thank you for rushing over, but I suppose there's no need. It's over already""Senior, what happened to Big brother Long Feng? Is he safe?"

Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Long Yuan smiled bitterly.

"Safe? I don't know. He left to lead that person away" Hua Liuli's heart fell again. He lead the attacker away? For a person to be able to reduce the Long clan to this situation even with Long Feng and Li Yue'er present, Hua Liuli needn't be told that it must have been a very powerful foe, beyond what they could handle. And to lead him away alone… that was a totally reckless decision to Hua Liuli.

"Which way did they go?" She didn't have any other thought except to immediately rush over to find them, hoping she wasn't too late. Long Yuan glanced deeply at Hua Liuli then pointed at the direction"They went that way. Lady Hua, please do stay safe. And this is very selfish of me to ask this but please, save my son if you can" he clasped his fists at her and lowered his head slowly. Hua Liuli quickly stopped him and shook her head"Liuli doesn't deserve senior's bow.

Rest assured senior, I'll do everything in my power to protect big brother Long Feng" Long Yuan forced a smile on his face and nodded. Hua Liuli didn't waste more time and rapidly flew in the same direction as Li Yue'er and Yan jian. In her heart, she fervently hoped that she wasn't too late and that Long Feng was still safe. Long Yuan watched her figure gradually vanish into the distance, increasingly aware of his own uselessness.

Forget helping, he couldn't keep up with them even if he burned his life source to raise his speed. And even if he was there, he would be nothing more than a distraction, a weak point that could easily be destroyed.

The Long Feng in question was currently having the most 'exciting' chase of his life. He pushed his speed to the very possible limit he could achieve with the first Firmament step, but the gap in cultivation was too wide. Zhang Mo was rapidly closing the distance between them, moving at over twice Long Feng's speed! Each level in the spirit realm represented a wide gap in strength. And a rank eight spirit realm warrior was just a step away from the peak of the spirit realm and was naturally very powerful.

Long Feng was completely dwarfed in power, attacks, and speed. At this rate, it wouldn't even take a few minutes for Zhang Mo to cover the distance between them and catch up to him. Gritting his teeth, Long Feng steeled his heart and did something he had never done before and which could drastically affect his future. He burned his life source! This could greatly decrease his lifespan and also possibly affect future cultivation, but he didn't have much of a choice right now.

He needed to keep a certain distance ahead of Zhang Mo and not get caught so he could lead him as far away from the Long clan as possible. But he only burned a third of his life source, not everything. Even so, his energy rose and reached the level of a rank six spirit realm warrior. His speed also increased and he temporarily kept a constant distance between himself and Zhang Mo behind him. Zhang Mo naturally noticed this and snorted"Brat, burning your life source? Still useless. You can't escape!"

Shouting this, Zhang Mo raised his speed again, once again closing the distance between them.

"Quit your pointless struggle and spare both of us the effort!" He roared coldly and rapidly flew forward, soon closing the distance to the range of his attacks. He rapidly condensed his blood red energy to his palm and unleashed a large palm at Long Feng's speeding figure. Long Feng immediately sensed danger behind him. He knew that If he stopped to block that attack, he would be unable to escape being caught by Zhang Mo. Thus, he forgo the idea of pausing to block that palm strike.

Instead, he decided to enforce his body strength and take it with his bare back. Although this was very risky, he was confident that his rough body could withstand it. He also used the third wave demon annihilation, forming the large demonic being behind him to take the brunt of the attack. And the palm finally arrived. The demonic being was instantly disintegrated in a second and the palm continued on to land on Long Feng's back. Long Feng instantly felt a huge force slam into his body, trying to rip him apart.

But his body's toughness was nothing compared to before. He coughed out blood and his injuries that hadn't fully recovered instantly resurfaced with the new injuries. All of his bones seemed to be pushed to their limits, soon to shatter under this powerful attack. But the palm also threw Long Feng forward at a much faster speed, almost tripling the distance between Zhang Mo and him.

He also forced back the blood in his throat and borrowed the force to push his speed to new heights, reaching the speed of a rank seven spirit realm warrior for a short moment. But this moment was enough to catch Zhang Mo off guard and he stared as Long Feng almost vanished from his sight in an instant. Zhang Mo's face became serious and he stopped holding back, unleashing the full speed of a rank eight spirit realm warrior.

His figure seemed to blur as he shot forward at a frightening speed, almost instantly halving the wide distance between them in a few breaths. Within another few breaths of time, he appeared above Long Feng, whose expression drastically changed as he noticed Zhang Mo too late.

"Brat, I'm done playing with you." Zhang Mo grinned and punched Long Feng squarely at the middle of his spine. Long Feng's head buzzed as he felt like the sky had fallen on his back. His spinal cord almost shattered on the spot as his body was smashed uncontrollably into the ground from the sky, leaving a deep pit on the earth. Long Feng lay in the pit, his sight burry and his mind slowly falling into darkness. Zhang Mo's punch was unleashed with his full strength, not withholding anything back.

Coupled with the fall from such heights, it was already a miracle that Long Feng wasn't dead. His body was filled with wounds of different depths from the fall and his internal organs were all displaced from the earlier punch.

"Hehehehehe, brat, it's been a good chase. I know you wanted to lead me away so I'll leave your clansmen alive, but tell you what?" Zhang Mo walked over slowly with a dark smile on his face.

"Before I kill you, I'll drag you over back there. You'll watch as I skin them all alive, and when they beg for death, I'll grant it to them. Ah, I can already see the beautiful scenery of a valley filled with nothing but deathly silence and flowing blood!" He whispered in a soft tone, causing Long Feng's blurred consciousness to forcefully stay awake.

"Y-you please… spare them. T…they are I-innocent!" He struggled to say these words as he forced his stiff body to slowly rise.

"Hahahaha! Brat, there's really no big enmity between us. Back then, you simply protected your friend who happened to be someone I wanted. And I respected you for that. But… I received the mission to take your head and slaughter anyone or anything related to you, even your chickens and dogs. Even forces with grudges against you like that Wuma clan had to go. So… what makes you think I'll actually spare your family clan?" Zhang Mo laughed heartily as though he had just heard a joke. Long Feng's pupils shrank.

By now he had already staggeringly rose to his feet in the pit he made with his fall. Imagining the scene of Zhang Mo brutally killing everyone, including his father in his mind, Long was nearly blinded by his surging killing intent.

"Earth Firmament strike!" He roared hoarsely with his origin spirit sword already unsheathed from his waist and held in his hands. He unsteadily leapt at Zhang Mo with the sword raised high and he tried to unleash the Firmament Sword Art. But before Zhang Mo could move, before Long Feng could make the attack, he suddenly coughed up blood and fell down on the floor, his sword falling out of his grasp. Zhang Mo was startled momentarily before he burst into a wild laughter"You're so pitiful!

You can't even unleash an attack in your current state! Such a lovely scene!" Long Feng didn't reply, or he couldn't. He was already badly injured, and recklessly trying to use the Earth Firmament Sword strike in such state had caused a backlash to him, worsening his injuries. A severe pain wracked his body as his consciousness began to fade away again.

"Hm?" Zhang Mo suddenly looked behind him with a frown. In the distance, a streak of light rushed over, revealing the figures of Li Yue'er and Yan jian.

"These two are also beginning to annoy me. I'll spare that Li clan girl because I still have some use for her. But that youth can die now" Zhang Mo snorted and shot towards the two approaching figures in the sky. Noticing Zhang Mo rushing towards them, Li Yue'er suddenly tapped Yan jian's back lightly, throwing him to the ground and protecting him with her energy so he didn't fall heavily.

"Take Long Feng and go as fast as you can!" Her voice reached Yan jian's ears as he tumbled a bit on the ground before regaining his bearing.

"Hmph. Die!" Zhang Mo paused and sent a casual palm strike at Yan jian. In his eyes, this was more than enough to kill a dozen Yan jians with his weak cultivation of the seventh Yang realm. But a powerful wave of ice suddenly blocked the attack, protecting Yan jian. Zhang Mo raised his head and glanced at Li Yue'er, his eyes fixed on her face. Even for him, it took all his will to look away"Hehehehe, Lin clan girl, it's been a while.

We have a lot to discuss" He didn't dare to stare at her face again as he spoke with a laugh.

"We have nothing to discuss. I want you dead!" Li Yue'er replied icily as her full cultivation surged out, drastically lowering the temperature around.

"I know you do. And I'm honestly surprised at how strong you've grown. It seems your life force is also intact. Isn't that thing I placed in you still there?" Zhang Mo asked curiously. According to what he knew, it should be impossible for Li Yue'er to improve her strength so much in just a year. That 'thing' had a natural ability to suppress ninety percent of the talent of it's host and absorb their life force, slowly leading them to their deaths.

Li Yue'er's Life force should have been weak by this time already and she should have been a peak Yang realm cultivator at most, but here she was, brimming with energy and life with her cultivation at rank three spirit realm.

"Whatever you left in my Dantian was sealed. It doesn't affect me much anymore. And when you're dead, I'll find a way to get rid of it completely!" Li Yue'er replied coldly, more than happy to buy more time for Yan jian to take Long Feng and go far away. Zhang Mo could tell her plan, and could also sense that Yan jian was quickly rushing away with Long Feng, but he wasn't too worried.

"Sealed? How did you seal it? There's no one with the strength to seal that it in this entire continent zone!" He was instead more interested in how Li Yue'er sealed that 'thing'. It was very important to him.

"Why don't you first tell me how to destroy it and I'll answer your question?" Li Yue'er returned coldly. Zhang Mo stopped frowning and shrugged"Don't worry. I'll naturally find out when I capture you." Saying that, his blood red dagger appeared in his hand and he swung it at Li Yue'er, unleashing a bright red strike at her. Li Yue'er's expression became serious as she brought out her ice pearl and poured her energy into it, forming an ice wall before the strike.

Although she managed to block the attack, she was sent tumbling backwards in the air by the remnant force. And when she stopped, she realized with alarm that Zhang Mo was already rushing away in the direction where Yan jian had gone, not bothering to attack her again.