Chapter 23: Mantis Stalking The Cicada, Unaware That The Oriole Is Behind
"Seems like these fire devils had gained a shred of intelligence," Lin Feng spoke in a low voice.
He and Murong Xue were hiding in the dark, waiting for their opportunity to act according to the circumstances.
"A bunch of vile beasts also dare to threaten this young master? Simply courting death! I will sacrifice you all to my flying sword..."
Upon seeing these fire devils, a cold smile appeared on Yuwen Yunfeng's face.
In order to obtain the "fire devil fluid", Yuwen Yunfeng had prepared for a long time.
These people whom he had brought with him were all experts of the Soul Devouring Hall. In addition, he had the assistance of two other martial masters, Sun Kui and Li Tianshang.
Moreover, Yuwen Yunfeng had also brought along three flying swords.
Flying swords could kill people disregarding the distance to its target. Although Yuwen Yunfeng's flying swords were of low-grade, their power was still extremely strong.
Yuwen Yunfeng, Sun Kui, and Li Tianshang each controlled a flying sword as they started to attack these fire devils.
Some runic words were engraved on these flying swords. When one of them infused their true qi into the sword, it would become a beam of flowing light that flew toward the fire devils to attack. The fire devils leaped and jumped about, trying to evade the attacks of the flying swords. However, the speed of the swords was simply too quick, and the fire devils could only wait to be killed one by one.
"Truly powerful…"
Lin Feng was silently awed. When the strength of cultivators was complemented by magic treasures, their combat prowess would be boosted by a large degree. Such power wasn't something that ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests would be able to contend against.
Although some ferocious beasts were extremely strong and could kill cultivators if they all fought bare-handed, the fates of the beasts would all be the same if they encountered a cultivator with treasures on their bodies—they would be slaughtered. It was just like how these fire devils were faring now. Their strength might be powerful, but right now, they were being massacred.
Naturally, there was also a price that came with using a treasure such as a flying sword. The energy consumption rate of such treasures was extraordinarily great. Yuwen Yunfeng and the other two wouldn't be able to maintain using the flying swords for too long.
Hence, they wanted to end the battle fast.
"ROAR!"
The roars of the giant fire devil rang throughout the area. It began to rush at the cultivators.
Upon seeing so many fire devils being killed, the fire devil king was now completely enraged. It was roaring in madness as it rushed out.
"Concentrate the firepower to kill the fire devil king!"
Upon seeing the fire devil king appearing, Yuwen Yunfeng's face actually revealed a trace of excitement.
As long as he could kill the fire devil king, he didn't fear the other fire devils at all.
He, Sun Kui, and Li Tianshang unleashed the flying swords to kill the fire devil king, wanting to finish it off in a single attack. However, the fire devil king displayed terrifying strength. Three gigantic fireballs were spat out by it, flying toward the three flying swords in response.
Yuwen Yunfeng, Li Tianshang, and Sun Kui's divine senses over their respective flying swords were instantly refined away. That devil king then easily swallowed the three flying swords.
"Damn!"
Upon seeing the three flying swords being seized by the fire devil king, Yuwen Yunfeng felt like his heart was bleeding.
The fire devil king roared and directly pulled a thousand-meter tall mountain up from the ground. After that, it tossed the mountain toward the direction of the Soul Devouring Hall's cultivators.
"What monstrous strength." Lin Feng and Murong Xue were stunned. The fire devil king could uproot mountains so easily? Wasn't its strength too horrifying?
"AH! Quickly dodge it!" The cultivators from the Soul Devouring Hall screamed in terror as they split up and dodge in four directions.
However, there were over ten people whose reactions were too slow. They were directly crushed into meat paste by the mountain the fire devil king tossed over.
The other fire devils also began to unleash their savageness and rushed over. They opened their bloody maws and spat out fireballs, targeting the cultivators from the Soul Devouring Hall.
Bang, bang, bang…
The fireballs exploded, causing thirty plus experts from the Soul Devouring Hall to die instantly. They had suffered heavy casualties.
"Young master, we have many people who died or are injured. Should we retreat for now?" Sun Kui asked.
"Draw these fire devils away now," Yuwen Yunfeng commanded. He was as intelligent as a demon and instantly thought of a way to obtain his goal.
The cultivators from the Soul Devouring Hall began to retreat far away.
And the fire devils instantly pursued them under the lead of the fire devil king.
Very soon, the experts from the Soul Devouring Hall and the army of fire devils vanished into the horizons.
…...
Joy appeared on Lin Feng and Murong Xue's face, they hurriedly rushed into the depths of the ravine.
"We have to move faster. I'm worried that fellow Yuwen Yunfeng would come back half-way," Lin Feng spoke.
Murong Xue nodded and entered the fire devil's dwelling cave.
In this place, the atmosphere was incredibly hot, an ordinary human would be roasted if they stayed here for too long.
There was a notch on the ground at the center of the cave. In there, a spiritual liquid with the properties of fire could be seen.
"Fire devil fluid!"
Lin Feng took out a bottle and quickly bottled the fluid. But at this moment, two gigantic fire devils rushed out from the depths of the cave. These two fire devils roared in anger the moment they spotted Lin Feng and Murong Xue, instantly rushing over.
Murong Xue spoke, "Let me deal with these two fire devils. You should quickly collect the fire devil fluid."
"Right, you should be careful."
Lin Feng nodded. He didn't delay and focused on quickly collecting the fire devil fluid.
Murong Xue unleashed her Frost Ice Fist Art and rushed at the fire devils.
Frost and ice were the perfect counter for fire.
Thus, the two fire devils were suppressed by Murong Xue.
The two devils roared. They opened their bloody maws and spat out fireballs.
"Frostice Shield!"
Murong Xue hurriedly activated her martial skill. A shield made of frost and ice appeared before her and blocked the fireballs launched by the fire devils. However, after blocking the attacks, Murong Xue's countenance turned pale. Clearly, unleashing two powerful secret arts in succession took a toll on her. The energy consumption of doing so was extremely large.
Luckily, Lin Feng had already finished collecting the fire devil fluid. He called out, "Let's go."
Murong Xue breathed a sigh of relief and then quickly ran out of the cave with Lin Feng. The two fire devils howled and pursued them, but when they traced the duo to the ravine's entrance, Lin Feng and Murong Xue had completely disappeared.
Not long after the two of them had departed, a figure came over from afar. This was none other than Yuwen Yunfeng of the Soul Devouring Hall.
He made use of his underlings to lure the fire devils away while he snuck back here half-way, preparing to collect the fire devil fluid. At this moment, there was a look of excitement on his face. When he thought about his soon-to-come breakthrough upon obtaining the fire devil fluid, his heart was pounding rapidly in agitation.
He entered the fire devil cave. The moment he entered, the two fire devils in the cave immediately lunged toward him. Yuwen Yunfeng's eyes flashed and he laughed coldly, "Vile beasts looking for death." Yuwen Yunfeng's back trembled slightly, akin to a dragon stretching its spine. It produced a vibration that unleashed the entirety of his strength as he punched out twice, aiming for the two fire devils.
Bang, bang!
The bodies of the two fire devils directly exploded into pieces by a single punch from Yuwen Yunfeng. His strength was truly terrifying.
After killing the two fire devils, Yuwen Yunfeng swiftly moved toward the notch in the center of the cave. But when he arrived here, the smile on his face instantly vanished. This was because the notch was completely empty. Clearly, someone had arrived here before him and had stolen the fire devil fluid away.
"WHERE'S MY FIRE DEVIL FLUID?" Yuwen Yunfeng screamed in rage. His countenance contorted when he thought about the tens of underlings that had died for his quest, in addition to him spending a large amount of time and resources to search for this. His expression grew extremely ugly as flames of rage burned in his heart. He felt a sweetness at the back of his throat and coughed out a mouthful of blood from his anger.
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