"Hmm? Those fallen bushes, could they have been trampled by wild animals? Looks like I'm in for a treat today."
Lin Xiaofei's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed.
Then, he glanced at it a few more times, suddenly stopped, and thought to himself:
"That's not right. Looking at the way the grass is leaning in the distance, if there were any wild animals, they should have come out from behind that boulder and headed into the forest. It's impossible for there to be no sound at all."
After thinking about it, he remembered the meaning behind Zhu San's words to him earlier. If the other party sent someone to intercept him on the road, then this small road would be the most suitable way to get there.
Although he used his Illusionary Eye Technique to look over, he found that he couldn't see through the two giant rocks at all.
Beside the two boulders, there was a trail that looked like trampling marks in the grass. He initially thought it was two wild animals passing through the grass, but there were no other trampling marks in the grass around the boulders. Therefore, he guessed that there might be people hiding behind the two boulders.
After lingering for a while, seeing that the entire path was quiet, he felt increasingly uneasy.
"If Zhu San wants to assassinate me, and the other side sends a martial artist at the Inner Qi Realm to kill me, I don't need to hide at all; I can just rush out. In other words, at most, the other side will send a mid-level martial artist to assassinate me."
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiaofei immediately understood what was going on.
Behind each of those two boulders, there could only be a maximum of two people hiding, meaning that at least two or four mid-level martial artists could assassinate him.
Without hesitation, he continued to swagger ahead along the path.
Three thousand meters, two thousand five hundred meters, one thousand meters...
Lin Xiaofei walked briskly, glancing occasionally at the boulders on either side of the path ahead.
Finally, when Lin Xiaofei was more than ten meters away from the two boulders...
Suddenly, four figures rushed out from behind the boulder. The two figures on the left rushed over like nimble venomous snakes, while the two figures on the right pounced on the boulder like hungry wolves.
Lin Xiaofei quickly stopped and calmly said, "There really is someone there."
Then, he stretched out one hand and waved it.
In an instant, a golden pair of scissors appeared out of thin air in front of him. With a gentle tap, two Qilin appeared out of thin air, transforming into two golden beasts that walked through the air and pounced on the two figures on the right.
With a flash of golden light, the scissor-shaped magical artifact flew out to meet the person rushing from the left.
At the same time, Lin Xiaofei drew his longsword, took a step forward, and rushed forward.
He had just cultivated the Illusionary Eye Technique to perfection and looked around. He noticed something strange from a distance. As he got closer, he wanted to see if there was really someone lying in ambush behind the boulder. For a moment, he forgot about cultivating the Golden Bronze Body Technique.
As he drew closer, he sensed someone behind the boulder and was startled.
The moment the four figures rushed out, he used his Illusionary Eye Technique to look over and clearly saw the aura emanating from them; they were all mid-level martial artists.
Immediately afterwards, he unleashed the attack he had prepared in advance.
What is that?
The four warriors had just rushed out when they suddenly saw two golden unicorns and a flash of golden light. Their hearts skipped a beat; such a sight was something none of them had expected.
Immediately afterwards, the two people on the right glanced at the menacing Qilin rushing towards them, stopped in their tracks, and turned to flee.
The two people on the left were slightly surprised. One of them saw a golden pair of scissors flying towards them and went to meet it.
Lin Xiaofei glanced around and, upon seeing the faces of the four people, immediately recognized two of them, saying, "
They really were Qian Ming's men.
Of the four people, he didn't recognize two of them. The other two, one named Yu Chi and the other Han He, were inner disciples of the Intelligence Hall. He had been to the Intelligence Hall before and saw Qian Ming interact with these two people, so he knew they were Qian Ming's people.
To his surprise, Qian Ming arranged for his intelligence agents to ambush and kill him.
"kill!"
With a loud shout, Yu Chi saw Lin Xiaofei charging towards him and his expression immediately lit up with joy. He swung his long sword, and it was as if countless willow branches were rising up, turning into countless blades of light.
Eighteen cuts on a willow leaf!
With a flash of sword light, Lin Xiaofei's eyes remained calm. He circulated his internal energy, unleashing a burst of power that emanated a wave of energy, his aura as imposing as a rainbow.
He glanced at the opponent's flashing blade, smiled slightly, and charged forward.
The Eighteen Swords of Gale!
Knife techniques versus sword techniques.
Although the Eighteen Swords of Gale is a lower grade than the Eighteen Blades of Willow Leaf, Lin Xiaofei's mastery of the Eighteen Swords of Gale, when perfected, makes his swordsmanship far more powerful.
Coupled with the power he unleashed, which was no weaker than his opponent's formidable strength, his swordsmanship was extremely fast. The moment their swords clashed, it was as if countless lights and shadows flashed, with the sword shadows and knife shadows constantly intersecting.
With his swordsmanship flowing freely, Lin Xiaofei tried to concentrate the power surging within his body into his wrist and transmit it to his longsword, so that when he met the opponent's knife technique, he could feel the power of his own swordsmanship.
From the very first strike, when it collided with the opponent's longsword, Lin Xiaofei could clearly feel the power in his wrist rapidly increasing, quickly transmitting to his palm and penetrating directly into the longsword, making the sword technique twice as powerful as before.
As expected of a mid-stage entry-level martial artist, the opponent unleashed a surging sword technique, carrying a powerful shockwave that quickly entered Lin Xiaofei's hands.
Fortunately, he had cultivated his physical body to a level comparable to that of a mid-level martial artist when he was at the peak of his ordinary cultivation, so the force of the opponent's longsword did not cause any damage to his body.
"Your strength is no weaker than mine?"
Yu Chi sensed the power of Lin Xiaofei's swordsmanship, which was no weaker than his own. His joyful expression turned into a surprised cry.
He sensed that Lin Xiaofei's swordsmanship was more powerful than his own saber technique.
They originally thought Lin Xiaofei only had the strength of an ordinary late-stage martial artist, and that assassinating him would be as easy as killing a chicken for the four of them, who were also mid-level martial artists.
Unexpectedly, the opponent not only possessed strength comparable to his, but also used methods unknown to them, conjuring up two Qilin and a pair of scissors that could attack out of thin air.
"The information we investigated was incorrect. Lin Xiaofei is not just a late-stage martial artist; he has the strength of a mid-stage martial artist and also possesses a strange skill."
In the instant the fight began, Yu Chi uttered a low voice.
When will the opponent break through to the mid-stage of the Flowing Realm?
This was simply unbelievable to him. He had been with the Qingfeng Gang for more than ten years and had never seen anyone reach such a level of martial arts skill in just over three years.
The three people on the other side didn't react much when they heard Yu Chi's surprised voice.
At this moment, they are engaged in a fierce battle with the scissor-shaped magical artifact and the Qilin, and their situation is extremely dangerous, so they dare not be distracted for even a moment.
A golden pair of scissors flew towards a man who initially mistook them for a hidden weapon. However, the scissors unexpectedly attacked him automatically.
The scissors are magical weapons, moving with the speed of the wind and possessing unparalleled ferocity in their attacks.
The man unleashed powerful sword techniques, one strike after another, but could only barely parry them.
Powerful impacts surged through his hand, making him feel as if he might lose his grip on the longsword at any moment; those scissors were too ferocious.
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