Chapter 98 Melee

"Hmph, you'd better hurry up!"

The cultivator snorted coldly, casually tugged at his collar, and removed his bamboo hat, bearing a resemblance to Cao Nanxiu.

"I don't have much time!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Li Zhimian gave a wry smile. The guy in front of him was someone he had gone to great lengths to invite from the Cao family, and he dared not offend him.

"Eleventh Brother, the mark has reappeared."

At this moment, the tribesmen who were probing the markers on the periphery shouted excitedly.

Li Zhimian's spirits lifted, and he quickly led his men over.

Five days later, when Li Zhimian followed the trail to the vicinity of Guangming Peak, he looked at the steep and towering mountain and his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

"Eleventh Brother, the mark points to Bright Peak. It seems there are some spiritual creatures on the mountaintop. Should we lie in ambush at the foot of the mountain and wait for them to come down before we make our move?"

Before Li Zhimian could speak, a member of the Cao family next to him clicked his tongue in disdain.

"Wait? What's there to be careful about with just a bunch of Qi Refining cultivators? Besides, if we wait, who knows how long we'll have to wait? I think it's better to just go up the mountain."

"Senior Cao, the situation on the mountain is unknown. It would be bad if something unexpected happened. We should be careful."

Li Zhimian had no choice but to speak up and appease them. The cultivator from the Cao family was named Cao Nanxing, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the second branch of the Cao family. He was invited by Li Zhimian to avenge Cao Nanxiu and the other two.

He originally planned to deal with Xu Yuanlang in a secluded spot, but several unexpected events along the way caused him to miss his chance to strike, and he was unwilling to wait any longer.

"An accident? What if? I think you're just a coward."

Cao Nanxing glanced at him disdainfully, then turned and walked up the mountain.

Seeing that he had already left, Li Zhimian dared not say anything more and could only call the others to go up the mountain together.

Occasionally, seedlings can be seen breaking through the soil, marking the location.

At the same time, on the way to Bright Peak, a group of cultivators exuding a murderous aura were gathering, and the leader was none other than Jun Ruoxie, whose face was hideous and ugly.

Now, he was no longer as smug and arrogant as before, and was standing respectfully behind someone.

"Seventh Brother, the person will be here soon, it's all up to you now."

The cultivator whom Jun Ruoxie called Seventh Brother was named He Qiguan. He was dressed in a blue robe and wore a Taoist turban. At this moment, he was looking down at his surroundings with his hands behind his back.

"A dozen or so late-stage Qi Refining cultivators... forget it, their life force is barely enough for a Foundation Establishment cultivator like me to take action against."

He had an ordinary appearance, with deep-set eyes, small eyes, and thin lips. When he smiled, his eyes were like curved blades, making him intimidating.

Even a proud and arrogant demonic cultivator like Jun Ruoxie had to carefully stand behind and act as a foil.

"That's right. Everyone knows how strong you are, Seventh Brother. In my eyes, if it weren't for Brother Feng, Sixth Sister and Fifth Brother would definitely not be your match."

He Qiguan glanced at Jun Ruoxie, and the next moment Jun Ruoxie felt a flash before his eyes, and his body suddenly flew up.

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the valley, and only then did He Qiguan's calm voice ring out.

"How dare you fabricate stories about Sixth Sister and Fifth Brother? If you dare to say another word, I'll kill you."

Jun Ruoxie's body spun three times in the air before landing awkwardly.

"Haha, Seventh Brother, judging from how fast and hard you slapped me, your cultivation must have improved again."

Jun Ruoxie said with a smile as soon as he landed.

"Someone's coming from down the mountain!"

Just then, He Qiguan suddenly spoke, grabbed Jun Ruoxie by the neck, and said in a sinister tone.

"There are at least twenty people in this group, and there's even a Foundation Establishment cultivator among them. It's not the group you're talking about!"

"No, they're definitely coming to Bright Peak. Are you mistaken...?"

Jun Ruoxie swallowed the rest of his sentence before he could finish, not because of anything else, but because he saw a mountain shooting down on them.

Suddenly, a small mountain, tens of feet high and of unknown circumference, appeared above them, and the grass, trees, and rocks on the mountain began to fall down with a whooshing sound.

His eyes widened as he stared at the small hill, his face filled with nothing but horror.

"Ha ha!"

His arrogant laughter echoed like thunder near Bright Peak, leaving even Qi Refining Realm cultivators no time to react.

"Damn it!"

He Qiguan threw Jun Ruoxie away, then his body shot into the sky with a whoosh, and the next moment his magic weapon, a long sword, was drawn.

"Break!"

The longsword instantly transformed into a length of hundreds of feet, resembling a pillar of heaven, and slashed down on the small mountain. Then, the longsword was gently dragged along.

The massive hill was abruptly split in the middle and then crashed down on either side of them.

"Boom!"

As if it were just the clarion call to begin the battle, the next moment, He Qiguan and Cao Nanxing appeared in mid-air.

"It's you!"

"He Qiguan!"

The two paused for a moment upon seeing each other, recognizing one another. The Cao family cultivators and the cultivators of Nine Star Mountain were mortal enemies, and now that they had met, their eyes were naturally filled with hatred.

"kill!"

The two fought in the air, while below, Li Zhimian and his group fought against Yu Laojiu and Jun Ruoxie.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you're really something. I never thought you could outsmart even a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

In another direction, Boss Hong and his men secretly observed the battlefield, their faces filled with shock and admiration.

"I never expected this. I originally planned to take advantage of the chaos, but who would have thought there would be two big crocodiles here."

Xu Yuanlang broke out in a cold sweat. He had thought that the cultivators chasing him were at most Qi Refining cultivators, but he did not expect that there were two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"But this is also good. While both sides are busy fighting and have no energy to pay attention to us, we can quietly head to the summit of Bright Peak from another direction."

"Run away immediately after you've succeeded, Boss Hong. See you later."

Xu Yuanlang cupped his hands in greeting, and Boss Hong looked at him with considerable emotion and said...

"Thanks, brother. See you another time."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly pointed to Wen Lin, who had been arrested behind him, and said with extreme resentment.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Xu, if you hadn't exposed this spy, he probably would have remained hidden forever. What are your plans to do with him?"

Xu Yuanlang glanced at Wen Lin, who was being held down on the ground by Liu Tan and Han Hua. After noticing his gaze, Wen Lin hurriedly put on a pleading expression. It was this guy who had leaked everyone's whereabouts along the way.

If he hadn't been extremely careful, discovering that Wenlin had left a seed as a marker and hadn't quietly changed direction, he would have been dead long ago.

"I don't know this person well anyway, so I'll leave it to Fellow Daoist Hong to handle himself."

Xu Yuanlang waved his hand casually. Upon hearing this, Wen Lin's face filled with terror. He seemed to know what would happen if he fell into the hands of Boss Hong and his men, and he hurriedly struggled.

"Kill him."