Chapter 360 Hunting 7
Chapter 360 Hunting 7
Ding Yu tilted his head back, his eyes unfocused, staring blankly at the sky.
Dongfang Yifeng and Ye Lanshuang arrived almost at the same time. They looked at the distraught Ding Yu with grim expressions.
When Ding Yu shouted that he had fought Zheng Qian for eight hundred rounds, they flew up the mountain. In less than a minute, Ding Yu was defeated.
"How is your combat strength?" Dongfang Yifeng walked up to Ding Yu, staring intently at Ding Yu's expression, not missing any detail of his eyes or facial changes.
Ding Yu stood up, his arrogance completely gone. He glanced at Dongfang Yifeng and Ye Lanshuang, a wry smile on his face.
"I couldn't even take a single punch."
Dongfang Yifeng's eyes widened in disbelief at Ding Yu's words, and he hurriedly asked, "Were you ambushed?"
Ding Yu shook his head: "I used forty-three disciples to set up a shadow array. He knocked out forty-three disciples. The closest disciple was only three meters away from me, and I didn't notice anything."
"How is that possible?" Ye Lanshuang's mouth dropped open. The Shadowless Sect was very powerful, ranking among the top eight forces in the Southern Region. Ding Yu's strength was also not to be underestimated. If he fought desperately, Ye Lanshuang dared not say she could defeat him with certainty.
Most importantly, Ding Yu is known in the Southern Region for his calmness and meticulousness. How strong must Zheng Qian be to knock out forty-three people right under his nose?
Ding Yu continued, "I used my three strongest moves, and he perfectly dodged the first two. But when he threw the third punch, I couldn't even catch half of it; the rest of the punch hit the stone."
Dongfang Yifeng and Ye Lanshuang looked at the shattered boulder and their expressions immediately turned grim.
Zheng Qian's strength exceeded their expectations.
"Which move is your Shadow Dance Thousand Kills?" Dongfang Yifeng looked into Ding Yu's eyes to determine if Ding Yu was telling the truth.
"The third move."
Dongfang Yifeng took a deep breath, only then realizing the seriousness of the situation. Ding Yu's Shadow Dance Thousand Kills was extremely powerful. He had sparred with Ding Yu before, and even when he used his strongest power, he couldn't find Ding Yu's true form. In the end, he had to create distance to avoid the attack.
Judging from the fight between Ding Yu and Zheng Qian, it's very likely that he wouldn't be able to withstand a single punch from Zheng Qian.
Is Zheng Qian really that strong?
Dongfang Yifeng lost confidence. At first, he thought he could fight Zheng Qian to a draw, and with Ye Lanshuang's help, the two of them could capture Zheng Qian. Now it seems that his idea was very naive.
"We must reunite with You Laohu and Wu Ye. We can't let Zheng Qian defeat them one by one, or we will become his stepping stones to fame." Dongfang Yifeng was completely distraught. He had heard the story of Yun Youzi. Back then, more than four hundred geniuses from the Southern Region chased him for three days and three nights, but they were all defeated by Yun Youzi.
Today, Yun Youzi's disciple is once again challenging the most outstanding genius in the Southern Region's Dragon Shaping Realm, who is still over 700, playing the same trick Yun Youzi used to play. If Zheng Qian succeeds in the challenge, then the Heavenly Vein Sect will continue its myth of crushing all geniuses and prodigies at the same level.
Indeed, Yun Youzi is a patriarch-level figure of the Heavenly Vein Sect, while Zheng Qian is naturally a grandmaster-level figure of the Heavenly Vein Sect. Regardless of Zheng Qian's level, the fact remains that he alone can face seven hundred Dragon Shaping Realm geniuses from the Southern Region.
"Zheng Qian, so this is the trick you've been playing." Dongfang Yifeng finally understood why Zheng Qian had invited them to participate in the war time and time again—he was using them as stepping stones.
"We can only win this battle, we cannot afford to lose. We must join forces with You Laohu and Wu Ye to encircle and annihilate Zheng Qian." Ye Lanshuang also realized the seriousness of the problem. If they were defeated by Zheng Qian today, they would truly become Zheng Qian's stepping stones.
At first, they didn't think Zheng Qian had the ability, but now that Ding Yu said he defeated him with half a punch, they no longer doubted Zheng Qian's fighting prowess. If they didn't unite, defeat was only a matter of time.
Disciples from the Dongfang Family and the Soul Guiding Sect appeared one after another, but they couldn't match the speed of Dongfang Yifeng and Ye Lanshuang.
"Where is Dongfang Yichen?" Dongfang Yifeng asked coldly. Among the disciples of the Dongfang family, he did not see his younger brother, Dongfang Yichen.
"We didn't see him. We didn't see him when we came up."
"That's strange. I just saw him behind me, how come he's gone now?"
"Not only Dongfang Yichen, but everyone else on our team has disappeared."
Dongfang Yifeng's face was grim. He quickly counted the number of people and found that twenty-seven people were missing in such a short time.
"Could they have gone to the toilet?"
"What, did all twenty-seven members of your family go to the toilet at the same time?"
"Then where do you think they went?"
The group was in complete chaos. Dongfang Yifeng had a premonition that all twenty-seven people had been knocked unconscious by Zheng Qian.
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yifeng was startled. He had only been gone for less than two minutes. It was impossible for Zheng Qian to knock out twenty-seven people in such a short time, including his own younger brother, Dongfang Yichen, a powerful expert in the Void Spirit Realm.
Just then, Dongfang Yichen walked over from a distance, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
If Zheng Qian could knock out twenty-seven people in such a short time without anyone noticing, then he would be terrifying.
"Yichen!" Dongfang Yifeng shouted, only to find Dongfang Yichen staring at him with a look of horror on his face.
"Is someone behind me?" Dongfang Yifeng turned his head and saw Ye Lanshuang smiling at him, which made him even more puzzled.
There's no one here. What's your little brother looking at?
"Brother, that was terrifying!" Dongfang Yichen hadn't recovered from the shock yet, his eyes were glazed over, clearly he had seen something horrifying.
"Yichen, what's wrong? Don't be afraid, your brother is here." Dongfang Yifeng hurriedly comforted his younger brother. If a Void Spirit Realm expert was frightened like this, one could imagine what terrifying thing he had encountered.
Dongfang Yichen is also a well-known genius in the Southern Region.
"Brother, we can't beat Zheng Qian. Let's withdraw from the competition. He's too terrifying." Dongfang Yichen said very seriously, his voice trembling slightly.
"Don't rush, tell me slowly." Dongfang Yifeng comforted Dongfang Yichen, otherwise he wouldn't be able to describe what had happened.
"I rushed up the mountain, and my brothers disappeared one by one behind me, but I had no idea what was happening. Suddenly I was lifted up, just twenty meters in front of me. I tried to shout, but I couldn't make a sound, and I couldn't use my spiritual energy. My body felt out of control, and I couldn't even move my fingers." Dongfang Yichen was terrified. If Zheng Qian had wanted to kill him then, he would have had no ability to resist at all.
"Brother, he's too strong. Let's quit, or we'll be used as a stepping stone for him to become famous." Dongfang Yichen also thought of this. When Zheng Qian became famous, all the geniuses who participated today were just supporting characters.
Dongfang Yifeng pondered. Zheng Qian certainly hadn't gone far, but even if they chased after him like this, they definitely wouldn't find him.
"Zheng Qian asked me to tell you that he is giving you a chance to revive, but if you fall for his killing move a second time, you have to agree to one condition."
"Conditions?" Dongfang Yifeng asked, puzzled. "What conditions?"
"I don't know, he didn't say." Dongfang Yichen shook his head. He was already out of the game and turned to walk towards the outer perimeter.
Dongfang Yifeng suddenly felt extremely annoyed, as if he had been targeted by a ferocious beast and had become prey waiting to die.
Whoosh... Just then, a sharp arrow flew by and struck Dongfang Yifeng in the heart.
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