bookbashuk Chapter 159 Liu Qinglin Yan
Chapter 159 Liu Qinglin Yan
Chapter 159 Liu Qinglin Yan
Deep in the forest.
In a small valley, a must-pass route for the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, the two teams unexpectedly met.
"Lin Yan?! I didn't expect you to participate in this fire-elemental hunting competition!"
A tall man with a resolute face and thick eyebrows, dressed in coarse cloth, carried a huge spear on his back. He exuded a domineering aura and looked at the leader of the Black Fiend Team opposite him with a deep and powerful voice.
"I'm all alone, a poor man. This Black and White Fiends mission offers some fire energy, so what's so strange about me coming here to earn a little extra money? But you, Liu Qing, with your big family and powerful gang leader, actually look down on this paltry sum? I never expected that!"
The speaker was dressed in black and appeared thin, but beneath his clothes emanated a fiery aura. His eyebrows, like two inverted swords, were slightly raised, with a hint of sharpness at their tips.
Hearing these sarcastic words, Liu Qing's expression remained unchanged, as calm as a still well, and his voice was serene: "It seems this year's freshmen have some skill; the academy actually appointed us to lead the Black and White Team!"
"Maybe!" Lin Yan shrugged lazily, seemingly unconcerned, but the slight seriousness in his bright eyes showed that he wasn't as indifferent as he appeared.
"Cousin!" A woman's voice, filled with surprise and joy, came from the mouth of the valley.
Hearing the sound, everyone turned to look and saw a pretty woman in a fox fur dress standing not far away, waving excitedly before jogging over, followed by two young men.
"Fei'er!" Liu Qing looked at the panting woman in front of him and nodded. He wasn't surprised that Liu Fei was here. When he entered the inner courtyard, Liu Fei had just arrived at Canaan Academy as a freshman. Counting the time, two years had already passed!
"Cousin, I never expected that you would be the captain of the White Fiend Team!" Liu Fei stood obediently in front of Liu Qing, her expression showing some excitement. She ignored everyone else and her eyes were only on the domineering man in front of her.
"Yes! I've come on the behalf of an elder!" Liu Qing nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "You're a freshman, so tell me about the strength of this year's freshmen?"
When Liu Fei heard that her cousin had come at the request of the elders, a hint of pride rose in her eyes. Sure enough, her cousin had always been so outstanding!
But when he asked about the strength of the new students, she suddenly realized something, her expression changed, and her eyes filled with fear. She cried out urgently, "Cousin, let's go!"
"Why?" Liu Qing frowned. He knew his cousin's personality. Saying she was arrogant and domineering would be a bit of an exaggeration, but she was also somewhat disdainful of everyone. What kind of person would make her have such an expression on her face?
Just as Liu Fei was about to speak, several disheveled figures appeared in front of the valley and collapsed to the ground.
"Roman, that...that demon didn't chase after us, did he?" A student gasped for breath, his eyes constantly glancing back in the direction they had come from.
"No, he just glanced at where we were hiding and didn't seem to care about us at all!" Roman's man said, panting heavily.
"That's terrifying! He took down Zhu En and the other four in one move!" Thinking of the miserable state of those classmates, he couldn't help but shudder.
"Whose fault is this? Those guys thought we were bragging and looked down on us for being cowards. Not only did they ignore our advice, they also tried to rob the demon's fire energy. What's worse, they even flirted with the two girls next to him. Now look what happened, not only did they lose the fire energy, but they were also seriously injured!"
"Pah! Those guys deserved it! They almost got us all caught up in the mess!"
Just as they were talking at once, more than a dozen figures emerged from all directions in the forest, including both new and returning students. As they looked at each other, the atmosphere became slightly strange.
The freshmen were terrified to see so many senior students. They never expected that they would try so hard to avoid the senior students, but suddenly they ran into the senior students' dormitory!
What puzzled the new students was that these upperclassmen didn't seem to be trying to rob them; on the contrary, they looked just as panicked as the students.
"Gentlemen, can you tell me who this 'demon' you were talking about is?" Just then, a lazy voice entered everyone's ears.
"Hey! It's Senior Lin Yan! And Gang Leader Liu Qing! We didn't expect the Black and White Team to be you guys!" The group then noticed there were other people in the valley and exclaimed with delight, "Great! Now we don't have to run anymore!"
"Chief Liu, Senior Lin, it's like this. This year, a powerful new student has appeared. His cultivation level is unknown. He's arrogant, domineering, and ruthless. He snatches everything he sees, and if you don't give him something, he'll beat you up. Even if he does give it to you, he complains that he doesn't have enough fire energy. He's acting like a demon!"
"That's right, and this guy is really despicable. He used the freshmen as bait to lure us in! If it weren't for the first few people who were robbed warning us, we would have almost fallen for his trick!"
Several freshmen standing to the side, trembling with fear, looked at each other in disbelief. They hadn't expected their outer academy's big devil to be so ruthless. Luckily, they ran away early, or they would definitely have been caught and used as bait!
"Such an interesting freshman, I'd like to meet him!" A fierce fighting spirit instantly appeared in Liu Qing's eyes. He now understood why the elder had asked him and Lin Yan, that madman, to lead the team. It turned out that the elder wanted to use the two of them to temper this freshman. If he had just sent someone with the cultivation level of Dou Ling as in previous years, they might not have been able to handle him.
"Cousin, no." Liu Fei became anxious when she saw her cousin's expression.
"Fei'er?" Liu Qing's eyes darkened, and his voice became slightly heavier as he interrupted Liu Fei.
Seeing the determination in Liu Qing's eyes, Liu Fei knew that once he made up his mind, there was no way she could change it. She gritted her teeth and said, "Cousin, he can fly!"
As soon as he spoke, the surroundings fell silent.
After a long pause, a senior member of the White Fiend Squad spoke tremulously, "Sister Fei'er! Is it the kind of flight we're thinking of?"
"That's right, those are the energy wings of a Dou Wang powerhouse. Almost all the freshmen in the outer academy know about them!" Liu Fei nodded. It was because Xiao Bai fell from the sky on the day of the selection competition that she gave up the idea of having Liu Qing teach that person a lesson after entering the inner academy.
Everyone looked at the few freshmen who were pretending to be invisible to the side. Seeing them nodding repeatedly in affirmation, they knew that this was true. For a moment, the senior students who had just seen Liu Qing and the other two with a look of surprise and joy had their eyes flickering.
"Haha, Senior Lin, Boss Liu, I suddenly remembered I haven't locked my room yet, so I'll take my leave now!"
"I mentioned before that I forgot something. Turns out, my girlfriend wanted me to pick her up from the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower today after she finished her seclusion. Sigh! Look at my memory, I almost messed things up. Everyone, farewell!"
After a series of bizarre excuses echoed through the valley, the once lively scene instantly became empty.
"These bastards!" The senior member of the Black and White Fiends cursed under his breath as he looked at the group of people who had just been in a hurry but were now hiding in the forest on the other side of the valley, constantly looking this way.
"That's enough! It's only human nature! Don't worry about them. If you want to leave, you can leave now!" Liu Qing waved his hand and said.
"Boss, who do you think you are?"
"Yeah! We're not like those bastards who run away because of a mere Battle King!"
"Good! As expected of someone from my Rift Mountain Gang, you've got guts! Then come with me and meet this so-called demon they're talking about!" A satisfied smile appeared on Liu Qing's usually calm face. He turned to Lin Yan and asked curiously, "Aren't you leaving?"
"I'm a poor man, and I don't have any fire for him to steal, why would I leave?" Lin Yan shrugged indifferently, glanced at Liu Qing, and said with amusement, "But you, you have quite a bit of fire energy on you, aren't you afraid of losing it?"
"Haha. I do have quite a lot on me. If he really has the ability, he can take it!" Liu Qing laughed heartily, his laughter echoing through the valley.
Suddenly, the two of them changed their expressions and looked in the same direction.
"Then I'll accept the fire energy!" A calm voice rang out from afar, echoing slightly through the empty forest. In the forest, a streak of fiery red light appeared behind a series of afterimages, as if teleporting. With each flash, a muffled rumble of thunder could be heard. After a few flashes, a figure appeared in the sight of everyone in the valley.
He was dressed in ink-black robes, tall and slender, with gray hair, dignified features, and sharp, deep black eyes that occasionally seemed to flash with lightning. There were strange silver runes on his forehead and between his brows, which, upon closer inspection, gave one a sense of looking up at the heavens and the earth.
"You two must be the leaders of the Black and White Fiends Team, right?" Xiao Bai's eyes swept over the two men, and he said, "One is a five-star Dou Ling, and the other is a four-star Dou Ling. The Black and White Fiends Team is indeed formidable!"
"Black Fiend Squad, Captain Lin Yan!"
"White Fiend Squad, Captain: Liu Qing!"
Liu Qing and Lin Yan stared intently at the calm and composed young man before them and slowly began to speak.
Xiao Bai remained calm, but inwardly he was quite surprised. He hadn't expected that the leaders of the Black and White Fiends were these two people.
Both of them will be among the top ten on the power rankings two years later, with Liu Qing even ranking only below Zi Yan and Lin Xiuya.
"Xiao Bai, freshman!" Xiao Bai nodded, looking at the two people whose eyes were filled with apprehension yet also a hint of eagerness, and smiled slightly, "Were you two planning to come alone? Not bringing them along?"
Liu Qing and Lin Yan exchanged a glance, as if they had made a decision. Liu Qing spoke first: "We know you are strong, but since we're here, leaving without a fight isn't our style. How about this?"
"If the two of us attack together, regardless of victory or defeat, I'll offer you my flames with both hands, how about it?"
"Great!" Xiao Bai clapped his hands and laughed, "I agree to this!"
Liu and Lin smiled, but their expressions turned serious. They had previously thought that those people were exaggerating about this new student, but after seeing him in person, they instantly lost that idea. This was because they couldn't see through Xiao Bai, and they could vaguely sense a dangerous aura emanating from him.
Liu Qing stood upright, the heavy black spear behind him reflecting a chilling light under the sunlight. A domineering and powerful aura slowly emerged, so imposing that anyone with a weak will would likely be intimidated and dare not make a move.
On the other side, a scorching heat swept over us. It seemed calm, but beneath that calm, it gave off a feeling of madness and frenzy!
On a high platform, Elder Su and Elder Han quietly watched the commotion below.
"How long do you think those two can hold out?" Elder Han asked softly, his cloudy eyes fixed on the three people facing off below.
"If Xiao Bai doesn't use his soul power, it's really hard to say who will win this battle!" Elder Su shook his head. They had a deep understanding of Xiao Bai's abnormal soul power.
"Indeed! No wonder the Grand Elder suddenly announced this year that the Black and White Fiends Team would select two stronger students; it turns out it was aimed at Xiao Bai! But I guess even the Grand Elder didn't expect his soul power to be so strong; otherwise, even if that little tyrant came, it probably wouldn't have made any difference!"
"That's right! That girl has a strong physical body, but relying solely on physical strength makes her easily countered by soul power. She has no chance of winning!"
As the two were talking, a slight ripple suddenly appeared in the space, and an old figure appeared silently beside them.
"Greetings, Elder!" Elders Su and Han were startled when they saw the newcomer and quickly bowed.
"No need for formalities!" The aged figure waved his hand, his gaze sweeping over the three people below. After a quick glance, it finally settled on Xiao Bai, and he murmured, "This lad really is a pleasant surprise!"
In the valley, feeling two different auras pressing down, Xiao Bai smiled lightly, a crimson light appeared on his body, and a faint thunderous sound rang out.
"Battle Spirit? Six-star?!"
The two men froze instantly, staring in astonishment at the young man not far away who was called a demon by the crowd. They glanced back at Liu Fei in the distance. Wasn't he supposed to be a Battle King? What's going on with this Battle Spirit?
"Are we still going to fight?" Xiao Bai frowned, noticing that the two men's auras were somewhat disordered.
"Fight! Why not fight!" The solemnity in Liu Qing's eyes as he looked at Xiao Bai was gone. He couldn't see through him before, but now that Xiao Bai was only one star higher than him, what was there to fear!
If it weren't for the prior agreement, he would have been prepared to go alone!
With his hands outstretched, his unusually large palms slowly curled up, like sharp claws. With each swing, several invisible gusts of wind swept down, landing on the gravel below and leaving shallow marks.
"Not bad physical body!" Xiao Bai's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at this scene. He could sense that there was not a trace of battle qi fluctuation, and it was entirely caused by the power of the physical body.
"Watch out!" A faint golden light suddenly surged from Liu Qing's curled claws, and his right claw suddenly shot out, drawing a strange arc.
"Great Coffin-Splitting Claw!"
Five claw-like beams shot straight at Xiao Bai's face.
Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes as he watched the sharp claws hurtling towards him. He slowly extended a slender, fair hand, its surface crackling with crimson lightning.
"Thunder!"
As the condensed lightning pulsed, it surged forth from the palm, transforming into a lightning palm print several feet in size, which then pushed out horizontally.
"Bang!"
As the claws and palm prints collided, a tremendous sound suddenly resounded throughout the valley. An invisible ripple emanated from there, slamming hard against the stone walls surrounding the valley. Everyone felt the valley tremble slightly, and the stones that had been thrown up from the valley walls fell down with a whooshing sound, landing on the ground with a sound like muffled thunder.
Liu Qing's expression suddenly changed. The palm print did not dissipate after shattering the claw light, but instead came straight at him. Feeling the lightning flashing on it and the increasingly hot aura, his eyes slowly became serious. He drew the spear from behind him, and his fighting spirit surged into it wildly. A dazzling golden light appeared on the tip of the spear in an instant.
"Big Split Rock!"
A spear beam, about ten feet long, shot out from the spear and slashed down vertically, carrying an aura of earth-shattering power, aiming to split the wind-blown thunder palm in two.
(End of this chapter)