Wu Rilin did not stop Xiao Bai from leaving. Instead, he watched Ling Feng with great interest, "You should have known before that you're no match for me, yet why did you still stay?"
Ling Feng extended his hand in a provocative gesture and said, "I'm not your opponent? You're really overestimating yourself! Your ability to maintain your current state is nothing more than relying on the vitality you took from Wu Rike! How long can you sustain it if Wu Rike's vitality runs out?"
The smile on Wu Rilin's face vanished, and he said with a grim expression, "It seems that during our last fight, you spotted my weakness! Indeed, I am able to maintain my peak state by relying on Wu Rike's vitality, but so what? There will still be no problem in taking care of you!"
With those words, Wu Rilin's body blurred as he charged towards Ling Feng.
An overwhelming aura surged towards Ling Feng. Wu Rilin's strength had not diminished at all compared to the previous days, which showed that Wu Rike's vitality was incredibly vast, enough to keep Wu Rilin in his peak state for a long time!
If this were a few days ago, Ling Feng would probably have to immediately retreat, as with the current level of opened Gene Chains, he wouldn't stand a chance against Wu Rilin! But now, things were different—even without activating more Gene Chains, Ling Feng was confident in facing him!
Ling Feng's trump card was the Mo Yu Sword in the palm of his right hand!
In an instant, Wu Rilin had already closed in, throwing a punch accompanied by a fierce punch wind; even before the fist arrived, its momentum was established!
"You're underestimating me!" Ling Feng bellowed. His right arm cracked like thunder, and quickly, his right arm swelled to several times its size as his fist crashed against Wu Rilin's!
Wu Rilin gave a light start. Although Ling Feng was strong, he was still inferior compared to himself. And now, he dared to trade blows with him—did he have something to rely on?
This thought immediately crossed Wu Rilin's mind.
But at this moment, the distance between the two was too close, even with doubts in his mind, he couldn't stop his attack!
"Mo Yu Sword, strike!" Suddenly, Ling Feng's fist opened, releasing a streak of bright light from his palm!
In an instant, a tremendous sense of crisis enveloped Wu Rilin.
"Damn, it's an ambush!" Although he didn't know what that bright light was, this overwhelming sense of danger was something Wu Rilin had never felt before.
In that instant, Wu Rilin quickly retracted his punching force.
But the streak of light was unstoppable, shattering his punch and following that, a searing pain shot through him! ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NovᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt
Wu Rilin's entire right arm was severed by that streak of light, blood spurting out, filling the air with the smell of blood.
If it weren't for Wu Rilin's timely premonition and defense, that streak of light might have even pierced straight through his chest!
"You dare to ambush me!" Wu Rilin didn't care about his severed arm, his body flickered, rapidly distancing from Ling Feng!
Drip, drip—the cut on his right arm was clean as a mirror, which sent chills through Wu Rilin's heart.
He took out a powder from his chest and sprinkled it on his wound. Gradually, the bleeding stopped, but he remained on high alert!
Ling Feng's heart felt a twinge of regret. If Wu Rilin's movements had hesitated for just a moment longer, he would have been 70 percent certain of beheading him!
However, Ling Feng also knew that at Wu Rilin's realm, killing him with a single sword strike was virtually impossible. Now, being able to sever his right arm and greatly reduce his strength was already a very good outcome!
"Ambush you?" Ling Feng said, holding the Mo Yu Sword in his hand, "If you can use your favored Gu Technique, why can't I use my sword? It just shows you were too careless. You're lucky I didn't kill you, consider it a large stroke of luck!"
Wu Rilin looked at the Mo Yu Sword in Ling Feng's hand, a flash of greed crossing his eyes.
His body had been refined to the utmost through Gu Technique, so much so that even missiles could hardly scratch it, but against this sword strike, he had no power to resist!
"This is definitely a Divine Sword!" Wu Rilin eyed the sword covetously, but now that he was injured, capturing Ling Feng was unrealistic!
"Hmph, you got lucky kid!" Wu Rilin took a step back and said, "A Divine Sword is wasted on you, it's like casting pearls before swine! You just make sure to keep it safe for me. Once I've recovered from my injuries, I'll come back for your life!"
As he spoke, Wu Rilin's figure flickered and disappeared into the jungle!
Wu Rilin left decisively, without any dilly-dallying, which caught Ling Feng off guard and also weighed heavily on him. What a difficult opponent indeed!
It wasn't that Ling Feng didn't want to kill Wu Rilin; it was just that Wu Rilin was too mysterious for Ling Feng, who was sure that Wu Rilin had other tricks up his sleeve that could cause trouble if he was pushed too hard!
Now that the Nine Nether Blood Lotus was about to appear, Ling Feng absolutely wouldn't allow his strength to be seriously compromised at this time!
Having sheathed the Mo Yu Sword, Ling Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, a formidable presence rapidly approached. Within a few breaths, Dark Night had already appeared before Ling Feng. "Ling Feng, what happened? Xiangyu said you encountered an enemy?"
Ling Feng gave a slight smile and said, "It's nothing now. The other party has retreated!"
They have retreated! Dark Night was well aware that anyone who could retreat unscathed from Ling Feng's hands had to be at least at S-rank cultivation.
He sighed and said, "The Nine Nether Blood Lotus is about to emerge, and half the Underworld has gone mad! I've also encountered a number of old acquaintances; it looks like the battle for the Nine Nether Blood Lotus this time will be incredibly fierce!"
As he spoke, Dark Night glanced at Ling Feng with a tinge of frustration and said, "If the two of us could work together, our chances of claiming the Nine Nether Blood Lotus would be much higher, but..."
Both had compelling reasons to obtain the Nine Nether Blood Lotus, and it was undoubted that if they both managed to grab it, a great battle would ensue!
Ling Feng patted Dark Night's shoulder and said, "We agreed earlier to rely on our abilities! But I am curious about something. Does that girl Xiangyu absolutely need the Nine Nether Blood Lotus?"
Dark Night shrugged and said, "The Nine Nether Blood Lotus is the most suitable. The power inside her is growing stronger and stronger. If her body isn't transformed into a Spiritual Physique soon, her Power of Ice and Fire will go out of control. At best, she'll be crippled, at worst, she'll completely obliterate herself and die!"
"A Spiritual Physique?" Ling Feng's brows furrowed. "What exactly is your relationship with Yuwen Xiangyu? You seem...very concerned about her. Don't tell me she's your disciple or something. I have an intuition that she means more to you than just a disciple!"