Chapter 203 - 198: Looking Back with a Gun

Liu Yinzhu's strength was far inferior to her opponent's, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood after just one encounter. Ding Huan didn't move; he knew it wasn't his time to step in. He hoped Liu Yinzhu could hold on a bit longer. If Liu Yinzhu didn't have a greater move, then today would be dangerous. However, he knew the chances of Liu Yinzhu deploying a greater move were slim. It wasn't that Liu Yinzhu didn't have powerful techniques, but rather that Liu Yinzhu had no deep obligation to him, and blocking a strike for him was already quite loyal. As long as Liu Yinzhu withdrew, Can Ping would definitely not pursue her. Guan Pou also kept retreating. In a battle between True Pill realm fighters, she couldn't even intervene, let alone get close. What surprised Ding Huan was that after spitting out blood, Liu Yinzhu suddenly shouted angrily and then lunged at Can Ping. Ding Huan was utterly confused as he watched Liu Yinzhu. Was this a desperate move? Since when had his relationship with Liu Yinzhu become so solid? Still, Ding Huan didn't join the fight, knowing well that he still wouldn't be able to defeat the opponent. He might escape, and Liu Yinzhu might not get killed. Yan Mei and Lao Liu were doomed without a doubt. Liu Yinzhu fighting desperately was his only chance; he couldn't afford to lose this opportunity. Soon, Ding Huan's eyes brightened; Liu Yinzhu's True Pill momentum hadn't yet clashed with Can Ping's when her sword thrust forward again. Ding Huan could feel the fierce killing intent from Liu Yinzhu's sword, which carried a whiff of annihilation. As an outsider, Ding Huan sensed it, and Can Ping definitely noticed it too. His spear again stirred a curtain of light, but the curtain suddenly shattered into countless fragments by the sword pieces driven by Liu Yinzhu's reckless force. "Crack, crack, crack!" Some of the sword fragments managed to tear through the spear's barrier. "Ding Huan, run..." came Liu Yinzhu's urgent voice. She was very aware that her move could, at most, injure Can Ping slightly but certainly not severely. If Can Ping dodged this move, then she could only surrender. Ding Huan seemed to understand Liu Yinzhu's intention; he quickly turned around, his figure blurring as he obviously intended to flee. He realized that the power of Liu Yinzhu's move was too weak and had not met his expectations. Therefore, he had to create his own opportunity. Can Ping was not here to kill Liu Yinzhu but to kill Ding Huan. Now, as Ding Huan tried to escape, how could Can Ping let him go? Several fragments of the sword embedded themselves into Can Ping's body, and it should have been the perfect moment for Can Ping to kill Liu Yinzhu. But Can Ping, disregarding Liu Yinzhu, dashed toward Ding Huan instead. He was worried Ding Huan would escape into the West Wind River, even suspecting Ding Huan bought the small courtyard here just for that purpose. As long as Ding Huan didn't escape into the West Wind River, a Qi Cultivator like Ding Huan was no different from an ant in his eyes. So when he reached for Ding Huan, he was completely unguarded; he saw Ding Huan as no threat. However, just as his hand was about to grasp Ding Huan's back, he suddenly felt a breath of death enveloping his vitality. He saw Ding Huan turn back in an instant, his long spear firing out. Under the inertia, he couldn't even avoid it in time. Can Ping forcibly tried to stop his body, then he saw endless spear lights sweeping toward him, completely locking down the space he was in. At that moment, his soul trembled; he didn't even have time to consider anything else as he frenetically burnt his Essence Blood and True Yuan, trying to break free from the death lock of this spear. But it was obviously too late; amidst the deathly spear lights, he saw the overwhelming aura of the vast universe. He too used a spear, but he had never seen anyone incorporate the aura of the vast universe into their spear technique. "Poof!" Can Ping spat out a blood arrow; he finally felt the space locking him loosen. At this moment, Can Ping didn't dare to have any other thoughts; his figure recklessly dashed to the side. If he couldn't escape from this spear, he was definitely dead today. Despite his full efforts to break free from the spear's lock, Can Ping could still feel his soul trembling under the barrage of Ding Huan's spear lights. His soul seemed to have separated from his body, placing him in a nightmarish moment where, though he desperately wanted to rush out, his soul dragged him back, making his movements excruciatingly slow. This wasn't merely a technique of the spear; it was a method to sever the soul. If he could beg for mercy, he would have started already. If he could feel regret, he would never have dismissed Ding Huan and tried to capture him so dismissively. A chill passed through the center of his brow; Can Ping's body shivered, and the next moment, he saw a mist of blood spray from his forehead. "Thud!" Can Ping's body dropped from Ding Huan's spear, kicking up dust. Liu Yinzhu stared blankly at the blood-dripping spear in Ding Huan's hand, having seen too clearly Can Ping's struggle. Can Ping had apparently escaped the lock of Ding Huan's spear, but his speed was too slow, almost like slow motion. Such dominating Spear Dao Divine Power. Liu Yinzhu was one hundred percent certain that Ding Huan had achieved Foundation Establishment. Even though Can Ping was injured by her attack, and even though the opponent didn't view Ding Huan seriously and intended to capture him in an overwhelming manner. For Ding Huan, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, to blow Can Ping's head off with one spear strike was an absolutely shocking act. What kind of Foundation Establishment Cultivator could be so terrifying? Ding Huan reached out and took Can Ping's Storage Bag, then wrapped Can Ping's body in flames. As for Can Ping's spear, he took it into the Star House. "Elder Liu, we must leave now. Whatever it is, you can tell me on the spaceship," Ding Huan's words interrupted Liu Yinzhu, who was still in shock. "Brother Ding, you, you killed him?" Guan Pou regained his senses, still in disbelief. "He was about to kill my Brother Huan, if Brother Huan didn't kill him, what's the use of keeping him?" Lao Liu had already stood up, triumphant, without any realization of how close he had just come to dying. Can Ping was formidable, but it had seen many formidable people before, and to it, compared to the era it came from, Can Ping was nothing. Yan Mei also came to his senses, excitedly said, "Brother Huan, lucky to have you, otherwise I would have surely died today." "Senior, where is this place?" Dan Peng's voice came, with Qiu Xingyuan and Gu Bin beside him. Obviously, Qiu Xingyuan and Dan Peng had been brought by Gu Bin. Seeing the mess on the ground, although Ding Huan had burned Can Ping's body, the bloodstains on the ground were still there. "Mr. Dan, is there something you need?" Ding Huan politely replied. He was about to leave, and Gu Bin would be in charge here afterward. As a representative of the Blazing Star Lord Country, it was necessary for Dan Peng to establish a good relationship with him. Dan Peng quickly said, "Senior Ding has achieved remarkable control over West Wind City, our lord specially asked me to come here to congratulate, and also to invite you to become the city lord of West Wind City." Ding Huan smiled, "I would prefer not to take the position of city lord, let Gu Bin take it. I plan to leave here, to travel around." "Ah..." Dan Peng was stunned, to manage West Wind City so perfectly, and then just leave? He soon thought about how even True Pill experts were polite to Ding Huan, it seemed he indeed had no need to stay just to be a city lord here. Hearing this, Gu Bin quickly said, "Captain, don't you know my capabilities? How can I be a city lord?" Ding Huan thought about it, then casually said, "Then I'll just be an honorary city lord. Mr. Dan, Mr. Qiu. As a city under the Blazing Star Lord Country, the country should take care of West Wind City too." Seeing that Ding Huan really was leaving, Dan Peng also said, "If so, then Senior Ding can be the city lord, it doesn't matter if you aren't here. Guard Captain Gu Bin will serve as the deputy city lord, on behalf of Senior Ding to control West Wind City. Even if Senior Ding is not here, our Blazing Star Lord Country will make sure to protect West Wind City for Mr. Ding." Forming a connection with someone capable like Ding Huan was naturally something any lord country would be delighted to do. Ding Huan didn't refuse, thanked them, and then boarded Liu Yinzhu's spaceship with Lao Liu and Yan Mei, and quickly left West Wind City. "Ding Huan, I really didn't think you could kill Can Ping, I thought I was surely going to fall here today." Onboard the spaceship, Liu Yinzhu was still shaken. Not just Liu Yinzhu, Yan Mei also thought he was surely going to die. Ding Huan sincerely said, "My strength is far inferior to that of Can Ping, if Elder Liu hadn't wounded him, and he hadn't underestimated me, I couldn't have killed him..." Liu Yinzhu gave Ding Huan a look, dubious, "Ding Huan, I'm already calling you by your first name, if you consider me as a friend, don't keep saying 'Elder, Elder.'" Ding Huan reluctantly said, "Then I'll call you Sister Yin Zhu." Liu Yinzhu was very pleased with Ding Huan's change of address: "That's more like it, let's first go to Purple Mist Valley, we can talk about everything there. Even the powerful Dual Soul Sect wouldn't dare cause trouble in Purple Mist Valley without concrete evidence." "Sister Yin Zhu, we need to make a trip to Yanyue Sect first, I'll go back and hand over the Cultivation Technique to Qing Yu," Guan Pou spoke up. Liu Yinzhu looked at Ding Huan, who nodded: "Then let's go to Yanyue Sect." Liu Yinzhu's spaceship, a Spiritual Artifact given to her by Sect Master Gu Mo, reached the outskirts of Yanyue Sect in just over a day under her full operation. Guan Pou and the others called out and then hurried toward Yanyue Sect. "Miss?" Qing Yu had just returned to Yanyue City, and at the Sect gate, met Guan Pou. Guan Pou sighed internally, lamenting her poor choice in companions to journey into the Taoist Realm. Now directly addressing her as Miss, previously she had called her Sister Huan. People really are ungrateful, she thought, recalling how she had saved Qing Yu from starvation. "Qing Yu, I'm about to ascend to the Ascension Realm, you have to take care of yourself here alone." Guan Pou's suddenly gentle words made Qing Yu somewhat bewildered. Guan Pou took Qing Yu's hand, sighing, "I was a bit angry with you back then for not defending Ding Huan, but I've thought it through now, we should be there to support each other. I'm worried about you as I'm leaving." Guan Pou leaving for the Ascension Realm to meet the Young Sect Master was known to Qing Yu. Now hearing Guan Pou say this, she wasn't surprised. As she was unsure how to respond, Guan Pou handed her a Jade Scroll, saying, "This is the Great Phoenix Red Cloud Technique given by the Young Sect Master for my cultivation. I've almost finished my training. When I reach the Ascension Realm, I'll have plenty of Cultivation Techniques to practice, you might struggle to get good techniques, so I'm giving this to you for now." "Ah..." Qing Yu was stunned as she took the Cultivation Technique, having long coveted it, she hadn't expected it to come into her hands so readily. "I still need to go to Yanyue City, you go back and cultivate carefully, don't let down the expectations of me and the Young Sect Master," Guan Pou advised once more. Qing Yu confidently replied, "Sister Huan, don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint you." "Good, I'll go to Yanyue City first." Hearing this, Guan Pou finally felt relieved and bid farewell to Qing Yu. (Today's update ends here, goodnight, friends! Support with your monthly votes!)