Conquer the game world

Chapter 24 Inside the Barrier (5)

Having perfectly defeated the ninth-level Spirit Light cultivator, Ye Feng was still somewhat excited. After all, the opponent was stronger than him. These characters weren't like monsters who would just let you hit them. Luckily, he used a dirty trick. "I'm so damn clever!" Ye Feng couldn't help but think smugly.

After taking down the leader, Ye Feng made no attempt to hide his actions and began searching his body. Murder and robbery were essential attributes of the game, so now was the time to loot him for any good stuff.

After searching for a while, Ye Feng was slightly disappointed. Apart from the worthless weapon in his hand, he didn't find anything else on the guy's body. The only thing he found was a token, which Ye Feng guessed was a token of identity like the one used by the Stardust Sect.

Ye Feng curiously channeled his spiritual energy into the plaque, and suddenly he sensed responses from more than a dozen other locations, with the locations being constantly shifted.

It seems these people communicate using this device. No wonder they quickly formed more than a dozen teams, and none of them followed the same route during operations. So that's how it is.

"As long as I have this, I can find out where the other Lion Faction guys are," Ye Feng thought. However, having this token also meant that his location would be exposed to others.

After a moment's thought, Ye Feng decided to give up on the token. After all, he had summoned beasts that could help him scout, so even without the token, he could still roughly grasp the whereabouts of the Lion Clan. Although it was certainly not as clear as with the token, he wouldn't have to expose himself to the enemy's sight. As an assassin, Ye Feng felt that exposing himself to the enemy's sight was a very unwise move.

After glancing at the direction of the bushes, where a large fire had left the area in ruins, Ye Feng decided against searching further. If even their captain was so poor, how much better could the other members be? Besides, even if they had anything, it would probably have been burned to ashes.

Although Ye Feng didn't intend to carry the token with him, destroying it would likely attract the attention of the enemy, which would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Lion Faction. After all, the Lion Faction members came with a murderous heart, thinking of themselves as butchers, so their vigilance would certainly not be very high.

Ye Feng summoned another undead rabbit, tied the tag around its neck, and sent it away, choosing a route that avoided the enemy as much as possible. This way, the rabbit wouldn't arouse suspicion because it hadn't moved, and he wouldn't reveal his location either—a perfect solution.

After doing all this, Ye Feng didn't linger and quickly headed towards a place he had sensed earlier.

Ye Feng was heading to the location of a boss he had previously discovered. The boss monster appeared to be a stone golem; when his undead rabbit passed by, a pile of stones nearby suddenly moved and slapped his rabbit to death. However, Ye Feng also learned that a stone monster existed there.

As for why he chose to go find the stone monster first, it was because it was very close to here, and Ye Feng had just sensed from the sign that some members of the Lion Clan were moving quickly in that direction. In Ye Feng's mind, this stone monster belonged to him, and he couldn't let those guys get there first.

Shi Lei is very depressed right now. Yes, extremely depressed. He originally thought he was very awesome because he had cultivated spiritual power through his studies with Master Shui Xuan and was now a fourth-level spiritual light martial artist.

Indeed, this is true. After his dramatic transformation, Shi Lei's combat power became extremely formidable. Not only could he defeat opponents of the same level, but he could also often defeat opponents several levels higher.

If Shi Lei used to feel somewhat inferior because he lacked spiritual power, now he feels somewhat arrogant because he has spiritual power, especially since he is clearly stronger than others.

However, Shi Lei is now frustrated. Since he gained spiritual power, he doesn't remember being chased and beaten like this before. Now, this tragedy has happened to him, especially since he can only run away.

The one chasing Shi Lei was the leader of another squad from the Lion Clan. He was still a ninth-level Spirit Light martial artist, far superior to Shi Lei in terms of spiritual power. Even though Shi Lei was abnormally strong, after several encounters, Shi Lei knew he was no match for him.

There was no other way but to run away. However, what frustrated Shi Lei even more was that the other party was no slower than him, and was even a little faster. This meant that Shi Lei not only couldn't shake off the pursuer, but also had to guard against the other party catching up from time to time.

In fact, Shi Lei had been caught up with several times during his escape. Each time he was caught up, Shi Lei had to swing his giant axe to meet the opponent's attack. Each time, Shi Lei could only use all his strength to temporarily force the opponent back and dared not fight for too long. He would turn around and continue to run away. Even so, Shi Lei now felt his arm was slightly numb, and the opponent's strength was no less than his own.

'Damn it, we've been running for so long and haven't encountered a single person from the Stardust Sect.' Shi Lei thought bitterly. If he could run into a senior brother from the Stardust Sect, preferably one at the eighth or ninth level of the Spirit Light Realm, then the two of them together would definitely not be afraid of this guy behind them, and might even be able to kill this leader.

A huge pile of rocks blocked Shi Lei's path. He ignored it and continued sprinting, intending to jump over it.

Suddenly, Shi Lei, who was moving forward, slammed on the brakes and stopped. At the same time, a blade flew past his eyes. Had Shi Lei not stopped in time, the blade would have pierced through his body. Having dodged the sudden attack from the front, Shi Lei dared not relax. He quickly turned around and used his giant axe to block in front of him. Sure enough, the leader's attack from behind followed immediately, but it was blocked by Shi Lei's giant axe as he turned around.

After blocking the attack, Shi Lei finally had a chance to see clearly the guy who threw the blade. When he saw that it was a guy wearing Stardust Sect clothes, Shi Lei was annoyed. "Are you kidding me? Why are you attacking me instead of the Lion Sect guys?"

Ye Feng had no choice. The pile of stones in Shi Lei's path was that stone monster. If Shi Lei had gotten that close, he would have been smashed into mincemeat in an instant. In order to stop Shi Lei from advancing, Ye Feng had no choice but to quickly block his path with an attack.

Ye Feng was confident that Shi Lei would be able to notice and stop to dodge the attack. Even if Shi Lei didn't notice, Ye Feng could control his blade to change its flight direction, so there would definitely be no accidental injury.

"Sorry, we can't back down now. Let's deal with this guy here." Fearing that Shi Lei would misunderstand, Ye Feng came up to Shi Lei and explained, and expressed his willingness to fight side by side.

When Ye Feng came to his side, Shi Lei finally realized that the person who came was Ye Feng. Shi Lei felt that his previous thought that this person was a fool was absolutely correct. In Shi Lei's memory, Ye Feng was just a guy who was only at the first level of the Spirit Realm. With such a guy coming up, what difference was there between him and no one else?

"Stop joking, okay? Let's just run, damn it!" Shi Lei shouted in frustration. He knew perfectly well that Ye Feng's blade wasn't aimed at him; he could clearly see that. As for why it almost hit him, Shi Lei simply assumed the guy had missed. After all, they were all disciples of the Star Dust Sect, and having entered together, they had interacted quite a bit. At least compared to their formidable enemy, Shi Lei was more inclined to side with Ye Feng.

"Why run? Let's take him down right here." Ye Feng stopped Shi Lei from running away.

"Damn it, tell me how to take him down. This guy is at the ninth level of the Spirit Light realm. You'd be dead in one move." Shi Lei was speechless. Where did this guy get his confidence?

Unexpectedly, Ye Feng looked at Shi Lei with an evil smile and said, "Of course I can't do it. You go ahead, I'll just watch from behind with my bow and arrows." As he spoke, Ye Feng had already taken out a set of bow and arrows.

Having Shi Lei hold the front while Ye Feng ambushes from behind with a bow and arrow is indeed a good idea. However, Shi Lei is very worried about whether Ye Feng can shoot accurately. Didn't he miss the blade just now?
"Are you two done talking nonsense? Just die already, you've wasted so much of my time." The leader behind them was already very impatient. He didn't take Ye Feng, who had just made a grand entrance, seriously at all. If it weren't for the fact that Shi Lei's strength was somewhat unexpected, the leader would have already gone up and killed the two of them.

After running for so long, both sides had exhausted their spiritual energy. In particular, the leader's physical fitness was not as good as Shi Lei's, and he often had to force himself to catch up by relying on his spiritual energy. He had just caught his breath and adjusted himself before preparing to fight again.

"Trust me, go ahead," Ye Feng said confidently to Shi Lei.

Seeing how confident this guy was, Shi Lei had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. He didn't expect the guy to succeed, but as long as he created an opportunity for himself, he might be able to take him down. After all, he had been chased for so long, and Shi Lei's warlike nature had long since reached its limit. Now that he had decided not to run anymore, he might as well do a good job.

Without hesitation, Shi Lei rushed forward, while Ye Feng had already drawn his bowstring, ready to fire a fatal arrow at any moment.

The leader on the other side didn't dare to be careless either. In the battle with Shi Lei, he also had to pay attention to Ye Feng's situation, in order to prevent being ambushed and killed here.

Seeing that his opponent couldn't fully commit to the fight, Shi Lei's fighting spirit intensified. He switched from defense to offense and ended up fighting the leader, who wasn't going all out, to a standstill. The outcome was uncertain for a moment.

"Oh, I see. No wonder Ye Feng was so confident. Now that he can't concentrate on fighting me, I might actually be able to take him down." At this moment, Shi Lei completely believed that Ye Feng was just providing a distraction from behind, merely bluffing, and that he was in no way capable of shooting arrows.

"whoosh"

"..."

Just when Shi Lei was convinced that Ye Feng couldn't shoot arrows, Ye Feng made his move. Not only did he make his move, but the arrow actually flew towards Shi Lei.

(End of this chapter)