Raise a sword!

Jiang Peng naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait for his doom.

A battle of wits is not about responding to each move as it comes, nor is it necessary to wait for the opponent to make a move before taking action.

Upon realizing that divine soul power had appeared within this oppressive aura, Jiang Peng immediately used the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to block the oppressive aura. At the same time, she circulated her spiritual power and once again transformed the surrounding spiritual energy into spiritual fire.

The spiritual fire spread out in the blink of an eye, filling the area of ​​Chen Chi's oppressive aura.

At the same time, the spiritual flames gradually deepened in color from their initial azure hue until they turned into a dark, shadowy blue.

After the spirit fire changed color, Jiang Peng clearly did not make any movement, but the spirit fire suddenly burned more vigorously.

At the same time, Chen Chi, who was in the distance, also widened his eyes and screamed in agony.

"what!"

His agonizing cries echoed through the mountains and forests.

Chen Chi never imagined that his opponent would have a way to counter him when he had only just spread his divine soul power and had not yet actually cast any spells.

The pain suffered by the soul is hundreds of times greater than that of physical injury.

Even when Chen Chi hurriedly tried to interrupt the spell, he found that the blue flames were just as difficult to remove as the white flames before.

In just a few breaths, Chen Chi felt his vision darken.

He bit his tongue, and in the surging of his essence and blood, he finally managed to retract the scattered divine soul power.

However, there was no time to express his joy at surviving the ordeal.

Because when he finally removed the blue flame that had damaged his soul.

The sharp, dark sword, wreathed in spiritual fire, had already appeared before him, almost within reach.

Swah——

The sword pierced his neck, a vital spot, and scalding blood splattered out.

Having had his Dharma form broken, Chen Chi no longer possessed a physical body capable of withstanding the sword's edge.

In the instant his throat was pierced, Chen Chi grabbed the blade of the Xuanyuan Sword with both hands, but he still couldn't stop the sword from moving forward. Even his two hands were severed by the blade.

At the same time, a hand with distinct knuckles gripped the hilt of the sword and pulled the Xuanyuan Sword out violently, drawing out a spray of blood. However, the blood was blocked by an invisible shield formed by spiritual energy, and none of it fell on Jiang Peng.

"The battle of magic is dangerous. Fellow Daoist, you were unaware of my trump cards and recklessly cast spells. You deserve this fate."

The Xuanyuan Sword shrank to the size of a palm and returned to his sleeve. Jiang Peng then grabbed Chen Chi's collar, and crimson flames appeared in his hand, completely engulfing his body.

A few breaths later, Chen Chi, who had turned to ashes, vanished without a trace along with the night breeze in the mountain forest.

"A storage bag and a second-grade high-quality magic weapon hammer, not bad."

Jiang Peng carefully put away her spoils, then looked to the other side.

But then the two Li brothers joined forces, and the fire, fanned by the wind, caused quite a commotion.

Sun Yinxi barely managed to hold on with the help of two magical artifacts and her own water magic, but the situation looked precarious.

While suppressing Sun Yinxi, the two Li brothers also kept an eye on Jiang Peng's situation.

Especially after they saw Chen Chi turn to ashes in Jiang Peng's hands, their attacks were noticeably less fierce than before.

Even so, Sun Yinxi, who had been holding on for so long, eventually revealed a weakness.

The light on her magical bracelet dimmed for a moment, and a spiritual fire keenly sensed the opportunity, about to strike her.

Li Ruyuan, who made the move, even showed a hint of joy on his face.

Just then, hundreds of long white whiskers suddenly appeared, grabbed Sun Yinxi around the waist, and pulled her out of danger.

Sun Yinxi looked at Jiang Peng, her eyes filled with curiosity as she examined the whisk in Jiang Peng's hand.

That was the Iron Willow Whisk, a second-tier mid-grade magic weapon that Jiang Peng obtained after killing Old Man Yang.

"It was confiscated from a heretical cultivator. Its power is average, but it has many wonderful uses."

Sun Yinxi didn't ask any further questions. She simply stepped back slightly behind Jiang Peng, looked at his solid back, felt a sense of relief, and began to secretly recover and heal her injuries.

Jiang Peng faced the two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Li family and felt a moment of disorientation.

Back when he was still a rogue cultivator, the Li family in the market was always an unapproachable behemoth to him.

With two Foundation Establishment cultivators in one sect, and the sect's endorsement monopolizing the market, what power and glory!

More than ten years have passed.

Back then, the Li family had gone from being loyal members of the sect to betrayers, and Jiang Peng had gone from being a rogue cultivator to someone who could face two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Li family without any fear.

"Chen Chi is dead. Will you two surrender now, or do you intend to fight me one last time?"

"A peasant from a rogue cultivator, yet he speaks with such arrogance," Li Rufeng sneered.

Li Ruyuan also had a sullen face.

"If I had known that a lowly rogue cultivator would rise to prominence today, I should have ordered someone to take your life, even if it meant facing the wrath of the Cangshan Sect."

These sarcastic remarks, however, hardly aroused even the slightest anger in Jiang Peng.

He even looked at Sun Yinxi next to him with a puzzled expression.

"Senior Sister Sun, these two keep saying that I come from a bad family, and I don't understand why."

"What do you not understand?"

"Is there something shameful about the origins of a rogue cultivator?"

"Of course not."

Jiang Peng nodded as if he suddenly understood, and then said, "Junior Brother, is there anything else you don't understand?"

"Speaking of which..."

Jiang Peng then pointed to the two members of the Li family opposite them.

"Is the Li family... some kind of powerful and influential family?"

Sun Yinxi smiled.

"Of course not. If the Li family were truly of any use, why would the sect have let them leave back then?"

Jiang Peng then looked at the two members of the Li family once again.

"So they're just stray dogs driven out of the northern foothills. I thought they were some kind of powerful clan or aristocratic family... They keep calling us peasants and never mention the word 'separation and cultivation' in their words. It turns out that the so-called Li family is just a nobody who can't be brought to the table."

"Indeed, it is only despicable people like you, who betray their former masters and curry favor with their new ones, who have no integrity whatsoever, who love to divide people into different classes... Senior Sister, do you know why?"

"you say."

Jiang Peng smiled slightly.

"They finally became a prominent family, and they finally climbed a few steps up the social ladder. If they don't flaunt it everywhere, wouldn't all their scheming have been for nothing? How can they show off the superiority of the Li family if they don't denigrate their humble origins as rogue cultivators?"

"Eloquent tongues, laughable." Li Ruyuan shook his head with a cold laugh. "Rufeng, there's no need to get entangled with these two! Now that the True Person has arrived at the northern foothills, the Cangshan Sect won't be smug for long."

Li Rufeng squinted at Jiang Peng, and only after he had memorized her appearance did he nod gently.

Just as the two were about to leave, realizing the situation was hopeless, Jiang Peng's voice rang out again.

"Why can't you two change your stray dog ​​habits? You run away at the slightest sign of weakness."

The two members of the Li family turned a deaf ear.

Seeing this, Jiang Peng shook her head helplessly.

"Are you two determined to leave? Don't you even plan to avenge your brother Ruhai?"

Upon hearing this, the two members of the Li family suddenly stopped in their tracks!