Chapter 45: Fighting Head-On! (1/2)

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Just as Xiang Shaoyun was about to grab Little White and hide, the other party appeared right in front of him.

”It's the brat! So he never left the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range after all! No wonder we didn't find him even after waiting half a month outside the mountain range. We'd even thought that a demonic beast had eaten him!” the person at the forefront shouted and glared at Xiang Shaoyun.

Before Xiang Shaoyun were four men, each riding a fearsome mount. The person who spotted Xiang Shaoyun was called Yan Tianming. He rode on a tier-2 Intermediate Demon lion.

”d.a.m.n it! It's the Mad Lion Hunting Group!” Xiang Shaoyun immediately took off. Watching the four men advancing to surround him, there was no other realistic action to take. As he did not know the strength of the four, he was unwilling to take any unnecessary risks in attempting to fight them.

”Where can you run? After him!” Yan Tianming bellowed, pointing towards the fleeing Xiang Shaoyun. As he gave his orders, he hurled a spear at the fleeing Xiang Shaoyun.

The spear furiously cut through the air, landing right in front of Xiang Shaoyun. Badly startled, he was forced to come to a stop. The very instant that he came to a stop, two people caught up to him on their mounts. A sword and a saber came flying straight for his back.

These two people were both Astral Realm cultivators. With both saber and sword energy heading straight for his back, Xiang Shaoyun could not help but feel threatened. Luckily for him, his power had improved tremendously since he and the Mad Lion Hunting Group last met. His reactions were also astoundingly fast—by pus.h.i.+ng forward just a bit, he dodged both of the saber and sword lights.

While his opponents were still recovering from the missed attacks, he focused his energy into his fists and sent two packed punches at the bodies of the demonic beasts.

”Roar! Roar!”

Xiang Shaoyun's punches left the two beasts roaring and reeling in pain. The two beasts sped up, wanting to get away from Xiang Shaoyun as fast as they possibly could. The two people riding those two beasts were the least fortunate of the bunch—in their attempt to escape, the beasts violently flung them off their backs!

”Die!” Xiang Shaoyun's eyes gleamed with fury. Seizing his opportunity, the Heavy Cleave Saber slashed out, sending a blindingly bright light of saber energy straight at the two men!

Swis.h.!.+

One of the men's heads was cleanly sliced off, and it flew far away from its body. Just as Xiang Shaoyun was about to slash the second person, Yan Tianming came between the two of them.

”What a ferocious brat! However, I will take you down today!” Yan Tianming growled before hurling the spear in his hand. A trail of three to four meters of astral energy trailed behind it.

Yan Tianming was indeed worthy of having reached the fourth stage of the Astral Realm. Xiang Shaoyun immediately slashed out once again with the saber in hand, sending out yet another burst of saber energy.

Clang!

A violent burst of energy erupted from where the two weapons collided. Xiang Shaoyun was forced back significantly. Furthermore, several cracks appeared on the Heavy Cleave Saber.

”An expert of the third or fourth stage!” Xiang Shaoyun wavered.

Seizing the opportunity, the other attacker once again charged murderously at Xiang Shaoyun.

Xiang Shaoyun immediately reacted, yet a long wound was still left on his arm, causing his blood to spill. As for the attacker, he spun his weapon and stabbed straight at one of Xiang Shaoyun's vitals. Coming from a primary-phase, third-stage Astral Realm expert, this thin strain of incoming light was a fatal attack.

Xiang Shaoyun activated his gift of instincts and clearly saw the trajectory of the incoming attack. Not only that, even Yan Tianming's attack, which was coming from the opposite direction, fell clearly within his vision.

Ordinary first-stage Astral Realm experts would be hard-pressed to survive such a pincer attack. But Xiang Shaoyun used an extremely ingenious body movement to evade both attacks. At the same time, he yelled, ”Little White, attack!”