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During the two’s journey, they soon heard many sword clashes resounding near the foot of the mountain. He immediately dragged Miao Yi to a nearby rock and they both squatted behind it. Behind the rock, the two observed dozens of people fighting intensely and the endless screams of terror could be heard.

At the steep side of the mountain, a bloomed flower was exuding a soft radiance – an immortal gra.s.s. It wasn’t surprising that a fight broke out over that immortal gra.s.s.

Miao Yi’s eyes sparkled when he saw the immortal gra.s.s on the steep side of the mountain. He pointed at the immortal gra.s.s and was about inform Yan Bei Hong but his mouth was swiftly sealed by Yan Bei Hong’s hand. He then warned Miao Yi not to make any sound.

After stealing a glance at the immortal gra.s.s, his sight soon rested on a man who was killing in the mist of the crowd.

Yan Bei Hong held the handle of his sword and waited.

Among the crowd, that man was an expert and has skills unmatched by his opponents. He jumped and dodged attacks, and successively killed a number of people among the dozens of them. In the end, n.o.body took the initiative to attack the expert. After the expert had observed his surroundings and determined that there are no longer any opponents willing to challenge him, he headed towards the immortal gra.s.s.

At that moment when the expert let down his guard, Yan Bei Hong fiercely drew out his sword and dashed towards him. He jumped and swiftly struck with his sword.

However, the man’s reaction was fast. ‘Clang’, the man blocked Yan Bei Hong’s sword using his own and immediately turned around to fight.

In the next few moments, the two swords clash against each other so quickly that onlookers could not identify which sword was whose. For the man to block the attacks without breaking a sweat, it shows that the man had skills much better than Yan Bei Hong. Even after the previous battle with dozens of people, the man still had the strength to block Yan Bei Hong’s attacks!

Gradually, the man increased the speed of his attacks and weakened Yan Bei Hong, gaining an upper hand. Eventually, Yan Bei Hong’s body was covered in blood and his sword was knocked out of his hand from a kick of his opponent.

A sword strike went towards Yan Bei Hong, aimed at his neck. In desperation, he grabbed the man’s wrist with both his hands, and used one of his legs to stop an incoming kick. This caused the two people to come into close contact.

As both sides were in a life-or-death situation, the man gave Yan Bei Hong a kick after he felt Yan Bei Hong’s grip weakened.

Bang! Miao Yi tackled and the man was pushed to aside.

The man’s waist was stabbed by a sword and fresh blood was flowing out.

Unconsciously, the man touched the wound at his waist. With great difficulty, he turned and saw Miao Yi who was struggling to get up. He was enraged. His current appearance looked very much like an enraged beast that eats people.

“Die!”

Maybe it was because of the injury that he just suffered which made him inattentive to his surroundings. Yan Bei Hong did not let this opportunity slide. He roared, grabbed the expert’s sword which was lying on the floor, and stabbed it into the expert’s chest. This caused the expert to stagger back.

With both his hands still holding the sword, Yan Bei Hong pulled it out and struck it down heavily on the expert.

Poof! The expert was sliced apart.

Fresh blood spurted, signaling the end of the fight. Yan Bei Hong propped his sword straight and breathed heavily. With blood still dripping from a corner of his mouth which stained his chest, Miao Yi let out a bitter laugh.

Miao Yi laughed contentedly after, once again, experiencing the feeling of escaping death.

After tearing his clothes and using it to bandage his wounds, Yan Bei Hong went to pick up his sword and the expert’s leftover rations. He then trudged towards Miao Yi and bent down to grab Miao Yi’s wrist before pulling him up.

After he checked Miao Yi’s pulse, he delivered a blow to Miao Yi’s abdomen.

“Wa…” Miao Yi instantly spat out a mouthful of blood, eliminating the breathing difficulty he received from tackling the expert.

“We don’t even know each other well, so why did you put your life in danger just to save me?” Yan Bei Hong asked Miao Yi smilingly while looking at his pale face.

Miao Yi wiped the blood near his mouth and stared at Yan Bei Hong for a while. He had never seen such an ungrateful guy before, thus Miao Yi snapped, “Your skills are good, so I need you as my bodyguard.”

Yan Bei Hong pointed his sword at the man who had just fallen and asked, “His skills are much better, won’t you be more secured if you help him and make him your bodyguard?”