Chapter 344: Leave No Trouble for the Future! (2/2)

WHOOSH!

All of a sudden, Li Langfeng, who was supposed to be holding off the Phantasm, flashed into appearance, covered in blood and coughing nonstop.

With every cough, he would spit out a mouthful of grimy blood, which fell heavily into the sand, like small cannon balls.

Solid cyan pieces could be seen within them, as if they were clusters of foreign energies within the phantasm Qi which he wasn’t able to absorb and refine.

As powerful as he was, he couldn’t even support his own weight at this moment.

He had to get down on one knee and process the corrosive energy the Phantasm had left in him in that position. Through spitting out his own blood, he gradually expelled the incompatible alien energies from his system.

Since the moment he appeared, Nie Tian and the others had fixed all of their attention on him.

Under their confused gazes, Li Langfeng said weakly after another cough, “That Phantasm was way too powerful. If those two Worldly realm Wild Fire experts didn’t sense the battle between me and that Phantasm and come to my aid, I would have been killed already.”

Xue Long was flabbergasted. “What? Worldly realm experts from the Wild Fire were attracted by your battle against that Phantasm?”

Face pale and eyes lifeless, Li Langfeng nodded slightly. “Our battle caused a major stir in that area. Since we were not far from Ash City, those two Wild Fire experts were on one of their trips to the forbidden region. They sensed our battle and came.

“After all, the Phantasm is an outsider. Even though I was never close to the Wild Fire, the moment they saw the Phantasm, they threw themselves at it.

“I was so badly injured that I had to get out of there.”

After a brief explanation, he caught sight of Ning Yang, who was lying feeble and staring into the heavens, and said, “Did you three do this to him?”

Even though Li Langfeng had only caught a glimpse of Ning Yang’s battle skills, he was convinced that this man wasn’t someone Xue Long could handle.

Even if he was still at the Greater Heaven stage, he wouldn’t have confidence to beat this man in a battle.

From what Li Langfeng could tell, both Nie Tian’s and Pei Qiqi’s strengths were very limited. He didn’t believe either of them could provide Xue Long with noticeable assistance.

“Umm... Yeah.” A bitter smile filled Xue Long’s face.

He knew perfectly clearly why Li Langfeng seemed so surprised.

He was well-aware that Li Langfeng didn’t think very highly of his battle prowess, which was why he had only urged them to try their best to escape from Ning Yang’s pursuit.

Li Langfeng believed that if the three of them cooperated well enough, they would probably be able to lose Ning Yang.

As a matter of fact, even now, Xue Long still found the scene in front of him a bit unreal.

He had never expected that Nie Tian would have been able to withstand Ning Yang’s full-force attack.

Only because Ning Yang had focused his mind and all of his strength on killing Nie Tian had he and Pei Qiqi found the opportunity to approach and attack Ning Yang without encountering any resistance.

If Nie Tian hadn’t shouldered most of Ning Yang’s attacking force, he and Pei Qiqi probably wouldn’t have been able to even get close to Ning Yang.

Although they had won this battle and Ning Yang was no longer capable of fighting back, he wasn’t happy at all.

If Nie Tian hadn’t come back for him, he probably would have been killed by Ning Yang already.

“Sorry, Brother Xue,” Li Langfeng said solemnly. “I shouldn’t have underestimated you.”

He assumed that Xue Long was the main reason why the three of them had been able to make Ning Yang suffer from severe injuries and collapse.

Before, he didn’t have a high opinion of Xue Long, and assumed that his battle prowess wasn’t on the same level as Ning Yang.

Ning Yang’s total defeat made him change his opinion about Xue Long completely.

However, after being appraised by him, Xue Long seemed very embarrassed. He put on a wry smile and said, “Well, this was mainly thanks to Nie Tian. I didn’t do much.”

Nie Tian took a deep breath and said, “You’re being humble. If it weren’t for you, I would have been dead already.”

With these words, Nie Tian stepped to Ning Yang’s side, where he looked down at the already-unconscious Ning Yang silently.

“What do you want to do, Nie Tian!?” Xue Long exclaimed.

With a calm expression and a determined tone, Nie Tian said, “Uncle Xue, the enmity between him and me has become so great that it can never be forgiven. I took the third fragmentary star mark from him, along with the unbelievable fortune that comes with it. As long as he’s alive, he won’t allow me to live in peace.”

Flabbergasted, Xue Long said, “You want to kill him?! No! You’ve got to calm down! He’s still a disciple of the Heaven Palace Sect!”

“But he’s too powerful. He possesses such formidable battle prowess while he’s only at the Greater Heaven stage.” Nie Tian seemed to have mulled over his decision. “If he survives this fierce battle, he’ll definitely advance into the Worldly realm. Once that happens, I’m afraid that I won’t even be able to sleep at night. I can’t afford to let him live. Otherwise, he’s going to be my worst nightmare.”

With these words, he had already summoned the fire-attributed broadsword he had used to kill Qiu Yang, and intended to drive it through Ning Yang’s neck.

At that moment, Ning Yang’s eyes snapped open as he shouted, “Do you actually dare to kill me?!”

“How about I do it for you, Nie Tian?” Li Langfeng said with an intrigued expression on his face.His eyes were filled with approval and appreciation as he looked at Nie Tian. “I’m all by myself and bound by no rules. Even if killing him means I won’t be able to make a living in the Realm of Split Void anymore, I can just go to other realms. I’m not afraid of the Heaven Palace Sect. Let me do you the favor.”

Nie Tian shook his head. “It won’t be necessary.”

Amidst Ning Yang’s shriek, his sword slashed down from midair.

Unable to defend himself, Ning Yang had his head severed from his body. Even still, his eyes were still wide open, as if he still couldn’t believe that Nie Tian would actually have the audacity to kill him despite his noble status.