Chapter 228 – Sensing Danger (2/2)

Li Qingshan suddenly looked back and saw a masked man walking over through the snow. He emerged from the forest and left behind footprints in places without snow, gazing at Li Qingshan coldly. Although he had pursued for several dozen kilometers, his true qi was basically untouched.

Li Qingshan turned around and asked in surprise, “Why are you chasing me?”

The masked man said, “Hand over the Sword Qi Calligraphy.”

Li Qingshan frowned. “I don’t know what a Sword Qi Calligraphy is.” Information on his identity should have been an absolute secret. The first person he suspected was Liu Ruping.

Perhaps it was a rule of the school of Miscellany, but he had become a special customer of hers. She was responsible for serving him in all aspects within the store of Miscellaneous Goods. He was not completely certain, but so what if it was that woman? Hmph, he was not generous enough to forgive someone after being sold out and betrayed.

The masked man shouted, “Don’t play games with me! If I said it’s you, then it’s you!” As he said that, a black vortex formed before him and whistled towards Li Qingshan’s chest.

Li Qingshan dodged to one side in a desperate manner, lunging into the snow. He called out in a hurry. “Wait, it’s me! I’ll give it to you!”

The masked man smiled. “That’s more like it!”

Li Qingshan took out the Sword Qi Calligraphy reluctantly and asked, “Tell me, who told you that I purchased the Sword Qi Calligraphy? Was it the woman who passed on messages for you?”

The masked man affirmed him casually as he looked at the Sword Qi Calligraphy rather excitedly. Who knows whether he thought of the same thing as when Li Qingshan had first obtained the Sword Qi Calligraphy.

Li Qingshan said viciously, “I won’t spare her.”

The masked man thought, And why would I spare you? He changed the topic. “And your hundred treasures pouch too! Hand it over!”

Li Qingshan called out, “Don’t even think about it!”

The masked man said, “Then I’ll come get it myself!” He patted his waist ,and a small, shining sword shot out, directly towards Li Qingshan’s head.

He did not even take this too seriously. The flying sword of an eighth layer Qi Practitioner could cut up a fourth layer Qi Practitioner like fruit. The reason why he had bothered to converse with him was just out of caution. He wanted to check whether Li Qingshan had a particularly powerful master that he could rely on. He wanted to avoid biting off more than he could chew. After checking and confirming that Li Qingshan was indeed an ordinary independent cultivator, he launched a killing blow without any more hesitation.

A ray of reflected sunlight dazzled the masked man’s eyes. It formed a rainbow for a brief second.

There was the screeching of metal and sparks flew. The flying sword spun high into the air.

A shadow enveloped the masked man. He raised his head in surprise and saw a pair of eyes filled with killing intent, and then he saw a blade, a great big blade composed of ice!

In a trance, he seemed to see a huge, black tiger lunging towards him with a crystal blade.

Murderous aura flooded the surroundings.

All of this happened in just a split second. When Li Qingshan threw himself into the snow, he had secretly gripped the Whale’s Ingestion of Water and created the ice blade. The moment the flying sword was about to strike him, he swung up with his blade and sent the sword flying.

Without any hesitation, he lunged forwards. He pushed off with his four limbs towards the masked man like a tiger lunging at its prey.

This kid hid his strength! The masked man lived up to his identity as an eighth layer Qi Practitioner. He immediately broke free from the restraints of the murderous aura as the thought flashed through his head. He crossed his hands several times before raising them up to block, and a black qi revolved and whistled out.

The blade and black qi collided violently, producing an ear-splitting sound, like an electric saw going through metal. Pieces of ice flew everywhere.

Li Qingshan roared out and poured all of his Gui Water true qi into the blade. He did not hold back at all, condensing all of his strength, all of his energy, into the strike as he swung down.

He was like a volcano that had fallen dormant for many millennia, now finally erupting. Happiness filled his heart. He felt extremely satisfied over the attack regardless of the results it achieved.

The ice blade was extremely sharp. It sliced through the black swirl of qi, and the masked man paled in fright. This was not the strength that a fourth layer Qi Practitioner should possess!

The blade swept through the protective true qi with a sharp whistle and blood splattered on the pure-white snow.

The gust of wind that followed the swing blew away several meters of snow, revealing the black, frozen soil below.

It left behind a deep gash in the frozen ground.

Li Qingshan stood with the blade as he wiped away the frozen traces of blood from the weapon. He raised his head and looked at the trees.

The masked man clutched the wound on his chest and looked down.

Their gazes met like invisible weapons, clashing again and again and producing sparks in the air.