Martial Arts Overlord

Luo Feng had always been preoccupied with the agreement with the Feng Family. He didn’t want to betray Feng Lingyue’s trust in him. So, let alone a fifty percent chance of failure, even a ten percent chance was unacceptable to him.

After careful consideration, Luo Feng turned to Luo Xiao and said, "Big Brother, you all stay here."

Seeing the unusual expression on Luo Feng’s face, Luo Xiao hurriedly asked, "What are you planning to do?"

"I’m going deeper into the mountain range."

"You’re planning to hunt Demon Beasts alone!" Luo Xiao was taken aback, then shook his head. "No! That’s too dangerous. The Black Cloud Mountain Range is ten times more dangerous at night than during the day. I dare not venture deep alone; you..."

Luo Feng didn’t wait for Luo Xiao to finish. Looking directly into his big brother’s eyes, he said, "Big Brother, look!"

Luo Feng no longer concealed his strength. He squinted slightly, and an intimidating aura emanated from him. Deep within his pupils, tiny pitch-black flames danced.

THUD, THUD, THUD...

Their eyes met. Luo Xiao was forced back several steps by the powerful aura emanating from Luo Feng. Cold sweat dripped down his forehead. He stared at Luo Feng in astonishment, then his face lit up with ecstasy.

"Eyes brimming with spirit! Second Brother, your cultivation!"

"Correct. I already reached the Sixth Layer God Bravery Realm! In a few days, I should be able to break through to the late-stage God Bravery Realm," Luo Feng affirmed with a nod.

"Late-stage God Bravery Realm..."

Luo Xiao appeared somewhat dazed, then burst into laughter. "Hahaha... I should have guessed! How could you kill a High-Grade Second Level Demon Beast with a single strike if you were only at the Fifth Layer Iron Bone Realm!"

"Fifteen years old and already late-stage Sixth Layer God Bravery Realm! Our Luo Family has truly produced a monster! Compared to you, those two brothers from the Li Family are nothing!" Luo Xiao looked at Luo Feng with pride, his face flushed.

Luo Feng rubbed his nose and smiled sheepishly. "Big Brother, I wanted to give Father and the others a surprise, so I hid my cultivation."

"That’s quite a surprise! It even startled me. I can’t wait to see the expressions on Father’s and the others’ faces when they find out." Luo Xiao patted Luo Feng’s shoulder, grinning with anticipation.

Feng Lingyue, hailed as Panlong City’s number one genius, was directly recruited by Tianlan School, the foremost of the four great academies. Even now, her cultivation is only at the mid-stage Sixth Layer God Bravery Realm. It seems Luo Feng’s talent surpasses even Feng Lingyue’s!

Luo Feng glanced into the depths of the forest, his gaze hardening slightly. "Big Brother, we must win first place for our family in this hunting competition. There’s no time to lose. My Qinggong is superior to yours. I’ll go into the Black Cloud Mountain Range alone to hunt Demon Beasts."

Seeing Luo Xiao about to speak again, Luo Feng raised a hand to stop him. "Your staying here serves another purpose: to mislead the Li Family and other teams. This will make things easier for me."

Having witnessed Luo Feng’s strength, Luo Xiao knew this was the best plan. He nodded. "Alright! Second Brother, it’s all up to you then. Be careful."

"I will." Luo Feng agreed. His figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he merged into the descending twilight.

Luo Feng pushed his senses to their limit, avoiding the nearby Demon Beasts, and ran for nearly five kilometers in one breath.

RUSTLE!

A strange sound suddenly came from the bushes behind him. Luo Feng heard it, stopped, and squinted in the direction of the sound.

Deep in the dense forest, he could faintly make out a figure fleeing into the distance.

He’s finally gone. Luo Feng watched the receding figure, a mocking smile touching his lips.

He had sensed someone following them ever since they entered the Black Cloud Mountain Range. He didn’t need to guess; it was obviously someone Li Tianyang had sent to watch them. Now that Luo Feng had left alone, the spy must have gone back to report.

Li Tianyang wants to kill me the most. Knowing I’ve left the team, he probably won’t target Big Brother and the others, Luo Feng murmured to himself, preparing to continue deeper.

Hmm?

Just as he lifted his foot, Luo Feng’s brow suddenly twitched. His gaze snapped to the dense woods on his left.

What’s going on? The person watching me should have left. Why do I still have this strange feeling?

Luo Feng carefully observed that patch of forest but found nothing. He shook his head.

Perhaps I was mistaken...

Withdrawing his gaze, Luo Feng pushed his Teng Dragon’s Step to its limit. Eight Qi Dragons rose from beneath his feet as his figure shot into the dense forest.

WHOOSH...

After Luo Feng vanished, a figure emerged from the treetop he had just been observing. Dressed in black, tight-fitting clothes and wearing a bamboo hat, the person stood silently in the void as if weightless. Their eyes, holding a restrained brilliance, seemed to crackle with electricity. It was Steward Li, who hadn’t been seen since leaving the training grounds!

Did that kid notice me just now? Steward Li walked out from the canopy, a look of bewildered suspicion on his face. The moment Luo Feng’s gaze swept over, he had thought he was discovered.

I must be overthinking it. Steward Li shook his head with a wry smile. He had been nearly fifty meters away from Luo Feng and had even concealed his aura. Even an Eighth Layer Hell Realm expert would have difficulty sensing his presence, so Luo Feng, with his cultivation, couldn’t possibly have discovered him.

This boy is indeed somewhat strange; no wonder he piqued the Young Miss’s interest. He left his team and went off alone... I wonder what he’s planning. I’ll follow him and see...

Steward Li flicked his sleeve, tapped his foot lightly in the air, and his figure shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.

「Fifteen minutes later...」

Where on earth did that kid run off to! High above a dense forest, Steward Li stood silently on a treetop, his expression somewhat grim. He had thought that with his Qinggong skills, even if he fell slightly behind Luo Feng, catching up would be easy. But he had followed Luo Feng’s aura for a full fifteen minutes and still hadn’t caught up. Now, he had completely lost him!

Steward Li was a high-ranking Martial Artist, half a step into the Spiritual Rotation Realm. Despite his iron will, his cheeks burned with shame at having lost a Sixth Layer God Bravery Realm Martial Artist.

Never mind. What I’ve gained this time is already enough. Steward Li looked at the sprawling mountain range, shook his head, and abandoned the idea of continuing to search for Luo Feng.

To be at the mid-stage Sixth Layer God Bravery Realm at fifteen years old... he’s truly a rare talent. And he possesses such terrifying Qinggong skills... This boy is not simple... Steward Li’s eyes flickered. He glanced one last time into the depths of the Black Cloud Mountain Range, then his figure flashed and vanished like a phantom.

...

The boundless Black Cloud Mountain Range presented an extremely complex environment. The mountain forests contained swamps; some dense woods had fog as thick as cotton that never dispersed, and there were also endless treacherous waterways.

Luo Feng used his Teng Dragon’s Step, dashing several tens of *li* (roughly fifteen miles) through this complex environment in one go.

At first, he could occasionally sense other teams, but eventually, that sensation disappeared.

I should have shaken them off by now. Luo Feng exhaled a turbid breath, gazing into the pitch-black dense forest.

Night had completely fallen. Coupled with the perennial mist veiling the Black Cloud Mountain Range, the surroundings were pitch black. In such an environment, an ordinary person couldn’t even see their own fingers. However, for Luo Feng, whose cultivation had reached the Sixth Layer God Bravery Realm, possessing sharp eyesight and strong Soul Power, it wasn’t much of an issue.

I can begin. Luo Feng licked his lips, exhaled again, and drew his Tiger Soul Saber, then swiped his hand over his storage ring.

BOOM!

The earth trembled as Luo Feng threw out the enormous corpse of the Mad Blood Pig.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The Tiger Soul Saber flashed with an icy light. Instantly, the Mad Blood Pig’s corpse was hacked into nearly ten pieces. Blood gushed out, dyeing the ground red, and the rich, metallic stench was so strong it was almost sickening.

ROAR!

The previously quiet forest suddenly erupted with a chorus of beastly roars. This potent smell of blood, like a spark dropped into a pan of hot oil, instantly set the nocturnal Black Cloud Mountain Range abuzz.

Good, good. There should be nearly thirty Demon Beasts around here, Luo Feng noted with satisfaction upon hearing the roars, his eyes gleaming with a chilling light in the darkness.

WHOOSH!

A massive shadow suddenly burst from the woods, lunging straight for Luo Feng. The enormous body of the Demon Beast stirred up a demonic wind, causing the surrounding trees to sway violently.

SWOOSH!

Luo Feng’s figure flashed. He soared into the air, his body like a great roc, instantly covering twenty to thirty meters.

BOOM!

With a loud crash, the giant tree where Luo Feng had just stood was snapped in two at its trunk, revealing a Gold-Eyed Giant Tiger covered entirely in fiery patterns—a peak Second Level Demon Beast, the Flamed-Spotted Gold-Eyed Tiger!

A peak Second Level Demon Beast. You’ll do for an appetizer, Luo Feng thought, looking at the Demon Beast. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as his figure instantly closed the distance. The Tiger Soul Saber transformed into a brilliant streak of light, slashing straight out with mountainous power.

The Flamed-Spotted Gold-Eyed Tiger hadn’t expected Luo Feng to be so fast. It let out a low growl, its huge claws ferociously swiping at the blade.

SCHLICK!

The blade sliced three inches into the tiger’s paw before it could go no further. A huge force traveled up the saber’s hilt, and Luo Feng was jolted back a step.

A peak Second Level Demon Beast is indeed powerful; its strength shouldn’t be underestimated, Luo Feng mused.

The Flamed-Spotted Gold-Eyed Tiger’s massive body was knocked back more than ten meters. It stared at Luo Feng, its pupils filled with ferocious light. With a great roar, its body coiled and then sprang forward like a collapsing mountain, carrying an aura of utter destruction as it pounced again.

Courting death! Evil Qi Soaring to the Heavens! Luo Feng snorted coldly. Disregarding the beast’s attack, he focused his strength into the Tiger Soul Saber. A black flame flashed in his pupils. The saber blade erupted with a three-inch jet-black Saber Gang. Slashing downwards, it carved out a deathly flame-like arc of light!

SQUELCH!

The Saber Gang easily tore through the Flamed-Spotted Gold-Eyed Tiger’s foreleg. Its momentum undiminished, the saber strike then cleaved the massive head entirely in two!

BOOM!

The Flamed-Spotted Gold-Eyed Tiger’s huge body crashed to the ground, its brains splattering everywhere. It was as dead as could be!

The Flamed-Spotted Gold-Eyed Tiger, a formidable peak Second Level Demon Beast, would be difficult to handle even for a peak Sixth Layer God Bravery Realm Martial Artist, yet Luo Feng had slain it with a single slash!

If I hadn’t cultivated the Sky Slayer Saber Technique to the fourth level, killing a peak Second Level Demon Beast would have been somewhat difficult. Now, however, there are no Demon Beasts in this forest that can threaten me... Luo Feng looked at the Flamed-Spotted Gold-Eyed Tiger’s corpse, his eyes bright. With a flick of his saber’s tip, he gouged out one of the tiger’s golden eyeballs and placed it into his storage ring.

RUMBLE, RUMBLE...

Just as he finished collecting the Demon Beast’s materials, the surrounding forest suddenly began to tremble. Innumerable heavy footsteps, like the beating of war drums, thudded from all directions. Wave after wave of beastly roars rolled in! It was impossible to count how many Demon Beasts were approaching...