703: Chapter 699: Sima Feng Appears!
703: Chapter 699: Sima Feng Appears!
“Ye Zhirong, what’s wrong?” Ye Tian asked curiously, “Could it be that someone has been turned into a puppet again?”
Ye Zhirong glared at Ye Tian fiercely and said, “What puppet?
It’s Sima Feng himself who has come.
You little brat, if you hadn’t led me to Jiang City, how would he have found me?”
In his words, Ye Zhirong was sincerely frightened.
Ye Tian was also embodying the Silent Qi of the Nether God.
Since he had learned of the existence of the “force of nature” in this world, the puppet master had been playing him for a fool.
He too wanted to meet this fellow called Sima Feng!
“Kid!
Run!
Together, we’re no match for him!”
Ye Zhirong advised, but Ye Tian was not a faint-hearted person.
“How could I possibly run?
Even if it were the King of Heaven himself, I, the King of the Night, would still meet him!”
Ye Tian stated emphatically, while Ye Zhirong’s face showed a look of reluctance.
“Damn brat, you can’t even defeat me.
What makes you think you can stand up to Sima Feng?
You really are ignorant of the heavens and the earth!”
As Ye Zhirong expressed his dissatisfaction with Ye Tian, a figure had already descended from mid-air.
Meanwhile, that strange sound of the flute also stopped!
“Ye Zhirong, I didn’t expect to find you alone.
We old friends indeed need to have a good talk!”
Ye Tian looked at the Sima Feng in front of him, dressed in a white Daoist robe that fluttered in the wind, making a “puffing” sound.
As for Sima Feng himself, he was a middle-aged man in his forties, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, a face like jade, indeed a portrait of an Immortal from the Daoist legends.
“Can he fly?”
After Sima Feng had landed, Ye Tian asked Ye Zhirong in astonishment.
Ye Zhirong nodded and said, “This is the brilliance of Wind Flow Strength.
When cultivated to the extreme, one can ride the wind like Liezi, henceforth towering above and looking down upon all beneath!”
“That indeed sounds like an interesting cultivation technique!”
Although he had no good impression of Sima Feng, he quite admired his technique of riding the wind.
Sima Feng was the first martial artist Ye Tian had seen who could fly.
Compared to his previous opponents, he wasn’t on the same level at all.
Just think, if a martial artist could fly, then even the best Qinggong would be nothing but a decoration in front of him…
After cultivating “Wind Flow Strength,” Sima Feng could ride the wind, but the three Ding brothers who also cultivated “Wind Flow Strength” couldn’t, which shows that the application of the force of nature is manifold and varies with the practitioner’s aptitude.
Ye Tian naturally also did not believe that only “Wind Flow Strength” could allow one to ride the wind.
His own cultivation of “Mystic Cloud Technique” would surely allow him to fly as long as it was properly cultivated!
“Ye Zhirong, it’s been a long time.
However, the words of your old friend here have truly saddened me!
How could you steal something from our Sima Family?”
Sima Feng completely ignored Ye Tian, only focusing on talking to Ye Zhirong.
At this moment, Ye Zhirong was already sweating profusely…
“You, ‘Sharp-Hearing Ear’ indeed works well!”
The Sima Feng in front of them could not only ride the wind but also distinguish sounds.
The conversation between Ye Zhirong and Ye Tian had actually been heard from afar by him!
“Well said!
Although not as good as the Ye Family, my Sima Family also has some capable people!
If your Ye Family continues to stand in the way of the Sima Family, I, Sima Feng, as the second-in-command of the Sima Family, cannot just sit by idly!”
In his words, Sima Feng had already revealed killing intent.
Ye Tian could clearly feel the air around him turn cold.
The power possessed by this deputy of the Sima Family was beyond comparison with others!
Sima Feng’s aura was overwhelming, but Ye Zhirong, in front of him, showed no hint of cowardice.
“The Ice Heart Awl is indeed an artifact of the Sima Family, but it could bring calamity to all living beings.
Such an item is better destroyed than kept!
Therefore, after I acquired the Ice Heart Awl, I destroyed it long ago!”
Ye Zhirong’s response, however, did not sway Sima Feng.
“The Ice Heart Awl is an artifact of the Sima Family; how could it be so easily destroyed?
Ye Zhirong, have you gone senile?”
“…”
Facing such sharp insight, Ye Zhirong was suddenly at a loss for words.
From the conversation between the two, Ye Tian also understood the crux of the matter.
It seemed that the Ye Family that Ye Zhirong represented was indeed opposing the Sima Family.
The enemy of an enemy is a friend, thus at this moment, Ye Zhirong and he were on the same side!
Sima Feng took another step closer and spoke coldly, “Ye Zhirong, I’ll give you a way out.
First, hand over the Ice Heart Awl.
Second, tell me the location of the Spirit Vein!
Fulfill these two conditions, and I won’t kill you today!”
Faced with Sima Feng’s threat, Ye Zhirong remained unmoved.
“Sima Feng, do you think I would succumb to your coercion?
The Ye Family and the Sima Family have always been irreconcilable.
How could I possibly betray the Ye Family?
Even if I die today, I will not hand over the Spirit Vein and the Ice Heart Awl!”
“Good!
Well said!”
Ye Zhirong’s response had touched Sima Feng’s sore spot, and veins suddenly bulged on Sima Feng’s face.
Sima Feng took out the jade flute tucked in his belt — a green jade flute without a single flaw, looking incredibly exquisite.
Ye Tian couldn’t help but examine the jade flute.
Was this fellow, Sima Feng, controlling so many puppets with this thing?
“Be careful, that jade flute is a Life Weapon!”
Ye Zhirong warned Ye Tian, who was startled.
No wonder his eyes had been fixed on the jade flute — it was a Life Weapon, just like the wooden sword he carried.
“Ding ding ding ding ding ding~~~~~~~~~~~”
Ye Tian felt the wooden sword he was carrying could hardly contain itself any longer, constantly trembling.
Could it be that a resonance occurs when two Life Weapons meet?
“Ye Zhirong, they say a wise man submits to circumstances, but you fail to do so.
In that case, what use is there in sparing your life?”
Sima Feng said indifferently and then brought the jade flute to his lips and began to play.
“Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo~~~~~~~~~~~~~”
The sound was exactly like the one used to control the puppets, bizarrely strange.
This time, however, while Sima Feng played his flute in front of both Ye Tian and Ye Zhirong, no puppets attacked them.
Instead, bursts of sound waves erupted from Sima Feng’s jade flute.
“Kid!
Run back!”
Ye Zhirong warned Ye Tian, who then realized that these sound waves could not only be heard but were also lethal.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
Three sound waves chased after Ye Tian, incredibly fast, nearly reaching the speed of sound.
Ye Tian immediately used his qinggong, leaping backwards, as three Killing Sound Waves whizzed near him.
Though Ye Tian dodged their cutting edge, the trees behind him were shredded into wood chips by the three Killing Sound Waves!
“Such tremendous power!”
Ye Tian looked back and couldn’t help but sigh.
A martial artist with strong inner strength could transmit force through sound to crush one’s spirit.
However, Ye Tian had never seen sound being used in such a pure form, both deadly and soul-capturing.
The current Sima Feng was definitely the most formidable enemy he had encountered!
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
Towards Ye Zhirong, not three, but seven sound waves rushed!
Unlike Ye Tian, Ye Zhirong did not dodge.
Instead, he summoned his energy to the utmost limit, and in that instant, his body turned red-hot like a steel billet.
“Ha!”
Ye Zhirong shouted loudly, and the seven razor-sharp Killing Sound Waves struck him but mysteriously vanished…
Ye Tian was deeply impressed.
It turned out that during their sparring, Ye Zhirong had never used his full strength.
Otherwise, just with the mastery of this hard Qigong, Ye Tian might not have been a match for him.
Of course, Ye Tian was not currently concerned with debating whether he or Ye Zhirong would win their fight.
Right now, their joint adversary was Sima Feng, who employed such enigmatic tactics!
“Not bad at all!
Ye Zhirong, I did not expect my sound waves to have no effect on you!
The martial skills of the Ye Family are indeed formidable!”
Sima Feng stopped playing the flute and impulsively praised Ye Zhirong’s skills.
But this time, his praise was not meant for Ye Zhirong alone, as he glanced over at Ye Tian…
“You too, King of the Night.
I have heard your name, but this is our first meeting.
Your skills are impressive, actually managing to dodge my three sound waves!”
Despite Sima Feng’s flattering words, Ye Tian was not inclined to listen and only smiled slightly, saying, “So, Sima Feng, you know me!
But since I saw you engrossed in conversation with Ye Zhirong, I didn’t want to introduce myself!”
“What use is self-introduction to an ant?
You are about to die, so why care about names?”
Sima Feng’s words were still so contemptuous.
In his eyes, whether it was Ye Tian or Ye Zhirong, they were both insignificant…
“Kid, don’t get distracted by his words!
People of the Sima Family always treat life as trifles, you just need to get used to it!”
Ye Zhirong whispered into Ye Tian’s ear, and Ye Tian chuckled bitterly, saying, “Ye Zhirong, I won’t be influenced by him.
It’s strange, though, isn’t it funny how a family that disregards life has managed to persist over time?”
Although Ye Tian’s words were directed at Ye Zhirong, they were meant for Sima Feng to hear.
Sima Feng’s expression immediately contorted upon hearing them!
“You little brat, daring to mock the Sima Family, today, I will kill you and then turn you into a puppet!
This is also for avenging my brother James!”
Sima Feng mentioned James again, but Ye Zhirong just sneered coldly, saying, “James?
That scum.
Sima Feng, the deputy head of the esteemed Sima Family, calling such a man his brother, how fallen you are!”
“Shut up!”
With Ye Zhirong mocking James, Sima Feng’s rage was even more uncontrollable!