Su Fan drove, with Rao Dan sitting quietly in the passenger seat.
Their harmonious appearance made anyone unfamiliar with them think they were friends.
"Here is fine," Su Fan said, stopping the car by a river in the suburbs.
The place was deserted and spacious, suitable for their fight.
"This is good, let's begin," Rao Dan nodded, then slammed a palm onto Su Fan's car, sending it sliding more than ten meters away.
"What the hell!" Su Fan immediately felt like cursing.
I offended you, but did my car offend you? You hit it?
"I've had enough of you!" Su Fan was furious and threw a punch at the nearby Rao Dan.
Despite being a mage, Rao Dan's physical strength was not to be underestimated, otherwise, he wouldn't have reached the level of Grand Mage in the Sorcerer Alliance with just the mage profession.
Rao Dan blocked Su Fan's punch with both hands, using Su Fan's momentum to quickly retreat. With his staff in hand, he instantly conjured a fireball.
"Fireball!"
A basic mage skill, Fireball, was cast instantly and shot towards Su Fan.
Su Fan dodged to the side.
Ascension Qi Technique!
Su Fan's strength instantly crossed the gap, reaching the Yuheng realm.
Rao Dan also sensed the change in Su Fan.
"No wonder You is so wary of you, you truly have some skills."
Rao Dan did not seem worried that Su Fan would threaten him, still full of confidence even with Su Fan's increased strength.
"I really don't know how you've lived this long being so foolish."
Su Fan had nothing more to say to Rao Dan. Arrogant, ignorant, he could only attribute his survival to luck.
Su Fan immediately swallowed an aphrodisiac pill, his strength increasing again, reaching the mid-stage of Wuhengjin.
Rao Dan was stunned and suddenly felt a sense of grave danger from Su Fan.
Rao Dan didn't want to drag it out any longer.
"Earth Bind!"
Rao Dan immediately cast an earth-elemental spell.
Su Fan's feet suddenly sank into the mud, and then his legs were tightly bound.
"Water Dragon's Ascent!"
Rao Dan seized the opportunity to cast a water-elemental spell. The river beside them churned, and the water condensed into a water dragon that attacked Su Fan.
Rao Dan believed his two moves were perfectly coordinated, first immobilizing Su Fan with a binding spell, then attacking him with a high-damage spell. It was foolproof, a move he had used countless times with no failure.
Su Fan tried to lift his feet and chuckled lightly.
This combo might be effective against those with weaker abilities, but did he misunderstand my strength?
Just as the water dragon was about to reach Su Fan, his feet broke free from the mud, and he rushed towards Rao Dan.
A saber appeared in Su Fan's hand.
"Horizontal Style, One-Line Flash Slash!"
Su Fan vanished in an instant, leaving Rao Dan no time to react. When Su Fan reappeared, he was already behind Rao Dan.
Amidst Rao Dan's bewildered expression, a saber light flashed, piercing through his body like a sharp sword.
"You... how... impossible!"
Rao Dan couldn't believe it. How did Su Fan do it?
As Su Fan's strength increased, his understanding of these moves deepened. Moves like the One-Line Flash Slash, which contained a hint of spatial power, became more effortless and powerful in his hands.
"Do you think a low-level binding spell could control me? Have you never fought against someone stronger than you? Did you mistake me for those weak opponents?"
Su Fan looked at Rao Dan, who was still breathing on the ground, and said contemptuously.
Rao Dan glared with unwillingness and a hint of realization.
Indeed, as Su Fan said, Rao Dan had never experienced a crisis since his youth. He had always been a prodigy among his peers and had never fought a true master.
He avoided those stronger than him, and those weaker, he could instantly kill.
Only now did he realize how ignorant he was.
No wonder You sent me. He did it on purpose, deliberately letting Su Fan kill him!
Despite his immense unwillingness, it was too late. There was no turning back in this world.
"You, I'll make sure you don't have an easy time even in death! Su Fan, I can tell you You's weakness!"
Rao Dan, thinking of how he had been tricked by You, felt resentment and said to Su Fan.
Su Fan raised an eyebrow.
"Speak."
As a sorcerer, You was indeed troublesome, especially that move similar to puppetry, which gave Su Fan a headache.
"His... true body is in..."
Rao Dan's eyes widened here, and he fell silent.
Su Fan was stunned.
"Are you acting in a drama? Dying at the crucial moment!"
Su Fan felt disgusted, as if he had eaten something foul. To die without finishing his words was infuriating. Did he want to make me suffer even in death?
So malicious!
Su Fan grumbled in his heart.
No!
Su Fan suddenly realized something was wrong. Rao Dan's condition wasn't so severe that he couldn't finish a sentence.
Su Fan immediately used his foot to turn Rao Dan's corpse over.
A蛊虫 (gu worm) was clinging to Rao Dan's neck. As Su Fan turned the body, it lunged towards Su Fan's face.
Su Fan cleaved it in two with his saber, and the worm fell to the ground in halves.
Su Fan frowned.
Clearly, this was You's doing.
Even Rao Dan's attack on him was part of You's plan. Even Rao Dan's defeat was within his calculations. This蛊虫 was a contingency in case Rao Dan failed to kill Su Fan, ensuring Rao Dan's silence and providing another means to ambush Su Fan.
"This is troublesome."
Su Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He felt that You from the Sorcerer Alliance was more troublesome than the Long family.
The Long family was currently quiet, likely because the injured member hadn't recovered yet, and the news hadn't reached the family.
There was also the Assassin Alliance. Although their main targets were the Martial Alliance, they had a significant connection to him and could very well find him.
These were currently his main enemies: the Long family, the Sorcerer Alliance, and the Assassin Alliance.
Su Fan looked at his car. Fortunately, it could still be driven.
Apart from some dents, it was fine. It seemed the car's quality was quite good.
Upon returning home, Su Fan encountered an acquaintance.
"You're here."
This acquaintance was Lin Yao's master, Mu Yuanying.
"Yes, I promised you I'd watch the house," Mu Yuanying said to Su Fan with a stern face.
"Alright, I won't be living here for a while, so you can stay here by yourself and keep an eye on the place," Su Fan nodded and said.
He was about to return to the Su family.
"Wait! Where is the Breakthrough Pill?"
Seeing Su Fan about to leave, Mu Yuanying immediately stopped him and asked.
Mu Yuanying didn't care where Su Fan lived; she was primarily here for the Breakthrough Pill.
She had already learned about the pill's authenticity from others.
"There has to be a trial period, right? Have you ever seen someone get paid before they start working?"
Su Fan said speechlessly.
Want a freebie? No way!