CHAPTER 277: CHAPTER 272 HUNTING

After the Song family left, Luo Qingyan came to Li Fan and the others, gazing at the figure gradually disappearing in the distance. She turned her head and smiled at Li Fan beside her: "That Miss Song is so proud. I wonder how she would feel if she knew you intentionally let her win."

Li Fan was not afraid of the Song family; however, he didn’t want to provoke trouble on West Emperor Island and preferred to avoid it if possible.

He planned to enter the Ning Dan Realm on West Emperor Island and then return inland.

After stepping into Ning Dan, his ability to protect himself would be stronger.

"With Song Siyu’s talent, status, and pride, it’s only natural," Meng Hong said. "But since Brother Yang deliberately showed weakness, they probably won’t trace anything back to us."

"That day on Yellow Island, when we waited nearby, I cleared out all the Sea Demons in the area, so no one would have noticed us," Luo Qingyan chuckled.

It was the first time doing something so thrilling, naturally, one needed to be careful.

Though they were cultivators, women were indeed more meticulous.

"That would naturally be best, allowing us to cultivate peacefully for some time," Li Fan said softly. After dealing with Lu Yuan’s Divine Soul injury, he felt more at ease, enabling him to cultivate quietly and reach Ning Dan sooner.

"Cultivate?" Luo Qingyan drew closer to Li Fan and whispered, "When are we going to do another heist?"

"Sister Luo is joking. If no one offends me, why would I kill and rob?" Li Fan replied.

Luo Qingyan stretched lazily, her graceful figure on display, and smiled languidly: "I do look forward to someone foolishly provoking you, though."

"Let’s focus on cultivation for now and try not to attract attention by going out," Li Fan said.

"I understand," Luo Qingyan said with a smile and left.

As they had expected, even though the Song family and the West Emperor Palace’s law enforcement team investigated everyone who participated in the trade fair, they still found no clues.

It was said that Song Boling’s father was furious but helpless.

After all, Song Han initially believed that the black-robed man killed Old Monster Li and the three Ning Dan cultivators, which led the investigation in the wrong direction, making it impossible to track down the culprit.

Ultimately, the matter ended up unresolved.

Time unknowingly passed for half a year.

Outside West Emperor Island, amidst the sea.

Two figures stood on the sea surface, a man and a woman. The man was extraordinarily handsome, and the woman was stunningly beautiful. Both carried swords, seemingly waiting for something.

These two were Li Fan and Lu Yuan.

Suddenly, the sea waves roared turbulently, and the clear blue sky instantly became overcast as if a storm was about to hit, with flashes of lightning faintly visible.

In the blink of an eye, there was thunder and lightning.

The waves surged one after another, causing the two standing on the sea surface to move with the giant waves, yet they remained calm.

The man’s eyes were sharp as he gazed at the sea surface, saying, "Be careful, it’s coming."

These two were Li Fan and Lu Yuan.

After acquiring the Resurrection Jade Dew, Lu Yuan repaired her injuries and made a breakthrough. They then devoted themselves to cultivation, with their next most important task being to break into the Ning Dan Realm.

Occasionally, they would come to the Land of the West Sea to hunt Sea Demons and seize Demon Cores.

This endless West Sea became a natural hunting ground, providing not only training opportunities but also Demon Cores for cultivation.

"Boom..."

There were violent fluctuations on the sea surface, and many Sea Demons leapt out simultaneously. Lu Yuan’s sword was imbued with Sword Intent, and numerous phantoms appeared, as if there were countless Lu Yuans.

The sky was filled with sword light blooming over the sea, as a bloody rain fell on the sea surface.

At this moment, where Lu Yuan stood, tentacles suddenly emerged from beneath the sea, and as Lu Yuan leaped into the air, the tentacles frantically extended, enclosing her and attempting to coil around her body.

Lu Yuan shifted slightly, creating afterimages, and her sword slashed, seemingly swinging countless times in an instant, slicing through all those tentacles.

A painful groan arose from below, and Lu Yuan’s sword flew from her hand into the sea, returning shortly with a Demon Core.

Li Fan remained standing quietly on the sea surface, surrounded by an invisible Sword Intent, as if a Sword Veil enveloped his body.

At this moment, as demons charged towards him, they screamed as they neared, torn apart by the Sword Intent. Around Li Fan, it seemed like a Sword Domain had appeared.

"Humans, how dare you."

Just then, a voice came from the sea, the storm intensified. Li Fan looked ahead and saw a figure slowly rising from the sea.

This figure took on a human appearance, with narrow eyes and a slightly hunched back, blue skin, and a trident in its right hand.

The storm surged, lightning and thunder echoed, as demons of the sea surfaced, bowing to the approaching figure.

In the Demon World, it was indeed survival of the fittest. This humanoid demon was a Fifth Realm demon, equivalent to a human Ning Dan Realm cultivator, capable of dominating in the sea region.

"Another one took the bait," Li Fan laughed. He and Lu Yuan, both at the Foundation Establishment Realm, hunted on the sea and occasionally attracted a Fifth Realm demon to appear.

If they were at the Condensed Core Realm, ordinary Fifth Realm demons would instead fear and avoid showing up easily.

"What arrogance." The demon stared at Li Fan as if eyeing prey, "I know you’ve hunted quite a few demons, slaying Fifth Realm demons with Foundation Establishment cultivation. You must be a genius sword cultivator in the human world, but you shouldn’t be so reckless."

"You all, capture that human woman alive." The demon grinned maliciously, locking his aura onto Li Fan.

The surrounding demons obeyed, rushing towards Lu Yuan.

"There are too many. I’ll help you deal with some." Li Fan said, and in an instant, his Sword Domain materialized into a solid Sword Array, countless flying swords whirled around, and in the next moment, they shot out wildly, raining blood over the sea.

The Fifth Realm demon lunged forward, a cascade of thunder light slashing down, his trident engulfed in lightning, fiercely striking at Li Fan with overwhelming dominance.

A terrifying force swept like a tidal wave, the trident cast a huge illusory shadow, cleaving down from above Li Fan’s head, seeming to transform into a blade to cut him apart.

"Sword Rises from the Heaven Element."

Li Fan’s thought moved, the Sword Array reappeared, countless sharp swords soared upwards, merging into a giant sword slashing towards the trident above.

"Bang..." A blast echoed out, the sword shattered, and Li Fan’s body vanished from the spot, hovering in mid-air.

"Buzz."

The Li Hen Sword unsheathed, splitting into nine, the first sword shot out like a gust of wind and thunder, aiming to execute the opponent.

The demon blocked it with his trident, but the second sword had already struck, forcing the demon to evade, followed closely by the third and fourth swords.

Seeing this, the demon dashed madly around the sea surface with extreme speed.

The Nine Swords pursued relentlessly, but the demon grew faster, leaving afterimages across the sea that naked eyes could barely catch.

"Hmm?"

Li Fan sensed something wrong. Even a Fifth Realm demon shouldn’t outpace the Li Hen Sword, unless... the demon had an extraordinary speed talent.

"Bang." Waves roared on the sea, and Li Fan watched as the demon disappeared from sight.

"This is..."

Li Fan detected a hint of danger, and suddenly sword-shaped beams of light appeared around him.

"Boom."

The trident slashed from behind him, sending his body flying into a massive wave with a muffled groan.

"What kind of speed is this?"

Li Fan glanced at the demon, whose narrow eyes smirked ferociously, darting like lightning, impossible to track by eye.

This isn’t just speed, it’s a gifted ability!

Realizing the danger, Li Fan transformed into a sword and moved. As he vanished, the trident fiercely stabbed his afterimage.

But before Li Fan could feel relief, the sense of crisis struck again. His figure continued moving, a terrifying force approached, the trident wielded massive power, bringing thunder light to engulf his space.

"Boom."

A Sword Wall appeared before Li Fan, the trident shattered it violently, fierce thunder struck him, sending him flying once more.

"Li Fan." Lu Yuan looked over, her expression changed as she noticed blood at the corner of Li Fan’s mouth.

This demon’s gifted ability is formidable.

Li Fan stared at the demon, realizing their confidence came from their ability, despite knowing he hunted Fifth Realm demons.

"Zzsszz..."

Threads of lightning danced above the sea, the demon’s body seemed fused with the thunder.

Just as he prepared to attack Li Fan, countless Li Fan figures appeared above the sea, moving simultaneously, making it impossible to pinpoint the real one.

"Boom."

A Thunder Realm manifested in the sky, the Sea Demon glanced at these incarnations, pointing his trident skyward as countless thunders descended to destroy them.

But almost simultaneously, the Sword Intent hovering above the sea transformed into a disk-shaped Sword Array, continuously expanding to shield the Thunder Realm, as countless flying swords descended to kill.

Wielding the trident, he churned the clouds, eyes scanning around, as numerous figures charged at him simultaneously, swinging their swords.

"Where can you hide?" The Sea Demon shouted coldly, sweeping his trident around, seemingly buried by the swords, yet entirely unafraid.

The violent clash erupted, a golden burst of light appeared above the sea, revealing a golden bell, expanding rapidly with ringing sounds.

The Sea Demon’s mind dazed momentarily, his expression changed slightly, as a strikingly brilliant Sword Light shot forth, it was the Sword Seed.

"There." The Sea Demon transformed into lightning, disappearing, the figure before him followed the Sword Seed.

"Die." The Sea Demon appeared, the trident instantaneously killed, piercing through the figure, his scalelike claws grasping at the Sword Seed.

"Buzz..." But just as he thought he’d killed Li Fan, the Sword Seed still gleamed with dazzling sword brilliance.

"Tricked." His expression dramatically changed, as a sword pierced through his throat from behind.