In the secret chamber of the Tianxia Hui, several large candles dispersed the darkness, and the surroundings were as bright as daylight.
Xiongba sat almost bloodless on a stone platform, slowly stopping his practice, a pair of knife-like eyebrows showing a heavy trace of sorrow. Recently, it had truly been a series of disasters.
He had just learned from the Nipusa that the two people who had helped him become invincible in the first half of his life, the Wind ( Feng ) and Cloud ( Yun ), would now hinder him. In the blink of an eye, he was brought back by Nie Feng, a person who was so strong that he couldn't be compared to an ordinary person and easily injured him. It would have been fine before, but now it was such a coincidence that Xiongba couldn't help but believe in what they said three points more in his heart.
Xiongba has always believed in fate and destiny. Recently, Nipusa has predicted that his future will be filled with success and failure, and that he will be invincible in his life. Despite his claims, he is secretly fearful of the two, "Feng" and "Yun", who have a special fate that is closely linked to each other. If they were to join forces, they would have great luck and success, which is something that Xiongba is aware of.
Therefore, he wants to drive a wedge between them, making their fates clash with each other, and then defeat them one by one, so that he will not have to worry about any surprises or future troubles.
Recently, Xiongba has noticed that his foster daughter, Kong Ci, is deeply loved by Bu Jingyun. He has decided to take action, and plans to marry her off to Nie Feng. He knows that Bu Jingyun has a stubborn and unyielding personality and will likely try to steal his daughter on the day of the wedding, leading to a bloody battle between the two men. It is unlikely that any normal man would be able to tolerate the hatred of having his wife taken away from him.
As he thought, Xiongba let out a wild and triumphant laugh. The cruelty and viciousness in his laughter sent chills down people's spines.
In the depths of the Lingyun Cave, Li Xiu's forehead was covered in sweat and his face was contorted in pain. He felt as if every inch of his body was filled with overwhelming pain, as if he was undergoing the most severe torture. He couldn't help but let out low moans of pain.
A few seconds later, the pain receded like a tide, but Li Xiu's face did not show any signs of joy because the absorption of bloodline had not been successful.
He realized that the first two times he evolved successfully because his body still contained powerful energy from the cosmic storm. But this time, the bloodline he absorbed was from a different beast, the Fire Qilin, and so it was not as gentle. The process was accompanied by unending pain as his body was broken down and reshaped from the deepest part.
Li Xiu drank more of the Fire Qilin's blood and tried to absorb it again. At the same time, he tore off a piece of flesh from the Fire Qilin's corpse and held it in his hand that was emitting increasingly hot flames. After a few seconds, he burnt it and swallowed it as a source of energy for his evolution.
The intense pain returned once more.
Like this, Li Xiu continued to scream in pain while continuously putting pieces of Fire Qilin meat into his mouth to push his absorption of the Fire Qilin's bloodline. In the end, he didn't even spare the bones of the Fire Qilin, one by one, he put them in his mouth, crunching and swallowing them as food.
In the dark cave, there were occasional sounds of animalistic and mournful howling, along with the clear, terrifying sound of bones being crunched and broken. If someone were to pass by at this time, they would likely be scared out of their wits and would be haunted by the memory for the rest of their life.
Seven days later, at the Tianxia Hui, the streets were decorated with red and colorful flags, and many martial artists came with invitations and various rare treasures to congratulate.
The news that the daughter of the Xiongba, named Kong Ci, was going to be married to the leader of the Wind God Hall, a disciple of Xiongba named Nie Feng, had already spread throughout the world. Xiongba and the Tianxia Hui were at the peak of their power and many people wanted to curry favor with Xiongba by attending the wedding.
This event had caused a commotion in the martial arts world.
At the Tianxia Hui, everyone was in a festive mood, but at a waterfall at the side of the Tianshan Mountains, there was a man who usually had a cold expression and was not moved by anything, but at this moment, he was standing under a silver-like waterfall and yelling to the sky in anger. He was furious and couldn't calm down.
After a moment, the usually peaceful place where Bu Jingyun practiced and forbade anyone from coming, was destroyed by him with his Cloud Dispersing Palm, and was now filled with rubble and craters.
He has decided to turn against the Tianxia Hui!
This place is no longer useful to him, he will never come back again!
Bu Jingyun tied up his cloak, regained his usual cold, emotionless face and emitted a strong aura of violence. Without saying a word, he walked towards the top of the mountain and decided to elope.
In the hall of the Tianxia Hui, the usual gloomy and terrifying columns were covered with red cloth, the doors were open, making everything bright.
Even the leader of the Tianxia Hui, who usually wore black robes and elegant clothes, changed into plain clothes and had a smile on his face while sitting on a wooden chair, watching his daughter in a red dress walking towards him.
Just as Wen Chouchou was about to preside over the ceremony and make Nie Feng and Kong Ci kneel and worship Xiongba, suddenly everyone heard a hurried and cold shout from outside the hall.
"Wait a moment!"
Bu Jingyun came out of the door of the hall with a gloomy face, and without saying a word, he walked quickly to Kong Ci. His cold face was out of place in the hall.
Qin Shuang saw something was wrong and guessed what Bu Jingyun was going to do. He quickly stepped forward to try to persuade Bu Jingyun to leave, but Bu Jingyun didn't even look at him and instead hit Qin Shuang to the side.
Bu Jingyun then pulled Kong Ci's hand and was about to take her away. Seeing this scene, Nie Feng, who usually had a smiling face and a gentle personality, also lost his composure and wanted to stop him, but he was also pushed away by Bu Jingyun with a palm attack.
Xiongba slammed his hand on a chair and stood up, like a lion that had been angered. His hair was flying everywhere because of the true energy that surrounded him.
"Bu Jingyun, you have a lot of courage, you can't act recklessly in front of me!"
Bu Jingyun knew that if he really fought, he might not be able to leave the Tianshan Mountain. So, he quickly used a palm technique to knock down the guards who were coming at him with swords and then he quickly kicked off the ground and flew away with Kong Ci, who was wearing a red dress.
Xiongba, Nie Feng, and Qin Shuang followed closely behind.
Xiongba had a sly look in his eyes as he turned to Nie Feng and said,
"Feng'er, I know you're usually kind and gentle and don't like to fight, but if you don't want to be laughed at by the entire martial arts world, you should go and defeat him and take back your wife! Retrieve the dignity and reputation that you're about to lose."
Xiongba's words fell and Nie Feng's eyes fixed on Bu Jingyun. He stepped forward and launched a wind-god leg, which brought with it a whirlwind of true energy and fiercely rolled towards Bu Jingyun. Bu Jingyun sent Kong Ci away with a gentle force and turned his body to use a palm technique to face the fierce and unavoidable attack.
"Bang!"
The two figures collided, leaving behind many afterimages. They moved around, using real fire and shaking the neat stone ground on the top of Tianshan Mountain, causing stones to fly everywhere and deep cracks to appear on the ground. It was a chaotic scene.
Xiongba stood to the side, watching with a fierce look in his eyes. He was looking for an opportunity to kill Bu Jingyun with a lightning-fast strike.