Tianwu Sect?
Li Tianxuan?
Upon hearing this name, everyone was stunned.
Ling Feng, curious, asked, "Is this person very famous?"
"Junior Brother, you don't know? He was the previous number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking," Leng Ningshuang replied calmly.
Ling Feng suddenly understood. The name was indeed quite well-known.
The current number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking? Naturally, it was him.
Li Tianxuan looked at the group before him and, upon realizing they were from the White Cloud Sect, coldly said, "White Cloud Sect, interesting. I heard you recently produced a Martial Dao Saint Body named Ling Feng. If he's here, bring him out and let me fight him."
As the former number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, Li Tianxuan was proud. Originally, he planned to maintain his position on the Hidden Dragon Ranking and aim for the Master Ranking.
But unexpectedly, Ling Feng had appeared out of nowhere, taken his position as the number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and even entered the Master Ranking he had always dreamed of.
This, of course, greatly displeased him.
Upon hearing his words, everyone's gaze immediately turned to Ling Feng. Ling Feng, surprised, didn't expect the other party to challenge him outright.
However, he wasn't afraid.
He slowly stepped forward.
"You want to challenge me?"
"Oh, so you are Ling Feng."
"Yes."
"You're even younger than the rumors said. Do you really deserve to be the number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking? And the ninth on the Master Ranking? Hmph, the people arranging the rankings have no taste anymore," Li Tianxuan sneered.
But the people behind Li Tianxuan couldn't help but whisper excitedly as they looked at Ling Feng.
"That's Ling Feng? He looks so handsome!"
"He truly has the appearance of an immortal."
"Tsk, what a pity. There's no beauty ranking in the Great Zhou. Otherwise, I'd definitely vote for him. His face is simply a perfect creation from heaven!"
The voices behind him reached Li Tianxuan's ears.
His expression darkened, and he turned to coldly sweep his gaze over the group.
Everyone immediately fell silent, not daring to speak again.
Li Tianxuan then fixed his eyes on Ling Feng and sneered, "Your face is indeed quite good-looking. You didn't rely on this face to become the number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, did you?"
"Heh, do you want to test it out?" Ling Feng replied with a faint smile, ignoring the mockery.
"Fine! Since we've already taken this mine, let me defeat you as well and let the entire Great Zhou know who truly deserves to be number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking!"
With that, Li Tianxuan stepped forward and charged toward Ling Feng.
His five fingers clenched.
A crimson fist radiance erupted from his fist, blazing like wildfire!
Ling Feng stood still, allowing the punch to come at him.
Boom!
In the next instant, the punch struck what seemed like an indestructible barrier, creating a huge crash.
Ling Feng's protective true qi had automatically formed.
It blocked Li Tianxuan's punch without a scratch.
"How can this be?!" Li Tianxuan's face changed slightly.
He knew that Ling Feng, being ranked number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, must have some extraordinary abilities, so he didn't hold back and unleashed his full power with this punch.
But despite using all his strength, he couldn't even break Ling Feng's protective true qi! This was too absurd!
"Do you want to try a little harder?" Ling Feng glanced at Li Tianxuan with a faint smile.
This was pure mockery!
Li Tianxuan immediately flew into a rage, pushing his true qi to the extreme, with streams of fiery energy bursting from his pores.
The intense fire made him resemble a supreme fire god!
"Skyfire Martial Body, activate!!"
Li Tianxuan, like the previous number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, possessed a terrifying physique.
Leng Ningshuang, Gu Linglong, and the others, seeing this, couldn't help but narrow their eyes.
"Didn't expect him to have the Skyfire Martial Body!"
"I've heard that true qi cultivated from this Martial Body is incredibly domineering! It has the terrifying power to burn everything, not inferior to the Martial Dao Saint Body."
"Li Tianxuan, as expected, was once the number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking!"
"It's just a pity he ran into Junior Brother Ling."
Everyone was astonished, but they still had immense confidence in Ling Feng.
"Eight Desolations Divine Fire Fist!"
Li Tianxuan shouted, and with a single punch, a terrifying fist radiance engulfed by endless flames swept through the sky, scorching everything in its path. Within a few miles, plants and trees were reduced to ash.
Even the ores on the ground seemed to melt.
The fist radiance slammed into Ling Feng's protective true qi.
With a deafening boom, the mountains shook.
But then, everyone saw that Ling Feng remained standing in place, unshaken like a mountain. The boundless flames didn't even leave a single hair on him harmed. He smiled faintly and said, "Is this all your full strength?"
In the next instant, Ling Feng's body slightly shook.
His true qi surged like a tidal wave!
The endless flames immediately vanished into thin air!
Li Tianxuan, for the first time, was completely overwhelmed and was thrown into the air by the impact, spitting out blood as his body, engulfed in flames, began to dissipate.
"How is this possible?! With just your protective true qi, you've heavily injured me! Your cultivation... is at the Martial Sovereign level!!"
Martial Sovereign...
That was the most powerful level in the Great Zhou, capable of contending for a position on the Heaven Ranking.
Li Tianxuan's cultivation was only half a step away from the Martial King realm, far from being able to compete with someone at the Martial Sovereign level. He was no match at all.
"Impossible!"
"How could someone like you exist in this world..."
Li Tianxuan's long hair flowed behind him, his face full of disbelief, clearly suffering an unprecedented blow.
"This mine belongs to the White Cloud Sect now. You all may leave," Ling Feng said coldly.
With that, he turned around, planning to find a place to familiarize himself with his newfound strength.
However, at this moment, Gu Linglong, Leng Ningshuang, and the others gasped in shock.
"Junior Brother, be careful!!"
They saw Li Tianxuan, who had just been defeated, suddenly rise up furiously. He pulled out a golden conical object and hurled it at Ling Feng. The cone emitted a terrifying aura, clearly a very powerful hidden weapon!
"Ling Feng, taste the power of the Fire God Cone!!"
The Fire God Cone.
Ranked ninth on the Great Zhou's Rare Weapons List!
This weapon contained a fierce fire energy. When activated by a martial artist's true qi, it could unleash power comparable to a top-tier Martial Sovereign!
Sensing the danger from behind, Ling Feng's gaze sharpened. As he turned around, the Seven Star Dragon Abyss sword had already unsheathed, clashing violently with the Fire God Cone.
Bang!!
The sound of metal clashing rang out.
In the next instant, the Fire God Cone was sent flying.
At the same time, a sharp and cold sword light expanded in Li Tianxuan's wide-open eyes, and the sword directly tore through his neck.
Sla...
Flesh and blood separated.
Li Tianxuan's head was sent flying and landed on the ground.
The former number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking had been killed in one blow!
Ling Feng's cold gaze swept over the Tianwu Sect disciples. "So this is Tianwu Sect's style—attacking from behind. Truly an eye-opener!"
One of the Tianwu Sect disciples, trying to muster some courage, stepped forward and said, "Young Master Ling, please calm down. This was Li Tianxuan's own doing. It has nothing to do with our Tianwu Sect. We also disapprove of such underhanded tactics!"
"This mine is no longer needed by us. We'll leave now."
After speaking, the disciple lifted Li Tianxuan's corpse and was about to leave.
But Ling Feng sneered. "You think you can just leave like this?"
"Young Master Ling, what do you want?" the disciple asked.
"Leave behind everything valuable you're carrying as an apology," Ling Feng said coldly.
The others, not daring to defy him, quickly removed their storage rings. By now, they had been cursing Li Tianxuan for his sneak attack in their hearts.
Damn it!
Outclassed in strength, and yet he resorts to sneak attacks?
A true genius on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, yet he lost all face!
Not only that, but now he drags everyone down with him!
What a disaster!
Being stuck with such a senior brother was truly unfortunate.