Chapter 66: Innate Gang Qi Breaks Through Spell Techniques

Obviously.

Ye Liuyun’s words were deliberately spoken loudly for Yun Sheng to hear.

"Damn it!"

Actually, although Yun Sheng was proud at heart, he was still pretty cautious—otherwise he wouldn’t have managed to play tricks so many times without getting exposed.

Originally, seeing Ye Liuyun able to destroy his Ghost Fire Magic, he’d planned to retreat right away.

But after hearing Ye Liuyun’s taunt, his expression instantly grew even darker.

"Since you’re so eager to die, don’t blame me."

Might as well try one more time. If it doesn’t work, it won’t be too late to run then.

With this thought in mind,

Yun Sheng pressed his hands together, forming a hand seal, his gaze burning as he stared at Ye Liuyun.

"Fire-igniting Magic!"

Yun Sheng didn’t know many spells, but this Fire-igniting Magic was absolutely his strongest.

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On Ye Liuyun’s side—

Seeing the few fireballs dealt with, Si Nan and Shi Sheng were about to walk over to Ye Liuyun’s side again.

But in the next instant—

"Boom!"

Surging flames suddenly ignited and burned across Ye Liuyun’s body.

And in just moments, Ye Liuyun was entirely surrounded by fire.

"Sir!"

This sudden scene startled both Si Nan and Shi Sheng—they tried to rush over and put out the fire on the spot.

But Ye Liuyun, now surrounded by the flames, calmly waved his hand, signaling the two not to panic.

Looking at the flames burning on him, Ye Liuyun suddenly grinned.

He’d only heard about how mystical magic could be before, but now, it really was quite interesting. An average Third-class Martial Artist, even a Second-class, would most likely get killed by this move if unprepared.

However,

"Not enough!"

Clenching his fist, Innate Gang Qi automatically circulated around Ye Liuyun’s body.

Although the flames looked like they had surrounded Ye Liuyun, with Innate Gang Qi protecting him, they never actually touched him—they were blocked outside.

"Boom!"

His surging Inner Strength exploded outward, instantly blasting away all the flames on him.

At the same time—

"Puh!"

If a Mage’s technique is broken and their skills aren’t refined enough, they’re often hit by backlash from their own magic.

Yun Sheng, still just a Ninth Grade Mage, now suffered the Fire-igniting Magic’s backlash and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Innate Gang Qi? An Innate Martial Artist! Impossible!"

Yun Sheng wasn’t totally ignorant.

The Innate Gang Qi on Ye Liuyun was unmistakably the mark of an Innate Martial Artist. Yun Sheng had never taken these Embroidered Uniform Guards seriously, but he hadn’t expected one of them to be Innate.

Run!

Innate Martial Artists were simply not people he could handle.

He had to escape. Now.

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"Why are you still standing there?"

Si Nan relaxed a lot once Ye Liuyun shattered the flames around him.

Noticing Shi Sheng was still stunned, Si Nan gave him a rough slap.

"Didn’t you hear all that commotion? Go after him!"

Martial Artists all have good hearing. Even though Yun Sheng’s retching wasn’t loud, they’d caught it right away.

If you still didn’t get it, then frankly, you’d have to be as dumb as the guy pretending to be a ghost.

After nudging Shi Sheng, Si Nan took off after Yun Sheng first.

Shi Sheng quickly recovered.

"Damn it!"

So someone actually had been faking all that ghost stuff!

He remembered getting teased endlessly over being scared of ghosts, but now knowing it was all faked—his temper flared instantly.

"Sir, wait for me; I’ll go drag that ghost-impersonator over here."

Now that he knew it was trickery, not a real ghost,

Shi Sheng wasn’t scared anymore—he was just pissed off.

After saying this, he immediately dashed off in the direction Si Nan had gone.

As for Ye Liuyun, he didn’t try to stop them. On the contrary, he strolled along behind, hands clasped behind his back, walking calmly and unhurriedly.

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"Don’t even think about running!"

Si Nan’s Qinggong was excellent.

Plus, Yun Sheng was slowed by the magic backlash, so in no time, Si Nan caught up to him.

"Damn it!"

As soon as he heard Si Nan getting close, Yun Sheng’s face as he fled turned even uglier.

If only he’d run when Ye Liuyun unleashed that blade Qi—now he was screwed.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Seeing Yun Sheng wasn’t about to stop, Si Nan threw out several throwing knives as he gave chase.

"Fire-breathing Magic!"

Yun Sheng wasn’t about to get caught here.

Forcing his injured body to turn, he cast a spell and spat flames from his mouth, blasting away Si Nan’s knives.

"So it really is you!"

This sight—

Confirmed for Si Nan that the man before him was indeed the one who’d been playing ghost all along.

"Ghost Fire Magic!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun wasn’t rushing over immediately, Yun Sheng used ghost fire again, several red fireballs igniting in the air and speeding toward Si Nan.

Looks like he wanted to finish Si Nan off right there.

However—

Facing all this, Si Nan didn’t panic. He didn’t dodge or run, just stood there with a cheery grin.

"???"

Just as Yun Sheng was confused by the reaction,

Si Nan spoke calmly.

"Don’t tell me you think I’m alone?"

He didn’t have Ye Liuyun’s abilities to slash through fireballs, sure.

But whatever—he had comrades!

"Huh?!"

Momentarily stunned, Yun Sheng suddenly realized—but it was already too late.

Shi Sheng’s Qinggong wasn’t as good as Si Nan’s, so he’d chosen a shortcut instead.

All that wandering around Shuihe County earlier wasn’t for nothing—he’d remembered all the little alleyways.

"Die!"

Charging out from a nearby alley, Shi Sheng landed a punch straight into Yun Sheng’s body.

"Bang!"

The immense force of the blow sent Yun Sheng’s figure flying like a rag doll.

He crashed hard against a wall.

All the fireballs in mid-air vanished as well.

"You actually dared to disguise yourself as a ghost to scare me—pah!"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.

"Well, it’s not like you got nothing out of it. At least next time something like this happens, your first reaction hopefully won’t be fear, right?"

Si Nan, leaping down, grinned as he patted Shi Sheng’s shoulder.

",,,"

Shi Sheng didn’t say anything, just irritably knocked Si Nan’s hand away.

Don’t think I didn’t hear that—you’re teasing me again.

A Mage’s body wasn’t as tough as a Martial Artist’s. Shi Sheng’s punch nearly killed Yun Sheng.

Even so, even if not dead, Yun Sheng couldn’t stand up again.

He could only, with a resentful look in his eyes, slump on the ground against the wall.

"So it really was you!"

Seeing Yun Sheng’s face, Si Nan wasn’t surprised at all.

But Shi Sheng frowned slightly.

"Well done!"

Just then, Ye Liuyun’s voice drifted over, and Si Nan and Shi Sheng turned at the same time.

"Sir!"

Ye Liuyun nodded with a smile, not at all stingy with his praise for the two.

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