Chapter 380 - 103: Playing Along While Waiting for the Right Moment

"Caw caw, coo coo!"

As Liu Yang slashed through six or seven blood vultures with one sword, charging towards the mountain top, the cries of other exotic beasts echoed from the stone wall.

Liu Yang glanced towards the source of the sound.

The exotic beast seemed to fall silent instantly, while Liu Yang continued his relentless charge to the summit.

"It’s the cry of the stone monkey."

"Could it be that Liu Yang is a telekinesis master, able to intimidate the stone monkeys with just a glance?"

Liu Chuan and Lin Chunchi remarked one after another.

Stone monkeys are natural enemies of blood vultures, specially adapted to prey on them. They prefer to be active at night and their cries have powerful penetration.

Where there are blood vultures, stone monkeys lie in wait.

Liu Yang, while slaying blood vultures on the cliff, attracted the hostility of the stone monkeys, seeming to regard Liu Yang as a rival predator.

Ling Feng extended his telepathy.

The sudden cry coming from above made his scalp tingle, goosebumps covering his skin as he realized the oscillation of the stone monkeys’ cries could cause the blood within one’s body to resonate, leading to blood backlash and significant harm to the body.

Of course, with his prowess, even if a group of stone monkeys screamed at him, he could resist through mental telekinesis waves or his spiritual domain.

The reaction was due to dropping his defenses voluntarily to feel the power within the stone monkeys’ cry.

He seemed to find a way to counter the stone monkeys’ cries.

"As long as the nodes of resonance between blood and sound are destroyed, the cries of the stone monkeys cannot harm me. No wonder the spiritual domain and mental telekinesis waveforms can form a defense."

Ling Feng murmured to himself.

The spiritual domain is the five elements power vibrating around the body. A regular energy fluctuation can’t penetrate it, even if it succeeds, it would be damaged in the domain’s vibrations, making it much harder to resonate with Ling Feng’s blood to harm him.

"Go!"

Liu Yang left the others in the dust on Asura Peak.

His gracefully elegant silhouette drew many gazes.

Ling Feng and the others had no intention of competing with Liu Yang, merely aiming to advance to the sixth round smoothly. The three quickly ran up to the mountain base, heading for the summit.

The number of blood vultures on Asura Peak is immense.

And other exotic beasts are lying in wait too.

Rushing up conspicuously easily makes one a target, unless, like Liu Yang, with swordsmanship unparalleled under the heavens, he can instantly slay six or seven adult blood vultures in mere moves, deterring the rest from acting rashly, even the stone monkeys are in awe of him, hesitating to act rashly.

"Creak!"

Being three steps in meant entering the blood vultures’ field of view, and soon enough, Ling Feng and the others faced an assault by the blood vultures.

Three blood vultures dove down, their claws aimed at the trio’s heads.

The claws of adult blood vultures can shatter even gaseous armor, so the three dare not let their guard down, responding immediately.

Each slayed a blood vulture; although their process wasn’t as decisive as Liu Yang’s, they also finished the fight in one strike. However, as they ascended, they maintained high alert, fearing further attacks from other blood vultures or that the stone monkeys might suddenly charge from either side of the cliff.

Liu Yang moved like a swallow, light on his feet, quickly reaching the upper levels of Asura Peak.

"Whoosh!"

But at this moment, a figure followed closely, rushing up from another direction, landing on a rock next to him.

"Zhuang Lifan!"

Liu Yang wore a wary expression.

Zhuang Lifan is the top martial arts student in the Guangnan Province, his strength unfathomable. There are rumors that he is one of the few who can fight Qin Qianyu a hundred rounds without defeat.

Also being a genius determined to reach the final round to compete with Qin Qianyu, Liu Yang had some understanding of the abilities of the various prodigies.

Zhuang Lifan’s sudden approach made him worry if it was directed at him, and should their fight occur here, he was not sure of a complete victory.

Injuries might lead to his elimination, halting at the fifth round.

"You’re quite fast; don’t you know your cousin Liu Bayuan was eliminated?"

Zhuang Lifan laughed.

"Who eliminated him?"

Liu Yang exclaimed.

"Look down, it’s those three."

Zhuang Lifan motioned with his mouth toward where Ling Feng and the others were.

"Lin Chunchi... that miraculous fourth-line martial arts student? Why did they eliminate Bayuan?"

Liu Yang frowned.

"Your cousin was outmatched, couldn’t get the blood fruit, dared to threaten them with revenge, and as a result, was severely taught a lesson by the three and jointly eliminated."

Zhuang Lifan explained.

"Why are you telling me this?"

Liu Yang found it odd.

"I want to see a good show. You won’t tell me you’re not planning to avenge Liu Bayuan, right? If that’s the case, I’ll assist Ling Feng and the others in breaking into the sixth round."

Zhuang Lifan laughed.

"What’s in it for you?"

Liu Yang’s face darkened.

"I said, I want to see a show. When Liu Bayuan was eliminated, I was nearby and saw his arrogant and pleading manner with clarity. I’m curious, as the strongest young martial arts student of the Liu family, I want to see if you have what it takes to avenge Liu Bayuan."

Zhuang Lifan smirked.

"Hmph!"

Liu Yang snorted coldly.

He could clearly see that Zhuang Lifan wanted to gauge his capabilities, to see if he posed any threat.

That’s why he "kind-heartedly" came to inform him that Liu Bayuan was eliminated by Ling Feng and the others.

As a direct descendant of the Liu family and the cousin of Liu Bayuan, since Liu Yang now knew of this incident, he couldn’t stand idly by.