Chapter 4: Enemies Meet Face-to-Face

  In the depths of the night, outside the desolate wilderness, an unusual tranquility prevailed, with the sound of birdsong filling the air. In one place, a fire continued to burn fiercely, and around it, four or five black-clad figures knelt in two rows behind a man dressed in luxurious attire, exuding an extraordinary aura. It was clear that this man was their leader. Suddenly, a figure descended swiftly and landed on one knee behind the man, revealing none other than the black-clad individual who had attempted to abduct Du Fei.

  "I have come to see the master, but I was unable to capture that child due to my subordinate's incompetence. Please punish me, sir." The black-clad man who had kidnapped Du Fei spoke in a very respectful tone.

  "I had expected as much, you don't have to blame yourself. Did you run into a formidable opponent?" The leading man's voice was very calm.

  "Our lord is wise, but I have to report that the subordinate had already captured the child earlier, however a mysterious figure suddenly appeared. His cultivation was unfathomably deep and when I used my Eight Successions Thunder Palm against him, I couldn't gain any advantage and was even injured by him. Moreover, this person seems to know that I am from the Yunmen sect and recognized the Double Thunder Palm at a glance." The man in black replied respectfully.

  "Oh, and that's another thing, this is really interesting." The man in charge finished speaking and swung his right hand towards the black-clothed man. A strong yuanqi shot out from the man's hand and hit the black-clothed man, who narrowed his eyes and didn't have time to react before being blown away five meters. The black-clothed man spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately got up on one knee, bowing towards the man in charge: "Thank you, Master Zong, for the punishment."

  "I'm not punishing you, it's just that you've already been dealt a blow by that master and now that you're being tracked, I've taken care of the aftermath." The leading man said.

  What is called tracking the yuanqi is when a cultivator who has reached the realm of fusion with the soul or above releases a strand of yuanqi from their own body onto someone else's, this strand of yuanqi will be connected to themselves. The range of connection is generally over 100 li, and if one's cultivation hasn't reached the realm of fusion with the soul, it's usually very difficult to discover.

  The black-clad man was taken aback by the first man's words and thanked him, saying: "Thank you, Master!"

  "Hahaha, Jin Yitian, since you're here, why hide? Come out and let's meet." The leading man suddenly laughed loudly.

  "Lei Yi, it's really you." The speaker was the black-clad man who had just rescued Du Fei. As he slowly descended to the ground from mid-air, his gaze swept across the crowd, and except for the leading man, everyone else assumed a fighting stance. The Lei Yi that the black-clad man spoke of was indeed the leading man.

  "Yitian brother, it's been ten years since we last met, how have you been?" Lei Yi said with a smile.

  "Lei Yi, stop pretending to be refined in front of me, you're just a worthless dog!" Jin Yitian cursed.

  "Hmph, Jin Yitian, do you think you still have a chance to leave alive today?" Lei Yi's words were laced with indignation, clearly a result of being insulted by Jin Yitian earlier.

  "Hmph, what's the point of that? You killed my wife and child, I've long since sworn to tear you limb from limb, to avenge the hatred in my heart." Jin Yitian said disdainfully. As he spoke, a powerful aura emanated from his body, forcing the group of black-clad men to mobilize their internal energy to resist the pressure. Lei Yi, although not as severely affected as the black-clad men, was also shocked beyond words.

  "What an impressive aura, Jin Yitian, you are indeed a once-in-a-century genius in the Jin family. Even after suffering such severe injuries that day, your cultivation didn't decline, but instead became even more refined." Lei Yi exclaimed.

  "Hmph, stop spouting nonsense here. All of you will only meet death today." Jin Yitian's words were laced with a thick and intense killing intent.

  "You want to kill me, it's not that easy." Lei Yi clasped his hands together and swiftly made several hand gestures, saying "Double Thunder Palm". As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Yi's palms shot out towards Jin Yitian. Two dazzling rays of thunder light shot out with a loud "Boom" towards Jin Yitian's front. Jin Yitian swung his left hand, and the two rays of thunder light changed direction, shooting towards a giant tree over a thousand years old beside him. The tree fell to the ground with a loud crash, bursting into flames. The fiery red glow illuminated the faces of everyone present, making them flush bright red.

  "Lei Yi, is this all you've got? Bring out your signature move, let me take a good look." Jin Yitian said disdainfully.

  "Jin Yitian, you're getting too arrogant. Do you think I, Lei Yi, wouldn't have any countermeasures prepared to deal with you?" Lei Yi burst out laughing after saying that.

  As soon as Jinyi Tian heard what Lei Yi said, his pupils suddenly constricted, and he felt two vigorous auras coming from not far away. Two figures landed beside Lei Yi. Jinyi Tian looked at the two figures, his fists clenched tightly, his hands trembling involuntarily, not because of fear, but because of excitement. At this moment, the anger in Jinyi Tian's eyes grew even stronger.

  "Jin Wentai, Luo Liyang. It's you two, hahaha, you've all arrived. Today is truly a blessing from heaven for me, Jin Yitian, to have my enemies appear before me. I will finally be able to avenge myself. You three bastards, no one can escape today, I will not rest until we settle this once and for all." Jin Yitian roared with anger, his words filled with sorrow and indignation.

  "Big brother, it's been a long time, I didn't expect your skills to have improved so much, you truly live up to the title of 'century prodigy'." The speaker was a man named Jin Wentao among the three.

  "Jin Wentao, my good little brother." Jin Yitian spoke with a tone of disdain and sarcasm: "My good little brother, aren't you delighted that your big brother hasn't died yet? You must be very disappointed! Oh, now that you're the esteemed master of the Jin family, I should address you as Patriarch Jin."

  Jin Wentao's emotions didn't change in the slightest upon hearing Jin Yitian's words. He let out a cold laugh, looking at Jin Yitian and saying: "Stop spouting nonsense here, yes, it was us who framed you back then, I'm the one who killed your wife and child, I'm the one who arranged all of this. So what?"

  "Jin Wentao!" Jin Yitian thundered in a voice full of grief and indignation: "Are you still a member of the Jin family? Are you so willing to disregard the safety of the Jin family, to collude with evil people for your own desires, and to destroy the foundation of the Jin family that has been built over thousands of years? Do you still have the blood of the Jin family in your veins? I treated you well in the past, why can you be so ruthless to your older brother?"

  "Hahaha, big brother, who is my big brother? Let me tell you, the Jin family has become even stronger without you. Now, who dares to provoke us, who dares to anger us? Compared to when you were around, we are countless times stronger. Killing your wife and children, what's that got to do with anything? Who told you to be so ignorant? Mr. Zhuo gave you more than one chance, this is all your own doing. Today, if you hand over the goods, I'll let you live." Jin Wentai said disdainfully.

  "You're a shame to the Jin family, you bunch of dogs who colluded with each other to frame me back then. Now you're even willing to be Old Miscellaneous's lackey, and still want to covet treasure? I spit on that. Today, let me come and eliminate this shame from the Jin family for good." As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Ye Tian's entire aura burst out, and everyone present felt a terrifying power.

  "This is tough, this guy has improved his cultivation by so much in just a short ten years, it's not going to be easy to deal with him." The one speaking was Lei Yi.

  "Now you're scared, if you're afraid, you can roll away early, let us solve it here." Luo Liyang looked at Lei Yi with disdain.

  "You're still so arrogant, I think you can walk away if you want to, even if you do, you few guarantors will come back to haunt me later. We all participated in the siege of Jin Yitian back then, today no one thinks they can walk away." Lei Yi thought angrily.

  Long Liyang was the strongest among the three, with a cultivation level that had reached the ninth level of Fusion Soul. He was also a Three Elemental Heaven Master, with wood, fire and wind elements in his body. Jin Wentao and Lei Yi's cultivation levels had also reached the eighth level of Fusion Soul, and they were both Three Elemental Heaven Masters as well. Jin Wentao's elements were gold, earth and water, while Lei Yi's elements were lightning, water and wood. Long Liyang was the first to launch an attack.

  Long Liyang raised his right hand, and the fire element in his body burst out. A huge fireball with a radius of over 10 meters shot towards Jin Yitian, who felt the terrifying temperature of the fireball and flew backward to get away from it. At the same time, he continuously manipulated the wind elements inside his body and in nature to condense hand gestures and launch martial skills.

  "Thousand Winds Kill." Jin Ye Tian shouted loudly, his hands quickly stretching out in the direction of the fireball, a thousand wind blades rapidly shooting towards the fireball. As the winds and flames met for an instant, the fireball was cut open by the wind blades, slowly disappearing without a trace. The remaining thousand wind blades shot towards Luo Li Yang and several people behind him. Those underlings of Lei Yi, whose cultivation was not as high as that of the four on the scene, had two who hadn't even reacted before being sliced into minced meat by the wind blades. The remaining black-clothed men also raised their spirits to a hundred percent, mobilizing the yuanqi in their bodies and preparing for battle at any moment.

  Jin Yitian was originally a genius that the Jin family had not encountered in a hundred years, and also a four-element heaven traveler. The four elements on his body are: wind, thunder, fire, and gold. He is the former head of the Jin family. The Jin family is one of the three major elemental families on the mainland, and the three major families are also top-level forces on the mainland. It is said that the three major families have been passed down for thousands of years, and the strength of the Jin family can be ranked among the top six on the mainland.

  Seeing Luo Liyang's fireball easily dispelled and his two subordinates killed, Lei Yi couldn't help but get angry, his hands quickly forming a gesture. A massive amount of lightning elements gathered in his right palm, the density of which was astonishingly high, even surpassing that of the thunder in the sky. With his martial skill complete, Lei Yi immediately rushed towards Jin Yitian: "Jin Yitian, take my Thunder Cannon!" Lei Yi threw out the Thunder Cannon with a loud whistling sound that echoed through the night sky.

  Jin Yitian didn't dare to slack off, and saw his right hand transform into a sword finger. A stock of thunder elements gathered at his fingertips, with a density higher than that of the Crazy Thunder Cannon. Clear and visible lines of thunder spread out from his fingertips. Jin Yitian charged forward against the crazy thunder, shouting: "Reverse Thunder Finger."

  "Jin Wentao exclaimed: 'This is a Sacred Middle-Grade Martial Skill - Inverse Thunder Finger, it's even more powerful than the Sacred Lower-Grade Martial Skill Crazy Thunder Cannon, everyone be careful.'"

  In an instant, Jin Yitian's fingertips came into contact with the raging thunder, and two violent bursts of thunder elements exploded. The lightning was so intense that people dared not open their eyes to look directly at it. Everyone watched as Jin Yitian, whose body was wrapped in electricity, charged towards Jin Wentao with his electrified fingers pointing forward.

  "This, how is it possible, actually absorbed my Thunderbolt?" Lei Yi was even more shocked. He really couldn't understand how Jin Ge Tian's cultivation had risen to such an extent, and he couldn't believe that his own Thunderbolt Cannon had become someone else's wedding dress.

  After absorbing the Thunder Element of the Crazy Thunder Cannon, Jin Yitian's Reverse Thunder Finger became even more powerful. Jin Wentao didn't dare to slack off and had to mobilize all his internal energy to escape this attack.