It was Sun Wuji’s turn to attack and he thought that this clone was as easy as pie, so he did not pay that much attention to his brother’s command. And he had already swung his stony punch at the back of the clone’s neck, thus it was already too late.

Sun Wuji was startled as his punch was unexpectedly grabbed by the clone. Before Sun Wuji could even collect himself from the stupor, a hand pushed the back of his head towards the ground. He got his head buried into the ground with blood spurted from the impact point.

Even though its aura had considerably dwindled, the clone somehow regained its lost arm.

Feng Luotian immediately activated his [Pinnacle Flash Lightning] and attacked the clone from behind with his supreme speed.

The clone sensed Feng Luotian approaching, it turned its attention to him and delivered a punch towards Feng Luotian’s attack; however, the previous attack made by Feng Luotian was only a feign. He spun mid-air to dodge the incoming punch and used that punching arm as a springboard to hurry towards Sun Wuji.

The moment Feng Luotian appeared beside Sun Wuji, he grabbed and swung Sun Wuji’s body towards Mei Yue’er then commanded: “Yue’er!! Sister Tu!! Take Brother Sun and retreat!!”

Feng Luotian yelled out, not bothered using sound transmission any longer.

Amongst the chaos, the one who understood right away was Mei Yue’er as she had the same bloodline and stayed in the same clan as the Second Elder, so she knew the skill.

Mei Yue’er caught the unconscious Sun Wuji with his bloody face, then turned away and left. She did not know what Feng Luotian was planning to do when it had come to this, but she could detect the light within his eyes that it still had not yet faded.

Tu Lingxi, on the other hand, was confused with the situation. Although she did not know what to do, she still retreated by instinct and trust in Feng Luotian.

After being fooled by Feng Luotian’s feigned attack, it did not continue to chase him down. Rather, it charged straight to Wei Ci and co., planning to deal with them first.

Not having their disabling skills off cooldown yet, Wei Ci’s gang was trying to flee with their utmost endeavor.

But how could a cultivator in Fang Realm be able to outrun the one in Talon Realm without any speed-type skill?

The clone darted and appeared in front of Wei Ci in no time and ruthlessly sent down a hand chop.

A figure was hit flying away into one of the ancient ruins around the area, however, it was not Wei Ci who received the attack. It was Feng Luotian who manifested himself in front of Wei Ci just before the attack landed.

If it was the most fragile Wei Ci who suffered this attack, he would of course be sent out right away along with his duplications. Taking an advantage of the commotion, Wei Ci and co. were able to retreat safely.

Feng Luotian lay still among the ruins with a broken arm and blood trickling down from his lips. Six [Evil Cyclones] entered his body and his broken arm was gradually healed.

Now, the only ones in this arena were the clone and Ying Lizhua.

Seeing one of his sworn brothers after another was brutally injured, Ying Lizhua’s eyes lit in flame. Holding his sword with both hands, Ying Lizhua leaped up high and slashed his sword down at the clone.

Despite Ying Lizhua’s violent momentum, the clone raised its index and middle fingers to catch the incoming sword slash. All of the force he delivered could only send dust flying around the clone. Nevertheless, Ying Lizhua still poured his utmost into the sword trying to push the sword forward and slice the clone’s hand.

“Heh, brats these days are really formidable, aren’t they?”

“!!” Hearing the clone talked, Ying Lizhua stopped his hands in bewilderment. He thought that these clones were just mindless puppets created by Mei Hongyi, so how could they talk?

With a bam, a punch from the clone sank into Ying Lizhua’s abdomen, making him throw out blood, dropping and curling in pain on the ground. The clone raised its foot, planning to step and Ying Lizhua’s head, however, a figure flashed and took away its target.

Feng Luotian asked: “Are you alright, Brother Ying?”

Ying Lizhua said through the sound transmission because he did not have the strength to talk normally: “Don’t bother me!! I’m not dead yet.”

The clone turned to Feng Luotian and said: “Just concede, Luotian!! As long as I am in this clone, you all will never be able to take it down.”

Feng Luotian now had his calm and casual expression as always: “I really didn’t expect you to be this persistent in giving your son the top ranking, Second Elder. To use the [Possession] skill just to deal with a party of the younger generation. Do you not feel shame at all?”

So, it was this skill called [Possession] that allowed Mei Hongyi who was sitting close-eyed from outside to personally control the clone and be able to communicate through it.

Mei Hongyi let out a small chuckle: “Heh, don’t mind me of how I feel. Just hurry up and concede!! Look at you all. You have all already passed the exam. Shouldn’t you all be satisfied and go home?”

Feng Luotian: “You had completely missed the point here, Second Elder. We did not come here to pass the exam.”

Feng Luotian’s reply made Mei Hongyi frown with questions: “Why are you here then?”

Feng Luotian spread his hands: “To challenge ourselves and thrive further in this boundless cultivation world!!”

Mei Hongyi snarled at Feng Luotian’s confident attitude: “Hmph!! Then show me what your little cultivation can do to me.”

Feng Luotian suddenly took out a bag full of monster cores he received from Mei Yue’er earlier plus the ones he got from the Warland Thicket and the Vulture Bandit Troupe’s hideout, then casually opened it for Mei Hongyi to see. Everyone who saw this was confused about what Feng Luotian was trying to do. Could he be trying to bribe Mei Hongyi?

Seeing this, Mei Yue’er quickly asked him through the party: “Luotian, what are you doing?”

Feng Luotian sent a sound transmission to Mei Yue’er: “Come and take Brother Ying to the rendezvous point, and carry out Plan B!! Leave the diverting task of the plan to me and Brother Wei.”

He sent another transmission to Wei Ci: “Brother Wei, you are still with me, right?”

Wei Ci replied: “Of course.”

Feng Luotian: “Can I trust you to watch my back?”

Wei Ci was surprised by the question: “What kind of question is this? Of course, you can. Just do your thing, Brother. But, don’t rely on me too much. Your speed enhancement skill is a little too fast for me to track with my eyes.”

Feng Luotian: “Hehe … I know you can do it, Brother Wei.”

This time Wei Ci would not be just using [Gold Lock] in chain-cast after it was off cooldown, he was required to watch how the battle between Feng Luotian and the enhanced clone was going and only executed his skill when needed. Although the task Wei Ci had to do now was much harder than before, Feng Luotian believed that Wei Ci was strong enough for the task, but the guy was just extremely humble.

After that, Mei Yue’er arrived at the injured Ying Lizhua, then she took him away with [Aurora Treading Step].

As for Mei Hongyi in the strongest clone, he still focused on Feng Luotian who was presenting him with a bag of monster cores, which made him puzzled and hilarious at the same time: “What?! Do you want to bribe me now? But I’m sorry to say that such an amount of wealth can’t move me in the slightest. I have monster cores at my place more than I can count. Why would I be interested in that pitiful pile of money?”

Yes, to someone like Mei Hongyi, this might not be enough to move him, but all of the people inside and outside would not think like that.

Anyone who just heard what Mei Hongyi said had their faces streaked in tears. Just a hundredth of those could buy them food and shelter for a lifetime.

As for Feng Luotian, he did not become angry at the rejection and taunt from Mei Hongyi, instead, he smiled and activated his Theríon to try refining the monster cores in his hand.

819 monster cores detected.

Energy: +171% at Six Fangs

Benefits:

Fire skill proficiency +82

Water skill proficiency +77

Non-element skill proficiency +54

Wind skill proficiency +43

Lightning skill proficiency +32

Earth skill proficiency +18

Attack skill proficiency +37

Defense skill proficiency +31

Speed skill proficiency +27

Attack +28%

Defense +23%

Speed +16%

Vision range +15 meters

Debuff duration +1.2 seconds

Stealth duration +30 seconds

Skill Theríon cost -27%

Healing Efficiency +44%

Fire resistance +18%

Water resistance +13%

Lightning resistance +9%

Poison resistance +6%

Poison lethality rate +1 level

All durations +4 minutes

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