Urban All-Round Master

In the forest, the Green-clothed Venerable leisurely walked out, with a trace of mockery at the corner of his mouth that never faded, displaying no urgency at all. His gaze at Lin Zifeng and the others was clearly like looking at dead people.

The Green-clothed Venerable mocked, but Lin Zifeng was extremely anxious. The strength of the Green-clothed Venerable was known not just from Dongka’s words, but also from Mu Ruoyun’s assessment. The three of them were definitely no match for him!

Watching the glow of the Transmission Array beneath his feet grow brighter, Lin Zifeng frowned deeply, seeing the Green-clothed Venerable approach with mockery, his mind started to race.

Three minutes, if he gives it his all, combined with Mu Ruoyun’s assistance, getting through it was not impossible. But if he did so, he wouldn’t be able to ensure the safety of Dongfang Ziyue and the other two!

Facing the Green-clothed Venerable right in front of them, all three faces showed worry and fear, but Lin Zifeng didn’t notice that beside him, in Dongka’s bright eyes, a flame of hatred and anger had arisen!

”Buzz...”

The Green-clothed Venerable stood ten steps away from Lin Zifeng, the green Elemental Power gathered in his hand shone even more under the glow of the Transmission Array. Feeling the might of the Elemental Power in the opponent’s hand, Lin Zifeng’s eyes focused and he shouted inwardly, fighting with all he had!

”Miss Dongfang, you two stand by me...”

While speaking, Lin Zifeng steadily stepped forward but unexpectedly felt a hand tugging at his robe from behind.

Startled, he turned around, looking at Dongka who was slowly walking forward and frowned: Strange, Dongka had just been so surprised by the Green-clothed Venerable’s strength, why now there was no sign of fear on his face. Instead... it had turned into substantial killing intent!

Before Lin Zifeng could ponder further, Dongka had already stepped in front of the two, his usually resonant voice now hoarse with anger, through gritted teeth he said, ”Green-clothed, my master, it’s you who killed him, isn’t it!?”

Not only the Green-clothed Venerable, but even Lin Zifeng and the others didn’t expect Dongka to say such a thing. Dongfang Ziyue saw Dongka wanting to battle with the Green-clothed Venerable, just wanted to step forward to stop him, but was stopped by Lin Zifeng raising a hand.

”Lin Zifeng, why are you stopping me!? How could my master be a match for the Green-clothed Venerable?”

Dongfang Ziyue’s fair face was filled with worry and couldn’t move due to Lin Zifeng’s iron-like grip, so she urgently questioned.

Gently shaking his head, Lin Zifeng looked at Dongka’s bloodied back, in his star-like eyes rose a hint of admiration, word by word he said, ”Your master... the fire of anger in his heart, probably can’t be extinguished.”

At this moment, the Green-clothed Venerable came to his senses from astonishment, seeing the fierce killing aura around Dongka, the trace of mockery at his mouth grew even heavier, in a taunting tone he said, ”Pff, old man Dong Qing, as one of the Lords of the Four Directions, violated the clan’s prohibitions, deservedly died. What’s this, do you still want revenge for that old man?”

Dongka was provoked by these words, his face turned gloomy, but he remained silent, only slowly unsheathing the thin swords like cicada wings in his hand, the blade shimmered with a chilling light under the glow of the Transmission Array.

The Green-clothed Venerable sneered coldly, ”Oh, the Venerable thought it was something else. You’re trying to buy time for these two traitors, what a waste, with you alone, trying to stop the Venerable!?”

Despite repeated humiliation from the Green-clothed Venerable, Dongka remained silent, but his hand gripping the longsword trembled violently, his eyes full of killing intent became vacant and confused.

Noticing the lack of killing intent around Dongka, Lin Zifeng raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help but question, ”What’s going on, what exactly does Dongka intend to do?”

At this moment, the Transmission Array around Lin Zifeng’s feet began to glow with its ancient characters, already a third of them brightly shining, while time quietly slipped by, a minute already passed.

But Dongfang Ziyue saw her master’s expression, originally full of worry, now turned to a bit of grimness, his words choked with sobs, ”Master... he plans to use his life to gain time for us!”

Using life to gain time...

Lin Zifeng murmured a few times, staring at Dongka’s back with suddenly lighting eyes, he shouted sternly, ”Dongka, what do you want to do!?”

As soon as he spoke, white ancient characters appeared on Dongka’s exposed skin of the neck beyond his robe, its brilliance matched the Transmission Array’s glow.

Dongka didn’t answer him, but Mu Ruoyun in Lin Zifeng’s mind was full of admiration and lamentation, giving Lin Zifeng an answer, ”If this girl guessed correctly, Dongka... he should be using a Forbidden Technique, you can sense his Life Force is rapidly depleting.”

”Hiss...”

Sucking air in shock, Lin Zifeng, filled with disbelief, asked, ”A Forbidden Technique that consumes Life Force, even so, Dongka isn’t a match for Green-clothed.”

Mu Ruoyun sighed deeply, continued to explain, ”Did you see the characters flashing on Dongka? They’re called Chenwen, a type of ancient character. The more Life Force Dongka sacrifices, the denser the Chenwen becomes over him...”

Hearing this, Lin Zifeng’s already astonished expression turned even more so, because before him, Dongka was covered with densely packed shining Chenwen, almost like the dark red scales found on the White Sky Venerable he had slain over forty times!

”Could it be... could it be Dongka burned his Life Force down to just one minute!?”

Seeing Dongka turn back and glance at the Transmission Array glowing with azure light, Lin Zifeng guessed the answer, Dongka was intending to exchange the remaining half of his life for the one minute left on the Transmission Array!

Before Lin Zifeng could ponder further, he was shaken awake by the Green-clothed Venerable’s taunting words, ”Well, you worthless fool, you’ve delayed two minutes, it seems the Venerable was too merciful, one minute! Let the Venerable slaughter these traitors in one minute!”

At this moment, surrounding Dongka was not a trace of sharp aura, but only Mu Ruoyun within Lin Zifeng’s heart could feel the aura that was vast like the ocean, unfathomable!

”Hmph, once a teacher, a lifelong father! Even knowing I, Dongka, am no match, I’ll still use my blood and sword to make you pay, Green-clothed!”

Knowing his remaining life was short, Dongka dare not delay, after bellowing, his eyes turned sharp, charging forth.

”Whoosh...”

”Such speed!”

Standing in the Transmission Array, Lin Zifeng looked at the two in the field, exclaiming in surprise, Dongka’s figure just flickered, disappearing from its original spot, the next moment, he appeared behind the Green-clothed Venerable!