" Huh? .
That was my honest reaction to him recognizing me like this, I wasn't a well-known young master from a good family nor was I someone that could be considered having even the slightest bit of fame in the city, heck, even the other disciples from the Dojo didn't recognize me, but this officer did .
I was about to launch my assault, but he surprised me with this question, so the advantage that I could by evading his attack was rendered completely useless, I saw him turning his body to the side and removed the spear that had stabbed the earth just now and created a sizable hole in it, then waved his spear at me and thrusted it again .
Understanding that my try to go on the offensive failed, I directly tried to make a distance between us, but this time I wasn't able to go anywhere, my legs were fixed on the ground by a green weird like substance, it's better to say that it was glued into the earth, I had no doubt in me that this was the work of that officer Gu .
He was heading towards me and I was completely unable to move away from his path, so all I can do was to time my movements enough to evade him, any slight mistake would lead me to get severely injured, even death was one of the possibilities, his face and the hatred in his eyes allowed me to clearly see that .
All in all, I clearly understood that I need to search for other techniques and skills to increase the cards in my sleeves, time after time I keep getting in situations that will make me not dare to use any of my cards openly, for the risk of being suspected as either a villain or a person with unique circumstances, after all who would be crazy enough to burn his Blood Qi or Vitality .
The strike had finally came, the opponent named his attack ' Dragon's Tail Swiping ', I felt the air around the spear become quite intense and winds began to whistle in my ears as the spear came close to pierce my chest, but just as it was about to pierce me, I leaned to the side slightly, the spearhead hit nothing but air .
The shockwave that spread from the sword, create a weak air cyclone and that cyclone clashed with a nearby wall and demolished it instantly without even stopping in its track, luckily the cyclone vanished directly after that happened, otherwise the houses behind that wall might have suffered the same fate .
I didn't have a spare time to be focusing on something like that, he seeing that his attack missed tried to adjust the spear in his hand and attack again, but this time he seemed to have sensed danger in my sword attack that soon followed and directly created a distance between us .
Normally with my leaning stature, I wouldn't have been able to create much momentum to threaten that guy life, but there was something that I can do to make up for this, by infusing Blood Qi in the sword, the sword become sharper and my Blood Qi also become much stronger and easier to be controlled, but the cost was the increase in consumption of my Blood Qi .
Doing this, I was able to directly pose a critical threat to that guy and force him backwards, all thanks to the sword itself, after I did this, he didn't hastily attack again, but seeing me holding the sword in front of him like this, seemed to make him more angry, I wasn't sure at why was that the case at first, but after I heard what he had to say, I understood everything clearly .
You should be at least at the 9th layer of Flesh Tempering, maybe even suppressing your strength to make yourself look like one, using some despicable method to cut the hand of my Gu Family Second Young Master and even dared to steal one of the two dual swords that was left behind by the ancestor of the Gu Family in the Royal Capital .
Tell you what, even though I'm willing to carry on this fight until one of us fall, I want to still give you a chance to repent, how about this, you hand over the Wind-Chaser Sword and I will seek to make you get the slightest punishment possible, what do you say ? .
So that what was going on, that was how he recognized me, the sword seemed to be indeed quite special in terms of both strength and appearance, it seem to also hold a significant value to the Gu Family, it was a gift or something like that from the main family in the capital, but this has completely nothing to do with me .
" Oh, so you want me to hand over the sword that I got after crippling that trash Young Master of yours and you will help assure my survival, then how about you show some sincerity and set me free first .
I said this in a ridiculing tone while pointing at the weird green substance that was still stuck to my legs and preventing me from moving, I already know his answer to this little request of mine .
Are you really going to refuse my suggestion, hand over the sword and I will set you free after that .
" Oh, so you don't just want to get the sword first then deal with me whether you liked, after all you are at the 2nd layer of Flesh Tempering, I shouldn't be able to do anything to you after I hand over the sword, Wind-Chaser is a good name, I like it .
I flicked the edge of the sword with my finger and almost get injured as a result, but my actions seemed to have angered the guy who was still seething with anger, he released a cold snort and said :
It seem that you won't cry until you see your coffin, then I will get the Sword from your dead body, you guys block him for me for a few seconds .
He said this and I sensed that his Blood Qi seemed to be erupting even more intensely than before, I was certain that he was getting ready to do something big, his comrades circled around me and just made sure that I didn't move anywhere, while they were whispering about how my luck seem to have been worn out and how I would die after officer Gu was using the Gu Family's secret skill .
As I heard the words they were whispering to one another, I couldn't help become quite interested in that secret skill they mentioned, but then a thought came to mind, no it was more accurate to say that I have overlooked something since I had woken up, I wasn't able to feel my Mental Energy before, but now it seemed that it went through some kind of transformation and it was now showing signs of waking up .
I didn't know when or what was happening, but I suddenly felt my whole body as if it was welcoming a great change, then without a warning, the guys who were just now flocking me was directly pushed back and sent flying after the shockwave that came with the awakening of my Mental Energy had hit them .
They all fell unconscious directly after, as for me I sensed a refreshing feeling like the one that I had directly after waking up, I was ravished by that feeling, so much that I almost forgot where I was or what was currently going on .
But then, I sensed that there was a huge outburst of Blood Qi coming from in front of me, the air become much heavier than before, the preparations for that big move he was about to unleash seemed to have been finished, he was the one who was declaring that out loud while laughing like a madman and channeling all his Blood Qi into the spear in hand and saying :
You should be honored to die under the effect of our Gu Family's secret skill Burning Blood, today I Gu Te will get all the opportunities you have, Die.... .
He said this and his face turned slightly pale, the spear came in his hand seemed to be no longer able to bear with the amount of Blood Qi it was infused with, the spearhead seemed to be completely red and I even began to see an extended projection of the spearhead, something that I couldn't help but widen my eyes at, not completely certain what that was .
Yet, someone that seemed to be more knowledgeable than the rest of the onlookers suddenly screamed that this was the Initial Emergence Of The Spear Intent, hearing that guy comment, I couldn't help but squinting my eyes slightly .
Even without that guy identifying what was going on, I would have still stayed completely guarded against this weird state he was in, I was able to sense with my Mental Energy that the spearhead projection in front of was even more threatening than anything I had went through before .
Shaking Mountain And Rivers Spear .
I heard the cry of Gu Te and understood that now wasn't the time to be dwelling on other things, I felt a bit uneasy due to the fact that I was beginning to have doubt whether will my Mental Strength be able to stop this attack alone without me using any other hidden cards, but I calmed down after I felt that even though the danger was there right in front of me, my Mental Strength was still providing me with a weird sense of secure .
As if it was telling me that there was no need to worry about this, the attack had finally started and the shockwaves that were being exuded by that strange spear, were enough to demolish everything that it crashed into, houses,walls, building, everything thing that was in the way was demolished .
Just as the attack was about to land on me, I decided that I would be using my mental strength and energy to withstand it, the spearhead like an arrow that was fired by a cannon, it directly cut through the wind and crashed with the Mental Energy that I spread around me .
The spear that seemed to be unstoppable, was stopped the moment it clashed with my mental energy barrier, the projection or as the man from the bystanders called it, Spear Intent was the only thing that was still trying to break through the barrier, but that wasn't working in the slightest .
All that this clash did was to just send even more shockwave across the whole city creating even more stronger scene for everyone to see and sense, I was linked to the Mental Energy used to conjure that barrier and I was able to sense the destructive power that this Spear Intent had and this was nothing but the Initial emergence of it .
After seeing that the spear wasn't able to pierce through the barrier, I become more at ease and instead of continuing to talk nonsense with that guy, I decided to finally put an end to all of this .
Urging my Mental Energy to be on the offensive, the spear was directly thrown up to the sky, then with all the people still in shock of what was exactly happening, I infused the sword with Mental Strength and directed it to go forward with my hand .
The sword in hand whistled through the air and as the people looked back at the battlefield between us due to hearing a loud shrill, they saw Gu Te clutching his empty left shoulder, another arm had gotten severed .
But unlike Gu Xan who lost conscious at the sight of Blood, Gu Te only let out a pained muffled cries and held what was left of his arm, trying to stop the bleeding as fast as possible, but his eyes now were no longer tainted with just hatred, but now their was a mix of fear to them .
You, you... .
He was about to say something, but I no longer wanted to waste my time, so I directly motioned for the Pouch on his waist to flew towards me and in the shocked eyes of all the onlookers I disappeared and continued to head towards the city gate, the weird substance was already removed in the shockwave that knocked out all those guards, as for whether will my attack on City guards and official will have consequences, I currently paid that no mind .
My hand was still a bit shaky from both excitement and expectations, I paid the issue of severing someone hand no mind, if not for the fact that I was able to use my Mental Energy, I was certain that I might have been the one who would have suffered greatly today .
Speaking of Mental Energy, am I imagining things, or did my Mental Energy reserves increased, normally I would have been already exhausted to death after doing all that, but even though I still consumed quite the huge sum of it compared to before at least, I felt no much of a headache in my mind or any issue to speak of .
Did I really achieved a breakthrough unknowingly in my Mental Strength, if I thought deeply about it, only one thing that had happened which might have caused this, as the mere thought of that incident, I felt my whole being heating up out of embarrassment, but I soon shook that thought off and instead was now thinking of other things .
Like what should I say after meeting her, what should we even say to one another, will I even be able to caught up with her and Li Fu, or will I be forced to search around the world for her whereabouts, that thought crossed my mind and the next second I felt an even stronger resolve than my resolve to pursuit Martial Arts appear .
That resolve was related to me taking responsibility for my actions and one of those responsibilities I have towards her was to always seek her out and to always keep her safe and sound, else I won't be able to pursuit Martial Arts truthfully .
As if something inside me was suddenly under a spell, my speed increased even more, through Secret Doors I was able to pass through without a problem, wearing the Crow mask that Evil Tigers group from yesterday, the mask was able to mask that person presence from all that resentment, so it should be even stronger than the mask Senior Brother gave me .
Not to mention that the other mask must have already been recognized, the moment I approached the Secret Doors steel door, I saw that my actions were indeed correct, there was indeed a portrait of me with the other mask and the portrait had searching for clues on whereabouts .
Not banned from entering, not wanted, just the few words searching for clues, I couldn't help but contemplate on what was the meaning of this slightly, but thinking that I should be fine, I directly entered through paying the same amount of money as yesterday .
After that I directly headed to the woods after paying the fee, I asked the guard if he had recognize the description of any of the two, Li Fu or Zi Xue, but he laughed at me and said that I must have been drinking quite heavily .
The description of Li Fu was that of quite normal looking young man, his face had some brilliance to it, but Zi Xue description was what made the guard suspect me to be drunk .
I then recalled that even if I described them thoroughly, this guy won't be able to recognize them just by appearance due to the masks they should have put on, no wait, could they have already fell in the hands of that Meng Lang, I hadn't seen a portrait of Li Fu, so that might be the reason .
As I thought like this, I panicked slightly, but then with my newfound resolve, I began to become filled with anger and then came recklessness, I almost withdraw my Retribution Sword out and started to dismantle this damn place .
But I don't know if it was a side effect of my mental strength breakthrough, but I suddenly felt a cold stream of air washing away my troubles and doubts, after that happened, I calmed down and began thinking that this shouldn't be the case .
Li Fu already aware that he shouldn't come back here with the same mask even though it was quite common fox mask, but Li Fu shouldn't have been able to have that much money on his hand to even enter the Secret Doors, so he shouldn't have even come here, but instead .
I was already about to pay for the time limited permit, but as my thoughts wandered in a certain line, I couldn't help but realize that I might have guessed wrong, Li Fu won't be leaving through Secret Doors, neither he nor Liu'er of his would be able to afford it, that guy will leave through the City Gates, meaning that he had already left the city during the.... Day .
As I thought like this, I directly got out of this place and instead headed towards the City Gates, the Secret Doors was quite capable, I was able to find a path to where I wanted to go without a problem, the closest path to the City Gates was 2 streets away, that was more than enough .
Getting instruction from a guy that seemed frequent here, I headed in where he pointed me, but even though he had indeed gave me instructions, his instructions led me into a trap .