Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 57: Got Hit!
Lin Xiufeng pulled back the willful man who was about to rush up, moved around the mountain, and circled back behind the group of people.

But this time the opponent was very vigilant. They were not far away, and when they ambushed one of them, the overflowing Heavenly Martial Power alerted the people in front.

Lin Xiufeng grabbed one and threw it down the hillside.

He chased after the man with lightning speed, and before the man could get up, a pair of wolf horns struck him again with pinpoint accuracy!
This time, Renxing sat on the ground with her legs bent, and blew a kiss to Lin Xiufeng with one hand.

"Handsome brother, please help me again."

"Can you be serious for once?"

Lin Xiufeng hugged his arms and rubbed them vigorously, as if he was so disgusted by the sentimentality that he got goosebumps all over his body.

He figured that was enough, otherwise, no matter how well he pretended to be willful now, he would resentfully explode later.

"You've changed so fast! You've got the makings of a scumbag!"

She glared at him defiantly, then got up, wishing she could kick him.

"Hey! I told you to be serious, but I didn't mean you should be disrespectful or impolite!"

Lin Xiufeng adopted a deliberately old-fashioned tone.

He took a deep breath, held back, and put on a warm smile.

"Yeah, I remember."

As soon as Lin Xiufei turned around, she impulsively threw several punches at the back of his head, venting her emotions.

Lin Xiufeng walked around the side of the mountain and approached the crowd.

But they found that the group of people had gathered together and discussed it for a while, and then one of them ran back.

Did I agree to let someone deliver the message?

Lin Xiufei crossed a hillside, caught up with the man, grabbed him by the back of the head, and slammed him to the ground.

A pair of wild wolf horns, seemingly defiant, pierced precisely into the spine and lungs.

Seeing the man's beaming smile and knowing that the Heavenly Martial Power emanating from him was exceptionally strong, Lin Xiufeng asked:
"How much was absorbed?"

"About one-thirtieth of the floor, that's pretty fast."

Renxing discovered that the person who delivered the message possessed the greatest martial prowess, one of them being worth three.

Just then, Lin Xiufeng saw the group of people from before approaching from all around.

He couldn't help but laugh; it turned out that the messenger was bait, and the man probably didn't even know it himself.

More than twenty people from Fantian Village formed a circle around the village and angrily shouted:

"Run again!"

"As you wish—" Lin Xiufeng grabbed Renxing and rushed forward!
She instinctively and skillfully wrapped her arms around his neck, then let him carry her on his back as they ran.

Lin Xiufei slightly increased the Heavenly Martial Power on his feet, but not by much, deliberately not forming a black light of sufficient density to be seen by others.

To outsiders, he was just a fast runner, and they had no idea that he was a Heavenly Warrior.

Lin Xiufeng suddenly rushed in front of the two men, grabbed their arms with one hand each, and continued to charge forward.

With her legs wrapped around Lin Xiufeng's waist and her hands gripping the wolf's horns, she precisely stabbed the tops of the two out-of-control individuals!
The Heavenly Martial Power flowed out continuously, absorbed by the hands that were holding the horns capriciously.

Lin Xiufeng carried Renxing on his back, grabbing one in each hand, and still ran incredibly fast, while the group of Tianwu Pos chased further and further away.

Not long after, Lin Xiufeng suddenly shook off the two Heavenly Martial Souls and turned to charge at the enemy again.

The three people closest to him were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated, hoping that their teammates would catch up and attack them together.

Lin Xiufeng didn't care about anything else. He rushed over like a tiger, grabbed two people with one hand, and continued running.

After this happened three or four times, the remaining group finally became afraid and shouted:

"Retreat! Please, General, deal with him!"

A group of people turned and ran away. Lin Xiufeng smiled and chased after them with his willful back on his back.

Grab one, then, with a smug and excited expression, stab and cripple it. Drag it around for a while, then let go once the Heavenly Martial Power is exhausted.

The twelve who escaped died one after another in the mountains.

The last one to be stabbed struggled to climb the hillside, but still fell just short of seeing Fantian Village.

He stubbornly pulled out the wolf's horn and reluctantly returned it to Lin Xiufeng.

"The Heavenly Warriors are too strong. Wouldn't it be easier for you to kill them? Why don't any Heavenly Warriors slaughter Heavenly Martial Souls to absorb their Heavenly Martial Power?"

Lin Xiufeng had considered this problem beforehand and even tried punching a Heavenly Martial Soul to observe the dissipated Heavenly Martial Power.

"Using the power transmitted by the Heavenly Martial Heart will cause too much damage to the Heavenly Martial Soul, causing the Heavenly Martial Power surging from the Heavenly Martial Soul to dissipate too quickly, making it impossible to absorb it in time."

"That's outrageous! What if we don't use the power of the Heavenly Martial Heart?"

A wildly impulsive guess.

“I’ve tried it, unless I don’t even use the power of the Heavenly Martial Heart in my feet. But that’s the same as the power of the Heavenly Martial Soul; killing a Heavenly Martial Soul isn’t easy.”

Lin Xiufeng believes that although this situation has deprived him of a way to accumulate wealth quickly, he is not disappointed.

He had no intention of killing innocent people indiscriminately, like a terrorist.

On the contrary, they believed that this would prevent a large number of Heavenly Martial Souls from being slaughtered by evil Heavenly Martial Warriors.

Ren Xing saw that Lin Xiufei was clearly standing, but his feet were still moving in place as if he were walking.

"What are you doing?" "When both feet are in motion, the efficiency of the Zusanli acupoint in absorbing Heavenly Martial Force is significantly improved."

Lin Xiufeng did not conceal this kind of information from Fang Yuan and Ren Xing.

"You and Zhao Youyue are always chasing and playing around, is it because of this?"

He suddenly realized the truth.

"To correct you, it should be practicing footwork and swordsmanship!"

As Lin Xiufeng was speaking, he saw that no reinforcements had come out from the village entrance across the way, and they were obviously unaware of the fate of the group that had just been there.

Instead of waiting around, he enthusiastically suggested:
"Shall we bring in another batch?"

"...Are you trying to fight monsters?" Lin Xiufeng was utterly speechless. "You want to massacre the entire village, don't you?"

"..." Renxing's face darkened, and he said angrily, "Do you think I'm a butcher? I'm talking about the people from the Heaven-Turning Organization!"

"Let's rest for a bit before we talk." Lin Xiufeng rolled over and lay down, gazing at the red sky.

He leaned closer and said, "Why are you resting? Didn't you want to practice your Zusanli acupoint? You need to move."

"My feet are moving!"

Looking back, he saw Lin Xiufeng's legs moving alternately in mid-air.

"No way... this works?"

Feeling utterly bored, he would sometimes lie down on the hillside like Lin Xiufei, and other times roll over and lie down to observe the situation at the village entrance.

Suddenly, Renxing saw a figure, stepping on silver light, coming like a gust of wind!
"Heavenly Warrior!"

With a soft cry of willfulness, she immediately lay down on Lin Xiufei's arm, burying her head in his crook of the arm and using her long hair to cover her face.

Lin Xiufeng crossed her legs and swung one leg back and forth.

A figure flashed across the hillside, stopped upon spotting them, and floated over as if walking on thin air, its feet treading on silver light.

Lin Xiufeng sized up the female martial artist; she had a large face and a somewhat androgynous appearance.

"Did you see where that group of people went just now?"

"Over there. It'll be a while." Lin Xiufeng stretched out his leg.

She casually brushed aside her long hair, glanced at it, and said with a look of surprise:
"Honey! It's Sister Tianwuzhe!"

The female warrior moved away on her own, and in an instant she had crossed the mountain in front of her.

"That sounds great, shout it twice more. Keep up the 'yes' pronunciation!"

As Lin Xiufeng spoke, Renxing had already stepped aside and rolled her eyes.

"Go back and let Zhao Youyue beat you to death."

"I'll beat you to death! You called me!" Lin Xiufeng suddenly sat up, and seeing that Renxing was about to lie down again, he said, "Aren't you leaving? Are you going to wait for her to come back and find us?"

"It's perfect timing to kill her now that she's here!"

"Beautiful lady, if we're going to fight, should I team up with Zhao Youyue and take on her one-on-one?"

Lin Xiufeng was speechless. Was he so willful that he didn't consider the consumption of Heavenly Martial Power?
So, we're not even considering the issue of which is easier to win?
He asked in a playful and amused tone, "Handsome guy! Do you know how many Heavenly Martial Artists there are in Fantian Village? Is it possible that if you don't fight now, it will be a situation where you fight two against three, two against four, or even two against five?"

"Then I should avoid unnecessary battles and get you two back first."

"You're the commander, I'll listen to you—" The willful man had nothing to say.

Lin Xiufeng accelerated his movement, deliberately activating the amplification of the Lesser Heavenly Martial Heart on the four acupoints on his feet. The black Heavenly Martial Power in his feet became even more concentrated, and as he moved, even carrying Renxing on his back, it was as if he was floating off the ground.

The speed of the relocation shocked Renxing!
"It seems I'm about as fast as her! Is this the effect of acupressure on the feet?"

"I wonder if I'll be able to truly levitate after all five acupoints are repaired."

"How much longer until Zusanli?" Renxing became increasingly eager to find out.

"It's still early. The most important thing is that the four Lesser Heavenly Martial Hearts after the breakthrough are completely still, as if that's the state of completion."

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue discussed this.

If the conclusion is not like this, then it can only be the first stage state, and perhaps other acupoints need to be cultivated in order to further strengthen the Little Heavenly Martial Heart.

These questions are easy for an organized group like the Tianwu Group to answer, given the abundance of information available.

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue were like the original pioneers, completely clueless and relying on guesswork for everything.

Lin Xiufeng couldn't help but wonder if it was possible to obtain this information from the Heavenly Warriors of Fantian Village.
The two lay down at the meeting point and waited for a while.

Every now and then, it would take a few deep breaths, seemingly sniffing something.

"Did you let the air out? Smell it, does it smell bad?"

"Can you smell the fragrance? It's there for a while, then it's not." He sniffed here and there, being willful.

Lin Xiufeng sat up, sniffed, and found it barely perceptible.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he lifted his right foot, saying, "Smell it."

He impulsively leaned closer to smell it, then sniffed it from top to bottom, finally staring at the sole of the shoe and saying:
"What did you step on? The fragrance is coming from the soles of your shoes!"

"That woman tampered with it!"

Lin Xiufeng's expression changed, and he grabbed Renxing and ran away.

(End of this chapter)