High Martial Arts Storm

If you don't enter the tiger's lair, you won the tiger.

Yang Haocheng is neither a reckless person nor a greedy one.

He was willing to take the risk because he believed in the test results of the "Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land" system.

before.

The "Blessed Land" system had not given him any warnings.

But this time things changed, and he was advised to explore the ancient ruins. So he decided to give it a try. Regardless of whether he could find the "Nine Star Fragments," he would immediately retreat and leave as soon as he encountered danger.

Then.

One led the way, the other followed.

Yang Haocheng remained vigilant, keeping a distance of more than five meters from Qiu Muyang at all times.

"Your vigilance is commendable. If I had been as vigilant as you back then, I probably wouldn't be in this predicament now." Qiu Muyang keenly sensed that Yang Haocheng was deliberately keeping his distance. Instead of being angry, he said with a hint of appreciation, "Unfamiliar environments and unfamiliar people do require constant vigilance. Even when going out with acquaintances in the future, you still need to be cautious. Over the years, I've seen far too many acquaintances turn on each other in the neighborhood."

"Has anyone else been here?" Yang Haocheng asked, puzzled.

"It's the Seven Crystal People!"

Qiu Muyang said calmly, "The number of students from Ziyang Academy is declining year by year. At first, some students would come here to take risks, but in the last seven or eight years, it seems that no one dares to go deep into this place anymore. On the contrary, the number of Seven Crystal People coming here is increasing. Last year alone, I discovered more than a dozen groups of Seven Crystal People arriving."

"Did they all enter the cave you mentioned?" Yang Haocheng asked.

"How could they know that cave existed? They all climbed up the mountain, and they all died there." As Qiu Muyang spoke, a hint of sarcasm appeared in his eyes.

Yang Haocheng nodded silently.

If I hadn't met Qiu Muyang, I might have already been climbing up Sword Mountain.

"Hurry up, I can't drink the spring water more than half an hour apart," Qiu Muyang said.

"good!"

Just seven or eight minutes later, the two crawled into a cave covered by vines.

The passageway inside the cave was very spacious, enough for three or four people to walk side by side without any problem. The height was over two and a half meters, and the ventilation inside was excellent. Yang Haocheng observed carefully and found that a wisp of wind was coming through the cracks in the walls.

"When you leave, could you leave me the smart flashlight?" Qiu Muyang suddenly asked.

"Can!"

Yang Haocheng thought for a moment and casually tossed a storage device to the other party.

"What?" Qiu Muyang was taken aback.

"There are plenty of supplies inside, which I found on the bodies of the Orange Crystal People I killed. Since you've been trapped here for so long, I think you should need them," Yang Haocheng said.

Qiu Muyang examined the supplies in the storage device and immediately showed a look of surprise.

"There are plenty of supplies here, enough for me to use for three to five years." After checking, Qiu Muyang said gratefully, "Thank you, Yang Haocheng."

"You're welcome. If I hadn't met you, I'd probably be climbing a mountain outside already, and I might have lost my life. You're my savior," Yang Haocheng said with a smile.

"Um!"

Qiu Muyang turned around and continued on his way.

But when his back was to Yang Haocheng, a mocking look flashed in his eyes.

Yang Haocheng is quite fast.

He had previously maintained a distance of more than five meters from Qiu Muyang, but after their brief conversation, the distance between them had increased to nearly four meters.

Closing the distance by one meter makes it seem as if the relationship between the two people is closer.

Yang Haocheng appeared calm on the surface, but his vigilance was even stronger.

"Something's not right with Qiu Muyang."

"Since he has been trapped in this area for eleven years, the availability of living resources must be a serious problem for him. However, when I tested him with a large amount of supplies, he was only surprised and did not show any joy. This is not the reaction that a martial artist who has been trapped for so long should have."

Yang Haocheng continued to follow without showing any emotion.

Four or five minutes later, a spacious cave space of two or three hundred square meters appeared in front of them. Just then, Qiu Muyang suddenly shifted his body to one side, completely exposing the spacious cave space inside to Yang Haocheng.

Inside is...

Yang Haocheng's pupils contracted, but his fingers tightened around the crescent blade.

"later……"

Qiu Muyang suddenly pointed behind Yang Haocheng and exclaimed loudly.

Just as Yang Haocheng was about to turn around, he sensed something was wrong. In an instant, he took two steps back to the side, and as his back pressed against the wall, a lightning-fast sword light swept past his eyes.

"snort……"

A cold glint flashed in Yang Haocheng's eyes, and the crescent-shaped blade he gripped instantly swept towards Qiu Muyang, whose face showed a look of astonishment. In the blink of an eye, the blade tore open a shocking wound in Qiu Muyang's lower right rib.

"How is that possible?"

Qiu Muyang retreated rapidly, and upon discovering that Yang Haocheng hadn't pursued him, he gripped his longsword in disbelief and asked, "How could you possibly dodge? I clearly sensed that your wariness towards me had lessened considerably, and there were those women I hung up in the cave, and I deliberately made you look back... Under these circumstances, a mere five-star Battle General realm martial artist like you shouldn't have been able to evade my attack!"

"You have too many weaknesses," Yang Haocheng mocked.

"Flaw? What flaw? I've disguised myself perfectly," Qiu Muyang said angrily.

"From the moment we met, I noticed something was off about you. If you've been trapped here for eleven years, your clothes should be tattered by now, right? Even if your combat boots are of decent quality, they shouldn't look brand new. So I deduced that you must have killed a lot of Seven Crystals and stolen their clothes and shoes," Yang Haocheng sneered.

"That's it?" Qiu Muyang asked in astonishment.

Yang Haocheng sneered, "Of course, it's much more than that. Although you have dark circles under your eyes and your lips look a bit purple, like you've been poisoned, your steps aren't unsteady, which means that your internal energy is flowing smoothly through your meridians."

"And your appearance, it must have been deliberately made to look sloppy, right? The place you were standing was right in the wind, and although there was a strong stench coming from you, it was hard to completely cover up that little bit of floral scent. It must be the scent of a floral perfume, right? I used to have a classmate who loved using floral perfume."

"And that sword you're wearing—there's not a single nick or nick on its blade! It's a brand new sword that's rarely used!"

"in addition……"

"Stop talking." Qiu Muyang's face turned pale and then red, and he shouted angrily, "Even if my plan fails, you are just a weak five-star warrior, while I am a seven-star warrior. Killing you might take some effort, but you are dead today."

Why?

Yang Haocheng slowly raised his crescent blade, asking with a hint of confusion, "We are all human martial artists, and there are many Seven Crystal People in this Heng Realm. Why did you attack human martial artists instead of joining forces with them?"

"Ha ha……"

Qiu Muyang burst into laughter, but his tone was filled with intense hatred.

"I ended up like this because of the so-called human martial arts practitioners you mentioned. Because of my two good classmates, they took advantage of my unpreparedness and severely injured me, even knocking me off a cliff and into a swamp full of poisonous miasma... If it weren't for two Crimson Crystal people who found me and wanted to capture me and pull me out of the swamp, I would probably have become a pile of bones eleven years ago." Qiu Muyang laughed loudly with a face full of resentment.

Yang Haocheng fell silent.

He recalled what many people had told him:

Be wary of strangers, but also be cautious of familiar people, even those you feel closest to; you need to be somewhat wary of them.

He is loyal and righteous, and I used to think that such words were a bit extreme.

At this moment...

Some people's tragic fate stems from trusting those around them too much.

"What? Not saying anything now?" Qiu Muyang sneered.

"I admit there are some scoundrels among human martial artists, like those criminal hunters, but you can't deny that the vast majority are still good people." Yang Haocheng said, pointing angrily to the dozen or so women stripped naked and hanging in the cave inside, "But look at what you've done! Only animals would do something like this!"

"they?"

"They were just bait in my trap, and they all deserve to die."

"If you're not blind, you should be able to see it! Apart from the four women, the rest are all Seven Crystal People. The fact that I didn't kill them directly before was already a favor to them," Qiu Muyang sneered.

"Give me a break, my ass."

Yang Haocheng charged forward instantly, his crescent blade slashing fiercely at his opponent.

He didn't care whether the women among the seven crystal beings lived or died, but there were still four human women.

"Yang Haocheng, how about we make a deal?" Qiu Muyang instantly swung his sword to block the crescent blade while shouting, "I'll give you all these women, and even three hundred crimson crystals and five hundred low-level crystal cores. You stay here with me, and we'll join forces to kill all the Seven Crystal Cultivators and human martial artists who come here. How about it?"

"You must die."

Yang Haocheng became even more ruthless.

He even fused the three powers together, pushing the Willow Steps to their limit. Every time he used the Mad Demon Thirteen Slashes, he could inflict several more wounds on Qiu Muyang's body.

"Impossible! Although I'm unable to unleash my full power due to poisoning, I am still a Seven-Star Battle General. How could you, a mere Five-Star Battle General, possibly unleash such terrifying power? Something's wrong with you..."

"puff……"

Taking advantage of the opponent's momentary lapse in concentration, the crescent blade swiftly cleaved the opponent's neck.

This strike.

Successfully killed the opponent.

After finishing off the opponent and confirming that he was completely dead, Yang Haocheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then quickly searched the body and found six storage items, one of which was the one he had given to the opponent when he was testing him.

immediately.

His gaze then fell upon the women hanging in the cave.