Surge of Cultivation

Standing on the lake's surface was a middle-aged woman in her forties. She was tall, had a pale face and an ice-cold expression. If her eyes didn't blink occasionally, Ye Qingdi would have thought that she was a corpse.

She was wearing a grey silk dress that was attached to her body. The silk dress was as thin as a cicada's wing and looked as smooth as silk, so much so that every bulge and depression on her body could be clearly discerned. Although she had rushed out of the water, her short hair was not wet at all. It was obvious that she had used her inner breath to form a tight, airtight barrier, isolating her from the surrounding water flow.

The murderous aura that emanated from the woman enveloped Ye Qingdi and Duanmu Rong. Ye Qingdi's strength was not far from hers, so she could still endure it, but Duanmu Rong, who was sitting beside him, felt her Qi and blood were surging, and her chest was stifling. Her delicate face looked as pale as a piece of paper, and the roasted chicken leg she was holding was just about to reach her mouth, but before she could even bite into it, she was stunned by what was happening in front of her.

The moment the woman appeared, Ye Qingdi could feel the decisive killing intent she released. He knew that she was an enemy, but not a friend, and was worried that Duanmu Rong would be harmed, so he quickly got closer to Duanmu Rong. At the same time, he gathered his own Qi in front of his body to fend off the incoming wave of Qi. Duanmu Rong instantly felt the pressure lessen as she heaved a sigh of relief.

As a girl blessed by the heavens who dominated the Federation's business community, Duanmu Rong's mental state and mental fortitude could not be compared to that of ordinary women. After the initial moment of shock and shock, she forced herself to calm down and begin pondering about who she was, why she had appeared here, what her motives were, and even how to deal with it.

"Stay here and don't move!"

After Ye Qingdi said this in a low voice, he stood up and took a few steps forward with a grave expression. His eyes were like lightning as he looked at the middle-aged woman in the lake.

"Yes."

Duanmu Rong responded with a grunt. As expected, she did not move and continued to sit on the grass while hugging her knees.

She raised her eyes to look at the tall and big figure of Ye Qingdi, who had completely covered her entire body. The lake that had some fluctuations suddenly became as flat as a mirror. At this moment, she felt that she was like a soft grass and Ye Qingdi was like a huge tree with luxuriant foliage. Even if lightning and thunder struck her, she would still be safe and sound under the protection of this tree.

"You are Ye Qingdi?"

After their gazes clashed for a while, the woman finally asked. Her voice was even colder than her expression, without a single trace of emotion. It was as if she had come out from a cold underground cave.

"Yes, I am." Ye Qingdi solemnly nodded, before asking, "Are you a skeleton person?"

The other side had appeared in such a surprising manner, and the thick murderous intent was directed at him. Ye Qingdi was the first to think about the 'Skeleton' hitman Group that had been targeting him for a long time.

While he was talking, he could feel an even more powerful and cold aura coming from that woman. The murderous intent in her voice was getting stronger, as if she was trying to show him.

"Even if this woman hasn't reached the level of a Yang Level Warrior, she should be at least at the pinnacle of the Moon Level. I am only at the middle stage of a Full Moon Level Warrior, am I not?" Compared to her, I'm still quite lacking! "Looks like today's battle will be the most dangerous!"

However, Duanmu Rong was different. She alone was a member of the "Weak Water Group" with tens of thousands of employees, so she was much more important than him, who was "one person eating while his family is not hungry". Moreover, she was someone that he had "kidnapped", so he had the responsibility and obligation to protect her safety.

Ye Qingdi had made up his mind. No matter what dangers he would encounter today, even if he had to put his life on the line, he had to ensure Duanmu Rong's safety.

"My name is Gu Yu, and I'm a member of the 'Pink Skeleton'!"

She did not hide her identity at all. This was because she had already looked through the detailed information of Ye Qingdi. She was 100% confident that she could save this young man's life in this forest.

As for the young lady with Ye Qingdi, Gu Yu knew of her identity, which was one of the most important targets of their assassination group. In order to kill her, the potential customer had bid several times more than Ye Qingdi, and that young lady's strength was not even worth a single blow. As long as they could smoothly kill Ye Qingdi, it would be easy for them to take her life.

It was because of this line of thought that after Gu Yu appeared, she had focused all her attention on Ye Qingdi, not even sparing Duanmu Rong a glance.

"There was a small heat first, and then a large heat. But now, it's raining in the valley …" Ye Qingdi looked at Gu Yu and laughed involuntarily, "Is there going to be more sting, snow, or cold in the future?"

"Nope." Gu Yu's face was full of arrogance as he coldly said, "They won't have the chance to fight because the two of you will soon die by my hands!"

"Tch!" Ye Qingdi curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "You haven't even made a move and you know that you can definitely kill me? Do you know what my nickname is? "

"Not interested!"

Ye Qingdi said loudly, "I have fought in the underground black boxing world for a period of time. Someone gave me a nickname, called the 'King of Challenge at a higher level'. Do you know what that means? "

In Gu Yu's eyes, Ye Qingdi and Duanmu Rong were already dead men and women, so she didn't care that Ye Qingdi was stalling for time. She just sneered and kept quiet as she watched him brag.

"When I was still a Sixth grade Star Warrior, I started challenging a Fifth grade Star Warrior. When my strength reached the Fifth grade Star Warrior realm, I would fight against a Fourth grade Star Warrior … This was called a cross-ranking challenge! In the underground Black Fist Arena, I have fought hundreds and thousands of cross-ranking battles. Each time, I have beaten the strong with the weak, never losing a single match! That's how I got my nickname as the 'King of Challenge across levels'! "

Ye Qingdi was beaming with joy as he spoke. He glanced at Gu Yu and saw that she had an impatient look on her face as she continued, "I know you are stronger than me, but you are not much stronger are you? Heh heh, you can only blame your own bad luck when you encounter me, the famous' king of higher level challengers'! Of course, I'm not completely sure that I can beat you. I can only say that in a fight between the two of us, it's still uncertain who will be the victor! Furthermore, I have a fan club here to support me! "

When Ye Qingdi said this, he turned around and pointed at Duanmu Rong. In fact, he knew that if he were to fight against Gu Yu, with Duanmu Rong's level 5 Star rank strength, her power would be negligible. He did not seek her help, and only hoped that she would not do him any harm and hold him back.

Towards Ye Qingdi's' threatening 'words, Gu Yu was not moved at all. She sneered, "A challenger of a higher cultivation realm? What a mighty name! However, you should understand that the slightest mistake is a thousand miles too much. When one's strength reaches our level, even a slight difference is enough to determine victory or defeat. Furthermore, I am a big step ahead of you. Little Charmer, Little Charmer's assassination attempt on Battle Beast Star was a failure, but the matter was repeated two more times and it was no longer the same. You will definitely be unable to escape this calamity! "

From the Qi that Ye Qingdi had released earlier, Gu Yu knew that Ye Qingdi's strength was only higher than that of a crescent moon martial artist. It could be seen that the information that the 'skeleton' had was not right. With how powerful Ye Qingdi was, it was no wonder that the actions of Little Heat and Great Heat, who were stationed on the Battle Beast Planet, did not work out against him. Instead, they had risked their lives.

Ye Qingdi looked to be no more than twenty years old, but his strength had actually reached the stage of a Full moon warrior. Although he was only at the elementary level, or at most the intermediate level, the moment when Gu Yu sensed his true strength, the shock in his heart could no longer be described with words.

However, what made her feel at ease was that although Ye Qingdi was strong enough, he was still lacking compared to her. This gap was sufficient to allow her to easily put him to death.

"Such a terrifying young man must not be allowed to continue to grow. Otherwise, in a few years, besides the Skeleton King personally making a move, who else could do anything to the members of our Skeleton Organization?" Gu Yu thought.

With this thought in mind, the energy that Gu Yu released suddenly skyrocketed, and she finally began to attack.

Her arms rapidly drew a circle in the air, and the water beneath her feet was pulled up by an invisible force. Two pillars of water rose up in front of her, trembling as if they were waiting for her instructions. Her eyes were like lightning, her hands clenched into fists, she roared and struck forward, the two pillars of water were like two water dragons, immediately following the movements of her fists, they whistled out faintly like a dragon's roar.

The calm surface of the lake was tossed around by two huge water dragons that rapidly flew past. It was as if the water dragons were boiling, and the momentum was extremely astonishing!

Water Dragon Wave Fist!

New Martial Arts: Water Type High Rank Attack Martial Technique!

Gu Yu was a novice martial artist, his physique belonged to the water attribute. After a series of special transformations to his body, along with the special cultivation techniques developed by the new martial practitioners, he gradually gained the ability to control the water element in his body. This ability would also become stronger as his cultivation progressed, similar to the method the ancient martial artists practiced.

As soon as the expert made a move, he immediately knew if it was true or not.

However, he knew that this was only a probing attack by Gu Yu, so he did not use his full strength. Although it was no problem for him to dodge it, taking into account that there was still Duanmu Rong behind him, it would be too late for her to dodge it. In order to protect her, Ye Qingdi could only stand on the spot and endure this attack.

His ten fingers were as tight as knives, and he poured his spirit energy into his two palms. With a loud shout, two invisible sharp blade lights welcomed the two water dragon slashes from the "Water Dragon's Oscillating Fist", which came from the high rank attack skill "Mercy Blade" of the Buddhist Sect.

"Hua!"

With a loud sound of water, the invisible energy from Mercy Blade and the water column from Water Dragon Oscillating Fist collided above the lake. Suddenly, like a goddess, water balls splashed in all directions and rained down.

Seventy percent of his strength, a heavy blow powerful enough to split a mountain. Yet, this was the only result he received. Gu Yu's heart trembled, she knew that she had still underestimated Ye Qingdi.

"Do you know that what I just said was not a lie? I, the King of Challenge, specialize in the treatment of warriors stronger than me, and you are no exception! "

It was the first time Ye Qingdi faced a full moon martial artist's attack head on, and he did not feel any pain, thus his confidence was greatly boosted. He said to Gu Yu: "Facts have proven that those who want to kill me will not end up well! Great summer heat, Little summer heat was the previous example! If you stop right now, since you're a woman, I won't argue with you and let you leave safely! "

Although Ye Qingdi knew that the killer had a saying: "The skeletons will not stop until they die", Ye Qingdi still held onto a glimmer of hope that he could persuade Gu Yu to retreat. At their level, a small difference in strength could lead to a fatal result. Unless he could once again create the miracle of 'a small fight to the death, to the point of a weak beating a strong one', it would be very difficult to escape.

Just as he had expected, Gu Yu ignored him. With a loud whistle, he stepped heavily on the water surface with his left foot. Instantly, the water in a radius of several meters surged violently, creating a huge wave.

Along with Gu Yu's loud and clear shout, that wave of water quickly condensed into a few ten feet long ice spears, which were as thick as an arm. As Gu Yu's arm continued to move, a few ice spears flew out side by side, and those incomparably sharp spears tore through the air in front of them as they whistled and struck towards Ye Qingdi like lightning.

Ice Spear!

It was still a new high class water attack martial skill!

This time, it was much more difficult to freeze the rain, and the attacking power was much stronger. Furthermore, she had increased her power to 90%, so it was almost like she was attacking with all her might.

"Damn it, it's not easy to deal with!"

Ye Qingdi sighed and pushed his strength to the limit. Since there were a few ice spears that were not easy to break, he could only conserve his spirit energy in front of his body and form an invisible shield to block the attacks of the few ice spears.

"Boom …"

"Hua …"

The sound of the spear colliding with the shield and the sound of the ice spear melting into the ground rang out at almost the same time. The defensive Qi shield formed by Ye Qingdi trembled a few times before disappearing, while only half of the ice spear that Gu Yu shot out was melted away.

Ye Qingdi gave a stuffy groan as he felt a huge wave of energy gush into his body, as though his entire body was about to be submerged. He lost his footing and was forced four to five steps back, almost crashing into Duanmu Rong.

"That was close!" "If not for the fact that my central dantian absorbed most of the impact force, I would have ended up either injured or crippled!" Damn, this killer called Gu Yu is really strong! " Ye Qingdi forced himself to stand still and broke out in a cold sweat. When he glanced over, he discovered that Duanmu Rong had already moved to the side and was staring at him without blinking. Her face was filled with concern, and she grinned, indicating that she could still hold on.

Duanmu Rong had secretly pressed a button on her phone and wanted to call for reinforcements from the Central City's' Qilin 'team. However, she sadly discovered that her phone did not have any signal here and could not send out a request for reinforcements. She was greatly depressed in her heart and knew that with her current strength, it was impossible for her to get involved.

The attack that Gu Yu used 90% of her strength to launch only managed to push Ye Qingdi four to five steps back, but it did not cause any real damage to his body. The shock in her heart was several times stronger than before, and although she could not understand the reason, she was more determined to get rid of Ye Qingdi no matter the cost.

"Go to hell!"

Gu Yu decided to end the battle quickly. Finally, he raised his strength to the limit of 100%. Almost in a row, he shot out five Ice Spear moves.

"Duanmu Rong, let's go!"

Almost at the same time when Gu Yu launched his attack, Ye Qingdi let out an anxious howl and urged Duanmu Rong to leave the scene. He did not know how long he could continue like this.

Of course, Duanmu Rong wouldn't leave. She seemed to be able to sense that Ye Qingdi had already reached a moment of life and death. Instead, he stubbornly moved closer to where Ye Qingdi was.

After Ye Qingdi shouted, he was no longer in the mood to care about her. He frowned as he focused his attention on defending against that wave of continuous Ice Spear attacks.

Although Ye Qingdi did his best to form a defensive qi wall, he was still hit by at least four "fish out of the net". Although some of the energy had been absorbed and digested by the middle dantian, the remaining energy was too concentrated, causing his body to be unable to endure it and he was sent flying backwards. Only when his body hit a small hill behind him did he finally fall forward onto the ground, no one knew whether he was dead or alive.

"Ye Qingdi!"

He lifted Ye Qingdi's body and saw that Ye Qingdi's mouth was tightly pursed, his eyes were closed, and there was not a hint of blood on his face. There was a line of blood on the corner of his mouth, and it looked very miserable.

"Arrogant brat, has he finally died?"

The sneer on Gu Yu's face turned into a relaxed smile that covered her entire face. Stepping on the water of the lake, she walked step by step to the shore and stood beside Ye Qingdi's feet.

Duanmu Rong's eyes were empty, and she did not seem to have any intention of resisting. Gu Yu was sure that he would be able to make her accompany the teenager on the Road to River Styx with a light punch.

"If anything happens to him, I will spare no expense and let all of you Skeleton members die with him!" Duanmu Rong glanced at Gu Yu, who was standing beside him. There was no trace of worry or fear on his face. He only muttered these words over and over again.

"Do you think you can walk out of this forest alive?" Gu Yu laughed.

"Then kill me immediately. Don't give me any chance to escape, or I'll do what I said!" Duanmu Rong said resolutely.