Published: August 16, 2025
Chapter 188: Notorious
Feng Yue’s ugly face twisted with displeasure. He never expected the other party to dare mock him, and anger flared up in his heart instantly.
Although he had never completed foundation establishment, relying on several decent magical artifacts and ruthless, vicious methods, his vicious reputation was widely known among the low-rank disciples of various sects!
It must be understood that because of a grudge, he once locked another cultivator in a dark room and tortured them continuously for three days and nights, causing constant wailing and moaning before finally killing them. This ruthless record was well-known.
Ordinary disciples, upon seeing him or even just hearing his name, would turn pale and immediately flee.
With such infamy, foundation establishment stage cultivators who disliked him should have found an excuse to eliminate him long ago. But Feng Yue was very cunning. Though he was extremely fierce toward low-rank immortal cultivators, whenever he saw someone far stronger than himself, he would immediately flee, escaping back to Sky Gate Fortress for refuge. And the people of Sky Gate Fortress protected him for the sake of their own reputation, naturally refusing to hand him over.
Thus, those who came after him hesitated, unable to strike, and could only watch helplessly as he roamed freely.
Once the heat of pursuit passed, Feng Yue would swagger out of the fortress again and continue poisoning other cultivators. After several such rounds, those experts could only hold their noses and give up, unwilling to get involved anymore! After all, Feng Yue knew his limits — he wouldn’t act against those with backing or hurt their close associates.
As a result, Feng Yue’s arrogance grew even more rampant within the seven great sects, and his notoriety spread far and wide! It made him increasingly defiant and developed a haughty, domineering attitude, thinking himself supreme and unchallengeable! Aside from a few disciples from other sects with reputations not inferior to his, he simply ignored all other low-rank cultivators.
But now, Han Li — a rookie barely at the eleventh layer — actually dared to say he would kill him. How could this not enrage the overly proud Feng Yue!
“Looking for death!”
Furious, Feng Yue no longer hesitated to let Han Li live even a second longer. A small knife in front of him instantly transformed into a yellow rainbow and shot straight at Han Li’s head, intending to sever it with one slash.
He was confident that although Han Li had a blue water-attribute shield, his talisman treasure strike would definitely break through it and kill.
Han Li, however, would not let him succeed so easily. Calmly, he raised a hand, and a small black shield detached from him, expanding as it was cast out, stopping the yellow blades firmly at a distance of about two meters.
When the yellow glow of the small knife touched the black light on the shield’s surface, a squeaking friction sound was heard. Although the yellow light immediately gained the upper hand and pushed back the black light, the small shield stubbornly continued emitting black light, fiercely resisting.
Thus, the yellow blades could not break through the shield for the time being.
Feng Yue was surprised to see this, while Han Li let out a light breath of relief.
Feng Yue had not expected Han Li to possess a rare top-grade defensive magical artifact. Han Li, on the other hand, felt reassured that his guess was correct.
Using this flying heaven shield to withstand the opponent’s talisman treasure was indeed risky — if the enemy’s talisman treasure was far stronger than expected, Han Li would have lost his head already.
The other day, when battling Senior Brother Lu, Han Li could hold his own against his flying sword talisman treasure for a while with just one top-tier magical artifact, the Azure Flood Dragon Banner. Feng Yue’s small knife was a bit stronger, but Han Li’s flying heaven shield should still hold out for a bit.
With these considerations, Han Li dared to take the risk.