Martial Master

Countless streams of light surged into the sky, enveloping an area of dozens of meters around. The cloaked figure immediately found the surroundings hazy, as brilliant streams of light rapidly surrounded him, and a thick mist began to rise.

What the hell is this?

The cloaked figure was startled. This kid had already laid a trap nearby. Could it be that the other party had known he was tracking him? How could that be possible?

However, the cloaked figure also understood that this was not the time to be shocked. The numerous streams of light exuded a magnificent aura, clearly indicating the presence of an extremely powerful formation.

Back when he was in Martial City, he had witnessed the strength of Qin Chen’s formation, casually upgrading the Zhu Family's fourth-tier peak formation to fifth-tier. At this moment, he naturally dared not be careless. His black tendrils danced wildly, thumping and crashing, trying to break apart the formation before it took shape.

But how could Qin Chen give him that opportunity? Whoosh! The mysterious rusty sword swung, and a beam of sword light slashed down from the sky.

Puff!

The sword light struck one of the black tendrils, causing it to tremble violently, and the black light on it even showed signs of dissipating, shocking the cloaked figure.

Back in Martial City, although Qin Chen was strong, his attacks had posed no threat to him. But now, how much time had passed? This kid’s attack could actually hurt him? The cloaked figure's shock grew even greater.

He understood deeply that if he didn't kill Qin Chen this time, he would probably have no chance to do so in the future.

Thinking of this, he dared not hold back any longer. The countless black tendrils became even more frenzied, like a demon showing its claws and fangs.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Qin Chen didn’t care what the other party was thinking. With a raise of his hand, countless streams of sword light fell like raindrops.

Puff, puff, puff!

Countless streams of sword light landed on the cloaked figure, immediately scattering the black light around him, causing streams of light to erupt.

“What kind of technique is this guy cultivating? These black tendrils are too bizarre; their defensive power is actually so terrifying?”

Qin Chen internally gasped. He was all too aware of the power of his own sword light. Not to mention being able to sweep everything away, at the very least, he could severely injure a fifth-tier early-stage Wuzong with a single sword. Yet now, having struck the opponent dozens or even hundreds of times, this cloaked figure merely seemed slightly weakened. Such defensive power had likely reached the peak level of fifth-tier late-stage.

Qin Chen couldn’t help but be grateful for his early intuition in laying out the formation in advance; otherwise, if he had to act hastily once the other party arrived, it would have been dangerous.

While Qin Chen was astonished, the cloaked figure was filled with rage.

He had initially endured dozens of Qin Chen's sword strikes, hoping to burst through the formation as soon as possible. Little did he expect that the formation formed far too quickly. The moment the first white light rose, he had already stepped into the formation's range. As countless white lights swirled together, an astonishing binding force began to press down on him.

At first, he thought he could use his cultivation level to break the formation's binding, but he soon realized that the rate at which the binding force was increasing was far too fast for him to react.

Boom!

When the last white light rose, the entire mountain forest was shrouded in a mist. The cloaked figure immediately felt a chilling killing intent surrounding him, everything was a blur, and his body felt as if it were sinking into a quagmire—moving even a little became difficult.

“What a terrifying formation! This is at least a fifth-tier formation; how could this kid’s cultivation level have improved so quickly?”

The cloaked figure was so frustrated he nearly vomited blood. He had initially guessed that the formation laid out by Qin Chen was only a fourth-tier peak formation. After all, previously outside Martial City, Qin Chen had merely repaired someone else's formation to elevate it to fifth-tier. Forming a new fifth-tier formation from scratch was at least ten times more difficult.