Chapter 457: The Black Robe Man is Seriously Injured, The Shadow Guard Arrives_2
"With this power, even a Mid-Phase Transcendent Realm strongman is no threat to me," thought the mysterious figure, with a satisfied smile spreading across his face.
The next moment, he turned and prepared to leave.
However, just as he was about to leave, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of him.
"I've finally found you," the man in the black robe said upon seeing the silhouette of the mysterious figure.
"How did you find me?" The mysterious figure furrowed his brows as he looked at the man in the black robe.
He was sure that he had concealed his aura to the utmost, even more so than an ordinary cultivator.
Yet, this man in the black robe had easily tracked him down.
This seemed unbelievable to him.
"It's naturally some tracking methods you're unaware of..."
The man in the black robe spoke indifferently.
"What do you want?" Despite being startled, the mysterious figure felt little fear or unease.
After all, had he taken that elixir before, his odds against this man in the black robe might only have been fifty-fifty.
But after ingesting that extremely precious and rare elixir—
The odds between him and the man in the black robe surged close to ninety to ten.
His chances of victory were ninety percent, whereas the man in the black robe had a mere pitiful ten percent.
"If you hand over what you have, I might consider sparing your life," the man in the black robe remarked coolly.
"You want that item?" Upon hearing these words, the mysterious figure quickly understood the purpose of the black-robed man's visit.
The object he came to the auction for was naturally that which the black-robed man wanted.
However, he had never expected that this black-robed man would target him.
Moreover, this person's cultivation and strength had already reached the Initial Realm of Mortal Transcendence.
"If that is so, then don't blame me for being merciless."
The man in the black robe spoke coldly, then directly attacked the person before him.
The attack caught the mysterious figure by surprise.
However, surprises aside,
when it came to fighting, he was certainly fearless.
Previously, his odds against this person had been fifty-fifty, but now...
He considered himself in an invincible position.
...
A fierce battle was inevitable.
As the fight between the black-robed man and the mysterious figure intensified, the nearby cultivators quickly became aware of it.
When they saw the man in the black robe, they too were startled.
"Mortal Transcendence?"
"His cultivation has reached Mortal Transcendence Realm?"
"In this small Weiqing City, how could such a terrifying existence appear?"
...
So talking, the crowd hurriedly moved away from the area.
Although they were somewhat wary of the man in the black robe, the mysterious figure seemed even more powerful.
So, they felt it safer to keep a distance.
Lest the battle escalate suddenly and they unwittingly get caught in this terrifying fight among Rebirth Realm Cultivators.
As time passed, the situation of the battle seemed to steadily clarify.
The mysterious figure, leveraging the boost in cultivation from the elixir, attacked the black-robed man with increasingly fierce assaults.
The resistance of the man in the black robe became even more feeble; in order to save his own life, he directly burned his essence blood and escaped from the clutches of the mysterious figure at lightning speed, fleeing the large city known as Weiqing City with utmost haste.
Although he had escaped beyond the city, the feeling of weakness inside made him nearly want to weep without tears.
After all, he had burned his essence blood to escape from the hands of the mysterious man.
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Although the amount of Essence Blood he had burned was only about one-third of his total.
It was this one-third that would take him at least several years to recover if he wanted to return to his previous peak condition.
This was no small blow for him.
Thinking this, he could no longer care about the weakness in his body, and he sat down cross-legged to begin absorbing the scattered Spiritual Power around him, using it to restore the Qi-Blood Force intermingled with Spiritual Power in his body.
After a long while, the feeling of weakness inside his body gradually subsided.
"Damn it, who on earth was that guy?" the man in the Black Robe wondered to himself, his face showing a trace of seriousness.
You see, he was a Cultivator at the Early-Phase Transcendent Realm.
Mortal Transcendence, in other places, might not be considered top-notch combat power.
But in such a small region, not to mention a Rebirth Realm Cultivator at the Early-Phase, even those at the Blood Refinement stage before Mortal Transcendence were already considered quite top-tier combat power.
Yet, even so, he was still in such a sorry state in front of that mysterious man.
After just a few exchanges, he was severely injured and lost all his fighting ability.
Had he not prepared to escape beforehand, he might have really been done for today.
It seems, that Elixir from the auction earlier was not something simple.
Thinking this, the man in the Black Robe couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
A long while later, he turned to leave. But in the next moment, he froze.
Because he noticed, not far behind him, there suddenly appeared an aura that he felt somewhat familiar.
This aura... he had felt it not long ago.
It seems like when he first arrived at this place known as the Da Feng Dynasty, emitted by a few Cultivators dressed in black, codenamed "Shadow Guard."
"Are you… a Shadow Guard?" the man in the Black Robe asked the figure in front of him, furrowing his brow.
"Yes," the figure said faintly.
"What are you doing here?" the man in the Black Robe asked the person in front of him, while silently scanning his surroundings, as if looking for a way out.
Although he knew the person in front of him was a Shadow Guard, he wasn't clear about his exact identity or level of Cultivation.
After all, the Shadow Guards had different ranks.
Some were just peripheral members, while others were core members.
The difference in strength between core members and peripheral members was quite substantial.
Apart from these, there seemed to be ranks within Shadow Guard known as the three Commanders.
And these three Commanders seemed to be at least at the Early-Phase Transcendent Realm.
"I am here to execute a mission," the figure said faintly.
"Execute a mission? What mission?" the man in the Black Robe asked, frowning.
"To eliminate the target," the figure said coldly.
As he spoke, his thin sword whooshed directly towards the man in the Black Robe.
The Sword Qi was fierce, seemingly mixed with a relentless terrifying intent.
The man in the Black Robe only felt a severe chill at his neck.
It seemed that if he were slightly careless, his neck would be pierced.
After a long while, he barely managed to block that Sword Qi.
But on his body, there was still a long cut.
Blood flowed out, looking particularly ferocious and frightening.
"Are you at the Mid-Phase Transcendent Realm?" the man in the Black Robe asked the figure in front of him, furrowing his brow.
Although he was somewhat unwilling, since it had come to this, he had no choice but to accept.
And the man in black, the Shadow Guard Commander, didn't answer aloud.
Actually, whether he was at the Mid-Phase Transcendent Realm or not was no longer important.
The man in the Black Robe, at his peak, had not been an opponent for the Shadow Guard already.
Even more so, the man in the Black Robe was now severely injured.
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