Tainted will

The air in the atmosphere was heavy.

"Hold it." At this moment, Feng Jin Bo stood out; "I can guarantee on my master Dual sword immortal Liu Qing Yu's reputation, as long as you cooperate with our investigation, if the spirit herb is not pn you, we will let you go."

Dual sword immortal Liu Qing Yu's fearsome strength was firmly ingrained in the hearts of the people of the entire province of Tiannan, even the neighboring provinces were aware of the chaos the Dual sword immortal had caused in the earlier chapters of his life, in the entirety of Tiannan province they were only five if not six Supreme mortal realm experts that could stand with him on equal grounds.

"Liu Qing Yu?" Bai Ming laughed coldly, his flying sword flew around him as he held the extremity-grade sword in his hand: "That's very impressive huh? Do you think my teacher is afraid of that Liu Qing Yu? Hehe, in that case, let's see what your master can do!"

Before he finished speaking, Bai Ming used the flying sword, attacking the quasi-Yin-Yang realm expert Feng Jin Bo.

"You!" Feng Jin Bo did not expect Bai Ming to strike so suddenly, he was caught off guard, quickly getting into a disadvantage under Bai Ming's vicious attacks.

The other cultivators decided to look on from the sidelines, and even Sima Bu stayed out of the battle as he diligently studied Bai Ming from the side.

"This person is not afraid of Liu Qing Yu, he has a huge background."

"Lord Liu Qing Yu might be a top-tier expert in the Tiannan province, but he also has enemies like Shen Ye Hai and Drunk Immortal Jin Bo. Is this individual the direct disciple of one of those two grand immortal experts?"

"Since he is attacking Feng Jin Bo, that is a good thing. We can stay on the sidelines and watch their methods. If there is a future battle, we will be able to prepare."

These spirit realm cultivators were not united, thus far they only worked together to squeeze out more benefits and to also have a certain amount of security, if things went south they would retreat without speaking a word they surely would not place their lives on the line for others.

Bai Ming's factual words and actions caused doubts among them, resulting in a subtle division among these spirit realm cultivators.

He picked his opponent due to specific reasons.

If he chose an inner disciple, others would think he was depending on his treasures and speed advantage to bully a weaker opponent. Only by choosing the strongest opponent could there be deterrence.

As for why he chose Feng Jin Bo and not Kai Ye, it was because Bai Ming remembered that he and Sima Bu were the only cultivators with a major powerhouse behind them. As for Kai Ye, he might be a core disciple but his backing was still a minor level weaker than these two.

Those inner disciples did not want to offend individuals like Feng Jin Bo and Sima Bu because of the behemoth standing behind them, and Feng Jin Bo also had many worries, just because he has backing from his supreme mortal realm master doesn't necessarily mean that he could go around causing trouble. If he were to bite something his master couldn't chew, then the first person to cut him down would be his master.

Thus, as someone in an alliance of sorts, Feng Jin Bo spoke and acted with many concerns. After all, he was representing not just himself but his master, Liu Qing Yu as well.

Both sides fought for a long time.

After more than ten rounds, Feng Jin Bo was still at a disadvantage, he was breaking out in cold sweat.

The Flying sword which was enhanced with Bai Ming's sword path attainment and the purple flame essence was a very deadly combination, while Feng Jin Bo was a scarlet elemental path cultivator with relatively insufficient defensive methods, he could not block the dreadful flying sword, he could only evade it.

He was furious and startled.

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He was a disciple of a grand supreme mortal realm expert and Feng Jin Bo, himself was a top-tier Quasi-Yin-Yang realm expert, he was being forced to this extent by some no-name peak Spirit realm expert, his face was completely gone.

Feng Jin Bo had a grim expression as he thought; 'To salvage my face, I have to use my battlefield killer move to capture this scoundrel alive. In that case, my display of weakness earlier can be deemed as a wise battle tactic.'

In a certain perspective, Battlefield killer moves were a higher form of Martial technique that could paint unique domains in the real world and every domain would have a special effect of its own that could either strengthen the user or weaken the opponent and in some rare cases it can even perform both simultaneously. Of course, this is just surface-level knowledge about the battlefield killer moves, there are unique battlefield killer moves which hold unique abilities.

Nonetheless, not just anyone can deploy these battlefield killer moves, only those who have entered the world realm phase, a special cultivation state can deploy domains in the real world.

But this battlefield killer move Feng Jin Bo spoke of was not easy to activate, it required him to dispatch his world realm essence into all the cells in his body, then he needed to convert his spiritual essence into the five basic elemental energies before forming a perfect balance in his body, then he had to inject his soul force into the elemental link before projecting it in the actual world, the process of setting up the domain will consume a lot of his time, especially when he is in the midst of an intense battle achieving the desired result is even more difficult.

Feng Jin Bo had to deal with Bai Ming's attacks while concentrating on his spiritual essence, world realm essence, and soul force, slowly forming his battlefield move.

'This flying sword relatively has a weak effect against the army of fire beasts, but it is really useful against human cultivators, once it pierces the head or heart, they would die. If I can find a way to improve its grade then I wouldn't mind making it my life-bound weapon.'

Bai Ming sighed internally, if he were to make the flying sword into his life-bound weapon, its strength can be greatly augmented but the problem is that if the flying sword were to get destroyed completely, Bai Ming would have to pay an extremely high price, in the case of failure the best outcome would be his cultivation level dropping by minor realm and at worst cases it can even drop by a major realm.

But that's for later, as of now the battle was in Bai Ming's favor, even though he was in an advantageous position he had not become careless.

Feng Jin Bo has been a true disciple for a long time, he had deep foundations but because Bai Ming attacked first, he lost the initiative. And not to forget the band cultivators who were watching from the sidelines, the situation wasn't an ideal one for Bai Ming.

Currently, the situation was perilous, the longer it dragged on, the harder it was for Bai Ming to escape.

More importantly, his reserves were running extremely low, if it wasn't for his extremity grade spirit root's exceptional essence recovery rate and the fact that the fiery chaos essence in the air was gradually dissipating, his spiritual essence would have already run dry long ago.

For the time being, Bai Ming had to maintain the pressure on Feng Jin Bo, Bai Ming struck first and pressured him. If he had any time to regain the initiative and use his techniques freely, the situation would be a lot different.

Thus, Bai Ming had to use the flying sword continuously. After killing thousands of fire beasts the Flying sword wasn't exactly in a great condition, but it greatly complemented Bai Ming's sword path attainment.

Therefore, at the opportune time combining it with the Self-Sword formation, a terrifyingly quick assassination-styled attack could be unleashed.

'I have less than 10 percent spiritual essence now but if I had some more…' At this time, Bai Ming sensed something, his movements stopped as he looked behind him.

The cluster of firey beasts was already within sight.

Seeing the herd of fiery beasts, Bai Ming did not feel resentment, he felt joy.

The opportunity he was waiting for had come!

"What is going on? What are these things, they have such fiery auras."

"Paradise flame beasts, oh heavens, so many Paradise flame beasts!"

"These are paradise flame beasts, what the hell are they? And why are there so many of them?!"

The group of cultivators noticed the paradise flame beasts, they were puzzled and shocked.

'So, these beasts are called Paradise Flame beasts..' Bai Ming finally gained some knowledge about this species of beasts.

Feng Jin Bo's focus was on Bai Ming and Bai Ming only, seeing that Bai Ming had relaxed, he was overjoyed, he immediately sped up in completing the battlefield killer move he was preparing, it was already one-third done in this short time.

'Soon! Once I execute this killer move to capture you alive, I'll deal with you personally.' Feng Jin Bo clenched his teeth, maliciousness shone in his eyes.

Bai Ming uttered coldly, "You monkeys, I lured these Paradise Flame beasts out from the very depths of the volcanos. It was to cooperate with my senior brothers and sisters to lure these vile creatures into a trap and capture them. You people obstructed us, we will make sure to deal with you one by one later. Now, If you want to die, follow me!"

Saying so, Bai Ming left Feng Jin Bo hovering in the void.

The cultivators were shocked but relieved.

Bai Ming's injuries on his face were clearly caused by the Paradise Flame beasts.

And the Paradise Flame beasts were chasing after him.

These were all evidence of his words.

So...what now?

Chase, or not?

The Red Lotus Sect's spirit realm cultivators looked at each other.

Their gazes were filled with hesitation, should they give chase or retreat quickly from this soon-to-be danger zone?

The answer was unclear.

Bai Ming noticed their hesitation and smiled coldly in his heart, success was finally within his grasp!

...or so he thought.

With cold humph, the Quasi-Yin-Yang realm cultivator Feng Jin Bo reacted.

And how he reacted was absolutely opposite to what Bai Ming wanted.

"Don't think of leaving!" He moved like a streak of lightning, chasing after Bai Ming as he shouted his goddamn throat out.

Bai Ming coldly snorted, "Don't go overboard! Don't think I am afraid of you, if not for my crucial task, I would cut you down right here and now."

Feng Jin Bo surged with fury, "Bullshit!"

His Battlefield killer move was almost ready to be used, he was about to salvage his face, but at this moment, Bai Ming ran away.

He actually ran!

'How dare you?!' Feng Jin Bo was unwilling to let him go, he chased relentlessly as the resentment in his heart rose to an unforeseen level.

His actions caused the stunned band of cultivators to pursue him as well.

Bai Ming slightly tilted his head and caught sight of this from the corner of his eyes, instantly his heart shank.

As Bai Ming's schemes continued to fail, his situation only got worse.