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Upon seeing the waterfall, Li Hao felt a surge of joy; this time, the kid should have nowhere to escape. To be honest, he was already tired of this chase and wished he could blast the kid into pieces right away.
However, when he saw Lufan charging towards the waterfall without hesitation, his expression changed.
Not good, that kid is trying to escape using the waterfall!
Li Hao felt a rush of anxiety but had no way to stop him. He could only watch as Lufan leaped towards the waterfall, and he managed to send three energy blasts into the air.
Lufan rolled in mid-air, dodging two of the energy blasts, but being in mid-air rendered his Light Wave Step ineffective, and he ultimately failed to avoid the last energy blast, which hit him squarely.
The energy blast exploded violently in front of his chest, creating a massive cloud of white mist. His soft leather armor was torn to shreds like paper. Lufan struggled against the surging blood in his body, held his breath, and then was engulfed by the water splashes, disappearing from sight.
Li Hao stood at the edge of the waterfall, feeling uncertain. The last explosion of mist prevented him from seeing whether that kid had been killed or even how badly he was injured.
He didn't expect that the kid would be so reckless. The impact of the waterfall was tremendous, and there were countless hidden rocks and reefs within it. Even a Blood Refinement Stage Martial Cultivator would face near-certain death if they jumped in; yet this First Rank Martial Cultivator, who hadn't even broken through to the Flesh Refinement Stage, jumped without a second thought.
However, in his view, after that hit, even if the kid didn't die, he would be severely injured. Coupled with the impact of the waterfall, it was definitely a situation where survival was impossible.
But Li Hao did not leave just yet. Being cautious as always, he wouldn't feel at ease until he confirmed his enemy's corpse was not there. So he quickly descended from another side of the mountain to reach downstream of the waterfall in search of Lufan's body.
Downstream of the waterfall was a deep pool connected to a river over ten feet wide. The waves churned violently; aside from some wild beasts coming to drink water, there were no bodies in sight.
Li Hao searched around nearby again, looking for any obvious signs of water stains on the riverbank but found no traces indicating someone had come ashore from the water.
Still feeling uneasy, he even considered personally investigating beneath the deep pool. However, when he caught sight of a menacing figure moving vaguely within the pool, he dismissed that thought.
With those elemental beasts lurking there, that kid couldn't possibly survive in the pool.
Ultimately, after searching for half an hour nearby, he finally convinced himself that either the kid had been smashed to pieces by the waterfall or had been devoured by fish; there was no way he could have survived.
So he left. After a while, the area around the deep pool remained empty.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Hao's figure reappeared; he was still lurking nearby!
Seeing that no one was around, Li Hao left again, but just a moment later, his figure reappeared.
In this way, Li Hao made three round trips before finally leaving for good. It had been over an hour since Lufan jumped off the waterfall, and no one could hide underwater under such immense pressure for that long. That kid was really dead.
Half an hour after Li Hao's last departure, a person slowly emerged from the surface of the water near the Deep Pool. He looked around and then climbed out of the water, dragging a backpack with him, collapsing on the shore and gasping for breath.
This person was Lufan; he had been submerged underwater for nearly two hours.
Lufan dared to jump off the waterfall because he had his reasons. He was confident that he would not suffer significant harm.
If you were to ask what Lufan's greatest ability was, it wasn't his attack power or his agility in dodging; it was his defense. The combination of Iron Cloth and the Horizontal Thirteen Guardians gave Lufan a defense far exceeding his own level.
This extraordinary defense allowed him to withstand a Qi explosion from Li Hao without much consequence; it merely caused a surge of blood energy. After jumping into the waterfall, he safely followed the current to the Deep Pool.
Upon reaching the Deep Pool, he dove down and firmly attached himself to the rocks at the edge of the pool while using the Divine Skill to mask all his physiological activities, blending almost seamlessly with the rock.
That was why the elemental beasts in the pool ignored him; to them, Lufan was just another stone with no nutritional value.
All of this seemed perilous, but it wasn't as life-threatening as Li Hao imagined. He never expected that Lufan possessed several Secret Techniques that allowed him to turn danger into safety in such an environment.
On the contrary, what truly posed a threat to Lufan were Li Hao's subsequent returns.
Even Lufan did not anticipate how suspicious Li Hao was, how cautious he could be, and that he would crazily return three times. This was simply unconventional!
Li Hao's first return did not surprise Lufan; in fact, it confirmed his expectations, much to his satisfaction as he had already seen through everything.
However, when Li Hao returned for the second time, it startled him because he had already planned to surface. If it weren't for needing to hide from a strange fish and pausing briefly, he would have definitely been discovered.
Realizing how close he came to failure, Lufan understood that this guy couldn't be judged by common sense. So he decided not to care about how many times Li Hao returned; he would hold on until he reached his limit and wear Li Hao down.
Fortunately, in the end, improbability triumphed over Li Hao's suspicion, and Lufan won his gamble.
However, Lufan also consumed a lot of energy underwater. He had never operated the Divine Skill at full capacity for such an extended period and now desperately needed rest.
Half an hour later, Lufan had mostly recovered his strength. He discarded his tattered leather armor and shirt, took out a new linen garment from his backpack, tidied himself up a bit, and began to follow Li Hao in the direction he had left.
He had no intention of leaving just yet; everything that had happened earlier was merely to create the illusion that he was dead, to lower Li Hao's guard, allowing him to proceed with his next plan of counter-tracking.
What came next was of utmost importance.
There was one thing he urgently needed to know: how much of the conversation between him and Wang Yan Li Hao had actually overheard.
If he had heard everything or most of it, that would be troublesome. It would mean that Li Hao was aware of his identity as a resident of Qingyang City and his relationship with Fatty and the others.
Even though Li Hao believed he was dead, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn’t take out his anger on Fatty and the others. Given his temperament, that was quite possible; after all, he hated Lufan to the core.
Moreover, although Lufan had remained calm while listening to Wang Yan recount her past, he was not a cold-blooded creature. How could he remain completely indifferent upon hearing such tragedies?
Especially when he heard about the fates of many innocent children, it stirred a killing intent within Lufan towards Li Hao.
Lastly, did they really think that after chasing him for so long, there would be no cost to pay? Lufan was not someone with such a good temper!
Looking in the direction where Li Hao had gone, a cold light filled Lufan's eyes.
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