With pursuers in front and blockades behind, Ye Feng's expression darkened.
The cliff was steep, with only a few iron chains as thick as arms connecting to each other. Below the chains lay an unfathomable abyss, and Ye Feng and his companions had completely lost their escape route.
After a brief hesitation, the members of the Ning Family, who were closely following behind, rushed forward!
Ning Hong spotted the Chen Family girl from a distance and was instantly filled with rage. Their Ning Family had collaborated with the Northern Jin Royal Family, and Zhao Qingyang was a special envoy sent by the Wudu City Royal Family to the Ning Family. With Zhao Qingyang dead, it would be difficult for them to explain.
"It was you who killed Zhao the Young Master!" Ning Hong shouted at Ye Feng through gritted teeth.
Ye Feng ignored Ning Hong's accusation and fixed his gaze on Ye Zhan blocking the way ahead. He said solemnly, "You are a Ye Family disciple; how could you associate with the Ning Family? Don't you know their plans?"
Ye Zhan sneered and pointed at Ye Feng. "As long as I can kill you and avenge my brother, it doesn't matter whether your surname is Ye or Ning. Besides, now even the Northern Jin Kingdom's Royal Family supports the Ning Family. What do the other Three Prominent Families have to fight against them?"
"Ye Zhan, how shameless! To betray your master and destroy your ancestors while speaking so righteously! How will you face our Ye Family's ancestors in the future?" Ye Ning chimed in angrily from the side.
"Hmph! When your life is at stake, what do ancestors matter? Since you cherish your ancestors so much, I'll send you to meet those old men today!" Ye Zhan chuckled lightly and pulled out a spear from behind him with a fierce countenance.
"Just you wait!" Ye Feng also let out a cold laugh, proudly drawing his Azure Dragon Sword to face Ye Zhan from a distance.
"The Azure Dragon Sword! You really killed Zhao the Young Master! Today, I must skin you alive!" Ning Hong's face turned pale with fury. Unable to hold back any longer, he summoned all his Vital Energy and charged at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng continued to focus on Ye Zhan, but his spiritual awareness as a cultivator had already locked onto Ning Hong sneaking up from behind.
"Thunderclaw!" Ning Hong's fingers transformed into claws. With just a grasp in mid-air, several purple lightning bolts flickered around his fingertips, resembling Ye Feng's Primordial Thunder Palm.
The Yellow Rank mid-grade Thunderclaw had been mastered by Ning Hong; during these days in the secret realm, countless Various Forces had perished under his claws.
“Thunder Style, Yin Thunder Palm!”
Ye Feng deliberately held back his strength to deal with Ye Zhan. At the moment Ning Hong's Thunderclaw struck, he turned around and unleashed the Yin Thunder Palm.
The thunder-based Martial Technique was unmatched in its dominance. In a contest of Martial Technique, what mattered was the momentum, the force, and the confidence in one's own strength.
With a thunderous roar, the two Martial Techniques collided, unleashing a storm of lightning.
Ye Feng's Yin Thunder Palm, inspired by the concept of Nine Springs Yin Thunder, was a rare example of a Yin Soft Palm Technique among thunder-based Martial Techniques.
At this moment, Ye Feng already possessed a force of two thousand pounds. Coupled with the fact that his Martial Technique was clearly superior to Ning Hong's, in their clash, Ye Feng only swayed slightly and took three steps back, while Ning Hong was sent flying back three yards.
Ning Hong, shocked and terrified, spat out several mouthfuls of blood upon landing. The Vital Energy within him surged and boiled, faintly entangled by a soft electric force, making it difficult for him to circulate quickly through his Meridian.
“His cultivation has actually improved again, reaching a force of two thousand pounds, and he has mastered the extremely difficult Thunder Three Styles. Who on earth is this person!”
Ignoring everything else, Ning Hong retreated dozens of steps, hiding among the many disciples of the Ning Family. He sat cross-legged and began to mobilize all his Vital Energy to counteract the invading yin thunder energy in his Meridian.
“Clang! Clang!” On the other side, as soon as Ye Feng steadied himself after clashing with Ning Hong, Ye Zhan's spear lunged toward him.
“Flowing Cloud Spear Technique, Three Layered Waves!” Ye Zhan shouted loudly, recognizing that Ye Feng's cultivation had advanced again. He immediately unleashed his strongest Martial Technique.
The silver spear in Ye Zhan's hands thrust out three layers of spear shadows like crashing waves, charging straight at Ye Feng.
“Similar to Zhao Wan's Flowing Cloud Three Layered Waves, it seems they are both from the same school of thought at Flowing Cloud Villa!” Faced with the fierce spear momentum from Ye Zhan, Ye Feng remained unperturbed. He had previously witnessed Zhao Wan's Flowing Cloud Three Layered Waves. The only difference was that one was executed with palm techniques while the other used spear techniques; there wasn't much difference between them, allowing him to easily spot the flaws.
“Very well. If Flowing Cloud Three Layered Waves can be applied to spear techniques, then I will try to integrate the Tide Sound Palm into my sword techniques. Perhaps I will achieve unexpected results!”
Ye Feng shook the Azure Dragon Sword in his hand, circulating his Vital Energy. Following the method of the Tide Sound Palm's Tidal Sound Three Echoes, he infused his Vital Energy into the Azure Dragon Sword.
"Tide Sound Sword Technique, Tidal Sound Three Echoes!"
The blue Sword Light surged like azure waves, transforming into three massive tides that crashed toward the incoming spear.
"Clang! Clang!"
The sounds of clashing weapons echoed continuously. Ye Feng had previously exchanged a palm strike with Ning Hong, and due to the invasion of Ning Hong's Thunderclaw force, he could only exert about eighty percent of his strength, which was just enough to match Ye Zhan.
"To think he could integrate the most basic Tide Sound Palm into his sword technique!" Ye Zhan was increasingly astonished as he fought, feeling a growing sense of dread.
In contrast to Ye Zhan, Ye Feng's strength was gradually recovering. The surging Vital Energy in his Dantian quickly eradicated the invading Thunderclaw force.
"What are you waiting for? Go help him!" Ning Hong groaned, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Enduring the excruciating pain within, he shouted loudly at the Ning Family Descendants beside him.
"Yes!"
"Understood!"
Everyone instinctively nodded and rushed forward. Two Origin Martial Realm experts charged at Ye Feng, while another Origin Martial Realm expert and several other Ning Family Descendants confronted Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing.
Chen Xiaobing had just broken through to Origin Martial Realm and was now facing the siege of multiple opponents without any fear for her safety.
Having completely eliminated the Thunderclaw force within him, Ye Feng returned to peak condition. Faced with the assault of three Origin Martial Realm experts, he showed no signs of falling behind!
The two sides fell into a stalemate for a moment. Ye Zhan grew more courageous as he fought, casually executing a Primordial Thunder Palm that forced back the Origin Martial Realm expert charging from behind. He then thrust the Azure Dragon Sword again, unleashing three clusters of blue sword flowers in a fierce attack against Ye Feng!
"Ye Zhan, you have betrayed the Ye Family and harmed your own kin. Today, you deserve to die!" Ye Feng shouted, unleashing all his power, forcing Ye Zhan to retreat step by step, perilously close to defeat.
"Ah!" A sudden scream echoed from not far away. Ye Feng's pupils constricted as he released Ye Zhan, turning to look behind him.
Among the three of them, the one with the lowest cultivation, Ye Ning, had been besieged for a long time by three Ning Family Descendants at the ninth level of Martial Realm. At this moment, she finally could not hold on any longer and was struck off the cliff by one of them, falling into the abyss below!
"You scoundrel, seeking death!" Ye Feng flicked his wrist, and three blood-red needles shot out like lightning, piercing through the foreheads of the three Ye Family Disciples attacking Ye Ning in an instant, leaving behind small crimson blood spots.
The three of them stiffened simultaneously as they were pierced through the head by Ye Feng's Blood Pattern Needle, dying instantly.
"Wind Chaser Step!" Ye Feng stepped repeatedly and leaped off the cliff without hesitation, rushing towards Ye Ning.
"Brother Ye!" Chen Xiaobing also cried out in alarm, suddenly turning her body like a floating cloud and following Ye Feng into the abyss.
The Ning Family members stared blankly at Ye Feng and the others jumping off the cliff, speechless for a while.
Finally free from the Yin Thunder Palm's influence, Ning Hong struggled to rise from the ground. He glanced at the mysteriously dead three Ning Family Descendants and cautiously approached the edge of the cliff.
"What was that just now?" Ye Zhan finally regained his senses and staggered over to Ning Hong.
"I don't know; it might be some kind of hidden weapon. I didn't expect this person's cultivation to be so profound. You said before that he was comparable to your strength; you nearly got me killed!" Ning Hong said angrily to Ye Zhan beside him.
"I didn't expect this situation either!" Ye Zhan replied awkwardly. "The defenses in the main hall were breached; it seems he gained some benefits and made a breakthrough in his cultivation during these past two days. That's why neither of us can match him even when we join forces!"
"Hmph! If it weren't for this brat being wary of those two women beside him and hesitating to use that mysterious hidden weapon, we might not be standing here safely!" Ning Hong said as he glanced down at the cliff's bottom, speaking in a low voice.
"The speed of that mysterious hidden weapon is astonishing. If it had been aimed at us, even if we were lucky enough to survive, we would likely have been severely injured. Fortunately, he has fallen into the abyss with no chance of survival; otherwise, it would have been truly difficult to deal with!" Ye Zhan said with lingering fear.
"Let's go, don't worry about him. That kid is definitely done for. We need to go deeper and get all the Exotic Treasures from the Underground Ancient City!" Ning Hong greedily glanced at the cliff across the Iron Chain Bridge and said loudly.
The members of the Ning Family came back to their senses, nodding in agreement as they headed towards the other side of the Iron Chain Bridge!
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Falling down the cliff, Ye Feng's expression was stern. The spiritual awareness of a cultivator spread out, quickly locating Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing, who were rapidly descending through the air.
"This silly girl actually jumped down too!" Ye Feng felt a warmth in his heart, but now was not the time for him to reflect on that.
"Tide Sound Palm!" Ye Feng flipped his palm and unleashed several Tide Sound Palms.
With the rebound force of his palm technique, Ye Feng's falling speed quickly increased as he rushed towards the white figure below.
In an instant, Ye Feng's right hand shot out fiercely, catching the unconscious Ye Ning in his arms. At the same time, he struck the cliff wall with over ten palms, abruptly halting their descent and catching Chen Xiaobing, who was falling right behind.
After unleashing more than twenty palm strikes, even though Ye Feng's Vital Energy far exceeded that of other warriors at the same level, he still felt somewhat drained.
He used one hand to hold both women while driving the Azure Dragon Sword forcefully into the cliff wall beside him!
"Swish!" The three of them jolted violently as the Azure Dragon Sword carved a sword mark dozens of feet long into the cliff wall, sending debris flying everywhere.
Ye Feng let out a muffled groan, gritting his teeth to endure it as he slightly tilted his body to shield against the flying rocks.
With the help of the Azure Dragon Sword, their downward momentum was alleviated. At that moment, Chen Xiaobing finally reacted and realized that it was Ye Feng who had saved her.
"Brother Ye!" This was Chen Xiaobing's first time being held by a man. Feeling the mature masculine scent enveloping her, her face turned crimson all the way to her neck, and her heart raced as if it would leap out of her throat.
"Miss Chen, are you alright? Quickly unleash your palm strength to slow down the impact!" Ye Feng sensed the change in the woman in his arms and hurriedly spoke.
"Okay!" Chen Xiaobing let out a voice as soft as a mosquito, drawing out a small hand as white as jade, and suddenly struck downward with her palm!
"Bang bang bang!" With more than ten consecutive bursts of palm strength, they finally managed to maintain their descent within an acceptable range.
With a "thud," after a few breaths, the three finally landed at the bottom of the cliff.
Fortunately, the ground at the bottom was soft earth, and with the previous efforts of Ye Feng and Chen Xiaobing, the three landed without sustaining significant injuries!
"You protect me; I need to start treating Ning Er's injuries!" Ye Feng eagerly helped Ye Ning sit cross-legged.
"Brother Ye, I have a Revitalization Pill here!" Chen Xiaobing quickly took out a pill from her pocket and, without waiting for Ye Feng's response, directly placed it into Ye Ning's mouth.
"Thank you, Miss Chen!" Ye Feng nodded slightly at Chen Xiaobing, sitting cross-legged behind Ye Ning, placing his palms on her back.
"My spiritual energy can heal injuries; as long as I channel it into Ning Er's body, it should have the same effect."
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