When Xin Wei and Wu Gang were still busy with the damage assessment, they saw Li Yufei, clinging to Yang Feilong like a little bird, walking out of the store.
“What happened?” Li Yufei asked, dazed.
“Cough, cough, a minor car accident,” Wu Gang said awkwardly. He hadn't gotten his big meal, had drunk plenty of cold air, and now seeing the couple showing off their affection, he felt nothing but envy.
Xin Wei, on the other hand, wished he could disappear into the ground. It was too embarrassing. Without a word, he turned his head away, looking elsewhere.
He felt that for years things had been going smoothly, but he never expected to experience all his bad luck at once today.
“I see!” Li Yufei didn’t let go of Yang Feilong’s arm. “We’re going shopping, are you two coming?”
Of course, this was just a polite invitation.
“No, thanks.” Wu Gang waved his hand. He had already suffered enough blows; why would he make himself uncomfortable by following them?
Yang Feilong and Li Yufei left. Yang Feilong didn’t even glance at Xin Wei. To him, Xin Wei was just a weak opponent he had easily defeated, someone he never took seriously. Dealing with Xin Wei was merely his way of finding a sense of presence in front of Yang Feilong, and Xin Wei had just run into trouble.
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Since the company matters were settled, Li Yufei and Yang Feilong didn't return to the company. They hadn't driven because they had been drinking. Although both of them could expel alcohol from their bodies, they didn't. The main reason was that Li Yufei wanted to go shopping, and there were many large shopping malls nearby.
Shopping with a slightly tipsy mind felt quite good.
They shopped until evening and had dinner at a mall.
“Let’s go back,” Yang Feilong said.
“Okay!” Li Yufei’s face was slightly flushed. “Are you staying at my place tonight?”
Li Yufei had bought a large apartment after earning money.
“If you invite me, I have no objections,” Yang Feilong said with a smile, looking at Li Yufei.
“Okay!” Li Yufei thought for a moment, her face flushed, and said in a voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz. It seemed she knew what might happen tonight, but she was ready.
So, Yang Feilong, with Li Yufei in his arms, left the mall and headed towards where they had parked their car in the morning. They had bought quite a few clothes and shoes in the afternoon, but these were stored in his storage ring. Of course, he did this in blind spots where no one could see, otherwise, clothes disappearing into thin air would definitely cause a sensation.
As they reached a secluded corner, Yang Feilong’s heart suddenly tightened.
“What’s wrong?” Li Yufei asked in a low voice, feeling Yang Feilong’s arm tighten around her.
She sensed something was wrong.
Boom!
Suddenly, several vines shot towards Yang Feilong, trying to bind him.
There were many vines, over a dozen of them.
Yang Feilong let out a cold snort, and flashes of fire appeared, instantly turning the vines into nothingness. The flames even surged towards the source of the vines.
“Ah!” A scream rang out.
The scream abruptly stopped.
Fire conquers wood; this wasn't just a saying.
Although Yang Feilong hadn't cultivated much recently, both his water and fire elemental abilities had made significant progress since returning from Myanmar, reaching the mid-stage of fourth-tier abilities.
Yang Feilong’s progress in elemental abilities showed that although his Yin-Yang Body was incomplete, he had an unparalleled talent for cultivating water and fire abilities, making the process twice as effective.
When he integrated the true qi of the early fifth-stage Qi Refining into his fire elemental ability, its power surged immensely. It wasn't enough to burn the heavens and the earth, but a normal sixth-tier earth elemental user couldn't withstand such a restraining fire ability and would be burned to death.
Yes, the wood elemental user who had just died was a mid-stage sixth-tier elemental user!
“Damn it, Guy is dead!” a man speaking a foreign language exclaimed with shock and a curse.
Of course, despite his shock, the man’s attack was upon them. He was a man radiating golden light, a metal elemental user. He wielded a three-foot saber and slashed down at Yang Feilong and Li Yufei.
And he wasn't alone. Two others attacked from different directions.
One controlled a fire sword.
One controlled a water spear, a water elemental spear in the form of a long spear!
Four elemental users of gold, wood, water, and fire, all at the sixth-tier.
However, Yang Feilong had retaliated and killed one wood elemental user.
“Still missing an earth elemental user?” Yang Feilong's eyes flickered. He vaguely sensed the soil beneath them churning. Although the movement was very slight, his soul consciousness could perceive it, even delving deep underground.
Naturally, he could sense the fluctuations of energy within the earth.
The five elements – gold, wood, water, fire, and earth – were all present. If one of them hadn’t been killed by Yang Feilong beforehand, the five of them working together would have been quite troublesome!
The five elements, each generating and restraining the other, possessed immense power when combined. Their strength was comparable to a seventh-tier elemental user or a cultivator at the Heavenly Martial realm!
With the wood elemental user missing, it was like a broken link. Although the combined strength of the remaining four was still formidable, comparable to a quasi-Heavenly Martial realm existence, Yang Feilong was not afraid. However, he still dared not be careless, as he had to divide his attention to protect Li Yufei’s safety!
Boom!
The soft sword gifted to Yang Feilong by Li Yufei’s grandfather was instantly summoned and held in his hand. Holding Li Yufei, he leaped into the air, as an attack from underground was also coming!
It was incredibly sharp spikes from the earth elemental user lurking beneath!
By leaping into the air, he appeared to be an easy target, unable to dodge the attacks from the other three elemental users.
But Yang Feilong had no intention of dodging!
The long sword in his hand radiated a dazzling light, and he unleashed the True-False Sword Technique.
This time, the energy conversion used true qi as its root, integrating the power of both water and fire elemental abilities. The True-False Sword Technique's power was immense. With a series of "bangs," he instantly blocked the attacks from the three elemental users and even repelled them!
Boom!
The light on Yang Feilong's sword intensified, and he even launched a counter-attack. For a time, the situation was in a stalemate. Yang Feilong couldn't counter-attack too fiercely because he needed to ensure Li Yufei's safety and also watch out for the underground attacker!
The attacks of an earth elemental user were the most insidious!
Maintaining flight consumed a tremendous amount of true qi!
Yet, even so, the three of them treated him like a formidable enemy. If not for the earth elemental user underground tying up a significant portion of Yang Feilong's energy, they might have already been injured.
Buzz!
Yang Feilong unleashed the True-False Sword Technique again. The attacks directed at the three seemed majestic and overwhelming, causing them to become extremely serious.
But with a soft "pop," they were all stunned. Why was such a fierce-looking attack easily broken? Ah, in the next moment, a piercing scream rang out.
“Not good!” The faces of the three changed dramatically.
Because the scream came from underground.
It was the dying scream of the earth elemental user.