C21

Ye Zhifa had originally been following Xia Wu to search for Green Frost Iron, but with a glance, he noticed that there seemed to be a light flashing on the ice wall, and after observing for a while, he realized that someone had carved a sword technique on the ice wall, leaving it there until today.

The world that developed in the Mirage of the Darkya region was also real and illusory, so it was not strange for ancestral cultivation techniques to appear. It was just that this Snow Ridge Illusion Realm had always been a training ground for the disciples of the younger generation that had yet to reach the Realm of Spiritual Energy. It was rare to hear of anyone discovering the methods of the predecessors, it could be considered that Ye Zhifa and the rest were extremely lucky.

Xia Wu also came over and wanted to learn this move like Ye Zhifa, but he realized that there was no reaction no matter how he practiced, and could only give up.

It turned out that Xia Wu had already learnt his family's inherited internal energy before he entered the Sword Palace. Although he had changed his Thirteen levels of the Sword School after entering the sect, his internal energy still carried some fire energy.

After Ye Zhifa finished testing out the first move, he wanted to study the second move, but after looking at the ice wall for a while, the more he looked, the more he couldn't understand.

"That's impossible, the inner force in these places can't be used at all, unless …" This is mana? "

The truth was exactly what Ye Zhifa had thought. The second sword move carved on the ice wall did not require any sort of internal energy at all, but rather the energy that he had yet to possess.

After thinking about this, Ye Zhifa gave up on the impulse to practice the second form now, and instead memorized the sword moves on the ice wall, leaving them for the time when his cultivation would be sufficient in the future.

Since Ye Zhifa was using his brain, Xia Wu did not have to do it himself. After Ye Zhifa got to know the situation, he asked: "Let's go look for more Cyan Coldsteel, it's not easy to get here, if we just find a few, we'll lose a lot."

Ye Zhifa could do nothing about it, the two of them walked along the valley floor side by side, but before they even took two steps, an extremely sharp sword aura had suddenly appeared behind them!

The sword aura rushed straight at Xia Wu, luckily he had been fighting with the beasts for the past few days, and was already used to being on alert, hence he reacted in the next second, hurriedly dodging to the side.

Although he managed to dodge the fate of being pierced through by a sword from behind, several deep sword wounds appeared on his back and his entire body slammed into the ice wall.

In order to prevent the enemy from attacking again, Ye Zhifa immediately used his sword to block. After a few exchanges, he realised that the enemy's sword had an extremely strong inner strength, and was even more unpredictable and difficult to block.

After Ye Zhifa blocked a few of the swords, the person who ambushed him retreated a step and revealed his true face to the falling snowflakes. He was actually a familiar face to Ye Zhifa!

"Sun Qi?!"

"Ye Zhifa, it's been a while. You seem to be having a good life."

Only now did he realize that Sun Qi's appearance had changed quite a bit. His entire person had become thinner, and the cheekbones on his face had grown taller, his entire face looked just like a triangular snake head.

In the past, Sun Qi used to hold a sword in his right hand just like Ye Zhifa. But now, he used his left hand to hold a curved, weirdly shaped sword, which seemed to fit perfectly with the sword technique he had just used.

"Xia Wu! Are you alright? "

Ye Zhifa's eyes were tightly locked onto Sun Qi, he had no time to care about others, and could only rely on his question to worry about Xia Wu's safety.

"You won't die, but you won't be able to help. It's all up to you."

Xia Wu's luck was not bad. Although his injuries were not light, he was not life threatening, but at the moment, he could not help much.

"Ye Zhifa, your death is near at hand, you still have the mind to care about others?"

"Sun Qi, killing fellow clansmen is a grave crime, yet you actually dare to lay your hands on us. Are you trying to kill us?!"

Hearing Ye Zhifa's question, Sun Qi could not help but sneer at him. "Hahaha, you're still this ignorant, don't you know, that only living people can leave Mirage of the Darkya region, and dead people can only become fertilizer in the illusion world. The snowy plains here are vast and boundless. Who knows if the true inheritances of your two treasures encountered some fierce beast and unfortunately became its food? "

"Hmph, you have a good plan, but I want to ask you something. Even if we have a feud, it's only a victory or defeat in the Large Competition.

"A win, a loss? Ye Zhifa, do you think that this is a matter of victory or defeat!? "

Sun Qi's voice was currently as sharp as an owl's. As he spoke, he even extended his right wrist, exposing it to Ye Zhifa's vision.

Ye Zhifa could clearly see that the wound he had left on Sun Qi's wrist had already healed.

"Ye Zhifa, you have wasted my right hand in a scam, now I want you to use your life to repay me!"

That day in the tournament, it was clear that Sun Qi had used a concealed weapon to launch a sneak attack on him, which resulted in Ye Zhifa missing his wrist out of helplessness. Now that Sun Qi's reaction was to turn black and white, it could be seen that his mental state had already been completely distorted.

However, since the words were already there, there was no longer any need to argue with him. Sun Qi also felt that he did not need to continue explaining things to Ye Zhifa, and with a strange cry, he charged towards Ye Zhifa.

After the second exchange, Ye Zhifa discovered that not only had Sun Qi's appearance turned into that of a snake, even the sword techniques he had executed were like a snake that kept on pouncing and attacking.

Bend Flower Sword Palace's sword techniques went straight, most of them were imposing and majestic, but Sun Qi's attacks had taken all sorts of risks, and all of them came from the corners where he was most difficult to guard against.

If not for the past few days of constant fighting in the snowy plains and based on his sword skills from when he first entered the illusion, Ye Zhifa really might not be a match for Sun Qi. Even if his sword technique had advanced, facing Sun Qi's venomous attacks, he could only use defense, and could not find an opportunity to retaliate.

At the same time, the Qi that Sun Qi had imbued into the sword had surpassed Ye Zhifa's by quite a bit. It seemed that Du Lin's claim that his inner force had broken through the eleventh stage was indeed true. Even though Ye Zhifa had prepared himself mentally, he was still suppressed by Sun Qi's sword light.

"Ye Zhifa, aren't you very powerful and capable! "How come I don't even have the ability to fight back anymore!"

"What kind of sorcery did you learn? Look at you, don't you look like a Sword Palace disciple at all!"

"A disciple of the Sword Palace? Hahaha, if it wasn't for Senior Brother Huangfu not abandoning me, I would be the funniest joke in the Sword Palace, talking about Sword Palace disciples! "

It's Huangfu Yang! It really was him!

In his heart, Ye Zhifa instantly understood that Sun Qi's current cultivation and sword techniques were all bestowed to him by Huangfu Yang, and the reason why Huangfu Yang did all these, was to enlarge the anger and hatred in his heart, and to make it into a dagger that was thrusting towards Ye Zhifa.

It was just a face fight, but Huangfu Yang was actually able to use a killing plan. This person did not have a polite appearance, but in reality, he was just a beast dressed in clothes.

It was just that it was useless for Ye Zhifa to think of the whole story. In this storm of snow and wind, Huangfu Yang's dagger had already injured Xia Wu, and if he did not deal well with them, the two of them would die under his dagger!

If so, where was the chance for victory?