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“Senior Brother, it’s this kid! He’s the one who stole the Foundation Establishment Pills you wanted!” The attendant didn’t answer Su Shier’s question. Instead, he pointed at Su Shier and immediately turned to the sword-carrying youth.

“Kid, you’ve got some nerve! You dare steal the pills I reserved?” The sword-carrying youth glared at Su Shier with an air of superiority.

In his eyes, Su Shier was nothing more than a Qi Refiner at the first level, a newcomer who had only joined the sect half a year ago.

He didn’t believe for a second that Su Shier could be a match for him.

The attendant shared the same sentiment.

“What does your reserved pill have to do with me? I only took what I deserved!” Su Shier replied coldly, his mind on high alert.

As soon as these two appeared, he knew today’s situation wouldn’t end peacefully.

Fortunately, while the sword-carrying youth’s spiritual energy was strong, it wasn’t insurmountable.

Recalling the progress he’d made in his training recently, Su Shier felt he had a fighting chance.

Besides, this was his territory. If things went south, he had other options.

“What you deserve? Kid, don’t say I didn’t warn you! If you know what’s good for you, hand over the pills, kneel down, and call me ‘grandpa’ three times. Then we’ll consider this matter settled,” the sword-carrying youth sneered, his tone full of arrogance.

Before coming here, he had already done his homework. Su Shier was just a minor character with a mixed spiritual root and no backing in the sect.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so brazen, even if he intended to take action.

“You’re asking for death!”

Hearing this, Su Shier’s blood boiled, and his anger flared up.

With a furious roar, he charged at the youth.

“Perfect timing, kid. You’ve fallen right into my trap!” The sword-carrying youth smirked, a sinister smile playing on his lips.

“Fire Control Technique! Go!”

The youth calmly raised his hand, and a fireball shot out.

It seemed his plan from the start had been to provoke Su Shier.

In a battle, losing one’s cool was the worst mistake one could make.

The fireball was fast and fierce, heading straight for Su Shier.

At such close range, most people wouldn’t have been able to dodge it.

But Su Shier had just mastered two new techniques. Feeling the intense heat of the fireball, his mind instantly calmed.

With a light tap of his toes, he leaped several meters to the side just as the fireball flew past him.

Dodging the fireball, he used the momentum to close the distance between them, his palm charged with force as he struck at the youth.

“What?!”

“A martial artist?!”

Both the sword-carrying youth and the attendant exclaimed in surprise, stunned by Su Shier’s maneuver.

“Wind Summoning Technique! Go!”

Unlike the attendant, the sword-carrying youth had plenty of combat experience.

In a critical moment, he quickly retreated while forming hand seals. A strong gust of wind blew toward Su Shier.

This wind was strange and fierce, even more powerful than Su Shier’s own Wind Summoning Technique.

The gust threw Su Shier off balance, causing his attack to miss.

“Kid, you’ve only learned a few mediocre techniques, and you dare show off in front of me? Today, I’ll teach you what it means to have a mountain between each cultivation level!”

“Fire Control! Wind Summoning!”

Forming hand seals again, this time, three fireballs appeared in his palms.

As soon as the fireballs were released, the youth cast another Wind Summoning Technique.

With the wind’s boost, the three fireballs burned fiercely, shooting toward Su Shier like lightning.

Su Shier didn’t dare to be careless. Using his Phantom Steps, he zigzagged through the air, narrowly avoiding the fireballs.

At the same time, he felt a pang of fear. If he hadn’t learned those two techniques beforehand, he would have been severely injured, if not killed, by that attack.

“This guy is only at the second level of Qi Refinement, and he’s this strong?”

“But… after using so many techniques in one go, can his spiritual energy hold up?”

While dodging, Su Shier kept an eye on the sword-carrying youth.

As he expected, the youth was visibly struggling after casting so many techniques in quick succession.

“How is this possible? You actually dodged that attack?!” The sword-carrying youth gasped for breath, his face pale as he slowly backed away.

It looked like he was losing the fight and preparing to flee.

Beside him, the attendant’s legs were trembling, and he was inwardly cursing his luck.

“What’s going on? Senior Brother Zhao Yu is at the second level of Qi Refinement. How is he losing to this kid?”

“Eight Extremities Mountain Crusher!”

Seizing the opportunity, Su Shier shouted, pushing his Phantom Steps to the limit.

His veins bulged as he shot toward the sword-carrying youth like a cannonball.

His fists clenched, he unleashed the killing move of the Eight Trigrams Eight Extremities Fist!

At the critical moment, the sword-carrying youth suddenly smirked, as if his plan had succeeded.

“Hmph! You’re dead if you get close to me!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the youth grabbed the sword on his back. Having cultivated for many years, he wasn’t a reckless person.

His seemingly wasteful use of spiritual energy had been a ploy to lull his opponent into a false sense of security.

“Clang!”

A sharp sound rang out as a blinding light flashed before Su Shier’s eyes. In that instant, the hairs on his back stood on end, and a strong sense of danger surged in his heart.

Fortunately, he had been prepared. The moment he saw the white light, he cast Wind Summoning on himself.

With a light tap of his toes, the wind carried him upward, and he landed on a nearby wall.

Just as he landed, a sword light slashed past, leaving a long crack in the ground.

Su Shier’s pupils contracted, and he silently thanked his own caution.

If he hadn’t dodged in time, that strike would have cost him an arm or a leg.

After delivering that sword strike, the youth’s face turned even paler.

Holding a two-foot-long sword, he stared at Su Shier, his expression calm but his heart filled with shock.

“How is this possible? What kind of technique is this? He actually dodged my killing blow?”

“Damn it! Is this kid really just a newcomer?”

He had used these tactics to defeat many opponents, even those at the third level of Qi Refinement, who hadn’t fared well against him.

But today, he had been outmaneuvered by a kid.

On the wall, Su Shier could tell at a glance that the youth’s sword was extraordinary, which made him wary.

But he knew his cultivation level was inferior, and his spiritual energy could only sustain three techniques at most. In a battle of techniques, he had no chance of winning.

Gritting his teeth, he leaped down, closing the distance between them once more.

“You’re asking for death!”

Confident in his sword, the youth showed no fear. With a surge of spiritual energy, another sword light shot out.

But in the next moment, a gust of wind blew, and Su Shier used it to accelerate, landing behind the youth.

“Bang!”

A fireball, propelled by Su Shier’s palm, struck the youth’s back.

The scorching heat burned his back, while the terrifying force sent him flying.

“Pfft!”

As soon as he hit the ground, the sword-carrying youth spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly severely injured. His sword fell to the side.

Su Shier acted quickly, snatching up the sword. As soon as it was in his hand, he could feel its extraordinary nature.

But now wasn’t the time to dwell on it. His eyes glinted with cold light as he raised the sword and thrust it toward the youth.

He had never killed anyone before, but after half a year of battling fierce beasts and demonic creatures, he had developed a fierce temperament.

Since the other party had shown no mercy, he saw no reason to hold back.

As the sword light approached, the sword-carrying youth’s pupils contracted, and his eyes widened in terror.

“Kid, I’ll settle this score with you sooner or later!”

With that, the youth bit down hard, pulling out a yellow talisman—a Level 1 Escape Light Talisman.

Infusing it with spiritual energy, a yellow light enveloped him.

Before Su Shier could react, the yellow light flashed, and the sword-carrying youth vanished without a trace.

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