Chapter 2080 - 2081: If You Have the Guts, Step Up

The person came over and looked at the Hu touren with a laugh, "Brother Hu Tou, what's going on here? Even three of you brothers aren't a match for him."

The Hu touren replied, "Stop with the sarcasm. If you've got the guts, why don't you step up?"

The person said, "It's just a human cultivator and a pet bird."

The Hu touren said, "Take a close look, is this a simple pet bird?"

The person glanced at the Lightning Bird.

Surprised, he said, "What a strange bird. Shouldn't it be one of ours? Why is it standing with a human?"

The Hu touren said, "This bird is incredibly powerful, we need to work together. You distract the bird, I'll take down the human kid."

This Big Beard said, "If the kid's light beam lasts that long, it means the kid's not weak. Are you sure you can handle him?"

The Hu touren said, "No matter how strong, he's just reached the Pursue Heart State. What can he do against me?"

Big Beard shouted, "There are some kids hiding in the woods. I suggest you stop hiding and come out, all of you."

As his words fell, a few people came out from the surrounding troops.

Among these people, there were actually two in the Pursue Heart State, the rest were at the Late Dawen Realm.

Immediately, four in the Pursue Heart State gathered, and Ling Zhenfei was startled.

These Demon Hunters were different from those who attacked humans. The latter were like army enthusiasts, possibly not very strong but large in numbers, fighting in a uniform manner that was naturally formidable.

These Demon Hunters were extremely strong; their role was like assassins, intercepting lone cultivators or ambushing key human figures.

Now the battlefield was clearly around this canyon, so many Demon Hunters appeared in the surrounding woods, partly to intercept humans coming to help.

The other reason was to kill lone humans, which made Ling Zhenfei even more worried about the safety of Sun Wei and Lan Yan.

Now four Demon Hunters in the Pursue Heart State had surrounded Ling Zhenfei and the Lightning Bird.

The Lightning Bird gently flapped its wings and emitted a piercing cry.

This cry from the Lightning Bird was likely a sonic attack, capable of affecting one's mind. If it suddenly struck during battle, even if someone wasn't hit, they'd be startled.

Ling Zhenfei felt somewhat anxious; now it seemed he could only stop cultivating.

Although it might cause some loss, it was better than losing his life.

Facing four in the Pursue Heart State was something Ling Zhenfei had never encountered before.

The last time he encountered so many cultivators in the Pursue Heart State was at Xianling Mountain, ostensibly among their own.

Forty foreign tribespeople, all bizarrely shaped, but their strength was evident, and the pressure was naturally immense.

The Hu touren said, "The bird is not afraid of Northern Spiritual Energy, so only close combat works, but its sharp beak and claws are hard to handle. We'll handle the bird, and one of us can take down that human kid, should be enough."

The Big Beard said, "Leave the human kid to you, the bird to us. Alright, let's move."

After speaking, they charged at the Lightning Bird.

The other two also charged at the Lightning Bird, while Big Beard swung his large axe towards the Lightning Bird.

This was a standard Foreign Tribe Cultivator; the spiritual energy was cultivated for physical strength and toughness, so this axe swing was enormously powerful. The other two weren't weak either; one held a staff as thick as a human arm, and the other had a horn over half a meter long, charged at the Lightning Bird with no weapon.

The Lightning Bird spread its wings and flew into the air, swooping down at Big Beard.

Big Beard's axe swing missed, turning his axe and hammering at the Lightning Bird. The Lightning Bird shifted, ending up behind the other person and pecking at them.

A single bird was fighting with three cultivators in the Pursue Heart State.

Meanwhile, the Hu touren had bypassed the Lightning Bird, getting behind Ling Zhenfei and slashed at Ling Zhenfei.

The Lightning Bird was being tangled by Big Beard and the others, rescue was impossible.

The Hu touren thought for sure his slash would hit, but Ling Zhenfei moved and the slash missed.

The Hu touren was startled, never expecting the miss, and now saw Ling Zhenfei stand up.

Ling Zhenfei had a thin layer of Northern Spiritual Energy, the kind found in the Pursue Heart State; the Hu touren had it too, but it was much fainter compared to Ling Zhenfei's.

Startled, the Hu touren saw Ling Zhenfei had now drawn a sword, holding the sheath in his left hand and the handle in his right.

Ling Zhenfei said, "Sorry, I'm back now." After saying that, Ling Zhenfei unsheathed the Tang sword, a cold light flashed, and a powerful spiritual energy burst from the scabbard.

The powerful energy slashed toward the Hu touren. Although the two stood far apart, as soon as Ling Zhenfei unsheathed the sword, the energy reached him.

The Hu touren hurriedly used Northern Spiritual Energy to block, with a loud boom, the energy collision pushed the Hu touren's body back several meters.

The Hu touren was shocked, never expecting Ling Zhenfei's spiritual energy to be so powerful after just reaching the Pursue Heart State.

Ling Zhenfei laughed and said, "It seems the power of the Pursue Heart State is quite impressive."

The Hu touren angrily replied, "You brat, you're so arrogant; let's see how strong you really are."

With a thought, his long knife glowed and flew out of his hand, slashing towards Ling Zhenfei.

The long knife must be this Hu touren's Heart-pursuing Item. Although it flew out, it was effectively like attacking with his hand, but the advantage was the increase in distance between them.

And the attack's speed was faster.

Originally holding a weapon relies on physical force, but the Heart-pursuing Item connects with mind and spirit, allowing the execution of thoughts immediately.

The long knife moved swiftly, slashing and chopping at Ling Zhenfei; the speed was incredibly fast, the next move arriving before the previous slash was complete.

The Pursue Heart State could quickly overpower the Dawen Realm not just because of the spiritual energy but also due to this mind-connected Heart-pursuing Item.

Without reaching the Pursue Heart State, one might not even see where the attacks were coming from.

Ling Zhenfei, now at the Pursue Heart State, could discern the knife's trajectory and attacking style, but he could only block with his own long sword, momentarily trapped in a Blade Formation.

From the outside, it looked as though countless long knives were attacking Ling Zhenfei, when in fact, there was only one.

Compared to the Hu touren, Ling Zhenfei's strength was indeed slightly inferior; he had just reached the Pursue Heart State, who knew what level a Hu touren had reached.