Chapter 2087 - 2088: High-Spirited

Ling Zhenfei had the Concealment Pill's effect on him, none of these people could detect him; he had already reached the Pursue Heart State, and ordinary people found it very hard to notice.

Besides, all these people were busy fighting; who would think that someone had come in from the sky?

Su Liu was stunned as well; he hadn't expected someone would actually arrive riding a bird.

"Kid, who are you? Don't play mysterious. If you've got guts, come down here and talk."

Ling Zhenfei didn't overthink it; he swung down from the Lightning Bird and lightly floated off its back, landing right in front of the Elf Princess.

After seeing Ling Zhenfei, Su Liu laughed and said, "I was wondering who it was; turns out it's you."

Su Liu had seen Ling Zhenfei before; back on Xianling Mountain, the two had met more than once.

When Su Liu led people to occupy the area around Wuliang Mountain, Ling Zhenfei had been there as well, so the two had definitely met.

So the moment Su Liu saw Ling Zhenfei, he burst out laughing.

Ling Zhenfei said, "That's right, it's me. Young Master Su is still as high-spirited as ever."

Su Liu said, "Not bad, not bad. But didn't I hear that you, kid, were branded an Evil Demon and almost beaten to death? Seeing you now, not only are you not dead, you look even more energetic."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Thank you for the compliment, Young Master Su."

Su Liu said, "Alright, enough with the polite talk. Whatever it is, we can discuss it back at Xianling Mountain. For now, step aside, we need to capture this woman."

Ling Zhenfei turned and glanced at the Elf Princess; she was currently struggling to prop herself up with her arms, her originally fair face now smeared with a bit of dust.

There was still blood at the corner of her mouth; her eyes looked extremely unfocused, carrying a sense of desolation and Xiao Suo.

Ling Zhenfei said, "Young Master Su, I don't think you'll be taking this person away."

After hearing this, Su Liu's expression changed as he said, "What do you mean? This woman is from the foreign races, and she holds a very high status among them."

Ling Zhenfei said, "There are plenty of high-status people among the foreign races. You can capture anyone else you like, but not this woman."

Su Liu asked, "Why?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "Because I'm going to save her."

Hearing Ling Zhenfei's words, those cultivators present all grew angry, glaring furiously at Ling Zhenfei.

Su Liu said, "Kid, your name should be Ling Zhenfei, right? Do you even know what you're saying? By doing this, you're making yourself an enemy of all cultivators under heaven. Are you planning to defect to the enemy?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "I don't want to defect, but our purpose in coming here was only the Heavenly God Sword. Why make things hard for a woman? More importantly, this woman once saved me, so this time I'm going to save her."

Su Liu snorted and said, "Ling Zhenfei, don't think that just because you've reached the Pursue Heart State you can start negotiating terms with me. You're still far from it. When others called you an Evil Demon, I used to just laugh it off, but now it seems that might really be the case.

How about this: you leave now, and as for whether you're an Evil Demon or not, our Cultivators Alliance will help clear your name and absolutely give you justice. But if you insist on helping this woman today, I'm afraid your reputation as a turncoat can never be washed clean."

This was exactly the reason Ling Zhenfei had hesitated about coming earlier; after rescuing the Elf Princess, he knew the trouble would be immense, just like Su Liu had said.

As long as he saved the Elf Princess, it would be equivalent to drawing a clear line between himself and all cultivators, truly becoming an Evil Demon who had defected to the enemy.

But what could Ling Zhenfei do? The Elf Princess was in trouble right now; he couldn't just stand by and watch without helping. That went against his principles and his values.

So Ling Zhenfei came anyway; even if he was misunderstood by the cultivators, he still had to do this.

So at this moment, Ling Zhenfei had come after fully preparing himself mentally.

Though Su Liu's words were very reasonable, Ling Zhenfei couldn't accept them.

Ling Zhenfei said, "I was already treated as an Evil Demon before. Saving one more person from the foreign races, what difference does it make? Besides, the foreign races and us merely have different beliefs. As long as they get what they want, that's enough. Why insist on wiping them out?"

A trace of Killing Aura flashed in Su Liu's eyes as he said, "So you really have been brainwashed by the foreign races. In that case, we don't mind killing one more human traitor."

The surrounding cultivators all revealed their weapons; clearly, they knew a great battle was about to erupt.

When Ling Zhenfei came earlier, he had already evaluated both sides' strength. Among the people present, the strongest was of course Su Liu, who was in the Pursue Heart State; judging from the treasured sword he had just used, he had at least already found his own Heart-pursuing Item.

The rest were all cultivators in the Dawen Realm. You could say Ling Zhenfei practically had no advantage at all.

But even so, Ling Zhenfei was still prepared to gamble, because he still had his Lightning Bird in the sky.

The Lightning Bird also possessed strength at the Pursue Heart State. Even if it couldn't truly compete with someone in the Pursue Heart State, at the very least its Cultivation Techniques in escaping were extremely formidable.

Ling Zhenfei understood the principle of not getting bogged down in battle; besides, these were all human cultivators—could he really bring himself to strike to kill?

Of course not. If he killed human cultivators, then it would truly be impossible to explain himself in the future.

Ling Zhenfei glanced back at the Elf Princess and said, "Princess, hide behind me."

The Elf Princess looked at Ling Zhenfei with some confusion, clearly astonished, because he had just said that she had once saved him, yet she couldn't think of when she had ever rescued a human.

But now that this human wanted to save her, she could only choose to trust Ling Zhenfei.

The Elf Princess nodded toward Ling Zhenfei and was struggling to stand up.

Su Liu snorted and said, "You still want to leave? None of you are going anywhere."

By now, Ling Zhenfei already had his Tang sword in hand, and he said to Su Liu, "Young Master Su, you really can't let us go?"

Su Liu said, "Don't even think about it!"

As he spoke, Su Liu's treasured sword flew out from behind him, shooting straight toward Ling Zhenfei.

He had cultivated his Heart-pursuing Item from childhood, so now his Heart-pursuing Item had fused extremely well with his Mind and Spirit.

The moment he struck, one could clearly feel the difference between a Heart-pursuing Item and someone who didn't have one.

Ling Zhenfei still couldn't control his own Heart-pursuing Item, so he could only use his Tang sword to block.

Ling Zhenfei's Iaido was already prepared; seeing Su Liu's treasured sword coming at him, he infused Iaido with the Sky-Splitting Ten Blades Cultivation Technique and slashed down at Su Liu's sword.

As blade and sword clashed, the surrounding cultivators also began launching attacks toward Ling Zhenfei.

There were at least twenty cultivators around, all with very rich combat experience, and they knew that with Ling Zhenfei's Tang sword already drawn, this was the best time to attack him.

But at this moment, Ling Zhenfei's Dragon Tooth Dagger suddenly flew out, rapidly attacking the surrounding cultivators.

Previously, Ling Zhenfei had used the Dragon Tooth Dagger to kill several Bird People, using this exact method.

In truth, the power of Ling Zhenfei's Dragon Tooth Dagger wasn't very strong yet, because he still had no way to establish a connection with it.