Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 636: Chapter 325: Head-on War of Attrition

At the same time, the Smoke Bomb released a thick cloud of smoke, shrouding the surrounding sea.

Amidst the spreading smoke, everything became blurry and indistinct.

Heavily injured by the first wave, Lin Changfeng forcefully suppressed his wounds and, in the next instant, transformed into his Black Death Body to continue his escape.

His body was enveloped in a black mist, exuding a terrifying aura. The Flames and Water Swords could no longer harm him. However, he was suppressed by the arcs of lightning erupting from the Thunderstorm Circle. He was scattered several times, but re-formed each time to swiftly flee.

Each time he was scattered, Lin Changfeng felt a piercing pain. His heart filled with fury and indignation. ’My full-power burst of speed and that one move... and Cheng Zongyang escaped again!’

But he also knew that he had already consumed a massive amount of Spiritual Power and had to escape this dangerous place as quickly as possible.

On the sea’s surface, a fierce wind howled, the waves surged, and the rain came crashing down!

However, after escaping the Thunderstorm Circle created by several Tier Three Talismans and the epicenter of the explosion from dozens of Tier One Talismans, Lin Changfeng’s Spiritual Power was almost completely depleted. This was due to his consumption over the past three days, compounded by the Spiritual Power he had just expended to resist the thunderstorm and explosions.

His body swayed unsteadily, as if he might plunge into the sea at any moment.

In the end, he used what little Spiritual Power he had left to keep himself from sinking, sitting cross-legged on the surface of the water. He began attempting to absorb the scarce Spiritual Qi from the ocean.

Lin Changfeng’s eyes filled with indignation and despair.

He never imagined he would be forced into such a desperate situation by a junior. His heart swelled with regret—regret for not eliminating Cheng Zongyang sooner, and regret for having used the Teleportation Array to escape!

He watched as Cheng Zongyang reappeared in the distance, completely unscathed, and his heart burned with hatred!

But he also knew that in his current state, he was powerless to fight back.

Cheng Zongyang watched Lin Changfeng sitting motionless on the churning sea and breathed a sigh of relief. ’Absorb Spiritual Qi from the sea? He’s dreaming. Even if I let him absorb for two or three days, he probably wouldn’t get enough to fly even a few miles.’

He had already tested this with his Spirit Liquid Collector. While the sea did contain some Spiritual Qi, it was incredibly thin. The only reason his Dragon Bone Ship had been able to absorb it before was by using an Array.

He knew that this battle of attrition, which had dragged on for over two days, was finally over.

But his heart felt no joy. Instead, it was filled with worry.

He knew that although he had won this battle, luring Lin Changfeng away from Zi’an County meant that his own home might have been discovered by the Immortal Sect.

’It’ll be fine if the Array is still intact,’ he thought. ’But if it’s not, I’ll have to go through the East Sea Abyss to reach the ten-thousand-meter-deep seabed all over again.’

’That’s not a small price to pay!’

Cheng Zongyang piloted the Flying Cloud Shuttle over to where Lin Changfeng was. He watched him quietly for a moment, then took out a Smoke Bomb, crushed it, and tossed it onto him...

As the Thunderstorm Circle dissipated, the churning sea and falling rain also grew calm.

The sea breeze still blew gently, and waves lapped against the Dragon Bone Ship Cheng Zongyang had summoned. Sunlight scattered across the water’s surface, creating shimmering patches of gold.

Lin Changfeng had fallen unconscious and was now stored away in the Wilderness World.

As for the boy, he had been hidden by Lin Changfeng on a distant Reef Island. Cheng Zongyang had found him, and the boy was now lying on the deck of the Dragon Bone Ship, still fast asleep.

Cheng Zongyang sat on the third-level deck, his thoughts a tangled mess as he watched the sunset.

He was well aware that his ability to capture a powerhouse at the peak of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection like Lin Changfeng wasn’t a testament to his own strength. Rather, it was because this was the Martial Arts Realm, and because he had the Wilderness World.

With no way to replenish Spiritual Qi, and without Elixirs or other supplies, the final outcome had been inevitable.

’The credit isn’t mine. If this were the Cultivation Immortality Realm, my only options would have been to flee with the Flying Cloud Shuttle or hide in the Wilderness World.’

But there was plenty of good news, too.

Besides the two Storage Pouches he had obtained and the capture of a living Lin Changfeng, his own True Essence had also broken through to a new level after being consumed and replenished over the past few days.

He wasn’t far from breaking past the Extraordinary realm to enter Qi Cultivation.