Chapter 425: Chapter 424: Not Learning the Lesson
Sun Donglai was not weaker than Wang Lei, but he was the one caught in an ambush, and Wang Lei used Thunderclap Saber Technique from the start, holding nothing back.
"Pfft!"
The blade passed by, and Sun Donglai’s left shoulder was cleaved off by half, blood spilling profusely.
Feeling the impending danger, he tried to dodge to one side, yet he couldn’t completely avoid the attack and saw his left arm being severely hacked, experiencing excruciating pain. However, Sun Donglai didn’t grunt even once and counter-stabbed with the sword in his right hand.
Seeing his opponent use such a desperate fighting style, Wang Lei couldn’t help but secretly admire him.
This was a ruthless man!
With a clear advantage, Wang Lei did not seize the opportunity to behead Sun Donglai but instead returned his saber to block.
After the sound of clashing metal, the two separated immediately upon contact.
Wang Lei moved like a shadow, charging toward Liu Yao in an instant. Liu Yao was slightly weaker than Sun Donglai, and seeing Sun Donglai heavily injured by a single blow, he dared not confront him directly and immediately retreated, shouting, "Together, kill him!"
The ambush on Sun Donglai had already revealed their whereabouts, so Liu Yao and the other experts around him had reacted, guarding carefully and converging on Wang Lei.
Wang Lei, alone with his saber, cut down anyone in his path, slaying five men in a moment, giving Liu Yao no chance to escape.
Liu Yao was shocked, drew his sword to fight, but was sent flying after barely blocking one strike. Only when his guards caught up did he catch a moment’s breath. However, these expert guards could not stop Wang Lei, who cut them down in a few breaths’ time.
The remaining attendants, intimidated by Wang Lei’s formidable combat power, dared not advance rashly, leaving Liu Yao to face Wang Lei alone.
Wang Lei charged forward, and with a rise and fall of his saber, beheaded him.
After Sun Donglai was severely injured by Wang Lei’s sword, he bought a slim chance of survival with his desperate fighting style, but did not dare to engage further, suddenly feeling a chilling fear as if a thorn were at his back.
Someone else was watching him from behind.
He even sensed that the person behind him was even stronger than Wang Lei.
Sun Donglai stood still, not daring to make any move, his forehead already dripping with large beads of sweat, whether from pain or fear.
On the other side, Qi Hongshao had managed to escape, and although she was surrounded by several masters, her own skills were enough to protect her from being harmed by them.
In the midst of the combat, she saw Wang Lei make his move and couldn’t help but be surprised, taking note of his attire.
She didn’t recognize this young man from her memories, but she remembered that just a few days ago, this young man, along with two others, had helped her by ambushing those from Giant Sword Manor.
Now encountering this man again, Qi Hongshao felt grateful for his intervention but remained cautious within, unsure why Wang Lei was here and moreover helping her.
It would be wise to leave this place soon.
Qi Hongshao took advantage of the moment when Liu Yao’s entourage was being killed and those who were attacking her rushed to aid Liu Yao, and she decisively struck, carving out a bloody path.
However, just as she was about to make her horse run wildly to escape this place of strife, her horse suddenly got scared and reared up.
In the void, an invisible force suddenly emerged, startling the chestnut horse and making Qi Hongshao aware of the danger, her expression greatly changing and her pupils showing a hint of terror.
This skill of precisely manipulating the Heaven and Earth Power was not something anyone less than a full-fledged Innate Realm master could achieve, and it might even be a person of the Half-step Divine Travel Realm.
She felt certain that the person must be one of Duanmu Cheng’s, her heart sinking in despair.
"Leaving just like that, isn’t it a bit rude?" a voice laced with mockery reached Qi Hongshao’s ears.
Qi Hongshao was startled, looked up, and saw a young man with short hair, hands behind his back, emerging from behind a large tree.
She recognized him at a glance as one of the three who had ambushed the people from Giant Sword Manor a few days earlier.
As the young man emerged from behind the tree, Sun Donglai suddenly spun around, his gaze fixed on the youth who appeared to be in his early twenties, his face showing some surprise, "Who are you, do you know where this is, who we are?"
Yang Fei glanced indifferently at Sun Donglai, "Did I allow you to speak?"
Sun Donglai was taken aback, and the next instant, his expression drastically changed.
He violently struck a palm toward the sky, only to see nothing above, yet a massive, substantial palm print fiercely struck down at him.
Boom!
The space violently shook, and Sun Donglai’s figure swayed, a huge palm imprint concavity appeared around his body, and his body seemed to be hammered by some force, sinking into the ground up to his knees, with blood oozing from his nose and mouth.
"Divine... Divine Travel!?" Sun Donglai was terrified.
Qi Hongshao’s expression showed surprise as she slightly opened her mouth, not daring to think about escaping anymore.
This young man was actually in the Divine Travel Realm.
How was that possible?
He looked so young, even the super geniuses from various clans and sects couldn’t step into the Divine Travel Realm at such an age.
Being able to control the Heaven and Earth Power to this whimsical extent was exclusive to someone in the Divine Travel Realm.
By this time, Wang Lei had finished the battle.
More than twenty experts had all perished under his blade.
Footsteps came from the woods, and Xu Jian leisurely walked over, showing approval of Wang Lei’s combat strength and nodded with a smile.
Wang Lei wiped the blood off his blade from a corpse, sheathed his sword, and walked over.
Qi Hongshao was still sitting on the date-red horse, only now the horse seemed very tame, bowing its head and nibbling on the tender grass in the woods.
She suppressed the shock in her heart and looked towards Yang Fei, saying, "I am Qi Hongshao, thank you all for your repeated assistance."
Yang Fei chuckled, raised a finger towards Wang Lei, and said, "I didn’t want to meddle, but he seems to know you and couldn’t bear to see you in trouble."
Wang Lei’s mouth twitched, giving Yang Fei a reproachful look.
Qi Hongshao looked at Wang Lei, her clear eyes continuously sizing up Wang Lei. After observing for a long time with still no impression, she apologised with both hands, "Thank you, big brother, for helping me. I, Qi Hongshao, will definitely repay this great kindness and virtue if I have the chance in the future."
Wang Lei’s mouth twitched again, just about to speak, when Yang Fei laughed heartily, "Brother Lei, it seems she doesn’t recognize you."
Wang Lei angrily stared at Yang Fei and said, "Can you shut up?"
Yang Fei shrugged and obediently closed his mouth.
Upon hearing the name ’Brother Lei’, Qi Hongshao’s heart stirred, a trace of realization flashed in her eyes as she looked towards Wang Lei, guessing something bold.
Wang Lei looked at Qi Hongshao with a complicated expression, opened his mouth, and asked, "Why did you provoke Giant Sword Manor and have a dispute with Duanmu Cheng?"
Qi Hongshao stared at Wang Lei and asked, "Who are you?"
Feeling a little guilty under her gaze, Wang Lei countered, "Why would you, the esteemed daughter of the Qi Family, engage in such dangerous actions? Do you realize that doing this could plunge your entire Qi Family into an abyss?"
Qi Hongshao’s eyes reddened, with tears shimmering. She stared back intensely at Wang Lei and asked again, "Who are you?"
Seeing Wang Lei’s troubled expression, Yang Fei was speechless.
Brother Lei was even clumsier with feelings than himself, too hesitant and slow.
"His name is Wang Lei, the Wang Lei who was abandoned by the Langya Wang Family ten years ago," Yang Fei couldn’t help saying.
Wang Lei was a bit speechless, but this time he didn’t stop Yang Fei from revealing his identity.
Qi Hongshao covered her mouth with one hand, but tears had already begun streaming down her face.
Sun Donglai was equally shocked, looking at Wang Lei and exclaimed, "You... you’re Wang Lei?"
It seemed that he had only just realized the power of that previous slash and nodded, "Indeed, the technique you just used was the Wang Family’s Thunderclap Saber Technique. I, Sun Donglai, lost to you fairly. But you dare to get involved in Mr. Four’s affairs, that means making enemies with the entire Duanmu aristocratic family. None of you will..."
He couldn’t finish his sentence when his body suddenly suffered a heavy blow, sinking thirty-some centimeters into the ground again, bleeding from all orifices, barely hanging onto a breath.
Yang Fei impatiently said, "Never learns."