Chapter 23: Enemies

In the forest.

"Brother, Master, will he be okay?"

Wu Xiaopang looked back, his face full of worry.

Xu Ming was silent.

Although he knew that Zhang Yun was very strong, there were three Jindan-stage masters, especially the tall black-robed man who appeared at the end, who gave him the feeling that he might be a top master in the Jindan-stage.

One against three...

A trace of worry flashed across Xu Ming's eyes.

At the same time, he couldn't help but clench his fists, bit his lips and looked unwilling, just hating that he didn't have enough strength!

"Where do you two little mice want to run to?"

At this time, an abrupt voice suddenly came from above.

Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang both changed their faces and looked up.

On the big trees on both sides, there were two black-robed men staring at them with playful eyes.

"Xiaopang, run!"

Xu Ming shouted immediately.

"Escape? Where do you want to escape to in front of me?"

With a sneer, the two black-robed men jumped down from the tree at the same time, holding a sword in each hand and slashing at them.

Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang quickly jumped to the sides to avoid them.

But the black-robed man's sword still raised the dust and energy contained in it, causing them to stagger back to the sides.

"This voice..."

Xu Ming, who took a few steps back, stabilized his body. Looking at the black-robed man who sneered and spoke, he suddenly recognized something and trembled. His eyes were filled with deep hatred, and he roared: "Lin Shi! You are Lin Shi!!"

"You can recognize me like this?"

The sneering black-robed man was startled when he heard the words, and a slight arc appeared at the corner of his mouth. He simply didn't cover it up and directly lifted his hat, revealing a handsome young man's face.

"It's you!!"

The moment he saw this face, Xu Ming's eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and his whole face flushed with anger.

"Brother..."

This angry look made Wu Xiaopang beside him a little surprised.

This was the first time he saw Xu Ming like this since they met!

"Young Master..."

The other black-robed man saw the handsome young man's appearance and his face changed slightly.

"No problem!"

Lin Shi waved his hand and looked at Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang with a contemptuous attitude: "Two dying people can't spread the news!"

"Go and kill that little fat guy. This waste..."

He stared at the furious Xu Ming and licked his mouth as if he was looking at a delicious prey, "Let me kill him again!!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

The black-robed man didn't say anything more when he saw this, and immediately rushed towards Wu Xiaopang with a sword.

Wu Xiaopang's face changed, and he quickly took out a knife from his storage ring to block it.

Clang!

The swords collided, sparks flew, and a burst of energy burst out on them.

Wu Xiaopang's body shook, and the whole person was directly knocked back.

"Foundation Building Stage?"

He took more than ten steps back before he could stabilize himself. He looked up at the black-robed man in front of him, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

The three black-robed men who appeared earlier were all in the Golden Core Stage. He thought this was also the case, but he didn't expect...

Swish!

Before he had time to think about it, the black-robed man had already attacked him with a sword again.

"It's just the Foundation Building Stage. I may not be unable to fight!"

Wu Xiaopang gritted his teeth when he saw this. He didn't plan to run away, and directly picked up a knife to meet him.

The fight started here, on the open space next to him.

"Waste, you didn't expect to meet me again, did you?"

Lin Shi looked at Xu Ming and sneered, "I said before that you can't escape. Last time, your parents helped you to cover the rear, and you got lucky to escape. This time, you can't escape again!!"

"Beast!!"

Hearing the word "parents", Xu Ming's eyes instantly turned red, and he took out a long sword and slashed at the other party crazily.

Clang!

Lin Shi raised his sword to block, then suddenly gathered all his spiritual energy into the blade in his hand and swept forward.

Xu Ming was immediately swept away with his sword.

Snap!

The long sword fell to the ground. Feeling his numb palm, Xu Ming looked at Lin Shi with his pupils slightly contracted, "Foundation Building Stage?"

"I can build my foundation so quickly, I really have to thank you, a waste..."

Lin Shi curved his mouth and said, "If it weren't for your dragon spiritual roots, I might have to spend a lot of time to build my foundation!"

"You deserve to die!"

Hearing this, Xu Ming suddenly opened his mouth and roared.

"Ang——!"

The first of the nine changes of the Golden Dragon, the Golden Dragon Roar.

As the roar sounded, a large amount of dragon power swept out of Xu Ming's body.

Lin Shi felt this dragon power head-on, and his body trembled involuntarily, and he felt that the flow of spiritual energy in his body was a little sluggish.

He looked at Xu Ming with surprise: "It seems that it is true as the family received the news, you, a piece of trash, have activated the hidden dragon bloodline constitution. So, you still have a dragon spiritual root in your body?"

As he spoke, he licked his lips, with a hint of enthusiasm in his eyes: "One dragon spiritual root has benefited me a lot. If I get your second one, I guess I will be able to reach the Golden Core stage soon. Trash, just give me your second dragon spiritual root!"

After saying that, Lin Shi rushed towards Xu Ming with the roar of the dragon.

Xu Ming's face changed slightly, and he immediately took the Rolling Cloud Step.

"Heh!"

Looking at his Rolling Cloud Step, Lin Shi sneered and stared at Xu Ming's steps, one step, two steps, and when he took the third step, he suddenly stabbed forward with a sword.

Swish!

A sword passed by, but it stabbed into nothing.

Lin Shi was stunned.

Xu Ming, who should have taken the third step, actually took a false step and did not take it!

"You..."

Lin Shi was stunned.

Xu Ming seized the opportunity and slashed with a sword.

Clang!

Lin Shi's expression changed slightly, and he quickly crossed his sword to block it. He didn't have time to use his strength during the whole process, and was shocked by Xu Ming's sword and staggered back.

Take advantage of your weakness to kill you!

Xu Ming would naturally not miss such an opportunity, and took the fourth step to chase and cut with a sword.

Lin Shi could only block it hastily, but at the same time, he also stared at Xu Ming's feet.

Seeing Xu Ming take the fifth step, he did not hesitate to cut with a sword.

Swish!

However, this sword, once again cut into the air.

Xu Ming, who should have taken the fifth step, actually did not take this step.

"How could it be?"

Lin Shi couldn't believe it.

He had seen Xu Ming's set of rolling cloud steps more than once, and specially asked a Yuanying period cultivator to look at it, and found several flaws in it. With these flaws, he easily defeated Xu Ming and took away his dragon spirit root.

But it was still the Rolling Cloud Step, why was the flaw gone?

Did Xu Ming find it?

Impossible!

He asked a Yuanying-stage cultivator to see it. Generally, even a Jindan-stage cultivator would find it difficult to see the specific problem with the Rolling Cloud Step.

"Master is right!"

Seeing Lin Shi's sword aimed at him as he took a step, Xu Ming was relieved.

If it weren't for Zhang Yun's previous guidance on the Rolling Cloud Step, he would have been seriously injured by Lin Shi at the third step.

As for now...

Lin Shi's sword missed, exposing most of his body.

How could Xu Ming miss such an opportunity?

Puff!

The spiritual energy burst out, and he slashed with all his strength.

"Ah!"

With a scream, blood and an arm flew high.

Snap!

The blade in Lin Shi's hand fell, and he covered the wound of his severed right arm with his left hand and screamed in pain. He couldn't help but roar: "Waste, you dare to kill me..."

Puff!

Before he finished speaking, Xu Ming had already slashed out with another sword with a cold face, directly slashing him to the ground.

A blood mark appeared on his chest. Lin Shi looked at Xu Ming with a cold face, and his face changed when he felt the murderous intent. He hurriedly shouted: "Waste...Xu Ming, you can't kill me, I am the young master of the Lin family in Nanyun City. If you kill me, not only you, but everyone around you will be retaliated by our Lin family!!"

Xu Ming heard this, and the sword he was about to slash paused slightly.

Nanyun City Lin Family...

Thinking of this family power that was like a behemoth, he hesitated.

If it was just him, it would be fine, but now he has a master and a junior brother...

"Senior brother, be careful!!"

Just then, Wu Xiaopang's roar suddenly came to his ears.

Xu Ming's expression changed, and he dodged sideways.

As he dodged, the black-robed man next to him rushed over and picked up the fallen Lin Shi and ran away.

"Don't run!"

Xu Ming shouted angrily and wanted to chase him, but as soon as he took a step, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

The wound on his left shoulder had been affected by his series of battles, and blood kept flowing out.

The pain spread instantly.

He had just fought with anger and hatred. Now he couldn't hold on any longer...

"Brother!"

He only heard Wu Xiaopang scream, and then fainted.

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