Chapter 49 (Part B) – Shamed

Jiang Wen had already made up his mind and he was preparing to chop off Bi Fan’s head.

Bi Fan brandished the ‘dance of mist’ footwork, and his body, seemingly floated away from Jiang Wen’s lightning fast attacks.

Eventually, Jiang Wen’s initial attacks fell through. Bi Fan decided to launch a quick counterattack, and cast out the ‘fufeng double-edged sword’ technique, as swift as the breeze.

Surprisingly, Jiang Wen didn’t even attempt to dodge the attack, and simply raised his sharp sword to block Bi Fan’s attack.

“Despicable!” Bi Fan cursed out loudly, forced to change the direction of his sword.

Jiang Wen’s sword was too sharp, so much so, that if it collided with Bi Fan light-ray, the end result of that collision might not be very good for Bi Fan.

Bi Fan immediately changed his strategy, and instead of attacking Jiang Wen, he decided to blindly evade everything that Jiang Wen was throwing at him; and let his sword pass Bi Fan’s; unhindered.

His aim was to deplete Jiang Wen’s inner energy. Jiang Wen had already consumed a large amount of inner energy against the wolves, and if Bi Fan managed to deplete the rest of it, then he could easily finish this fight in due course of time.

Jiang Wen wanted to end this quickly, but Bi Fan just wasn’t giving him an opportunity. Jiang Wen’s footwork was only as good as Bi Fan’s, which meant that he was finding it hard to catch up with the evading Bi Fan.

“Quinyang schools are accepting these kinds of students! What a coward!” Jiang Wen taunted loudly.

The rest of the ‘rising sun’ students started to hoot; it was pretty hard to make out what they were saying, but they were definitely cussing at Bi Fan and Quinyang.

Bi Fan didn’t react to their words at all as he didn’t really associate himself with Quinyang or its schools.

Jing Feng, however, suddenly seemed to lose his temper: “Bi Fan, start taking some risks, end this early. Our reputation is at stake.”

Bi Fan glanced over at Jing Feng’s face and decided to abandon his initial plan, modifying it to suit Jing Feng’s desire.

‘Fufeng Double-edged sword!’

Bi Fan employed every strand of force in his body as he launched an attack at Jiang Wen. He raised his sword, readying it to smash right into Jiang Wen’s sharp weapon.

At the same time, he raised his finger to cast out the ‘immortal finger’. Such an attack, from this close a range, can be very hard to detect.

Bi Fan’s ‘immortal finger’ attack caught Jiang Wen completely off-guard, and he was unable to dodge it. The attack struck him on the underside of his armpit, poking a hole in it, and blood sprayed out of Jiang Wen’s body.

Jiang Wen quickly distanced himself from Bi Fan, but wasn’t completely unbridled by him anymore; in fact, his body language reflected an unexpected fear of his opponent.

Bi Fan had launched the attack with all his strength, and the effect was rather severe and damaging.

“That move by Bi Fan was really amazing. What an amazing combination, he completely caught Jiang Wen off-guard!” The Blue Dragon’s mouth hung open in astonishment.

Jing Feng smiled: “I’ve never seen anyone rise up as fast as Bi Fan. If he continues to move forward at this rate, then he stands to have a very bright future waiting for him, ahead in his life.”

As the fight wore on, Jiang Wen became even more fatigued and incompetent, as he had already consumed almost all of his inner energy.

Bi Fan had even put away his sword and was using boxing techniques to attack Jiang Wen now.

Bi Fan’s agility was hitting its pinnacle, which was making it very hard for Jiang Wen to catch him; one second he was here, and then he was suddenly behind Jiang Wen.

Bi Fan was using his flexible and nimble footwork to such devastating effects, that Jiang Wen simply couldn’t cope up with him. Jiang Wen’s body was too tired and he just kept rotating left to right, in the hope of catching Bi Fan.

Bi Fan had comprehensively suppressed Jiang Wen, and his companions were watching the fight with a gloomy expression on their faces, while Jing Feng’s and the Blue Dragon’s smiles were etched from one ear to the other.

“Ha ha! I didn’t expect a fighter as dignified, as the number two on the Jiu Yu List, to ever be bullied around like this by an unknown entity. Looks like we missed a good show, but it seems that we’re just in time for the end; the most exciting parts of all.” Suddenly, the forest lit up with the sound of an unexpected laughter.

Almost instantaneously, ten people emerged out of the forest, led by two very imposing figures, at a very fast pace.

“Wang Feng of Jiu Yu town and Hong Yun Tian of Tian Shui!” Jing Feng exclaimed.

Wang Feng had ranked fourth in the Jiu Yu List, right behind Jing Feng, whereas Hong Yun Tian had ranked fifth.

As soon as Jiang Wen saw the two men, his face turned red with embarrassment; and it appeared as if he would start spitting out blood.

Jiang Wen had a fabulous reputation, which had just gone down the proverbial drain.

“Brother Bi Fan, maybe that is enough for Jiang Wen, this time around.” Jing Feng said.

Quinyang and ‘rising sun’ were both, schools that preached the sacred way of martial arts, so under these circumstances, it wouldn’t be correct to openly murder one another.

Now, two more renowned martial artists were present on the scene and this massacre needed to come to an end, so as to avoid trouble later on.

Bi Fan was a little reluctant initially, but as soon as he understood Jing Feng’s motives, he immediately retreated and circled away from his opponent.

Jiang Wen’s body sprayed out more blood as his body trembled with rage.

Today, he had been defaced by an unknown entity, and that too in front of so many people; this humiliation, was way more than his ego could sustain.

“Jing Feng, Bi Fan, I will remember this day. I will come back for the two of you, sooner or later.” Jiang Wen furiously got off the ground and walked away with the rest of the ‘rising sun’ students.

“Ha..ha…”

The new arrivals and Jing Feng laughed heartily as Jiang Wen and his party walked away.

One really didn’t need to look at Jiang Wen’s face to guess his expression.

“Jing Feng, Bi Fan, you will both die at my hands….” Jiang Wen swore to himself.

Wang Feng looked at Bi Fan as he said: “Jing Feng, looks like Quinyang has found themselves another genius, ah.”

“Ha Ha, Well, truth be told, Jiang Wen had already consumed most of his energy, and then was arrogant enough to challenge my junior; he was bound to be beaten.” Jing Feng laughed, fanning his face.

Wang Feng replied: “You’re too humble brother, but it looks like the Jiu Yu List is going get even more intense this time around.”

His words seemed to have a very profound meaning, as he looked at Bi Fan and the Blue Dragon, sizing them up. While the Blue Dragon glared back at him, his eyes ready for war again.

Bi Fan’s face on the other hand was expressionless; wooden. Wang Feng couldn’t see through him, no matter how hard he tried.

“Has he advanced yet?” Jing Feng asked, as his facial expression changing to that of a concerned one, almost as he if, he was even afraid to even say the name of the person he was referring to.

Wang Feng’s and Hong Yun Tian’s faces too, quickly changed colored as fear creeped into their eyes. They simply shook their heads as no words came out of their mouths.

The three men soon separated away from each other, and Bi Fan just couldn’t hold back anymore: “Brother Jing Feng, who were you guys talking about, and why were you so afraid of him?”

“Jiu Yu List’s number one, he simply cannot be beaten. His name is Wu Ji Xuan.” Jing Feng’s tone comprised of both awe and fear.

The Blue Dragon was surprised for a second: “Wu Ji Xuan! He’s the strongest in all Jiu Yu territory. They even say that he’s one of the strongest in the entire Tian Yu, and he’s just started school.”

“Wu Ji Xuan, he’s that powerful? I’d really like to meet him.” Bi Fan’s eyes lit up.

Jing Feng Smiled: “Wu Ji Xuan is a little weird. Plus the gap in our strength is far too much, to even try competing against him, so just don’t provoke him.”