Boss, Leave It to Me!

In the blink of an eye, Li Guanqi once again dodged several hidden weapons and talismans. Suddenly, he whipped around, holding a Purple Sun Immortal Fruit, and instantly hurled it straight toward the one-eyed man! At the same time, he roared in fury, "One-Eye, you went back on your word! We agreed you'd hold them off! "I'll be waiting for you at the old spot with the rest of the Purple Sun Immortal Fruits!" *Swoosh!* As he spoke, the Purple Sun Immortal Fruit shot through the air and struck the one-eyed man square in the chest. Dumbfounded, the man stared at the fruit in his hands, instantly seeing through Li Guanqi's sinister ploy. Yet he knew that explaining anything now was completely useless. He turned to the teammates behind him and hissed, "Run! Run!" Without another word or even a breath of explanation, the man wheeled around to flee! How could the people beside him let such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip away? They did not care what relationship the two shared; all they knew was that One-Eye held a Purple Sun Immortal Fruit! The scene of Li Guanqi decapitating the Bloodthirsty Violent Bear with a single stroke was still fresh in their minds. Although they had all joined the pursuit, no one was foolish enough to be the first to attack him. They all knew Li Guanqi was someone they could not afford to provoke. Alone, not one of them had the confidence to take his life. Furthermore, the pair had clearly swallowed the fruit. If they allowed him to break through to another realm, the pursuers might truly be outmatched. *Pfft!* A cold longsword suddenly impaled One-Eye's chest, its surging power instantly shredding his internal organs! The man turned his head with great difficulty, only to discover that the sword had been driven by his own teammate! The sharp-eared, monkey-faced man kicked his corpse out of the sky, reached out to seize the Purple Sun Immortal Fruit, and, with flickering eyes, pulled out a teleportation talisman! Just as the talisman began to burn, an arrow suddenly blasted his hand to pieces! The talisman's power was instantly broken, and the crowd swarmed him all at once! In a flash, chaotic infighting erupted! Compared to facing an overwhelmingly powerful, mysterious cultivator, they far preferred fighting the people they regularly dealt with. Before long, the once-massive pursuit force had dwindled to fewer than twenty people! These twenty were dead set on seizing this chance to eliminate the two! Li Guanqi's heart sank, and he reached a decision in an instant. If this continued, he was very likely to be driven into the territory of tier-four demon beasts. If they entered the depths and encountered a tier-four beast, none of them would survive. With that thought, Li Guanqi abruptly turned back, sword in hand! Seeing him double back, a flicker of delight crossed their eyes. He still carried two Purple Sun Immortal Fruits on him. With strength as formidable as his, he was bound to possess other rare treasures as well. Moreover, by now they could all see that he was clearly in a very delicate state. He had swallowed the Purple Sun Immortal Fruit with no time to refine it, while the fellow he carried had been forced to enter a meditative breakthrough. Besides, if he truly had another way out, he would never have thrown away a Purple Sun Immortal Fruit to divert disaster onto someone else! The youth with the folding fan said coldly, "Brothers! Let's kill him together first before talking about splitting the spoils! "Stay sharp. He's a tough bastard!" A chilling glint flashed in Li Guanqi's eyes. With a flick of his wrist, he conjured a rope of primal energy and bound Ye Feng securely to his back. *Clang!* His gaze now locked entirely onto the youth with the fan. The youth's cultivation was not low—late Core Formation realm, even showing faint signs of great perfection. Yet this was precisely the target he had chosen! He needed to buy time, and killing the chicken to scare the monkeys was the best way to do it. Even as the youth spoke, primal energy surged through Li Guanqi's body like a raging dragon! With primal energy roaring, he instantly unleashed Traceless Nether Step. In a flash, several figures of Li Guanqi flickered through the air above the forest, impossible to distinguish from the real one! Several gleaming dark blades shot out from the white fan in the youth's hand! He knew full well that he was the target. Fluttering the fan, he sent its cold-gleaming blades sweeping straight toward Li Guanqi's neck! Li Guanqi was blisteringly fast, appearing before the youth in the blink of an eye. Facing the razor-sharp fan blades inches away, he slightly tilted his neck, allowing the blades to slice into the flesh of his chest. A whisper like that of a demon echoed in the youth's ear! "Fiend Absorption!" *Boom!* A brilliant streak of purple lightning tore across the void! The youth felt the world spin wildly, and soon he saw his own body still standing motionless in mid-air. "That's... my bod—" *Boom!* A flurry of sword light deflected every incoming attack, blasting Li Guanqi dozens of zhang back through the air! His feet carved two long white trails across the sky as he slowly straightened up from a low crouch. The black hood over his head had been torn in half by the fan blades, exposing his blood-spattered, aged face. Li Guanqi slowly raised his arm, looked around at the crowd encircling him, and let out an eerie chuckle. "Who's next?" Every person pointed at by his sword turned pale and grim. Li Guanqi's terrifying strength left their hearts pounding with lingering dread. That clean, decisive sword strike was an absolute display of overwhelming power! Many among them considered their own cultivation and strength to be no weaker than that youth's. Yet not one of them could kill someone the way Li Guanqi did! That effortless ease chilled them to the bone! That single strike was enough to prove that in a one-on-one fight, any one of them would surely die! The remaining dozen or so exchanged hesitant glances, at a loss for what to do. Things had escalated to this point; backing down was out of the question. Just then, one man took a deep breath and roared with surging murderous intent, "What are you afraid of! There's only one of him! "Once he breaks through, we'll truly be helpless! "Attack together! Kill him, and everything is ours! That flying spirit tool on his back is worth a fortune—if you don't fight now, you'll never get another chance!" The moment that grim-faced man spoke, the others instantly regained their resolve. Li Guanqi sighed inwardly. He had not expected these men to remain unswayed by fear. Then again, it was understandable. These were people who had spent years licking blood off blade edges; it was only natural they were hard to terrify, since no one ever believed they would be the unlucky one to die. Just as the crowd began to move, an immense pressure erupted with a roar! Ye Feng tore through the ropes, radiating formidable might! Sword in hand, he stepped up beside Li Guanqi and said deeply, "Boss! Leave it to me!" Without a word, Li Guanqi strapped the Wind Thunder Wings onto Ye Feng, and simultaneously used ropes of primal energy to bind himself tightly to Ye Feng's back. He did not say a single thing, merely closing his eyes. Just before shutting them, Li Guanqi firmly squeezed Ye Feng's shoulder and murmured, "Thirty breaths!" Looking around at the dozen or so foes intent on their deaths, Ye Feng took a deep breath, his knuckles turning white around the sword hilt. In his heart, he roared, *Come on!!* *Boom!* In an instant, a deadly hunt akin to cat and mouse officially began!