One Pound Meat, One More Attribute Point

The wine-red glow in Li Lingsu’s eyes intensified.

This time, she even licked her lips, her entire being seeming to buzz with excitement, "Then, may I spar with you?"

"Of course, if you wish," Su Heng nodded.

He didn’t detect any malice in Li Lingsu’s eyes.

Her purpose was pure; she merely wanted to gain experience by battling with various experts. From this perspective, although her brother Li Lingxiu always claimed to be obsessed with martial arts, in terms of purity, it seemed that his sister surpassed him by a notch.

At the very least, after witnessing Su Heng defeat the Zen Master Dingguang with a single move, Li Lingxiu no longer entertained the thought of sparring with Su Heng.

It was somewhat of a pity.

Su Heng had yet to battle a Martial Artist with a special bloodline.

This was the perfect opportunity to fill in the gaps in his understanding.

"Thank you." Even amidst the howling winds and the dimming sky, Li Lingsu’s voice sounded crystal clear from all directions.

But the moment she spoke, Li Lingsu’s delicate and graceful figure turned into flowing shadows, merging with the darkness, and completely vanished from Su Heng’s sight.

Su Heng released his Gravity Sense only to find that it too perceived nothing unusual.

He glanced down, not knowing when,

Li Lingxiu, who had stood beside him, also disappeared into thin air.

This technique was somewhat similar to a kind of spiritual attack.

Yet Su Heng could still see the scene when the "Cloud Key" mystic realm opened, with immense clouds of black fog continuously surging before his eyes. Accompanied by the booming of intense Heavenly Thunder and flashes of flame, towering mountain peaks crumbled violently, bursting apart.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Li Lingsu’s indifferent figure emerged from the flames.

Then came a second, and a third, until a dozen more figures appeared around Su Heng in the blink of an eye.

Among these figures, some were real and some were false, but each one emitted the aura of a Heavenly Deceit Realm powerhouse, and it seemed that even within the shadows, their auras would sweep past. The "Shadow Bloodline" of the Li Family in Jiangzhou was indeed terrifying, seldom meeting a match in the same realm.

Even now, Su Heng had no clever solution to resolve this.

However, this type of domain-based Divine Skill usually had a limit to the amount it could contain.

As long as one’s own power exceeded this limit, the domain would naturally collapse. Understanding this, Su Heng didn’t continue to waste time.

He reached forward with an open hand, spreading his fingers wide.

The energy throughout his body flowed like a creek into his open palm, driving the shadows to burn like black flames in the void.

Bang!

Su Heng’s fingers suddenly clenched.

The flame exploded, and a black ring of Qi surged outward.

The boundless energy, now like a tidal wave, quickly filled every corner of the shadows. Li Lingsu’s figure was frozen in midair, first solidifying, then cracking with terror on her face, before bursting loudly. 𝖗

Crack!

A web of cracks spread before Su Heng.

In the end, like a shattered window, they fell away one by one, vanishing from sight.

Li Lingsu’s pale face appeared in front of Su Heng about ten meters away, unharmed, but her aura seemed somewhat weak.

"The Shadow Bloodline truly lives up to its reputation," Su Heng said with a smile, "I concede."

He and Li Lingxiu nodded in farewell.

It was indeed somewhat inappropriate for him to continue to be a third wheel while the siblings reunited.

Although Su Heng’s emotional intelligence was average, he had the self-awareness to recognize this. Li Lingxiu waved her hand and Su Heng immediately strode forward, appearing on the other side of a protruding mountain peak.

Then another step, accompanied by thunder exploding.

Su Heng’s tall and robust silhouette was soon engulfed by the black wind and vanished from the siblings’ line of sight.

Once Su Heng had left, Li Lingsu retracted her gaze. She held her slightly frail chest with one hand, her face unable to hide her shock. As the siblings locked eyes, Li Lingsu whispered, "You’ve really come across a remarkable person this time..."

"Actually, when I realized you had given him the Cloud Key, I was very conflicted," Li Lingsu regained her composure.

Her presence was clearly no coincidence.

Instead, she had silently followed from a distance for a while.

The Shadow Bloodline of the Li Family was indeed magical, and coupled with the harsh environment of Zhuqiong Mountain.

Neither Su Heng nor Li Lingxiu noticed someone following them. Even when a flicker of intuition occasionally crossed Su Heng’s mind, he merely thought it was someone spying on the "Cloud Key," or perhaps a powerful expert from the Buddha sect had come, but he didn’t take it seriously.

"You’re still as naggy as ever," Li Lingxiu was at a loss for words and then asked, "Was this also a reason for your sparring with Brother Su?"

"Yes," Li Lingsu nodded, not denying it.

"So, what do you think now?" Li Lingxiu had always been obediently taught by his sister, yet suddenly he felt a sense of relief.

"It seems I can’t underestimate the heroes of the world," Li Lingsu sighed with a touch of melancholy, "Whenever the era of long life descends, it gives birth to some individuals with incredible destinies. These people stir the winds and the clouds, their growth rate is unbelievably fast."

"Often, it only takes ten or twenty years for them to traverse the journey that ordinary cultivators would take hundreds of years to accomplish, reaching inconceivable realms, like the Great Ancestor from a thousand years ago, Dragon King An Shelie. And like the current Barbarian King Talihuitai Sorban—"

"Do you think he could be one of them?"

"Shh!" Li Lingxiu’s complexion suddenly changed, and he made a silencing gesture towards his sister, "Are you crazy? You can’t just say such things."

"You’re right," Li Lingsu nodded nonchalantly, her expression unchanged.

Li Lingxiu nervously scanned the surroundings, as if afraid their conversation had been overheard. He thought he might be overthinking, but when a pair of golden pupils appeared in his field of vision, his heart skipped a beat, freezing him in place as if struck by heavenly thunder.

At some point, a burly figure dressed in charcoal black had appeared on the mountain peak.

Without the Cloud Key on him, and his aura blending in with the surroundings, plus his distinctive skin color, even if he stood close by, it was difficult to notice.

Once discovered, his figure seemed to rapidly expand, becoming immense in an instant, and the sole focus in the world, provoking an involuntary veneration in one’s heart.

"The Great Black Secret King—"

Having battled in Skull Plain, Li Lingsu naturally recognized the origins of this person.

He remembered the Buddha light shining on the back of Su Heng’s hand. He knew a Buddha sect’s high-level practitioner was watching in secret, but he never expected it would be the Great Black Secret King himself.

Such a powerhouse, even among the multitude of experts in the Hundred Buddha Temple, was second only to the Buddha Master level.

And yet, now he was here to assassinate a young powerful person, daring to venture deep into the empire’s territory. For a moment, Li Lingxiu’s mind was filled with thunder, even the sound of heavenly thunder seemed distant. His heart felt like it had plummeted into an abyss, continually sinking.