Chapter 516: Enemy of the People!
“Xia Fei, do you feel the unfriendly looks coming from the eyes of those men there?” Phantom asked with knitted eyebrows.
Xia Fei nodded but he was somewhat nonplussed by this. All those faces there were unfamiliar to him, so why would they have such strong killing intent toward him from out of nowhere?
Seven or eight men had gathered under a big tree, whispering to one another in low voices as they threw furtive glances in Xia Fei’s direction. They looked to be about the same age as Xia Fei, most likely their second time heading into the reservoir to pick martial arts techniques, which meant that they were at least level 2 Law Warriors or higher.
Xia Fei frowned. The reservoir was a completely sealed space, so he would be in quite the pickle if he found himself surrounded by several high-level Law Warriors. Even if he could survive the attack, it would still affect his picking of a martial arts technique.
Soon, the head instructor, Yu Luxuan, arrived at the scene, sweeping his gaze across the crowd gathered. A light flick of his finger and a circle promptly appeared on the ground.
“In fifteen minutes’ time, the collection reservoir shall open, and since there are plenty of you who will be entering the place for the first time, I’ll repeat the rules for the benefit of everyone here.”
*Whoosh!*
A red glowing orb suddenly appeared in Yu Luxuan’s palm. Pointing at it with one finger, he began. “Upon entering the reservoir, you will notice many such glowing orbs. Each one of them will have a martial arts technique stored within.”
*Pa!*
The glowing orb suddenly cracked like an egg, revealing a black metal device inside.
“This will be the form in which a martial arts technique is recorded in, and you can read what’s within as long as you extend your consciousness to it.”
*Clink*
Yu Luxuan then flipped his palm over, and four different glowing orbs appeared from out of nowhere. They were red, purple, white, and yellow respectively.
“Red is rank 1, purple is rank 2, white is rank 3, and yellow... well, that’s rank 4. The system in the collection reservoir is automated recognition, so unless the system deems you as someone who has the qualifications to learn better martial arts techniques, the white and yellow orbs won’t appear. Of course, the system releasing these better martial arts techniques is one thing; whether you can acquire them is another. It will all depend on your cultivation.”
“The only rule in the reservoir is that there are no rules! Whether you snatch or steal them, as long as you’re able to obtain a martial arts technique you desire, then that is considered as you having succeeded! People may die or get injured along the way, and as a warrior, you must all understand that this is the Law Realm! Danger abounds and a warrior had better get used to the smell of blood.”
After a simple overview of the rules, Yu Luxuan called the over two hundred warriors into the circle he had drawn.
“I’ll be placing all of you into a spatial door which will transfer you inside, and upon entry, there’s no way for anyone to leave in the next seventy-two hours. All the best!”
*Swoosh!*
With that said, the warriors around Xia Fei began magically disappearing one by one.
There was suddenly nothing beneath his feet, and in the blink of an eye, Xia Fei found himself transported to the collection reservoir.
Above him was a sea of stars, and the black dirt under his feet was dry and hardened, with strange rocks and mountains all around him.
Xia Fei found it very strange. The place was called the collection reservoir, yet why was there not even a drop of water?
No one was around him, and he figured that it must be because everyone had been separated, split up in different parts of the place, after traveling through the spatial door.
Xia Fei smiled. He was not afraid of one-on-one combat. He would have had quite the headache if a crowd of warriors ganged up on him; after all, Xia Fei had made no friends here in the Yu family and had been on his own all the time. The only thing he could depend on was his own hard work.
Xia Fei made his way up a mountain and looked into the distant horizon.
Suddenly, a sea of red glowing orbs came falling from the sky like torrential rain!
In no time, the land was drowning in these red orbs!
Xia Fei suddenly realized that the reservoir was not referring to a body of water but rather these energy orbs, which held records of martial arts techniques. It was an ocean of orbs!
Sliding down the mountain, Xia Fei picked up a single red orb from the ground and activated the Law of Space with his left to shatter the orb in his palm.
The Law force he exerted easily shattered the orb, revealing the black device inside.
“Rank 1 spatial martial arts technique, Cross Cut.” Xia Fei sent his consciousness within and read out the name of the recorded technique.
“Cross Cut? Sounds tyrannical,” Phantom excitedly commented.
Just as those words left his mouth, Xia Fei tossed the black piece of metal on the ground, not sparing it a second glance.
“What are you doing?” Phantom was puzzled. He could not understand why Xia Fei had thrown it aside without even trying out the technique.
“Look at this sea of red orbs here.”Xia Fei wagged his finger. “There’re so many of them out here, clearly indicating how common rank 1 spatial martial arts techniques are. Didn’t Yu Luxuan say earlier that there’s a possibility for there to be high-rank martial arts techniques in the collection reservoir? No reason for me not to get those and settle for these low-ranking techniques instead, yeah?
Phantom nodded. “You’re right. Since you’re a speed ability user, you have a greater efficiency in searching for better martial arts techniques here than anyone else!”
*Whoosh~*
With that said, Xia Fei unleashed his speed ability and dashed into this sea of red!
...
Not long after Yu Luxuan sent the warriors off to the collection reservoir, a screen rose from the center of the dirt field. On it was a 2D map accompanied with small screens around, allowing people to observe every action of the warriors inside.
Yu Luxuan and the other instructors plus some Warriors, who had not entered the reservoir, were glued to the four rows of words on the screen.
There are fifteen rank 2 martial arts techniques this time!” An instructor nodded. “There are also two rank 3 martial arts techniques... Looks like there are a few people with great potential here in this batch of warriors.”
“There’s a rank 4 martial arts technique, too!” someone from the crowd exclaimed.
Everyone was greatly surprised. For there to have been a rank 4 martial arts technique meant that one among the over two hundred warriors sent inside had extraordinary potential! This was why the system had released such a high-ranking technique this time around!
“Who could it be?” An instructor muttered to himself as he stroked his chin meaningfully.
Yu Luxuan chuckled. “No matter who this person is, there’s bound to be an exciting show this time in the collection reservoir thanks to the appearance of such a high-ranking martial arts technique. It’s gonna get crazy!”
“Make way! Make way! I’m coming through!” The unruly Yu Qiqi pushed her way through the crowd until she got to the front of the screen.
“Miss Qi, what are you doing here?” Yu Luxuan asked.
“Why couldn’t I be here?” Yu Qiqi threw the question right back as she thrust her hip to the side.
Everyone could feel a headache setting in on them. Be it the young or the old, no one in the Yu family dared to provoke this little demoness. This girl would act like so unruly no matter where she went, and most of the people in this crowd had been pranked or mocked by her, which was why almost half of those gathered began fleeing now that Yu Qiqi had appeared. Soon, the field they were in became a lot emptier.
“Hmm? It’s really a rank 4 martial arts technique!” Yu Qiqi excitedly said. “There’s gonna be a good show today.”
With that said, Yu Qiqi pulled out a chair from her spatial ring and watched the screen with both hands placed on her cheeks, looking like she did not intend to leave any time soon.
‘A rank 4 martial arts technique? It doesn’t matter who gets it as long as it doesn’t end up in the hands of that hateful Xia Fei!’ Yu Qiqi pouted as she told herself.
“Purple! That’s a rank 2 martial arts technique!” Phantom exclaimed.
Xia Fei looked at where Phantom was pointing, and sure enough, he saw that a purple energy orb had landed between a rock crevice. No one would have noticed it if they had not been looking closely.
*Whoosh!*
His figure blurred as he dashed right up to it. Unhurriedly picking it up, he tossed the orb into his spatial ring instead of opening it.
“There seem to be abnormal energy fluctuations in that direction,” Phantom informed.
Xia Fei crouched and sprinted toward where Phantom had indicated.
Phantom, who was exceptionally sensitive to energy, sensed the purple orb the moment they got in its range. In this race against other fellow warriors, Xia Fei used his speed and Phantom’s unique ability to get a head-start over others and already collected six purple energy orbs in the span of just half an hour.
Gu Tong gave Xia Fei advice before he left, reminding him to choose a suitable martial arts technique carefully from this opportunity, and that it was better to try a few more. Xia Fei had kept this to heart, which was why he had not been in a hurry to cultivate anything but instead done all he could to obtain better martial arts techniques during the confusing start they were all given.
There were small caves by the base of a mountain, their openings manipulatable, such that they could be opened or closed as required, so no one could enter once they were sealed. Warriors who had gotten their techniques could hide in one of these caves and wait until the seventy-hour hours passed. People who were being hunted could also use it as refuge. It was Xia Fei’s plan to collect as many martial arts techniques as possible and slowly search for the best fit for himself inside.
Xia Fei had collected seven rank 2 martial arts techniques out of the eighteen higher-rank martial arts techniques, which had appeared in the collection reservoir. The more Xia Fei retrieved, the fewer for everyone else there would be; in fact, Xia Fei had practically taken around half in just thirty minutes!
“There’s another unusual energy fluctuation some eighty miles ahead. It’s different from all the other purple energy orbs we’ve collected so far. It might very well be a rank 3 or even rank 4 martial arts technique!” said Phantom in a deep voice.
Xia Fei abruptly reacted and increased his speed in the direction Phantom had pointed.
At the same time that he heard the cries of killing from afar, he spotted a white orb atop a large boulder. More than twenty warriors were fighting around the boulder, seemingly after that precious rank 3 martial arts technique!
*Kaboom!*
A warrior got sent flying by a powerful blast of Law force, sailing right past Xia Fei’s head before crumpling heavily onto the ground. The man let out a rather miserable wail, looking like he had been injured greatly.
Xia Fei then realized that the over twenty members present were actually split into two, each side having a dozen or so people. It was an actual battle and a very chaotic one at that.
Xia Fei did not even spare another thought, for opportunities were fleeting!
While both sides were busy fighting, Xia Fei joined in the fray from the sidelines, his figure bursting forth like a bolt of lightning! He headed right for that white energy orb!
“Someone’s here!”
Someone discovered Xia Fei’s presence the moment he joined the fight, yet he did not slow down. With a leap, Xia Fei cleared the several meters high boulder and reached out to grab that rank 3 martial arts technique!
“Seal!”
Right at that moment, several bright threads formed into a cube, and like transparent glass, they spatially separated that white energy orb!
“Spatial Tear!”
Xia Fei was in the air when the speed of his hand suddenly increased! He had already gathered Law force and was prepared to break that spatial obstruction and retrieve the martial arts technique by force!
*Bang!*
He formed a fist and delivered a swift but violent blow to the spatial barrier!
What happened next was beyond Xia Fei’s expectations. The warrior who had used this Spatial Tear technique turned out to be of a higher rank than him, causing Xia Fei to be sent several dozens of meters away despite having successfully shattered that sealed space. Immense pain wreaked havoc throughout his body, as burning sensation could be felt in his right fist!
Just as he managed to get a footing, however, Xia Fei heard a sinister voice.
“He’s Xia Fei! Yu Qiqi will belong to whoever manages to kill him!”
“Qiqi?” Xia Fei was puzzled hearing her name. Why would there be anything related to that girl in here?
“So that’s the guy!”
“Daring to sic exotic beasts to bite forty-ninth sister, you must be tired of living!”
Every warrior stopped fighting and turned their unfriendly gazes on Xia Fei.
Among them was a young man with a trimmed beard who said, “Qiqi said that she’ll marry whoever kills Xia Fei! What are you waiting for, brothers?!”
Fanaticism!
Agitation!
Martial arts techniques could be obtained again, but there was just one Yu Qiqi!
There was not a single person here who was not an admirer of the forty-ninth sister, and hearing this piece of news caused everyone to rub their fists, for they intended to take care of Xia Fei!
Without even realizing it, Xia Fei had turned into public enemy number one of Law Warriors!
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