Li Zhong Ren had only just started to make an escape from the scene, and w.a.n.g Zhong was already chasing after him.
Bi Fan realized that the four, remaining, San Yuan students had started to panic due to this, another unexpected, turn of events, and so he decided to not chase after Li Zhong Ren immediately, and use the distraction, that he had unknowingly provided, and utilize it to finish his opponent off.
“Zhong Ren ……” Wu XuiLi screamed, her voice was clearly indicative of her physical, and mental, exhaustion.
“Die in h.e.l.l!” Bi Fan wasn’t going to show her any mercy just because she was a girl, and so, he cast out the ‘rainy-fly Sword’ technique, and beheaded her, in one clean swing.
Without any hesitation, he quickly took her body as well.
Blue Dragon and Lone Leaf did the exact same thing, and sorted out their respective opponents. Now, the one remaining student from San Yuan student wasn’t really going to be able to cause any trouble for the three of them.
Bi Fan decided to leave him to Blue Dragon and Lone Leaf, and started to chase after Li Zhong Ren. But since he had also kept the Chimera on standby, especially for a situation like this, he wasn’t really anxious or worried, unlike w.a.n.g Zhong.
He hadn’t gone far, when he saw that Li Zhong Ren was being circled by w.a.n.g Zhong and Chimera.
Bi Fan slowed his pace down to a very casual walk, and continued to walk towards Li Zhong Ren, unhurriedly, as his imposing eyes, stared at his target.
Li Zhong Ren could sense the incoming danger, and so, he shouted out: “I’m from Yuan Shi! You will not kill me, unless you have a death wish.”
“Haha! This is what I think; if we let you go, we will end up in a lot of trouble; but, if we kill you today, then no one will ever bother us over you. After all, Yuan Shi doesn’t have the time, or the extra people, to launch inquiries into the dead students, who aren’t even core/Neimen students yet.” w.a.n.g Zhong laughed out loudly.
Bi Fan stated: “Li Zhong Ren, you’re going to die today; and you only have yourself to blame for it.”
Bi Fan on one side, w.a.n.g Zhong on the other, plus a Chimera lurking around on the perimeter, Li Zhong Ren knew that he would not be able to deal with so many, such powerful, opponents, at once.
“Let’s finish this quickly!” Bi Fan announced in a cold voice.
Li Zhong Ren had been sentenced to death, so that Bi Fan and his platoon wouldn’t run into more trouble later on, on his account. After all, if you chop off the weed, you must also destroy its roots.
By now, Blue Dragon and Lone Leaf had already killed off the last remaining San Yuan student, and were already lurking around the outer perimeter, to stop Li Zhong Ren, in case he tried to escape again.
Li Zhong Ren knew that he was completely surrounded, and his heart was pounding wildly, owing to fear that Bi Fan had instilled in his psyche.
After the manner in which Bi Fan had killed Wu San, one really couldn’t blame Li Zhong Ren.
“Ao Xian Tian! (Defying Domination)” w.a.n.g Zhong cast out one his best techniques.
Defying Domination (Ao Xian Tian), was a mid-level sword-play technique, that w.a.n.g Zhong had obtained by accident, and was considered at par with ‘Fufeng double-edged Sword’; one of the best techniques in w.a.n.g Zhong’s a.r.s.enal.
Considering that he had no backing from any martial arts schools, it was quite commendable that he had been able to obtain intermediate level techniques.
w.a.n.g Zhong was so strong, and skilled, at the same time, that most would consider him to almost twice as powerful as an ordinary student of a normal martial arts School, who was at the same level as him.
Bi Fan continued to use the ‘The Rising Sun’ technique, but this time, added the ‘prancing tiger’ boxing as well, with his left hand, to go with it.
“Alright! Let’s have a fight then!” Li Zhong Ren was furious.
He cast out a trademark, and one of the most secretive, techniques of the Yuan Shi School – The Shaking Sky!
The technique had gotten its name from the fear that its power could instill, and Li Zhong Ren’s body appeared to grow bigger as he charged forward.
“Zhum!…..” Their swords clashed, and surprisingly enough, Li Zhong Ren was able to match up to both of his enemies at once; not only that, the impact of the collision sent Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong back a few steps, while Li Zhong Ren managed to stand his ground.
Li Zhong Ren just wanted to escape, at present, but his attempt was foiled by the Chimera’s fire.
Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong quickly took advantage of the delay, and circled Li Zhong Ren again, and launched another wave of attacks.
“Li Zhong Ren, a couple of tricks aren’t going to save you today. You will die here!” Bi Fan sneered.
The conditions were becoming even harsher for Li Zhong Ren, by the pa.s.sing second, and his tricks would not be able to support him for much longer.
Li Zhong Ren’s face had gone pale, and one could see that his eyes were permeating with rancor.
“ARRGHHHH!” Li Zhong Ren, roared, as he launched another fierce wave of ‘The Shaking Sky’.
Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong quickly retreated, as they simply couldn’t dare to stand up to the attack.
The Shaking Sky, was simply too strong an attack, so much so, that the even gale that it brought with itself, was unbearably strong.
As soon as he had managed to push Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong, back a few steps, Li Zhong Ren tried to escape again, but the Chimera, ever-ready, lit up his path, once more.
As soon as Bi Fan would catch up to Li Zhong Ren, the Chimera would withdraw itself, once again, from the fight, as his only job was to make sure that Li Zhong Ren didn’t slip out of Bi Fan’s hands.
The Chimera had done a great job too, and had already managed to stop Li Zhong Ren, more than twice now.
Li Zhong Ren was barely delayed for a split second, but found himself encircled by Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong, once again.
“ARGHHH!” Bi Fan howled as he launched another fierce attack.
w.a.n.g Zhong, similarly, employed all his strength and he charged wildly for his target.
‘The Immortal Finger!’
In the wild heat of the enraging battle, Bi Fan, clandestinely, cast out his secret technique.
It was better for him to end the battle as soon as possible; otherwise, there was always a chance that someone might witness the fight, which could cause trouble later on, if the news of this reached Yuan Shi.
Li Zhong Ren was prepared to deal with Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong’s swords, but this concealed, and formless, attack, hit him straight at his throat.
His eyes spun skyward, as he fell backwards and landed on the ground with a thud, but his eyes were still wide open, reflecting the grievances that he had died with.
Bi Fan didn’t waste any time, and bluntly, quickly, took his body as well.
“Make sure that there’s no one else around.” Bi Fan instructed his comrades.
The four of them started to scan every direction, for signs to any knavish viewers; they even walked around a bit, to make sure that no one had been sneaking on their activities.
Once satisfied that no one knew of their secret, they went looking for a secretive place, so that they could divide the loot that they had obtained from Li Zhong Ren and the others.
Li Zhong Ren and Wu San, were both renowned martial artists of their generation, and so, it wasn’t really surprising when the total loot added up to thirteen weapons, hundreds of Dan pellets, almost thirty five thousand Spars, and a total of twenty one Ying Yang pouches, almost half of which were full with bodies of dead beasts.
This journey into the Devil’s Abyss, had indeed, been a very rewarding for Bi Fan and his comrades. As far as Bi Fan’s personal gains were concerned, he had gained so much, even without considering this new loot.
Bi Fan smiled, and said: “We have no much wealth to divide between ourselves now. Brothers, Blue Dragon and Lone Leaf, why don’t you guys take your picks first.”
“I’ll go for ten thousand spar, one weapon, a dozen Dan, and those three Yin Yang pouches.” Lone Leaf was the first to speak.
Bi Fan encouraged: “We have so many weapons to divide, why don’t you take two of them. They will come in handy someday.”
“There is a possibility that these weapons might be well recognized, as some of them belonged to Li Zhong Ren, so, if someone spots me using these outside of here, I will end up in a whole of trouble. Brother Bi Fan, I’d like to caution you against using these weapons in public; it’s best to sell them off in secrecy.” Lone Leaf smiled as he shook his head.
Lone Leaf would have definitely loved to take more weapons, but these weapons could cause a major headache later on.
“Since that’s the case, I’ll take the responsibility of selling the weapons off, in exchange for spars.” Bi Fan smiled: “Brother Blue Dragon, what would you like, take your pick.”
There was so much wealth at hand, that Bi Fan simply didn’t mind being generous. Anyway, he wasn’t afraid of what Blue Dragon might take, as he knew that his friend wasn’t greedy by nature; he simply wasn’t that kind of a person.
Blue Dragon, same as Lone Leaf, asked for almost ten thousand spars, some Dan, a weapon, and three Yin Yang pouches.
Blue Dragon and Lone Leaf were very clear one fact; even though they had a.s.sisted in killing off a major group, such as Li Zhong Ren’s, but they simply wouldn’t have been able to do it without Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong, and hence, couldn’t gather to nerve to ask for more.
The remaining items fell into Bi Fan and w.a.n.g Zhong’s share. Since, w.a.n.g Zhong was Bi Fan’s subordinate; naturally his reward was dependent on Bi Fan’s approvals.
Bi Fan separated the weapons, and the Yin Yang pouches, from the Dan pellets and the Spars, as he would need to sell them later on, and incorporated his share into his Yin Yang pouches.
These weapons, needed to be sold as soon as possible, as keeping them in his possession for a long time, would be like giving invitation to trouble, owing to their origin and nature of acquisition.
These items, plus the ones that he had obtained from Gou Ming, and then there was Tian Feng’s sword as well, Bi Fan would have a large number of weapons to trade in the market.
“Wow, that’s a lot!” Bi Fan laughed out loudly.
Lone Leaf smiled: “Following Brother Bi Fan is so cool, and rewarding. I have taken serval trips to the Devil’s Abyss in the past, but the combined harvests from those trips don’t even add up this one’s alone.”
“If we continue to stick together, then we may be able to get more in the future.” Bi Fan smiled.
Hunting strong humans was always more rewarding than any other form of wealth collection.
The idea to kill humans and pillage their bodies for wealth, did cross Bi Fan’s mind once or twice, but he pushed them away. After all, he wasn’t a man of vile heart, and therefore, wouldn’t resort to criminal activities for money.