Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1171: Space Wind Crystal

Chapter 1171: Chapter 1171: Space Wind Crystal

After all, as a Cosmic Level expert at the peak of perfection, Feng Peilan had experienced countless battles, big and small. Though startled, she was not thrown into chaos. Sensing the fierce gale surging from behind her, she didn’t bother to look back and gathered her True Yuan, striking backwards with a palm.

Boom!

Two equally robust streams of Wind Essence Qi collided behind Feng Peilan, forming a powerful whirlwind. As Essence Energy surged violently, sand and stones flew about, and the scattering shockwave flattened everything protruding from the ground within a several zhang radius.

Under the rebounding force of the two streams of Essence Energy, even with True Yuan protecting her body, Feng Peilan was still significantly affected. She felt her qi and blood churning inside and her breath catching; greatly alarmed, she took advantage of the momentum to dash forward more than several zhang, finally freeing herself from the impact of the rebounding force.

She halted in her tracks, abruptly turned around, and saw Fang Bai, who had not taken advantage of the situation to attack. Instead, he stood there, with an indifferent expression, his face bearing a hint of mockery.

"This youngster is merely a high-rank Vast Level expert, yet he is able to deliver a strike with a might comparable to a Cosmic Level elite at the peak of perfection. The Martial Arts Techniques he has cultivated must be of an extremely high tier!" Feng Peilan remained highly alert, ready to prevent Fang Bai from attacking once more, as she thought to herself.

Throughout her life, Feng Peilan had encountered some martial artists capable of challenging those beyond their level, and apart from a rare few with formidable physical constitutions, the others had cultivated high-tier Martial Arts Techniques.

Now, with Fang Bai possessing the cultivation level of a high-rank Vast Realm but being able to fight evenly against herself, a Cosmic Level expert at the peak of perfection, Feng Peilan was greatly shocked. She speculated that Fang Bai must have had a fortuitous encounter, obtaining Martial Arts Techniques of a very high tier, which endowed him with this powerful capability to challenge beyond his level.

Considering this possibility, Feng Peilan felt an intense excitement; if she could acquire Fang Bai’s Martial Arts Techniques for her own cultivation, wouldn’t she have the hope of challenging the strongest Universe Level martial artists in the True Martial Realm and reaching the peak of the Martial Dao in this world?

With this thought, Feng Peilan’s desire to kill Fang Bai intensified like never before.

She raised her right hand, and a zhang-long grey ribbon appeared in her grasp. Whipped up by the night breeze, it fluttered and rustled menacingly.

The ribbon was suffused with Wind Essence Qi, exuding a pressure that one could feel.

The ribbon that Feng Peilan used was not made of fabric, but rather crafted from the Wind System Spirit Weapon, the "Life-Snatching Wind Ribbon," made from Space Wind Crystal.

Space Wind Crystal, soft yet durable, is said to form amidst space storms beyond the heavens, containing extremely pure Wind Essence Qi.

For billions of years, some Space Wind Crystals have fallen from beyond the heavens to the True Martial Realm, obtained by some warriors, becoming the primary material for crafting Wind System Spirit Weapons.

Creating Wind System Spirit Weapons is exceptionally challenging; throughout the entire True Martial Realm, only a few Artifact Refiners in the warrior-dense Shenwu Continent have the capability to craft them.

Feng Peilan’s ribbon was close to being a high-grade Spiritual Artifact. When deployed, it was like the fierce winds from above the nine heavens, possessing great offensive power and destructive force, capable of increasing Feng Peilan’s combat effectiveness by thirty percent; hence it warranted the name "Life-Snatching."

Sensing the Wind Essence Qi emanating from the ribbon, Fang Bai’s interest was piqued, and he asked, "Do you have Space Wind Crystal?"

Feng Peilan did not expect that amid a fierce battle, Fang Bai would still have the state of mind to ask such a question. She snorted coldly without answering, swinging her right hand. The Life-Snatching Wind Ribbon lashed out like a whip, making a sonic boom as it struck towards Fang Bai, who stood a zhang away.

The lash of the Life-Snatching Wind Ribbon brought with it a formidably sharp and intense wind, like a knife or a sword, as if slicing the very space between the two of them.

Using the strike of her Spiritual Artifact, Feng Peilan’s attack was three times more powerful than her full-force strike with bare hands. If it were to hit the body, even a body as tough as iron would suffer severe damage, let alone one of flesh and blood.

Fang Bai, although he possesses the Chaos True Body with an extremely formidable physique, would not foolishly use his own body to hard endure the long ribbon lashed by Feng Peilan.

Swoosh!

Before the Life-Snatching Wind Ribbon could reach him, Fang Bai’s silhouette once again vanished, his speed so swift that even Feng Peilan, who had nearly a hundred years of cultivation and excelled in movement techniques, could not help but feel inferior.

The movement technique used by Fang Bai was the Dragon Soaring to the Heavens from the Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique.

Although Dragon Soaring to the Heavens was one of the lowest-ranking martial arts in Fang Bai’s mind, it was far superior to any Martial Arts in the True Martial Realm; it was more than enough to dodge Feng Peilan’s attacks.

However, Feng Peilan was, after all, a Cosmic Level martial artist at the peak of perfection, and she also possessed a Spiritual Artifact. Even though she couldn’t do anything to Fang Bai, he also couldn’t defeat her with his bare hands in a short period of time.

Feng Peilan coveted Fang Bai’s Martial Arts Techniques and wanted to capture him alive to force the secrets out of him before killing him.

Fang Bai wanted to deplete Feng Peilan’s strength as much as possible, waiting for her to weaken before striking her down with the force of thunder.

One was fiercely attacking, and the other was evasively dodging; thus, they commenced their entangled struggle.

Gu Li and the others, who were hidden in the primitive forest, became anxious when Fang Bai had left for a long time without returning, and the planned time to raid Swiftwind Valley was approaching. After a brief discussion, they decided that Gu Li would lead Su Linglong, Zhuge Lian, Linghu Qianjiao, and Linghu Baimei, the four women, to search for Fang Bai.

When Gu Li and the five others reached the edge of the primitive forest and saw Feng Peilan and Fang Bai in fierce battle, they couldn’t help exchanging incredulous glances, their expressions one of shock.

What astounded Su Linglong and the other three women was that Fang Bai, who they saw as invincible and omnipotent, was actually being suppressed by a middle-aged female martial artist, with only the capacity to defend and no power to counterattack.

What shocked Gu Li was that near Swiftwind Valley, there would appear a Cosmic Level martial artist at the peak of perfection as powerful as himself. Since Fang Bai was fighting her, the opponent must surely be an enemy, not a friend. This added a great deal of uncertainty to their mission of annihilating Swiftwind Valley.

After observing for a moment, Gu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though the middle-aged female martial artist relied on the might of her Spiritual Artifact to launch fierce and sharp attacks, Fang Bai was like a sturdy little boat amidst the giant waves, undulating in the surging sea but never capsizing. This was enough to prove that Fang Bai possessed sufficient power to protect himself.

"Brother Fang, we’ve come to help you!"

Su Linglong and the other three women, concerned for Fang Bai’s well-being and seeing him only defending and in an unfavorable situation, wanted to step forward and help him.

"Not so fast!"

Gu Li stopped Su Linglong and the others in time, his expression somber: "If you four go, you will only make things worse and hinder Fang Bai!"

His expression softened, and he continued: "Elder Fang will be fine for now! If anything does happen, you don’t need to act, I will assist him!"

Once Su Linglong and the three women saw that Fang Bai was indeed in no real danger, they felt somewhat relieved. They stood not far from where the two were clashing, watching intently and ready to rush in selflessly to rescue him should Fang Bai face any crisis.

"Stronghold Head Gu, this old witch is the sister of the Swiftwind Valley Master, with exceptional strength. I will hold her off here, you go start attacking Swiftwind Valley!" Fang Bai suddenly spoke amidst the intense battle.