C247 Old Enemy

The person standing in front of Zheng Lei was so skinny that he looked like he had been drained of all his blood. He looked neither human nor ghost, and from the lumps of fat on the sides of his face, it could be seen that he was once a fatty, or at least a chubby face.

Zheng Lei surveyed his surroundings. There was actually no one left. The absent-minded Zheng Lei didn't realize that his classmates had already left.

Looking at the skinny man in front of him, Zheng Lei felt that he was not an ordinary person. He seemed to have seen him somewhere before. After looking at him carefully, Zheng Lei's heart suddenly jumped.

Wasn't this person Zhao Liang? Once he had this thought, the face of the foolish child who had been calling his father Zhao Gang all day flashed through Zheng Lei's mind. He slowly confirmed the face in front of him.

"Zhao Liang?" He didn't have anything to do with this child, and it was only because of Jiang Cheng that something happened between him and Zhao Gang. This caused this child's entire family to be defeated, and also allowed this child to walk the path of a devil cultivator.

"Hehe, you actually recognize me." This person's words could be considered as admitting that Zheng Lei's guess was correct. Zhao Liang's bright voice sounded as ear-piercing as nails scratching against steel plates.

After receiving the confirmation, Zheng Lei's heart froze again. Zhao Liang had arrived, and Jiang Cheng was probably not far away. He cautiously looked around, quietly opening his Spiritual Awareness and keeping a vigilant watch on his surroundings.

Once he opened his Spiritual Sense, he could clearly feel Zhao Liang's cultivation level. This foolish child was already at the late second step. There was only a thin line separating them. Although this line was a bit above and below the ground, it was indeed not far from his level.

Zheng Lei lightly took a step back. It wasn't because he was afraid of what Zhao Liang would do, but because of his habitual caution.

"Where is Jiang Cheng?" Zheng Lei asked.

"Follow me!" After Zhao Liang finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Zheng Lei looked at his surroundings, weighing the pros and cons in his heart before leaving with Zhao Liang.

The two of them left the campus and arrived outside of a broken down room. Zhao Liang glanced at Zheng Lei, then with a flash, arrived behind a wall.

Zheng Lei did not know what the hell he was doing, so he did not rashly chase.

After the wall was broken, a person slowly walked out. His hair was not dirty, but it was very messy. His two eye sockets were sunken in, and his red eyes looked as if he had not slept for many days.

If it wasn't for the sinister smile on his face, Zheng Lei really wouldn't have recognized that he was Jiang Cheng.

They were originally ordinary students, and it was almost impossible for them to interact with each other. However, because of Hu Xiaoling's appearance, they each embarked on a completely different path — one cultivating the Dao, the other cultivating the devil.

Zheng Lei gripped the Accumulation Heart Needle tightly as the spirit energy in his body surged and poured into the Accumulation Heart Needle. Suddenly, the Congealing Heart Nail began to emit a fiery light, but it did not cause any damage to Zheng Lei.

Jiang Cheng's voice was still as arrogant as before, just like his personality, "You're already at the third step, yet you're still using this kind of trash. It seems like White Cloud Temple is only mediocre!"

Zheng Lei kept his Spiritual Sense open, but he didn't sense Jiang Cheng's cultivation. Jiang Cheng listed out his cultivation as though he was talking about his own. There was only one possibility, and that was Jiang Cheng's cultivation was higher than his.

Zheng Lei felt that today was yet another tough battle, he couldn't help but regret that he came today so suddenly. If it was Hu Xiaoxian or Lin Xi, any one of them could be by his side helping to hold down a person.

However, he couldn't lose due to his inferior cultivation and momentum. Zheng Lei glanced at the heart nail in his hand and said, "Those who can kill you are treasures to me!"

"Hahaha …" Jiang Cheng raised his head and laughed wildly before he suddenly stopped. He looked at Zheng Lei and said, "I'm afraid you won't have the chance. Your father's cultivation is higher than yours!"

As Jiang Cheng spoke, he took out a crystal sword. Zheng Lei immediately suspected that the Blood Refinement Hall was built in a crystal cave, how could Jiang Cheng's magic treasures be made out of crystals? Could it be that his old immortal master had a habit of collecting crystals?

Zheng Lei looked at the crystal sword in Jiang Cheng's hand and did not dare to be careless. He looked at Jiang Cheng vigilantly, paying attention to the movements in his surroundings.

Jiang Cheng had a relaxed expression on his face. With a slight shake of his arm, he channeled his spirit power into the crystal sword. Immediately, the sword started to turn blood-red from the handle.

Zheng Lei took another step back. Judging from the shape of the weapon, Jiang Cheng's weapon was something that could be used for close combat, but the Heartnail in his hand was suitable for close combat. Therefore, Zheng Lei was looking for a good distance.

With a 'shua' sound, Jiang Cheng brought out a flower of swords and charged towards Zheng Lei. Zheng Lei's eyes narrowed. He exerted strength into his legs and retreated backwards. As he retreated, he threw out the Accumulation Needles and charged towards Jiang Cheng with a blazing flame.

A crisp sound rang out as the nail and Jiang Cheng's crystal sword clashed. There was no reaction from the sword, but the nail suddenly lost all of its flame and fell to the ground with a thud.

This was the first time they had crossed blows, and he was actually at a complete disadvantage. He didn't even show any signs of resisting.

As he was retreating, Zheng Lei extended his hand to recall the Thrusting Heart Nail, but found that it did not move at all. It was as if that sword strike had severed the connection between him and the Thrusting Heart Nail.

As he was panicking, he looked at the Assembling Heart Nail and saw that it was covered in a layer of red light. Zheng Lei immediately understood what was going on. Without a word, he slapped his bag of holding and took out the karmic ruler.

Upon seeing the karmic ruler, disdain appeared in Jiang Cheng's eyes once more. With a horizontal slash of the longsword, it slashed towards Zheng Lei.

Zheng Lei's left hand formed a seal with the Five Thunder Arts, his right hand gripped the karmic ruler as he executed the Taiji Sword Technique, moving to meet the longsword head on. In the blink of an eye, more than ten moves had passed between the two, and both of them jumped to the side at the same time.

Zheng Lei was slightly out of breath, while Jiang Cheng stood there quietly as if nothing had happened.

"Hehe, I never thought that you would actually learn Taiji Sword Technique. This is great, and the method I have learnt to restrain the Taiji Sword Technique from Master has not been in vain." After speaking, he once again thrust his long sword towards Zheng Lei.

The Tai Chi Sword was not limited to just one move. Seeing Jiang Cheng's long sword coming at him, Zheng Lei countered it with a move, waving his karmic ruler to meet it head on.

This time, he didn't fight against Jiang Cheng for more than ten moves like he did just now. On the third attack, he suddenly felt danger and almost bumped into Jiang Cheng's sword tip.

At the critical moment, Zheng Lei forcefully changed his body and barely dodged the long sword.