C4 Fighting

"Not bad, you're only at the first level of Qi Refinement, but you were able to dodge my fireball technique." The middle-aged man looked at Fang Yi, who had dodged the fireball in a sorry state. His face revealed a trace of astonishment.

Fang Yi's expression turned somewhat ugly as he looked at the descending pitch-black wood splinters. To be able to use an elementary spell to such an extent meant that the other party's strength was at least at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"Be a good boy and give yourself up, or I won't mind giving you some pain." The corners of the middle-aged man's mouth lifted as he looked at Fang Yi's face, which was the color of a pig's liver, and spoke in an indifferent manner.

Fang Yi's guess was not wrong. The middle-aged man before him was at the fifth level of Qi Refining. The huge gap in strength between the two made the middle-aged man extremely confident in capturing Fang Yi.

From what the middle-aged man could tell, this young man was definitely very close to old man Fang. If not, old man Fang would not have brought him with him to flee.

What he wanted to do was to use Fang Yi as a hostage to force old man Fang into submission. That way, he would be able to achieve great merits. At that time …

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but smile even wider, as if everything had already been decided.

"Alright."

"Okay, eh?" The middle-aged man couldn't help but exclaim in agreement before coming back to his senses. How could the other party agree so easily? There must be a trick to this!

"If you want to capture me, then let's see if you have the ability to do so!" While the middle-aged man was still stunned, Fang Yi took out several talismans from his bag of holding and injected his spiritual power into one of them. The talisman turned into a vine that wrapped around the middle-aged man.

The talisman Fang Yi used was a Rank 1 Vine Wood Talisman he had refined. This kind of talisman could at most heavily injure cultivators at the second level of Qi Refining. It was nothing to fear from an expert at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Fang Yi obviously knew this, so he didn't use any attack spells like the Fireball Charm. Instead, he used the rattan wood talisman in an attempt to create some obstacles in the way of the yellow-robed middle-aged man so he could have enough time to escape.

"Hmph!"

The middle-aged man let out a cold snort. He raised his hand and a golden light shot out from his fingertip. The sharp golden light was like an all-conquering sword as it cut the vine into several pieces and shot towards Fang Yi without slowing down.

Fang Yi's heart sank. He knew that he didn't have the time to dodge this attack. In a moment of desperation, he picked up a talisman and poured all of his spiritual power into it.

"Bang!"

A ray of earthen yellow light exploded from the rune, enveloping Fang Yi. At the same time, the sharp golden light brought along a whistling sound as it heavily shot towards the earthen yellow light on Fang Yi's chest.

"Pfft!"

The earthen yellow light barrier instantly burst apart. Fang Yi only felt a dull pain in his chest as the blood in his body surged upwards. He spat out a mouthful of hot blood and his entire body flew out, heavily smashing into the wall.

For a time, dust flew everywhere.

"You are tired of playing tricks on me." The middle-aged man sneered as he slowly walked towards the hole.

Fang Yi wiped off the blood at the corner of his mouth and slowly stood up, his eyes staring coldly at the yellow-robed middle-aged man.

The opponent's strength was too strong, and was not something he could go against.

But was he really going to give up just like that?

No! I won't give up so easily! Fang Yi screamed in his heart and poured his spirit power into the talisman in his hand. The talisman turned into a faint golden light with a "wave" sound and shot towards the middle-aged man who had just walked out of the hole.

"Tricks!" The middle-aged man said with disdain. The power of this Rank 1 Symbol was far too weak. Even if he didn't dodge it, he wouldn't be able to receive much damage.

However, the middle-aged man wasn't stupid enough to receive this blow. Lifting his hand, his five fingers moved slightly, causing a crackling sound. His five fingers seemed to have been frozen, and at the same time solidifying into ice.

The middle-aged man flicked his finger and the ice cube on his finger flew out of his hand. It transformed into five icicles that shot out.

"Bang!"

The tiny golden light stabbed into the icicle in the middle, causing a "bang" sound, and it disappeared at the same time. The other four icicles continued to shoot towards Fang Yi without slowing down. They seemed to be encircling him.

Throwing the last rune in his hand forward, Fang Yi's legs bent slightly, and he suddenly jumped more than two meters into the air before descending towards the middle-aged man.

The instant the talisman left his hand, it turned into a golden light the same size as before. It shot towards the ice cones in the front.

"Did you fall into his trap?" The yellow-robed man sneered and ignored Fang Yi as he flew towards him. In front of absolute strength, he believed that Fang Yi would not be able to pull off any tricks.

"Bang!"

The golden light collided with the ice awls at the very front, producing a thumping sound. At the same time, Fang Yi suddenly reached into his waist, took out a talisman, and threw it towards the middle-aged man beneath him.

As soon as the talisman left his hand, it turned into several thick vines that rapidly slithered down towards the middle-aged man like snakes.

"Rank 5 Curse Vine Charm!"

Seeing that the rune had suddenly turned into several vines and trees that were half a meter thick, the middle-aged man's face finally revealed a terrified expression.

"How is this possible …?" "Ah …" Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, the vine wood wrapped around his body like a huge python. It continuously coiled around him and instantly killed him.

Blood flowed out from every part of the middle-aged man's body, dyeing the thick and solid vines red. The miserable screams of the middle-aged man before he died seemed to echo within the forest.

"Pfft!"

Seeing that the middle-aged man had finally died, Fang Yi's tensed body finally relaxed. His pale face suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. It was due to the excessive consumption of his spirit power that his body was unable to withstand it and caused his blood to flow backwards.

"Xiaoyi, are you alright?"

At this moment, an old man suddenly walked out from beneath a tree near the wooden house. He looked at Fang Yi and asked urgently, a deep sense of concern in his words. It was that old man Fang.

So it turned out that old man Fang had already been here for a while, but seeing that Fang Yi was still fighting with the middle-aged man, he thought to himself that this was a chance for Fang Yi to train, so he took the risk of the seven people in the Seven Stars Formation and hid under a tree not too far away to protect Fang Yi.

However, contrary to old man Fang's expectations, not only did Fang Yi not need his help, he even used the Rank 5 Talisman that old man Fang gave him earlier to kill the middle-aged man in one go.

"It's nothing. I just exhausted too much of my spiritual power when I used the talisman you gave me. Grandfather, look, I defeated someone with a much higher cultivation than me." When he saw that old man Fang was safe and sound, Fang Yi relaxed his heart and continued to flaunt his abilities.

"Hahaha, Little Yi is so powerful! In the future, he will definitely be able to cultivate to his peak, break through the void, and become a great Dao!" Old man Fang praised lovingly when he saw how excited Fang Yi was.

"However, we have to get out of here as soon as possible. It's no longer safe here."