Chapter 186: A Valid Warning

On the detector’s display, those four Diversion Stage powerhouses rushing toward him were clearly targeting him, as there were no other targets in the area.
They hadn’t been following him from the start; the only explanation was that they had found him by tracking Yue Ming.
Ye Feng didn’t stop at all. Pretending not to notice them, he continued to charge forward, his body tense, ready to fight at any moment.
Soon, the four of them formed a circle and slowly approached Ye Feng, blocking his path.
“Who are you?” Ye Feng asked coldly.
“You must be the one who supplies goods to Yue Ming. I thought you were some kind of remarkable figure, but turns out you’re just at the Nascent Soul Stage,” one of them said mockingly, “It seems you don’t understand the rules!”
Ye Feng wasn’t panicked at all. With those mid-tier immortal weapons gloves and top-tier spiritual weapon armor, he was confident he could take down these guys. “What’s your purpose in blocking me? Just say it! I’m in a hurry and have no time for idle talk!”
“Oh, it seems you still don’t know what’s going on! Such an arrogant tone!” The four of them smiled even wider. “Hand over your storage ring and tell us where you got those strange items, and we might consider letting you live!”
“Just because you’re all at the Diversion Stage, do you think you can rob me?” Ye Feng sneered. “It’s ridiculous!”
The moment those words left his mouth, Ye Feng vanished from his original position and suddenly appeared in front of one of the men, punching through his dantian and coming out through his back. It was a instant kill!!!
At that instant, the other three broke into cold sweats. “He’s not at the Nascent Soul Stage! Run…”
Before those words could reach their ears, they were cut short as another body collapsed lifelessly.
The remaining two, stunned, finally scattered to flee.
“Trying to run? Have you even asked me?” A voice, like a persistent pest, reached one of them. The moment he heard it, he fell without hesitation, his last sight being a bloody hole in his dantian…
The last man, who had already fled for a few minutes, turned back to check if Ye Feng was chasing after him. The murderous expression behind him terrified him beyond measure.

“Go back and tell your master that I hate trouble! I don’t want the same thing to happen again! If I encounter such a situation once more, I can’t guarantee what will happen.” Ye Feng’s cold voice reached the other person’s ears. As soon as his words faded, a punch struck the man’s chest. The force of the punch shattered all his ribs, turning his internal organs into a mess of flesh. Before passing out, the man heard a voice in his ear, “This is just a little lesson for you!”
After dealing with all the corpses, Ye Feng left quietly. That punch was precisely the fighting technique he had learned from the “Wu Dian.” After days of careful study, he had finally grasped some basics. That strike was already his strongest attack, and with the boost from a mid-tier immortal weapon, its power was comparable to that of an ordinary expert at the Tribulation stage, enough to make the other party dare not target him again.
It was unclear how much time had passed before the man who had been struck by Ye Feng’s punch finally regained consciousness. After examining the chaotic injuries inside his body, he struggled to get up and staggered in the direction he had come from.
The blood-soaked man knelt weakly in a hall.
Inside the hall, a young man sat not far in front of him, accompanied by a young and beautiful woman.
“Zheng Xiang, what exactly happened? How did you get hurt like this? Where are the others?” The young man frowned, eager to understand what had taken place.
“The others are all dead!” The man named Zheng Xiang trembled slightly as he recalled the incident. “That man hurt me like this… He told me to come back and report that if we encountered such a situation again, he couldn’t guarantee what would happen…”
“After you followed Yue Ming, did you find that man?” The young man knew it couldn’t have been Yue Ming—he didn’t have the strength for that. “Didn’t I tell you to negotiate with him properly? How did things turn out like this?”
“We… thought he was only at the Yuan Ying stage… so we had evil thoughts and tried to take his storage ring and force him to reveal where the goods came from… But he wasn’t even at the Yuan Ying stage… The others were all killed in one strike… He let me go back just to deliver the message…” After saying all this, Zheng Xiang couldn’t help but cough twice, spitting out a mouthful of blood…

“He seems to be seriously injured. The opponent probably didn’t attack his Yuan Ying, which is why he survived and returned. Let me check his injuries; by analyzing the attack, we can roughly gauge the opponent’s strength!” The woman slowly stood up and walked toward Zheng Xiang.

“Then I’ll leave it to Aunt Lan…” The young man’s furrowed brows finally relaxed a bit. “Someone who can instantly kill a strong opponent in the later stages of the Divination Phase must be at least in the later stages of the Convergence Phase…”

“He might even be stronger! After all, Agri Planet isn’t an ordinary third-class planet. It’s not surprising to see strong opponents here,” said the woman known as Aunt Lan as she healed him.

After a while, the woman frowned slightly and remained silent for a long time before looking at the young man. “The opponent’s attack power is at the early stage of the Tribulation Phase, but this person is likely a strong opponent in the Great Vehicle Phase.”

“Why do you say that?” the young man asked, puzzled.

“The opponent didn’t use his full strength because the attack might have affected his Yuan Ying. He wanted to keep him alive,” the woman explained slowly. “I know he’s a strong opponent in the Great Vehicle Phase because the residual spiritual energy from his attack has the nature of immortal energy. Unlike us strong opponents in the Tribulation Phase, after going through tribulation, our entire spiritual energy transforms into immortal energy or demonic energy. Once this process is complete, strong opponents in the Great Vehicle Phase can directly ascend to the celestial realm.”

“Of course, if a strong opponent in the Tribulation Phase uses an immortal weapon, it could also produce such an effect. As far as I know, there are less than ten immortal weapons in the entire cultivation world, all of which are sharp weapons like swords and guns. But look at Zheng Xiang’s chest—it has marks from punches,” the woman said, frowning slightly.

“That man wore a pair of gloves… silver-white…” Zheng Xiang clearly remembered the silver glow from those gloves.

“Whether the opponent is truly in the Great Vehicle Phase or just a strong opponent using an immortal weapon, his attack power is at least at the early stage of the Tribulation Phase. His strength must not be underestimated. With my strength at the middle stage of the Tribulation Phase, I don’t stand a good chance of defeating an early-stage Tribulation Phase opponent wielding an immortal weapon. Moreover, using gloves as weapons means his close-combat skills are stronger than those of other opponents at the same level. Forcing things is a foolish approach. Even if cooperation isn’t possible, we must not create such an enemy for ourselves,” the woman analyzed carefully.

“Since they let Zheng Xiang go and didn’t follow him, it means they don’t want to create enemies for no reason either. We shouldn’t bother them anymore! If we encounter them, try to treat them politely and build good relations—maybe there will be a chance to cooperate in the future!”
“Aunt Lan is right. Let’s put this matter aside for now. Zheng Xiang, first recover from your injuries, then describe that person’s appearance. I’ll instruct my subordinates to treat him politely if they meet him! If we can get him to meet me and Aunt Lan, the chances of cooperation will increase greatly!” The young man sighed. He knew that after what had happened, the chances of cooperation were slim.