Chapter 398: Rhythm of the Wind
A sword has sword momentum; the wind also has wind momentum.
Sword momentum is sharp and domineering, killing one person with each step. Wind momentum, on the other hand, is silent and invisible—you cannot sense its existence, yet it is everywhere.
At this moment, Lin Feng, completely immersed in his comprehension, quietly felt the breath of the wind. Strands of it drifted over his body, as if carrying a special rhythm.
It seemed like a long time had passed, or perhaps only an instant. Lin Feng’s body moved slightly—very subtly, a tiny motion that contained countless minute changes. In the state of Unity of Heaven and Man, once you entered that state, achieving such subtlety was simple.
With this movement, Lin Feng’s body seemed to take on a special frequency, a special rhythm, making the wind impossible to grasp and reducing resistance to its maximum.
“The frequency of the wind. If my movements can merge with the wind and vibrate together, then the wind will serve me,” Lin Feng murmured to himself.
He stopped the subtle motion and once again quietly sensed, feeling the touch of the wind as it brushed past, feeling the rhythm of the wind.
After some more time, Lin Feng’s body moved again, slowly flickering forward.
The wind was still a resistance, blocking his advance.
But as Lin Feng’s body vibrated, this obstructive force grew smaller and smaller. His connection with the wind became closer and closer.
Finally, at the moment when Lin Feng’s body vibration completely merged with the wind’s rhythm, the wind’s resistance vanished—utterly and completely.
“Wind momentum. So this is wind momentum,” Lin Feng murmured softly. His figure stopped, and his eyes opened.
Qiongqi and the Green-Winged Bat Demon were still fighting, but now the Green-Winged Bat Demon was clearly at a disadvantage, with blood streaks already on its body.
Although it was fast, every time it launched an attack, it failed to injure Qiongqi and was instead wounded by him. Its strength was still far behind that of the fierce beast Qiongqi. If not for its speed, it would have been killed by Qiongqi long ago.
“Squeak, squeak.”
The Green-Winged Bat Demon let out an eerie sound. Its green wings flickered again as it pounced toward Qiongqi. It was unwilling to give up. Its speed was clearly much faster than Qiongqi’s, yet every attack was futile, and it was even being injured by Qiongqi.
“Roar!”
This time, Qiongqi let out a roar from its mouth—a terrifying roar, its eyes filled with an extremely fierce and brutal aura.
Its fiery wings spread open. What made Lin Feng’s gaze freeze was that Qiongqi’s wings expanded wildly, becoming enormous, as if they could blot out the sky and cover the sun.
“Roar…” With another furious roar, Qiongqi’s wings closed rapidly. This time, its movement would not allow the Green-Winged Bat Demon to escape again. It had grown tired of the bat demon’s sneak attacks and its refusal to fight head-on, which made Qiongqi feel extremely stifled.
Seeing the suddenly enormous wings, the Green-Winged Bat Demon’s small eyes revealed a strong sense of terror. With a light screech, its body no longer pounced toward Qiongqi but instead reversed direction, fleeing rapidly in the opposite direction.
“Boom, boom, boom.” The huge fiery wings slowly closed, causing the space to emit a series of trembling sounds. The Green-Winged Bat Demon’s body was almost blocked by the wings, barely managing to escape.
The fiery wings spread open again. Qiongqi’s eyes flashed with ferocity. That bastard had gotten lucky again. It had been so close to devouring the Green-Winged Bat Demon.
The Green-Winged Bat Demon’s cold eyes stared at Qiongqi for a moment, then swept over Lin Feng. Its green wings spread and flickered, preparing to leave this place.
If not for the fierce beast Qiongqi provoking it, it wouldn’t have fought with him. After all, there was still a significant gap in combat power between it and Qiongqi. But relying on its speed, the Green-Winged Bat Demon had never feared demonic beasts of the same rank.
The Green-Winged Bat Demon very casually swept past Lin Feng, stirring up a gentle breeze. This made a strange expression appear in Lin Feng’s eyes. That creature seemed to have completely disregarded Lin Feng, brushing past him without caring about him at all.
A cold expression flashed across Lin Feng’s lips, and then his body moved.
“Wind momentum, rhythm of the wind.”
Lin Feng’s moving body was silent, without any sound. The wind seemed absent, or perhaps it had merged with his body.
Seeing Lin Feng’s body move, so fast it was like an illusion, Qiongqi’s fierce pupils froze. How could this be? How had Lin Feng suddenly become so fast?
This speed seemed to be no less than his own.
Qiongqi had fought Lin Feng before and had also witnessed Lin Feng’s battle with the Cat Demon. Lin Feng’s attack power was strong, but speed was his weakness. But now, Lin Feng’s speed had clearly exceeded Qiongqi’s expectations.
The Green-Winged Bat Demon seemed to sense something as well. Its head turned slightly, and then it saw Lin Feng. Its strange small eyes instantly narrowed, revealing a fierce light.
Its green wings trembled, and the Green-Winged Bat Demon’s body suddenly accelerated. In this situation, it couldn’t turn around to fight Lin Feng. Qiongqi could come forward at any moment from behind. If it chose to fight, it would undoubtedly be seeking death.
“Can you escape?”
A cold smile appeared on Lin Feng’s lips. You underestimated me. Now, pay the price.
His body trembled slightly, and the wind momentum grew stronger. Lin Feng turned into a streak of light—fast, unbelievably fast, so fast that the Green-Winged Bat Demon didn’t even have a chance to accelerate.
At Lin Feng’s fingertip, a sharp sword intent coiled, as if it could pierce through the void. Sensing this terrifying sword intent, the Green-Winged Bat Demon’s strange eyes widened in horror. It flapped its wings wildly, but everything was already too late.
“Chi, chi…”
A sharp sound rang out. The Green-Winged Bat Demon’s body trembled violently. The terrifying sword intent directly invaded its body, rampaging within, destroying everything.
“Squeak…” A painful, sharp screech of agony came from its mouth. The Green-Winged Bat Demon’s body froze in place. Its green wings trembled but could not move an inch. Its body slowly began to fall downward.
With a plop, the Green-Winged Bat Demon’s body crashed to the ground, lying there directly. Its green wings spread out, trying to tremble, but it could no longer fly.
Now, Lin Feng was at the Second Layer of the Mysterious Martial Realm, while the Green-Winged Bat Demon was only a first-grade Mysterious Beast. How could it withstand Lin Feng’s finger? That finger contained a powerful sword intent.
Qiongqi pounced through the air, arriving in front of the Green-Winged Bat Demon. A strange light flickered in its fierce eyes, and then it raised its head to look at Lin Feng.
“Do you want it?”
Lin Feng looked at the light in Qiongqi’s eyes and asked indifferently. Qiongqi did not hesitate and directly nodded.
“Then it’s yours.” Lin Feng responded. Qiongqi let out a low roar, then opened its sharp teeth and bit directly into the Green-Winged Bat Demon’s body.
The Green-Winged Bat Demon let out faint, painful screeches, but the fierce beast Qiongqi paid no attention to its suffering. It tore at its body bite by bite until it had bitten the Green-Winged Bat Demon to death. Finally, it extracted the demon core from its head and swallowed it in one gulp.
Lin Feng quietly watched all of this. Seeing Qiongqi’s mouth full of blood and the demon core it had swallowed, a strange expression flickered in his eyes. Demonic beasts also devour the demon cores of other demonic beasts. That demon core was the essence of the demonic beast. By swallowing the demon core of the Green-Winged Bat Demon, which was also a first-grade Mysterious Beast, Qiongqi would surely gain some benefits.
After Qiongqi digested the Green-Winged Bat Demon’s demon core, waves of demonic fluctuations came from within its body. It let out a low roar, raised its head, and looked at Lin Feng with its large eyes, showing a peculiar expression.
It had already realized that Lin Feng’s speed had only improved recently. It had watched Lin Feng tempering his speed in the waterfall over the past few days. And just now, it had sensed that Lin Feng seemed to have gained some insight nearby, which must have been what made him faster.
The potential of humans was truly terrifying. No wonder the Cat Demon was willing to undergo the crisis of transformation just to become a true human.
“Qiongqi, do you still have any attachment to this demonic beast mountain range?”
Lin Feng looked at Qiongqi and asked. He had stayed in this mountain range for quite some time. It was time to leave.
Qiongqi shook its head. Attachment? It only had hatred for this place. Over the years, it had never had any freedom, being treated as a pet by the Cat Demon.
“Then let’s go out.” Lin Feng smiled. His body flickered and directly landed on Qiongqi’s back, between its huge fiery wings.
PS: Third chapter delivered. There will still be four chapters today.