Ma Fan had a separate training area, which was specially allocated by Gong Sun Zhi. It was a small corner near the water's edge.

  Shimen Tan's terrain is open and expansive, leaning against the mountain and relying on the water. From time to time, you can see groups of white water birds flying over the water's surface. The cruel struggle at Xiaoshan Jie has not affected them, they are still living a leisurely life. There is nothing in their bodies that is worth the attention of the immortals, they are not spiritual beasts, and the changes in spiritual energy have no effect on them.

  The afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the water's surface, a white bird trailed a long shadow, and the reeds swayed gently in the breeze. Unconsciously, Ma Fan stopped his cultivation, walked to the water's edge, gazed into the distance, and felt a sense of tranquility in his heart.

  Suddenly, he lifted his eyelids, and a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes.

  He quietly lowered his arm, and the jade pendant tied to his wrist lightly touched his fingertips. A grey butterfly the size of a fingertip was quietly perched on the inside of his middle finger, looking like an inconspicuous grey ring.

  Ma Fan's eyes had a faintly imperceptible layer of grey added to them, and his gaze seemed slightly duller.

  Spiritual Pupil!

  His field of vision changed quietly, and the dense reeds gradually became transparent, with a vague shadow lurking within.

  So you were hiding here!

  The opponent's hidden position is about 150 zhang away from him, and at this distance, he doesn't have the confidence to kill with one blow. Judging from the opponent's chosen position, they are very cautious. If it can't be killed in one blow, the open terrain may not have a great chance of blocking the opponent.

  Estimated which force's scout, Ma Fan guessed in his heart. This distance was more suitable for sneaking a peek rather than launching an attack.

  If it were in the past, Ma Fan would have chosen to ignore him, one less trouble is better than one more. He hated trouble. But today, the first thought that flashed through his mind was to take down his opponent!

  Waiting for him to come back to his senses, he couldn't help but feel surprised at his first reaction. However, he didn't waste too much time on emotions, and he remembered the countless reminders from Gong Sun in his ear.

  "On the battlefield, hesitation is most taboo! You are the core, must be decisive, and must make a choice in the blink of an eye! Regardless of whether this choice is right or wrong!"

  This distance... I don't have confidence in a one-hit kill, what should I do?

  "Believe in your teammates, don't just know how to fight wildly. What if there's no opportunity? It's simple, you have two choices. You create opportunities for your teammates, and your teammates create opportunities for you."

  Ma Fan turned around calmly, and he saw three companions. Among these three companions, he only knew one, that guy called Xie Shan, who was the leader of the last group they captured, and was said to have a cultivation level of Threefold Heaven of Condensed Pulse.

  To be honest, he would rather the three people in front of him were Lei Peng's team. Although Xie Shan was much stronger than Lei Peng's trio, this team was all new recruits and had no tacit understanding with him at all.

  However, he had no better choice.

  "Old Xie." He raised his arm and shouted.

  Xie Shan was taken aback, stopped in his tracks, and turned to look at Ma Fan. In his heart, however, he was puzzled and couldn't understand. He naturally recognized Ma Fan, the core of the entire team, with a unique position, and Xiaonan's most trusted subordinate.

  However, Xie Shan had never spoken a word with him.

  "Ah!" Although he was puzzled in his heart, he still smiled and responded. In the team, he was a newcomer who couldn't be newer. Even if his personal strength was the highest, he still needed time to gain Gong Sun's trust. He wasn't stupid enough to offend Ma Fan.

  "Come and practice with me for a bit, try out my new escape technique." Ma Fan called out in a familiar tone.

  Xie Shan slightly furrowed his brow, although he was a newcomer, but after all, he had been used to being the boss for a long time, and no one dared to let him accompany them in practice. However, the other party's familiar tone seemed to have no malice. What made him even more puzzled was that in these days, he had never seen Ma Fan find someone to practice with.

  Something is strange...

  Suddenly, his gaze was fixed on Ma Fan's raised palm, where a grey butterfly the size of a fingernail lay quietly on his middle finger.

  His heart skipped a beat!

  The Huī Dié's badge was given by Gōngsūn Chā to Mǎ Fán, and it is rarely seen him use it. If it were a real fight, Mǎ Fán should not have summoned Huī Dié.

  Xie Shan thought to himself, with his rich combat experience, he smiled and walked towards Ma Fan: "Good!"

  The other two cultivators of the same team exchanged a glance, but neither spoke. They didn't dare offend Xie Shan, and even less so Ma Fan. The two simply stopped and watched the battle.

  Ma Fan and Xie Shan didn't waste words either, and directly started.

  Xie Shan cultivated the "Aurora Mirage Sword", a rare fifth-grade sword manual. He didn't see him take out his flying sword, and with a flick of his wrist, a flurry of gorgeous sword tips appeared, like the aurora borealis on a snowy night, as if they were woven from silk or dust, beautiful to the extreme.

  A chill breath suddenly spread out, under the aurora borealis, snowflakes danced, sharp as knives!

  Sword Intention!

  Ma Fan's heart skipped a beat, this was Sword Intent! In the camp of 110 cultivators, all were in the Condensing Pulse stage, and those who could comprehend Sword Intent did not exceed five people.

  As expected, the number one master of the camp, this move made Mavan feel a sudden increase in pressure. Those sword tips that were like mist and silk, with a faint chill, under their beautiful appearance, was a deadly killing intent!

  Especially that faintly diffused sword intent, like countless invisible fine threads, will quietly and silently entwine you tighter and tighter without you realizing it.

  However, it's not just you who can comprehend the intent of the sword! Mafan's grey eyes narrowed slightly.

  Xie Shan had the heart to show his strength, but in the last battle, he didn't get a chance to display it. Gong Sun's three-section wave-style charge was too fierce, like a giant steel hammer that crushed Xie Shan's troops with just one blow. Seeing the situation was not good, Xie Shan immediately surrendered. Until now, he still hasn't had the opportunity to show his strength.

  Unfortunately, Gong Sun was not in the camp, and Xie Shan felt a little regretful. If he could fully demonstrate his strength in front of Xiao Niang, it would be very helpful to improve his position in the team. However, showing off his strength in front of his companions also had only benefits and no drawbacks.

  But soon, Ma Fan's strength left him somewhat surprised.

  In theory, the two were a tier apart in terms of strength. Xie Shan was at the third stage of Cong Mai, while Ma Fan was only at the second stage, but on the surface, it didn't look like a battle between opponents of different tiers at all.

  Especially Ma Fan's confidence and determination, Xie Shan had never seen it in anyone else before, is this the key?

  Ma Fan's every sword move would bring up countless vague and real illusions, making people's eyes dizzy, but what shocked Xie Shan even more was that the residual shadows of each sword slash did not disappear, but instead, like a physical entity, whizzed towards Xie Shan!

  Sword Intention!

  Ma Fan unexpectedly grasped the sword intent as well!

  Xie Shan's last bit of underestimation vanished into thin air. He hadn't used his full strength, but he was also clear that the other side had a killing move as well.

  A guy who is only a second-rate cultivator, can actually fight evenly with me, Xie Shan couldn't help but feel a bit of bitterness in his heart.

  Dazzling aurora and real and illusory sword shadows dance across the sky. Continuous explosions are suppressed within an extremely small range, sounding like incessant popping beans in one's ears.

  The cultivators in the camp stopped and looked up to watch, their faces filled with excitement. One was the absolute core of the team, and the other was the strongest cultivator in the camp. The duel between the two was the most powerful collision!

  In the sky, a tens of meters wide mottled light ball appeared, inside which were densely packed mottled sword edges and illusory sword edges, Xie Shan and Ma Fan's figures flickering in and out of sight.

  A burst of exclamations erupted, compressing the sword's edge into such a small range, the two displayed super strong control that was unmatched. Inside the light sphere, the density of the sword's edge and spiritual energy reached an extremely terrifying level, any divine sense that tried to enter would be crushed to powder.

  Everyone's heart is in their throat, what's the situation inside?

  No one could have imagined that this sword light sphere formed by the sword's edge would be filled with murderous intent, yet the two people inside were chatting and laughing as if nothing was wrong.

  "What's going on?" Xie Shan laughed and said.

  Ma Fan couldn't help but admire Xie Shan's skills. The two had never worked together before, yet Xie Shan was able to read his intentions perfectly, which was truly impressive.

  "There's someone crouching in the reeds."

  "Oh." Xie Shan was greatly surprised, and when Ma Fan called him to practice earlier, he had carefully observed his surroundings, but still didn't notice anything. He didn't doubt Ma Fan's abilities, but couldn't help feeling a little astonished in his heart, and his expression also turned serious: "What do you plan to do?"

  "Kill him!" Ma Fan said without hesitation.

  Xie Shan was shocked again by Ma Fan's ruthlessness. Normally, people in this situation would think of capturing the opponent alive to extract useful information through interrogation. Unexpectedly, Ma Fan didn't even think about it and directly decided to take out the opponent.

  He did not refute it, but readily agreed: "Good."

  "I flee and you chase, towards the direction of the reeds."

  Below, the crowd only saw a figure suddenly breaking through the light ball, and the sword edge composed of the light ball collapsed immediately. Countless sword edge fragments lost control and blasted towards all directions!

  The crowd of onlookers jumped in fright, and hastily drew out their flying swords to block the shards. Although these sword shards were fragmented and scattered, they were actually extremely sharp and highly lethal.

  The light sphere dispersed, and Xie Shan's hands were enveloped in a five-colored glow.

  A five-foot-wide and ten-foot-long giant sword with a mottled pattern suddenly appeared above Xie Shan's head.

  "Go!"

  Xie Shan's two hands suddenly clasped together, the polar giant sword transformed into a thick and mottled stream of light, shooting towards Ma Fan in mid-air!

  The moment the Aurora Giant Sword appeared, the faces of the onlookers below changed slightly.

  The terrifying aura emitted by the giant sword made everyone feel tremble! And when it transformed into a stream of light, the entire sky seemed to have changed color.

  Ma Fan is in danger!

  Just as Mafan was about to be hit by Liuguang, he suddenly vanished into thin air.

  Impossible!

  The sword intent of the giant sword is extremely dense, once locked, it is extremely difficult to get rid of, and any escape method will have a slight delay, no matter how brief.

  Kemofen suddenly disappeared without any delay!

  The giant sword lost its target and swooped down towards the reeds with a loud crash!

  A gray shadow suddenly shot up from the reeds and was about to flee far away.

  A gigantic sword with a shocking momentum suddenly folded in mid-air and plunged towards Grey Shadow.

  His figure hesitated slightly, and he felt a chilling sword intent from all sides pressing in on him, locked down by the massive sword's intent!

  Damn it!

  In a flash of inspiration, he stirred up all his spiritual energy and infused it into the flying sword, shooting down that giant sword's radiance! This strike would undoubtedly destroy his own flying sword.

  He didn't have time to feel heartbroken when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a grey flying sword, which appeared silently by his side.

  His pupils suddenly dilated, and his heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

  He suddenly bit his tongue off, a flush of blood swept across his face, and he spat out a blood arrow!

  If I can just block this one move from him, I'll be able to escape!

  The opponent didn't show any intention of dodging, and the flying sword met the blood arrow head-on. His face involuntarily revealed a look of wild joy. This blood arrow was his life-saving secret technique, powerful and extremely strong! As long as the opponent collided with it head-on, he would definitely be able to block the opponent for a moment.

  Bang!

  A crisp crash, the frenzy on his face suddenly froze.

  Everything in his field of vision became so slow that he could see clearly, the blood arrow collided with the flying sword, and the expected counterattack did not appear.

  The blood arrow was struck into a burst of bloody mist, countless tiny blood beads, like dust, swept across his eyes, a tragic beauty.

  A flying sword emerged from the bloody mist and pierced his body.

  As if struck by a thousand-ton heavy hammer, a puff of blood mist floated out of his body, the surrounding scenery retreated at an alarming speed, and the last thought emerged in his mind.

  What a heavy sword!