They weren’t that far from where the creature was either since Ming Ze’s position was one where he was nearby to help the creature if something unexpected happened.
It didn’t take Lin Fan that long to reach them.
Before he even arrived, he could hear the sounds of fighting in the distance along with spiritual energy fluctuations.
From these spiritual energy fluctuations, he could tell that it was an intense fight between cultivators that were at a higher level of cultivation than him.
But he didn’t back down since he could also feel that the spiritual energy traces that he was familiar with were getting weaker.
With each clash, it seemed like Tian Xue was being pushed back.
When he arrived, he saw the scene left by their battle.
There were many trees that were uprooted and there were long gashes on the ground, showing signs of a great struggle.
He could also see flashes of light that clearly showed that the fight between the two of them still wasn’t over yet.
So without any hesitation, he immediately dashed forward to help Tian Xue.
The two of them were currently standing in the middle of a crater as their clash had pushed back everything around them. There was a clear circle around them where the rubble gathered from being pushed back.
Both of them showed signs of being injured, but it was clear that Tian Xue was worse off than Ming Ze.
When Lin Fan looked closely, he was able to see clear signs of being cut on Ming Ze’s clothes, but underneath…there was the same armour that the other Foundation Realm Cultivators had.
Well, he really wasn’t that surprised since if the other Foundation Realm Cultivators had this, it only made sense that Ming Ze would have this since he was one of the leaders of this project.
Both Tian Xue and Ming Ze were surprised when they saw Lin Fan arriving on the scene, but Ming Ze was the one that reacted faster.
He narrowed his eyes as he looked at Lin Fan before suddenly remembering who he was and he said, “It’s you?”
Lin Fan didn’t bother answering this and was about to head over to Tian Xue to help her, but Ming Ze didn’t give him that chance.
After asking this question, his eyes immediately steeled and he rushed forward, brandishing the weapon in his hand at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan was surprised to find that even though Ming Ze clearly had the higher level of cultivation, his movement wasn’t that much faster than the other two Foundation Realm Cultivators he took care of earlier.
It was very easy for him to see the path of Ming Ze’s weapon and move out of the way.
Ming Ze was certain that he was going to hit Lin Fan, but right before his weapon made contact, he found that Lin Fan disappeared.
When Lin Fan reappeared again, he was already beside Tian Xue.
Just like Ming Ze, Tian Xue also revealed a shocked look when she saw Lin Fan appearing beside her. She couldn’t understand how he had done it, but she was glad that he was able to dodge this attack.
After seeing him appear, Tian Xue quickly said, “Get out of here, you can’t beat him. I’ll hold him off for you to get away from…”
Before she could finish, Lin Fan raised a finger to put over her mouth to stop her from talking. Then he looked at her and said, “I’ll get you out of here first and then I’ll take care of him.”
Tian Xue suddenly revealed an angry look as she swatted his hand away and said, “Didn’t you hear what I just said? You can’t…”
Lin Fan didn’t listen as he put a finger up to her mouth again and said, “Be good and just listen to me.”𝒪𝓋𝓁𝒩xt.𝑐𝒪𝑚
Tian Xue’s face couldn’t help turning red when she heard this since she had never been spoken to like this before, but for some strange reason, she wasn’t against it…
Ming Ze saw all of this and he gave a cold snort before charging at them again.
He didn’t know what trick Lin Fan had used to avoid his attack, but he didn’t believe that Lin Fan would be able to use that same trick a second time!
Lin Fan naturally noticed Ming Ze moving, so he didn’t hesitate at all as he suddenly grabbed Tian Xue and lifted her up. Then as Ming Ze’s blade swung down at him, he suddenly disappeared again.
When he reappeared, he was at the edge of the circle of debris again.
Tian Xue had been about to scold Lin Fan again, but then her words were swallowed as was suddenly hit with the gust of wind in her face. When she reacted, she found that she was in Lin Fan’s arms and far away from where they had been before.
She didn’t know what had just happened, but her face couldn’t help turning red.
This was her first time being held by a man like this and she was a girl in the end.
The first thing that she thought was if she was too heavy for him…
Lin Fan however didn’t have time to think about that as he turned around to look at Ming Ze.
Seeing that Ming Ze was distracted by his sudden disappearance, he put Tian Xue down and said, “Use this chance to get away, I’ll cover you.”
Tian Xue was still in a daze from being picked up like that by Lin Fan, so she didn’t react right away. When she did react, she found that Lin Fan was already gone.
She turned in the direction of Ming Ze and found that Lin Fan was already there in front of him.
Ming Ze was barely able to react in time, raising his sword to meet Lin Fan’s sword. However, right before the two swords clashed, he felt a bad feeling and immediately twisted to the side.
Luckily he twisted his body at the last second, otherwise he would have been cut in half by Lin Fan’s sword.
However, he wasn’t able to get away cleanly from Lin Fan’s slash.
Lin Fan’s sword was slowed down a bit by Ming Ze’s sword, but that was only an instant before it fell down on Ming Ze’s shoulder.
There was the same metal clanging sound that rang out when it hit Ming Ze’s shoulder, but there was no resistance at all as it cut clean through it. With one swift cut, Ming Ze’s arm was cut off and landed on the ground.
Ming Ze gritted his teeth to endure the pain and quickly grabbed his arm before jumping back.
Lin Fan was still surprised by how easily he had cut through the sword that he wasn’t able to react to Ming Ze escaping.
He couldn’t help looking at Gramr and thinking, “Why is it so easy to cut through his sword now and why couldn’t he cut through the weapons of his enemies before?”
But what he didn’t know was…the reason why it was so easy to cut through the sword and Ming Ze’s arm was not just because of the sharpness of Gramr, but also because of Gramr’s special characteristics.
Gramr had a special power against dragons and the sword that Ming Ze used was actually made from dragon scales. It was the same with the augmentations that they did to their bodies, they were made using genes from dragons.
That was why it was so easy for Gramr to cut through them.
After Ming Ze got away, he quickly put his arm up to the socket and in no time, the flesh connected and his arm was reattached.
Moving his arm around a bit, Ming Ze confirmed that it was back to normal.
Only then did he turn back to Lin Fan who he stared at with a wary look.
He didn’t know what had happened to him, but this kid who he never thought was a threat was now someone very dangerous to him. He couldn’t approach him or match him when it came to speed, so how was he supposed to defeat him?
As he thought about it, he suddenly remembered that there was a new power that he hadn’t tested yet…
It was very dangerous, but it wasn’t as if he had a choice when it came to this situation.
So after just a moment of hesitation, there were flames that suddenly started appearing around Ming Ze.
These flames weren’t any normal flames, they were black flames that seemed like they came from the deepest parts of hell.
These were flames that he had only obtained recently from his augmentations and before now, he had only ever used them once. When he did, his body had been covered in burns and he hadn’t been able to control the flames.
But now when he summoned these flames, he found that they were finally listening to his commands.
It seemed that it just took a bit of adjusting to the genes before he was able to use these flames.
However, he also found that the flames were burning his skin away.
The good thing was that his regeneration was able to keep up to this burning and he was able to negate the damage from these flames with this regeneration. If it wasn’t for his new augmentations, he really wouldn’t be able to endure these flames.
With these flames, he at least saw a path of victory.
When Lin Fan saw these flames, his expression couldn’t help falling.