Striding ahead with confidence, Yan Hui was unaware of the forthcoming reversal of fortune — his fate was soon gonna turn him into a prey from a predator. Hence, he stayed in high spirits.
Actually, he knew that Lin Xiao's martial cultivation already reached the second level of the Refining Divine Realm, but he simply disregarded that.
Yan Hui believed that he already rendered Lin Xiao's martial capacity invalid with his tight grab (he injected cold venomous air into Lin Xiao) at him in the Deyue Mansion just now. If Lin Xiao dared to resist or escape, he would be exposed to death-like tortures.
Therefore, Yan Hui meandered with leisurely levity, paying no attention to the exposure of his Kong Acupuncture Point (this is a vital point on a warrior's body, a weak link in the chain). His confidence came down to his firm faith in the Fiendish Blockade Method. Ever since he started his practice of the method, he had been able to make a warrior's martial capacity ineffective with a grab, even if the opponent was at the third level of the Refining Divine Realm.
Unfortunately, it didn't apply to Lin Xiao at all.
Right after Yan Hui grabbed him in the Deyue Mansion, Lin Xiao soon sensed the weird injection of the cold venomous air. However, he didn't act rashly on that in the presence of top-rate Suomo warriors in the Deyue Mansion.
Nevertheless, he soon checked on his body as soon as he left the Suomo Town, only to find that the venomous air didn't work for him at all. As a matter of fact, it soon vanished as it entered Lin Xiao's body.
Given that Yan Hui's Kong Acupuncture Point was showing, Lin Xiao could defeat him by attacking the point with a single move. But Lin Xiao was unwilling to do so.
Having stayed at the Mount Yunmeng with Chiyan the Great Master for one year, Lin Xiao learned that it was fairly important to gather hands-on experience through practical battles. Yan Hui's martial capacity was only at the third level of the Refining Divine Realm, compounded with the inefficacy of his practice of the Fiendish Blockade Method, Lin Xiao had what it took to confront him in a duel directly. In so doing, the duel would shed some light upon the Fiendish Blockade Method.
Therefore, Lin Xiao walked behind Yan Hui as if he had been a real regular fellow, keeping on gnawing on the gigot without scruples.
A quarter later in the bush, Yan Hui stopped on his arrival at an immense opening. Right then, a puff of bloody reek wormed its way into Lin Xiao's nose. Albeit faint, it was sensed by him.
Then Yan Hui stood opposite to Lin Xiao and put on a grim grin, "This is where the remains of Taixuan disciples were buried. Now that you're pretty into the Taixuan Sect, you may as well stay there with them."
However, Lin Xiao didn't respond to that. Instead, he fixed his eyes on Yan Hui, looking rather unconcerned and cold.
Lin Xiao's reaction deranged Yan Hui and aroused a hellish foreboding in him. As Lin Xiao behaved as if he had changed into a different person, totally poles apart from the plain "Li Die" in the Deyue Mansion. He looked rather bizarre as if a fierce tiger was awakening. Additionally, the detached yet mocking look of Lin Xiao sent chills down Yan Hui's spine.
Overwhelmed by Lin Xiao's weird behavior, Yan Hui dared not be negligent. Hence, he kicked started the running of the Fiendish Blockade Method.
Fallen leaves on the ground started to move right after the method began to work. And the leaves on the trees miles away started to rustle, with gloomy and cold air coming to permeate the whole area. Then waves of sobbing-like sounds went off as if someone had been weeping out his grief, sounding extremely horrifying.
In the meantime, Yan Hui put on a smile again — signaling the retrieval of his confidence. With the Fiendish Blockade Method, he was even able to challenge an opponent with superior martial capacity, let alone Li Die (Lin Xiao), who was barely his equal in that regard. Compounded with his injection of the venomous air, he believed that Lin Xiao was no longer able to give the rein to his martial competence.
However, as an old saying goes, a long delay may cause trouble. On thinking of that, Yan Hui took a murderous move forthwith and plunged a grab at Lin Xiao's crown. With him making the move, the sounds of sob got even louder, accompanied by shrill cries.
The noises were so intense in its horror that any random guy would go overwhelmed by their frightening impact. However, Lin Xian didn't in the least feel ill at ease.
While Yan Hui was making a move, Lin Xiao did the same simultaneously at a higher speed.
The second Yan Hui's fingers got inches away from Lin Xiao's crown, Yan Hui's body already went frozen, horror-struck. He wondered in the scare, "How come Li Die stayed safe and sound after he fell a prey to my plot? We Suomo warriors have never failed to kill any Taixuan disciples with the running of the Fiendish Blockade Method!"
"Li Die, what…what are you going to do with me?" Yan Hui asked in agitation, seeing Lin Xiao moving towards him with an air of ghastly pressure about him, which was even more venomous than what Yan Hui acquired through his practice of the Fiendish Blockade Method.