Chapter 67: Confrontation (Second Update)

  "As an assassin, you're clearly unqualified!"

  Back to the dark figure, Ye Chen tightly grasped the hilt of his sword, his calm and cold gaze staring at the increasingly clear silhouette. The true energy hidden in his left sleeve faintly emerged. The silhouette obviously moved slightly, and a formless gust of wind shot out, blowing away the gray dust that filled the sky.

  "Refine your martial arts to the first level!" Ye Chen's tightly furrowed eyebrows relaxed, the black shadow cultivator from earlier was only at the initial martial realm, clearly used as bait. This Refine Martial Realm cultivator was the truly formidable opponent. With a light movement of his fingers, he calmly said: "A Refine Martial Realm expert comes to deal with an Initial Martial Realm cultivator, you really do look down on me!"

  "Ha! You think you're the only warrior? I doubt it!" The dark figure sneered, and a rather slender figure leapt out, landing silently in front of Ye Chen. A pair of eyes gleaming with cold light kept scanning Ye Chen's body back and forth, like a venomous snake staring at its prey.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen shrugged indifferently and said calmly: "You're so sure I'm a Refining Martial Realm warrior, why can't I be an Air Martial Realm warrior?"

  "Ha! A martial artist, how unexpected!" The dark figure was taken aback for a moment, then sprang to his feet and landed lightly on the ground, sword in hand. He gazed coldly at Ye Chen's back and said calmly, "Whatever realm of martial arts you're from, your life is mine today!"

  Turning around, Ye Chen looked at the black-clothed man's extremely ordinary face and smiled lightly: "Is that so? You're so confident you can kill me?"

  A few cold laughs sounded, and the black figure suddenly drew his sword and stabbed out. The long sword stirred, and waves of breaking air sounds came, the extremely fast compression of the air made the line of sight twist!

  His figure shot towards Ye Chen like lightning, his black robe fluttering loudly. The sword's shadow covered the sky and swept across the ground, his fingers moved, and several elixirs jumped into his mouth. A wild surge of true energy burst out of Ye Chen's body, his eyes fixed tightly on the black-robed man's figure, allowing the sword wind to hit his face, coldly and terrifyingly.

  The sword's shadow was like a heavenly net that covered Ye Chen, his eyes slightly raised, calmly gazing at the black figure, and said lightly: "You're not suited to be an assassin, really not suited!"

  Assassins never stab people in the front, they are creatures hiding in darkness.

  He let out a low hum, and Ye Chen's feet quickly moved forward in a flash, his body rotating at an angle. A half-moon shaped sword aura shot towards the black figure, but the sword in his hand didn't stop. One after another, three sword auras slashed horizontally, and in the blink of an eye, six half-moon shaped sword auras combined into one, forming an even more powerful sword aura that shot forward. Immediately afterwards, his feet tapped lightly, and he shot backwards like an arrow leaving a bowstring.

  A hint of disdain flashed between the black shadow's eyebrows, and a long sword swept out, with a terrifying aura shooting out like a tidal wave.

  Boom!

  A deafening explosion sounded, and the shockwave generated by the collision spread out in all directions from the point of impact. A deep pit about 2 meters wide was directly blasted out below the point of impact. For a time, dust filled the air, leaves flew everywhere, and within the swirling dust, Ye Chen's figure gradually disappeared from view.

  A fierce look flashed across his face, and a terrifying aura burst out from the black figure's body, chasing directly towards the direction where Ye Chen was fleeing.

  Behind him, a powerful pressure brought a terrifying atmosphere, gradually approaching. Ye Chen's figure lightly fell on the attic, his eyes slowly looked around, and then he took out a medicinal powder from his bosom. The gentle true energy wrapped the paper containing the medicine on the broken door, and then he kicked off with both feet, jumping out of the broken house window.

  A moment later, a black shadow suddenly rushed into the attic, and the strong wind generated directly shattered the dilapidated wooden door.

  The originally empty attic was immediately covered with powder, the black shadow figure clapped out a few palms and suddenly jumped back, but a sharp sword light like a poisonous snake swept from behind the black shadow person's back, the body did not stop for a moment, the head slightly lowered, the body jumped into the attic.

  Boom!

  The entire attic collapsed with a loud crash, dust filling the air, and a dark figure leapt out from amidst it. At this moment, several lone wolves appeared around the attic, seemingly out of nowhere.

  The lone wolf glared with blood-red eyes, let out a low growl, and suddenly pounced on the black figure.

  With a few swings of his sword, Ye Chen's figure silently and stealthily disappeared into the surrounding pavilions, his dark eyes occasionally glancing towards the black-clothed person.

  Zhou Shu Fen, obtained from Hong Chen's hands, but didn't expect to use it today.

  All the way rushing over, Ye Chen had already sprinkled the beast-attracting powder on the roadside, and that packet of medicinal powder was enough to attract the surrounding magical beasts.

  The dark figure let out a series of low growls, his long sword constantly beckoning to the lone wolf that was charging towards him, the explosive sounds unceasing, and at this moment, it seemed exceptionally piercing.

  Suddenly, five lone wolves leapt up at the same time and pounced on the black figure.

  Pupils constricted, figure suddenly burst out, Ye Chen single-handedly held a sword, his figure constantly changing, appearing behind the black shadow person, and suddenly slashing down with one sword.

  However, at that moment, the black figure's aura surged wildly, and a terrifying gust of wind forced several lone wolves to retreat. Suddenly turning around, he slashed out with his sword towards Ye Chen, the terrifying force almost causing Ye Chen to lose his grip on his sword. His body immediately lost balance, frantically retreating several steps before another wave of energy struck him.

  A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Ye Chen's footsteps were light, trying to avoid that aura, but the residual wave was even faster, and in the blink of an eye, it reached Ye Chen's back. Ye Chen only felt a huge pressure on his back, followed by a burning sensation, his throat warm, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and then his figure shook and fell to the ground!

  A few strands of air swept over again, striking Ye Chen's hairpin and shattering it. His originally neat black hair immediately danced wildly, his figure retreating several steps in a flash. Ye Chen secretly took a deep breath, rolling on the ground several times before stopping, feeling the pain spreading from his back, and muttered: "Better than expected!"

  Eyes fixed tightly on the black silhouette, the left hand hidden in his sleeve had its fingertips emitting a faint aura of fire-based true energy...

  A faint smile, the black figure's right hand sword fell to the ground, the tip of the sword touched the ground and dragged slowly towards Ye Chen, the friction between the sword tip and the ground made a hissing sound, the long hair hanging behind his back fluttered without wind, matching the faint smile on the black-clad man's face, it was as if he were a ghost from hell come to collect souls!

  With every step he took, the aura on Hei Ying's body grew stronger, pressing down on Ye Chen.

  The terrifying aura oppressed Ye Chen, causing him to feel a tightness in his chest. Cold sweat dripped down his face as he pretended to be weak and slowly crawled backwards. A look of terror appeared on Ye Chen's face as he exclaimed, "Don't come any closer! I have no grudge against you, why do you want to kill me?"

  The man in black stopped in his tracks, sneering coldly at Ye Chen: "Because your identity has been issued a kill order by the Blood Sword Army with a bounty of several million gold coins, why wouldn't I kill you!"

  At this, Ye Chen's face turned pale with rage and he said in a low voice: "Blood Sword, you really are willing to pay the price!"

  The man in black ignored Ye Chen's muttering and walked slowly towards him again, while at this moment Ye Chen was also silently calculating the distance between himself and the man in black.

  The man in black finally stopped half a meter away from Ye Chen, slowly raised the sword in his right hand, and gazed at Ye Chen's face filled with unwillingness, coldly smiling: "Goodbye!"

  "Is it?" At this moment, Ye Chen's figure suddenly jumped up, his left arm shook, and he pointed out with his fingers...