Chapter 14 (2/2)

Ou Yangming’s martial art path began from Chen Yifan, but he had only been taught a martial-art squat technique thus far.

It was the martial-art squat that turned him into a Force Artist in such a short period of time, which was definitely surprising. In fact, Chen Yifan had not expected it at all.

After pondering for a while, Chen Yifan mentioned, “Come with me.”

Once they left the tent, he shouted, “Sui Hezhi, step out!”

“Yes!” A burly soldier ran over to him, then asked, “General, what orders do you have?”

Chen Yifan said as he pointed at the soldier, “Young fella, this is a normal soldier from the Guard, exchange a few blows with him.”

Both Ou Yangming and Sui Hezhi were startled, and they looked at each other in confusion.

Ou Yangming wondered. ‘He’s a big guy, won’t I be courting death?’

Sui Hezhi thought to himself too. ‘Can this beansprout-sized person withstand my punch?’

Cheng Yifan stared at them. “Why are you still standing there? Why aren’t you fighting?”

“Yes,” Sui Hezhi quickly responded, then cupped his hands at Ou Yangming. “Little brother, please excuse me.”

Although he had no clue about Ou Yangming’s ident.i.ty, he had seen the young fellow before and knew that he was not an enemy. Besides, the general sounded like he wanted to test the young fellow’s capability, thus Sui Hezhi was rather polite before they fought.

On the other hand, Ou Yangming’s face turned gloomy, and he was about to decline when a vinegar-jar-sized fist whooshed in his direction.

Though Sui Hezhi was not on Liu Zhengye’s level, he was too good to be matched by Ou Yangming.

Even if Sui Hezhi did not use all his might, Ou Yangming was extremely tense. Due to the sense of crisis, the purple light in his mind shone again, and his consciousness instantly exited his body. He was watching events from a distance.

At that instant, he deduced that it was impossible for him to withstand the impact from the punch, Sui Hezhi’s power was above Zhang Hanyu’s.

Without hesitation, Ou Yangming took a step back and drew his saber.

‘Since I can’t fight with my fists, I’ll have to use a weapon. It was a simple and direct thought that he had.

Chen Yifan and the others were slightly stunned, but they quickly chuckled when they recalled that Ou Yangming was not a soldier. He was a blacksmith, so it was normal for him to boost his courage with a saber upon facing the fierce Sui Hezhi.

Sui Hezhi was surprised and looked at Chen Yifan. He was obviously not afraid of Ou Yangming’s martial tool, but he was puzzled. ‘Didn’t the general mean to test the young fella? Why is he using a saber? What does that mean?’

Chen Yifan shook his head and laughed. “Coward! Hmph, Sui Hezhi, use your saber as well!”

Sui Hezhi instantly understood what the general meant, thus he shouted, “Little brother, be careful!”

Following that, he drew his saber. Honestly, he felt that he could take the young fellow out without using any weapon, but he dared not disobey the general.

Since he was asked to use his saber, he had to do it.

Saber-light flashed in the air as he used his dantian to slash downwards.

Of course, he used his strength carefully so that it would not hurt Ou Yangming who might not ward off the blow.

Ou Yangming gritted his teeth as he felt that Sui Hezhi’s saber was so flexible that there was no way he could protect himself. At that instant, he decided to just lift his treasure saber and mindlessly swung it at his opponent.

Sui Hezhi was surprised. He had not expected the young fellow to have the courage to die together with him, but courage was not enough. He then pulled his saber back to block Ou Yangming’s saber.

“Ding…”

A loud sound was heard, and Sui Hezhi’s face changed. He did a reverse plank bridge at once to dodge the violent saber-light.

In the air, a broken blade section was seen rising for a while before it fell straight down into the soil.

Ou Yangming showed no mercy. Just as he acquired the upper hand with his saber, his eyes went blurry as he was kicked on the wrist.

It was a strong kick, which caused his treasure saber to fly into the air as though it had wings.

Subsequently, Sui Hezhi moved as fast as lightning, and jumped up like an ape to catch the treasure saber, then landed steadily.

On the other hand, Ou Yangming was dispirited as he held his red and swollen wrist.

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