Chapter 96 - Break Through To Yin Grade (1/2)

Ou Yangming appeared behind a big tree after a flash of blood light.

His eyes glowed as he exhaled deeply. The battle against Zhang Yinli earlier had helped him acquire a deeper comprehension.

Power. The thing he needed most was power!

Nonetheless, due to the huge disparity between their cultivation bases, once Zhang Yinli adopted his essential Qi, Ou Yangming would be helpless, even if he found weak links in Zhang Yinli’s attacks.

It was true that 4 taels could be used to s.h.i.+ft 500 kilograms[1] due to leverage, but one needed to have 4 taels of power to s.h.i.+ft 500 kilograms of weight. If one did not even have that much power, one would only be crushed into powder by the heavy weight.

All of a sudden, Ou Yangming turned his head slightly, then leaped out at the speed of light. A giant wolf that was roaming in the forest suffered misfortune as a result.

The giant wolf’s size was equivalent to a boar’s, and it could rarely find a match when it fought alone in the forest. That said, when it encountered Ou Yangming and attacked his body with its claw, it could not penetrate his armor, which was at the peak of High Grade Rank Five. On the contrary, Ou Yangming stabbed its body easily with his saber. Though it was not a big wound, the Devouring attribute, which was instantly activated, caused the giant wolf to completely lose its ability to resist. The energy in its flesh and blood was used to replenish the Qi and blood consumed by Ou Yangming.

By now, the number of times Ou Yangming had used the Blood Flight Art was unknown.

Each time he used the art, his comprehension in it deepened, and he had better control over it as well.

In the beginning, if Ou Yangming had maintained his speed while using the Blood Flight Art, he would only be able to dodge two big trees before cras.h.i.+ng into the next one.

Eventually, as Ou Yangming used the Blood Flight Art more frequently and kept in mind that the Subst.i.tution Gem was his backup, he could dodge over ten big trees and fly in S-shaped paths.

Since the improvement was obvious, he became more confident in achieving the target of defeating his enemy.

Ou Yangming recovered his Qi and blood after a brief moment, they almost overflowed again. He then stood still, to recall and ponder over the exchange of blows he had with Zhang Yinli.

Each attack from Zhang Yinli’s sword was plain, but they were always locked on Ou Yangming’s body. The tactic of relying on exceptionally mighty power to suppress an enemy was truly difficult to understand.

Before long, soft sounds were heard coming from behind Ou Yangming.

He sneered. “Sir Zhang, you’re so slow.”

Zhang Yinli walked toward him slowly, his face was so dark it was terrifying. “Ou Yangming, if you’re a man, fight me properly. Is it very fun to go back and forth between fighting and fleeing?”

Ou Yangming could not help but laugh. “Okay, I won’t escape anymore if you promise me something. We’ll fight here until one of us dies.”

Zhang Yinli’s heart skipped a beat as he did not believe it, so he inhaled deeply and asked, “What is it?”

“As long as you cripple yourself of your cultivation base and lower your strength to an ordinary grade, I’ll fight you properly,” Ou Yangming answered with a smile.

‘I knew I couldn’t trust this cunning fella.’ Zhang Yinli cursed, and his face instantly darkened by another shade. Without continuing the conversation, he swayed his body and charged at Ou Yangming.

When he whipped his urumi, it looked like a hissing snake was attacking Ou Yangming’s throat.

Ou Yangming’s mental conception rose at that moment, and instantly found the attack’s flaw, or perhaps its weak point. Despite that, he thought about a problem just as he was about to swing his saber. If Ou Yangming continued to block, even if he hit the urumi’s weakest point, he still could not contend with Zhang Yinli in terms of power.

When a Yin Grade powerhouse’s essential Qi burst out, he was simply unqualified to fight against it. Therefore, there would only be one outcome at the end, which was to repeat the previous steps again. Ou Yangming would slowly be forced to a dead end, and would be pressured to escape through the Blood Flight once more.

He did not want to repeat the process anymore.

Ou Yangming suddenly turned his saber when he was struck with a thought. Instead of blocking, he actually made a slash at Zhang Yinli’s neck.

On the other hand, Zhang Yinli was aiming at Ou Yangming’s chest, but it was protected by Ou Yangming’s armor, hence he might not even be able to stab through it.

However, Ou Yangming was slas.h.i.+ng at Zhang Yinli’s neck. If it was a successful attack, Zhang Yinli’s neck would definitely have a big red scar the size of a bowl’s rim. In the case where Zhang Yinli’s head was separated from his body, n.o.body knew if another head would grow.

Zhang Yinli obviously did not believe that another head would grow from his neck, thus his face changed as he lifted his urumi a little. The sword diverted from its set course to counter Ou Yangming’s military saber instead.

He could tell that while Ou Yangming’s attack seemed like it would cause them to perish together, in reality, even after his head had been chopped off, his sword might not even have penetrated Ou Yangming’s body.

Unless Zhang Yinli’s head was kicked by a donkey, he would never accept the outcome.

Nevertheless, the moment he changed his trick, Ou Yangming exhaled deeply.

‘As long as Zhang Yinli’s afraid, and he doesn’t have the guts to perish with me, I’ll be able to unleash my skills to their greatest extent,’ the young man wondered.

Ou Yangming s.h.i.+fted his body, and moved his military saber to attack from another angle before it clashed with the sword.

The turn was simply unpredictable, and Zhang Yinli suddenly realized that his arm would be slashed by the saber if he continued to stab his sword forward.

‘I mustn’t let that happen. Although my cultivation base isn’t low, I don’t have a death-proof body, after all, so if I try to resist a weapon using my body…’ Especially since Ou Yangming’s military saber’s light was violent and contained a strange aura, Zhang Yinli was even more afraid to resist the attack with his body.