Chapter 488: Fighting Bai Shuihe Again (2/2)

Xiao Chen could not help but look at the Lunar Shadow Saber in his hand. If Ao Jiao was here, given her experience, she would be able to come out with an answer for him immediately.

At this moment, Xiao Chen could not help but miss Ao Jiao. Back then, she had accompanied the Thunder Emperor and climbed to the eighth floor with him—a height that no one had reached for ten thousand years.

Ao Jiao definitely understood this Ancient Desolate Tower much better than Xiao Chen.

Should I take on this attack or not? Xiao Chen experienced a hesitation that he had never felt before.

Dummy, why do you not dare to take it on? You just need to stay alive. Why are you so afraid?

Suddenly, a melodious voice rang in his head. Xiao Chen immediately rejoiced and asked, Ao Jiao, when did you wake up?

From within the Lunar Shadow Saber, as per Ao Jiao’s custom, she ridiculed Xiao Chen. Stop your nonsense. He made all that effort to give you some pointers, so stop saying meaningless things. Just agree to it. He is just a Minor Heavenly Martial Emperor and he dares to put on such airs.

Xiao Chen felt put on the spot. Regardless of what kind of Martial Emperor he is, he is still a Martial Emperor. You may look down on him, but he is still able to crush me with a finger.

When Bai Shuihe saw the odd expression on Xiao Chen’s face, doubt flashed in his eyes. After a while, he said, “Who is hiding there? Come out!”

Xiao Chen’s right hand moved forward. The Lunar Shadow Saber in his hand started to tremble uncontrollably, like it would be unsheathed at any moment.

“Boom!”

Xiao Chen did his best to hold Ao Jiao back but still failed in the end. Then, she appeared with a melodious hum.

When Bai Shuihe saw Ao Jiao, he relaxed. He smiled and said, “No wonder I was thinking that you seemed familiar. So, you are Sang Mu’s inheritor. Little Ao Jiao, it has been a few thousand years and you dare to slight this Minor Heavenly Martial Emperor senior. You are ambitious, really ambitious!”

However, Ao Jiao did not have a happy expression at all. She seemed depressed as she looked at Bai Shuihe. “This chap…I wasted a year’s effort because of you. Later, I’ll have to go and swallow up that Saber Spirit again.”

Bai Shuihe had a lukewarm smile as he said, “There is always a price for speaking behind another person’s back.”

Xiao Chen suddenly understood. The statue the Thunder Emperor challenged three thousand years ago was Bai Shuihe as well. Although it happened in a different way, three thousand years later, he ended up challenging the same person. In the end, he would be stopped by Bai Shuihe.

Bai Shuihe turned back to Xiao Chen and said, “There is no one disturbing you now. Make your own decision. Do you dare to receive an attack from me or not?!”

Xiao Chen had made his decision the instant Ao Jiao came out. Now that Bai Shuihe asked again, he did not hesitate to say “I dare to!”

Bai Shuihe smiled gently and did not say anything more. He grabbed the saber on his back, quickly drew it, and thrust it at Xiao Chen. The attack was extremely sharp.

“Ka ca!”

Xiao Chen did not even think. He immediately drew the Lunar Shadow Saber and held it across his chest. He stared very tightly at Bai Shuihe’s right hand, which was holding his saber.

The nervousness that Xiao Chen expected did not appear. In the instant before the battle, all his hesitations and misgivings disappeared; he became very calm.

When Ao Jiao saw this, her eyes lit up. She revealed a faint smile like a crescent moon.

The person who could pull out the Thunder Wood Sword is definitely not trash, Ao Jiao thought to herself.

“Xiu!”

Xiao Chen did not have to wait long for Bai Shuihe’s attack. The attack was purely an attack.

Bai Shuihe did not use his aura to pressure Xiao Chen, nor his Mental Energy to confuse Xiao Chen’s heart. This attack was just a plain hack without any intricacy.

Bai Shuihe simply leaped into the air and hacked down with a saber light.

Xiao Chen found the attack incredulously simple. There are hundreds of weak points revealed in this attack. I would be able to break it by casually choosing one. This Martial Emperor’s attack is too much of a joke.

Wait, that’s not right. If it was so simple, then how would it kill people? There must be something I do not know about, something profound. I should keep watching.

Xiao Chen’s mind raced as fast as lightning. After he a.n.a.lyzed all the information, he discovered the trick to it.

The opponent left his center open. All I have to do is to stab towards his heart and he will be forced to pull his saber back to defend.

However, he is wielding his saber with one hand. The way he holds the saber places it at a ninety-degree angle from his chest. If I attack his chest, he can twist his saber quickly. Given the length of his serrated saber, he would be able to injure me first.

The height at which he jumped is exactly half a body’s length higher than me. His feet are spread apart and can change direction at any time. No matter where I flee to, I will not be able to run.

The direction of the attack seems like it is moving from up to down. However, his body is tilted forward by thirty degrees, so this attack can also be seen as down to up.

The more Xiao Chen a.n.a.lyzed, the more tricks he saw in this plain attack. His opponent seemed to have considered everything already.

It was very plain without any intricacy. This was probably what was meant by the adage “The great Dao is revealed in extreme simplicity.”

When Bai Shuihe was a Martial Sage, his Four Season Saber Technique had unlimited forms. The amount of states and mysterious phenomena it displayed was dizzying.

However, Xiao Chen still managed to find a way to deal with them at the crucial moment; he even managed to counterattack.

However, now that Xiao Chen’s opponent reached Martial Emperor, his simple attack seemed unbreakable and unblockable.

No wonder Bai Shuihe said that there was no difference between one move and ten moves now that he reached this cultivation realm.

This move contained at least ten saber moves, it would not seem exaggerated if it were thousands of saber moves.

I should use the Roaming Dragon’s Nine Transformations. No, he will be able to figure out my true body with one glance. Then, he would be able to hack me in half in an instant.