Chapter 410 - Sword Fight, Helper, and Underhanded Kill (1/2)

“Just come at me if you can!”

Zhang Che wasn’t afraid of this man. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying at top speed, heading deeper into the mountain forest without any care.

“You’re dead meat, Zhang Che!” Miyazaki Musashi roared, his eyes red. The peculiar-looking bird underneath him suddenly expelled a powerful jet of air from its rear end, increasing its speed considerably.

The peculiar bird’s speed was already on par with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Now that it was pushed ahead by the jet, it surpassed the speed of sound and produced a violent boom, chasing after Zhang Che.

Zhang Che couldn’t resist turning his head around to take a look when he heard the rumble from behind, and was instantly given a shock.

“Damn, such a sly fellow! He actually hid his real strength while battling that exotic beast!”

Zhang Che wasn’t surprised that the middle-aged man called out his name, however. It would only be strange if he didn’t even know Zhang Che’s name after trailing him all the way from Cang Long City.

“But, why do I feel like that fellow’s intonation is a little off…?”

Zhang Che was focused on running for his life, and couldn’t point out what exactly was off. In any case, he felt that although the middle-aged man’s Mandarin was extremely well-practiced, it gave off a slightly strange feeling.

Perhaps, he was affected by his dialect from somewhere…?

After Miyazaki Musashi’s peculiar bird brought out its supersonic speed, they quickly closed to within two hundred meters of Zhang Che in only a few breaths’ time.

At this time, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon still hadn’t brought out his potential.

“Surrender yourself, Zhang Che!” Miyazaki Musashi roared. The white sword shot out from his brow once more, slashing straight towards the back of Zhang Che’s head like a bolt of lightning.

Zhang Che was furious. -You think you’re the only one that knows swordplay!?-

While instructing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to use his potential to bring up their speed, Zhang Che turned his head around and summoned a scarlet light from his brow, receiving the attack from the rapidly approaching white sword.

“Do you think I have no idea that you have a spiritual sword fragment as well? Today I’ll show you the real…” Seeing Zhang Che finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and brought out his spiritual sword fragment, Miyazaki Musashi sneered coldly. He directed his own spiritual sword fragment, intending to veer pass Zhang Che’s and directly cut him down. In the next moment, however, his face stiffened, and his eyes went wide, like he just seen a ghost.

He saw that his spiritual sword fragment had clearly avoided Zhang Che’s, but a violent spark erupted in the air all the same. There was an explosion, and the two spiritual sword fragments were forced apart.

“How is that possible!?” Miyazaki Musashi was in disbelief. -How can a mid-tier beastmaster control his spiritual sword fragment so freely and stop my attack!?-

Ahead of him, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had erupted his potential and sped up, barely avoiding being caught by Miyazaki Musashi.

Zhang Che didn’t show any excitement after blocking his foe’s attack. Instead, his brow was furrowed.

“As I expected, his spiritual sword fragment is metal-attributed, specializing in killing. Also, the quality of his spiritual sword fragment seems to be really decent. If this continues, mine will surely be damaged…”

Although he thought that, Zhang Che had no choice but to direct the scarlet sword to defend himself a few more times while facing Miyazaki Musashi’s continuous attacks with his white sword.

Every clash of the swords made Zhang Che feel a little more bitter inside. He could feel that if this continued, his scarlet sword might be damaged.

After all, the quality of his opponent’s spiritual sword fragment was slightly better, in addition to his superior spiritual strength. If Zhang Che didn’t have the golden vortex, he could not hope to be a match for him.

“I can’t continue like this! Otherwise, once my sword is damaged, I will have no way to defend against his attacks!”

To put it plainly, it was the suppression of a high-tier beastmaster against a mid-tier beastmaster. Zhang Che couldn’t rely on his subdued beasts to claim victory over his foe, so he had no way to defend himself.

“Perhaps I can have the golden vortex erupt again and wield both swords at the same time? Combining both my spiritual sword fragments should be enough to cut down this man…”

However, when he thought of the golden vortex falling into a deep slumber after erupting, Zhang Che couldn’t bring himself to do it.

His strength would fall drastically if he couldn’t wield the spiritual sword fragments. If he encountered any other dangers in the future, he would have no method to save himself.

More importantly, after the golden vortex erupted, it wouldn’t be easy for Zhang Che to awaken it again. He was merely lucky the last time. Heavens knew how long it would be before he woke it again. In the end, Zhang Che felt that doing so wasn’t worth it.

“Hanming, please do your best! In any case, as long as you don’t die, you’ll recover!”

Zhang Che felt his heart ache after fending off Miyazaki Musashi’s attacks a few more times. He could only keep urging the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, hoping for this fellow to try harder to speed up a little more.

Being deep in the beast world, as long as they could hold out for some time, Zhang Che would naturally have a way to set up that middle-aged man.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon understood Zhang Che’s anxiety. He fanned the abyssal cold aura in his body without any care for his life, and further increased his speed, pulling their distance from Miyazaki Musashi to more than two hundred meters away.