C182 (1/2)

Feeling the pressure from all around, Liu Cunxu's face became heavier and heavier. From the aura alone, Fan Qingjue's strength seemed to have increased a lot during his closed door cultivation, and in the entire dynasty, only strong people like Jian Chenzi could win against him.

To Liu Cunxu, the opponent he would face this time, would be the strongest person he had ever met. When Fan Qingjue truly displayed his own cultivation, a nervous and urgent pressure caused a wave of disappointment to rise in Liu Cunxu's heart.

After taking in a deep breath, Liu Cunxu slowly closed his eyes as spirit energy swiftly flowed through his meridians.

Following the eruption of the earthen yellow colored spiritual energy, that unusual sense of pressure actually slowly faded away. After a while, it completely dissipated, and with the support of the secret technique, the pressure Fan Qingjue felt towards Liu Cunxu had been reduced to its lowest point.

Seeing the Spirit Qi on Liu Cunxu's body, a surprised look flashed across Fan Qingjue's eyes, but he sneered and said: ”Looking at the secret techniques of your Liu Family, you have understood them better, but if this is what you rely on, then I'm afraid you will be disappointed.”

With Fan Qingjue's noise, Liu Cunxu did not care at all. He continued to instigate the spiritual energy in the body, causing the feeling of power that was surging to every inch of his body to undulate.

Liu Cunxu's disregard also caused Fan Qingjue's face to tremble, and he immediately laughed coldly. His body suddenly jerked, and an afterimage appeared. His figure, however, had already appeared in front of Liu Cunxu like a ghost!

The sudden appearance of Fan Qingjue in front of him made Liu Cunxu's pupils constrict as he inwardly exclaimed in fear. The speed of a Void Initiation Stage expert was on a completely different level, when looking at Fan Qingjue's previous movement, he was probably even faster than when he was at his full strength.

As this thought flashed through his mind, Liu Cunxu's hand was not slow. The gigantic axe instantly moved, and with a chi sound, it cut through the air, bringing a powerful force and smashed ruthlessly towards Fan Qingjue's head.

”Bam!”

As the giant axe fell, Fan Qingjue didn't dodge at all. He waved his sleeves expressionlessly, and met the axe head on. A dull sound rang out right after that.

When the giant axe and Fan Qingjue's sleeves made contact, not only did the force that was contained on it not cause Fan Qingjue to feel any pain, it was even pushed back by a sharp and powerful force.

The giant axe was bounced back by the sleeves of Fan Qingjue, causing Liu Cunxu's expression to change slightly, but before he could strike back, Fan Qingjue, who was in front of him, had already sneered, his palm twisted into a claw, and directly grabbed at Liu Cunxu's heart like lightning. From the looks of it, if he were to be hit, it would probably directly pierce through Liu Cunxu's chest, and take his heart.

With such a short distance attack, even if Liu Cunxu had a decent speed, he would not be able to dodge it. But luckily, he had a lot of experience in close combat, and as if it was a conditioned reflex, he clenched his palm into a fist and ruthlessly smashed it onto Fan Qingjue's claw.

”Chi!”

As the fist and claw clashed, Fan Qingjue's arm shook, and the skin on his arm twisted like waves, dissolving the force on Liu Cunxu's fist, while the claw, like a poisonous snake opening its mouth, fiercely bit onto Liu Cunxu's fist. With a swipe of his sharp nails, it left a few deep red wounds, and this was also because Liu Cunxu's body was extremely tough due to the spirit energy protecting his body, if it was any other person,'s entire fist would have been cut off.

The pain from his fist caused Liu Cunxu's expression to become much uglier, but he did not panic at all. With a twist of his fist, he spread out his five fingers, and changed from smashing to pushing, blocking all of Fan Qingjue's following attacks.

With Liu Cunxu's experienced fighting consciousness, even Fan Qingjue could not help but let out a cry of surprise, after which he sneered, his fists suddenly striking out again, when attacking, it would sometimes become a palm, sometimes a fist, sometimes even a claw.

All sorts of attacks were being blocked by Fan Qingjue with ease, supported by the ocean of dense and surging spirit qi, even with Liu Cunxu's strength, he retreated continuously under the constant waves of the berserk attacks, and even let out a muffled groan after a few forceful collisions, clearly showing that he had suffered a heavy injury.

In a split-second, Liu Cunxu and Fan Qingjue exchanged over a dozen moves in a flash. Both parties exchanged fists, their attacks were extremely sharp, if one was not careful, it would result in quite a few injuries, but it was not difficult for people with discerning eyes to see that Fan Qingjue had the absolute advantage, while Liu Cunxu could only barely maintain his attack.

”Bam!”

Both fists once again fiercely collided, and the continuous, wave-like force finally caused Liu Cunxu's figure to explosively retreat. With a muffled groan, a trace of blood slowly flowed down the corner of his mouth.