Chapter 730: Speaking Loudly (2/2)

Astonished, Xue Ding took a step backward but soon realized that he had lost his momentum by doing so. Embarrassed and angry, he roared, “Try my Windsplitter Strike!”

An azure whirlwind appeared around the young man, sweeping in everything within several dozen meters as he hurled a punch at Qianye. There were several faint wisps of azure origin power whirling around his fist—apparently, its might was extraordinary.

Qianye opened his left palm and grabbed at Xue Ding’s incoming fist. When the two came into contact, strands of origin power flew out from the man’s fist and began spinning rapidly around Qianye’s palm. The energy was like a chainsaw, attempting to cut into the body.

This astonishing origin power was so sharp that it could crush steel. Countless people had been injured by this fist, crippled before they could even react. Some even had their entire arms crushed.

Seeing that Qianye hadn’t activated his origin defenses, a smile appeared on Xue Ding’s face. However, that grin froze soon after it was formed.

Qianye grabbed the incoming fist with relative ease. That azure origin power did its utmost to cut through his skin, even producing screeching metallic sounds in the process. Yet, Qianye’s arm remained intact except perhaps for some barely discernible red marks.

Xue Ding’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets. For a moment, he couldn’t help but doubt whether this Qianye was still human or not.

But Xue Ding was still a skilled warrior who could react swiftly. Following a loud roar, he blasted Qianye with every ounce of origin power he had in store, hoping to overwhelm the opponent with his two-level advantage in cultivation.

Azure origin power gushed out from his four origin vortices and transformed into a blue-green tempest. Qianye was calm and fearless in the face of this incoming attack as faint sounds of roaring waves echoed around him. He was going to clash against the enemy with the might of his Oceanic Vortex.

As the azure storm dispersed, Xue Ding’s vision went dark and it felt as though he had been struck in the chest by a sledgehammer. He staggered several steps backward before barely finding his footing, letting out a muffled groan as fresh blood streamed down his nostrils.

“Y-You, how come…” He only managed to utter half a sentence before going mute.

Qianye also took two steps back, but he quickly stabilized himself by thrusting East Peak into the ground. He seemed perfectly normal except for a bit of pallor.

Xue Ding stared intently at Qianye, waiting for something to happen. However, Qianye’s complexion recovered swiftly thereafter and his aura picked up once more.

“Impossible!” Xue Ding cried out.

The clash just now was a direct confrontation between origin powers—there was simply no room for any tricks. The young man had thought that he could heavily injure Qianye in one blow, but unexpectedly, his azure tempest was scattered instead. Qianye didn’t seem to be feeling all that well, either, but it was a fact that Xue Ding had been completely suppressed.

At this moment, Qianye felt somewhat helpless at heart. After five consecutive rounds against the mysterious existence, his origin power and blood energy had been mostly depleted. What little remained of his origin power was barely enough to activate his Oceanic Vortex and scatter the opponent’s azure tempest. If he were in his peak state, a single blow was enough to heavily injure Xue Ding and a follow-up slash would take his life.

Even now, it was only a matter of increased effort. Despite being drained of origin power, he could still kill this fly all the same by relying on his powerful constitution and exquisite sword arts.

At the thought of this, Qianye exerted force through his right hand and picked up East Peak.

Xue Ding broke into a shiver and immediately fell back to hide amongst his Black Wolf Guards.

Qianye was somewhat astonished—this fellow’s perception toward danger was truly shocking and might very well be a type of innate talent.

Xue Ding had retreated, but someone else was rearing to go.

Sensing the killing intent, Qianye shot a glance at Iron Bear. “You brought him here?”

“So what if I did? You’re out of origin power, aren’t you?” he said coldly while drawing a scimitar from his waist.

Little Knife pulled the man back and begged, “Won’t you reconsider?”

Iron Bear swept his subordinate away and said with a sinister smile, “What is there to think about? If I don’t finish him off now, how can there be such a good opportunity in the future?”

Xue Ding saw the advantage in this situation. Waving his hand at the Black Wolf Guards, he said, “Go, all of you!”

The guards looked rather imposing as they lined up behind Iron Bear. The latter felt even bolder now and began moving toward Qianye in large strides.

Qianye smiled coldly. “It seems you’ve forgotten the lesson from before.”

“No, I remember it very well. That’s why I’m unwilling to let go of this opportunity. There should only be one person in this town who can speak loudly, and that’s me, Iron Bear!”

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