Chapter 400 - 382: One Against Two

After forcing back the three powerful Muscle Forging experts with a single slash, Su Yu gave them no chance to catch their breath.

His Qi and Blood once again surged violently like molten rock, and the Mo Yuan Heavy Saber in his hand let out a crisp hum. The Demon Ape Evil Qi pulsed frantically, instantly dyeing the heavy blade a blood-red interwoven with black. With a whistle that tore through the air, it slashed down at Chen Fan!

The change in technique was as fast as lightning, the descending arc of the blade carving a violent red streak through the air.

Chen Fan paled in shock. Ignoring the wound on his chest, he pushed the Cold Soul Cold Fire within him to its absolute limit. A bone-chilling blue mist erupted from the soles of his feet. Using the recoil from this frigid blast, he made a desperate retreat!

The Mo Yuan’s cold blade sliced down, narrowly missing the tip of Chen Fan’s nose. The searing, violent Evil Qi seared one side of his face, leaving the skin stinging and numb. Still, by dodging with all his might, he had managed to avoid the strike.

A flicker of surprise showed in Su Yu’s eyes. ’I didn’t expect Chen Fan to react so quickly.’

’That speed far surpasses the Ape Tendon level; even Tiger Tendon can’t match it.’

’And Chen Fan hasn’t even reached Ape Tendon. Judging by his Qi and Blood, he only recently entered the Muscle Forging realm.’

Though his strike had missed, Su Yu’s expression remained calm. Using the downward momentum, he twisted his wrist. The Mo Yuan, its forward momentum spent, carved a smooth, wide arc through the air as he transitioned into a sweeping Ape Arm Star-Picking.

To his left, Huyan Hai—the one whose chest Su Yu had sliced open, the most grievously wounded of the three—was clutching the gushing wound in terror, frantically stumbling backward.

Just as a flicker of relief at having survived appeared in his eyes, his vision was filled by a cold, brilliant, crescent-shaped arc of light.

SCHLICK!

Su Yu pushed the speed of this slash to its absolute limit. Though he hadn’t intentionally channeled his Demon Ape Evil Qi or Demon-Slaying Saber Stance, the inherent edge of the Profound Tier Treasure Saber was still horrifyingly sharp.

The arc of the blade slid through Huyan Hai’s thick neck and resilient Great Tendons as if cutting through soft clay, meeting no resistance.

A head, its face a mask of horror, flew into the air, followed by a torrent of warm blood that spewed several feet high!

Su Yu fluidly retracted his saber and, with a gentle flick of his wrist...

SPLAT.

...flung the few drops of viscous blood from the Mo Yuan’s edge onto the mud. The heavy, jet-black blade was once again restored to its profound, spotless, inky hue.

’Worthy of a Profound Tier heavy blade.’ Su Yu thought, a flicker of satisfaction in his heart as he stroked the saber’s spine. ’If the Mo Yuan hadn’t been upgraded, that last slash would have likely been blocked by his powerful body when it hit his steel-cable-like Tiger Tendons. It would have been impossible to decapitate him so cleanly with a single strike.’

Meanwhile, Chen Fan, who had already retreated to the edge of the courtyard, watched wide-eyed as the formidable Huyan Hai failed to last even two moves against Su Yu before being killed instantly. His heart plunged into an icy abyss.

’Damn it! How can Su Yu be this strong? What realm is he in? And where did he learn those demonic saber techniques? Huyan Hai was a powerful Martial Arts expert at the Great Success stage of the Tiger Tendon Realm!’

"Chen Fan, today you die."

Su Yu’s expression was frigid. He held the Mo Yuan Heavy Saber in a reverse grip, his boots squelching on the blood-soaked mud as he advanced on his opponent.

Moonlight slanted down from behind, stretching the shadow of his black-clad figure until it was impossibly long. He looked like a God of Slaughter stepping out of the darkness.

Across from him, Chen Fan swallowed hard and took an instinctive step back.

This was supposed to be a foolproof death trap he’d laid with the Huyan Family. Yet, in the end, he was so terrified by this one man and his saber that he couldn’t even summon the courage to meet his gaze.

At the thought, intense humiliation and anger gnawed at his heart like vipers.

"Huyan Tuoba! Stop holding back! Let’s attack together!"

Chen Fan roared, his face contorted in a ferocious snarl. "I refuse to believe this brat can keep up that explosive power! That last attack must have consumed a huge amount of his Qi and Blood! If we team up, we can still bury him here today!"

Huyan Tuoba snorted. The pride of a veteran Jiao Tendon expert wouldn’t let him accept the humiliation of being repelled by a single slash from some Ape Tendon upstart. If he didn’t take Su Yu’s head today, he could forget about ever showing his face in public again!

"Again!"

Huyan Tuoba roared, and in the same instant, both his and Chen Fan’s Qi and Blood erupted. The ground beneath them cracked and shattered under the violent pressure. Two afterimages—one from the left, one from the right—shot toward Su Yu once more, whistling through the air!

Su Yu’s eyes narrowed as he calmly met their assault, his Mo Yuan a blur of constant motion.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The three treasure blades clashed at extreme speed within the small courtyard.

The heavy sword, relying on weight over sharpness, swung in wide, open arcs. The long saber, wreathed in strange fire, struck with cunning and unpredictable angles. Yet Su Yu stood firm at the center. Bolstered by the twin powers of the Demon Ape Evil Qi and the Demon-Slaying Saber Stance, his Mo Yuan Heavy Saber felt as heavy as a mountain.

Qi and Blood churned as saber aura filled the air.

Stray blasts of sharp energy shot out like thousands of invisible, armor-piercing needles, riddling the already dilapidated wooden gate, doors, and windows with holes.

After dozens of exchanges, Su Yu still seemed to be fighting effortlessly, despite being besieged by the two experts. In fact, relying on his profound foundation and astonishing saber skills, he was beginning to gain the upper hand.

At this point in the fight, Chen Fan’s frantic heart finally sank.

He was now certain: Su Yu’s combat prowess defied all logic. The heavy saber in his opponent’s hands was faintly imbued with two powerful Martial Arts stances simultaneously. The explosive pressure from one of them far surpassed the Demon-Slaying Saber Stance that Chen Fan himself had mastered!

’Damn it! Damn it! What kind of monster is this bastard?!’

In that instant, Chen Fan felt as if he were back at the White Ape Martial Arts Hall, overcome by that same profound sense of powerlessness as he watched Su Yu close the gap, step by step, and ultimately leave him in the dust.

’No!’

’I’m a true genius who has awakened a Spirit Body! How could I possibly lose to a country bumpkin like you?’

’Die!’

Chen Fan’s face twisted like a demon’s as he frantically, almost self-destructively, squeezed every last drop of his boiling essence blood. The wisp of Cold Soul Spirit Fire in his Dantian flared, transforming into a bone-chilling, violent energy that surged into the Great Tendons of his arms.

"Huyan Tuoba! Use everything you’ve got!"

Chen Fan roared. Under the power of the Cold Soul Spirit Fire, his previously dim long saber suddenly blazed with a spectral, ice-blue flame.

"Demon-slaying Mountain Splitting!"

He stomped hard on the ground, and with a spray of shattered stone, he flashed in front of Su Yu. He raised the long saber high with both hands, the ice-blue flames casting a ghastly blue glow over him and the night sky for dozens of feet around. Then, he brought the saber cleaving down!

At the same time, Huyan Tuoba, furious after his prolonged, unsuccessful attacks, moved in perfect coordination.

His bones crackled as he activated Jiao Tendon Locking Bone, pushing his body’s explosive power to its absolute limit. The black Wide-Blade Heavy Sword in his hands reflected the stark white moonlight as he unleashed a ferociously powerful horizontal sweep, rushing toward Su Yu’s waist like a wicked dragon emerging from the abyss!

A saber from above and a sword from below—both were all-out attacks from the two Muscle Forging masters. The air shrieked, compressed by the two domineering forces.

Facing this pincer attack, Su Yu’s expression remained as still and placid as the depths of a dark pool.

"Frenzy Demon Vibration!"

His chest heaved. In that instant, his Great Tendons unleashed a frantic, rapid-fire succession of twangs, like a torrential rain drumming against roof tiles!

He gripped the Mo Yuan with both hands in a reverse grip, instantly whirling the heavy saber into a black storm of light so dense that not even a drop of water could penetrate it. The power of his saber stance crested in waves, one higher than the last. Each strike was freighted with crushing pressure and savage Evil Qi, as if a Demon Ape had descended upon the world!

CLANG-CLANG-CLANG-CLANG-CLANG—

A deafening cacophony of clashing metal erupted.

Although Chen Fan’s Cold Soul Spirit Fire erupted with a ferocious power comparable to the peak of the Tiger Tendon Realm, it was still not enough to faze Su Yu, whose absolute combat strength was on par with the Jiao Tendon Realm.

In just three exchanges, the ice-blue flames on Chen Fan’s saber were brutally ripped to shreds by the Demon Ape Evil Qi on Su Yu’s heavy saber.

Taking advantage of the momentum from his swing, Su Yu executed a Demon Ape’s Abyss Leap. The instant their weapons clashed, a tyrannical, mountain-shattering force poured out like a flash flood, sending the flanking Huyan Tuoba flying backward.

After repelling the stronger Huyan Tuoba, Su Yu didn’t pause. He transitioned the Mo Yuan Heavy Saber into a cunning and swift downward thrust.

"Extreme Realm Demon-Slaying Thrust!"

On the sharp tip of the Mo Yuan Heavy Saber, a burst of Gang Force condensed, so tangible it seemed solid, glowing with a blinding red light.

’Die!’

Su Yu’s expression was ruthless as he thrust the saber straight at Chen Fan’s heart like a bolt of lightning!

A premonition of death instantly washed over Chen Fan.

Terrified out of his wits, he frantically activated the last wisp of spirit fire in his Dantian, pouring every bit of Qi and Blood he could muster into his arms to block the attack with his blade.

BANG—

The two terrifying streams of Gang Force collided.

The Treasure Saber blocking Chen Fan’s chest shattered like brittle ice under the piercing red light at the Mo Yuan’s tip. Countless sharp fragments shot outward on the blast of energy, one of them grazing Chen Fan’s cheek and drawing a spray of blood.

Having shattered the obstacle, the Mo Yuan Heavy Saber continued its unstoppable advance toward Chen Fan’s chest.

Chen Fan’s feet carved two visible trenches in the earth as he retreated for his life. He flew backward until he crashed through the old house’s wooden door, landing in a pathetic heap on the muddy ground outside the courtyard.

Just when he thought he had narrowly escaped the killing blow...

THUMP!

Although the tip of the Mo Yuan hadn’t touched his flesh, the projectile of Gang Force—powered by the Extreme Realm Demon-Slaying Thrust and condensed from both the Demon Ape Evil Qi and the Demon-Slaying Saber Stance—shot from the blade like a bolt from an armor-piercing crossbow, striking Chen Fan squarely in the chest!

Blood sprayed into the air!

The resilient Great Tendons and bone in his chest were instantly shredded, leaving a ghastly, teacup-sized hole so deep his bones were visible. Blood gushed from it like a fountain.

Chen Fan collapsed, his face ashen. He clutched his chest in terror. If he had been a fraction of a second slower, that projectile of bone-penetrating Gang Force would have pierced his heart and killed him instantly!

He looked on in despair at the figure of Su Yu, who was now handily suppressing Huyan Tuoba under the moonlight.

His heart filled with a maelstrom of negative emotions: terror, indignation, jealousy, and utter bewilderment.

"Why?! I paid such a heavy price, I even awakened a Spirit Body! Why am I still no match for you? Su Yu, what the hell kind of freak are you?!"