Chapter 1207: Chapter 1179: Duanmu Wuliang in Despair
The characteristic of unsheathing the sword, akin to its homonym, is utterly ’domineering’—it can cut down one person or a thousand!
And the characteristic of drawing the sword lies in one word: ’speed.’
At present, Li Chen’s fastest strike can indeed be described as ’drawing the sword.’
The speed of this strike, especially at Yu Lian’s most awkward moment, left him no time to react and he was cut down by Li Chen in one swift move.
A thin line appeared on Yu Lian’s neck.
With difficulty, he glanced at the gradually failing weapon in his hand, a faint trace of helplessness and melancholy in his eyes.
"I didn’t expect that in the end, I’d die at your hands." At this moment, Yu Lian’s demeanor was unexpectedly calm.
The potent life force of an Earth-level expert prevented instant death, but his life force was rapidly waning, and this depletion was irreversible.
"Actually, in the beginning, I felt nothing but dislike for you, just like with your father. In my eyes, people like you could never understand the struggles of those like us who climb up slowly from being loose cultivators, relying only on our own power." Yu Lian looked at Li Chen and spoke softly.
Li Chen shook his head without arguing. Only he knew how he had cultivated to his current strength.
"But later, I understood." Yu Lian said: "No one can gain power from nothing; the greater the power, the more effort one must put in."
"Before, I merely failed to strive and made excuses for my lack of effort." Yu Lian’s gaze became increasingly dim: "I only understood this after meeting you."
"I don’t know why, but I feel like you won’t fall so easily. If I could die at the hands of someone who will one day be the top-level powerhouse among martial artists, could that count as a kind of honor?" Yu Lian laughed at himself.
Li Chen didn’t reply to Yu Lian’s words. Instead, he turned his gaze to Duanmu Wuliang not far away.
Because right after uttering those words, Yu Lian’s aura disappeared completely.
And the thin line on his neck burst open instantly, turning into a hideous wound.
Li Chen’s strike had completely breached Yu Lian’s defense, cutting through his throat.
No matter how strong he was, recovering from such an injury was hopeless.
"You... actually killed Yu Lian?" Duanmu Wuliang’s eyes showed disbelief.
"What else did you think?" Li Chen spoke calmly.
He lured the two here to kill them, and until they were dead, the resentment in Li Chen’s heart could not be quelled.
Even though Li Chen knew there were others behind the scenes, without killing these two, the resentment in his heart could not dissipate.
Earth-level warriors pursue a state of mental clarity to better understand and perceive.
At an unknown moment, Duanmu Wuliang noticed a fine layer of sweat on the hand gripping his chain.
Though his personality was somewhat manic, mania did not mean unafraid of death.
Initially, he thought that partnering with Yu Lian, no matter how strong Li Chen’s power was, both could handle him. But no one expected that Yu Lian would die so quickly.
Moreover, it seemed Yu Lian’s strength was even superior to his own!
Now, left alone, how could he confront the monstrous young man before him?
Li Chen did not give him much time to think. As Duanmu Wuliang was still pondering, Li Chen had already acted again.
His figure turned into a blood-colored stream of light in an instant, charging towards Duanmu Wuliang.
Seeing the shadow suddenly appear before him, Duanmu Wuliang instinctively swung the chain in his hand.
The chain struck the ground heavily with a thunderous roar.
However, before him, there was nothing but air.
Only floating dust and red... hair?
With hardly a thought, Duanmu Wuliang swiftly looped the chain around himself.
"Clang!!"
A loud noise echoed from behind.
The Red Moon directly struck the chain and, using the chain, crashed against Duanmu Wuliang’s back, sending him flying in an instant.
"Boom!!"
He crashed heavily into a tree nearly needing four or five people to circle. Duanmu Wuliang felt his bones ache all over, his vision nearly blacked out, and the tree behind him shuddered violently, a large swath of leaves shaking loose.
"So... strong!"
Previously, with Yu Lian’s restraint, he hadn’t really felt it. But now, with him alone, he could clearly sense Li Chen’s immense strength.
Li Chen watched Duanmu Wuliang calmly, his long blood-red hair waving in the breeze, and his serene eyes bore undisguised killing intent as if he were looking at a dead man.
Duanmu Wuliang carefully pondered but sadly found that under Li Chen’s ghostly speed, he had no chance to escape.
"Must I die?" Looking at Li Chen, Duanmu Wuliang gritted his teeth and asked.
"You must die." Li Chen nodded: "I won’t say things like paying the price for what you’ve done... this is just because I want to kill you."
"And you, you’re no match for me, so you must die."
Li Chen’s gaze was that of a man declaring a simple fact, as if it were something straightforward.
Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, a faint grin appeared on Duanmu Wuliang’s face.
What Li Chen said made sense indeed.
No grand narrative of cause and effect, just a simple truth. Li Chen wanted to kill him, and he lacked the power to resist, thus, he was doomed.
The faint grin suddenly turned into a manic laughter.
"Hahahaha..." Duanmu Wuliang’s laughter sounded somewhat hysterical: "This world, after all, is like this. The weak are meat for the strong to eat, the strong survive, and the weak can only die!"
"However, if you want to kill me, you’d better show genuine skill, or else, I’ll bite back." Duanmu Wuliang’s eyes were filled with madness.
In this moment, he no longer evaded but charged at Li Chen instead.
Seeing Duanmu Wuliang’s bizarre move, Li Chen frowned.
For some reason, at that moment, a vague sense of foreboding arose in his heart, could this guy have some plan, daring to approach him like this?
"Not good!"
As if he figured something out, Li Chen’s expression suddenly changed.
Instantly, Li Chen extended his perception to the maximum.
Sure enough, within Duanmu Wuliang’s body, erupted a terrifying energy far beyond what his current strength should allow at its limit.
"Planning to self-destruct?" Li Chen’s face darkened: "It’s not that easy!"