Chapter 161 - Refining Flame Fist!
Both parties spared the pleasantries, and the inevitable fight broke out immediately. They were not idiotic enough to talk a bunch before fighting.
“Long Chen, be careful!”
She knew something was wrong when she saw both of them running towards her.
Long Chen is the weaker one. What they should’ve done was send one person to stop me while the other went and attacked Long Chen. If they are both attacking me ... That means they want to defeat me in one strike!
She was right. Two strategies could be employed here. Either distract her and attack Long Chen, or attack her together to bring her down.
Cutting through the pitch-black darkness, the two cultivators ran like the wind and disrupted the peace of the place. They were soon in front of Yin Mengyao and used the same technique.
“Refining Flame Fist!”
The technique was similar to Long Chen’s Burning Devil Sun Fist, Blazing Flames. Both of them were equal in strength and had the same destructive power. Since both were at the mid Earthly Core Realm, the attack was impressive!
Yin Mengyao realized she had underestimated them. Those who had managed to obtain a spot to compete in the qualifiers were all geniuses.
She had to use her full strength to stop their attacks. But if she did so, she wouldn’t be able to help Long Chen.
Yin Mengyao chose to attack. She had faith in Long Chen that he would be able to survive the attack.
Long Chen did technically defeat an Earthly Core Realm cultivator even though he was at the Human Core Realm, so he shouldn’t get defeated that fast ...
“This woman is amazing!”
Yin Mengyao clashed with the two cultivators but did not show any sign of losing. Her barrage of frost palms made both of the Red family cultivators unable to approach her.
“Glacier Seal!”
Facing Yin Mengyao’s intense attack, the duo from the Red family looked at each other and unleashed another strong burst of the Refining Flame Fist.
Their techniques clashed together and sent leaves flying away from the shockwave.
Several thick trees even snapped in half and fell down.
“Now!” one of the Red family youths shouted. The other ran towards Long Chen, dodging Yin Mengyao in the process.
“I’ve been had!”
Yin Mengyao panicked.
She was so fixated on defeating the two of them that she didn’t realize that they had been controlling the flow of the battle. They had gradually pulled her away from Long Chen, especially after she used Glacier Seal! She was sent tens of meters away by the impact.
Once they were far enough, the stronger of the Red family youths blocked Yin Mengyao from running back to Long Chen while the other ran away from her to attack Long Chen.
Mid Earthly Core Realm. Even though he’s not as strong as Chu Yunxi, he's ten times stronger than Feng Wutian!
Long Chen felt pressured when the Red family youth ran towards him.
After learning that she had been tricked, she was angry and ran towards Long Chen without hesitation.
“You might be smart, but do you think you can stop me alone?”
“Without Mo Xiaolang, you are the first genius of the Silver family that could compete for the top three spots of the outer family. Even though I’m not as strong as you, I am confident that I can hold you long enough for my brother to kill that brat!”
Time was of the essence!
As long as they could hold Yin Mengyao back, they would win.
After learning that Yin Mengyao’s teammate was Long Chen, everyone had decided to target them. The Red family were the ones who had ascended the mountain just before Long Chen, so they knew their rough location.
“Long Chen, be careful!”
All Yin Mengyao could do for now was swat the annoying fly in front of her as fast as she could!
Long Chen looked at the youth who was running towards him and smiled.
You have the honor of being the first opponent I fight since I entered the Earthly Core Realm. Come, let me see if I can defeat you without using the Dragon Soul Transformation.
Even if he didn’t activate the Dragon Soul Transformation, his Qi quality was four times higher than regular Qi, which meant that he was roughly half a step into the mid Earthly Core Realm.
Plus, he had the Level Two Blazing Thunder Combat Body.
It’s just that no one knew about it.
Long Chen suddenly moved and ran backwards when he saw the youth approaching him.
“You bastard! Don’t run!”
Seeing how spineless Long Chen was, the youth shouted in a panic. If he couldn’t catch up to Long Chen, his brother would be defeated by Yin Mengyao soon!
Thankfully, Long Chen was not running very fast. The youth ran as fast as he could and slowly caught up.
But even if he did, both of them would be out of Yin Mengyao’s vision.
What is he doing? Why is he so cowardly?
Yin Mengyao was speechless. If Long Chen had stayed where she could see him, she could help him. Now that he had run away while she was being held up by the other guy, she would not be able to help Long Chen if the other person decided to kill him!
“Looks like your teammate is very cowardly.”
The youth chuckled.
“You think you have the time to taunt me? How long do you think you can last against me?”
Yin Mengyao launched a flurry of attacks while dissing back.
The only thing she could do now was defeat the youth in front of her as fast as she could.
Long Chen, on the other hand, had successfully run away from Yin Mengyao’s range of vision while kiting the other youth.
The reason why he didn’t want Yin Mengyao to see him was because he was playful and wanted to make others think he was weak. Even though he was strong, he did not want to reveal it yet.
“Why did you stop running?”
The youth saw Long Chen smiling at him menacingly.
“What’s your name?” Long Chen asked earnestly.
“Chen Xin.”
Chen Xin felt like something was off after announcing his name. His brother was holding off Yin Mengyao with his life, so why was he answering Long Chen’s question so leisurely?
Chen Xin was pissed.
“Die!”
He rushed at Long Chen without any warning!
“I’m just asking your name. Why are you so angry?”
Long Chen knew that the youth was short on time, so he was stalling. Long Chen used the Nine Heavens Dragon Step and increased his speed, causing the other youth to be unable to hit him.
What the? Even though he had used a Body Combat technique, he shouldn’t be able to move this fast!
He was shocked, but he did not stop attacking.
“Shit! Stop avoiding it!”
Chen Xin was close to going crazy from rage.
“I’m clearly a man and yet you kept chasing me nonstop. I’m scared!”
Long Chen laughed and teased him.
Chen Xin somehow fell for that taunt.
“You dare spout lies! Die!
“Refining Flame Fist! Fortress Burning Flame!”
He used the intermediate Black-tier techniques masterfully.
I might not be able to win against him using the Burning Devil Sun Fist without transforming. Let’s try this instead.
It was time to be serious. On the other side, the angry Yin Mengyao had almost defeated the other youth.
Long Chen stopped and looked at Chen Xin’s attacks.
Let me show you the strength of an advanced Black-tier technique!
Seeing Long Chen finally stop running, Chen Xin sighed in relief.
I still have time to help my brother once I defeat Long Chen! Damn, he runs so fast.
Chen Xin increased the strength of his attacks and engulfed the area around them in flames.
Just then, a single twinkle of starlight appeared on Long Chen’s right index finger.
The light seemed weak, but Long Chen’s hand was already shaking from trying to control its power!
The Refining Flame Fist almost enveloped Long Chen when he gently waved his right hand. A single starlight shot towards Chen Xin, destroying the Refining Flame Fist at the same time!
“Sword Devil Finger!”
The air was torn apart and Chen Xin felt his vision go black before he felt intense pain in his arm. The attack had struck his arm, but the impact from it made him spit blood.
What was that technique?!
Chen Xin’s face was pale from the attack. His Refining Flame Fist had been completely obliterated and the light had sent him flying backwards, pinning him to a tree.
His entire arm was essentially gone at this point. He cried out in pain from the wound, but an elbow knocked him out in the next instant.
“One jade bracelet, just like that!”
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