Chapter 45 (1/2)

Chapter 45: What Monster is He!

Skydemon Sect’s Eastcalm Branch Master, Murong You, and Vice Branch Master, Tu Shang, were originally filled with confidence. They initially wanted to corner Meng Chuan from three sides and capture him alive.

But who would have thought the fleeing Meng Chuan would suddenly turn around and attack!

That strike was too amazing! The beautiful saber strike even formed a dazzling saber beam that was over 100 feet long! It killed their companion with a single slash.

Brother Gao died just like that? One strike? Tu couldn’t help but feel fear rising in his heart.

That saber strike. The white-browed man—Murong You—was equally alarmed. That strike was too fast and too sudden. Only I will be capable of blocking it. Brother Gao and Brother Tu aren’t able to defend against it. This Meng Chuan is only 17 years old this year! He used one strike to kill Brother Gao, who can release his demonic aura. What kind of monster is he?

This Meng Chuan is too strong. He’s no weaker than the legendary geniuses. Tu was fl.u.s.tered. Meng Chuan was simply too powerful, so powerful that it was inconceivable. Indeed, such terrifying geniuses were only found in legends.

“Meng Chuan, Meng Chuan…” The hunchbacked man, who only had his upper torso left, grabbed the ground with his claws. He was tenacious, and he continued to stare at Meng Chuan. For an expert like him, he could still stay alive for a while despite his body being cut in two.

Instead of fleeing, Meng Chuan stopped and looked at the hunchbacked man.

Pfft.

With a blade flash, a red dot appeared between the hunchbacked man’s eyebrows. Only then did his eyes widen, and pupils dilate. His arms collapsed limply and did not make another sound.

Following which, Meng Chuan’s gaze landed on Tu, and he spoke softly, “It’s your turn.” After speaking, his figure blurred as he dashed towards Tu. Meng Chuan had been acting all along.

It was due to lacking choices.

He determined that the white-browed man was extremely powerful from his aura, much more powerful than his father or Uncle Liu. Even if he used all of his strength and fused the Power of the Soul, he didn’t have the confidence to deal with him at all. Therefore, he decided to kill the weaker enemies one by one! He deliberately fled towards the hunchbacked man and baited him into chasing.

The Saber Drawing Stance’s speed was actually secondary. His plan was a psychological strategy. It was to trick his enemies into believing they could capture him easily. The moment the opponent was about to catch up, he drew his saber!

It was completely unexpected. The enemy would be caught off-guard. And at that defenseless moment—a split-second—the saber beam would slice through the opponent’s neck.

Therefore, psychological strategies were essential to the Saber Drawing Stance. Psychology played a big factor in whether he could unleash this attack well. The other factor was his diligent 8000 repet.i.tions a day.

If they were to engage in direct combat, both sides would be extremely focused and go all out. Even if Meng Chuan used Lightning Ultimate Saber Drawing Stance, the hunchbacked man would instinctively defend against it. The threat of this strike would have been halved, lowering Meng Chuan’s chances of killing him. After all, his opponent was a Seamless realm expert who had comprehended Force and could cast demonic spells.

This was how life-and-death battles were. Psychology, environment, condition while in battle. All sorts of factors determined a battle’s outcome.

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Upon seeing Meng Chuan kill Gao and rush over to him, Tu’s heart skipped a beat. He was afraid! “Brother, save me.” Tu turned around and fled towards Murong You.

Murong You also charged at his companion with all his might. Before Meng Chuan could catch up to Tu, he reached Tu.

“Prepare to die.” Murong You didn’t hesitate in the slightest. He brandished his scimitars and chopped at the charging Meng Chuan.

Oh? Meng Chuan frowned.

The two scimitars struck out with a gray demonic aura, slicing the air apart like tofu. No saber beam was formed. Saber beams were high-pressure airwaves formed by the compressed air due to cleaving the air. At Murong You’s realm, he was able to stir the Heaven and Earth powers, causing air to no longer be an obstruction.

These two strikes were very clear in his “senses” and terrifying. They were in no way inferior to his Lightning Ultimate Saber Drawing Stance.

I won’t be able to defend against such a move if I don’t fuse my Power of the Soul with my body. Cognizant of this point, Meng Chuan turned around and swiftly circled the area about sixty feet away.

Whoosh.

Using his movement technique, he was like a hunting wolf as he circled around Murong You and Tu. Occasionally, he would rush forward to deliver a blow.

Tu lacked the confidence to fight him head-on. All he did was dodge time and time again.

“He’s too fast.” Tu immediately asked, “Brother, what do we do?”

“His speed is greater than mine. Even if he has the Lightning Divine Body that’s best at speed, he shouldn’t be this fast. How robust is his G.o.dfiend foundation?” Murong You couldn’t believe it. He had already condensed a demon core. Although he cultivated a formula that didn’t focus on extreme speed, his speed was still quite high.

However, he was actually suppressed by Meng Chuan when it came to speed.

Unbeknownst to him, Meng Chuan’s G.o.dfiend foundation was just one component to his speed. His physical body was comparable to Vice Branch Masters Tu and Gao while he was in the late-stage Mortal Shedding realm. Naturally, the G.o.dfiend Body he cultivated had far surpa.s.sed Tu’s.

He had also obtained the Lightning Devastator Saber where he learned some physical body and Quintessential Energy special techniques that increased the density of the lightning in his body. This made him faster.

Thus, even in his normal state, he could move faster than Murong You.