Atlas of Heaven and Man

When Chen Chuan's blade came down, it felt like he was cutting into something extremely tough and solid.

He glanced at the scales on the body and his eyes narrowed slightly.

He had read the Secret Serpent Sect's information on劲力 (jingli), which mentioned that when Mysterious Serpent勁 (jin) is cultivated to a very deep level, the practitioner can cause异化 (yi hua) tissues to appear on the surface, forming solid scales, making it difficult for sharp blades to be effective.

However, Xu Xianwen had obviously not reached this level, otherwise he would not have been cut earlier, but now he seemed to have entered this state by some method.

His guess was correct. Xu Xianwen released the accumulated medicinal power in his body all at once, stimulating a pre-prepared ritual, which allowed his勁力 (jingli) ability to be elevated by a level in a short period of time, during which he could ignore the edge of blades with his solid scales.

At this moment, after blocking the knife, Xu Xianwen dissolved the incoming劲力 (jingli), and then twisted his arms, trying to seize the blade.

This was because even if he could resist the劈斩 (pizhan) , the length of the weapon still determined that only Chen Chuan could hit him, but he could not hit Chen Chuan, which was very passive, so扣锁 (kou suo) the weapon was the first thing to do.

Chen Chuan did not give him this opportunity, quickly withdrawing his knife and斬 (zhan) again.

Xu Xianwen also did not give up at all. His expression was ferocious, and he rushed into the刀势 (dao shi) fiercely. Every time he接刀 (jie dao), his muscles trembled for a while, forcibly震开 (zhen kai) the knife.

He began to consciously speed up and expand the moving space. After pulling away, he used the衝勢 (chong shi) of his body to drive the power on the knife to斬劈 (zhan pi).

In this way, Xu Xianwen suddenly fell into a passive position.

The improvement of勁力 (jingli) did not make him faster than Chen Chuan, so he tried every means to rush into the inner circle just now, but now he was in an embarrassing situation where he could not catch up.

And every time Chen Chuan's斬擊 (zhan ji) brought by the fast movement was powerful and heavy. Even if he could resist it, he would be forced to retreat backward or to the side every time.

Under this extremely impactful attack, he couldn't organize an effective attack at all, so he had to give up the plan to get close to Chen Chuan, and instead carry out rapid movement and dodge, and then try to find opportunities.

The two chased and collided back and forth in front of the湖畔 (hu pan), just like two magnets attracting each other. After separating, they would quickly approach each other. Every collision would cause a great disturbance, startling the surrounding birds to rise and fall continuously. In the area where the two sides fought, there were pits that exploded when they stepped on the ground to exert force.

After fighting like this for five or six minutes, Xu Xianwen felt that he couldn't hold on anymore.

Because the scales on his body could接挡 (jie dang) ordinary斬擊 (zhan ji), but接敌 (jie di) with bare hands was actually very disadvantageous. Every time, he needed to consume more physical strength and勁力 (jingli) to dissolve the power on the knife.

After a while, the high emotions caused by the暴涨 (bao zhang) of异化 (yi hua) tissues also began to subside, and his mind gradually returned to calm.

He found that even if his勁力 (jingli) became more profound, he still could not make up for the lack of weapons, and this space was not conducive to his performance, but instead facilitated Chen Chuan's 捭阖 (bai he)刀势 (dao shi).

So after挡 (dang) another劈斬 (pi zhan), he retreated outward with the strength above, and ran away again. This time he ran directly to the lake.

Chen Chuan would not let him go so easily. He swung his long knife and chased after him.

The two of them were not far from the lake, so after only a few breaths, the two ran to the vicinity of the lake, and at this time, neither of them stopped, but ran directly forward. The lake surface seemed to be trampled by them like a solid flat ground, but two water waves that exploded and stretched out were left behind.

After going out for more than ten miles, Xu Xianwen's eyes wandered, as if he had found something. This was the retreat he had left behind. The芦兰湖 (Lu Lan Hu) below was connected to several暗河 (an he) nearby. As long as he went there, no one would find his trace.

So he turned his head, grinned at Chen Chuan who was chasing on the side, and then jumped forward with a fish leap,穿 (chuan) into the water with a bang, and disappeared in an instant.

Chen Chuan would not let him go so easily. He tore off his wet罩衣 (zhao yi), and also纵跃 (zong yue) into the water. He came to the depths of the water in one breath, and then naturally adjusted his inner breathing. His hands and feet only gently撥 (bo), and he划 (hua) out a water mark, and quickly chased along the traces left by the person.

Xu Xianwen noticed that Chen Chuan was chasing after him, and didn't care at first. As a member of the Secret Serpent Sect, his swimming ability was excellent, but after swimming out for several miles, he was surprised to find that, just like on land, Chen Chuan was actually getting closer and closer.

A fierce look appeared in his eyes. In a quick movement, he turned around a large circle and came to the left side of Chen Chuan, and then punched with衝勢 (chong shi).

At this moment, he not only had the ability to act underwater for a long time, but also his勁力 (jingli) was easier to exert its power underwater.

Chen Chuan did not dodge, handed the knife to his left hand, clenched his five fingers, turned sideways along the original衝勢 (chong shi), and迎 (ying) with a punch!

In an instant, the two fists collided!

This was like the day when the荒野派 (Huang Ye Pai) and 植入派 (Zhi Ru Pai) two people punched each other in the water. The great destructive power of the two forces was borne by the two themselves.

Xu Xianwen's muscles and scales squirmed for a while, and the water waves outside his body scattered outward in circles, while Chen Chuan's Second Self appeared a burst of virtualization, and a shock wave broke out where the two fists hit.

The two were pushed back by this force, but at the same time, they kicked their legs, quickly rotated a circle along the vortex, and then quickly approached again, colliding together again with powerful force!

This time the momentum was greater than before, and the vibration spread out killed some small aquatic organisms.

But the two did not stop, but continued to move forward, hitting each other over and over again. Every time they gathered the勁力 (jingli) of their whole body in one place, and then bombarded their opponents with all their strength.

The battle inevitably entered a stage of comparing consumption and who had stronger willpower and endurance.

This was also inevitable, because Chen Chuan was faster, Xu Xianwen would be caught up no matter what, so if he wanted to escape safely, he could only solve Chen Chuan first!

And such an offensive was already the greatest ability he could发挥 (fa hui) underwater, and he had to persevere no matter what.

Chen Chuan had even less reason to retreat. He had the Second Self to transfer damage, and he was not afraid of damage and long-term consumption. He could accompany this kind of competition all the time.

After Xu Xianwen collided with him more than ten times in a row, he felt a burst of fatigue from the异化 (yi hua) tissues in his body, and he couldn't牵扯 (qian che) anymore. It was really too exhausting to stimulate all the power to fight against each other.

Moreover, the勁力 (jingli) stimulated by the ritual on his body was fading, but after the rhythm of the battle was brought up, he felt that he could not stop.

The key was that he couldn't think of a better way to deal with it at the moment, so he could only grit his teeth and persevere, hoping that Chen Chuan would be unable to hold on before him.

He constantly urged精血 (jing xue) from his heart to make up for the lost physical strength and maintain the high consumption of勁力 (jingli) operation.

I don't know how many times later, the two rushed towards each other again, but this time, Xu Xianwen felt a burst of emptiness in his body when he抽调 (chou diao)勁力 (jingli), and when the two fists collided again, the bones on the surface of his fist shattered, and spread from his arm to his body. The skin and scales on it also exploded, and countless blood shot outward.

This time he did not retreat, but顶 (ding) the huge impact, rushed to Chen Chuan's near with a ferocious expression.

As long as he got close, relying on the擒捉 (qin zhuo) means of Mysterious Serpent勁 (jin), he still had a chance to reverse the situation!

Seeing him coming, Chen Chuan's eyes flashed, he also did not retreat, and with the衝擊力 (chong ji li), he旋身 (xuan shen) in place,甩 (shuai) the Snow Monarch Blade in his hand like a whip!

Due to the勁力 (jingli) of his whole body, even a shock wave纹 (wen) was generated along the cutting surface!

Xu Xianwen was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly dodged, but he was still擦到 (ca dao) a little, a burst of blood shot out,飘散 (piao san) out along the water flow, you can see that the裂口 (lie kou) has been opened to the chest, his shoulder was almost cut off from the body.

And this blow completely cut off his possibility of counterattack.

But he knew that there was no hope of逃窜 (tao cuan), so not only did he not retreat, but instead took advantage of the opportunity of the blade to continue向前 (xiang qian), intending to grab the opportunity that might exist, but his body was just about to move, he was blasted on the face by a punch迎面 (ying mian), and suddenly he was昏沉 (hun chen), and his whole body became weak.

Between the fuzzy consciousness, he suddenly felt a hand搭 (da) on his head, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and immediately发劲 (fa jin) to撥 (bo) the hand away.

Seeing this, Chen Chuan hung the Snow Monarch Blade on the扣件 (kou jian) on his waist, and then grabbed his hair,拔 (ba) out the short knife in the other hand, and猛地 (meng di) inserted it into his throat, piercing his neck through!

Xu Xianwen's eyes widened suddenly, and he burst out a force from nowhere,拿 (na) his arm, seemingly struggling.

However, although Chen Chuan's罩衣 (zhao yi) was taken away, the protective clothing was still on his body, and the ritual inside immediately began to absorb the life force and blood from his body.

So in just a moment, Xu Xianwen's hand became weak.

Chen Chuan挥 (hui) his hand at will, and撥 (bo) his hand away, then grabbed his hair,拔 (ba) the short knife out,绕 (rao) his neck lightly, and提 (ti) again, he分 (fen) his head from his body, and this headless body finally stopped struggling, and his limbs飘 (piao) weakly in the water.

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