"Justice may be delayed, but it never fails to arrive!"
Ren Yuanhao's arrival was marked by him stomping two deep pits into the sand with his feet, sending dust and wind swirling like a dragon!
Such an entrance was incredibly domineering and spectacular. Just as Ren Yuanhao intended, the best way to intimidate an opponent was to boost his own prestige.
He certainly achieved that, but Ren Yuanhao overlooked a fatal flaw—the sand here was quite dry, presenting a semi-fluid state. After landing, he made a boastful remark, and during the brief time he struck his pose, the sand managed to trap his legs in the pits he’d created.
"I think it should be 'Fools may be delayed, but they never fail to appear.'"
Ren Yuanhao's action immediately drew uproarious laughter from the man the system had classified as 'Taotie.'
"Go ahead and squander your brief moments of smiling. It’s all you have."
Ren Yuanhao straightened his resolve, thrusting his long saber forward. Saber energy surged, instantly blasting a one-meter radius pit into the ground. Ren Yuanhao stepped out from the dust, his aura unmatched.
The man sneered coldly, "A coveted saber indeed. If you die, this saber will be mine."
"If you're tired of living, come and get it!"
As Ren Yuanhao prepared to attack, the female thief behind him grabbed his sleeve, "Did I ask you to come? Why are you playing the hero? This has nothing to do with you, get lost!"
Ren Yuanhao looked down. In a place where sand and stones danced with the wind and the gnarled roots of poplar trees lay entwined, dozens of corpses with gruesome appearances were sprawled. These bodies immediately reminded him of the people and animals he had seen in cultivation vats within a certain underground research institute in the dilapidated church of Aixin City.
Undoubtedly, these were the individuals who had failed to absorb the Mandala Gene, and the people the female thief had been desperately concerned about.
"Do I need to report to you to perform an act of righteousness?" Ren Yuanhao uttered these simple words casually, then pointed his saber at the man rated 'Taotie.' "Listen, I’m killing you for three reasons. First, you consumed the Mandala Gene that rightfully belonged to me. Second, you’ve been killing innocents. And third, and most importantly, you dared to injure such a beautiful girl. With these three offenses, you are already destined to be a corpse."
The man chuckled coldly, then raised his hand. As Ren Yuanhao prepared to defend with his saber, the change was too swift. He felt his breath clog, his entire body seemingly caught in the center of a tornado, blood gushing from all seven orifices!
"That's Ke'erhan's wind ability, it can compress air!" The female thief, taking two steps at a time, used her dagger as a weapon, attempting to cleave through the dense air pressure. However, the moment she stepped into the ability's domain, she was immediately sent flying by an immense force!
Ren Yuanhao's brow furrowed. Seeing the female thief injured again while saving him, he instantly became enraged!
"Do you think you're the only one with wind abilities?"
As soon as he spoke, Ren Yuanhao slowly activated the Oriental family's wind ability, condensing a vortex. He then unleashed a palm strike. The two wind abilities, originating from the same source, collided, creating immense wind pressure that caused the poplar trees to sway violently, creaking and groaning! www.dafengxs.com
"Congratulations, you've successfully managed to piss me off."
Ren Yuanhao’s words had barely left his lips when he unleashed the Drunken Moon-Gazing Steps to their extreme. His figure in the dust created strange and elusive illusions. Ke'erhan, who had never witnessed such peculiar footwork, finally became slightly serious. Just as he was about to retreat, Ren Yuanhao's saber edge was already at his face!
"What kind of saber technique is this!"
"It's the Pig-Slaying Saber Technique, of course!"
This saber strike, from any angle, should have landed accurately, even opening a fatal wound on the man. Yet, the saber, swung with almost all of Ren Yuanhao's might, felt like it was cleaving through something intangible upon contact with the opponent's body. Ren Yuanhao himself stumbled, almost falling into the sand.
"Be careful, that's his second ability, the Immortal Wind Body!" The female thief was not idle; she sat cross-legged, regulating her qi.
"Immortal Wind Body? So his body is like the wind, without substance?"
As Ren Yuanhao pondered, Ke'erhan, who had transformed into a spectral, intangible wind, suddenly solidified. "Hmph, now it's your turn to take a blade from me!"
Ke'erhan roared, his saber erupting like a gust of wind, sweeping towards Ren Yuanhao. Ren Yuanhao reversed his true qi, unleashing fire-attribute true qi. White mist flickered on the saber's edge. As their blades collided, Ren Yuanhao felt his hand go numb, as if the force striking him wasn't a saber, but a massively powerful club. He felt like he had hit a wall, staggering back five or six paces.
Ren Yuanhao's strength attribute could be said to be five times that of a fitness coach, and he rarely suffered disadvantages in strength. Yet, that saber strike's power seemed to surpass his own. If he hadn't maintained his composure and dispersed a portion of the opponent's force instantly with his wind ability, he would likely have been like a ball hit out of the park, eliminated from the game.
"Interesting," Ren Yuanhao said, shaking his still trembling right hand. He shifted the Wuji Blade to his left hand and was about to thrust forward. However, Ke'erhan showed no mercy, bringing his strangely powerful saber down upon Ren Yuanhao's head and face like Mount Tai, without any hesitation!
—It seems I cannot face this man head-on.
Ren Yuanhao, using the 'Saber Grasp Technique' from the Celestial Blaze Saber Art, parried the blow. The immense force, upon hitting the saber guard, sent Ren Yuanhao slamming onto the ground like a bouncing springboard, leaving him extremely breathless.
His tiger's mouth was torn by the saber's hilt, and his blood surged like an ocean tide. While contemplating a counter-attack, he felt a heavy stomp land on his back!
It was unclear if this stomp had shattered Ren Yuanhao's spine. Ren Yuanhao only saw the clear moonlight, filtering through the poplar forest, scattering like shattered silver on the ground. It was a rare desert landscape, yet it was marred into a hell on earth by a pile of grotesquely twisted corpses.
At that moment, the system's voice rang in his mind like celestial music.
"Ren Yuanhao, the opponent's three abilities are: Wind Element, Superhuman Immortal Wind Body, and Power Amplification. Following these three, there is a hidden ability that cannot be scanned or analyzed. All ability levels are C-grade. However, because he utilizes his three abilities harmoniously, dealing with him is very strenuous. You had no chance of winning initially, but fortunately, you have me. My suggested approach is to embrace chaos!"
"Embrace chaos? Why does that sound like you're insulting me?"
"No, no, no. Those involved are often blind; onlookers see clearly. His abilities, having two wind elements, lead to a somewhat spontaneous and continuous fighting style. Therefore, what you need to do in this 'embrace chaos' is to guide his moves towards a more organized and rigid pattern."