Both of them reached an area that was free of any kind of trees. Yang Zhai stopped and saw that Chen Ki also reached this place at almost the same time as he.
It appears that he is also a Rank 4 Peak-Stage cultivator. This is going to be a little tough: Yang Zhai contemplated. It looked like Chen Ki was also on the same rank as him.
Chen Ki did not wait and directly attacked Yang Zhai. A black color smog appeared on his right hand, after which it shot toward Yang Zhai.
Because Yang Zhai had already taken a stance properly, he managed to dodge the smog. As he dodged, the smog landed on the ground 2 meters behind him. There was no sound or anything for a while, after some time, the ground began to rot at a visible rate. It was as if a paper had been put on fire.
"Thank goodness, he managed to dodge the attack." When Cho Byeol saw this, her eyes widened. If the attack had landed on Yang Zhai, he would surely suffer a little at the very least. He was already at a disadvantage in that he only had his right arm to fight. If he was also injured before the fight even started, he would surely lose.
"Can you be at least fair when fighting someone?!" Cho Byeol shouted at Chen Ki, who was standing only a few meters away from Yang Zhai.
"There is nothing unfair in a fight, girl. Don't you know that? Hahaha," Chen Ki saw Cho Byeol shouting at him and said laughingly.
"This guy has no shame," Cho Byeol muttered to Bae Ah, who was standing next to her.
On the other hand, Yang Zhai ran to his right condensed a foot-long round sword blade without any handle in his hand, and shot it towards Chen Ki.
Of course, Chen Ki managed to dodge it easily, but that was not the reason Yang Zhai shot it at him. He also knew that this was useless. The reason he shot it was entirely different.
After Chen Ki dodged the blade by dodging to his left, the blade exploded. The scrap metal could not penetrate his defense, but it managed to make him activate his defense.
"Oh, so that's how it is. I am impressed, but it is not enough. Also, I am amazed that you are also a Rank 4 peak stage cultivator" Chen Ki said whilst also running to his right.
They ran in a circle and attacked each other. Yang Zhai kept on shooting the foot-long round sword blades that would always explode when they were near Chen Ki.
Chen Ki was being cautious and was dodging all the attacks. He started to close the distance between him and Yang Zhai.
Yang Zhai knew that if he managed to close the distance, it would be disadvantageous to him, so he always kept his distance from Chen Ki, not daring to get close.
Chen Ki shot a red ball at Yang Zhai, which exploded into red blood and splashed at Yang Zhai. Yang Zhai activated his defensive treasure and his body glowed with a gray color. The blood was stopped by his treasure and fell on the ground. When the blood touched the ground, the ground shriveled, and all the grass that was touched by the blood withered away.
"His methods are ruthless. They can perfectly attack a human's body. No wonder, he is so confident." Yang Zhai muttered to himself.
Yang Zhai knew that if he was attacked by one of his attacks, he would surely lose a limb of his. So, he stopped and let Chen Ki get close to himself. When Chen Ki was about to kick his face, he let out a blinding white light from his body, rendering Chen Ki blind for a few seconds.
Chen Ki was also an experienced man, so he hurriedly tried to make some distance between himself and Yang Zhai, he turned around and tried to run with all his might. He knew that this area was free of any trees for at least two miles, so he ran without any hesitation.
But how could Yang Zhai let go of this perfect opportunity? The moment he released the blinding light, he had already thrown his punch at him. It takes time for a person to turn around and run, even if it is a cultivator. So, this much time was enough for Yang Zhai's punch to land.
His punch landed on Chen Ki's face and sent him flying with brutal force. This force was not just Yang Zhai's natural body strength. But there was a technique behind his punch, as his punch had already turned into a rocky surface.
Chen Ki landed heavily on the ground. But he was not that much injured. He was a cultivator himself, so his defensive barrier absorbed most of the force. He stood up and said,
"I have to admit that I truly underestimated you. You lured me in so that you could successfully land your attack on me, not bad. But this is not going to happen again"
"No, no, it's not that you underestimated me, but you overestimated yourself. You thought that you could land your attack on me successfully without understanding your enemy. You were too confident in your skills. Even though this attack did not manage to render you unable to fight, it at least injured you a little. So, I think we can fight equally now." Yang Zhai calculated and said.
Chen Ki didn't continue to attack like before and took a few dozen meters more distance away from Yang Zhai. He placed his hand on the ground and the ground began to shake. A few vines as fat as a human emerged from the ground, they kept on stretching till they were thirty meters long. They were swinging crazily in the air, just like a snake would.
Chen Ki's hand was still on the ground as he began to move the vines to attack Yang Zhai. The vines struck Yang Zhai, but he jumped here and there, trying to dodge every strike. But the ones that managed to strike him were blocked by his defensive treasure.
This time, it was Yang Zhai who tried to close the distance between himself and Chen Ki. He knew that this could not go on, so he had to stop them. But Yang Zhai was always blocked by a vine; thus he did not manage to close the distance.
Yang Zhai's gaze fell on Chen Ki, he saw that Chen Ki's hand was always on the ground while the vines struck. It seemed that he needed to touch the ground for the vines to strike Yang Zhai.
Yang Zhai knew that he had to somehow make Chen Ki remove his hand from the ground. So, he now knew what he needed to do. Yang Zhai began to move backward and increase the distance between himself and the vines. He already knew that the vines could not extend more than thirty meters; therefore he increased his distance by forty meters.
He readied his stance and began to release green smoke into the air. The smoke kept on expanding. This was a time-consuming technique, so Yang Zhai rarely used this technique. But he knew that now was the time to use it.
There were going to be two outcomes if he kept on doing this: the first one was that Chen Ki would keep on attacking with the vines and let him attack with the green smoke, giving him a huge opportunity to let him get his technique done.
The second was that Chen Ki would be cautious and would stop his technique and move back or attack Yang Zhai to not let him get his technique done. Anyway, whatever Chen Ki chose would benefit Yang Zhai, so Yang Zhai was not worried about Chen Ki choosing any one of the two options.
The green smoke kept on expanding and was moving towards Chen Ki from in between the vines. Because it was smoke, it could not be obstructed by the vines.
Chen Ki knew that it was not good if the smoke reached him. He had a bad feeling about this. Thus, he removed his hand from the ground and moved backward. When Chen Ki moved back, the green smoke dispersed in the air. After all, its speed was not that fast that it could reach Chen Ki.
So, Yang Zhai stopped as well, not using the green smoke anymore. It was a powerful technique but consumed too much energy, which was not beneficial but disadvantageous. The vines had already returned to the earth. Yang Zhai didn't stop here, he moved his right hand—that was left of his two arms— to touch his own chest.
When he did that, his body began to expand, and it continued until he was already nine inches taller and was as muscular as a well-built bodybuilder. He kicked his foot against the ground and moved forward, his speed had increased by double fold now. Chen Ki's eyes widened and he ducked in the nick of time.
Yang Zhai began to crazily attack Chen Ki with his kicks and right hand. It was getting difficult for Chen Ki to dodge. He was barely dodging Yang Zhai's attacks by using his full speed. If this keeps on, he will definitely succumb to this guy.
Chen Ki used his defensive treasure with full power and jumped backward, he saw that Yang Zhai had also jumped at the right time, and his fist was already close to his face. Yang Zhai's fist kept on expanding in Chen Ki's eyes and it came so close that he could only see black. Yang Zhai's fist hit his face and sent him flying once again with barbaric force. But, before being sent away he managed to land a seed on Yang Zhai's body.
The seed exploded and also sent Yang Zhai flying in the air, drawing an arc shape in the air.
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