Chapter 35

It abruptly turned around, extreme rage turning its eyes blood-red.

What a pity!

Ling Yan sighed inwardly. She landed lightly, her lotus steps tapping the ground as her speed suddenly soared, closing in on the Earth-Rending Bear in an instant.

"Roar... Hoooowl..."

The Earth-Rending Bear let out an enraged roar, its enormous paw smashing through the air toward Ling Yan.

Clang!

The sound of metal striking metal rang out. Ling Yan's body tilted, her footwork shifted, and she attacked the Earth-Rending Bear again from the other side.

Her combat experience was exceedingly rich. Combined with a movement technique martial skill, even though the Earth-Rending Bear attacked madly, it could not touch her even once.

Two minutes passed, and several wounds had appeared on the Earth-Rending Bear's body, blood pouring out like a flood.

Yet Ling Yan had not suffered the slightest injury. Only, under her full-force burst, her stamina was draining rather quickly.

It was not hard to see that before long, she would be able to kill the Earth-Rending Bear.

"Mid Blood Refining, a sword technique at minor mastery, and movement arts at least at the proficient level. Very strong!"

Ling Yan did not notice that Lin Xuan's eyes were narrowed to slits as he silently watched her.

At this moment, Lin Xuan had already spent a year within the Myriad Ages in an Instant space, fully recovering his body to its peak condition.

Yet he still circulated the breath-concealing method from Concealed Breath Stride. Neither Ling Yan nor the Earth-Rending Bear paid him any attention at all.

He was waiting—waiting for a chance to deliver a fatal blow, while also observing Ling Yan's strength.

The Earth-Rending Bear was somewhat slower, but it was not easy for Ling Yan to kill it either.

Both sides were competing in endurance, but Ling Yan clearly held an absolute advantage.

Over the course of several minutes of battle, the Earth-Rending Bear had been wounded in many places, its condition plummeting wildly.

Ling Yan had also expended a great deal, but every now and then, she would take out a medicinal pill and toss it into her mouth, replenishing her losses.

"You can die now!"

Suddenly, Ling Yan's longsword danced, producing several phantoms in the air. The sharp blade left a white streak through the air as it stabbed swiftly toward the Earth-Rending Bear's neck.

"Roar..."

The Earth-Rending Bear let out a terrified howl. This strike had clearly made it feel an enormous threat.

Ling Yan's face was cold and indifferent, and a trace of ease appeared in her eyes at just the right moment.

Unfortunately, she had no idea that Lin Xuan, who had been lying behind her, suddenly rose to his feet.

He reached into the air, and the blood-colored battle saber immediately fell into his hand. With a stomp, Lin Xuan shot toward her like lightning.

"You can die too!"

Blood Battle Three Forms!

Screech!

The sound of something tearing through the air rang out behind Ling Yan.

At that moment, shock, fury, and panic flashed fiercely through her beautiful eyes.

With her rich combat experience, she immediately abandoned the sword strike that was certain to kill and spun around, holding her sword horizontally before her.

At that moment, her gaze also fell upon the incoming figure.

Rumble!

It was as though thunder had exploded in her mind, while boundless horror and confusion flashed through her heart...

Wasn't he dead?

Ling Yan was both shocked and enraged as a thought flashed through her mind.

He played dead!

It was all to strike at me. Damn it, damn it!

An inexplicable fear suddenly swept through Ling Yan's heart.

Boom!

Clang!

At that moment, Lin Xuan's saber had already cleaved down. A great mastery Yellow-rank high-grade saber technique, combined with Lin Xuan's Blood Rage state.

This slash was powerful and heavy. If it had been someone at the Body Forging Peak, caught in such sudden circumstances, they would at least have been seriously injured.

But Ling Yan was at mid Blood Refining. Though she was no longer at her peak, her sword still blocked the slash.

A tremendous metallic clash spread outward, and Ling Yan was sent flying backward by the blow.

She had blocked it, that was true, but that hasty defense had clearly caused her to lose the initiative.

"You're courting death!"

While flying backward, Ling Yan let out a hysterical roar.

Yet when Lin Xuan heard those words, his face remained cold and indifferent, and the corners of his lips even curled into a sneer.

He stomped forward and closed in.

Ling Yan was stricken with shock and terror, because a fierce gust of wind was rushing at her from behind. Without even looking, she knew that the Earth-Rending Bear had made its move.

A bloodthirsty feral gleam burst from the Earth-Rending Bear's eyes as its huge arm, carrying terrifying wind pressure, struck straight toward Ling Yan's back.