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To verify this, Lin Qing took the initiative to invite Chen Xuan to a close-quarters duel.

Since they would not die, the duel was basically true to reality.

The result was that Chen Xuan discovered he actually could not beat her!

Although he could use the Divine Eye Method to perceive her movements, Lin Qing's prosthetic eyes could achieve roughly the same effect. What they competed in was combat experience and bodily control. Only then did he realize that the woman before him was a killing machine born for war. Her fingertips, wrists, and elbows were all deadly weapons! For example, just as he used the Thousand Thoughts Sword to block Lin Qing's hook, her forearm folded back the next second, and an electromagnetic round fired from the opening in her elbow pierced straight through his chest.

As for catching her punches with his hands, that was out of the question. Even after being strengthened by the Heavenly Cloud Skill, his body had not surpassed the limits of carbon-based lifeforms. What looked like a flesh-and-blood fist from her was actually solid steel. A light hit would break bones, while a heavy one could shatter his entire arm.

Chen Xuan felt like he was not fighting a human, but battling a nimble heavy tank.

His only chance of victory was to avoid getting tangled up in close combat, pull away in advance, and then use Fission and Fusion to deal with her.

In other words, once Lin Qing got close, his chances of winning would approach zero without limit.

Chen Xuan could even see his own death—when Lin Qing kicked his head apart, he would seem to suddenly become a ghost, his perspective floating into the air as he watched his body crumple limply to the ground.

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